JPS61204791A - Issuing of season ticket - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for issuing commuter passes such as commuter passes in railways.

[Conventional technology and its problems]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, it has become common for regular tickets to be issued on railways in such a way that users purchase them themselves from automatic ticket vending machines (hereinafter referred to as the automatic ticket vending system).

On the other hand, the issuance method for commuter passes (hereinafter referred to as commuter passes) is that the purchaser fills out the required information such as 1 riding section, 1''' validity period, 11 name I, etc. on the application form, and based on this application form, the person in charge enters this information into the issuing machine and issues the commuter pass.

In other words, among the required items recorded on the commuter pass, 1
Since there is only a small amount of information such as boarding section 11 validity period I, the staff can easily select the necessary information and press the key based on that information. However, when it comes to names, only kanji characters that can be used in people's names are currently used. However, there are 2,311 characters, and if you add in katakana, hiragana, etc., it becomes several thousand characters, and it is difficult for the staff to select the relevant characters. is transferred to the commuter pass.

However, since commuter pass issuance is concentrated at the beginning and end of the month, counters are usually crowded during those periods, and increasing the number of staff only during those periods poses problems in terms of costs and other issues. For this reason, it is desired that a necessary number of automatic commuter pass issuing devices be installed to issue commuter passes, and an automatic vending system that allows purchasers to purchase their own commuter passes by themselves is desired.

When adopting this sales method, since one ride section I etc. is magnetically recorded on the commuter pass, it is sufficient to read it out and have it printed and magnetically recorded on the new commuter pass, but 'name β' is entered at the ticket gate. Since it is unnecessary, it is not magnetically recorded, and this processing poses a problem.

Therefore, in the conventional commuter pass automatic vending system, one person
In order to reduce the amount of information, the katakana is read, encoded and magnetically recorded on the commuter pass, and when a new commuter pass is issued,
The records are read out and printed on the new commuter pass.

However, when issuing a new commuter pass, it is a burden for the sales staff to type in the name using a katakana key in anticipation of automatic issuance in the future, and there are many names with the same pronunciation but different kanji, making it difficult for users to The reality is that it is not popular because it is difficult to integrate into the Japanese market.

[Purpose of the invention]

With the above points in mind, the present invention aims to provide a method for automatically issuing commuter passes with names written in characters including kanji.

[Means to achieve the purpose]

In order to achieve the above object, in the commuter pass issuance method of the present invention, the required information is printed on the commuter pass, the required information is distinguished into character information and image information, and both information are encoded to form a single post. When a new commuter pass is issued based on this commuter pass, the character information and image information of the old commuter pass are read out, and the required information is printed and recorded on the new commuter pass based on the information, and the required information is printed and recorded on the new commuter pass. It was recorded and published.

That is, names and the like, which have a large amount of selection information, are read as image information and magnetically recorded on the commuter pass, and the record is read out and printed and recorded on the new commuter pass while being magnetically recorded.

〔Example〕

Practical examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, when issuing a new commuter pass, the purchaser fills out the application form 1 with 1 boarding section #1 transit station 11 validity period l'', name I, etc. and hands it to the staff member, as in the past.

The staff member operates the commuter pass issuing machine shown in Fig. 1 to set 1 boarding section 11 transit station 11 validity period I, etc. using push buttons on the operation display section 3, and reads the application 111 into the machine. Then, the name etc. part in application 11F1 is read by reading section 4.
is optically read as image information and converted into a black and white two-level electrical signal to obtain binary image information of a dot pattern.

As a result of this action, the necessary information to be written on the commuter pass is differentiated and encoded into text information and image information, with one boarding section I'''' transit station I etc. as text information and the name etc. as image information.

This image information is input to the code compression processing section 5, and the MH
The amount of information is compressed using the (Mode 7 eyed Huffman) encoding method or the MR (Moder 7 eyed Read) encoding method.

Next, the processing section 2 calculates a charge based on the information given by the operation display section 3 and the reading section 4, generates and edits an image image to be printed on the surface of the ticket, and prints it on the magnetic surface. Generates and edits the code information for the ticket gate to be written and the code information of the compressed image information, controls the printing section 6 and the magnetic inserting section 7, and prints on the surface of the commuter pass and writes the code on the magnetic surface, respectively. Then, a commuter pass 8 is issued.

