JPS6258387A - Ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Technical Field of the Invention> The present invention provides an automatic ticket vending machine that is equipped with a function to settle a ticket such as a boarding ticket and issue a proper ticket again when the ticket is purchased by mistake. It is related to.

<Summary of the Invention> In the automatic ticket vending machine of this invention, when a customer mistakenly purchases a ticket that does not have the intended ticket, the automatic ticket vending machine inserts the mistakenly purchased ticket into the ticket slot and discards the amount held by the ticket. This allows the user to repurchase a genuine ticket after paying for the ticket, thereby reducing the amount of work required for staff to deal with tickets that have been purchased by mistake and converting them into cash.

<Background of the Invention> In conventional automatic ticket vending machines, when a customer mistakenly purchases a ticket with a different denomination (for example, a boarding ticket), the customer must first turn it into cash through an attendant or an exchange counter, and then purchase the ticket again. A method was adopted in which the customer was asked to purchase the product again. According to this system, there is a problem in that the work burden on the clerk increases, and cash handling, customer service, etc. are a constant hassle.

<Purpose of the Invention> The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and eliminates the need for staff to serve customers even in the case of mistaken ticket purchase, thereby completely automating the ticket sales operation and saving labor. The purpose is to provide an automatic ticket vending machine that has been realized.

<Structure and Effects of the Invention> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic ticket vending machine that issues several types of tickets, etc. with different monetary values by inserting money. (bl) an amount reading means for reading the amount of money held by the inserted ticket; (C1) an amount reading means for reading the amount of money held by the inserted ticket; It was decided to provide a reissuance means for reissuing.

According to this invention, if a customer purchases a ticket by mistake,
By immediately inserting the mistakenly purchased ticket into the ticket slot, a genuine ticket can be repurchased. This eliminates the need for staff to serve customers and customers, resulting in complete automation of ticket sales operations and labor savings. It has a remarkable effect of achieving the purpose of the invention, such as being able to realize the following.

<Description of Embodiments> FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of the front (customer service side) part of an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an example of its circuit configuration.

In the figure, an automatic ticket vending machine 1 according to the present invention includes a normal processing mechanism section 2 for issuing tickets and other tickets through a known normal process, and a normal processing mechanism section 2 for issuing tickets, etc. by a known normal process, and a ticket vending machine 2 for issuing tickets, etc., by a known normal process, and for discharging the amount of a ticket by inserting a ticket purchased by mistake. It is comprised of a reissue processing mechanism section 3 that reads the ticket, adds or subtracts the amount of excess or deficiency to the read amount, settles the bill, and then reissues a regular ticket.

On the customer service side of the automatic ticket vending machine, there are a guide display section 4 for displaying information regarding automatic ticket vending at appropriate positions related to each of the processing mechanism sections, and a bill slot 5 for inserting coins. and a coin slot 6, an amount display section 7 for displaying each amount, such as the amount inserted, the amount read from a mistakenly purchased ticket (described later), and the total amount of the read amount and additional amount.
, a ticket slot 8 for inserting tickets purchased by mistake, and account buttons 9a and 9b for selecting and specifying the ticket to purchase.
, 9c, . . . A discharge port 10 from which purchased tickets and change are discharged, and a cancel button 11 for canceling a series of operations such as ticket purchase are provided.

Note that the tickets issued by the automatic ticket vending machine 61 in the illustrated example are as follows:
It is a ticket with a magnetic coating film formed on one surface.

Although not particularly shown, the reissue processing mechanism section 3 includes a transport mechanism that transports the ticket inserted into the ticket slot 8, a magnetic head 12 that reads magnetic information such as the amount recorded on the inserted ticket, etc. The device includes a reading device consisting of a reader, and a roll collection unit for collecting the ticket.The information recorded on the inserted ticket is read by a magnetic head 12 disposed in the middle of the conveyance path. After that, it is collected by the winding collecting section 13.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the circuit configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine. In the figure,
CPU (Central Processing)
Unit) 14 is RAM (Random Acc
ess Memory), ROM (Read
The CPU 14 constitutes a computer circuit together with a memory 15 such as 0nly Memory), and mechanisms forming the normal processing mechanism section 2 and the reissue processing mechanism section 3 are connected to this CPU 14.

That is, a banknote discriminator 19 and a coin discriminator 20 for checking the authenticity, type, number, etc. of the coins, the total amount of the inserted coins, the amount held by the inserted notes, and the amount added at the time of repurchase. An amount display mechanism 21 that displays each amount such as the total amount of the amount held by the inserted ticket and the amount held in the inserted ticket, and account buttons 9a and 9b for selecting and specifying the type of ticket to purchase.
, 9c, ..., a ticket issuing mechanism 22 for issuing the selected/specified ticket, a change discharging mechanism 23 for discharging change after being settled with said ticket issuing, and a ticket insertion slot for the mistakenly purchased ticket. A magnetic head 12 for reading the monetary value of the ticket when it is accepted at
Based on the program stored in the memory 15, the CPU 14 performs various processing operations in the normal processing mechanism section 2 and reissue processing mechanism section 3, that is, in the normal processing mechanism section 2, the normal series of ticket issuances. In addition, the reissue processing mechanism unit 3 carries out the operation of transporting tickets purchased by mistake, reading and determining the magnetic information of the tickets, collecting the inserted tickets, displaying the amount, receiving and checking the money, and adding and subtracting the amount. It sequentially controls the ticket issuance operations related to calculation, settlement, and repurchase.

