JPS605420Y2 - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a ticket issuing device for, for example, paying for tickets and issuing new tickets at connecting gates of different company lines.

Traditionally, among station operations, paying tickets and issuing connecting tickets at connecting gates on connecting lines has been extremely complicated work, and despite labor-saving measures such as the introduction of automatic ticket gates, the Intersecting stations always caused problems.

For example, at a station where private railways and national railways or private railways intersect so that passengers can transfer between them, passengers who hold tickets such as regular tickets, commuter passes, or coupon tickets need to pay their bills at the payment counter. You must pay the amount to the staff at the station, then transfer and purchase the tickets necessary to reach your desired destination station at the payment counter, or at the ticket office once you exit the station through the ticket gate. Not,
If tickets are to be sold at the same time as payment at the payment counter, the burden on the staff will be heavy, and on the other hand, if passengers have to leave the ticket gate once, they will not be able to pass through the connecting gate, which will save time. It is unnecessary and time-consuming.

For example, as shown in Figure 1, the station premises where Company A and Company B intersect (connect) so that they can transfer to each other is separated by connecting gate 0, and apart from this, Company A's gate Ga is used as an entrance/exit gate. Assume that a gate Gb of company B exists.

Here, a passenger who boarded at A1 station on Company A's line section was transferred to Station 8 on Company B's line section.
If you want to go to station 3, but only have a ticket to station A, which is before this transfer station, then pay the fare to this transfer station at checkout station R, and then proceed to the desired station, B3.
You can pass through connecting gate α after getting a ticket issued.

However, in some cases, payment office R does not issue tickets for Company B line sections, and in such cases, you must exit Gate Ga, go to Company B's ticket office, purchase a ticket, and then re-enter through Gate Gb. I had to.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the line section on which the above-mentioned paying passenger intends to board.

Now, at the payment counter at transfer station AB, a ticket issued from A1 station that can travel up to A4 will be issued a ticket that can travel up to B3 station on Company B's line after paying the fare. I'll think about it.

As shown in the figure, if the fare between A1 and A1 is α yen, the fare between A knee station is β yen, and the fare between AB and B stations is γ yen, then the payment counter at AB station After receiving the settled fare of (β - α) yen, the staff member will sell a new ticket worth γ yen.

These payment and issuance operations are carried out using cash registers and regular tickets, and are not only extremely complicated tasks, but also include the issuance and collection of payment tickets, replenishment of regular tickets, storage, tabulation, deadline work, etc. This requires a significant amount of manpower, including coordination work with Company B.

This idea was devised in view of the above circumstances, and it was said that it was possible to simplify the payment and issuance of tickets at connecting gates, as well as to save labor in back-end operations by introducing computers, which could improve the efficiency of station operations. The aim is to provide a similar publishing device.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of this invention will be described based on the case where it is used by a paying passenger who rides the line section in Figure 2 as described above.
This will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the input device used by an attendant to receive a passenger's ticket (or commuter pass, etc.), settle the payment, and issue a new ticket.
Reference numerals 2 and 13 are for inputting boarding station data, boarding section data, and alighting station data, respectively.

In other words, the first and second input key groups 11 and 12 are used to input data for calculating the payment amount. ) by the corresponding key,
Furthermore, from the second set of input keys 12, a key corresponding to the fare displayed on the ticket is selected, data on the possible ride section is inputted, and the internal arithmetic circuit 26 as shown in FIGS. As shown in Figure 2, the settlement amount of (β-α) yen is calculated.

If this payment issuing device is installed at the AB station, and a passenger uses the B company line via Gc in Figure 1 and requests to get off at B3 station, the third input will be processed. By searching for the name of the station the passenger desires to get off from from the key group 13 and inputting the alighting station data therefrom, the arithmetic circuit section calculates the fare from Super Station to B3 Station, and displays the fare on the amount display 14.
, the total amount of payment and the fare for this newly charged travel section are displayed.

In the figure, reference numeral 15 denotes a changeover switch that is operated when a commuter pass, for example, A14-, A, showing the valid travel section is presented and payment is requested and a new ticket is issued. As a result, only the first input key group 11 and the third input key group 13 light up and become operable, and the first input key group 11 reads the station name (AB Select and input A4 station (closest to the station), select B3 station from the third input key group 13 as the valid travel section data for the new ticket, input the alighting station data, and enter the required amount on the display above. 14 can be displayed.

In this way, the staff member who has received the amount displayed on the payment issuing device from the paying passenger will issue a new ticket from the ticket issuing mechanism 27 shown in Figures 4a and 4b. The issuing device 16 is connected to a recording device 17, for example, and records the amount of a new ticket issued according to the input to the third key group 13 and the payment by the first and second key groups 11.12. I try to record it separately from the amount.

The sales record recorded by the recording device 17 may be stored, for example, on paper tape, magnetic tape, etc., and then processed on a computer or the like.

This is a so-called offline system, but in the online system shown in the figure, a central arithmetic processing section 18 such as an electronic computer is connected in advance via a transmission control device 19.

Note that the new ticket issuing mechanism 27 does not necessarily have to be provided in the payment issuing device 16, and a separate ticket issuing device can be connected.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of this invention, in which the illustrated payment issuing device 20 carries so-called automated tickets (including regular tickets, commuter passes, and coupon tickets) used in automatic ticket gates. Passengers who pay the fare independently make the payment and receive a new ticket.

Reference numeral 21 denotes an input slot for an automated ticket held by a paying passenger, and the system reads, for example, magnetically recorded boarding station data and boarding section data from the automated ticket inserted therein, and displays the payment amount on the amount display 22. It's getting wet.

The alighting station selection button group 23 displays the station names (or the fares equivalent to each) of line sections where you can transfer. For example, if you specify Karasu Station, the fare γ yen will be calculated by the internal arithmetic circuit section and the above-mentioned It is added to the payment amount (β-α) yen already displayed on the display 22.

In other words, when you specify the getting off station B3 using the selection button group 23 (
The calculation result of β-α+γ) yen is displayed, and the money slot 24
By inserting coins corresponding to the amount and completing the payment, a new ticket will be issued from the change return slot 25 along with the change.

At this time, if an automated commuter pass has been inserted into the slot 21, the commuter pass will be returned at the same time, but if it is a regular ticket, it will not be returned because the payment has already been made.

It should be noted that since the amount required for payment is different for a passenger paying for a regular ticket and a passenger using a commuter pass, this determination is made and calculated by a reading device in the slot 21.

In this way, the payment machine and the ticket issuing machine are integrated to form a payment issuing device, which automatically reads the data of the original ticket and allows the passenger to pay the payment amount independently without the hassle of the staff. This makes it possible to pay the fare for a new section of travel, which is significantly more advantageous than having to be handled by a staff member at a payment counter.

In other words, such an automated device is as shown in Fig. 4 a and b.
By processing sales data, etc. as shown in Figure 2, the settlement process can proceed without any human intervention, and calculation errors are eliminated, which is extremely convenient.

The time spent by paying passengers can also be reduced by increasing the number of payment issuing devices installed.

In addition, even in the case of the payment issuing device operated by the staff shown in Figure 3, the payment work at the contact gate and the ticket issuance work for the connecting other company's lines are simplified, and the staff can avoid handling mistakes. This also reduces the possibility of having to do things like this, and saves labor in back-office operations such as sales management.

In each of the embodiments described above, it is of course possible to perform only payment processing, for example, and the specific configuration of the embodiment device is not limited to that described above and can be modified in various ways. It goes without saying that there are various embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.

As explained above, according to the present invention, a new ticket to the desired destination is issued by inputting the information necessary for payment, such as the boarding station information of the original ticket, and setting the information of the station where you want to get off the train. This makes it easier to pay for and issue tickets, especially at connecting gates, and improves the efficiency of station operations, as well as saving time for paying passengers and shortening transfer times. .

Furthermore, according to the present invention, since sales information is recorded as data for machine processing, the sales data can be easily aggregated and the labor of the staff can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a ticket gate system that connects Company A and Company B so that transfers can be made and has a connecting gate. Figure 2 shows Company A line and Company B line.
Fig. 3 is a front view of a device showing an embodiment of this invention; Fig. 4 a and b are system configuration diagrams for processing payment and issuance operations; Fig. 5 FIG. 2 is a front view of a device showing another embodiment of the invention. 11.12,21... Input device, 13.23.
...Getting off station setting button, 14.22...Display, 17.18...Recording device, 27...
...Ticketing mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An input device for inputting information necessary for paying the ticket, such as boarding station information from among the information written on the original ticket, a setting button for the getting off station, information from the input device, and the above settings. a display device that displays the payment amount calculated based on the information from the setting button; a ticketing mechanism that issues a new ticket to the exit station set based on the information from the setting button;
A ticket issuing device comprising: a recording device for recording sales information of the ticket issued by the ticket issuing mechanism as machine-readable information.