JP3549384B2 - Automatic commuter pass issuing machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic commuter pass issuing machine, and more particularly, to an automatic commuter pass issuing machine capable of issuing a purchased ticket that enables a user who has purchased a commuter pass to travel from a commuter ticket issuing station to a commuter pass boarding section.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, stations that release commuter passes have been relatively limited to relatively large stations because of labor cost savings and the like. Therefore, when purchasing a commuter pass, a commuter pass user at a station other than the commuter pass issuing station purchases and gets on a ticket (commuter pass purchase ticket) to the commuter pass issuing station and purchases the commuter pass when purchasing the commuter pass. I am trying to get a refund for my ticket. In addition, a user who has purchased a commuter pass is issued a return pass ticket that can be used from the commuter pass issuing station to the commuter pass section and uses the pass to return to the original station. .
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, at commuter pass issuing stations, user-operated automatic commuter pass issuing machines have been installed in order to reduce the duties of commuter pass issuing stations as much as possible. It is desired that a refund of a purchased ticket can be automatically performed without depending on a clerk window. Therefore, the applicant has proposed an automatic payment machine which automatically refunds a commuter pass purchase ticket by inserting a purchased commuter pass and a commuter pass purchase ticket separately into the main body of the automatic payment machine. I have.
[0004]
However, when the commuter pass is issued by a user-operated automatic commuter pass issuing machine, there arises an inconvenience that the purchaser of the commuter pass must purchase and return on a return ticket. In order to prevent such inconvenience, it is conceivable that a free pass ticket for return trip can be automatically issued together with issuance of a commuter pass. Therefore, there is a need for an automatic commuter pass issuing machine that can issue a purchased boarding ticket to be refunded with a paid return pass ticket.
[0005]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made to meet the above-mentioned demand, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic commuter pass issuing machine capable of issuing a paid purchase ticket.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The automatic commuter pass issuing machine according to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, when a commuter pass issued from the main body of the automatic commuter pass issuing machine cannot ride from the station where the main body is installed to the boarding section of the commuter pass. Setting means for setting the main body to an issuance mode in which the main body can be boarded from the station where the main body is installed to within the commuting section of the commuter pass, and a purchased boarding card which can be refunded at the getting off station is issued. And issuing control means for issuing the purchased boarding ticket on the condition that money satisfying the fee of the purchased boarding card is inserted into the main body.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body (hereinafter, referred to as “main body”) a of an automatic commuter pass issuing machine according to one embodiment. At the center of the front of the main body a, a touch panel display screen 1 is provided. On the left side of the display screen 1, a call button 2a which is pressed when a response is to be made with a staff member and a commuter pass purchase operation are interrupted. There is provided a cancel button 2b which is pressed when desired.
[0008]
A card insertion slot 3a for inserting a card when paying a commuter pass purchase card with a card such as a prepaid card, and a bill insertion slot for inserting a bill when paying the purchase price with bills are provided at the upper lower part on the front of the main body a. 3b and a coin insertion slot 3c for inserting coins when paying the purchase price by coins are provided. In the present invention, the above cards are also included in money.
[0009]
In the lower lower part on the front of the main body a, a change coin discharge port 4a, a change tag discharge port 4b, an insertion slot 5 for inserting an old commuter pass in the case of a continuous commuter pass issuance, and a new commuter pass (not shown) and purchase. A ticket issuing port 6 for issuing a ticket for completion of boarding is provided.
[0010]
In FIG. 1, C is a controller formed mainly of a microcomputer (CPU) and controls the whole body a, and its electrical configuration is shown in FIG.
[0011]
The CPU 10 is configured to perform arithmetic processing using predetermined data such as commuter pass issue fee data stored in the first memory 11 and a control program stored in the second memory 12. The CPU 10 also controls the display of the display screen 1 by a variable display unit 13, the touch panel input unit 14 that drives and controls the input of the display screen 1, and performs a check processing of coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 3 c. A coin processing unit 15, a bill processing unit 16 for performing a check processing of a bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 3b, and a commuter pass for reading magnetic data recorded on an old commuter pass inserted into the insertion slot 5 A processing unit 17 and a staff operation unit 18 provided on the back side of the main body a and having a ten key set by the staff at the time of setting the main body a to various modes such as a ticketing mode or performing maintenance and inspection of the main body 1; A change processing section 19 for discharging change to the change discharge port 4a; a card processing section 20 for processing a card inserted into the card insertion slot 3a; And ticketing processing unit 21 to create a purchased ride certificate stomach record be issued to the ticketing port 6 is connected to.
