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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automatic route designation method in a commuter pass printing and issuing machine having a function for automatically displaying possible routes based on departure and arrival station information input by an operator.

Previously, automatic route designation methods were used for commuter pass printing and issuing machines.
In other words, when a system was adopted in which after the departure and arrival stations were specified, several possible routes between those stations were automatically displayed, because all routes between those stations were displayed, even if a desired route was specified from the displayed routes, it may not be possible to purchase a commuter pass for the specified route.

That is, when a regular commuter pass is sold, there are various restrictions that are set in advance. For example, the distance from the departure station to the arrival station is set in advance within a certain number of kilometers (for example, 10
It is prohibited to issue a commuter pass for a mileage of over 100k.

Therefore, when the kilometre distance determined by the route selection exceeds the distance limit, it becomes necessary to prohibit the sale of commuter passes for that route.

However, when all possible routes between the departure station and the destination station are simply displayed as described above, it is up to the operator (staff member) to determine whether the route determined by the route designation falls within a predetermined limit range. This places a very heavy burden on the operator and
This may cause inconvenience such as operational errors or a decrease in operation speed.

This invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and its object is to provide an automatic route designation method in a commuter pass printing and issuing machine which, when displaying routes between a departure station and a destination station, displays only several routes available for sale that do not exceed various predetermined sales restrictions, and allows the operator to select the desired route from the displayed reasons, thereby enabling easy-to-operate and reliable commuter pass issuing operations to be performed quickly and reliably.

An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of a commuter pass printing and issuing machine according to the present invention, where 1 is the commuter pass printing and issuing machine, 2 is an operation panel, 3 is an illuminated push button switch provided on this panel 2 for inputting information such as the departure station, arrival station, and connecting stations, 4 is a memory device, 5 is a ticket printing mechanism, and 6 is a CPU (central processing unit) which controls these switches 3, memory device 4, and ticket printing mechanism 5.

The storage device 4 stores various types of station information necessary for printing and issuing commuter passes as well as various types of restriction information relating to sales restrictions.

That is, the memory device 4 is provided with a restriction information memory area 41, and this memory area 41 stores information regarding various sales restrictions such as the sales range (for example, issuance is prohibited outside of a certain station section), route restrictions (for example, routes on which tickets can be sold), and kilometre distance (for example, within 1,100 km per company's line).

The storage device 4 also includes a route information storage area 42 for storing various types of route information, which will be described later.

FIG. 2 shows the arrangement of illuminated push button switches (hereinafter simply referred to as display buttons) 3 provided on the operation panel 2, with reference numeral 11 indicating a group of display buttons for departure stations (also used for arrival stations), 12 indicating a group of display buttons for arrival stations, 13 indicating a group of display buttons for routes via white lines, 14 indicating a group of connecting station display buttons between each line (company line), and 15 indicating a group of display buttons for routes via other lines.

Next, the automatic route designation method will be described in detail using the example of issuing a commuter pass from departure station a on Company A's line (solid line) via connecting stations to destination station n on Company 8's line (dashed line) in the route system diagram shown in Figure 3.

Here, as a sales restriction, if the number of tickets exceeds 1100k on one of the lines of company A and company 8, the tickets cannot be sold.

Also, when considering routes within Company A's lines for each connecting station, [Routes to connecting station ri] ■a-h ■a-b-d-e-g-f-h ■a-b-c-g-f-h ■a-b-c-e-d-f-h [Routes to connecting station i] ■a-b-c-i ■a-b-d-e-i ■a-b-d-f-g-i ■a-b-c-e-d-f-g-i

Here, route 2 exceeds 1,100 km, and routes 3 and 4 are not available for sale due to route restrictions.

As a result, the routes available for sale on Company A's lines are ■, ■, and ■.

There are five: ■, ■.

Next, if we consider the route through the eight companies' lines from a connecting station to the destination station, then: [For connecting station r] ■ h-j-1-n ■ h-j-ni-m-1-n [For connecting station i] ■ 1-j-1-n ■ i-ni-m-1-n

Here, the via ■ exceeds 1,100k and is therefore not available for sale.

