JPS5850386B2 - Automatic ticket vending machine printing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A conventional automatic ticket vending machine is equipped with a printing mechanism that forms characters to be printed in advance, and when issuing a ticket, each printing mechanism is selectively driven to print on the ticket surface.

Therefore, in the case of a food ticket vending machine, changing the menu requires changing the rubber stamp, which is not very practical in terms of versatility.

Moreover, in order to print characters on tickets in different fonts (capital letters, regular letters, etc.), it is necessary to install rubber stamps according to the font, which not only increases costs, but also requires complicated printing mechanisms to drive the printing mechanism. was needed.

In view of the above points, the present invention stores a character pattern of letters or numbers in a memory in advance, reads out the character pattern from the memory in accordance with arbitrary printing information on the ticket surface set by a key manual means at the time of issuing a ticket, The present invention provides a printing device for an automatic ticket vending machine that prints using a dot printer.

Furthermore, the present invention provides a printing device for an automatic ticket vending machine that stores character patterns in two fonts for the same letter or number, and can print using different fonts set by key manual means when issuing tickets. It is.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows an automatic ticket vending machine installed in a cafeteria, etc., and above the customer service section are a sales type display section 2, a selection button 3 for each type, a coin slot 4, a display section 5 for store name, etc., and a display section 5 for displaying the amount inserted or change. Amount display sections 6 are arranged.

The ticket issuing section 1 is equipped with an external sales outlet 8 for dispensing change and tickets, and after the internal printer prints predetermined print information regarding the menu of the selection button 3 operated by the customer, the ticket issuing unit 8
It is arranged to be sent to.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the printer 9, in which a predetermined amount of ticket paper wound around a shaft 10 is removed by a ticket paper extraction roller 1 for each sales operation.
1, a print head 12 prints predetermined characters or numbers, and a cutter 13 cuts the paper for publication.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the print head 12, which is equipped with seven dots of heating elements 14 in a vertical row.While the print head 12 moves horizontally in synchronization with a timing signal, the seven elements 14 are energized or de-energized. Printing is performed by doing this.

That is, FIG. 4 shows the printing of "A" in a normal character font, and the print head 12 is moved along five timing pulses to operate the elements in the diagonally shaded area as shown in FIG. Printing is performed by outputting "1" or "0" to each of the seven elements up to the T5 timing.

Also, Figure 5 shows the printing of "A" in uppercase font,
The print head 12 is moved along 10 timing pulses, and "1" or "O" is output to each of the seven elements from T1 to TIO timing as shown in FIG. will be carried out.

These two character patterns for one character, an uppercase letter and a regular letter, are stored in a memory called a character generator for each necessary character, and in the case of an uppercase character pattern, it is controlled by 10 timing pulses.
A storage capacity of 0 bytes is required, and 7-bit data in columns as shown in Figure 7 is stored for each byte, and in the case of character patterns for ordinary characters, the storage capacity is 5 bytes because it is controlled by 5 timing pulses. is required, and 7-bit data in a column as shown in FIG. 6 is stored for each byte.

Data regarding such character patterns stored in the character generator is set for each character.
It is read based on the hexadecimal character code.

Figure 8 shows the character codes for letters "A" to "N", numbers "0" to "9", and the dakuten "", the half-dakuten "0", and the long sound "-" in capital letters and ordinary letters. and character signals, the uppercase character code is set in the range from OO to 7F, and the normal character character code is set to the complement of the uppercase character code, and is a number from 80 to FF.

Figure 9 shows the address allocation diagram of the character generator. In the figure, printing data in ordinary characters is stored in the negative direction from address 1000, 5 bytes for each character and number, and printing data in uppercase characters is stored in the positive direction. Data is stored 10 bytes for each letter and number.

Then, the print data of uppercase letters and numbers from address 1000 and the print data of ordinary characters from the previous address FFF are arranged symmetrically.

FIG. 10 shows a control circuit for an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention in a block diagram.

15 is a keyboard that generates character signals by key operation; 16 is a complement forming circuit; 17 is a read/write control device;
18 is a memory for storing common print information for each ticket type; 19;
A... 19n is a memory that stores different print information for each bill type, 20 is a control device, 21 is a 10x circuit, 22 is a 5x circuit, 23 is a data counter, 24 is an adder, 25
2 is a character generator, 26 is a print control section, 27 is a status detection device, and a control gate G is also included.

