JPH09128569A - Automatic ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make even a small child or a user of wheelchair possible to easily purchase a desired train ticket by himself/herself. SOLUTION: This ticket issuing machine is provided with a lot of ticket purchase buttons 11 provided on a customer service face 2 for designating the desired ticket to be issued for a customer by being depressed, a fare display 10 for visibly displaying any buttons among these ticket purchase buttons 11 to be designated by the amount of inserted money, an indicating means 10A made to correspond to these buttons, a designation moving and indicating buttons (a designation advancing and indicating button 41A and a designation backing and indicating button 41B) and a designation fixing button 42 provided at sufficient lower positions under the group of ticket purchase buttons 11. In this case, while the fare display 10 displays that the purchase is enabled, any one displayed on the fare display 10 is indicated so as to be visually confirmed by depressing the designation moving and indication buttons 41A and 41B and each time the designation moving and indication buttons 41A and 41B are depressed again, the fare displays 10 are successively selected and indicated without being omitted. Corresponding to the depressing operation of the designation fixing button 10, the ticket corresponding to the fare display 10 designated at that time is issued.

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 which is installed in a railway line station and issues a ticket or the like when a user inputs money.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an automatic ticket vending machine that issues a ticket or a coupon ticket, the ticket is divided according to the amount of money or the destination for the operation for the user to select and purchase the desired ticket. A large number of push buttons are arranged on the customer service side. FIG. 5 is an external view showing an example of a customer service side of a conventional automatic ticket vending machine. It should be noted that an approximately equivalent to the illustrated ticket vending machine has been proposed by the present applicant as Japanese Patent Application No. 6-80934 (hereinafter referred to as already proposed). In the illustrated ticket vending machine, the fee display device (10) is arranged in three rows vertically on the customer service surface (2), and the fee display devices (10) are individually associated with each other on the fee display device (10). A ticket purchase button (11) composed of a plurality of push button switches also serving as a display device is arranged. When the user charges, the charges for the ticket to be issued according to the amount of money input are first displayed on the surface of each push-button switch, and the customer issues the corresponding ticket by pressing the push-button switch that he or she wishes to purchase. It has become. Below the above-mentioned operation buttons, there are provided a ticket issuing port through which a boarded ticket or a coupon ticket is issued, and a currency return port through which a predetermined change is dispensed.

In the illustrated example, a coupon ticket can also be issued, and when the coupon ticket button on the same customer service side is pressed, the fee of the coupon ticket to be issued is displayed, and the ticket purchase for each tier. Each charge indicator is on the surface of the customer service surface located at the bottom of the button
The purchase button (11) arranged in correspondence with (10) displays the station name indicating the usable range corresponding to the coupon fee.

In the automatic ticket vending machine having such a structure, when money is inserted into the cash slot, the fare indicator (10) displays the fare of the issuable ticket corresponding to the amount of the inserted money, By pressing the ticket purchase button that is not displayed when the passenger purchasing the ticket is located directly below the ticket display that displays the desired ticket price and the ticket is being sold. , Issue a ticket for the fare desired by the customer. If the coupon ticket button is pressed after coins have been inserted into the cash slot,
The station name, which indicates the usable range of the coupon ticket, is displayed while the ticket indicator displays the fee of the coupon ticket that can be issued corresponding to the coin entered and the ticket purchase button corresponding to the ticket indicator is illuminated from the inside. Is displayed visually. Then, the coupon ticket purchaser presses the ticket purchase button on which the desired station name is displayed to issue the coupon ticket corresponding to the ticket purchase button.

