JPH0883357A - Commutation ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To unnecessitate the entry of various kinds of matters in an application form by generating the issue information of contents to be connected based on the magnetic information of an old commutation ticket, recording the information in a new commutation ticket, integrating this continuation information and the information specific to a user and printing the information as a selling record on the same slip. CONSTITUTION: When a clerk receives an old commutation ticket from a purchaser and inserts the old commutation ticket in an old commutation ticket reader, the contents of the old commutation ticket is read. Thus, a CPU 11 recognizes the issue of a continuation commutation ticket. By the CPU 11, the data read from the old commutation ticket is fetched. Based on this data, the previous purchase information is taken out from an external storage part 14 and a memory 12 and a processing such as the calculation of fare is performed. At this time, the CPU 11 decides whether name compressed information exists in the magnetic information of the old commutation ticket or not. When the information exists, the information is converted into a bit image. When both of the name compressed information and character codes do not exist, the reading processing of the characters in an application form is performed and the edition processing, etc., of character data is performed in an image data processing part 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commuter ticket issuing device for issuing commuter tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a commuter pass issuing device is inconvenient for a purchaser of a commuter pass because improvement of an application form is indispensable for the purchase procedure.

When a commuter ticket purchaser purchases a commuter ticket, the passenger gets on a predetermined column of an application form that is always provided on the commuter ticket issuing side, that is, on the commuter ticket issuing window of a railway company or the like. After filling in the section, period, conditions, name, contact information, etc., submit the application form to the commuter pass issuance window and ask the clerk at that window to purchase the commuter ticket.

On the other hand, the railway company keeps the application form received from the purchaser for a certain period of time as a material (ticketing record) for certifying that the commuter ticket has been issued.

[0005] The application form is stored when the purchaser loses the commuter pass, or when another person picks up the commuter pass and reports it, or when it becomes necessary to contact the purchaser for some reason. This is to confirm the purchaser's own handwriting.

In addition to the application form, daily fee calculations are performed separately from the commuter pass, and the issue location, commuter pass ticket number, amount, etc. when the commuter pass is issued for recording are recorded by a printer. Manage.

By the way, when a commuter ticket purchaser purchases a commuter ticket, after purchasing the commuter ticket once, the commuter ticket continues to be purchased under the same conditions (the same boarding section, the same discount conditions, the same contact information, etc.). It is common. Therefore, most of the people who come to the commuter pass issue counter to purchase the commuter pass are those who purchase the continuous commuter pass.

However, in order to purchase a commuter pass, even a person who purchases a commuter pass needs to fill in the same items on the application form as before, which is very troublesome for the purchaser of the commuter pass. It is costly.

[0009] Further, as a railway company, the application form and the ticketing record are stored in duplicate, which is wasteful for management. In particular, since there is one application form for each customer who purchased a commuter pass, it is difficult to manage.

[0010]

As described above, in the above-described conventional commuter pass issuing device, when purchasing a commuter pass, whether it is a new purchase or a continuous purchase, the purchaser fills in the necessary items on the application form. There is a need to. This is because the commuter pass issuing side manages the purchaser's contact information and the like on the application form.

However, when purchasing a continuation commuter pass, most of the purchases are made under the same conditions (boarding section, discount conditions, contact information, etc.). There was a problem that filling out the necessary information on the application form would only increase the time and effort and would not bring any merit, which would lead to a drop in service.

Further, in the conventional commuter pass issuing device, since the purchaser's handwritten name is entered on the application form in addition to the commuter pass issuance record (ticket number, amount of money), the application form is also managed. Due to the heavy management, there is a problem that the management is redundant and wasteful.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and by making it easier for a commuter pass purchaser to purchase a continuous commuter pass, the service can be improved and the waste of management can be eliminated. The purpose is to provide a commuter pass issuing device.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the commuter pass issuing device according to claim 1 uses magnetic information including use conditions and user-specific information recorded in the old commuter pass. Old ticket information reading means for reading, commuter ticket issuing information generating means for generating issuing information for issuing a new commuter ticket based on the usage conditions read by the old ticket information reading means, and the commuter ticket issuing information. The commuter ticket issuing means for recording and issuing the issuance information generated by the generating means on a new commuter ticket, the issuance information generated by the commuter ticket issuance information generating means, and the user-specific information are collectively recorded for sale. And a printing means for printing on the same form.

