JPH10326363A - Guiding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to display a guidance at a position where a user never fails to pay his attention, by preparing a guidance display part on the upper surface of a main body casing of an automatic ticket examination machine to show prescribed guidance contents having no relation to the automatic ticket examination processing. SOLUTION: The guidance display part 4 of a plasma display type is prepared on the upper surface of a casing G' and at a position set between a slit 1 and an ejection port 2. When an automatic ticket examination machine main body G is operated, the contents of store advertisements, etc., which are previously stored in a RAM are shown at the part 4 via a display driver and in a flash display method using a flash display function of the display driver. A user passing through the wicket path P never fails to pay his attention to the upper surface of the casing G' where the part 4 is prepared in order to confirm whether the user's ticket put into the slit 1 is normally returned via the port 2. Thus, the guidance effect is improved via the flash display.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a guide device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a guidance device using station equipment such as an automatic ticket gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a guide plate formed of an LED display or the like has been used as a guide device for guiding a bargain at a store. Then, this guide plate is installed at an outdoor position that can be seen by passers-by on the road, and the content of a predetermined advertisement or the like is displayed on the guide plate.

[0003]

However, the conventional guide device installed outdoors cannot always be said to have a high advertising effect because it is not always seen by passers-by.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a guide device capable of providing a guide display at a position to which a user always pays attention.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a guide device for displaying predetermined guidance contents unrelated to the automatic ticket gate processing on an upper surface of a casing of an automatic ticket gate body in order to achieve the above object. It is characterized in that a guidance display section is provided.

In order to achieve the above object, the guide device according to the present invention displays a predetermined guidance content unrelated to the automatic ticket vending process on the display screen of the vending machine main body while the vending machine is waiting for the ticketing process. And a guidance display unit for performing the operation.

[0007] The present invention is characterized in that the guidance of the guidance display section is flash-displayed.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket gate when the guide device according to the present invention is applied to the automatic ticket gate. The automatic ticket gate body (hereinafter, referred to as "gate machine body") G is a known automatic ticket gate. Similarly to the ticket gate, a ticket entrance 1 is provided on the upper surface of the entrance side of the entrance G of the ticket gate P of the housing G ', and the exit of the ticket G is provided on the upper surface of the exit of the ticket gate P of the housing G'. An outlet 2 is provided.

In the drawing, reference numeral 3 denotes a plasma display type display screen provided on the upper surface of the exit side of the housing G 'for guiding validity and invalidity of a ticket gate, and reference numeral 4 denotes a housing G'.
And a plasma display type guide display unit provided between the input port 1 and the discharge port 2 on the upper surface of the device.

[0010] The ticket gate body G between the inlet 1 and the outlet 2
Inside, there is a card handler not shown,
A magnetic head or a thermal head for reading and recording data recorded on a ticket while transporting the ticket inserted from the insertion slot 1 to the discharge slot 2 and for writing new data. Etc. are provided. In the figure, reference numeral D denotes a door, which is configured to open the ticket gate P to permit the passage of the user, or to close the ticket gate P to prevent the passage of the user.

In the figure, C is a controller mainly composed of a microcomputer for controlling the ticket gate main body G in general. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of the controller C. Have been. That is, this controller C
System program stored in M10, RAM1
1 has a central processing unit (CPU) 12 for performing arithmetic processing using the working data stored in the CPU 1.

The CPU 12 includes a card handler 14 (not shown in FIG. 1) via the I / O unit 13 and a door D.
And a display driver 16 that drives and controls the guidance content of the guidance display unit 4. The I / O unit 13 is connected to a sensor amplifier of a human detector and other drivers, but is omitted here.

Next, a guidance control unit for the guidance display unit 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, when the ticket gate main body G is in the operating state (step 100, affirmative; hereinafter, the step is referred to as S), R
For example, contents of an advertisement of a store, which is not directly related to the automatic ticket gate processing stored in the AM 11 in advance, are displayed on the guidance display unit 4 via the display driver 16 (S102; see FIG. 1). The display on the guidance display unit 4 is flashed and lit by the flash display function of the display driver 16, that is, flash display is performed.

