JPH1091816A - Ticket and automatic ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of the purchase of a ticket to the valid block of a commutation ticket, and to prevent the ticket from being used by a third person. SOLUTION: This automatic ticket issuing machine is provided with a reading means for reading data for specifying the owner of a commutation ticket from the commutation ticket inserted into this automatic ticket issuing machine main body, calculating means for calculating a fare from a station at which the main body is set to the valid block of the inserted commutation ticket, and ticket issuing means for printing the name of the owner of the commutation ticket on the ticket surface of a ticket issued based on the read data for specifying the owner of the commutation ticket, and issuing the ticket when the money equivalent to a sum fulfilling the calculated fare is inputted to the main body.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket purchased using a commuter pass and an automatic ticket vending machine for issuing the ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a user holding a commuter pass gets out of the valid section of the commuter pass and gets off within the valid section of the commuter pass, an automatic ticket vending machine installed at the boarding station is required. To the aircraft itself (hereinafter referred to as the “body”), money (including the case where the money is paid by a prepaid card or the like) that satisfies the fare from the boarding station to the valid section shall be charged and A corresponding ticket button is pressed to purchase a ticket, and the passenger is boarded using the purchased ticket.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional vending machine can be used by a user who holds a commuter pass by using a tariff or the like displayed on a route map to a valid section. There was a trouble that an account button had to be pressed in order to find a fare.

Further, when a purchased ticket is passed from a commuter pass holder to another person, there is a possibility that the ticket is illegally used by another person.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine which can improve the convenience of a user when purchasing a ticket, It is to provide a ticket which is not used illegally.

[0006]

The ticket according to the present invention is:
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that a printing unit for printing the content for identifying the holder of the commuter pass is provided on the face of the ticket. The automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, from a commuter pass inserted into the main body, reading means for reading the data specifying the owner of the commuter pass, from the station where the main body is installed Calculating means for calculating a fare to the valid section of the inserted commuter pass, and identifying a holder of the read commuter pass when money of an amount satisfying the calculated fare is inserted into the main body. Ticket issuing means for printing the content identifying the holder of the commuter pass on the face of the ticket issued based on the data and issuing the ticket.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body a, and a front panel 1 of the main body a is provided with a guide unit 2, a customer service panel 3, and a take-out unit 4 in order from an upper part to a lower part. The guide unit 2 displays the operating state of the main unit a, and the customer service panel 3 displays a display screen 5 for notifying the user of the amount of money to be inserted and the operation method, a coin insertion slot 6, a card insertion slot 7, and the like. And a bill insertion slot 8 for bills, a selection button group 9 for a child or the number of sheets, an account button group 10, a cancel button 11 to be pressed when the ticket purchase is stopped halfway, and A call button 12 to be pressed, a microphone 13 and a speaker 14 for responding to the attendant when the attendant is called
Are provided.

The above components of the customer service panel 3 are the same as those of a known automatic ticket vending machine, but here, below the bill insertion slot 8, a commuter pass 1
5 are provided.

The take-out section 4 is provided with a bill return port 16 for returning change as bills, a ticket issuing port 17, and a discharge port 18 for discharging returned coins or change coins.

Although not shown, the inserted commuter pass a is taken into the inside of the main body a corresponding to the commuter pass insertion slot 15, and the data recorded in the commuter pass a is read. A commuter pass processing unit (see 25 in FIG. 2) for reading the commuter pass a again and serving as the reading means of the present invention is provided.

FIG. 2C is a controller composed of a microcomputer for controlling the whole of the main body a, and serves as a calculating means of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the controller C, and a central processing unit (CPU) that performs arithmetic processing using system data stored in the ROM 20 and working data stored in the RAM 21.
22. This CPU 22 has I
A display driver 24 for controlling the display content of the display screen 5 via the / O unit 23, a commuter pass processing unit 25 for processing commuter pass a inserted from the commuter pass insertion slot 13 not shown in FIG. A unit 26 and a ticket issuing unit 27 which is responsible for ticket issuing means of the present invention are connected. Although various drivers, sensors, and the like are connected to the I / O unit 23, they are omitted because they are not directly related to the description of the present invention.

The ticket issuing unit 27 has a paper feeding section for cutting the roll paper into a predetermined length, that is, the size of an Edmonson ticket, and feeding the roll paper, similarly to the conventional vending machine. A printing device including a write head for writing predetermined magnetic data and a thermal head for printing and displaying predetermined contents is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, this printing device prints predetermined contents such as the date of issuance and the section of boarding on the ticket surface of the ticket to be issued, as shown in FIG. The name of the holder of the commuter pass a inserted from 13 is printed on the printing unit b ".

In order for a user having a commuter pass A with the above-structured automatic ticket vending machine to purchase a ticket B up to the valid section of the commuter pass A, first, the commuter pass A is inserted into the commuter pass slot 15. Is inserted into.

[0015] From the inserted commuter pass a, data identifying the owner of the commuter pass a recorded in the commuter pass a,
For example, the name of the user is read via the commuter pass processing unit 25. The CPU 22 calculates the fare from the station where the main body a is installed to the valid section of the commuter pass a based on the read data, and displays the fare on the display screen 5.

When money of an amount that satisfies the fare displayed on the display screen 5 is inserted into the main body a, the ticketing unit 27
, A ticket B is issued from the ticket issuing port 17. As shown in FIG. 3, the name of the holder of the commuter pass A is printed on the printed ticket B 'of the ticket B to be issued.

As described above, the user can purchase the ticket B without checking the fare for the valid section of the commuter pass A and without pressing the account button. In addition, since the name of the holder of the commuter pass A is printed on the issued ticket B, the use of the ticket B by another person can be effectively prevented.

In the above example, the content printed on the issued ticket B is the name of the holder of the commuter pass A.
Any content may be used as long as it can identify the holder of the commuter pass such as the commuter pass number.

[0019]

The ticket according to the present invention is provided with a printing section for printing the content identifying the holder of the commuter pass on the face of the ticket.
It is possible to effectively prevent the ticket from being used by a third party other than the commuter pass holder. The automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention comprises a reading means for reading data identifying a holder of the commuter pass from the commuter pass inserted into the main body, and a valid section of the commuter pass inserted from the station where the main body is installed. Calculating means for calculating the fare until: and when the money satisfying the calculated fare is inserted into the main body, a ride issued based on the read data identifying the holder of the commuter pass. The ticket issuing means for printing the content identifying the holder of the commuter pass on the face of the ticket and issuing the ticket can improve the convenience of the user when purchasing the ticket.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a controller.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a print example of a ticket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a vending machine body (main body) 1 front panel 2 guide section 3 customer service panel 4 take-out section 5 display screen 6 coin insertion slot 7 card insertion slot 8 bill insertion slot 9 selection button group 10 account button group 11 cancel button 12 call button 13 Microphone 14 Speaker 15 Commuter ticket slot 16 Bill return port 17 Ticket issuing port 18 Discharge port C Controller i Commuter ticket B Ticket B

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ticket characterized in that a printing portion for printing a content for identifying a holder of a commuter pass is provided on a face of the ticket. 2. A reading means for reading data identifying a holder of the commuter pass from a commuter pass inserted in the vending machine main body, and a reading means for reading the commuter pass inserted from a station where the vending machine main body is installed. Calculating means for calculating a fare to an effective section, based on data identifying a holder of a commuter pass read when money of an amount satisfying the calculated fare is inserted into the vending machine main body. A ticket issuing means for issuing a ticket by printing the content identifying the holder of the commuter pass on the face of the ticket issued by the ticket vending machine.