KR19990026378A - Ticket closing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for closing the encoding error ticket generated when the subway ticket is issued.

The present invention cuts the roll paper into a predetermined length, magnetically records the predetermined information by the magnetic recording / reading section, reads by the recording / reading section, checks whether the read value is the desired value, If confirmed, prints and releases predetermined information, re-reads if the reading is not confirmed to the desired value, re-confirms by the controller whether the value read by the magnetic recording / reading unit is the desired value, and checks again If the reading of the step is not confirmed to the desired value, it is checked whether the predetermined number of readings has been reached.If the predetermined number of readings has been reached, the information on the ticket is deleted, and the entire surface of the ticket from which the information has been deleted. It comprises a black printing by the printing unit excluding the serial number and collecting the closed box.

According to the ticket closing processing method of the present invention, if a ticket error is collected in a closed box at the time of an encoding error during ticket issuance, the ticket can not be used again, thereby preventing the illegal use by a station attendant or the like.

Description

Ticket closing process

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a subway ticket vending machine, and more particularly, to a closing process method of an encoding error ticket generated at the time of release of a subway ticket.

In general, the subway, which has to deal with a large number of users, is equipped with a station automation system (AFC), which allows all services such as ticketing, ticketing, billing, and settlement to be carried out unattended. Equipment used in the AFC system includes terminals such as a general ticket vending machine (ATVM), flat ticket vending machine (ATF), checkout machine (AAM), ticket vending machine (TOM), etc., which have basic functions of ticket release, and a ticket vending machine for passengers entering and exiting the station. There is equipment, and these equipments are connected by a communication line with the upper level reverse communication system.

A ticket vending machine (ticket machine), which is usually used in subways, is a device that station officials sell at the request of passengers. It is used to handle passengers who only have bills (or coins).

The ticket vending machine typically includes a main body 70 and a peripheral device. For example, the operation panel 20, the fare indicator 10, and the journal printer 30, which serve as the front panel part and the station attendant panel part of the ticket vending machine, are used for the ticket. It is a peripheral device that is connected to the ticket machine main body 70, the inside of the main body 70 includes a power supply unit 50, the main control unit 60 and the ticket issuing unit 40.

If there is a situation where a person who wants to use the subway is unable to use an automatic ticketing machine or the like, he or she pays a fare directly to a station attendant and asks for a ticket.

At this time, when the station attendant selects a ticket of the desired amount from the control panel 20, the fee is displayed on the fare indicator 10 and notified to the passenger, and a predetermined record is input from the ticket issuing unit 40 under the control of the main control unit 60. Ticket is issued. The station attendant can check the usage history and the like by printing the journal printer 30.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of the ticket issuing process of the conventional ticket issuing machine.

First, when a predetermined input is made by the operation panel 20, the ticket issuing unit 40 issues a ticket. First, the ticket is cut in step S1, and a predetermined record is printed on the cut ticket (S2), and then predetermined information such as the release station and the amount of money is recorded on the magnetic tape of the ticket (S3), This recorded information is read out in step S4. If the result of the reading has a desired value (S5), the ticket is released (S7), and if it does not have a desired value, a predetermined number of readings is set. Reading is performed again over the time S6 (S4). The three reads are subjected to A / D conversion of the difference in magnetization recording density in step S3, and are changed to a predetermined level (low / medium / high).

If the desired reading was not obtained even in the above three readings, the ticket was collected in the closed box.

In the above-mentioned ticket issuing process, when the encoding error of step S3 occurred, the ticket was collected and closed, and the station attendant had a possibility to use it illegally.

Such illegal use may include altering the use of data, usability on other devices with different characteristics, and the like.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made under the above-mentioned background, and is a method of preventing the illegally used ticket from being collected by a station attendant or the like by collecting it in a closed box when an encoding error occurs that may occur when the ticket is issued in the ticket vending machine. The purpose is to provide.

1 is a block diagram of a ticket vending machine,

2 is a flowchart of a ticket release process of a ticket vending machine of the prior art;

3 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a ticket issuing unit of the ticket vending machine;

4 is a flowchart of a ticket closing process method of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10 control unit 11: roll paper driving unit

12: cutting unit 13: magnetic recording / reading unit

14 printing unit 15 conveying unit

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method of closing a ticket when an encoding error occurs during issuance of a ticket of a ticket vending machine, the roll paper being transferred from the roll paper driver, i. Cutting to a length, magnetically recording predetermined information such as a destination stored in a control unit on a cut-out ticket, a price release date, and the like by a magnetic recording / reading unit, and recording the recorded information into the magnetic recording Reading by the reading unit, confirming by the controller whether the value read by the magnetic recording / reading unit is a desired value, and when the reading is confirmed to be a desired value by the checking step, the predetermined information Printing and discharging by the printing unit, and the reading step confirms that the reading If not, rereading by the magnetic recording / reading unit, re-confirming by the control unit whether the value read by the magnetic recording / reading unit is a desired value, and the reading value by the re-checking step If it is not confirmed, determining whether the predetermined number of readings has been reached; deleting information on the ticket when the predetermined number of readings has been reached; except for the serial number of the entire surface of the ticket from which the information is deleted. It provides a blackout ticket closing method comprising the step of collecting the black box printed by the printing unit.

