JP3420139B2 - Automatic fare settlement system in public competitions - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fare settlement system for operating a transportation cost assistance service when a fan comes to a public competition by using a fare equivalent voucher.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art If you show a receipt certifying the amount of transportation expenses paid when fans come to the public competition and stubs of round-trip tickets, part of the round-trip amount required We provide a service to assist within a predetermined amount of money. Since this is a service for fans who come to the stadium and purchase voting tickets, the following restrictions are set for transportation cost assistance. Generally, many stadiums accept the issue of fare equivalent vouchers from the opening of the gate until around 1:00 pm, and exchange the vouchers for cash from the start of 10 races until the refund of the final race is completed. This is because it is necessary to stay in the venue for a certain period of time. Furthermore, since this voucher is valid only on the same day, the issue date and the redemption amount are the minimum required for the contents described in the fare equivalent voucher.

[0003] In addition, after clarifying the start and end times of the issuance of the fare equivalent voucher, the fan is presented with a receipt or a round-trip ticket stub that can prove the amount paid to the transportation. And stamp this for confirmation to prevent double payments. And we issued a fare equivalent amount voucher specifying the payment amount according to this amount, but the date and amount stated on this voucher were created by handwriting or using a seal stamp in correspondence with the fan Therefore, the processing capacity is limited. In addition, we have prepared a specialized window for paying cash in exchange for this voucher around the final race,
Since many windows cannot be set up just for this service, fare payment work is also crowded.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] On the other hand, prepare by stamping today's date on a fare equivalent voucher with a seal or sorting the payment amount by denomination by the time the fans are concentrated However, it is basically manual work and a certain contact point must be established. In addition, the voucher paper is a consumable item, and it is necessary to prepare a seal, a writing instrument, and the like.

[0005]

The present invention has been made to solve the drawbacks of the prior art, and is a receipt of transportation expenses submitted by a fan when issuing a fare equivalent voucher (card). From the operation unit that inputs the type of transportation, the amount of subsidy, the customer base of the fan, etc., the subsidy amount and the date are printed on the surface, and a fare equivalent voucher with this information stored in the magnetic recording unit is issued. Card issuing unit, and a plurality of fare equivalent amount voucher issuing terminals configured by an issuing control unit that controls each of the units and transmits / receives information to / from a host computer via a communication line, and a fare equivalent amount voucher. In payment of subsidy to redeem,
A card reading unit that reads the date and amount stored in the magnetic recording unit of the fare equivalent voucher inserted by the fan, a card storage unit that collects the read card, and a cash payment unit that pays cash from the read information. An automatic fare settlement system is constituted by a plurality of fare equivalent payment terminals, which are composed of a payment control unit that controls each of the above units and sends and receives information to and from a host computer via a communication line, and the host computer.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic fare settlement system in public competition according to the present invention. The fare equivalent amount voucher issuing terminal 10 is the operation unit 1
The card issuing unit 2 and the issuing control unit 3 are connected to the host computer 30 via the communication line 8. The fare equivalent payment terminal 20 is composed of a card reading unit 4, a card storage unit 5, a cash payment unit 6 and a payment control unit 7, and is connected to a host computer 30 via a communication line 8. .

The operation unit 1 is an apparatus equipped with an input device such as a switch or a touch panel that allows easy input of information about the amount of money to be paid according to the details of transportation expenses presented by the fan, the type of transportation, and the customer base of the fan. . The card issuing unit 2 prints the date, the card serial number, the amount of money, etc. on the rewrite display unit 42 of the card 40 described later, and the today's date, the card serial number, and the like on the magnetic recording unit 41 composed of a bar code, a magnetic track, an OCR, or the like. It has a writing function to store information about customers. The issuance control unit 3 interacts with the operation unit 1 and the card issuing unit 2,
Connected to the host computer 30 via the communication line 8,
The contents of the issued card are notified.

The card reading unit 4 has a function of reading a magnetic recording unit 41 including a bar code and a magnetic track of a card 40 described later, which is inserted by a fan, and reading a card serial number, a date, a payment amount, and the like. The card storage unit 5 is a storage unit that collects the card inserted by the fan. The cash payment unit 6 is a device that pays cash according to the read amount, and may be a known device. The payment control unit 7 communicates with the card reading unit 4 and the cash payment unit 6, is connected to the host computer 30 via the communication line 8, and notifies the contents of the handled card.

The host computer 30 connects the fare equivalent amount voucher issuing terminal 10 and the cash payment terminal 20 and creates various handling forms by totaling the information handled by each. For example, it is the totalization by item of the customers who visited, the number of vouchers issued, the amount to be refunded, the number of vouchers exchanged for cash, the number of cards not redeemed, and the like.