By the way, in the conventional automatic ticket vending machines including the above-mentioned exemplified device, all the operation parts thereof are provided at a relatively high position. Therefore, even if the usage rate is low, it is often impossible for children and physically handicapped passengers to operate the operation button at a high position to specify the desired ticket type, and it is barely possible. It is extremely difficult for a wheelchair user to press a desired operation button that is finely divided even when it is accessible. In the end, the fact is that we have to ask someone who is lucky enough to be there, and such users are inconvenient, and improvements are strongly desired.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the difficulty that the operation of the conventional automatic ticket vending machine when designating the ticket type is extremely difficult for short children and wheelchair users. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to propose an automatic ticket vending machine configured to eliminate the operational difficulty and to be easily operated by these users by themselves.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, an automatic ticket vending machine is provided with a large number of tickets provided on the customer service surface (2) for the user to designate the ticket he or she wishes to issue. The purchase button (11) and the charge indicator (10) that visually displays the ticket purchase buttons (11) that can be designated for purchase according to the amount inserted, and each of the charge indicators (10) A ticket issuing mechanism provided with associated indicating means (10A), which issues a corresponding ticket by pressing and designating any one of the ticket purchase buttons (11) that is designated as selectable, and a customer contact surface ( 2) Ticket purchase button
(11) A designated movement instruction button (41A, 41B) and a designated confirmation button (42) provided at a sufficiently low position below the group are provided to indicate that the charge display (10) is available for purchase. While it is in operation, pressing the designated movement instruction buttons (41A, 41B) will cause the charge indicator (1
(1) Select any one of the displayed items (0) to indicate visually that it is being designated as a purchase candidate by the clarification means (10A) so that the designated movement instruction buttons (41A, 41B) can be pressed again. For each pressing operation, one of the displayed ones on the charge display (10) is selected in order without fail to clearly indicate that it is being designated as a purchase candidate, and the designation confirmation button (42) is clearly displayed. In response to the pressing operation of, the ticket display device 10 is controlled so as to issue a ticket associated with the designated fee display device (10).

Alternatively, a large number of ticket purchase buttons (11) are provided on the customer service surface (2) for the user to designate the ticket desired to be issued by pressing, and the amount of money to be inserted in these ticket purchase buttons (11). A charge indicator (1
0) and each fee display device (10) individually indicating means
(10A), a ticket issuing mechanism that issues a corresponding ticket by pressing and designating any one of the tickets that can be designated in the ticket purchase button (11), and the ticket on the customer service surface (2) Purchase button (1
1) Designated forward instruction button provided at a sufficiently low position below the group
(41A), designated backward movement instruction button (41B) and designated confirmation button (42) are provided, and the designated forward movement instruction button (41A) is displayed while the charge indicator (10) indicates that it is available for purchase. Alternatively, by depressing the designated reverse instruction button (41B), any one of the charge indicator (10) that can be designated is selected to indicate that it is designated as a purchase candidate (10A) Is displayed visually so that it can be visually confirmed, and the charge indicator (10A) is displayed leftward by pressing the designated forward instruction button (41A) or rightward by pressing the designated reverse instruction button (41B). Clearly select any one in turn and visually indicate that it is being designated as a purchase candidate in a visually recognizable manner, and in response to the pressing operation of the designation confirmation button (42), the designation means (10A) designated at that time It is controlled to issue the ticket associated with.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings based on the embodiments. In the accompanying drawings, FIG. 1 is a front view of a customer service side of the ticket vending machine of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a configuration of the ticket vending machine of the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a portion related to the present invention during a ticket issuing control process of the ticket vending machine of the present embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining.

The illustrated embodiment has all the conventional ticket issuing functions, and the structure for this is the same as the conventional one, and the above-mentioned proposal (Japanese Patent Application No. 6-80934) also has such a structure. Details are disclosed. That is, a large number of ticket purchase buttons (11) provided for the customer to specify the ticket desired to be issued by pressing, and the charges arranged in correspondence with the positions immediately above each ticket purchase button (11). It is equipped with a display (10) on the customer contact surface (2), and it corresponds by pressing any one of the ticket purchase buttons (11) specified by the price display (10) It has a ticket issuing mechanism for issuing tickets. In order to issue a coupon ticket, the ticket purchase button (10) is internally illuminated as necessary so that each can display a predetermined station name.

