JPS5851315B2 - Automatic ticket vending machine print information setting method - 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, such as uppercase and regular characters, it is necessary to equip rubber stamps according to the font, which not only increases costs but also requires complicated control to drive the printing mechanism. It was.

In view of the above points, the present invention stores a character pattern of letters or numbers in a memory, and inputs information to be printed on an arbitrary ticket surface using key manual means, and then reads out the character pattern from the memory according to this printed information at the time of issuing a ticket. The present invention provides a printing information setting method for an automatic ticket vending machine that is capable of printing.

Furthermore, the present invention provides a print information setting method that allows the same letter or number to be printed in two different fonts, and allows the font to be arbitrarily selected.

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

Fig. 1 shows an automatic ticket vending machine installed in a restaurant, etc., and the customer service section 1 includes 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 unit 7 is equipped with an external sales outlet 8 for dispensing change and tickets, and after an internal printer prints predetermined print information regarding the menu of the selection button 3 operated by the customer, the ticket issuing unit 7 opens the sales outlet 8.
It is configured to send to.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the printer 9, in which a predetermined amount of spring paper wound around a shaft 10 is removed by a spring paper extraction roller 1 for each selling 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 includes heating elements 14 of seven dots in a vertical row, and the seven elements 14 are energized or de-energized while the print head 12 moves in the horizontal direction in synchronization with a timing signal. This is how printing is performed.

That is, Fig. 4 shows the printing of ``mouth'' in the font of ordinary characters,
In order to move the print head 12 along the five timing pulses and operate the elements in the diagonally shaded area, apply "1" or rOJ to each of the seven elements between timings T1 and T5, as shown in FIG. Printing is performed by outputting .

Also, Figure 5 shows the printing of "A" in uppercase font,
The print head 12 is moved according to 10 timing pulses, and as shown in FIG. 7, "1" or "O" is output to each of the seven elements from T1 to TIO timing, and such printing is performed. It will be done.

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

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 in 10 bytes for each letter and number.

Print data of uppercase letters and ordinary letters regarding the same letters and numbers are arranged symmetrically with the address 1000 as the boundary.

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 letters “AJ” to “N” and the numbers “O” to “N”.
Up to ``9'' and further dakuten ``〃'', half-dakuten ``○'', long tone ``-''
”, the character codes and character signals for uppercase letters and ordinary letters are shown. The character code for uppercase letters is set in the range from OO to 7F, and the character code for ordinary letters is set to the complement of the character code for uppercase letters, from 80 to FF. The range is up to.

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.
Use the number keys up to and select the font of the normal letter B
K key, SK main key operated when setting print information, EK key operated when finishing setting, and CK1 used to specify the ticket type.
・CK2...CKn key and function key FK
1, 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 is set.Then, the control section 20 conducts either of the control gates 28 and 29, and then turns on the read/write control device. 17 to execute predetermined control regarding the printing information setting operation.

Also, at the time of ticket issuance, any selection signal SL, SL
2... Due to the arrival of SLn, the control gates 30, 31 .
32, 33 and 34 are made conductive or non-conductive, respectively, and a control signal CL2 and a timing pulse TP are sent to the printer 9 to execute ticket issuing control.

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

FK1 key is memory 18 and CK1, CK2...C
Kn key is memo! , 119A, 19B...19n, and when these are operated, the control unit 20 sends a control signal to the read/write control device 17 to specify a specific memory 18 or 19A, 19B...19n. Send CL1.

The memos 1J19A, 19B...19n each have an area M1 for storing the print information of the ticket type name and an area M2 for storing the print 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 the character and number keys, which are data keys, are operated, an 8-bit character signal indicating the respective character code ' in capital letters is output to the control gates 28 and 29, and a strobe signal sb is output to the control section 20, which controls the control. The unit 20 learns that the data key has been operated and proceeds with predetermined control.

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 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.

Then, the character signal is 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 I/i control unit 20 puts the write control state into the specified memo IJ1B. , 19A.

Store character codes in 19B...19H.

