JPS5824833B2 - Issue date printing device for automatic ticket vending machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine that prints the selling price or product name on the face of the ticket using a printer when the ticket is sold.

Conventionally used ticket vending machines are equipped with a printing mechanism that forms the desired characters or numbers to be printed in advance, and each printing mechanism is driven individually when issuing a ticket to print the issue date, selling price, product name, etc. Ta.

However, if it is desired to change the content to be printed, the printing mechanism itself must be changed, and this is not very practical in terms of versatility.

Therefore, the present invention provides a new ticket vending machine that stores data to be printed in a semiconductor memory and prints the data from the memory when issuing a ticket.

The ticket vending machine according to the present invention can set the above-mentioned data to be printed on the ticket surface in the memory using the key device.

Moreover, the key device is equipped with a function key and a character/numeric data key, and by operating the data key after operating the function key, it is possible to set arbitrary data regarding a specific function such as issue date, selling price, product name, etc. can.

Furthermore, in the case of ticket vending machines, the issue date data must be changed every day, making the setting operation very cumbersome and often resulting in incorrect settings.

Therefore, when the ticket vending machine according to the present invention advances the year, month, and day by one, when the year key, month key, and day key are operated, the data related to the year, month, and day are read from the memory and incremented by 1. Since the data is stored again afterward, daily date setting operations are easy and reliable.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the present invention in a block diagram, in which 2 is a key device that generates data in response to key operations, 3 is a printer that is a ticket issuing device, and CTL 4 is a given control device related to data setting in response to key operations. , and controls the data to be printed on the face of the issued ticket at the time of sales operation to be introduced into the printer 3, RAM 1 is a random access memory, 5 is an adder, 6 is an arithmetic/judgment device, and ACC 7 is a key. 8 is a decoder for decoding the character code; and DC9 is a data counter for designating a specific address in RAM1.

The key device 2 is a start key that commands the CTL 4 to start the data setting operation, a year key, a month key, a day key, a V key, an N key, and 0 to specify functions such as ST1 issue date, selling price, and product name. Consists of number keys up to 9 and letter keys from letters "A" to "N",
When the main key T is operated, a start signal St is output.When any other key is operated, a strobe signal sb is output to the CTL4.

In addition, character codes are set for all keys except the ST primary key, and the 8-bit character signal indicating the character code corresponding to the operated key is
It is configured to be introduced into C7.

Figure 2 shows the character codes assigned to each key.
Character signals are classified by two-digit numbers in the base, and the lower four bits of this code represent the S1 digit number in binary code, and the upper four bits represent the second digit number in binary code.

The character codes generated by the year key, month key, day key, ■ key, and N key function keys indicate control information, and when the decoder 8 decodes this, it outputs control signals CL1, CL2, CL3, CL4, and CL5 to the 2CTL4. At the same time, set DC9 to a specific address.

Figure 3 shows the address allocation diagram of RAM1, which has a storage area of 2 bytes each for the year, month, and day from address XXXX, 5 bytes for the sales price, and 10 bytes and 3 bytes for the product name. These addresses are set and called in DC9 by operation.

CTL4 is the start signal St, strobe signal, control signal CL1, CL2, CL3, CL4, CL5 sales signal ■
It executes predetermined control by making the control gate conductive or 3 degrees non-conductive or setting DC9 to a predetermined address in response to the input of , and is constructed by a hard logic or a microprogram.

The operation for specifying the year with the above configuration will be explained using the illustration of FIG. 4.

When the start signal St is input to CTL4 by operating the ST main key, the control gate G continues until the setting operation is completed.
1 becomes conductive and enters a standby state for the strobe signal sb.

Next, when you operate the year key, the character code "0" will be AC.
The control information is introduced into the CTL 4, the decoder 8 decodes the control information, and the control signal CL1 is outputted to the CTL4.

This control information instructs year designation, and CTL4 turns on control gate G2, and DC9 is first set to address XXX1 by decoder 8.

Then, 1 is added to the year data stored in the year data storage area.
The year is added, but the yaraku code according to this embodiment is 1 as the number becomes 0, 1, 2, etc.
30, 31, 32... year, month, day by 1 to advance.
To advance by one, it is sufficient to add 1 to the currently stored character code.