At the same time, the charge indicator (10) of the embodiment also serves as an indicating means (10A) necessary in the present invention for clearly indicating a purchase candidate ticket as described later. By the way,
The explicit means (10A) may be provided separately. In addition, below the ticket purchase button (11) group on the same customer service surface (2), at a sufficiently low position, a designated forward instruction button (41A) and a designated backward instruction button (41B) as designated movement instruction buttons and designated confirmation Buttons (42) and are arranged. Hereinafter, first, each known part of the customer service surface will be briefly described.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral (1) is a casing of a ticket vending machine,
Reference numeral (2) is a customer service surface arranged on the front surface of the housing (1).
As shown in the figure, this customer service surface (2) has a coin slot (3), which is a cash slot for coins and bills, and a bill insertion slot (4).
And a deposit amount indicator (5) with a built-in seven segment indicator that displays the total amount of deposited coins, and a plurality of number-designating pushbutton switches () for designating the number of tickets or coupons to be issued. 6), a plurality of company line push button switches that show the company line name of the railway company of the ticket that can be issued by this ticket vending machine (7), and a push button that shows the specific company line name of the issuable coupon ticket A coupon ticket button (8) for specifying coupon tickets consisting of a switch
And a plasma display (9) that displays the railway line map of the company line name when the company line push button switch (7) or coupon ticket button (8) is pressed, and the coin slot (3) or bill insertion slot. The ticket price that can be issued when a predetermined amount of money is inserted in (4) is displayed, and the predetermined amount of money is inserted into the money insertion slot (3) or the bill insertion slot (4). A plurality of fee indicators with built-in seven-segment indicators that display the fees of the coupons that can be issued when (8) is pressed and are arranged horizontally and vertically in three stages (10) And a predetermined number of push button switches that are arranged horizontally below the fare indicators (10) of each of these stages and below the fare indicators (10) in association with each fare indicator (10). Ticket purchase button (1
1), ticket and ticket issue outlets (12), change change outlets (13), change receiving trays (14) for receiving change released from change outlets (13), ticket or A cancel button (15) composed of a push button switch for canceling the purchase of a coupon ticket and a call button (16) composed of a push button switch for calling an attendant are respectively provided.

Each of the ticket purchase buttons (11) has a function as a push button switch for purchasing a ticket or for purchasing a coupon ticket, and only when the coupon button (8) is pressed, It also has a function to visually display the station name with a different usable range corresponding to the fee of the coupon ticket displayed on the fee display (10), and at the rear end of the rectangular socket body It has an electric switch mechanism, and is readable such that predetermined characters are displayed on the surface side when illuminated by an internal incandescent light bulb, and its structure is described in detail in, for example, the already proposed.

In addition to the known structure as described above, the customer service surface (2) of the embodiment apparatus can be easily reached by a child or a person in a wheelchair at a sufficiently low position below the operation button group on the customer service surface. As the designated movement instruction buttons (41A, 41B) that can be operated, designated forward instruction buttons (41A) for moving two buttons in order to the left (moving to the rightmost end of the lower stage at the left end)
, And a designated reverse command button (41B) for moving the designated button in the left direction (moving to the leftmost edge of the upper row at the right end) in order.
, And a designation confirmation button (42) are provided. To indicate the function of each button, the designated forward instruction button (41A) has the word "left", the designated backward instruction button (41B) has "right", and the designated confirmation button (42) has "Enter". The character "" is marked.

The designated forward instruction button (41A) is an indication means (10A).
However, while the charge display (10) indicates that ticket purchase can be designated (in the embodiment, the charge is displayed), the operation is accepted, and by pressing this (pressing operation), the control unit First, by control, at least one of the tariff indicators (10) displayed as a tariff is selected (for example, the one with the highest price) to visually confirm that it is selected as a purchase candidate (implementation). (In the example, only one is blinking), and then by pressing the designated forward instruction button, the selectable ticket purchase button on the left is blinked to clearly indicate that it is being selected as a purchase candidate. . When the button is pressed again, the charge display (displaying means: 11A) on the left side is further specified and blinks. As described above, when the designated forward instruction button (41A) is pressed to indicate that the clarification means is available for purchase, at least the amount displayed on the amount display (10) is Select one of them to clearly indicate that they have been selected as a purchase candidate so that they can be visually confirmed, and any one of the at least one of the displayed money amount indicators (10) is turned leftward by the subsequent pressing operation. Make it blinking so that it can be visually confirmed that it is selected and selected as a purchase candidate. It should be noted that control may be performed so that the designated portion moves continuously in response to the operation of continuing to press.