When writing codes on this magnetic surface, conventional commuter passes with standard specifications have 8 tracks set on the magnetic surface to record the code for ticket gates, but these tracks contain the code information of the image information. Since writing is not possible, approximately two additional tracks are added and the code information is stored in these tracks. This magnetic recording method uses a high-density recording method such as the MFM (Model 7-aided Recurrency Modification) method.

Note that the compression encoding process of the image information may be performed by the processing unit 2.

New commuter passes are issued as described above, but
Next, the case where the purchaser buys a new commuter pass based on the commuter pass will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, the purchaser inserts the commuter pass 8 in use into the old ticket reading slot 21 of the automatic commuter pass vending machine, and sets a desired validity period using the validity period setting section 22 (operation display section 11).

Based on this operation, the old ticket reading unit 12 reads information such as 1 boarding section 1'' transit station I and 1 name I that are magnetically recorded on the old commuter pass 8, and the processing unit 10 reads this information and the above settings. Based on the information on the validity period, the billing fee is calculated, and the printing unit 17 and magnetic writing unit 18 are controlled to print on the surface of the new commuter pass 20 and write a code on the magnetic surface, respectively.

Note that decoding of compressed image information is performed by a separate decoding unit 13.
Alternatively, the processing unit 10 may perform the processing.

On the other hand, the purchaser inserts the price 14 into the banknote/coin receiving section 15 (insertion section 24) based on the billed fee display. If the input amount is equal to or greater than the billed fee, by pressing the issue button 25, a new commuter pass 20 is issued to the delivery slot 26, and change 19 is dispensed from the change section 16.

In the figure, 23 is a part that displays various information such as the billed amount, input amount, change amount, riding section, validity period, etc.
~■ indicates the order of operations.

In the manner described above, a new commuter pass 20 is issued based on the old commuter pass 8, and subsequent automatic issuance is performed in the same manner.

The old commuter pass 8 used here is not limited to the one currently in use,
It may be a used item (its expiration date has expired).

In addition, in the example, we talked about railway commuter passes that use magnetized commuter passes, but in recent years, more and more places are using commuter pass issuing machines, and these magnetized commuter passes are becoming more popular. Even on railways that do not have a commuter pass form (
Automation of commuter pass sales according to the present invention becomes possible by adopting a magnetic film formed on the entire back of the ticket paper or a part necessary for magnetic recording.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the present invention can be adopted for automatic issuance of commuter passes for non-railway stations.

<Effects of the Invention> This invention is configured as described above, captures information that is difficult to encode as character information such as names as image information, magnetically records this image information on a commuter pass, and creates a new commuter pass based on this information. Since the purchaser can easily issue the purchaser himself by simply setting the expiration date, etc.

The issued commuter pass is easy to understand because the name written on it is not written in katakana characters but in characters such as kanji that the purchaser has accumulated.

Therefore, according to this method, automatic issuance of commuter passes progresses,
The spread of automatic issuance counters has made it possible to extend counter hours at low cost, as seen in the example of automatic counters such as rusted counters, and at counters where peak periods tend to occur, automatic counters can serve as a peak cut. However, it is expected that the purchaser will be freed from the hassle of having to fill out application forms when the product goes on sale automatically.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of a commuter pass issuing machine, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of an automatic commuter pass vending machine, and Fig. 3 is an external view of the vending machine of Fig. 2. It is a diagram. 1... Application form, 2... Processing section, 8.11... Operation display section, 4... Reading section, 5... Code compression processing section, 6
．． 17...Printing section, 7.18...Magnetic writing section, 8.
... Commuter pass, 12... Old ticket reading section, 13... Compressed information decoding section, 20... Commuter pass.

Claims (1)

[Claims] The required information is printed on the commuter pass, the required information is separated into text information and image information, both information is encoded and magnetically recorded, a commuter pass is issued, and a new commuter pass is issued based on this commuter pass. A method for issuing a commuter pass, characterized in that, when issuing the old commuter pass, character information and image information of the old commuter pass are read out, necessary information is printed and written on the new commuter pass based on the information, and the new commuter pass is magnetically recorded and issued.