The commuter ticket issuing device according to a second aspect of the invention is an application paper reading means for reading a user's character written on the application paper as a bit image, and an old ticket for reading magnetic information recorded on the old commuter ticket. Information reading means, issue content identification means for identifying new issue or continuous issue according to the read means from which the bit image was obtained, and reading the application form when the issue content identification means identifies new issue It is provided with a printing means for extracting user-specific information from the bit image data read by the means and printing the extracted bit image on a sale record which is recorded when the commuter ticket is issued.

Further, the commuter pass issuing device according to claim 3 is:
Periodically according to the application form reading means for reading the user's characters written in the application form as a bit image, the old ticket information reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the old commuter pass, and the reading means for reading the information. When the ticket is a new issue or a continuous issue, the issue content identifying means, and when the issue content identifying means identifies the continuous issue, the name information of the user is added to the magnetic information read by the old ticket information reading means. Is present and if name data is present, it is determined whether or not it is bit image data, and the result of the determination is that name data exists and it is bit image data. If
The name data is printed on a sales record that is recorded when the commuter ticket is issued.

Further, the commuter pass issuing device according to claim 4 is an application form reading means for reading a user's character written on the application form as a bit image, and an old ticket for reading magnetic information recorded on the old commuter pass. The information reading means, the issue content identifying means for identifying whether the commuter ticket is newly issued or the continuous issue according to the reading means that has read the information, and the old ticket information when the issue content identifying means identifies the continuous issue Whether or not the user's name data is present in the magnetic information read by the reading means, and if the name data is present, a determining means for determining whether it is bit image data or code data, and the determining means As a result, when the name data is present and it is the code data, the data converting means for converting the name data into the image data, and the data It is provided with a printing unit for printing the release recording to record the time of commutation ticket issuing image data of the converted name by converting means.

Further, the commuter pass issuing device according to claim 5 is:
Periodically according to the application form reading means for reading the user's characters written on the application form as a bit image, the old ticket information reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the old commuter ticket, and the reading means for reading the information. When the ticket is a new issue or a continuous issue, the issue content identifying means, and when the issue content identifying means identifies the continuous issue, the name information of the user is added to the magnetic information read by the old ticket information reading means. If there is no name data as a result of the discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the name data exists, the name data is extracted from the bit image obtained by the application form reading means, and the name data is extracted. And a printing means for collectively printing the user information obtained from the magnetic information of the old commuter pass on the sale record which is recorded when the commuter pass is issued.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the commuter ticket is continuously issued, the commuter ticket issuing information generating means continues the old commuter ticket based on the magnetic information of the old commuter ticket read by the old ticket information reading means. Issuance information of the content is generated, and this issuance information is recorded in a newly issued commuter pass.

Further, this continuation information and the information peculiar to the user obtained from the magnetic information of the old commuter pass are put together and printed by the printing means as a sales record on the same form.

As a result, in the case of continuous issuance, it is not necessary to fill in various items on the application form.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the issue content identifying means identifies the new issue, the user-specific information is extracted from the bit image data read by the application form reading means, and the extracted information is extracted. The bit image is printed on the sales record that is recorded when the commuter pass is issued.

That is, since the bit image recorded on the old commuter pass is printed on the ticket issuing record,
For this reason, it is no longer necessary to manage the application form that was being managed,
Only the information records need to be managed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the issue content identifying means identifies the continued issue, it is determined whether or not the user's name data is present in the magnetic information read by the old ticket information reading means and the name. When the data is present, the discriminating means determines whether or not the data is bit image data.

Then, as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating means, if the name data is present and it is the bit image data,
The name data is printed on the sale record that is recorded when the commuter pass is issued.

Therefore, among the information records (ticketing record and application form) for identifying the user, which have been conventionally managed in duplicate, the application form in which the user's handwritten characters are entered becomes unnecessary. Therefore, it is possible to perform centralized management only by recording information.

Further, when purchasing a commuter pass, only the new purchaser and the purchaser whose name information is not included in the old ticket information need to fill out the application form, but the commuter pass purchaser who accounts for most of the commuter pass purchasers Eliminates the need to fill out the application form.