Figure 12 shows the control gates 28, 29 and complement forming circuit 1.
6 and corresponds to the control gate 28.
ND gates A1, A2, . . . A3°, AND gates All, A I 2, .
A□8・, inverter ■l corresponding to complement forming circuit 16
・I2''...■8, and a flip-flop circuit F- for gate selection.

The 8-bit character signal is ANd in parallel for each bit.
D gates A1-A2...A8 and AND gate A1 (A
'□2...A 2 g ', but since the flip-flop circuit F is normally reset, even if the conduction signal A is output from the control section 20 to the control gates 28 and 29, the control gate 28 Character signals are output only in the following cases.

Therefore, a character signal relating to uppercase letters is output.

Although not shown in FIG. 10, the control section 20 is configured to appropriately output a conduction signal A when the control gate G is made conductive.

However, if the BK key is operated before a character signal is input, that is, before a data key is operated, the flip-flop circuit F is inverted by the BK signal, and the character signal generated by the subsequently operated data key is output from the control gate 29. and is introduced into the complement forming circuit 16.

Therefore, in this case, a character signal related to ordinary characters is output.

Then, in order to reset the flip-flop circuit F after the strobe signal sb generated by the operation of this data key is input to the delay circuit 31 and delayed, the character code of one letter or number related to this data key is formed as a complement. Ru.

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 has the ticket type name, in capital letters, "omelet rice," and the lower column has the selling price, "400 yen," printed 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, a corresponding memo will appear! J19A, 19B...19n
is designated by the control unit 20.

For example, to set "omelet rice" for the ticket type of the first month, press the CK key, then the FK2K2 key, and the control unit 20
The storage area M1 of the memory 19A is specified.

Then, if the character keys forming the spelling of "omelet rice" are operated one after another, and the BK key is not operated at this time, the character code in capital letters is stored in this storage area M2.

After that, when you operate the FK3 key, the control unit 20 will display memo 1.
Storage area M2 for month 9A is specified, and when you operate the number keys and letter keys that form the spelling of "400 en" and press the BK key before operating each key, the character code in ordinary letters is stored in this storage area M. be remembered.

After setting the ticket type name and sales price for the first ticket type in this way, operate the CR2, CR2...CKn keys in the same way 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 28 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, CK1, CR2, etc.
・After setting by operating the CKn key, operating the EK key has the effect of allowing printing information to be changed and reset.

For example, if you want to print the consonants or sounds in the spelling of the "yu" character of "juice" in lowercase letters, the keys for setting these lowercase letters, and the character codes and characters in uppercase and regular letters. This is omitted in the physical embodiment where a signal can be set.

Next, the ticket issuing operation will be explained.

When the customer operates one of the selection buttons 3 after inserting a predetermined amount of money and inputs selection signals SL1, SL2, . Specify.

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 rFF'J (that is, according to the character signal, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
When indicating the ordinary character "A" in 1), the 5x circuit 22 adds rFFJ to the upper 8 bits to produce rF'FF'FJ (that is, according to the character signal, 1.1.1.1.
1 ・ 1 ・ 1 ・ 1 ・ 1 ・ 1 ・
1 ・ 1 ・1 ・ 1 ・ 1 ・ 1) and then multiply by 5 rF
Introduce F F BJ to one side of 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 rloooJ (i.e., 0, 0,
0-1-0-0 ・0 ・0-0-0 ・0 ・0
.O.0.0.0) is introduced into the adder 24.

Then, both are added and "0FFB" (that is, o-o-o-o・1・1・1・1・1・1・1・
1.1.0.1.1) is introduced into the data counter 23, the address 0FFB of the character generator 25 is designated, 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, the control unit 20 controls the following control gate 3 in the case of normal characters.
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 inputted and the number 1 set in the register 36 is inputted in the other, the data counter 23 adds 1 to the value set in each cycle.
The FC/FFD-FFE-FFF addresses will be specified in sequence.

