JPH09270030A - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve services to a purchaser by collecting a ticket held by a holding means when the purchaser is absent according to the detection result of a purchaser detecting means which detects whether or not the purchaser is present. SOLUTION: When the ticket purchaser stands in front of a customer part 2, a human detecting sensor 15 detects the ticket purchaser and when a ticket purchase button 7 is pressed, a CPU controls respective parts of a ticket vending unit 20 to perform a ticket vending process. Then a ticket 49 is held while clamped between a holding belt part 48 and an endless belt 45 so that one end part of the ticket 49 projects from a ticket exit 12. Then the CPU judges whether or not a holding detection photosensor 47R detects the holding and when the ticket 49 is not extracted yet, the human detecting sensor 15 judges whether or not a human is detected; if the purchaser forgets to extract the ticket 49 and leaves the customer part 2, the ticket 49 is collected in a collection box 44 by reversing a belt driving motor 46, etc.

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 for selling tickets, prepaid cards and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, automatic ticket vending machines have been installed in stations for the purpose of labor saving and automation. This automatic ticket vending machine has a function of collecting (collecting) the ticket and the fishing tag when the purchaser forgets them. Specifically, after releasing the ticket and fishing tag to the exit,
It is collected after a certain period of time by the timer setting.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket vending machine, if the timer setting time is short, the ticket or the like is collected while the purchaser is taking the ticket or the like. there were. Further, in the above-described automatic ticket vending machine, if the timer setting time is too long, there is a drawback that the next purchaser gets a ticket or the like that the previous purchaser has forgotten, and the service for the purchaser is deteriorated. The present invention has been made under such a background, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine capable of improving the service to the purchaser.

[0004]

The invention according to claim 1 is a ticket issuing means for issuing a ticket selected by a purchaser,
A purchase for detecting the presence / absence of a purchaser in an automatic ticket vending machine having a conveying means for conveying the ticket issued by the ticket issuing means and a holding means for temporarily holding the ticket conveyed by the conveying means. And a collection control means for collecting the ticket held by the holding means when the purchaser is absent based on the detection result of the purchaser detection means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first aspect, the automatic ticket vending machine further comprises a time measuring means for measuring the time during which the ticket is held in the holding means, and the recovery control means comprises: The time measured by the time measuring means,
If it is equal to or longer than the preset time, the ticket held by the holding means is collected, and if the time counting time is shorter than the set time, based on the detection result of the purchaser detecting means, When the purchaser is absent, the ticket held by the holding means is collected.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first or second aspect, the purchaser detecting means is an infrared sensor.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

<First Embodiment> An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1A and 1B are views showing an external configuration of an automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a right side view. In these figures, a guidance display section is provided on the upper front of the vending machine 1.
A customer service section 2 including a coin slot and various buttons is provided.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing the structure of the customer service section 2 shown in FIG. In this figure, reference numeral 3 denotes a guide display unit, which displays various kinds of guide information such as the amount of money to be paid and the amount of change for the purchaser. Reference numeral 4 is a call button for calling a station staff. Reference numerals 5, 5, ... Are contact line buttons for selecting each contact line. .. are button for selecting the number of tickets to be purchased. 7, 7, ...
Is a ticket purchase button provided for each fare. 8
Is a coin slot. 9 is a bill insertion slot. 10 is
It is a prepaid card insertion slot. A cancel button 11 cancels the purchase of the ticket.

Reference numeral 12 is a ticket exit for taking out the issued ticket. Reference numeral 13 is a bill discharge port through which fishing bills are discharged. 14 is a coin tray. Reference numeral 15 denotes a human detection sensor that detects the presence / absence of a ticket purchaser, and is composed of, for example, an infrared sensor.

FIG. 3 shows an automatic ticket vending machine 1 according to the first embodiment.
2 is a side view showing the configuration of the ticket issuing unit 20. The ticket issuing unit 20 is provided inside the automatic ticket vending machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 and can be pulled out from the back surface 1a shown in FIG. 1B. In this figure, reference numeral 21 is a first rotary reel around which a paper sheet 22 is wound (stored), and its center is fitted to a rotary shaft 23. The above-mentioned ticket paper 22 is formed by a belt-shaped ticket before being issued, and one end of the ticket paper 22 is pressed against the printing unit 30 and the roller 31 via the pulleys 24 to 27. . This printing unit 30
Prints ticket issuing information such as a fare on a piece of paper 22 cut by the cutters 28 and 29 into a size of a piece of paper.

