JPH08235389A - Ticket issuing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a ticket issuing system improving the speed of ticket issuing processing for a ticket for utilizing a prescribed traffic vehicle. CONSTITUTION: Information relating to a ticket to be issued for a traffic vehicle is divided in each station by a host computer 2. The information relating to tickets to be issued from each station which is divided by the host computer 2 is stored in an information memory in a ticket issuing device 1 arranged in each station. The host computer 2 allows the device 1 arranged on each station to issue a ticket for utilizing a traffic vehicle.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention includes a ticket issuing device which is installed at a plurality of stations of a transportation system such as a railroad or a bus and performs a ticket issuing process for using a predetermined transportation vehicle such as a seat reservation ticket. Regarding ticketing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the sale of seat reservation tickets for transportation such as railroads and buses has been performed by collectively managing seat data on the host computer side. That is, when a seat reservation ticket purchase request is sent to the host computer from each terminal installed at the station via online, etc., the host computer receives the seat data for issuing the seat reservation ticket in response to the purchase request sent. I searched, sent the data back to the terminal, and issued a seat reservation ticket at the terminal.

[0003]

Each time there is a request to purchase one seat reservation ticket, data is sent and received via online, etc., which has a long transfer time, and data retrieval is performed by the host computer. Since a large number of terminals are connected to one host computer, the processing speed is further reduced, and it takes a long time to process one ticket.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing system for speeding up ticket issuing processing for using a predetermined transportation vehicle.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a ticketing system including a ticketing device which is installed at a plurality of stations and performs ticket issuing processing for using a predetermined transportation vehicle, A dividing unit that divides information about tickets that can be issued in a transportation vehicle for each station, a storage unit that is provided for each station, and that stores information about tickets that can be issued at the stations that are divided by the dividing unit, and this storage And a processing unit for issuing a ticket for using the transportation vehicle by the ticket issuing device at each station based on the information stored in the means.

The operation of the system of the present invention thus constructed will be described.

Information about tickets that can be issued in a transportation vehicle is divided by each dividing station. The storage means provided in each station stores information on the tickets that can be issued by the dividing station by the dividing means. The processing means causes the ticket issuing device at each station to issue a ticket for using the transportation vehicle based on the information stored in the storage means.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the ticket issuing device 1 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ticket issuing apparatus 1 is installed at one or more stations at stations A, B, C, etc. of the railway transportation system, respectively, and is online to the host computer 2, network, etc. Are connected by a communication line 3. Note that what is referred to as a ticket issuing machine or an automatic ticket vending machine is included in the ticket issuing device 1.

The host computer 2 includes a central processing unit 4
And a storage device 5 such as a magnetic disk device or an optical disk device, and manages the operation of each train. Storage device 5
The empty seat information of all trains is stored in the table, and the empty seat information of the corresponding train is divided for each station and assigned to the ticket issuing device 1 installed in each station in advance.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ticket issuing apparatus 1 includes a control means 6 and an information memory 7 for storing empty seat information.
And a transfer control unit 8 for controlling transfer of empty seat information, an operation panel unit 9 for inputting seat conditions such as a boarding date, adults / children, and boarding section, and printing and issuing of seat reservation tickets Ticketing department 1
0 and 0. Also, the control means 6
Has a CPU 11 that controls the entire apparatus 1 and a program memory 12 that stores an operation program of the apparatus 1.

The information memory 7 stores vacant seat information assigned to each train on the host computer 2 side via the communication circuit 3 and the transfer control unit 8, and is installed at the front station. The empty seat information of the remaining ticket issued from the ticket issuing device 1 via the communication circuit 3 is also stored.

The CPU 11 retrieves empty seat information stored in the information memory 7 on the basis of the seat condition input on the operation panel unit 9 and controls the ticket issuing unit 10 to issue tickets. Is for printing and issuing a seat reservation ticket based on ticket issuing control of the CPU 11. Also, the CPU 11
Controls the ticket issuing unit 10 so as to continue the ticket sale immediately before the train arrives at the station and starts the departure or until a certain time before the departure. Further, when the sale is stopped, the CPU 11 controls the transfer unit 9 so as to transfer, to the next station, empty seat information of the unissued ticket remaining stored in the information memory 7.

