JPS581283A - Pass issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The commuter pass issuing machine that issues commuter passes according to the operations of the customer, in particular, can automatically perform processing that takes into account the number of days the commuter pass is out of service when the customer purchases the next commuter pass. This is about a commuter pass issuing machine that can be used.

In the event that trains, buses, etc. are suspended due to a transportation strike, it is necessary to refund the customer for the number of days during which the commuter pass is valid. There are ways to extend the number of days the commuter pass is canceled or to refund the fee for the days the commuter pass is canceled, but in any case, the staff must process the refund for each commuter pass purchaser. The personnel costs required for refunds are too large to ignore, and there are problems such as extremely crowded counters for refunds.Of course, railway companies, etc. automatically issue refunds at regular intervals based on customer's □operation. Consider installing a commuter pass issuing machine to issue tickets, etc. 4) Although the OIP system is in charge, the commuter pass issuing machine is completely powerless to deal with refunds for non-delivery tickets, and staff are unable to process refunds for non-delivery tickets. This is a major cause of impeding rationalization.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide refunds for unused commuter passes, to extend the validity period of a new commuter pass by the number of unused days, or to extend the validity period of a new commuter pass by the number of unused days, or To make it possible to automatically issue refunds for non-passing days by subtracting the charge for the number of non-passing days from the charge of the commuter pass, and thereby using a commuter pass issuing machine that issues the commuter pass through operation by a customer.

The present invention will be explained below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1(@) and 7(h) to FIG. Figure 1(a),
(h)Fi This shows the front and back sides of a ticket issued by this device, such as a commuter pass.The front side shows the departure station, transit station, 2 destination station, 2 expiry date, 2 date of issue, as before. , name, year of age, gender, etc. are printed on the back of the ticket, and a magnetic recording track is installed on the back of the ticket. information(
When (b) is recorded, the purchase information is recorded on the empty track, that is, the part of the track that is not used by the automatic ticket gate. Therefore, by inserting the old commuter pass into this device, a commuter pass with purchase information that can be reissued will be issued. Furthermore, even for commuter passes for purchasers who do not use automatic ticket gates, that is, commuter passes that do not require magnetic information 0 for automatic ticket gates, purchase information (@) is recorded and issued.

Above purchase information ) is shown in Figure 2 and! ! : As shown in HC, the information required when issuing a commuter pass, such as the station name code for the departure station and 8 transit stations, ticket type food for commuting 1 and school,
For adults, children, and students, the PM method is adopted as the 70-memory system, in which all information such as the type of admission code, full name, date of birth, and gender are recorded.

Margins below The main means and recording means for purchasing information are conventional commuter pass issuing machines (i.e., the machines necessary for staff to issue commuter passes at departure stations, transit stations, etc. based on the information written on the customer's application form). By inputting information, fares, etc. are automatically calculated, and a commuter pass can be issued by printing the ticket and recording the magnetic information necessary for automatic ticket gates. commuter pass issuing machine) against K,
full name.

If you add an input section for inputting age and gender, an input section for the number of missed days for entering the number of missed days in the event of a transportation strike, a missed days storage section for storing the number of missed days, and a purchase information recording section for recording purchase information. It should be good. i.e. 1
Departure station, 1st transit station.

The input section for ticket types such as 10% discount can be used with a conventional commuter pass issuing machine (installed), and the valid age of majority can be calculated within the above issuing machine based on the date of issue and the valid month. Therefore, there is no need to add it.

Therefore, Figure 3 shows a commuter pass issuing system that can record company purchase information.