Reference numeral 32 is a second rotating reel around which the ticket paper 33 is wound (stored), and its center is fitted to the rotating shaft 60. The above-mentioned ticket paper 33 is formed by a belt-shaped ticket of a different type from the above-mentioned ticket paper 22, and one end thereof is connected to the printing unit 30 and the roller 31 via the pulleys 34 to 37 and the cutters 28 and 29. It is pressed in between.

Reference numeral 381 denotes a first conveying section composed of a pulley, a belt, a drive motor, etc., and the cutters 28, 29.
The ticket, which has been cut at, and printed by the printing unit 30, is conveyed in the direction of arrow A1 shown in FIG. Reference numeral 382 is a second transport unit including a pulley, an endless belt 39, and the like. Reference numeral 383 denotes a third transport section provided below the second transport section 382, which is composed of a pulley, an endless belt 40, and the like.

Numeral 384 is a fourth conveying section, which is the pulley 4
It is composed of an endless belt 42 wound around 1a and 41b. The endless belts 42 are in pressure contact with the endless belts 40 of the above-described third conveying unit 383, and are driven following the drive of the endless belts 40. 43S is a light emitting element, and is provided above the endless belt 42. 43R is a recovery detection photosensor for detecting a recovered ticket, which will be described later, and detects the ticket depending on whether the light of the light emitting element 43S is blocked by the ticket. 44 is
It is a collection box in which the collected tickets are stored, and is provided below the third transport unit 383.

Numeral 385 is a fifth conveying section provided in the vicinity of the ticket outlet 12 shown in FIG. 2, and rotationally drives a plurality of pulleys, an endless belt 45 wound around these pulleys, and the endless belt 45. It is composed of a belt drive motor 46. 47S is a light emitting element provided near the ticket exit 12 (see FIG. 2). 47R is a holding detection photosensor that detects the ticket 49 held near the ticket exit 12, and detects whether or not the light of the light emitting element 47S is blocked by the ticket 49. 48 is a fifth transport unit 38
It is a holding belt part provided above 5 and is a ticket exit 12
The ticket 49 held in the vicinity is nipped between the endless belt 45 of the fifth conveyance unit 385 and itself.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit 50 of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment. In this figure, portions corresponding to the respective portions in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are assigned the same reference numerals and explanations thereof are omitted. Reference numeral 51 denotes a CPU (central processing unit) that controls each part of the device.
Details of the operation of 51 will be described later. 52 is a ROM
(Read-only memory), which stores a control program. 53 is a RAM (random access memory)
It is. The automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment is configured without the timer 71 shown by the broken line in FIG.

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When power is supplied to each part of the device, the CPU 51
Proceeding to step SA1 shown in FIG. 5, the human detection sensor 15
It is determined whether or not a ticket purchaser is detected, and if the determination result is "NO", the determination is repeated.

Now, assuming that the ticket purchaser stands in front of the customer service section 2 shown in FIG. 2, the person detecting sensor 15 shown in the figure detects the ticket purchaser, and the person detecting sensor 15 shown in FIG. Outputs a human detection signal SN. Thereby, the CPU 51 proceeds to step SA2 after the determination result of step SA1 shown in FIG. 5 is “YES”.

At step SA2, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the purchaser has pressed the ticket purchase button 7 shown in FIG. 2. If the determination result is "NO", the same determination is repeated. Then, when the ticket purchaser presses the ticket purchase button 7 (see FIG. 2) of the ticket to be boarded, the CPU 51 proceeds to step SA3 after making the determination result “YES”, and is shown in FIG. The ticket issuing processing is performed by controlling each part of the ticket issuing unit 20.

As a result, the belt drive motor 46 and the like are driven in the normal direction by the motors and the belt drive signal SM shown in FIG. 4, and the belts are rotationally driven in the directions of arrows A1 to A3 in FIG. At the same time, the first rotary reel 21 shown in FIG. 3 is driven to rotate by the amount of one ticket in the direction of arrow B shown in the figure, and one end of the ticket 22 is cut by the cutter 28 or 29. As a result, an unprinted ticket is formed.

