JPS6151274A - Data totaling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save a manual work and to calculate necessary data on the same day at a station by providing an input means capable of inputting manually transmission data when a terminal fails to transmit the data due to the trouble of a circuit, etc. CONSTITUTION:Assuming that troubles of a circuit 7 arise at the time of totaling data and data transmission of a ticket vending machine 4 cannot be transmitted, the ticket vending machine 4 prints out the data to be processed by a printer. When a ticket vending key 21 on a keyboard 21 on a keyboard 12 is depressed in terms of a data totaling device 1, it sequentially displays the guide of input items on a display device 11. Consequently an operator operates a ten- key 16 according to the guide. The printed out data is sequentially inputted, and therefore the device 1 executes the same processing as the transmitted data. By carrying out such an operation in each station managing device, all the data at the station is inputted to the device 1. Afterward the necessary processed result can be printed out by a journal printer, etc.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention is connected to station equipment such as a plurality of ticket vending machines and payment machines via a line, and collects sales data etc. at the end of sales of each station equipment. The present invention relates to a data aggregation device for aggregating data.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems] For example, station service equipment for transportation facilities includes ticket vending machines, payment machines, ticket gates, etc., and these are normally used to transfer data from stations installed in station offices etc. via lines. Each is connected to a totaling device. The processing data (data on sales, etc.) of each station service device is usually transmitted to a data aggregation device via a line after business hours, and is aggregated. In such a data aggregation device, when a situation arises in which data from the station equipment cannot be sent to the data aggregation device due to a failure in the connection line, for example, conventionally, data from the station equipment where the failure occurred is transmitted to the data aggregation device. Print out the required data using a printer, etc., and use it during back-office work at the center etc.
Performed manual processing such as punch cards.

In addition, data such as refunds for tickets purchased by mistake or tickets sold at a station counter at a station counter must be manually processed at the back by filling in a station ledger or the like. Therefore, the only way to calculate income and expenditure after business hours at a station is to manually calculate it from data from data aggregation devices, data on malfunctioning equipment, counter data, etc., and after a few days, the results may not match the results from back-office operations. This caused problems such as the need for recalculation.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is, for example, to input processing data of a terminal device (station service equipment) with a line failure in a transportation facility, and to input processing data at a station counter. It is now possible to manually enter data such as sales and refunds, and all data processing that was previously done manually can now be processed by the data aggregation device, saving manual labor and calculating the necessary data at the station on the same day. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a data aggregation device that enables the following.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with an input means that allows manual input of data to be transmitted at least when the terminal becomes unable to transmit data due to line failure or the like.

[Embodiment of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the connection between a data aggregation device in a transportation system and each station service equipment according to the present invention. That is,
The data aggregation device 1 is connected online via a modem 2 and a communication line 3 to a center (central processing unit), not shown. The data aggregation device 1 also includes station equipment as terminals, such as a plurality of ticket vending machines 4. ..., multiple payment machines 1115°... and multiple ticket gates6. ...
and the like are connected in-line via lines 7, respectively. The processing data (sale data, etc.) of each station service equipment 4, 5, 6 is normally transmitted to the data aggregation device 1 via the line 7 after the business hours are closed, and is aggregated. Each of the station equipment 4.5.6 has a function of independently printing out processed data using a printer when data cannot be transmitted, so that the data to be transmitted can be visually checked.

FIG. 2 shows the operation section of the data aggregation device 1.
A display device 11 that enables multi-purpose display, a keyboard 12 for manually inputting data, a deadline button 13 for issuing deadline commands to each station service device, etc. are provided. The display devices 11 include, for example, 31 display devices (3
Character and symbol display section 1 consisting of dot segments (1 digit)
4. ...and each of these display sections 14. . . , and a cursor display section 15 that displays a cursor in correspondence with each other. The keyboard 12 also includes a numeric keypad 16, an input key 17 for writing input data, an input error indicator 18, a cursor key 19, an input end key 20. It is composed of a ticket vending machine key 21, a payment machine key 22, a release key 23, a refund key 24, etc.

Next, the operation in the above configuration will be explained. First, the data aggregation operation will be explained. After the business ends, by pressing the deadline button 13, the data aggregation device 1 updates each station service equipment 4.5. ．． Send the deadline command to 6. Each station service equipment 4.5.6 that receives this deadline command will immediately stop using the equipment if it is in use by a customer, or immediately stop using it if it is waiting for a customer, and automatically collect and sell coins, etc. Data and the like are transmitted to the data aggregation device 1. Thereby, the data aggregation device 1 performs the aggregation process of the processing data transmitted from each station service equipment 4, 5.6. In addition, after transmitting the deadline command, the data aggregation device 1 displays each station equipment 4 on the display device 11.
．． 5. Displays the status of the deadline in 6. For example, each display section 14. By making ... correspond to each station equipment 4.5.6, as shown in Figure 3, if the deadline has not yet started, it will be marked with an X, if collection is in progress, it will be marked with a white circle, and if collection is completed, it will be marked with an X. Display a black circle mark, etc. This allows the operator to easily know the status of all station equipment 4.5.6 in the closed state.