As a result, the routes available for sale within the eight airline lines are ■, ■, and ■
Become one.

Under such conditions, the operator first selects and presses the departure station display button corresponding to the departure station a from the departure station display button group 11, and then selects and presses the arrival station display button corresponding to the arrival station n from the arrival station display button group 12.
Select and press 2.

By this operation, the CPU 6 searches for station information in the memory device 4 based on the above-mentioned input information, selects connecting station i between the A company line and the 8 company line, lights up the display buttons corresponding to stations h and i in the connecting station display button group 14, and at the same time configures each of the possible routes (i) to (iii) mentioned above.

After completing the configuration of each of the routes (1) to (5), the CPU 6
By comparing the various types of restriction information in the restriction information storage area 4, routes that cannot be sold (in this case, the above-mentioned routes are ■, ■, ■, and ■) are selected and removed, and routes that can be sold (in this case, the above-mentioned routes are ■, ■ to ■, ■, ■, and ■) are selected and removed.
Only the route information storage area 42 of the storage device 4 is stored.

When the connecting station i is displayed in the connecting station display button group 14, the operator selects and presses the display button for station h or station i.

If the display button for station i is pressed, this button operation will cause the CPU 6 to search for route information in the route information storage area 42 of the storage device 4, and first select routes ■ and ■ for the departure station a and connecting station i on Company A's line, and light up the display buttons corresponding to routes ■ and ■ in the white line route display button group 13.

Here, the operator selects and presses the display button for route 1 or 2.

If the route display button 2 is pressed, the route from station a to station i on the white line (A company line) is determined by the input of this button operation, and the CPU 6 again searches the route information in the route information storage area 42 to determine the next eighth route.
The route 1 and 2 for the connecting station i and the destination station n on the company line are selected, and the display buttons for the routes 1 and 2 in the other line route display button group 15 are turned on.

Here, when the operator selects and presses the route display button 1 or 2, the selection and determination of the route from departure station a to destination station n is completed.

Once route selection has been completed, the operator inputs other necessary information such as the validity period and then issues a ticket issuing command, which causes the CPU 6 to drive and control the ticket issuing and printing mechanism 5 to issue the desired commuter pass.

By using the route display and route selection designation means as described above, the issuance of a commuter pass with content that would make it impossible to sell can be reliably avoided, and furthermore, the operator (attendant) need only select a route according to the displayed content without having to consider sales restrictions, so that route selection can be performed easily and quickly regardless of skill level, thereby significantly improving the efficiency of commuter pass issuance operations.

In the above embodiment, a commuter pass printing and issuing machine that displays the route by pressing a display button has been used as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this and can easily be implemented in a machine that displays the route using a display mechanism such as a display device. In short, various applications are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As described above in detail, according to this invention, information regarding sale restrictions is stored in a memory device attached to the commuter pass printer/issuer, and when a commuter pass is issued, only several routes that are available for sale within the sale restrictions are displayed, and the operator is allowed to select the desired route from among the displayed routes.This provides a method for automatically selecting a route in a commuter pass printer/issuer that enables easy-to-operate and reliable commuter pass issuance operations to be performed quickly and reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of a commuter pass printing and issuing machine.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the layout of the display buttons on the operation panel.
The figure is a line system diagram showing an example of a line configuration. 1: Commuter pass printing and issuing machine, 2: Operation panel, 3: Illuminated push button switch, 4: Memory device, 41: Restriction information memory area, 42: Route information memory area, 11: Departure station display button group, 12: Arrival station display button group, 13: Route within own line display button group, 14: Connecting station display button group, 15: Route via other lines display button group.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic route designation method in a commuter pass printing and issuing machine, characterized in that predetermined sales restriction information is stored in a memory device attached to the commuter pass printing and issuing machine, and when the departure and arrival stations and intermediate stations are designated by the operator, the information in the memory device is searched to display only several routes that are available for sale and fall within the sales restriction range, and the operator is allowed to select the desired route from among the displayed routes.