Further, the printer 9 moves the print head 12 every time the timing pulse TP is input, and prints the seven elements 14 based on the print data at each address read out by the print control section 26.
Energize or use common type.

In this way, the control section 20 controls the timing pulse TP by 5 times.
When outputting 1, the normal character ``A1'' 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, the control section 20, which reads out all the character codes stored in the memory 18 by the read/write control device 17, outputs a control signal CL2 to the printer 9 to drive the ticket paper extraction roller 11, and the next printing is performed in the middle column. control the way it is done.

Then, the control unit 20 receives the input selection signals 5L1SL2...
・Memory 19A, 19B...19n compatible with SLn
The storage area M1 is designated by the read/write control device 11.

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 27, so the control gate 30 is turned on by the control section 20, and the signal is introduced into the 10x circuit 21 and multiplied by 10.

The character code read at this time is rolJ (that is, according to the character signal, 0, O-0, 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, 0, and inputs it to one side of the adder 24, and the register value rl 000J of the register 35 is input. is added to rloOAJ (i.e. 0 in binary coded hexadecimal code).
0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0
・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 opens the control gate 34°3 in the case of a capital letter.
Make 2 conductive or non-conductive at the same time = 9 consecutive cycles
In order to repeat the number of times, the value placed in the data counter 23 is added by 1, and the character generator 25 l00B
・100C...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 the memo IJ19A, a character code in capital letters is stored for each character in the Omurai, and the above operation is repeated for each character to complete 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 CL, 4 to the printer 9 to drive the ticket paper extraction roller 11, and then The printing of is controlled in the lower column.

Then, the control unit 20 controls the storage area M2. of the memo IJ19A. is specified by the read/write control device 17.

The storage area M2 stores "F400" with ordinary characters, and the above-mentioned printing operation of ordinary characters 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. The paper ticket 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, character patterns in two fonts are stored for each character or number necessary for printing in a character generator, and the character pattern storage array of the character generator is stored in a predetermined location. Since one font is symmetrical to the positive direction and the other font is symmetrical to the negative direction, the complement of the character code of one font can be set to the character code of the other font for the same character.

Therefore, when reading a character pattern using a given character code from a character generator, it can be easily distinguished just by reading the status of the character code, and the address can be specified using the same calculation based on the predetermined location that is the rear view. Therefore, the read operation is simplified.

In addition, the keys only need to be provided with a data key that corresponds to each letter or number and generates a character code in one font when operated, and a selection key that takes the complement of the character code generated by the data key to create a character code in the other font. This has the effect of eliminating the need to provide data keys depending on the font, and the keyboard, which is an information input device, can be efficiently stored within the limited space of the automatic ticket vending machine.

Furthermore, since it is possible to select the font as well as to set the print information, it is possible to edit any card face 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 the control circuit, and FIG. 11 is a -f! of the issued ticket. 1. Figure 12 shows control gates 28 and 29.
and the specific configuration of the complement forming circuit. 15...keyboard, 16...complement forming circuit, 17...read/write control device, 18.
19A. 19B...19n...Memory, 25...
... Character generator, 26 ... Print control section, 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, the letters or numbers in the first font are made to correspond to a predetermined character code, and A character code having a complement relationship is set to the second font of the same letter or number, and a data key and a font selection key are provided, which correspond to the letters or numbers, respectively. A key that outputs a signal indicating a character code related to a font, and outputs a signal indicating a character code related to a second font of a letter or number corresponding to a data key operated by operating both the font selection key and the data key. It is equipped with a human power means and a character generator in which a printing pattern corresponding to each font of letters or numbers is set in advance, and the character generator prints letters or numbers in a first font in one direction with the reference address as the border. The character patterns are stored respectively, and character patterns of characters or numbers in a second font are stored in the other direction corresponding to the arrangement of characters or numbers in the first font in the one direction. The automatic ticket vending machine is characterized in that the character generator is capable of reading the character pattern of the printed characters or numbers based on the character code corresponding to the characters or numbers printed on the ticket face set by the key manual means. Information setting method.