In the invention according to claim 4, when the issuance content identifying means identifies the continued issuance, whether or not the user's name data is present in the magnetic information read by the old ticket information reading means and the name. When the data is present, the discriminating means determines whether it is bit image data or code data.

When the name data is present and is code data as a result of the determination by the determining means, the name data is converted into image data by the data converting means, and the converted image data of the name is the commuter pass. It is printed on the sales record that is recorded at the time of issuance.

Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to manage the application form in which the characters handwritten by the user are entered as in the above, and it is possible to perform the integrated management by only recording the information.

Further, the continuous commuter purchasers, who make up the majority of commuter pass purchasers, do not need to fill in various items on the application form.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the issue content identifying means identifies the continuous issue, whether the user's name data is present in the magnetic information read by the old ticket information reading means or not. It is determined by the determination means.

If the name data does not exist as a result of the determination by the determining means, the name data is extracted from the bit image obtained by the application form reading means, and the name data and the usage obtained from the magnetic information of the old commuter pass are used. Information about the person is collected and printed on a sales record that is recorded when the commuter pass is issued.

As a result, in the case of continuous issuance, it becomes unnecessary to fill in various items on the application form.

As a result, the commuter pass purchaser can easily purchase the continuous commuter pass, and the service to the purchaser can be improved. Moreover, from the viewpoint of issuing the commuter pass, management of the application form is not required whether it is a continuation or a new one, so that waste of management can be eliminated.

[0036]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the outer appearance of a commuter pass issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a main body of the commuter pass issuing device. An LCD display device,
An image of reading the information (boarding section, period, name, contact information, etc.) for purchasing the commuter pass, which is described in the prescribed entry fields, from the operation panel 2 consisting of a touch panel, mechanical buttons, etc. and the commuter pass application form. An application form reading unit 3 such as a scanner is provided. The main body 1 has a printer 4
Are connected. Further, a ticket issuing section 5 on which a ticket printing device and an old ticket reader are mounted is arranged on the side of the main body 1. The ticket issuing section 5 is provided with an opening 6 for inserting an old commuter ticket (hereinafter referred to as an old ticket) and for issuing a commuter ticket. Further, on the ticket issuing unit 5, a CRT 7 that displays various information for issuing tickets is provided.

Next, the configuration of the control system of this commuter pass issuing device will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, the control system of this commuter ticket issuing apparatus is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 1 for controlling the commuter ticket issuing apparatus as a whole.
1. The control program of this CPU 11 is stored,
Further, a memory 12 for storing data of the commuter pass, and an image data processing unit 1 for reducing or enlarging bit image data of the application form read by the application form reading unit 3.
3. An external storage unit 14 such as a fixed disk storing data (station name data, section data between stations, charge data, etc.) corresponding to code information input from the touch panel of the operation panel 2, mechanical buttons, etc. This external storage unit 14
It is composed of a CRT 7 for displaying the data taken out from, a ticket issuing section 5 for printing the data on a commuter ticket, a printer 4 for printing purchase data on a form at the same time as the ticket issuing section 5.

Usually, this commuter ticket issuing device is installed at an issuance counter, and when a commuter ticket purchaser (user) appears at this issuance counter, the clerk will either purchase a commuter ticket newly or continue to purchase. Ask if it is a person and determine which one it is.
It may also be determined by looking at the application form.

When the commuter ticket purchaser is a person who newly purchases the commuter ticket, the clerk receives from the purchaser an application form in which a boarding section, a period, contact information, etc. are entered in predetermined fields.
Then, from the application form, the clerk reads the conditions for purchasing the commuter pass and inputs / sets the conditions on the operation panel 2 while watching the CRT 7.

When the above-mentioned conditions are input from the touch panel of the operation panel 2, mechanical buttons, etc., the application form reading section 3
Is waiting to read the application form. When the application form is inserted through the opening 6, the application form reading unit 3 reads the content as bit image data and sends the data to the image data processing unit 9.

The CPU 11 also stores corresponding data on the basis of the code information input from the operation panel 2 in the external storage unit 14.
And take out from the memory 12 etc., perform internal processing,
As a result, ticketing data showing usage conditions is generated,
It is transferred to the ticket issuing section 5. The internal processing is, for example, boarding section / issue condition setting processing, fare calculation, and other internal processing.

On the other hand, a bit image such as a name and an address as the information peculiar to the user from the application form reading section 3 is reduced or enlarged by the image data processing section 13 so as to fit in a preset area.

