JPS5965385A - Generation management for fare data - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention provides a generation management method for fare data in a commuter pass issuing machine, etc., in which modification of data in accordance with a fare revision can be performed before the fare revision date. Regarding.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

For example, in conventional commuter pass issuing machines, when modifying data in response to fare revisions, workers must input the new fares within a limited time from the end of work before the fare revision day to the start of work the next day. A method was used to verify the data.

However, such a method is difficult to solve due to time constraints in the event that an error occurs in the creation of input data or for some other reason, such as a worker not being able to arrive at the site in time due to a transportation accident. There was a risk of failure due to various problems, and there were also problems in that workers had to work all night due to these circumstances.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and although it has a relatively simple configuration, it is possible to reliably perform data modification work in conjunction with price revisions, and allows the operator to modify data with ease. The purpose of this invention is to provide a method for managing generations of charge data so that work can be carried out.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention provides, for example, a fare table stored in a storage device in a ticket issuing machine, which includes fare data corresponding to the current fare, old fare, old fare, and future fare areas, and which allows future fare data to be added before the fare revision date. The content stored in the rate area will be automatically transferred to the current rate area on the date of rate revision, and the content stored in the current rate area will also be stored in the old rate area. The system is characterized by sequentially transferring the contents stored in the old rate area to the old rate area, and discarding the content stored in the old rate in preparation for the next rate revision, and managing the generation of the future rate area as an empty area. be.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. First, an overview of the commuter pass issuing machine will be explained with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. The above-mentioned commuter pass issuing machine has an input button section (1) for inputting information to be recorded on the commuter pass by an operator's operation, and a fare button (1) for inputting information to be recorded on the commuter pass according to the input information.
A main control unit (2) that creates and processes the printed ticket surface and encoded information, and a name transfer device (3) that reads the name and age pattern from the commuter pass application form (,) and transfers it to the screen surface. It consists of a printing/encoding unit (4) that prints face information and records magnetic information on the commuter pass, and a release recording device (5) that records the release for back-end processing. There is. In other words, the input button section (1) is a departure/arrival transit button (11) consisting of the departure station, destination station, and transit station operated by the staff based on the contents of the commuter pass application form (,), and a valid start date setting button ( 1, a general month button (4), a ticket type button (14) for specifying the ticket type for commuting to work or school, and a second discount button (L51 and Karanashi, above) for specifying the discount rate for each ticket type. The main control section (2) includes a computer (21) that controls the entire device, and the input button section (1).
It consists of a memory device (c) that temporarily stores information input from ), and a storage device (c) that stores station information, fare tables, character turns, kilometres, transit information, etc.

Here, the fare table in the storage device (c) has conventionally stored current fares, and commuter passes are now sold based on the current fares. However, in order to modify the fare data in the storage device (to) when a fare revision occurs, a worker must input the new fare within a limited time period from the end of work before the fare revision day to the start of work the next day. Because it is necessary to confirm the

Therefore, the present invention uses the storage device shown in FIG. 2 to manage generations of fare tables.

In Figure 2, (to) is the storage device in which the generation management data c3 according to the issue date is stored, and the generation management data Gυ is the storage device in which 4 generations are stored in the same record in the fixed data area as shown in Figure 3. It's like storing minute fares. In other words, the above generation management data OI) includes the record number for searching the fare table (part of the header (4) in which the three successes are recorded, and the date of generation I that stores the date of start of use of the current fare). Area Aku, the world that stores the date of start of use of old fares (flI date area 04), the date area (to) of generation ■ that stores the date of start of use of old fares, and fare revision When modifying the data in , the generation management department CB consists of the old type ■ date area (branch)) (this area is normally an empty area) where you enter the start date of use of the new fare.
) and the generation I data area 137 which stores the current freight data corresponding to the date of start of use of the above-mentioned generation (to).
, data area (2) of meter charge ■ that stores old fare data corresponding to the date of start of use of the above generation ■0 Data area 0 of generation ■ that stores fare data and generation IV above
Data section (c) consisting of data area number (this area is also usually empty area like the date area) of generation ■ which stores future new fare data corresponding to the drinking start date of C36). It is composed of.