In FIG. 3, this commuter pass issuing device 10 is a conventional commuter pass issuing device for 10 lines, with a departure station setting button s11, a transit station setting button 112v, a destination station setting button 13, and a ticket type 1 discount setting button 1!1.
4. Controls input from issue date 1 common cylinder month setting button 15, fare memory, and character pattern memory 16 i11
7), the information is transmitted to the printing unit 18 and the magnetic recording unit 1119, and the printing and magnetic recording of the ticket are performed.On the other hand, the purchase information storage device 20 is controlled by the control unit 1119.
The signal from 7 is transmitted to the control unit 22 via the communication cable 21f:
The number of missed days entered in the missed days input 1125 and stored in the missed days storage section 26 is also input to the control section 22. When the staff member presses the input button 26 and the number of missed days input button s25, the information is input to the control section 22. Then, the staff member receives the commuter pass issued by the commuter pass issuing device 10 (the face information is printed on the front side, and the magnetic information (6) for automatic ticket gates is recorded on the back side) with the above purchase information. When inputted into the storage device 20, the information sent from the commuter pass issuing device 10 via the overconfidence cable 21 and the device 2 are stored.
The name, age, gender, and other information entered in step 0 are sent to the purchase information record 81124, where they are combined and edited as purchase information (2) as shown in Figure 2. It is slowed down by magnetic recording in the area.

The commuter pass issued in this way is shown in Figure 111 (6).

(As shown in the phrase, the face information is recorded on the front side, and the magnetic information @ death and purchase information (2) are recorded on the back side, and the card is handed to the purchaser.)

Next, an automatic commuter pass vending machine that can issue a new commuter pass using the commuter pass issued by the purchase information storage device 20 by the purchaser's operation will be described. Figure 4 (-)~
<C> shows the exterior of the automatic commuter pass vending machine, and Figure 115 shows an enlarged view of its customer service area.

In the figure, 30 is the housing of the automatic commuter pass vending machine, and this housing 60
On the front side, that is, the customer service side, there is an input slot 31 for inserting the old commuter pass 0, a universal button 32 for specifying the regular fare, a charge display s33 for displaying the charge, and a total of 1 m of coins inserted.
Input amount display s34 that displays the above fee display 1133
Kll Input amount display for the indicated amount M54 Kll Indicated amount becomes larger and shows the difference amount Change amount display s3.5, slot 36 for inserting banknotes, slot 37 for inserting coins, customer After inserting the old commuter pass and money, press the confirmation button 3B at the friend point, and then press the receipt specification button to have a receipt issued according to the required IFc!
J9, and an outlet 40 for discharging new commuter passes and change is arranged at the bottom of the customer service surface.

In addition, Figure 6 is a four-dimensional diagram showing the configuration of this machine, and Figure 7 is a 70-chart of the operation. The operation will be explained. First of all, customers must first pass their commuter pass (@
) (hereinafter referred to as the old ticket) has expired fLKt, insert the old lj←) into the commuter pass slot 31 of the vending machine. Then, the main vending machine is loaded and takes in the old ticket (-), reads the data stored in the purchase information 5 (2) of the old ticket in the old ticket reading section 41, and controls that information. s42 Next, when the passenger specifies the applicable month button 32 for any one of 1, 3, and 6 months, the control IB 42 selects the departure station and transit station 2 in the purchase information section (4). A new fare is calculated based on the information on the destination station and the information from the general fare button 32 and displayed on the fare display s55 on the customer service side.

Then, the customer shows the fare display WIA55Kll and inserts 9000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000*
By separately inserting banknotes into the slot 6 and coins into the slot 37, the banknote validating section 43 and the coin verification section 44 determine the amount of money and quantity of the inserted coins, count them, and calculate the total amount as the inserted amount. Displayed on display 1134. At this time, if the total amount of money inserted is the same as the new fee or the risk is large, the acceptance of coin insertion is stopped. ) Next, when the customer presses the confirmation button 58, the vending machine calculates the change l[ and returns 411 change! It will be displayed on the display section 35, and if the change is 1,000 yen or more, a change tag will be displayed.
Tsumugi change 114 for money less than 1,000 yen in 1,000 yen bills
6, the coins are sent to the rt-rtt outlet 40.

