JPH10302101A - Make-connection fare adjusting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To receive an accurate fare adjustment amount by detecting the boarding direction based on the boarding station recorded on an original fare adjustment ticket and the station where a fare adjusting machine is installed and calculating a prescribed make-connection fare adjustment amount. SOLUTION: A user of a commutation ticket available in the section between stations A and B of an (a) railroad company line puts his ticket into a make-connection fare adjusting machine installed at a station C to get off at a station D. Under such conditions, the data on the boarding station are read and the so far boarding direction is detected based on the boarding station and the station C where the fare adjusting machine is installed. On a boarding route 1, a normal make-connection state is defined in its own railroad company and accordingly the boarding fare covering the station B of the (a) railroad company through the station D is calculated as a make-connection fare adjustment amount. On a boarding route 2, the free boarding is decided between stations C and D of a (b) railroad company and accordingly the boarding fare covering the station C through the station D is calculated as the make-connection fare adjustment amount. When this calculated fare adjustment amount is put into the fare adjusting machine, a make-connection fare adjustment ticket available up to the station D is issued.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transit settlement machine, and more particularly, to a fixed transit ticket at a departure / arrival station such as a commuter pass or a coupon ticket as an original payment ticket, and to accurately calculate a transit settlement fee. The present invention relates to a transfer accounting machine that can calculate and issue a transfer payment ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to improve the convenience of users, in the middle of a boarding section of a fixed ticket at a departure / arrival station such as a commuter pass, a transfer settlement ticket provided at that station is used. It is configured so that a transfer ticket can be issued.

[0003] In order to obtain a transfer settlement ticket with the transfer settlement machine described above, the settlement ticket is inserted into the main body of the transfer settlement machine (hereinafter referred to as the "main body"), and the boarding section of the adjustment settlement ticket is extracted. Then, the fare from the boarding section to the getting-off station (the Norietsu station) set in the main body is calculated. Then, when money that satisfies the calculated fare is inserted into the main body, a transfer ticket that can be boarded to the set getting off station is issued.

[0004]

However, when issuing a transfer ticket, if the ride fare to the set-off station is simply obtained based on the settlement ticket, an accurate transfer payment is required. There was a problem that charges could not be calculated.

[0005] To further explain based on the route map shown in FIG. 4, a transfer commuter pass that passes a valid commuter pass from station A to station B of company line a, which is its own line, to station D of company a as a base ticket. Is performed by the main body installed at the station C of the company a line, and when the line b of the other company line exists from the station C to the station D, in the case of the boarding route shown in FIG. There is no problem because the transfer settlement can be performed as a normal transfer. However, in the case of the boarding route, there is a problem that the transfer settlement fee from the station C to the station B on the company b line is not collected.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a transit settlement machine capable of accurately receiving a transit settlement fee.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A transfer accounting machine according to the present invention is a transfer accounting machine for performing a transfer payment based on a fixed payment base ticket at a departure and arrival station in order to achieve the above object. And an entrance station extracting means for extracting an entrance station recorded on the settlement original ticket inserted in the main body, and using the settlement original ticket from the extracted entrance station and the station where the main body is installed. A boarding direction detecting means for detecting the boarding direction, and a predetermined transfer settlement fee is calculated when the detected boarding direction is the same direction as the boarding direction to the set-off station, and the calculated boarding fee is calculated. A transfer ticket is issued under the transfer fee payment,
If the detected boarding direction includes a return boarding that overlaps with the boarding direction to the set getting off station, the issuance of a transfer ticket is prohibited, or the boarding fee is determined in consideration of the boarding fee of the overlapping boarding section. And a control means for calculating a transfer settlement fee for the transfer fee and issuing a transfer settlement ticket based on the calculated transfer settlement charge.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a transfer checkout machine according to one embodiment. A display unit 3 showing the operating state of the main unit 1 is provided above a customer service surface 2 of the main unit 1 and a display unit 3 thereof.
Below the box, an original ticket insertion slot 4 for inserting a ticket (adjustment original ticket) as a basis for settlement, a display screen 5 for guiding and displaying an inserted amount, etc., and a coin for performing settlement with coins. An insertion slot 6, a bill insertion slot 7 for performing settlement with bills, a card insertion slot 8 for performing settlement with a card such as a prepaid card, and a selection button group 9 for designating a disembarkation station are provided. . In addition, at the lower part of the customer service surface 2, the ticket issuing port 1
0 and a change return port 11 are provided. further,
In the figure, C is a controller that controls the main body 1 and is composed of a microcomputer that performs each unit of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the controller C. The central processing unit (CPU) performs arithmetic processing using a system program stored in a ROM 20 and working data stored in a RAM 21. ) 22. The CPU 22 includes a magnetic head (not shown) for reading data recorded on the settlement original bill inserted from the original bill insertion slot 4 through the I / O unit 23 or writing new data. An original ticket processing unit 24 provided, a transit ticket issuance processing unit 25 that writes and prints data on a transit ticket (not shown) issued from the ticket issuing port 10 and issues the ticket. And a money processing unit 26 for processing the money.

