JPS61275991A - Season ticket issuing system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a commuter pass issuing system used in transportation facilities, etc., and in particular, in consideration of the convenience of transportation users, it is possible to issue commuter passes even at consignment sales stores, etc. We will introduce a commuter pass issuing system that allows for purchase.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Commuter passes have traditionally been issued for regular use of transportation such as trains and buses, and are provided for the convenience of users of the transportation. These commuter passes are usually issued with a limited expiration date on a monthly basis, such as one month, three months, or six months.

The system for issuing such commuter passes includes an input section for inputting necessary information, and calculates the fare based on the data from the input section, as well as creating the necessary print data and processing such as tabulation. Generally, it includes a processing section, a printing section that prints fares and other print data from the processing section on the commuter pass, and a display section that displays the fare data from the processing section. This system is installed at specific information centers and commuter pass issuing counters at specific stations.

When the user fills out the necessary information on the prescribed application form and applies with it to the commuter ticket issuing counter, the person in charge of the counter will input the necessary information from the input section of the commuter pass issuing system. . Based on the necessary information input from the input section, the processing section processes fare calculations and other data to be printed on the commuter pass, and outputs this to the printing section. Then, the printing section prints the predetermined print data on the commuter pass, and the fare is also displayed on the fare display section. This allows users to purchase commuter passes by paying the fare.

[Problems that the invention attempts to solve]

By the way, commuter passes generally cannot be purchased unless the user goes to a commuter pass issuing counter, which is inconvenient for users as there are only a few commuter pass issue counters and there are restrictions on reception hours. . This was due to the high cost of operating and maintaining counters, and the high cost of commuter pass issuing systems, which made it difficult to deploy in large numbers.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a commuter pass issuance system that allows commuter passes to be issued and purchased at a nearby consignment store, etc., is easy to maintain and operate, and is inexpensive. It is something.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above problems, the commuter pass issuing system of the present invention is a commuter pass issuing system that can issue a commuter pass based on a purchase card that records some or all of the information necessary for issuing a commuter pass. Therefore, they are installed at multiple sales offices of counters and consignment sales offices where commuter passes are issued and sold.
A terminal device capable of printing prescribed items on the commuter pass as well as reading and writing recorded data on the purchase card is connected via a communication line to a data processing device that has a fare table and performs prescribed processing. The terminal reads the data on the purchase card, stores the key-input data, sends only specific data of the stored data to the communication line, and issues a commuter pass when it receives the fare data. The data processing device is characterized in that it is configured to store the specific data, refer to a fare table, obtain fare data, and transmit it to the communication line.

[Effect]

First, it is assumed that data necessary for issuing a commuter pass is recorded in advance on the purchase card.

Insert this purchase card into the terminal and read the recorded data.Next, enter the necessary information using the keys. The key-entered input data and the read data are stored in the memory of the terminal.Then, specific data (period, section, type) of the data stored in the memory is transmitted via the communication line. Send to data processing device. The data processing device stores the specific data in the memory and calculates the fare from the fare table based on the specific data. The data processing device transmits this fare data to the terminal device via the communication line. When the terminal receives the fare data, it prints this and other necessary information on the commuter pass. A commuter pass is created, and the user receives a commuter pass and purchase card in exchange for the fare. Note that at this time, some of the recorded contents of the purchase card will be updated.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, a system for issuing and selling commuter passes using two types of cards, a commuter pass 1 and a purchase card 2, will be explained. FIG. 1 shows a commuter pass 1 used in this embodiment, and a second
The figure shows the purchase card 2 used in this example,
A is the front side of the purchase card, and 口 is the back side of the purchase card. On the surface of commuter pass 1, the ticket number, type, expiration date,
Fares etc. are printed out using a printer.
A cautionary note is printed on the back. The purchase card is used as a pre-order when purchasing the next new commuter pass 1, either new or continuing, and there is a column printed on the front side to fill in the necessary information at the time of purchase. The magnetic stripe 3 is attached. The content printed on the surface of the commuter pass 1 is magnetically stored in both magnetic stripes 3.

FIG. 3 shows an overall outline of the commuter pass issuing system according to the present invention, in which terminals 4-1, 4-2, . . . -7 is connected to a data processing device 6 provided at the headquarters via communication lines 5-7, 5-2, . The data processing device 6 takes in the data and sends the necessary data D via the communication line 5.
At the same time, the fare data D and I are received from the data processing device 6, necessary information is printed on the commuter pass 1, and predetermined data on the purchase card 2 is updated.