When a rewrite card is used as the card 40, the card formed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), for example, is composed of a magnetic recording section 41 and a rewrite display section 42 as shown in FIG. The magnetic recording unit 41 is made of, for example, a magnetic stripe, is formed on the back surface of the rewrite card 40, and information can be written and read by a magnetic head (not shown) of the card issuing unit 2. ing. The rewrite display unit 42 is formed of, for example, a rewritable storage medium using a thermoreversible recording material, and the card issuing unit 2
The thermal head (not shown) can repeatedly print characters and images.

Next, the transportation cost assistance service of the fare settlement system using the rewrite card according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. This service is the first step S11 to the fifth step S15 of the flowchart S10 of the fare equivalent amount voucher issuing service, and the first step S20 of the flowchart S20 of reading the fare equivalent amount voucher and performing the cash payment service.
21 to the fifth step S25.

First, a fare equivalent voucher issuing service S1
0 accepts the fare equivalent voucher in the first step S11, confirms the receipt paid by the fan to the transportation facility, and the stub of the round-trip ticket, and stamps the confirmation.
In the second step S12, the customer segment and the amount of money are input.
In this case, the date and the maximum amount of exchange can be registered in advance, and no particular operation is required. Third step S13
At, the date and the amount of money input to the card 40 are printed on the rewrite display section 42 and stored in the magnetic recording section 41. The host computer 30 is notified of the various information input in the fourth step S14. The host computer 30 collects the above information and creates a form,
It goes without saying that it will be used as analysis data for customer information. The card 40 (freight equivalent voucher) created in the fifth step is given to the fan.

Next, in the flowchart S20 of the cash payment service, the fan inserts the card 40 in the first step S21. Card 4 in the second step S22
The data of the magnetic recording unit 41 of 0 is read. Third step S
The data read in 23 is sent to the host computer 3
0 is notified and the cash payment unit 6 is notified of the payment of the amount. It goes without saying that the host computer 30 aggregates these pieces of information to create a form and uses it as analysis data of customer information. In the fourth step S24, payment is made by the cash payment unit 6. Fifth step S
The card 40 handled in 25 is stored in the card storage section 5 for the next use.

[0014]

As described above, according to the fare equivalent voucher using the card according to the present invention, the customer response time required for issuing the card can be shortened and the payment can be automated. Furthermore, when a rewrite card is used, the rewrite section can rewrite several hundred times, so that consumable items such as voucher paper and writing instruments are not necessary. In addition, at the time of accepting issuance of fare equivalent vouchers, you can enter information such as type of transportation, amount of money, customer class, etc. that could not be grasped in the past, and you can get information of fan group using this service. It is possible to analyze the visitors.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a card of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a fare equivalent amount voucher issuing service.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a cash payment service.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Operation part 2 Card issuing department 3 Issue control unit 4 Card reader 5 Card storage 6 Cash payment department 7 Payment control department 8 communication lines 10 Fare equivalent amount voucher issuing terminal 20 Fare equivalent payment terminal 30 host computer 40 cards

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI G06K 19/08 G06K 19/00 X G07B 1/00 F (56) Reference JP-A-9-198442 (JP, A) CardWave, October 10, 1999, Vol. 12, No. 11, pp. 10-29 (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/60 G06K 17/00 G06K 19/00 G06K 19/06 G06K 19/08 G07B 1/00 JISST file (JOIS)

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An operation unit for inputting a type of transportation and a subsidy amount of a subsidy service for public sports, and a fare equivalent to printing the subsidy amount and date and storing the information in a magnetic recording unit. A plurality of fare equivalent voucher issuance terminals including a card issuing section for issuing a voucher, an issuing control section for controlling the operation section and the card issuing section, and for sending and receiving information to and from a host computer via a communication line. , A card reader that reads the information stored in the magnetic recording part of the fare equivalent voucher submitted by the fan, a card storage part that collects the read fare equivalent voucher, and cash that pays cash according to the read information. A plurality of fare phases consisting of a payment section and a payment control section that controls each of the above sections and sends and receives information to and from the host computer via a communication line. Automatic Fare checkout system in a public competition constitute fare payment system and forehead payment terminal, and by said host computer, and performs fare settlement using the fare equivalent voucher. 2. The automatic fare settlement system in a public competition according to claim 1, wherein a rewrite card is used for the fare equivalent voucher. 3. The automatic fare reimbursement system for public competitions according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit for inputting the type of transportation and the amount of subsidy is provided with an input device for inputting information regarding a customer base of fans. . 4. The automatic fare settlement system for public competitions according to claim 1, wherein an OCR is provided in the card issuing section as a means for reading the information of the fare equivalent voucher. 5. The automatic fare reimbursement system in a public competition according to claim 1, wherein the card reading unit is provided with means for converting the information of the fare equivalent amount voucher into a bar code and storing it.