Then, the ticket issuing unit 5 prints the transferred ticket issuing data on the front surface of the commuter ticket to be issued, and encodes information such as a boarding section, an effective start date, and an end date on the magnetic surface of the back surface.

Simultaneously with this printing process, the ticket issuing section 5 transfers the ticket number, the amount of money, the purchaser information, the purchaser information image, and the boarding section data to the printer 4.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, ticket numbers 29,
In addition to the amount 30, the purchaser information image 32, the boarding section 33, and the like are sequentially printed on the form 34 as purchaser information 31. For example, as shown in FIG.
11 ", the amount 30 is" 59,800 ", the purchaser information 31 is the purchaser's name" ○ △ Taro ", the age is" 45 years old ", the address is" △ ○ City × District 10 ", and the telephone number is" 012-123- ". The purchaser information image 32 such as "4567" and Tokyo <-> Kawasaki Nato are printed as the boarding section 33.

In this case, the purchaser information (name, address, telephone number, etc.) read from the application form is transferred to the area of the purchaser information image 32 on the form 34 as it is by hand.

The continuous regular issuing operation will be described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. When the commuter pass purchaser is a continuous purchaser, the clerk receives the old commuter pass from the purchaser and inserts the old ticket into the old ticket reader 3.

Then, the contents of the old ticket are read by the old ticket reader of the ticket issuing section 5 (step 301). At this time, since the contents of the old ticket are read by the old ticket reader, the CPU
11 recognizes that it is the issue of a continuation commuter pass.

Then, the CPU 11 fetches the data read from the old ticket, and based on this data, the previous purchase information is fetched from the external storage unit 14 and the memory 12, and the fare calculation and other internal processing are performed. .

At this time, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the magnetic information of the old ticket includes name compression information (step 302).
).

As a result of the determination, if the name compression information is present, the name compression information is converted into a bit image (step 303).

On the other hand, if there is no name compression information but character codes such as kanji and katakana exist (step 30
4) The character code of the kanji and katakana is converted into image data (step 305).

If there is neither name compression information nor character code (No in step 302, No in step 304),
As in the case of a new purchaser, the application form reading unit 3 reads the characters on the application form (step 306),
The image data processing unit 13 performs editing processing (extraction processing of name data, enlargement / reduction processing, etc.) of the character data (image data) (step 307).

Hereinafter, as in the case of the above-mentioned new purchaser,
Boarding section / issue condition setting processing, fare calculation, other internal processing, commuter pass printing / encoding processing, processing for transferring image data to the printer 4, processing for printing image data on the printer 4 and the like are executed (step 308 ~
Step 313).

When it is a condition for continuous issuance and the information on the application form is used (when the name data is not on the old ticket), the information read from the application form and the information read from the old ticket are collected together. , Purchaser information printing image 32
Record in the print area of.

In this case, as shown by the ticket number “000013” in FIG. 3, for example, the image data 35 of the name, that is, “□”
The data 36 (commuting, adult, 1 month, man, etc.) converted into a character code is printed in the lower column in which “× Saburo” is printed, and the telephone number 37 of the contact is printed below it.

As described above, according to the commuter pass issuing device of this embodiment, when the commuter pass purchaser purchases the continuation commuter pass, the old ticket reader reads the magnetic information recorded in the old commuter pass, and the information is read. The CPU 11 generates information on a new commuter pass based on the above, and issues a new commuter pass from the ticket issuing unit 5. Therefore, when the commuter pass purchaser purchases the commuter pass continuously, it is not necessary to fill in the application form. become.

Since a bit image is generated from the purchaser name data read from the old ticket or application form, the purchaser information image 32 is printed on the form as a sales record to be recorded when the commuter ticket is issued. On the side of issuing a commuter pass, it becomes unnecessary to manage the application form when a new commuter pass is issued or when the commuter pass is continued, and waste of management can be eliminated.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the commuter ticket is continuously issued, a new commuter ticket is issued based on the usage conditions of the old commuter ticket read by the old ticket information reading means. . At this time, with the issue information recorded on the new commuter pass,
When the commuter ticket purchaser continues to purchase the commuter ticket, as the information unique to the user obtained from the magnetic information of the old commuter ticket is collected and printed on the same form as the sales record by the printing means. It is not necessary to fill out the application form.