The designated backward movement instruction button (41B) has a function similar to that of the designated forward movement instruction button (41A), and it is indicated by blinking the indication indicating means (10A) and the charge indicator (10) by pressing the button for the second time or later. If the point indicator (10) is displaying that it is available for purchase, only the direction in which the part moves (rightward) is different, and if it is pressed (by the control of the control unit, ) First, select any one of the charges displayed on the charge display (10) to flash that it is being selected as a purchase candidate to make it visually recognizable and then press the right button Next to the price indicator (1
Repeatedly blinking 0) to clearly indicate that it is selected as a purchase candidate in a visually confirmable manner.

The designated confirmation button (42) is the designated forward instruction button described above.
(41A) or pressing the designated backward command button (41B) to confirm the charge indicator (10) intended by the user specified by clearly indicating the explicit means (blinking the charge indicator) as a candidate (decision to purchase) The ticket purchase button (11) associated with the fare indicator (10) is pressed to issue a predetermined ticket in the same manner as when the ticket purchase button (11) is pressed. In response to the above, the control unit issues a ticket associated with the fee display device (10) selected and selected at that time.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the structure of the embodiment ticket vending machine. Although the schematic structure is the same as the above-mentioned proposal,
A designated forward movement instruction button (41A) and a designated backward movement instruction button (41B) as designated movement means, and a designation confirmation button (42) are added.
Along with this, the control process (described later) by the control unit (35) has also been changed. In the figure, the reference numeral (30) is a staff operation unit for the staff to confirm the issuance date printed or magnetically recorded on the tickets and coupons to be issued, and the reference numeral (31) is the railway line map of each company line and station information. , A magnetic disk storage unit that stores various data such as ticket price data or coupon ticket data between stations, the code (32) is a coin slot
A coin processing unit for inspecting the coins inserted in (3) and storing them in a coin safe, and discharging the change from the change box to the change outlet (13), and the symbol (33) to the bill insertion slot (4). A bill processing unit that discriminates the inserted bills and stores them in the bill safe, and returns the fishing tag from the bill safe from the bill insertion slot (4), the sign (34) is the ticket purchase button (11). When the designated forward instruction button (41A), the designated backward instruction button (41B) and the designated confirmation button (42) are operated in a predetermined manner, the ticket is issued from the ticket purchase port (12) When the ticket button (8) and the ticket purchase button (11) are pressed, a predetermined number of tickets are issued collectively from the ticket issuing port (12), and the reference numeral (35) is a control unit for controlling the entire ticket vending machine. Is. Both the staff operation unit (30) and each unit (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) are casings.
It is stored inside (1).

The designated movement buttons (41A, 41B) are used to select a ticket desired to be purchased as described above, and the corresponding one of the fare indicator (10) is purchased according to the amount of coins inserted. While the amount of money is being displayed to mean that it is possible, by pressing the designated movement instruction button (41A, 41B), the indication means (1
(0) Select at least one of the specified ones and display that it is being selected as a designated candidate by blinking so that it can be visually confirmed, and press the designated movement instruction button (41A, 41B) again. The display means (11A) is used to select one of the displayed items in order without fail and to visually confirm that it is being selected as a purchase candidate. The designation confirmation button (42) is for issuing a ticket corresponding to the selected indicating means (11A), and is selected at that time in response to the pressing operation of this button and is instructed by the indicating means (10). Ticket purchase button
A ticket associated with (11) is issued.

The ticket vending machine of this embodiment having such a structure has the same ticket issuing function as the conventional one. For example, a purchaser who purchases a ticket can enter the coin insertion slot (3) and the bill insertion slot (4) in an amount of currency (eg, 310
When a coin is inserted, the money handling unit (32) processes the inserted coin and stores it in the coin safe. Control unit (3
5) displays the total amount of inserted coins on the input amount indicator (5) based on the signal obtained by the money handling unit (32) performing the inspection process, and displays the fare of the ticket that can be issued at a predetermined charge. Bowl (10)
To display each. Then, the purchaser presses the ticket purchase button (11) in the (no-display state) directly below the charge indicator (10) displaying the same charge as the coin inserted,
The ticket issuing unit (34) issues a ticket for the ticket purchase button (11)
Issued from (12).