The keyboard 15 has character keys for each required character and keys from 0 to 9.
BK selects the font using the numeric keys up to and regular letters.
key, the SK main key operated when setting print information, the EK key operated when finishing the setting, and the CK1 key used to specify the ticket type.
CK2...CKn key and function key FK1
・Equipped with FK2 and FK3.

When the SK main key is operated, a start signal SK is input to the control section 20, and the printing information to be printed on the ticket surface is set.Then, the control section 20 makes the control gates 28 and 29 conductive or non-conductive, and then controls the read/write control device. 17 to execute predetermined control regarding the printing information setting operation.

Also, at the time of ticket issuance, either selection signal SL1 or SL
2...Control gates 30, 31.3 due to the arrival of SLn
2, 33° 34 is made conductive or non-conductive, and the printer 9
A control signal CL2 and a timing pulse TP are sent to the controller to execute ticket issuing control.

Therefore, the control section 20 is configured by bird logic or a microprogram to perform the above operations.

FK1 key is memory 18 and CK1, CK2...
The CKn keys correspond to the memories 19A, 19B...19n, respectively, and when these keys are operated, the control unit 20 sends a command to the read/write control device 17 to specify a specific memory 18 or 19A, 19B...19n. Send control signal CL1.

The memories 19A, 19B, . . . 19n each have an area M1 for storing printed information of the ticket type name and an area M2 for storing printed information of the selling price. A control signal CL1 is sent to the read/write control device 17 in order to select the read/write control device 17.

Further, when character and number keys, which are data keys, are operated, an 8-bit character signal indicating each character code in capital letters is output to the read/write control device 1T.

When the start signal SK is input to the control section 20, the control section 2
0 normally makes the control gate 28 conductive and the control gate 29 non-conductive, but when the BK main key is operated, the control gate 28 becomes non-conductive and the control gate 29 becomes conductive, and the character signal generated from the keyboard 15 for one character or number becomes a complement. is introduced into the formation circuit 16.

The character signal is then converted into a complement, and the character code in ordinary characters is output to the read/write control device 17, and the read/write control device 17 is put into a write control state by the control unit 20, and the specified memory 18° 19A, 19B
...store the character code in 19n.

Figure 11 shows an example of an issued ticket.The upper column shows the name of the restaurant in plain letters, "Sanyo," the middle column shows the type of ticket, salt, "omelet rice," and the lower column shows the selling price, "400 yen," in plain letters. ing.

Here, the print information setting operation when issuing the above-mentioned ticket will be explained.

First, when you operate the SK main key and then the FK1 key, the control unit 2
Memory 18 is specified by 0.

Then, sequentially operate the letter keys that form the spelling of "Sanyo" and the long sound "-" key, but if you operate the BK key before operating these keys, the uppercase character code will be reversed and the character code will be changed to the regular character code. is stored in the memory 18.

The printed information stored in the memory 18 is common to each bill type, and by this setting operation, the printed information is read from the memory 18 when all bill types are issued.

Next, when you operate any of the CK1, CK2...CKn keys, the corresponding memo 1J19A, 19B...19
n is designated by the control unit 20.

For example, to set "omelet rice" for the first ticket type, press the CK1 key followed by the FK2K2 key and the control unit 20
Note by! Storage area M1 of J19A is specified.

Then, if the character keys forming the spelling of "omelet rice" are sequentially operated and the BK main key is not operated at this time, the character code in uppercase letters is stored in this storage area M1.

After that, when you press the FK3K3 key, the control unit 20 will display memo 1.
, 119A is specified, and the storage area M2 is specified as l"'400
When the number keys and letter keys forming the spelling of ``EN'' are operated and the BK main key is operated before operating each key, a character code in ordinary letters is stored in this storage area M2.

After setting the ticket type and selling price for the first ticket type in this way, operate the CK2, CK3...CKn keys to set the above information for the 2nd, 3rd, and nth ticket types. do.

When the EK main key is operated after the setting operations related to all ticket types are completed, the control section 20 stops the control related to the setting operations and makes both the control gates 2B and 29 non-conductive.

It is also possible to set the above information only for a specific ticket type, and after operating the sK key, CK, CK2, etc.
・After setting by operating the CKn key, the EK main key is operated, which has the effect of allowing printing information to be changed and reset.