The upper surface of the housing G 'of the ticket gate main body G provided with the guide display section 4 is provided for checking whether the ticket inserted by the user is normally returned from the outlet 2 or without any problem. In order to confirm that the ticket was collected in G, check the ticket gate P
Since the user who passes through always hits the position of interest, the guidance effect can be enhanced in combination with the flash display.

If the ticket inserted from the slot 1 is determined to be invalid due to expiration of the validity period or the like (No at S106),
The door D is closed and the passage of the ticket gate P is blocked,
In this case, until the ticket gate machine body G is reset, that is, until the user of the invalid ticket exits the ticket gate passage P, the contents of the cause of the refusal to pass are displayed to the user and guidance is provided. (S104, S106 negative, S1
08, S110, FIG. 4).

As described above, when guiding the user to the guidance display section 4, the conventional display screen 3 can be omitted.

FIG. 5 is a front view when the guide device according to the present invention is applied to an automatic ticket vending machine. An operation guide section 2 for displaying the operation state of the ticket vending machine main body 20 is provided above the customer service surface 21 of the automatic ticket vending machine main body (hereinafter referred to as “ticket vending machine main body”) 20.
2 are provided.

At the center of the customer service surface 21, there is provided a touch panel type display screen 23 which also serves as a guide display unit of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 24 denotes a pyroelectric sensor that detects that a user has approached the ticket vending machine main body 20,
The detection signal is configured to be input to a controller 25 including a microcomputer that controls the ticket vending machine main body 20 in an integrated manner.

In the automatic ticket vending machine having the above-described structure, the memory (not shown) of the controller 25 is used until it is detected that the user has proceeded in front of the ticket vending machine main body 20, that is, while the ticket vending machine main body 20 is waiting for a ticket issuing process. For example, the guidance content of the advertisement of the store, which is not directly related to the automatic ticket gate processing, is displayed on the display screen 23 in advance. At the time of this display, a flash display may be used to increase the degree of attention of the user.

When the user is detected by the sensor 24, the ticket vending machine main body 20 enters the ticketing processing mode, and the display content of the display screen 23 is the same as the well-known touch panel type automatic ticket vending machine, in which an account button is displayed. . Therefore, the user can use the displayed account button to purchase a ticket in the same manner as in the related art.

Here, the example of the display screen 23 of the automatic ticket vending machine is shown as the guidance display unit, but it may be an automatic payment machine or an automatic commuter pass issuing machine. Therefore, when referring to an automatic ticket vending machine in the present invention, this automatic payment machine and automatic commuter pass issuing machine are also included.

[0023]

The guide device according to the present invention is provided with a guide display section for displaying predetermined guidance contents unrelated to the automatic ticket gate processing on the upper surface of the casing of the ticket gate main body. It can be a guide device.

In the guide device according to the present invention, the display screen of the ticket vending machine main body is a guide display section for displaying predetermined guidance contents unrelated to the automatic ticket vending process while the ticket vending machine main body is waiting for the ticket issuing process. A guide device having an excellent guide effect can be provided.

When the guidance of the guidance display section is displayed in flash, the guidance effect can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket gate when the guide device of the present invention is applied to the automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a controller.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a display control operation.

FIG. 4 is a guide example of a guide display unit.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the automatic ticket vending machine when the guide device of the present invention is applied to the automatic ticket vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 G ticket machine body (automatic ticket machine body) G 'housing 1 slot 2 discharge port 3 display screen 4 guidance display section D door C controller 20 ticket vending machine body (automatic ticket vending machine body) 21 customer service surface 23 display screen (guidance) Display) 25 Controller

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A guidance device, wherein a guidance display unit for displaying predetermined guidance contents unrelated to the automatic ticket gate processing is provided on an upper surface of a casing of an automatic ticket gate body. 2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the display screen of the automatic ticket vending machine main body is a guidance display section for displaying predetermined guidance contents unrelated to the automatic ticket vending process while the automatic ticket vending machine main body is waiting for a ticket issuing process. apparatus. 3. The guidance device according to claim 1, wherein the guidance of the guidance display section is flash-displayed.