The ticket vending machine of the embodiment is also capable of issuing a coupon ticket. When the purchaser who purchases the coupon ticket inserts into the coin slot (3) and the bill insertion slot (4) the same amount of money as the desired coupon ticket (for example, 3100 yen), the currency handling unit (33) The input coin is inspected and stored in the coin safe, and the bill processing unit (34) discriminates the inserted bill and stores it in the bill safe. Control Unit (35)
Displays the total amount of inserted money on the input amount display (5) based on the signal obtained by the currency processing unit (33) for the money inspection and the signal obtained by the bill processing unit (34) for the discrimination processing. ,
Display the fare of the ticket that can be issued on the fare display (10).

Then, when the purchaser depresses the coupon ticket button (8), the control unit (35) replaces the ticket fee displayed on the fee indicator (10) with the coupon ticket that can be issued. Are displayed on the charge display (10), and the charge display (1
The incandescent light bulb of the specified ticket purchase button (11) corresponding to (0) is turned on and the incandescent light bulb of the incandescent light bulb is illuminated. Each of the ticket purchase buttons (11) is the station name of the specified company line (A line) Is displayed. Therefore, the purchaser can easily select the desired ticket purchase button (11) simply by looking at the station name, and the purchaser presses the ticket purchase button (11) displaying the station name of the desired number of tickets. By doing so, the ticket issuing unit (34) collectively issues the multiple tickets of the ticket purchase button (11) from the ticket issuing port (12).

The device of the embodiment is
By operating the two movement instruction buttons, the designated forward movement instruction button (41A) and the designated backward movement instruction button (41B), which are provided at particularly low positions, and the designated confirmation button (42), It can be easily purchased by passengers. FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart mainly showing the control during this period. In order to purchase a boarding ticket using the transfer instruction button, etc., first, from the coin insertion slot (3) and the bill insertion slot (4) (both are located at the low position) to the ticket price you want to purchase. Put enough money. A currency handling unit (33) as described above
Receives the inserted coin and stores it in the coin safe, and the bill processing unit (34) discriminates the inserted bill and stores it in the bill safe. The control unit (35) is a currency handling unit.
Signal and bill processing unit (34) obtained by the money inspection processing by (33) (34)
Based on the signal obtained by the discrimination process, the total amount of coins inserted is displayed on the input amount display (5), the fare of the ticket that can be issued is displayed on the fare display (10), and the ticket that can be issued is issued. The respective charges are displayed on predetermined charge indicators (10) (steps (S1), (S2) in FIG. 3). The process up to this point is exactly the same as the general purchasing method.

Subsequently, the ticket purchaser presses the movement instruction button. In the embodiment, the movement instruction buttons are designated by function
1A) and a designated reverse command button (41B) are provided, but any one may be pressed. The control unit (35) has a designated movement button (41A, 4
1B) is being monitored for pressing operation (S3), and if there is a pressing operation, the highest one of the charge indicator (10) that is emitting light will be flashed and this ticket will be designated. The fact is clearly indicated (S5). When there is no pressing for a certain period of time, it is monitored whether or not there is a pressing operation of the ticket purchase button, and when there is no operation for a certain period of time, the monitoring of the designated movement buttons (41A, 41B) in the step (S3) is repeated. On the other hand, if the ticket purchase button is pressed (normal purchase),
The boarding ticket designated by the operation is issued in accordance with the prescribed ticketing process and refund processing is performed if necessary (S11). It is also possible to monitor the designated movement buttons (41A, 41B) and the ticket purchase button (10) at the same time, and perform a program so as to perform processing according to the pressed button.

After the step (S5) of the above-mentioned designation through the step (S3), the depression of the designation confirmation button (42) is monitored (S6). If it is pressed, the above process (S11) is performed. That is, the currently designated boarding ticket is issued in accordance with the prescribed ticketing processing process, and refund processing is performed if necessary. If the designated confirmation button (42) is not pressed for a certain period of time in the step (S6), the depression of the designated forward instruction button (41A) is monitored (S7). If there is a pressing operation, the charge display on the left side
(11) is indicated by blinking to clearly indicate that it has been designated (S8), and the process returns to the step (S6) of monitoring the depression of the designation confirmation button (42). When the charge indicator (11) at the left end is designated, the charge indicator (11) at the right end of the upper row is designated (blinking display).