Therefore, control gate G3. Make G4 conductive and make this ×××
The data in the 8-bit binary code currently stored at address 1 is read out and introduced into the adder 5, and the adder 5 converts this data to 1 (that is, 0... 1) is added to the calculation/judgment device 6.

The character code stored at address ×××1 is 39
(that is, indicates the number "9"), this operation is performed as shown in Figure 5, and the lower 4 bits are the hexadecimal code "A".
'', the calculation/judgment device 6 outputs the digit output signal IJ-CY to the above-mentioned CTL4, that is, executes a given control related to data setting in response to a key operation, and at the same time executes the data to be printed on the issued ticket surface during the sales operation. It is output in decimal addition mode to a control device that controls the input into the printer 3.

Therefore, when the above addition result exceeds 9, a key IJ-CY is generated for the purpose of adding 1 to the upper digit, but it should be understood that this system has the same structure as a generally known computer.

When a carry occurs, the arithmetic/determination device 6 introduces the character code 30 (ie, the number "0") to address XXX1.

Subsequently, CTL4 conducts the control gate G, causing DC9 to
The control gate G3. G is made conductive, and the 8-bit binary code data currently stored at address XXXX is read out and introduced into the adder 5.

Then, the adder 5 adds 1 to this data, and the value is stored at address XXXX via the arithmetic/judgment device 6 and the control game 1-G, and enters a strobe signal standby state.

If there is no carry in the calculation using the data at address ×××1, the addition result is stored as is at address ×××1, and then CTL4 sets DC9 to address ××××, but there is no carry output. Since CY is not generated, the control gate G3G4 is non-conductive, and no addition operation is performed using the data stored at the address XXXX, resulting in a strobe signal standby state.

When the year key is operated by the above operation, the year data stored in RAM1 is automatically incremented by 1, and DC9 is
It is set at address XX and is in a strobe signal standby state.

Therefore, if you only want to advance the year data by one year, you only need to operate the year key.

However, if a completely different number of years or initial settings are to be made, the user must operate the numeric keys after operating the year key.

For example, if you want to set the year 1953, first press the "5" key. Along with the strobe signal sb, the character code “35
” (i.e., the number “5”) and CTL4 is the control gate G1.
．． This character code is AC to make G6 conductive.
After being stored at address XXXX via C7, it enters a strobe signal standby state.

Next, when the "3" key is operated, the character code r33j (ie, the number r31J) is generated together with the strobe signal sb, and the CTL4 outputs the control gate G1. G5. G6 is made conductive, DC9 is set to XXX1, this character code is stored, and a strobe signal wait state is entered.

Then, the setting of the year data is completed, and the process waits for the operation of another function key or the E key instructing the completion of the setting.

The timing chart shows the operation of the E key, and when the end signal ES is input, the operation ends and the control gate G1 becomes non-conductive.

In the case of the month key, the operation is the same as the year, and by operating the month key,
The monthly data currently stored in AM1 is automatically added to one month.

When making the initial setting or changing from December to January, the setting is made by operating a desired number key.

That is, when the month key is operated, the character code "01" is introduced into the ACC7 along with the strobe signal, and the decoder 8 outputs the control signal CL2 to the CTL4.

Then, CTL4 sets DC9 to address XXXX3, adds 1 to the data stored here, and then moves DC9 to address XXXX2.
However, if a carry output CY is generated by the addition, 1 is also added to the data stored at address XXX2, and the strobe signal wait state is established.

Next, when you operate a number key, a strobe signal is generated, and the character code generated by this key is address XXXX2, and the character code generated by the next number key is XXXX.
Stored at address 3.

Also, when operating the date key, the character code "02" AC
By introducing the control signal CL3 into C7, the control signal CL3 is outputted to CTL4, and DC9 is set to address XXX5.

Then, after adding 1 to the data stored here, DC9 is set to address XXXX4, but the addition causes a carry output CY
If this occurs, 1 is also added to the data stored at address XXX4, and a strobe signal wait state is entered.