FIG. 3 shows a control flow in the reissue processing mechanism section 3 among various processing operations of the automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention.

The series of operations processed by this reissue processing mechanism unit 3 is to accept a ticket purchased by mistake into the ticket slot 8, read the amount of money held by the ticket, and add or subtract money. This figure shows the control when issuing a regular ticket after the amount of the inserted ticket and payment. For example, to explain a specific example when a passenger purchases a train ticket, the account button 9a should be purchased for 4 tickets to the destination with a face value of 160 yen.

9b, (a) If you mistakenly purchase a ticket with a face value of 120 yen due to an incorrect operation, (b1) If you mistakenly purchase a ticket with a face value of 200 yen.Example (a)
In case l, insert the mistakenly purchased 120 yen ticket into ticket slot 8, settle the face value of 120 yen, or in the case of (a) above, after inserting the 40 yen additional fee. ,
By pressing the 160 yen account button, you can get a regular ticket (
(face value 160 yen). On the other hand, in the above example (in the case of BL), after inserting a 200 yen ticket into the ticket slot 8, you can press the 160 yen account button without inserting an additional fee, and you can receive a regular ticket (face value). 1
60 yen) and take 40 yen in change.

First, in step 1 (indicated by rST1j in the figure),
When a ticket purchased by mistake (hereinafter simply referred to as a ticket) is inserted into the ticket slot 8 ("YES" in step 1), the magnetic head 2 reads the magnetic information recorded on this ticket in the next step 2. (Read the validity of the ticket, the amount held by the ticket, etc.)

If this ticket is determined to be valid (step 3 is “Y”)
In the next step 4, the amount held by the ticket is displayed on the price display section 7, and at the same time, the ticket is collected by the collection section.Then, as in the example (a) above, the ticket purchased by mistake is If the amount of the ticket is less than the amount of the ticket to be repurchased, the additional fee will be added in the next step 5. As a result, step 5 becomes ``YES'', and the additional fee will be added in the next step 6. The total amount of the ticket amount and the additional fee is calculated, and in the next step 7, this total amount is updated and displayed on the amount display section 7.Next, in step 8, the account buttons 9a, 9b, 9c, . . . 1 is selected/specified and pressed (“YES” in step 8), the charge for that account button is memorized in step 9, and the next step 10 is
Then, it is determined whether the fee for this account button is within the range of the total amount updated and displayed in step 7. If the charge on the account button is within the range of the total amount required for this updated display ("YIES" in step 10), then in the next step 11 it is determined whether there is change. Then, if there is change, step 11 is YES"), and in the next step 12, the change discharge mechanism 23 is activated and the change is released from the discharge port 10.
If there is no change (“NO” in step 11), the process proceeds to step 13. When the change is processed in this way, the ticket issuing mechanism 22 is activated in step I3, and the ticket for repurchase selected and specified by the account button is discharged to the discharge port 10, completing a series of repurchase operations. . In addition, if in step 10 the amount of the account button is larger than the total amount of the amount held by the mistakenly purchased ticket and the additional fee ("NO" in step 11), then in step 14, a request is made to further input the additional fee. When the additional fee is inserted in Step 15 (Step 15 is ``YES''), the process proceeds to Step 6 and the ticket for repurchase is released through Steps 6 to 13. It is discharged to the outlet 10, completing a series of repurchase operations.

On the other hand, as in the above example (b), if the amount held by the mistakenly purchased ticket is larger than the amount of the ticket required for repurchase, when the mistakenly purchased ticket is inserted into the ticket slot 8 (step 1 is YES
”), proceed to Step 5 via Steps 1 to 5. Then, since there is no additional charge in Step 5 (“N0n” in Step 5), proceed to Step 8 and select the account button for the ticket to be repurchased. It will be specified.

Thereafter, through steps 8 to 13, the ticket and change for repurchase are discharged to the outlet 10, completing a series of repurchase operations.

Note that ticket issuance operations that are not performed by the reissue processing mechanism section 3 are performed on tickets (
Since the erroneously purchased ticket is not inserted into the ticket slot 8, Step 1 becomes "No", and the ticket is issued through the normal processing operation by the normal processing mechanism section 2, completing a series of ticket issuing operations. Also, when an invalid ticket is inserted into the ticket slot 8, steps 1 to 3 are performed, and step 3 is "N".
O'', and in the next step 17, the ticket is invalidated, and the ticket is collected in the winding collection unit, completing the series of operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the reissue operation of the automatic ticket vending machine. ■・・・Automatic ticket vending machine 8・・・Ticket slot 12・・・・
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Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) An automatic ticket vending machine that issues several types of tickets with different monetary values when money is inserted, with a ticket slot into which the mistakenly purchased ticket is inserted, and the amount of money held by the inserted ticket. An automatic ticket vending machine comprising an amount reading means for reading the amount, and a reissuing means for reissuing the ticket by adding or subtracting an excess or deficiency amount based on the read amount. (2) The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the ticket is a ticket having a magnetic coating film formed on one surface. (3) The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the amount reading means is a magnetic head. (4) The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the amount reading means and the reissuing means are controlled by a computer circuit.