Further, according to the present invention, when the purchaser newly purchases the commuter pass, the characters of the user entered on the application form are read by the application form reading means and converted into bit image data. User-specific information is extracted and its image is printed on the sales record that is recorded when the commuter ticket is issued.

That is, since the characters written by the purchaser on the application form will be printed on the ticketing record,
Conventionally, the management of the application form, which has been managed for this purpose, becomes unnecessary, and the purchaser's data can be collectively managed by only the ticketing record.

As a result, the purchaser of the commuter pass can easily purchase the continuous commuter pass, and the service to the purchaser can be improved. Moreover, the management of the application form is no longer necessary regardless of whether it is continued or new, so that waste of management can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a commuter pass issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of this commuter pass issuing device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a form printed by this commuter pass issuing device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of issuing a continuous commuter pass in this commuter pass issuing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body part, 2 ... Operation panel, 3 ... Application paper reading part, 4 ... Printer, 5 ... Ticketing part, 6 ... Opening, 7 ... CRT, 11 ... Central processing unit (CPU), 12
... memory, 13 ... image data processing section, 14 ... external storage section, 32 ... purchaser information image, 34 ... form.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An old ticket information reading unit for reading magnetic information including usage conditions and user-specific information recorded on an old commuter pass, and a new one based on the usage conditions read by the old ticket information reading unit. A commuter ticket issuance information generating means for generating issuance information for issuing a commuter ticket, and a commuter ticket issuing means for recording and issuing the issuance information generated by the commuter ticket issuance information generating means to a new commuter ticket, A commuter pass issuing device comprising: a printing unit that collectively prints the issuance information generated by the commuter pass issuance information generating unit and user-specific information as a sales record on the same form. 2. An application form reading means for reading a user's character written on an application form as a bit image, an old ticket information reading means for reading magnetic information recorded on an old commuter pass, and the bit image is obtained. Issue content identifying means for identifying new issue or continuous issue according to the read means, and when the issue content identifying means identifies new issue, use from the bit image data read by the application form reading means A commuter ticket issuing device, comprising: a printing unit that extracts information unique to a person and prints the extracted bit image on a sale record that is recorded when the commuter ticket is issued. 3. An application form reading means for reading the user's characters written on the application form as a bit image, an old ticket information reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the old commuter pass, and a reading for reading the information. Issue content identifying means for identifying whether the commuter ticket is a new issue or a continuous issue according to the means, and when the issue content identifying means identifies continuous issue, in the magnetic information read by the old ticket information reading means, Whether or not the user's name data exists and if the name data exists, the determination means for determining whether or not it is bit image data, and the result of the determination made by the determination means is that the name data exists and it is If it is bit image data, the commuter pass is provided with a printing means for printing the name data of the name record when the commuter pass is issued. Line equipment. 4. An application form reading means for reading a user's character written on an application form as a bit image, an old ticket information reading means for reading magnetic information recorded on an old commuter pass, and a reading by reading the information. Issue content identifying means for identifying whether the commuter ticket is a new issue or a continuous issue according to the means, and when the issue content identifying means identifies continuous issue, in the magnetic information read by the old ticket information reading means, Whether or not the user's name data exists, and if the name data exists, a determining means for determining whether it is bit image data or code data, and the result of the determination made by the determining means is that the name data exists. Is the code data, the data conversion means for converting the name data into image data, and the name converted by the data conversion means. Commutation ticket issuing apparatus characterized by comprising a printing means for printing the release recording to record the time of commutation ticket issuing image data. 5. An application form reading means for reading a user's character written on an application form as a bit image, an old ticket information reading means for reading magnetic information recorded on an old commuter pass, and a reading by reading the information. Issue content identifying means for identifying whether the commuter ticket is a new issue or a continuous issue according to the means, and when the issue content identifying means identifies continuous issue, in the magnetic information read by the old ticket information reading means, Judgment means for judging whether or not the user's name data is present, and if the result of the judgment made by the discrimination means is that the name data is not present, the name data is extracted from the bit image obtained by the application form reading means. However, the name data and the user information obtained from the magnetic information of the old commuter pass are collected together and a printing means for printing on the sale record that is recorded when the commuter pass is issued. Season ticket issuing device which is characterized in that Bei was.