Next, the ticket is printed by the printing section 30 on the fare, purchase date, etc., and then the ticket is carried by the first carrying section 381 in the direction of arrow A1 shown in FIG. Subsequently, the ticket is conveyed by the second conveying section 382 and the third conveying section 383 in the direction of arrow A2 shown in the figure, and then conveyed by the fifth conveying section 385 in the direction of arrow A3 shown in the figure. To be done.
As a result, the above-mentioned ticket issuing process ends, and the CPU 51
Proceeds to step SA4 shown in FIG.

At step SA4, the CPU 51 causes the CPU of FIG.
It is determined whether the hold detection photo sensor 47R shown in (4) has detected the hold of the ticket. If the determination result is "NO",
The same judgment is repeated. Then, when the above-mentioned ticket being conveyed is conveyed to the vicinity of the ticket exit 12, the ticket is sandwiched between the holding belt portion 48 and the endless belt 45 of the fifth conveying portion 385, and the above-mentioned ticket is also conveyed. Thus, the light of the light emitting element 47S is blocked. As a result, the hold detection photosensor 47R shown in FIG. 4 outputs the hold detection signal SH.

As a result, the CPU 51 causes the step SA
The judgment result of 4 is "YES" and the motor drive signal SM
(See FIG. 4) is stopped to stop the belt drive motor 46 and the like. As a result, the ticket 49 shown in FIG. 3 is retained while being sandwiched between the retaining belt portion 48 and the endless belt 45 such that one end of the ticket 49 protrudes from the ticket outlet 12 (see FIG. 2). Then, the CPU 51 proceeds to step SA5.

At step SA5, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the hold detection photosensor 47R detects hold. That is, the CPU 51 controls the purchaser of FIG.
If the ticket 49 shown in is removed, the determination result is "NO" and the process returns to step SA1 to repeat the above process. Assuming that the ticket 49 shown in FIG. 3 has not been removed yet, the CPU 51 sets the determination result of step SA5 to “YES” and proceeds to step SA6.

At step SA6, the CPU 51 determines whether or not a human (purchaser) is detected by the human detection sensor 15. That is, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the human detection signal SN is output from the human detection sensor 15 shown in FIG. 4, and when the determination result is “YES”, the same determination is repeated. And now, the purchaser is voucher 4
If it is forgotten to remove 9 and it has left the front of the customer service section 2 shown in FIG. 2, the human detection sensor 1 shown in FIG.
The output of the human detection signal SN from 5 stops. As a result, the CPU 51 sets “NO” to the determination result in step SA6 shown in FIG. 5, and proceeds to step SA7.

At step SA7, the CPU 51 causes the CPU of FIG.
The belt drive motor 46 is driven by the motor drive signal SM shown in
After reversely driving etc., the process proceeds to step SA8. As a result, the endless belt 45 of the fifth conveyor 385 is rotated in the direction opposite to the arrow A3 direction shown in the figure, and the endless belt 42 of the fourth conveyor 384 moves in the direction A4 shown in the figure. The ticket 49, which is rotated and held, is conveyed backward.

At step SA8, the CPU 51 causes the CPU of FIG.
The recovery detection photo sensor 43R shown in (4) determines whether or not the ticket 49 is detected. That is, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the recovery detection signal SK (see FIG. 4) is output from the recovery detection photosensor 43R shown in FIG. 3, and when this recovery detection signal SK is not output, the determination result Is set to “NO” and the same determination is repeated.

Now, when the ticket 49 shown in FIG. 3 is reversely conveyed to a position where it is sandwiched between the endless belt 40 of the third conveyor 383 and the endless belt 42 of the fourth conveyor 384. The light from the light emitting element 43S is blocked by the ticket 49, and the recovery detection photosensor 43R outputs a recovery detection signal SK (see FIG. 4). Further, the ticket 49 is conveyed in the reverse direction and dropped into the collection box 44 to be collected.

As a result, the CPU 51 sets the determination result of step SA8 shown in FIG. 5 to "YES", proceeds to step SA9, stops the output of the motor drive signal SM, and stops the drive of the belt drive motor 46 and the like. Step SA1
Return to and repeat the above process. In addition, collected tickets 49
Will be returned to the purchaser by the buyer's subsequent declaration.

<Second Embodiment> Next, an automatic ticket vending machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment is almost the same as the configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment described above. However, in the control unit 70 of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, a timer 71 shown by a broken line is newly provided. When the reset signal Re is input from the CPU 51, the timer 71 shown in FIG. 4 is reset and outputs the time count result as the time count value Ta.