Figure 4 shows a terminal 4 installed at counters that issue commuter passes, consignment shops, etc. This terminal 4 is of a fixed type, with a commuter pass printer 7 from the top and a liquid crystal display at the bottom. A display 8, a specific function key 9 is provided at the bottom and left of the display 8, and a numeric keypad 10 is provided approximately in the center of the bottom.
, an LED indicator light 11 is provided on the right side of the numeric keypad 10, and a card reading/writing device 1 for the purchase card 2 is provided on the bottom surface of the LED indicator light 11.
2, a power switch 13 which also serves as an indicator light is provided on the right side.

A cord 14 is connected to this terminal 4, and a cord 1
At the end of 4 is connected an acoustic coupler 15 which can be coupled to a telephone handset.

FIG. 5 shows the electrical configuration of this terminal 4. A clock signal from a clock generation circuit 21 is input to a built-in CPU (central processing circuit) 20.
The data bus 22 of 20 includes a clock circuit 23 and a ROM (
read-only memory) 24, RAM (random access memory) 25, Kanji ROM for print data 26
, an interface 27 are connected, and an address decoder 29 and a ROM 2 are connected to the address bus 2B of the CPU 2Q.
4, RAM25, Kanji ROM26, interface 2
7 is connected. The printer 7, the function keys 9, and the numeric keypad 10 are connected to this interface 27, and the indicator light 11 is connected via the drive circuit 30.31.
, alarm 32 are connected, the signal read by the card reading/writing device 12 is input to the interface 27 via the reading/writing circuit 33, and the signal from the interface 27 is input via the reading/writing circuit 33. The reading/writing device 14
It is output to.

The aforementioned data bus 22 includes an interface 3.
4 is connected to the interface 34, and the baud rate generating circuit 35 and the acoustic coupler 15 are connected to the interface 34.

Next, FIG. 6 shows the appearance of a data processing device for receiving and storing ticketing data and transmitting fare data. , printer 4
3. The demodulator 44 demodulates signals from the telephone line.The demodulator 44 also has an automatic reception function and is connected to a telephone 45. The floppy disk device 42 is of a two-drive type, and can operate one or both floppy disks 49 and 50 at the same time, and can output printed printer paper 51 from the printer 43.

FIG. 7 shows the electrical configuration of the data processing device in FIG.
A clock signal from the clock generation circuit 53 is input to the clock circuit 52, and a clock signal from the clock circuit 5 is input to the data bus 54 of the CPU 52.
5, ROM56, RAM57, ink-face 58.
59 are connected, and the address bus 60 of the CPU 52 is connected to the ROM 56, RAM 57, and interface 58.5.
9 is connected. The above-mentioned floppy disk device 42 is connected to this interface 58.
The aforementioned printers 43 are connected to each of the terminals 9.

An interface 61 is connected to the data bus 60, and a signal from a baud rate generation circuit 62 is input to the interface 61, and the above-mentioned demodulator 44 is also connected thereto.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, FIG. 8 conceptually shows the operation of selling the commuter pass 1. In this system, communication times vA5 are placed in one place.
A headquarters 120 is provided which calculates the fare from the period, section, and type data Dt of the commuter pass 1 sent via the terminal, and sends it back to the communication circuit 5 as fare data DR. Commuter pass 1 is issued by sales offices 121 and 122, which collect and transmit ticketing data set up at multiple locations such as in front of the stop location, and print necessary information on commuter pass 1.
Print sales are available. Terminals 4-1, 4-2, . . . -1 are placed at sales offices 121 and 122, respectively.

To sell the commuter pass 1, the user submits the purchase card 2 received at the same time when the commuter pass 1 was sold last time to the sales office 121.122, and then each sales office 121.122
Then, the purchase cards 2 are received, and the purchase cards 2 are passed through the card reading/writing device 12 of the terminal 4 as shown in FIG. (For example, valid period, usage start date, etc.) are entered using the function keys 9 and numeric keypad 10, and the commuter pass 1 is inserted into the commuter pass printer 7 (see FIG. 9). Inside the terminal 4, ticketing information for 1&ll is created based on the read information and the entered data, and is temporarily stored in the RAM 25 inside the terminal 4. Specific data (period, section, Type) DA is sent to the communication circuit 5 when the acoustic coupler 15 is connected to the demodulator 44 of the headquarters 120. This specific data is transmitted to the arithmetic control circuit 41 by the demodulator 44 and stored in the floppy disk 50 of the floppy disk device 42, and the fare corresponding to the data is obtained from the floppy disk 49 of the floppy disk device 42. The calculated fare is transmitted to the arithmetic and control circuit 41, and the arithmetic and control circuit 41 transmits the fare data D to the terminal 4 via the demodulator 44, the communication circuit 5, and the acoustic coupler 15.