Next, the main unit 1 is installed at the station C in the route map shown in FIG. 4, and a transfer ticket is used as a base ticket for the commuter pass from the station A to the station B on the company a line. Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In addition,
It is assumed that the user of this commuter pass is about to get off at station D in FIG.

Now, it is assumed that a settlement original ticket (commuter pass) is inserted into the original ticket insertion slot 4 of the main body 1 (Yes at step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as S). The inserted adjustment original ticket is processed by the original ticket processing unit 24, and the data of the entrance station recorded on the adjustment original ticket is read (S102, S10).
4) From the read entry station and the station C where the main body 1 is installed, the boarding direction in which the user has boarded so far is detected (S106, S108).

When the detected boarding direction is in the same direction (forward direction in FIG. 3) as the direction in which the boarding has been performed (S11).
0 is affirmative), that is, in the case of the boarding route shown in FIG. 4, since it is a normal transit within the company line a, which is its own line, in this case, the fare from the station B to the station D on the company line a It is calculated as a transfer settlement fee (S112).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the detected riding direction is a return riding in the opposite direction to the above-described riding direction (No at S110), that is, in the case of the riding route of FIG. When calculating the fare to the station, there is no charge from station C to station B of the other company's line b,
The fare from the C station to the D station of the company b line is calculated as the transfer fare (S114). Note that when the transfer settlement by such a return ride is not allowed, the processing is performed by a staff member.

When money that satisfies the calculated transfer payment fee is inserted into the main body 1, a transfer payment ticket to the set getting-off station (station D) is issued (S116 affirmation, S118).

As described above, the transfer ticket is determined by determining the boarding direction of the ride using the settlement original ticket to calculate the transfer payment fee, so that an accurate transfer payment fee is received. be able to.

The route map shown in FIG. 5 is more complicated than the route map shown in FIG. 4, and has a fixed ticket of a departure and arrival station between a part of the company a line and the company b line (in the example shown, the fixed The example shown in FIG.

If the boarding route is taken as an example, in this case, the boarding direction from the entrance station to the station C is the same as the boarding direction and does not include a return boarding. A transfer settlement fee is calculated. That is, the total of the fare from the A station to the B station and the fare from the Y station to the D station on the company a line are calculated as the transfer settlement fee.

[0018] However, the calculated fare may be lower than the fare of a ticket purchased from station A to station D. In this case, the cheaper fare is calculated as the transfer fare. You.

In the case of the other boarding routes shown in FIG. 5, the transfer fare is calculated in the same manner as described above, that is, when a return boarding is included, taking into account the boarding fare. If the fare when the ticket is purchased continuously is low, the fare is calculated as the transfer fare.

[0020]

According to the transfer accounting machine of the present invention, an entrance station extracting means for extracting an entrance station recorded on the settlement original ticket inserted in the main body, and the extracted entrance station and the main body are installed. A boarding direction detecting means for detecting the boarding direction using the settlement original ticket from the station which is located, and a predetermined boarding when the detected boarding direction is the same direction as the boarding direction to the set-off station. Calculates the transfer fare, issues a transfer fare ticket under the calculated transfer fare, and returns the boarding direction that overlaps with the boarding direction to the disembarkation station where the detected boarding direction is set. When the transfer fee is included, prohibit the issuance of the transfer fee or calculate the predetermined transfer fee by taking into account the fare of the overlapping boarding section, and apply the calculated transfer fee. Control means to issue a transfer ticket to It is possible to collection the following settlement fee.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a transfer accounting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

FIG. 4 is an example of a route map.

FIG. 5 is an example of a route map.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body of an automatic payment machine (main body) 2 Customer service surface 3 Display part 4 Original bill insertion slot 5 Display screen 6 Coin insertion slot 7 Bill insertion slot 8 Card insertion slot 9 Selection button group 10 Ticket issue slot 11 Return slot C Controller

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transit settlement machine that performs transit settlement based on a fixed settlement original ticket at a departure and arrival station, wherein the transit settlement machine is recorded on the settlement original ticket inserted into the main body of the transit settlement machine. Entry station extraction means for extracting an entry station, and boarding direction detection means for detecting a boarding direction using the settlement original ticket from the extracted entry station and the station where the main body of the transit settlement machine is installed. If the detected boarding direction is the same direction that does not overlap with the set boarding direction to the disembarkation station, a predetermined transfer payment fee is calculated, and the transfer is performed under the calculated transfer payment fee. If a ticket is issued and the detected boarding direction includes a return ride that overlaps the boarding direction to the set-off station, prohibiting the issuance of a transfer ticket or boarding the overlapping boarding section Taking into account the fare, calculate the specified transfer fare, and calculate the calculated And a control means for issuing a transfer ticket when the transfer fee is charged.