JPH0863622A - Automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To simply purchase a through-ticket up to a required station in another railroad. CONSTITUTION: When a through-ticket issue indicating operator is turned on, a touch sensor screen 4 displays an another-railroad specifying picture arranging other railroads available for each station installing automatic ticket vending machines, i.e. a ticket issuing station and a prescribed junction station in each of other railroads. A customer can selectively specify another required railroad by the another-railroad specifying picture. When another required railroad is specified, the screen 4 displays a rate specifying picture arranging through rates up to respective stations in the specified another railroad. On the rate specifying picture, a self-railroad rate from a ticket issuing station up to a prescribed junction station is additional displayed in each through rate.

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, and more particularly, to an automatic ticket vending machine which displays a touch operation screen on a touch sensor screen. Through ticket to the station (Through Tick
et: thru ticket) is related to the one that can be easily purchased.

[0002] In the following description, the term "own line" means a line on which a customer gets on from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention is installed, that is, the ticket issuing station, and the term "other company's line" means The passenger means a line of another company connecting from the own line at a predetermined connecting station.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art As an automatic ticket vending machine installed in a railway station, a touch operation screen is displayed on a touch sensor screen of an operation panel on the customer side, and the customer touches the touch operation screen to operate the touch operation screen. There is a type that allows you to purchase a pass ticket to the station of the desired line of another company.

As shown in FIG. 3, for example, a customer goes out from B station on the A company line, which he always uses, to E station on the D company line via C station which is a predetermined transfer station. After that, when returning from the E station to the B station via the C station, by operating the operation panel of the automatic ticket vending machine of this type installed at the E station as follows, B
You can purchase a pass ticket to the station. That is, in such a case, the customer first turns on the pass ticket issuing instruction button provided on the operation panel. When the ticket issuing instruction button is pressed, the touch sensor screen of the operation panel displays a screen for designating another company's line for selectively designating the type of another company's line.

Then, using this other company's line designation screen,
When the customer designates the company A line where the last arrival station B is present (which means "other company's line when viewed from the installation station, that is, the ticket issuing station E station side"), the touch sensor screen displays A charge designation screen as illustrated in 4 is displayed. On this fare designation screen, the through charge from the E station to each station of the A company line designated as described above (that is, the D company line from the E station to the C station which is the transfer station (ticketing station From "E station", the "own line") charge and the other carrier's line charge from the C station to the corresponding station) are listed. In this way, the customer can touch the toll charge up to the B station, which has been confirmed in advance by referring to, for example, the fee display plate, from among the various tolls listed on the fee designation screen. With this, it is possible to purchase a pass ticket to the B station.

[0006]

However, in the conventional automatic ticket vending machine of this type, as described above, on the screen for specifying the charge, the continuous charge to each station of the designated other company's line is displayed. Is displayed only, the customer who wants to buy a pass ticket to the station of the other company's line using the screen for specifying the line of another company and the screen for specifying the charge is: 1) With the operation panel of the automatic ticket vending machine Is usually provided separately, and the final arrival station (in the example of FIG. 3, B
Check the toll to the station), or 2) another carrier's fare from the transfer station (C station in the example of Fig. 3) to the last arrival station, and the ticket issuing station (Fig. 3) In the example, E
It is necessary to store the other company's own line fare and the own line fare so that the total amount of the own line fare from the station) to the transfer station can be calculated.