[0012]
The control operation of the automatic commuter pass issuance machine having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0013]
Now, when a user who wants to purchase a commuter pass inserts an old commuter pass (not shown) into the insertion slot 5, data recorded on the old commuter pass is read. When the boarding section of the commuter pass of the read data does not include the station where the main body a is installed, or the station where the body a is installed is included in the boarding section of the commuter pass, but the starting station of the commuter pass or If it is not the arrival station and the purchase day is before the commuter pass of the commuter pass, that is, if the purchaser of the commuter pass needs to purchase a ticket from the station where the main body a is installed and return (No at step 100). Hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”.) The purchase guidance of the purchased boarding certificate is provided on the display screen 1 (S102, see the display screen of FIG. 1).
[0014]
Note that the above example of purchasing a commuter pass is a continuous commuter pass in which data recorded on an old commuter pass inserted into the main body a is read and used as newly issued commuter pass data. In the case of purchasing a commuter pass, predetermined data such as a boarding section of the commuter pass is input via the display screen 1.
[0015]
In the above-described example, the main body a is automatically set to the purchased boarding ticket issuing mode based on the boarding section of the commuter pass to be issued, but the purchased boarding card is displayed on the customer service surface of the main body a or the display screen 1. Is provided, and when the button is pressed and the issued commuter pass satisfies the conditions for issuing a purchased boarding pass, the main body a is set to the purchased boarding pass issuing mode. You may make it set.
[0016]
By the way, when the button for requesting the purchased ticket is pressed through the display screen 1, the total amount of the purchase price of the commuter pass and the fee of the purchased ticket is displayed on the display screen 1. You. Then, when money satisfying the displayed amount is inserted from the bill insertion slot 3 or the like, a commuter pass (not shown) and a purchased boarding pass A are issued from the ticket issuing opening 6 (S108).
[0017]
The fare of the purchased boarding certificate a can be automatically calculated from the station where the main body a is installed to the station near the departure station or the arrival station of the commuter pass to be purchased. However, there is a case where the boarding station of the user purchasing the commuter pass may be in the middle of the commuter pass section, so that the station where the passenger has purchased the purchased ticket is selected from within the commuter pass section and the selected station is selected. It can be the fare to the station.
[0018]
Purchased tickets can be refunded at stations where commuter pass purchasers get off. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the purchased boarding certificate A from being used for a purpose other than purchasing a commuter pass.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
The automatic commuter pass issuing machine according to the present invention, when it is not possible to get on the commuter pass from the station where the main body is installed with the commuter pass issued by the main body, the main body is transferred from the station where the main body is installed to the commuter pass. A setting means for setting an issuance mode for issuing a purchased boarding certificate which can be boarded within the boarding section and which can be refunded at a drop-off station; and since the money to meet the price for the testimony consists of the issue control means for issuing of the purchased riding license on the condition that is turned on, making it possible to issue a purchased ride certificate of pay that can refund get off at the station from the main body it can.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic commuter pass issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 display screen 2a call button 2b cancel button 3a card slot 3b bill slot 3c coin slot 4a, 4b outlet 5 ticket issuing port C controller a
I Purchased boarding certificate

Claims (1)

When a commuter pass issued from the main unit of the automatic commuter pass issuing machine cannot be used from the station where the main unit is installed to the boarding section of the commuter pass, the main body can be boarded from the station where the main unit is installed to within the boarding section of the commuter pass. Setting means for setting an issuance mode for issuing a purchased boarding certificate that can be refunded at the getting off station, and
Issuance control means for issuing the purchased boarding ticket on condition that money satisfying the price of the purchased boarding card is inserted into the main body when the issuing mode is set,
Automatic commuter pass issuing machine characterized by having.

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