The terminal 4 uses the commuter pass printer 7 to print predetermined fare data D and ticket issuing data stored in the RAM 25 on the commuter pass 1.

In addition, necessary information is updated and written on the magnetic stripe 3 of the purchase card 2. These are given to the user in exchange for the fare, and the issuance of the commuter pass 1 is completed.

Next, the above operation will be explained in more detail with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

FIG. 10 shows the processing flow on the terminal 4 side.

Before entering into this processing flow, the user should fill in the necessary information on the purchase card 2 (see Figure 2) and write the same data as the entry field on the magnetic stripe 3.

At the sales offices 121 and 122 that received the purchase card 2, the purchase card 2 is inserted into the card reading/writing device 12 of the terminal 4 and the information stored on the magnetic stripe 3 is read (steps 8100 to S101). Here, if there is no detection error or if card 2 is inappropriate, alarm 3 will be activated.
2 to notify the user (Steps 8103 to S104)
). Also, at other times, the data is normal, so RAM2
5 (step S105).

Input the necessary information using the function keys 9 and the numeric keypad 10 (Step S106), the non-volatile RAM 25 in the terminal 4
At the same time, the time read from the built-in clock circuit 23 is read, and at the same time, the ticket number of the purchase card 2 read sequentially is read and also stored in the RAM 25 (steps 3106 to 3108).

Next, the blank commuter pass 1 is set on the commuter pass printer (steps S L09 to 3110). At this point, when all the data is set and preparations are made, it is possible to send, and the display 8 will display "Ready to send" (step S111).
Press the transmission key of the function keys 9 (step S112
). Then, only the predetermined ticketing data DT stored in the RAM 25 is transmitted to the data processing device 6, and when the transmission is completed, an END signal is transmitted (step 811).
3-S 114).

Next, it is determined whether or not there is a reception OK signal from the data processing device 6 (step S115), and if it is not OK, it waits for a predetermined time (step 5116), and if it is OK, it waits to receive the fare data D11 (step S115). 117)
. Here, when the set time has elapsed in step S116, the process moves to step 8118, and a predetermined display is performed.

When the reception standby state is reached, it is determined whether or not the set time has elapsed (step 3119). If the set time has elapsed, data DI cannot be received for some reason, so step 3118)
However, if the time has not elapsed, the process moves to step 5120. In step 5120, it is determined whether or not the received data D and the END signal have been received. If not, the process moves to step 5117, and if it has been received, step 3
Moving on to 122. In step 5122, the reception OK signal is sent from the terminal 4 to the data processing device 6. Next, the terminal 4 updates the data for the purchase card 2 to update the contents of the magnetic stripe 3 of the purchase card 2 (step 5122). S
123). Also, the necessary information is printed on the commuter pass 1, the fare is displayed (steps 8124 to S125), the fare is received from the user, and the issuance of the commuter pass 1 is completed.
The contents of AM25 are cleared (step 5126).

FIG. 11 shows a processing flow in the data processing device of the invention.

Ticketing data D sent from the terminal 4 is received by the data processing device, received by the telephone 45, demodulated by the demodulator 44, transmitted to the arithmetic and control device 41, and sent to the floppy disk device 42. It is stored on the floppy disk 50.