At the same time, the memory of the magnetic desta 47 also has a control s42.
The fare IN, station information, departure station, Ia Yu station, 1st destination station 04) Station name character pattern are memorized, and the above character pattern is printed based on the purchase information department 1I52.
With the editing Sui, the new date of validity is recorded in the purchase information 1t(A) of the old ticket ←) and the date of validity of biennial,
Calculation is performed based on the information on the issue date and the number of days of non-delivery, which are set in advance in the staff's operation $48, as well as the specified information from the general month button 32 located in the customer service area 11ifK. t), in the control 1142, the valid biennial date of the commuter pass is sent to the print control 1152 based on the vhFi issue date, which is the validity period of the old ticket, and the valid month specified by the customer. , these departure stations, transit stations 2
A new commuter pass (Q) 0 Ingaras pattern based on the destination station 2 expiry date, new fare 2 issue date, name 2 years old and gender information recorded in the old ticket purchase information section (4) Create and print m55. The commuter pass will be printed at . The printing method can be the conventional electrostatic printing method, the wire tod method, or the recently developed thermal dot method. (Using katakana as shown in haiku takes up less space than kanji and is easier to print.

Next, the ticket with the above information printed on the front is encoded.
154, magnetic information (6) for automatic ticket gates is recorded, and purchase information (2) in which the legal age of majority is updated to the new commuter pass is recorded. In this way, the magnetic information and purchase information are sent out to the KIII exit 40, and if necessary, 9,000 yen bills and coins are also sent out to the KIII exit 40 for new ones. Issuance of commuter passes ('r) will end. In addition, the old ticket (6) will be replaced by the new commuter pass (41*) 0 due to the end of issuance.
n1 stored in the old static storage box 416 inside the book release machine shown in the figure.
This is to prevent reuse, etc.

In addition, the magnetic disk 47Fi purchase information 1ll (4
) is the code for the departure station and H breakdown 1st station, the station winter information for calculating the new fare, the distance in kilometers, the fare table, etc., which is stored in the memory, and various character patterns for printing. is broken down into bits and stored. In addition, the 70 Tubi O disk ll51 is a companion device that collects sales information at the time of the deadline and tallies it at the center.In addition, it also stores the electricity llllI49 that supplies DC power to various parts, and the collected coins. A safe s50, various operation switches necessary for an attendant to operate, a display 11t-arranged attendant operation 11A3, etc. are provided. In addition, regarding age, it is also possible to record the age itself in Purchase Information 5 (2) and add 1 for each year to 9, or record the date of birth and calculate it from the issue date and print it. For students, the student's date of completion, i.e., graduation date, or end of the school year, is recorded in the purchase information S. It is also possible to prohibit the sale of commuter passes that can be used after that date, or it is possible to discontinue the sale of continuous passes for each city after 5J5. can be prevented.

So OIl! Name and name of the person who released the product, if necessary.

Record the code of the school, etc. in purchase information 5 (2), print it out on a printer every time it goes on sale, and use it as a copy of the current O application form. Designated button! By pressing 9vt, the receipt printing unit 55 prints the necessary information for the receipt (h) and prints out the new commuter pass, receipt, etc.
And must! ! It is possible to improve the system in various ways, such as sending out change to the outlet 40 at the same time depending on the change.

In addition, the content format of the above purchase information 5(2) and the recording method of the commuter pass are shown as one example, and are magnetically recorded using a shiver code etc. using the reading deck 9 signal from the old ticket reading section. Of course, it is possible to record in various ways using current technology, such as by adopting a recording method such as FM recording + NR-Z, etc., or by recording the card face information.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the explanation was given by arranging the minimum necessary items, but it is also possible to add various information displays, to adopt various methods for the stamp 11 on the ticket face, or to temporarily hold change tags, etc. A temporary hold S (not shown) will be installed and KII customer INK peep 11! (%A not shown) is provided, and after the passenger confirms the number of tickets from this dust, the passenger presses a button (not shown) to send the tickets to the outlet 40, thereby further improving the function of the commuter pass automatic vending machine. However, adding the function of selling tickets, coupon tickets, etc. to the automatic commuter pass vending machine of this embodiment is a waste of time considering the configuration of the machine, and it is also necessary to add a refund function. This is also possible because the period of use can be calculated from the contents recorded in the purchase information section.