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When power is supplied to each part of the device, the CPU 51
After performing the processes of steps SB1 to SB3 shown in FIG. 6 in the same manner as steps SA1 to SA3 shown in FIG. 5 described above, the process proceeds to step SB4.

In step SB4, the CPU 51 causes the CPU of FIG.
It is determined whether the hold detection photo sensor 47R shown in (4) has detected the hold of the ticket. If the determination result is "NO",
The same judgment is repeated. Then, when the above-mentioned ticket being conveyed is conveyed to the vicinity of the ticket exit 12, the ticket (4
9) is sandwiched between the holding belt section 48 and the endless belt 45 of the fifth conveying section 385. At the same time, the light from the light emitting element 47S is blocked by the ticket 49. As a result, the hold detection photosensor 47R shown in FIG. 4 outputs the hold detection signal SH.

As a result, the CPU 51 causes the step SB
The judgment result of 4 is "YES" and the motor drive signal SM
To stop the belt drive motor 46 and the like.
As a result, the ticket 49 shown in FIG.
(See FIG. 2) It is retained while being sandwiched between the retaining belt portion 48 and the endless belt 45 so as to project further.
Further, in step SB4, the CPU 51 outputs the reset signal Re to the timer 71 shown in FIG. 4, and then proceeds to step SB5. As a result, the time count value Ta of the timer 71 is reset, and the timer 71 starts the time count and changes from time to time.
Is output to the CPU 51.

At step SB5, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the hold detection photosensor 47R detects hold. Then, assuming that the ticket 49 shown in FIG. 3 has not been removed yet, the CPU 51 determines in step S
The determination result in B5 is set to "YES", and the process proceeds to step SB6.

In step SB6, the CPU 51 causes the CPU 51 of FIG.
It is determined whether or not the time count value Ta output from the timer 71 shown in is greater than or equal to a preset timer set value T. That is, the CPU 51 determines whether the ticket 49 (see FIG. 3) is held for a certain period of time (timer set value T) or more.

That is, when the time count value Ta is equal to or larger than the timer set value T, the CPU 51 causes the step S
The determination result of B6 is "YES", and the processing of steps SB8 to SB10 shown in FIG. 6 is performed in the same manner as the processing of steps SA7 to SA9 shown in FIG. 5 described above.

On the other hand, when the time count value Ta is smaller than the timer set value T, the CPU 51 determines in step S
The decision result in B6 is set to "NO", and the process proceeds to step SB7. In step SB7, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the human detection signal SN is input from the human detection sensor 15 shown in FIG. 4, and if the determination result is "YES", the process returns to step SB6 to perform the above process. repeat. on the other hand,
If the determination result of step SB7 is “NO”, CP
The U51 proceeds to step SB8.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, the ticket is surely collected when the purchaser is absent. Therefore, the ticket can be collected even when the purchaser exists, as in the conventional automatic ticket vending machine. Is never recovered. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the service to the purchaser as compared with the conventional one.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view and a right side view showing an external configuration of an automatic ticket vending machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing the configuration of a customer service section 2 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a configuration of a ticket issuing unit 20 of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a control section 50 of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a control section 7 of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a 0.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart explaining the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Automatic ticket vending machine 15 Human detection sensor 20 Ticket issuing unit 381 1st conveyance section 382 2nd conveyance section 383 3rd conveyance section 384 4th conveyance section 385 5th conveyance section 47R Hold detection photo sensor 48 Hold belt section 51 CPU (Central Processing Unit) 71 Timer

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ticket issuing means for issuing a ticket selected by a purchaser, a carrying means for carrying the ticket issued by the ticket issuing means, and a holding means for temporarily holding the ticket carried by the carrying means. An automatic ticket vending machine having a purchaser detection means for detecting the presence / absence of a purchaser, and if the purchaser is absent based on the detection result of the purchaser detection means, the holding means holds the purchaser. An automatic ticket vending machine, comprising: a collection control means for collecting the collected tickets. 2. A time measuring means for measuring the time during which the ticket is held in the holding means, wherein the collection control means has a preset time that is the time measured by the time measuring means. If the above is the case, the ticket held by the holding means is collected, and if the time counting time is shorter than the set time, based on the detection result of the purchaser detecting means, when the purchaser is absent The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the ticket held by the holding means is collected. 3. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the purchaser detecting means is an infrared sensor.