In the step (S7), if the designated forward instruction button (41A) is not pressed for a certain time, the designated backward instruction button (41B) is monitored to be pressed (S9). If the designated reverse command button (41B) is not pressed for a certain period of time, the process returns to the monitoring process (S6) of pressing the designated confirmation button (42), but if there is a pressing operation (S9), the charge indicator (11) (right end on the right side) If is being specified, the charge display on the left end of the lower row is displayed as a blinking display (S10), and the process of pressing the specification confirmation button (42) is monitored (S6). It should be noted that it may be programmed to collectively monitor whether or not each operation button is pressed and to perform processing corresponding to the pressing.

Thus, while the charge indicator (11) indicates that the purchase is possible, the charge indicator is pressed in response to the purchaser's pressing of the designated movement instruction button (41A, 41B). (11)
Of at least one of the displayed items, the indication means (11A) clearly shows that any one of them is selected without exception and is being selected as a designated candidate. The ticket purchaser operates the designated movement buttons (41A, 41B) until the desired ticket becomes blinking (designated). Then, when the designated confirmation button (42) is pressed while the desired ticket is designated, it corresponds to the indicating means (11A) selected at that time, that is, the fare display (11) and the ticket purchase button (10). The attached ticket will be issued.

As described above, in the embodiment apparatus, after the predetermined fee is charged, the target ticket is designated and the designation is confirmed by depressing the designated forward instruction button (41A) or the designated backward instruction button (41B) on the customer service surface (2). The user can select and decide the desired ticket only by issuing a ticketing instruction by pressing the button (42), and the designated forward instruction button, the designated backward instruction button and the designated confirmation button are all on the customer service side (2). Since it is provided at a sufficiently low position below the other operation buttons, even a short child or a person in a wheelchair can easily press it and easily purchase a desired ticket by himself.

In the embodiment, only the designated movement button for moving the designated portion to the right or left is arranged, but further, the position currently designated is directly moved vertically to the corresponding position in the upper row or the lower row. A move button for moving may be added. FIG. 4 is a front view of the main part of the operation surface showing such an example. The confirmation button (42) and the designated movement instruction are provided at a sufficiently low position below the ticket purchase button (11) on the customer service surface (2). Button (41A, 41B, 41C, 41
D) and are provided, and the designated location is designated by the move button (41C)
The user can specify the desired ticket more quickly by moving the button up (upper row) or down (down row) with the designated move button (41D).

In the embodiment, the function is omitted because the demand is generally small, but the operation button for selecting the coupon purchase is
After all, if it is added to a sufficiently low position below the customer service surface (2), and after the coupon ticket selection operation, it is controlled so that the desired coupon ticket can be designated by the designated movement instruction button and the designation confirmation button.
It is also possible to deal with the case of purchasing a coupon ticket. In addition, the present invention can be applied almost similarly to an automatic ticket vending machine in which a corresponding ticket is issued by pressing the fare indicator without separately holding a ticket purchase button. The present invention can be similarly applied to an automatic ticket vending machine in which a station name is displayed instead of a charge display on a plurality of buttons. As the designation clarification means, a plurality of light emitting diodes are separately arranged in association with each of the listed candidate tickets, and the light emitting diodes corresponding to the selected candidate tickets are lit, and the designated move button is operated. The lights may move in order. In short, a designated movement instruction button and a designation confirmation button are provided at a sufficiently low position below the customer service surface, and the selective selection of tickets that can be issued by pressing the designated movement instruction button and the manifestation of the selection result , And the selected ticket can be issued by pressing the specification confirmation button.