However, as in 1) above, referring to the charge display board, the through charge to the last arrival station is confirmed,
After that, it is troublesome and time-consuming to perform the ticket designation operation using the other company line designation screen and the charge designation screen. Also, as in 2) above, there are almost no customers who store the other company's line charges and their own line charges. By the way, although such passengers may be relatively familiar with the fares of the other companies' lines that they usually use, they usually do not know about the fares of the private line that they rarely use. is there. Therefore, there is a strong demand on the customer side to purchase a pass ticket to a specific station on the other company's line only by using the screen for specifying the other company's line and the screen for specifying the fare without referring to the fare display board. However, until now, no automatic ticket vending machine having a function capable of handling such a request has been proposed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine capable of easily purchasing a desired pass ticket to a station of another company's line.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a touch sensor screen (4) for displaying a touch operation screen for performing an operation for designating a ticket to be issued, and a customer desires. In an automatic ticket vending machine having a passenger side operation panel (1) with a ticket issuing instruction operator (2) that is turned on to instruct ticket issuing to a station of another company's line, the touch sensor screen ( 4) is the touch operation screen, which allows the customer to specify a desired other company's line in response to an on operation of the operator (2), and other company lines available at the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed, and , A screen for designating other companies 'lines listing predetermined transfer stations for each of the other companies' lines is displayed, and further, according to the designation of other companies 'lines by the screen for other companies' lines designation, the desired line of the other company's line designated by the customer is displayed. Station to the desired station In order to be able to specify by the toll charge, the toll charge screen listing the toll charges to each station of the specified other company's line is displayed.On the toll charge screen, for each toll charge, It is characterized in that the own line fare from the installation station to the predetermined transfer station is additionally displayed.

[0010]

[Operation] Station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed (that is, the ticket issuing station)
Customers who want to purchase a through ticket that can go through (through one ticket) to a station of another company's line via a predetermined transfer station, turn on the through ticket issuing instruction operator (2). Manipulate. When the pass ticket issuing instruction operator (2) is turned on, the touch sensor screen (4) shows the lines of other companies available for the station (that is, the ticket issuing station) where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed, and each of the other companies. Display a screen for specifying other companies' lines listing the specified transfer stations for each line. This customer's line designation screen allows the customer to selectively designate a desired line of another company. When the desired other company's line is designated in this way, the touch sensor screen (4) displays a price designation screen listing the tolls to each station of the designated other company's line. On the fare designation screen, the own line fare from the ticketing station to the predetermined transfer station is additionally displayed for each of the through charges. With such a fare designation screen, the customer can calculate the toll of the other company's line to the desired station by referring to the own line fare, so that the toll of the desired station can be easily obtained. Can be specified selectively.

The present invention for displaying the charge designation screen as described above, in particular, is a line that is always used from a station of a line that is rarely used (ticket issuing station) via a predetermined transfer station. For customers who purchase a pass-through ticket to get back to the station (that is, customers like the one described with respect to FIG. 3),
There are great advantages. That is, such customers are usually
The fare from the specified transfer station to the station of the line you are always using (from the ticket issuing station side, "other company's line") (that is,
Under the premise that the other company's fare) is stored in advance, this invention additionally displays the own fare from the ticketing station to the predetermined transfer station, which is not familiar to such customers. I am trying. In this way, the customer can easily calculate the toll to the station of the other company's line by adding the displayed own line fare and the other company's line fare stored in advance, and accordingly, the operation It is not necessary to bother to look at the charge display plate provided separately from the panel, but simply by looking at the touch operation screen on the touch sensor screen, it is possible to easily purchase a pass ticket to the other company's line station.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, on the fare designation screen, not only the own line fare but also the predetermined transfer station to the desired station of the other company's line are displayed for each through fare. The line charges of other carriers are also displayed additionally. In this way, a customer who does not clearly remember the other carrier's line charge can purchase a pass ticket to the other carrier's line station very simply by looking at the touch operation screen.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an external configuration of an operation panel 1 of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which only a portion relating to the present invention is extracted and shown. The operation panel 1 shown here is similar in appearance to the operation panel of the above-described conventional automatic ticket vending machine.

The ticket issuing instruction button 2 is an operator that is turned on by the customer to purchase a ticket from the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed, that is, from the ticket issuing station to the last arrival station of another company's line. When the pass ticket issuing instruction button 2 is turned on, a screen for designating another company's line for selectively designating the type of another company's line as shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on the touch sensor screen 4. To be done. As in the conventional case, all the other company lines available for the ticket issuing station and predetermined transfer stations for each other company line are enumerated and displayed on the other company line designation screen.