For example, when printing consonants or consonants in the spelling, such as the "yu" character in "juice", in lowercase letters, keys for setting these lowercase letters, and character codes and character signals for uppercase and regular fonts are required. is set, but is omitted in this embodiment.

Next, the ticket issuing operation will be explained.

After inserting a predetermined amount of money, when the customer operates the selection button 3... and the selection signals SL1, SL2...SLn are input, the control unit 20 sets the read/write control device 17 to the read control state, and First, the memory 18 is specified.

Therefore, the read/write control device 17 sequentially reads out the character codes stored in the memory 18 and introduces them into the read status detection device 27.

The character code is processed using an 8-bit binary coded hexadecimal code, and as is clear from FIG.
The control unit 20 can detect the status and know that it is a character code indicating a normal character.

In the case of a normal character, the status detection device 27 turns on the control gate 31 and introduces a character code into the quintuple circuit 22, and in the quintuple circuit 22, an 8-bit data FF (i.e., 2
After adding the base code 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), this 16-bit value is multiplied by 5.

For example, the read character code is rFFJ (that is, according to the character signal, 1, l, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
When indicating the ordinary character "A" in 1), the quintuple circuit 22 adds IF FJ to the upper 8 bits to produce rFFFFJ (that is, according to the character signal, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), then multiply by 5 and "FFFBJ is introduced into one side of the adder 24.

Further, the control gate 33 connected to the other side of the adder 24 is made conductive by the control unit 20, and the number rl OOOJ (i.e., 0-0 in binary coded hexadecimal code) set in the register 35 is
0-0.1.0.0.0.0.0-0-0.0.0.0
0.0) is introduced into the adder 24.

Then, both are added and l'-0FFBJ (i.e., binary coded 1
Hexadecimal code 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1.
1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1) is introduced into the data counter 23 and the address 0FFB of the character generator 25 is input.
An address is specified, and the print data stored there is read out to the print control section 26.

Further, the control section 20 outputs the first timing pulse TP to the printer 9, and in synchronization with this, the seven elements 14 of the print head 12 are energized or de-energized based on the data at address 0FFB.

After that, if the control unit 20 is a normal character, the control game (hereinafter referred to as control game) 3
A series of cycles in which 4.32 is made conductive and non-conductive at the same time is repeated four times, and a timing pulse is output in each cycle.

Therefore, one side of the adder 24 contains the current data counter 2.
Since the value set in 3 is input and the value 1 set in the register 36 is input to the other, the data counter 23 adds 1 to the value set in each cycle.
The addresses FC-FFD-FFE-FFF are designated in sequence.

Further, the printer 9 moves the print head 12 every time the timing pulse TP is input, and prints the seven elements 1 based on the print data at each address read out by the print control section 26.
4 is energized or de-energized.

In this way, the control section 20 controls the timing pulse TP by 5 times.
When outputting one, the normal character "A" is printed.

When issuing the ticket shown in FIG. 11, a character code in ordinary letters is stored in the memory 18 for each character of "Sanyo", and the above operation is repeated for each character to complete the printing of the upper column.

Therefore, when the read/write control device 20 reads out all the character codes stored in the memory 18, the control section 20 outputs a control signal CL2 to the printer 9 to drive the ticket paper extraction roller 11, and the next printing is done in the middle. Control as in the field.

Then, the control unit 20 receives the input selection signals 5L1SL2...
・Memory 19A, 19B...19n compatible with SLn
The storage area M1 is specified by the read/write control device 17.

The character code set in the storage area M1 is an uppercase letter, and the printing operation for uppercase letters will be explained.

The 8th bit of the uppercase character code is rOJ, and the status is not detected by the status detection device 21, so it is introduced into the 10x circuit 21 via the control gate 30.
Multiplied by 0.

The character code read at this time is rolJ (that is, according to the character signal, o-o, O-0, 0, 0, 0,
When indicating the capital letter "A" in 1), the 10x circuit 21 converts it into 0-0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, O, and introduces it into one side of the adder 24, and the value set in the register 35 is set to II 000J. is added to "100A" (i.e. o-o in binary coded hexadecimal code)
・0・1・0・0・0・0−0−0・0・0・1・0・
1.O) is introduced into the data counter 23.