[0030]

As described above, in the automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention, a large number of ticket purchase buttons (11) are provided on the customer service surface (2) so that the customer can designate the ticket he or she wishes to issue by pressing it. And a display means (10A) for visually displaying those ticket purchase buttons (11) that can be designated for purchase according to the input amount, and can be specified on the ticket purchase button (11). Equipped with a ticket issuing mechanism that issues the corresponding ticket by pressing and designating any one of the displayed buttons, and further, a designated movement provided at a sufficiently low position below the ticket purchase button (11) group on the customer service surface (2). Equipped with an instruction button (41A, 41B) and a designation confirmation button (42), the designated movement instruction button (41A, 41B) is displayed while the charge indicator (10) indicates that it is available for purchase.
By the pressing operation of B), the clarification means (10A) clearly visibly confirms that one of the displayed charges on the charge display (10) is selected and designated as a purchase candidate. Each time the designated movement instruction button (41A, 41B) is pressed again,
Corresponding to the pressing operation of the designation confirmation button (42) by clearly selecting one of the displayed ones on the charge display (10) without fail and visually confirming that it is being designated as a purchase candidate And the charge indicator specified at that time (10)
Since it is configured to control to issue a ticket associated with, a short ticket or a wheelchair user can easily and easily obtain a desired ticket by operating only the designated movement instruction button and the designated confirmation button. You can buy. Further, in a substantially similar configuration, a designated forward movement instruction button and a designated backward movement instruction button as a designated movement button provided at a sufficiently low position below the ticket purchase button group on the customer service surface, and a designated confirmation button are provided. The same effect as described above can be obtained, and the desired ticket can be designated more quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a customer service side of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a control process of the automatic ticket vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a main part of a customer service surface of an automatic ticket vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a customer service side of a conventional automatic ticket vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (2) Customer service area (10) Charge display (10A) Clearance means (charge display) (11) Ticket purchase button (41A) Designated forward instruction button (designated movement instruction button) (41B) Designated backward movement instruction button (designated movement) (Instruction button) (42) Confirm button

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A large number of ticket purchase buttons (11) provided on the customer-facing side (2) for the customer to designate a desired ticket by pressing it.
And, the ticket display buttons (10) that visually display the ticket purchase buttons (11) that can be designated for purchase according to the amount of money inserted, and the indications individually associated with the respective fee display devices (10). Means (10A)
An automatic ticket vending machine having a ticket issuing mechanism for issuing a corresponding ticket by pressing and designating any one of the designated buttons on the ticket purchase button (11) ), Designated movement instruction buttons (41A, 41B) and designated confirmation button (4A) provided at a sufficiently low position below the ticket purchase button (11) group.
2) and, while the charge indicator (10) indicates that the charge is available, the charge indicator (10) is displayed by pressing the designated movement instruction button (41A, 41B). One of the selected items is selected and designated as a purchase candidate.
(0A) is clearly visible, and the designated move instruction button (4
Each time you press (1A, 41B), one of the displayed charges on the charge display (10) is selected in order without fail to visually confirm that it is being designated as a purchase candidate. An automatic ticket vending machine, which is controlled so as to issue a ticket associated with a charge display (10) specified at that time in response to a pressing operation of an enter button (42). 2. A large number of ticket purchase buttons (11) provided on the customer-facing surface (2) for the customer to designate a desired ticket by pressing it.
And, the ticket display buttons (10) that visually display the ticket purchase buttons (11) that can be designated for purchase according to the amount of money inserted, and the indications individually associated with the respective fee display devices (10). Means (10A)
An automatic ticket vending machine having a ticket issuing mechanism for issuing a corresponding ticket by pressing and designating any one of the designated buttons on the ticket purchase button (11) ) The designated forward instruction button (41A) and the designated backward instruction button (4A) provided at a sufficiently low position below the ticket purchase button group (11).
1B) and designated confirmation button (42), and the designated forward instruction button (41A) or designated backward movement button (41B) while the charge display (10) indicates that the purchase is possible.
By pressing the button, any one of the charge indicator (10) that can be designated is displayed and the indicating means (10A) clearly indicates that it is being designated as a purchase candidate by visual confirmation. Continue to select any one of the displayed items on the charge display (10A), either leftward by pressing the designated forward instruction button (41A) or rightward by pressing the designated backward instruction button (41B). It is possible to visually confirm that it is being designated as a purchase candidate, and in response to the operation of pressing the designation confirmation button (42), issue a ticket associated with the designation means (10A) designated at that time. An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by being controlled as follows.