The ticket closing processing method of the present invention includes the steps of: printing and releasing the predetermined information by a printing unit when the readout value is confirmed to be a desired value by the reconfirmation step; And returning to the step.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of the main part of the ticket issuing device according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the ticket issuing device includes a control unit 10 including a microprocessor unit, a printing unit 14 and a magnetic unit connected to an output terminal thereof. And a recording section 13, a roll paper driving section 11, a cutting section 12, a conveying section 15 and the like.

When the station attendant inputs predetermined information through the control panel 20, the rolled paper wound on the roll (not shown) by the roller reaches the cutout portion 12 under the control of the controller 10, and the cutout portion 12 receives the predetermined information. The ticket cut to the size of the sheet reaches the magnetic recording section by the conveying section 15 driven by the conveying belt and is recorded in the form of various kinds of magnetic barcodes.

The recorded information is confirmed whether or not it is normally cut and recorded by the control unit 10 which performs the microcomputer control. The control unit also controls the conveying unit 15 to guide the flow of the ticket to the printing unit 14. The information is printed on the back of the self-recorded ticket so that the user can recognize it, and is discharged to the discharge port in the case of the normal ticket, and closed in the closed box in the case of the invalid ticket.

The ticket closing processing method will be described below with reference to Fig. 4 showing the ticket issuing method and the ticket closing processing method of the ticket vending machine according to the present invention.

In step S1, the roll paper (not shown) conveyed by the roll paper driving unit 11 is cut into a predetermined length by the cutting section 12. Predetermined information such as the station name and the amount of money is read on the cut roll paper, that is, the ticket, by the magnetic recording / reading unit 13. (S3) It is confirmed by the control unit 10 whether the read value is the desired value. (S4) When the desired value is reached, the ticket is released through printing of predetermined information (S5). (S6)

If the desired value is not confirmed by the above step S4, rereading is performed over a predetermined number of reading settings, for example, three times (S9) (S7). In the three reads, repetitive reading is performed at a predetermined level after A / D conversion of the magnetization recording density in step S2.

When the desired value is obtained by the readout (S8), printing (S5) is performed to release the ticket. (S6)

When the predetermined number of times is reached in step S9, the information is deleted (S10), and the front surface of the ticket is printed black by the printing unit 14 (not shown) except for the serial number and collected in a closed box. (S12)

The present invention was applied to a ticket vending machine for station employees, but the present invention can be applied to a ticket vending machine for passengers.

According to the ticket closing processing method of the present invention, if a ticket error is collected in a closed box at the time of an encoding error during ticket issuance, the ticket can not be used again, thereby preventing the illegal use by a station attendant or the like.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to an embodiment, the present invention is not described herein, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims (2)

As a method of closing a ticket when an encoding error occurs during issuance of a ticket of the ticket vending machine, the cutting section 12 controls the roll paper, that is, the ticket transferred from the roll paper driver 11, under the control of the controller 10 to have a predetermined length. Cutting by the magnetic recording / reading unit 13 the predetermined information such as a destination stored in the controller 10 on the cut-out ticket, the price release date, etc. on the cut-out ticket. Reading information by the magnetic recording / reading unit 13, checking by the control unit 10 whether the value read by the magnetic recording / reading unit 13 is a desired value, and by the checking step Printing and releasing the predetermined information by the printing unit 14 when the reading is confirmed to a desired value, and when the reading is not confirmed to the desired value by the checking step, Re-reading by the magnetic recording / reading unit 13, re-checking by the control unit 10 whether the value read by the magnetic recording / reading unit 13 is a desired value, and the re-checking step A method for closing a ticket when an encoding error occurs during ticket issuance, comprising: checking whether a predetermined set number of readings has been reached when the read value is not confirmed to a desired value. And removing the information on the ticket and collecting the entire surface of the ticket from which the information has been deleted, by black printing by the printing unit 14 except for the serial number and collecting it in the voting box. . The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of printing and releasing the predetermined information by the printing unit 14 when the readout value is confirmed to be a desired value by the rechecking step and the rereading when the set number of times is not reached. A ticket closing process method comprising the step of returning to the step.