Therefore, the address 100A of the character generator 25 is specified, the print data stored there is read out by the print control section 26, and the seven elements 14 of the print head 12 are energized by the first timing pulse TP from the control section 20. Or it is de-energized.

After that, the control unit 20 controls the control gate t-34,
In order to repeat a series of cycles in which 32 are made conductive or non-conductive at the same time nine times, the value stored in the data counter 23 is added by 1, and the value 100 of the character generator 25 is
B.1oooc...1014 addresses are sequentially designated.

Furthermore, since the control unit 20 outputs a timing pulse TP in each cycle, the printer 9 moves the print head 12 and prints the seven elements 1 based on the print data at each address.
4 is energized or de-energized, printing of the capital letter "I" is completed.

In the storage area M1 of Memo 'J19A, a character code in capital letters is stored for each character of "omelet rice", and the above operation is repeated for each character to complete the printing of the middle column.

When the read/write control device 17 reads out all the character codes stored in the storage area M1, the control section 20 again outputs the control signal CL2 to the printer 9 to drive the ticket paper extraction roller 11 and print the next print. Control as shown below.

Then, the control unit 20 specifies the storage area M2 of the memo 1J19A using the read/write control device 17.

"400 en" in ordinary characters is stored in the storage area M2, and the above-mentioned ordinary character printing operation is performed. When all character codes are read out from the storage area M2, a control signal CL2 is sent from the control unit 20 to the printer. 9 and the ticket paper extraction roller 11 is driven.

Thereafter, the printed portion is separated from the spring paper by the cutter 13 and the ticket is issued.

Similarly, even if another bill type is selected, the character code is read out from the memory 19B...19n for that bill type and printed.

According to the present invention described in detail above, a printing pattern formed by dividing characters necessary for printing into dots is stored in a memory, a character code is set for each of the character and numeric keys, and the printing pattern is read out using the character code. An automatic ticket vending machine is provided that prints and issues documents using a dot printer.

Since the character code generated by the key operation is set in the print information storage memory, it can be changed and reset, thereby realizing a highly versatile ticket vending machine.

Furthermore, two types of character patterns are prepared for the fonts to be printed on the ticket surface: uppercase letters and ordinary letters, and one of them can be easily selected and used properly, so that easy-to-read tickets with no uniform font can be issued.

Furthermore, when a letter key or number key is operated alone, a character code for an uppercase letter can be set, and when used in combination with a key to select a normal character, a character code for a normal character can be set. The keyboard, which is a print information setting device, can be efficiently stored within the limited space of an automatic ticket vending machine, which has the effect of being shared.

Since keys and font selection keys are provided corresponding to each character, it is possible to set and print an arbitrary card surface format.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an external view of the automatic ticket vending machine, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of the printer, Fig. 3 is a configuration diagram of the print head, and Fig. 4 is an ordinary character "
Figure 5 is the character pattern for the capital letter 'A' Figure 6 is the print data for the regular character 'A', Figure 7 is the print data for the capital letter 'A', Figure 8 is the character pattern for each character and A diagram showing character codes and character signals set to numbers, Figure 9 is an address assignment diagram of the character generator,
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a control circuit, and FIG. 11 shows an example of a ticket to be issued. 15...Keyboard, 16...Complement forming circuit, 11...Read/write control device, 18,
19A, 19B...19n...Memo 1ha 25
...Character generator, 26...
-Print control unit, 9...Printer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an automatic ticket vending machine that prints letters or numbers on the face of a ticket using two different fonts, each letter or number in the first font is made to correspond to a predetermined character code, and the complement of the character code is This system sets related character codes to a second font of the same letter or number, and has a data key and a font selection key that correspond to the letters or numbers, respectively. Outputting a signal indicating a character code related to a first font, and outputting a signal indicating a character code related to a second font of letters or numbers corresponding to the data key operated by operating both the font selection key and the data key. a key manual means, a memory that stores information to be printed on the ticket face set by the key manual means as a character code, and a character generator that stores character patterns of letters or numbers in a first font and a second font; An automated system comprising a print control unit that reads out a character pattern of letters or numbers in a predetermined font from the character generator based on the character code stored in the memory at the time of ticket issuance, and a dot printer that prints the read character pattern on the ticket surface. Printing device for ticket vending machines.