Next, when data is being collected, for example, if a failure occurs in line 7,
A case will be described in which it becomes impossible for a certain ticket vending machine 4 to transmit data. In this case, first, the ticket vending machine that has become unable to transmit data prints out the processed data using a printer. Then, in the data aggregation device 1, by pressing the ticket vending machine key 21 on the keyboard 12, the data aggregation device 1 sequentially displays input item guidance on the display device 11. Therefore, the operator operates the numeric keypad 16 according to the guidance and sequentially inputs the printed data, so that the data aggregation device 1 performs the same processing as the transmitted data. That is, when the ticket vending machine key 21 is pressed, the data aggregation device 1 sequentially displays on the display device 11 input item guidance for processing data of the ticket vending machine 4 in the format shown in FIG.
indicate. In this case, a cursor is displayed at the position (digit) where data should be input. Therefore, the operator can operate the numeric keypad 16 according to the instructions displayed on the screen while looking at the contents of the printout on the ticket vending machine 4.
Sequentially enter data such as number of sheets and amount. In this case, after entering the data for the display item, press the input key 1.
By pressing 7, the input data is written inside and guidance for the next input item is displayed. Also, if there is no input data for the displayed item, press the cursor key 19.
By pressing the hard key, guidance for the next input item will be displayed. In this way, data is input sequentially, and when all data input is completed, by pressing the input end key 20, the data aggregation device 1
performs aggregation processing on input data in the same way as transmitted data.

Further, by pressing the release key 23 or the refund key 24, it becomes possible to input one work data at the station counter. That is, when the release key 23 or the refund key 24 is pressed, the data aggregation device 1 displays the display device 1 as described above.
1 displays information on input items in sequence. Therefore, as described above, the operator operates the numeric keypad 16 according to the guidance and sequentially inputs manual data, so that the data aggregation device 1 performs the same aggregation process as the transmitted data.

Therefore, all the data at the station has been input into the data aggregation device 1, and after that, it becomes possible to print out the necessary processing results at the station using a journal printer or the like. In addition, the data is data aggregation device 1
Files are managed by date within the station, and all data for each station is sent online to the center when necessary for back-office operations.

With the configuration described above, it is possible to input processing data for station service equipment that has a line failure, and to input manual data such as sales and refunds at station counters. Therefore, it is now possible to do all data processing at the station using the data aggregation device, which previously involved manually processing data from line failures or data from counter operations at the station and at the center, and comparing the results at a later date. can. This will save manual labor and make it possible to calculate the necessary data on the same day at the station. In addition, for back-office operations, all data can be processed for each station without manual data entry.

In addition, the deadline operation, which was conventionally performed for each station equipment using the deadline switch and coin collection switch provided on each station equipment, can now be performed by operating a single deadline button provided on the data aggregation device. This enables the transmission of deadline data to the data aggregation device and the collection of coins at the same time, making it possible to prevent station service equipment from being forgotten to operate and to reduce unnecessary movement effort by operators.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the present invention is applied to a data aggregation device that aggregates processing data of each station service equipment in a transportation facility, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to buses, ships, aircraft, etc. Automatic ticket vending machines, automatic food ticket vending machines, automatic drinking water vending machines in transportation facilities,
It can also be applied to data aggregation devices that aggregate processed data such as movie theaters or automatic ticket vending machines in theaters. In short, the present invention can be applied to any data aggregation device that is connected to a plurality of terminals via a line and aggregates the processing data of each terminal.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, for example, in a transportation facility, manual data such as inputting processing data of a terminal (station service equipment) with a line failure, sales at a station counter, and refunds, etc. This data aggregation device enables all the data processing that was previously done manually to be processed by the data aggregation device, saving manual labor and making it possible to calculate the necessary data on the same day at the station. can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of connection between the data aggregation device and each station service equipment, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the operation section of the data aggregation device. ,
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the status display of the deadline status of each station service equipment on the display device, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the guidance display of input items on the display device. ...Data aggregation device, 4.5.6...
Station equipment (terminal), 7... line, 11...
... Display device, 12 ... Keyboard, 16.
...Numeric keypad. 1st mouth

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a data aggregation device that is connected to multiple terminals via a line and aggregates the processed data of each terminal, manual input of transmission data occurs at least when the terminal becomes unable to send data due to line failure, etc. 1. A data aggregation device characterized by being provided with an input means for inputting information. (2) The data aggregation device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of terminals are station service equipment such as ticket vending machines and payment machines, and the processed data is data on sales, payment, etc. (3) The data aggregation according to claim 1, wherein the input means comprises a display device that guides and displays input items in sequence, and a keyboard that inputs data according to the guidance of the display device. Device.