JPS604511B2 - Automatic ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine, for example, in which an attendant or the machine itself can set a purchasable range corresponding to the amount of money inserted by a customer, depending on the situation.

The situation in which the present invention was made will be explained using a ticket vending machine as an example. Conventionally, ticket vending machines that have been able to issue multiple types of tickets have been able to issue the maximum number of tickets that can be sold because the distance that can be traveled from the station where the ticket vending machine is installed shortens every time a train departs or arrives at the last train. It is equipped with a release restriction device that sequentially limits the amount over time. This type of sale restriction device encodes and stores the limit amount in advance, and at the time when the sales restriction is to be carried out, the clerk operates a switch or the like to set a predetermined limit amount. The limit price set by the customer is compared with the price selected by the customer, and the product is sold only if the former is higher than the latter. However, with such conventional devices, no matter how many times the user presses the setting button for the section he or she wants to go, it is difficult to understand why the ticket is not released.
There were many cases where troubles occurred, such as pressing the setting button forever, making the next user wait, or pressing the money 0 button to call the staff, causing the vending machine to be discontinued.

In the present invention, a limiter is attached to the ticket machine to set a limit on the sections that can be sold, and by setting the limit according to the situation such as the last train, if the customer inserts a fare that is more than the amount corresponding to the set section. , the sale section at the ticket vending machine is restricted by lighting up only the range where it is possible to sell with the lighting lamp of the selection pusher 0, and informing that the other sections of the push nail that do not light up are not available for sale. The present invention aims to provide an automatic ticket vending machine that displays information.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 shows the customer service side of the ticket vending machine, and numeral 1 in the figure is, for example, an account pusher with a lighting display device.
That is, when the ticket vending machine is able to sell tickets with the maximum IQ, a push button 1 for setting a fixed section is arranged, and the amount corresponding to the number of sections is displayed on the surface. In addition, 2
numeral 3 is a money input slot, and 3 is a ticket and change output slot.
FIG. 2 shows the operation panel on the back side of the ticket vending machine, and numeral 4 in the figure is an account push button sales section limit switch set by the clerk for the account push button 1.

Furthermore, FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the present invention.

In the figure, 5 is a fare memory in which the fare corresponding to the number of zones displayed on each of the push buttons 1 is stored, 6 is an input money counter that counts the amount inserted into the input slot 2, and 7 is a passenger A comparison circuit compares and determines whether the amount displayed on the selected account pusher 01 and the amount inserted into the slot 2 match or do not match, and 4 is a switch for limiting the sales range set by the clerk. The comparison circuit 7 is connected to the release restriction switch 4.
Based on the input, the signal is output to the lamp lighting circuit 8 to light the push button 1 shown in FIG. It is composed of Next, the operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be explained.

Now, to explain the case where the sales restriction switch 4 is set to, for example, 5 wards by the clerk and the price for that section is 150 yen, sales can be restricted by the method shown below. In other words, '1) customer is 1
Until 50 yen is inserted into the slot 2, the 1st to 5th sections of the corresponding account push button 1 are lit.

However, if the customer inserts 150 yen or more, for example, the amount equivalent to 6 wards, the above □ seat push nail 1 will be 5 yen.
By lighting up to 150 yen in each ward and not lighting up in 6 or more wards, customers are informed that sales are not possible. ■ Until the customer inserts 150 yen into the slot 2, the 1st to 5th sections of the corresponding account pusher 01 will light up, but as soon as the 5th section, that is, the amount of 150 yen or more is inserted, the buzzer 9 will turn on. The customer is then informed that tickets with a higher value cannot be sold.

'3} In addition, as another example, if a customer accidentally presses the account pusher 1 that is not lit, the buzzer 9 will be pressed and the customer will not be able to sell the ticket for that button. Let me know something.

In addition, measures to be taken after restricting sales using the various methods described above include, for example, issuing a ticket to the customer up to the sales section and returning excess change, or returning the entire deposit to the customer. It can be solved by

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, the sales restriction switch is manually operated by the staff member, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, it is possible to automate the sales restriction by setting it using a timer. It has the following advantages.

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily limit the range in which tickets can be sold in a ticket vending machine, and the setting button 0, which is not restricted in sales, is displayed lit up, and the setting button, which is restricted in sale, is not displayed lit. The user can easily identify the buttons that can be set, and there is no risk of problems occurring with secondary buttons.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an automatic ticket vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic rear view of the same ticket vending machine, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the proposed system. 1... Setting button, 2... Money slot, 3
... Release port, 4 ... Release restriction means, 5
. . . Fare memory, 6. . . . Immersed money, 7. . . Comparison means. 8. . . . Hump lighting circuit (lamp lighting means). Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an automatic ticket vending machine that issues tickets by inserting money and selecting a section from a setting button that lights up corresponding to the inserted coin, there is a release restriction switch that limits the sections that can be sold, and this sales restriction switch. Comparison means for comparing the output signal of the switch, the output from the fare memory, and the output of the deposit counter, and lamp lighting means for lighting and displaying the lamp of the sale section in response to the output signal from the comparison means. An automatic ticket vending machine characterized by: