JPS6120040B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine memory information rewriting device that rewrites the contents of the automatic ticket vending machine in response to fare revisions, kilometer changes, etc., for example.

In recent years, automatic ticket vending machines have been installed and used at most stations as a way to save labor in station operations. However, when there is a fare revision or a change in mileage, etc., the stored information in all ticket vending machines must be changed each time. Conventional ticket vending machines handle these changes using the following methods. I was dealing with it. In other words, general ticket vending machines have each account button (ticket type purchase button)
It has an information storage section (e.g., IC memory, core memory, hard logic memory using diode matrix, etc.) for fares, etc., corresponding to the user's button, and reads out the fare corresponding to the button specified by the user from the information storage section. Issues tickets and calculates and pays out change. When revising fares, the new fares, number of wards, etc. are created using paper tape, etc., according to the format of the information storage unit.
The contents of the information storage unit were being rewritten via a tape reader. For this reason, it is necessary to create paper tapes, cassette tapes, etc., and since this tape information differs from station to station, it is necessary to create various types of tape, which is very time-consuming. Further, it requires special skills such as setting it in a tape reader and making changes that cannot be performed by station staff alone. This requires manual work on the manufacturer's part, and changing the contents of all ticket vending machines at all stations overnight requires a huge amount of manpower and expense, as well as the need to install tape readers for fares. Various problems arose.

This invention was made in view of the above points,
To provide a memory information rewriting device for an automatic ticket vending machine, which enables even non-skilled personnel to perform revision work of the automatic ticket vending machine when revising fares, thereby significantly reducing personnel and costs.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of the storage information rewriting device of the present invention, where 11 is the main body, and 12 is the main body 1.
Noh mask panel 1, 13 is a signal cable led out from inside the main body, 14 is a relay connector connected to the tip of this signal cable 13, and the front panel 12 has a number key section 15 including a clear key,
Account button 16 ₁ , Adult fare button 16 ₂ , Child fare button 1
6 ₃ , a write button 16 ₄ , and a read button 16 ₅ , an operation mode designation switch section 16 and a numeric display section 17 are provided. This numerical display section 17 displays the account number of the button to be changed on the ticket vending machine side, the revised adult fare, etc. The account number and child fare are displayed in the lower four digits, and the adult fare is displayed in the upper four digits. It's starting to look like this. Further, the relay connector 14 is electrically connected to the connection terminal of each ticket vending machine, and the signal cable 13 also includes a power supply line, so that the relay connector 14 is connected to the ticket vending machine. This allows power to be supplied to the device via the ticket vending machine. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the connection relationship between the storage information rewriting device and the ticket vending machine, and the same parts as in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.
In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a data buffer. This data buffer 21 stores signals from the numeric key section 15 and the operation mode designation switch section 17. This data buffer 21 is connected to the ticket vending machine 22 via the signal cable 13 and the relay connector 14. connected to the side.
That is, by connecting the relay connector 14 to the ticket vending machine 22, this storage information rewriting device can be connected to the ticket vending machine 22.
The CPU 24 in the ticket vending machine 22 is stored in the information storage unit 23 of the
It is now connected via .

Next, the operation of the present invention constructed as described above will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. For example, when there is a fare revision, the relay connector 14 of the storage information rewriting device is connected to the ticket vending machine 22. As a result, power is supplied to the stored information rewriting device from the ticket vending machine side via the signal line 13, and the device becomes operable (fare revision operation possible). First, the user presses the account button ₁₆₁ and then specifies the button number (memory address of the information storage section 23, etc.) to be changed on the ticket vending machine 22 side by pressing the number key 15. The button number specified by the numeric key 15 is stored in the data buffer 21, sent to the numeric display section 17 to be displayed as a number, and sent to the ticket vending machine 22 side via the signal cable 13, where it is sent to the ticket vending machine 22 side via the CPU 24 and predetermined information is displayed. Specify the change section of the storage section 23. Next, press the adult fare button _16-2 and input the revised adult fare using the number key 15.
Next, press the child fare button ₁₆₃ and input the revised child fare using the numeric key 15 in the same manner as above. And these input fares are data buffer 21
and displayed on the number display section 17 (at this time, the account number disappears). Next, the operator confirms the displayed adult fare and child fare, and then presses the write button 16.
Press ₄ . When this write button ₁₆₄ is pressed, the CPU 24 on the ticket vending machine 22 side reads the revised adult fare and child fare stored in the data buffer 21 and addresses the previously specified account number in the information storage unit 23. Write to. This makes it possible to revise the fare for a predetermined account button. After writing, if the read button ₁₆₅ is pressed, the written content is read from the information storage section 23, transferred to the data buffer 21, and displayed on the numerical display section 17, allowing you to check whether the writing is correct. can be done.

In the above embodiment, only the fare change was explained, but in the case of a ticket vending machine that sells encoded tickets for automatic ticket gates, this can be handled by providing a section number designation button in the operation mode designation switch section 16. In other words, by adding an operation button to the operation mode designation switch section 16 and providing a numeric display section in accordance with the storage contents of the information storage section on the ticket vending machine side, various measures can be taken. Further, the method of connecting the ticket vending machine to the information storage section may be such that writing and reading can be performed by directly connecting to the address line and data line of the information storage section without going through the CPU as in this embodiment. Therefore, the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit thereof.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view showing one aspect of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the connection relationship with a ticket vending machine in the same embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the same embodiment. It's a chat. 11...Main body, 13...Signal cable, 14...
...Relay connector, 15...Number key, 16...Operation mode specification switch section, 17...Numeric display section,
21...Data battle.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A connection part that can be electrically connected to an automatic ticket vending machine,
Writing of the address to be changed, contents of change, and new data to the information storage unit in the automatic ticket vending machine,
Displays each operation mode designation switch that specifies reading of written data, etc., a numeric key section that inputs the data according to the contents of this operation mode designation switch, and the output from this numeric key section. 1. A storage information rewriting device for an automatic ticket vending machine, characterized in that it is equipped with a display section for rewriting stored information in an automatic ticket vending machine.