As is known, when a customer touches one of the other companies' lines listed on the screen for designating other companies' lines, the one of the other companies' line where the last arrival station exists is selectively selected. Will be specified. By designating the line of another company, the touch sensor screen 4 displays a charge designation screen as illustrated in FIG. Note that FIG. 2 exemplifies a charge designation screen when the A company line is designated as the other company line by the other company line designation screen.

On the fare designation screen, as described above from the ticket issuing station, the customer can selectively designate the desired station of the other company's line designated as described above by the toll to the desired station. Through to each station of Company A line designated in (that is, the total of the own line fee from the ticketing station to the designated transfer station and the other company's line fee from the transfer station to the corresponding station) Are displayed respectively. According to this embodiment, the fare designation screen additionally displays the own line fare from the ticket issuing station to a predetermined transfer station for each of the through charges.

As described above, since the own line fare from the ticket issuing station to the predetermined transfer station is additionally displayed on the fare designating screen, the present invention has been particularly described above with reference to FIG. For passengers who purchase a pass ticket to return to the station of the line that is always used from the station of the line that is rarely used (ticketing station), through the prescribed transfer station, It offers great advantages in purchasing tickets.

That is, since such a customer generally knows the charge between the station of the other company's line which he / she always uses and the predetermined transfer station, he / she can easily find the charge on the charge specifying screen. It is possible to easily calculate the toll of the toll ticket to the last-arriving station of the other company's line simply by referring to the toll of the own line displayed for each toll. Therefore, it is not necessary to bother to look at the fee display plate provided separately from the operation panel 1, but simply by looking at the other company line designation screen and the fee designation screen on the touch sensor screen, the other companies can easily You can purchase a pass ticket to the line station.

As another embodiment of the present invention, on the fare designation screen, not only the own line fare but also the predetermined transfer station to the desired station of the other company's line are displayed for each through fare. Other carriers' line charges up to may also be displayed additionally. In this way, even a customer who does not clearly store the other carrier's fare can purchase the pass ticket to the other carrier's line station very easily by using the fare designating screen. In addition, the ticket issuing instruction button 2
Is not limited to the push button as in the above embodiment, but may be realized by a touch switch displayed on the touch sensor screen 4.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the own line charge from the ticket issuing station to the predetermined transfer station is added for each through charge displayed on the charge specifying screen displayed on the touch sensor screen. Since it is displayed on the screen, it is possible to easily purchase a pass ticket to a station of a desired line of another company, which is an excellent effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration of an operation panel of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a charge designation screen displayed on the touch sensor screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a problem of the conventional technique.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a charge designation screen displayed on a touch sensor screen of a conventional automatic ticket vending machine.

[Brief description of reference numerals]

 1 Operation panel 2 Ticket issuing instruction button 4 Touch sensor screen

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A touch sensor screen (4) for displaying a touch operation screen for performing an operation for designating a ticket to be issued, and for a customer to instruct issuing of a serial ticket to a station of a line of another company desired. In an automatic ticket vending machine including a ticket issuing instruction operator (2) to be turned on and an operation panel (1) on the customer side, the touch sensor screen (4) serves as the touch operation screen. In order to allow the customer to selectively specify a desired other company's line according to the ON operation of 2), the other company's line available for the station where the automatic ticket vending machine is installed, and a predetermined transfer station for each of the other company's lines The third-party line designation screen listing the other companies' lines is displayed, and according to the designation of the third-party line by the third-party line designation screen, the desired station of the third-party line designated by the customer is charged by the toll to the desired station. You can specify it selectively In order to display a toll screen for enumerating the tolls to each of the stations of the specified other companies' lines, the toll screen for each toll is displayed on the toll screen for each of the tolls. An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by additionally displaying the own fare to the transfer station. 2. The fare designation screen additionally displays, for each of the tolls, the own fare and the other carrier's fare from the predetermined transfer station to the desired station of the other carrier's line. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the automatic ticket vending machine is provided.