Next, the operation of the above ticket issuing system configured as described above will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

The CPU 11 of the ticket issuing device 1 reads the operation program from the program memory 7 and prepares for issuing a seat reservation ticket. The central processing unit 4 of the host computer 2 transmits, via the communication line 3, the vacant seat information in which the vacant seat information of the relevant train is divided and assigned to each station to the ticket issuing device 1 installed in each station. The empty seat information transmitted from the host computer 2 is stored in each information memory 7 via the transfer unit 9 of each ticket issuing device 1 (S1).

Ticket issuing device 1 installed at station A, which is the starting station
Keeps selling tickets just before the train departs from station A or until a certain time before the train departs (S2). That is, CP
Every time U11 is input on the operation panel unit 9, the empty seat information transmitted from the host computer 2 stored in the information memory 7 and pre-allocated is searched based on the input seat condition, and the ticket issuing unit 10 Ticketing control is performed. Ticketing department 10
Prints and issues a seat reservation ticket based on the ticket issuing control of the CPU 11. Every time the ticket issuing unit 10 issues a ticket from the empty seat information stored in the information memory 7, the CPU 11 deletes the issued seat information and rewrites the stored contents of the information memory 7.

The CPU 11 determines whether or not the train has arrived just before the departure from the A station or a certain time before the departure (S3). If it is determined that it has not arrived (No), the sale is continued. If it is determined that the seat reservation ticket has been reached (Yes), the ticket issuing unit 10 is controlled to stop the sale of the seat reservation ticket (S).
4). Here, when the seat reservation ticket is unsold, the information memory 7 stores empty seat information corresponding to the unsold seat reservation ticket.

Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the next station is the terminal station (S5), and if it is not the terminal station (No), the empty seat information stored in the information memory 7 is determined. Is read out and the transfer unit 9 is controlled to transfer to the ticket issuing device 1 installed at the next station B station (S6).

In this way, the ticket issuing device 1 installed at each station releases the reserved seat ticket and transfers the vacant seat information corresponding to the unsold seat reserved ticket, and the station immediately before the final station. If the CPU 11 of the ticket issuing device 1 installed in the above-mentioned station determines in step S5 that the next station is the terminal station (Yes), the fact is notified to the central control device 4 of the host computer 2 via the communication line 3. Communicate. Central controller 4
Excludes the train from operation management (S7).

According to the ticket issuing apparatus 1 as described above, the retrieval of empty seat information when issuing a seat reservation ticket does not go through the communication line 3 such as online with a long transfer time, and the empty seat assigned to the ticket issuing apparatus 1 is searched. Since it is only necessary to search for information, the ticket issuing process for seat reservation tickets can be performed at high speed. In addition, it is possible to sell seat reservation tickets until just before the departure of the train, and even if there are unsold seats, the empty seat information corresponding to that seat reservation ticket is transferred one after another
Since the number of seat reservation tickets that are ultimately unsold can be reduced, efficient ticket issuing can be performed. Further, there is an advantage that the communication line 3 is resistant to troubles such as noise.

The present invention is not limited to the above, and can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0023]

According to the present invention described in detail above, a search for issuing a ticket for using a predetermined transportation vehicle is provided for each station, not through a communication line such as online with a long transfer time. Since it is only necessary to retrieve the information stored in the stored storage means, it is possible to speed up the ticket issuing process for using the predetermined transportation vehicle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket issuing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the ticket issuing system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ticket issuing device 6 control means 7 information memory 8 transfer control section 9 operation panel section 10 ticket issuing section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket issuing system including a ticket issuing device which is installed at a plurality of stations and performs ticket issuing processing for using a predetermined transportation vehicle, in which information on tickets that can be issued by the transportation vehicle is divided for each station. A dividing means, a storage means which is provided for each station, and which stores information about tickets that can be issued at the station divided by the dividing means, and a ticket issuing device at each station based on the information stored in the storage means. And a processing unit for issuing a ticket for using the transportation vehicle.