Further, when changing the initial setting or the 31st (30th) by one day, the setting is performed by subsequently operating a desired number key.

When you operate the V key to set the selling price or the N key to set the product name, the character code "03" or "04" will be displayed.
" is introduced into the ACC7, and the decoder 8 outputs control signals CL4 and CL5, respectively, and enters a strobe signal standby state.
The control signal CL is set at address x6, and the address is set at address XXXB using the control signal CL.

Thereafter, when the numeric keys and letter keys constituting the sales price or product name are operated, the strobe signal advances one address at a time, and the generated character code is stored in the RAM 1 via the control gate G6.

In this way, the date of issue, selling price, and product name are set, and the ticket issuing operation will be explained below.

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the printer 3, which extracts a predetermined amount of ticket paper wound around a shaft 10 for each sales operation, prints predetermined characters or numbers using a print head 11, and cuts the paper with a cutter 12 to issue the paper. It is something to do.

FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the print head, which is provided with seven heating elements 14 . . . 14 under the control of the print control section 13.

To explain the printing operation, the characters or numbers to be printed are divided into rows and columns on a substrate as shown in Figure 8, and the print head is moved to the right along five timing pulses TP1...TP5 that regulate the columns. Printing is performed by moving the seven heating elements 14 . . . 14 constituting a row to make them conductive or non-conductive.

Therefore, if the part to be printed due to heat generation is set to "1", the 7-bit information shown in Figure 9 is the timing pulse TP.
1...TP, and is output to the print control unit 13, the character "A" will be printed.

All such 7-bit 5-byte print information for characters or numbers to be printed is stored in a memory 15 called a character generator, and reading of this information is performed by R.
This is done based on the character code stored in AM1.

Therefore, a predetermined amount is put in, a sales operation is started, and CT
When the sales signal VN is input to L4 from the input amount calculation device (not shown), the control gate G5 is made conductive and DC9 is
The character code stored in each address is set to address x, and the character codes stored in each address are introduced into the printer 3 through the control gate G7.

Then, the printer 3 first uses the address converter 16 to calculate the address of the memo January 5, which stores the above-mentioned print information of letters or numbers corresponding to the character code, based on the input character code, and then sends the read print information to the print control section. Printing is performed by outputting to 13.

Furthermore, after the printing is completed, the printed portion is cut from the spring paper by the operation of the cutter 12, and the sales operation is completed.

In this embodiment, only one type of ticket is issued, but a configuration of multiple types is also possible, and it is sufficient if the storage area of RAM 1 is used to store the selling price and product name for each type of ticket. Common data for year and month.

According to the present invention described in detail above, the data to be printed on the ticket surface is stored in the memory by key operations, and when the ticket is issued, printing is performed based on the content stored in the memory, so operability can be improved and the data can be reset. This makes it possible to create a highly versatile ticket vending machine.

Furthermore, when setting the year, month, and date, if you use these function keys and then the number keys in the initial setting, subsequent updates in units of units can be performed only by operating the function keys, simplifying the date setting operation. □ brings certainty to setting operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows the configuration of the present invention in a block diagram, Figure 2 shows the character codes assigned to each key, and Figure 3 shows the RA
Figure 4 shows the timing chart when the year key is operated, Figure 5 shows the calculation operation diagram, and Figure 6 shows the address allocation diagram for M.
7 shows the printer mechanism, FIG. 7 shows the print head, FIG. 8 shows the printing operation of the character "A", and FIG. 9 shows the printing information of the character "A". DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Memory, 2...Key device, 3...Printer, 4...Control device, 5...Adder.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A memory having a year data storage area, a month data storage area, and a day data storage area, and function keys corresponding to the year, month, and date for specifying each of the storage areas during operation;
an adder that adds one unit to the data read from each of the storage areas by operating the numeric keys and the function keys;
It consists of a control device that inputs numeric data into the storage area called up by the operation of the numeric keys following the operation of the function key, and a printer that reads and prints the data from the storage area at the time of ticket issuance. An issue date printing device for an automatic ticket vending machine, characterized in that when the data is updated by one unit, the data updated by the adder is stored in the corresponding storage area by simply operating a corresponding function key.