First, it is determined whether it is the issuance time (step 5201
), at that time, the received data is taken in and stored in the RAM 57 in the arithmetic and control unit 41 (step 8202
~S 203). After receiving all the data, start the next END (
If the Ji number is received, a reception OK signal for confirmation should be output to the terminal 4 (steps 5204 to s 205).
, the data stored in the RAM 57 in the arithmetic and control unit 41 is transferred to the floppy disk 50, and based on this data, the fare table written on the floppy disk 49 is referred to to obtain the fare (step S20).
6) When the work of transferring data to the floppy disk 50 is completed, the fare data DR is transmitted to the communication line 5 via the arithmetic and control unit 41 and the demodulator 44, and an END signal is transmitted (step 8207). ~32
0B). Next, it is determined whether there is a reception OK signal, and if not, it is determined whether there is a reception NG signal (step 32
09-5210). When there is a reception NG signal, it is determined whether the reception is NG a certain number of times (step 3211); otherwise, fare data etc. are transmitted after a certain period of time has elapsed (step S207). If there is a reception OK signal (step S209), sales information is created based on the data on the floppy disk 50 and written to the floppy disk 50 again (steps 8213 to S209).
214). Then, step S to create the reception status.
215), the process returns to step 5201 again.

On the other hand, if there is no END signal in step 5204, the process moves to step 8216, where it is determined whether a predetermined set time has elapsed, and after the elapse of the predetermined time, the received data in the RAM 57 is cleared (step S217).

Furthermore, if the issuance time has elapsed (step S20
1) The sales information stored in the floppy disk 50 is read, as well as the reception status, and the printer 43 prints the data on printer paper 51 (steps 3218 to S220).

The present embodiment operates as described above, and the commuter pass 1 is issued.

According to this embodiment, the transmission between the terminal device 4 and the data processing device 6 does not involve sending and receiving all data, but the terminal device 4 sends section, period, and type data, and the data processing device 6 sends and receives fare information. Communication time is shortened because the minimum necessary amount of data is exchanged, such as only data. Further, according to this embodiment, since the fare table is only provided on the data processing device 6 side, table changes etc. are facilitated. Furthermore, according to this embodiment, the processing division between the terminal device 4 side and the data processing device 6 side is optimized, so that the price of the terminal W14 can be reduced.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, commuter passes can be purchased at consignment stores, the system is easy to maintain and operate, the cost of the system is low, it is highly expandable, and labor-saving. Efficiency can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a table diagram of a commuter pass used in an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a front and back view of the same purchase card as above, Figure 3 is a general schematic diagram of the same as above, Figure 4 is an external view showing the configuration of the terminal, Figure 5 is a block diagram of the same as above, and Figure 6 is ticket issuing. An external view showing the configuration of the data processing device, FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the same as above, and FIG.
Figure 10 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the system's work process.
The figure is a flowchart showing the process of reading ticketing data and starting the vehicle, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the process of receiving ticketing data and transmitting fare data. 1-- Fixed commuter pass, 2-- Purchase card, 4-...
- Terminal, 5 - Communication line, 6 - Data processing device, 41 - Arithmetic control unit, 120 - Headquarters, 121.122 - Sales office. Agent Patent Attorney Akiaki Hibi Figure 1 Figure 2 (a) (b) Procedural amendment (release) 4 1. Display of incidents
3 1985 Patent Application No. 19476
No. Horizontal 3, Person making the amendment E L 4, Agent
Brief explanation of the drawings Figure 1 is a table of a commuter pass used in an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a front and back view of the same purchase card, Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the overall configuration of the same, and Figure 4 is a diagram of the same. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal, FIG. 6 is an external view showing the configuration of the ticketing data processing device, FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the same as above, and FIG. A conceptual explanatory diagram, Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the state of issuing a commuter pass, Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing the process of reading the ticketing date and departure, and Fig. 11 is the process of receiving ticketing data and transmitting fare data. It is a flowchart which shows. ... Commuter pass, 2...-Purchase card, 4...-Terminal, 5--Doubling circuit, 6...-Data processing device, 4
1...- Arithmetic control unit, 120... One main unit, 121
．． 122-...- Sales office. □0 1-

Claims (1)

[Claims] A commuter pass issuance system that can issue a commuter pass based on a purchase card that records some or all of the information necessary for issuing a commuter pass, and includes multiple counters, consignment shops, etc. that issue and sell commuter passes. A data processing device that is installed at a ticket sales office and that prints specified information on commuter passes as well as reads and writes recorded data on purchase cards, has a fare table via a communication line, and performs specified processing. The terminal reads the data on the purchase card, stores the key-input data, and transmits only specific data of the stored data to the communication line, and when it receives the fare data, The commuter pass issuance is characterized in that the data processing device is configured to store the specific data, refer to a fare table, obtain fare data, and transmit it to the communication line. system.