In addition, by adding a purchase information recording device to the currently used commuter pass issuing machine and integrating it, an automatic commuter pass vending machine can be created, which will of course be easier for staff to operate. This has the advantage that.

The above-mentioned commuter pass issuing machine is designed to issue refunds for non-payment by extending the validity period of the new commuter pass by the number of non-payment days; In this case, the information on the number of missed days stored in the number of missed days memory 1B26 is inputted to the control s42, and the charge for the number of missed days is calculated there. Then, the charge for the number of days the commuter pass is not valid is subtracted from the original charge of the commuter pass, and this is displayed on the charge display s33 as the charge required for purchasing a new commuter pass.

Of course, in this case, the validity period of the new commuter pass will not be extended.
to do so.

Furthermore, with a single commuter pass issuing machine, it is possible to make a difference between refunds for non-delivery by extending the validity period of the new commuter pass and refunds for non-delivery by deducting the number of non-delivery days from the new commuter pass fee. Even if the customer were to be able to select which non-payment refund should be made by operating a button when purchasing a new commuter pass, the method for inputting the number of non-payment days would be a dial rather than a button type as in this embodiment. A switch may also be used.As described above, according to the present invention, not only can commuter passes be automatically issued simply by the customer's operation, but also commuter passes can be issued automatically if there is a day when the commuter pass is not valid due to a traffic jam or the like. Automatically issue refunds for unused commuter passes by inputting the number of unused days into the issuing machine and extending the validity period of the new commuter pass by the number of unused days, or by deducting the fee for the unused days from the new commuter pass fee. Things slow down. Therefore, it is possible to avoid an increase in personnel costs due to refunds, OI and miscellaneous expenses, etc. by 1m.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure J11 (m), (phrase indicates an example of a commuter pass used in the automatic commuter pass vending machine of the present invention, ←) is a public view, (A) &! 211 is an enlarged -il enlarged view of the purchase information section showing the main parts of FIG. Block diagram shown, 4th wJ (g) ~ (
e) shows an embodiment of the present invention, (6) is the original drawing of the automatic commuter pass vending machine, (h) is the right side view, (C) is the back view, and 5th figure is the same vending machine. Figure 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vending machine, Figure 117 is a two-chart for controlling the operation of the vending machine, and the validity period of the new JII 8mlFi commuter pass has been extended by the number of unexpired days. FIG. 1...ticket (commuter pass), mu...purchase information, 23.
...Input section, 24...Purchase information recording section, 25...
・Number of undelivered days input button, 26・-Extension by the number of undelivered days, 51
... Commuter pass slot, 41... Information reading J) ml (
lB commuter pass appearance 4EIl), 32... General purpose button, 4
7...Magnetic desk, 33...Price display section, 43
...Banknote discrimination section, 44"" coin verification section, 45...Changing tag section, 46...Change section, 52...Printing control section,
53...Printing Department, 54...Encoding Department, Town/
...New commuter pass, 40...exit. Figure 1 (0) (b) Figure 2/F O tour, F[-,) Fourth factor (a) (b) Figure 4 (S

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a commuter pass issuing machine that issues a commuter pass through a customer's operation, there is an input means for inputting the number of non-service days, a storage means for storing the number of non-service days input by this input means, and a number of non-service days stored by this storage means. A commuter pass issuing machine characterized by comprising a calculation means for performing calculations necessary for a commuter pass issuance process that takes into account the number of days. (2) The calculation means extends the expiry date of the new commuter pass calculated from the issue date of the new commuter pass or the validity period f′ stored in the old commuter pass and the valid months designated by the customer by the number of days of non-issue. The commuter pass issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein the commuter pass issuing machine performs calculations such as: (3) The calculating means is characterized in that the calculating means performs a calculation of filtering the fee for the number of missed days from the fee for the new commuter pass calculated from the valid months designated by the customer and information stored in the old commuter pass. A commuter pass issuing machine according to claim 1.