Furthermore, it is necessary to store four generations of fare data and the date of start of use in the storage device (to) above.If the validity period of the commuter pass is 6 months, it is necessary to store the fare data of 4 generations and the date of start of use. Since 90 days are added, users may request a refund or reissue of a commuter pass issued 270 days before the maximum validity period. Moreover, if there are up to two fare revisions during that period, the amount will be calculated based on the current fare, old fare, and old fare, so three generations of areas are required. A fourth generation area is required to store new fares in case fares are revised from time to time.

With this configuration, when a customer requests a refund or reissue of their commuter pass, the generation management data Gυ stored in the storage device (G) is searched and the information recorded on the commuter pass is searched. It is possible to more accurately manage which generation the commuter pass belongs to based on the date of issue or fare data, and to deal with refunds or reissues of the commuter pass.

In addition, the operator must store the start date of the new fare in the date area (to) of generation ■ and the new fare data in the data area (40) of generation ■ before the fare revision date. This has the advantage that the data can be confirmed on the same day as the fare revision date in the same way as data modification work.

In the above embodiment, the date of fare revision is stored in the date area (to) of generation ■, the new fare is stored in the data area (40) of generation ■, and the generation management section (B) and data section ( C
) were explained with the empty area removed, but
Furthermore, after confirming the data, on the fare revision date, the contents stored in the date area (7) and data area (41) of generation ■ are moved to the date area and data area 07 of generation ■, respectively. , and the contents stored in the date area (to) and data area C37) of generation I are stored in the date area (3a and data area (c) of generation ■, respectively, and also in the date area of generation ■). C3
4) and data area l38) are sequentially migrated to the date area <35) and data area (30) of generation ■.At this time, the date area (c) and data of generation ■ The contents stored in area (3) will be erased, and the date area (to) and data area (4f) of generation ■ will be made empty again, and the new fare will be the current fare, same as before. It can be used for.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, current rates, old rates,
The four generations of data areas for old and future rates and their respective usage start dates are provided in the rate table, and on the date of rate revision, data areas for future rates and date areas are stored in advance. The contents stored in the data area and date area of the current rate are stored in the data area and date area of the current rate, and the contents stored in the data area and date area of the current rate are transferred to the data area and date area of the old rate. The contents stored in the and year/month/date area will be sequentially transferred to the data area for old charges and the date area, and the data area and date area for future charges will be left empty. Can be used as current rate. Therefore, it is possible to reliably modify data in response to price revisions, and it also saves workers time and money.
It has the advantage of being able to carry out remodeling work with mental leeway. If there are any changes in the specifications of the program, adding the date of the specification change to each program will bring about excellent effects such as making it possible to fully understand the spirit of the present invention.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a commuter pass issuing machine, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a disk storing generation management data showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a configuration diagram of the generation management data. be. 30... Storage device 31... Generation management data A
...Header part B...Generation management section C...Data section 32...Record number 33...Current rate usage start date 34...Old rate usage start date 35...・Old rate usage start date 36...New rate usage start date 37...Current rate data 38...Old rate data 3
9...Old rate data 40...New rate data Agent Patent attorney Inoue -M Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 7-3 /

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In the storage device that stores rate data, there is a rate data area in which each rate data of current rate, old rate, old rate, and future rate is stored, and the usage starts corresponding to each of the above rate data. It has a date data area where year, month, and day data is stored, and the content of the rate data that is stored in the future rate area before the rate revision date and whose data has been confirmed is transferred to the current rate area on the rate revision date. In addition, the contents stored in the current rate area will be moved to the old rate area, the contents stored in the old rate area will be moved to the old rate area, and the contents stored in the old rate area will be moved to the old rate area. A charge data generation management method characterized by discarding the previously stored contents and leaving the future charge area as an empty area. (2) In the date data area, store the new rate data in the future rate area on the day before the rate revision, and store the new rate data in the date data area of the current rate along with the contents stored in the future rate area on the day of the rate revision. , the contents stored in the date data area of the current rate will be changed to the date data area of the old rate, and the contents stored in the date data area of the old rate will be changed to the date data of the old rate. The feature is that the contents stored in the date data area of old charges and the date of start of use are discarded, and the date data area of future charges is left empty. A charge data generation management method according to claim 1. (3) The date data area is used as the area where data on the start date of use of the current rate, old rate, old rate, and future rate is stored. Charge data generation management method 0 according to claim 2, characterized in that stored contents are migrated respectively.