JP2003150981A - Mark sensing card and commutation ticket vending machine using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a commuter to purchase a commutation ticket by stating the traveling route on a mark sensing card. SOLUTION: When prescribed contents of the commutation ticket such as a traveling section and the name of a purchaser are inputted in a body of a commutation ticket vending machine and an amount of money satisfying a purchase price for the commutation ticket of the inputted prescribed contents is put therein, this commuter ticket vending machine issues the commuter ticket of the inputted prescribed contents. This vending machine is characterized in having reading means inputting the prescribed contents by reading the contents recorded in the mark sensing card.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mark sheet used when a user operates it to receive a commuter pass, and a user-operated automatic commuter pass that can receive a commuter pass with the mark sheet. Regarding ticket vending machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic commuter pass vending machine of this type has a touch panel display screen of the main body of the automatic commuter pass vending machine (hereinafter referred to as the "selling machine body") when a new commuter pass is purchased. Enter the contents of the prescribed commuter pass such as the boarding section of the commuter pass and the purchaser's name, and satisfy the amount of the entered commuter pass (including cards such as prepaid cards).
When is input, the commuter pass is issued from the selling machine body.

When purchasing a continuation commuter pass, if the old commuter pass is inserted into the main body of the vending machine, the main data such as the boarding section recorded in the commuter pass can be read, and a new period can be simply input. It is structured so that it can be issued with a commuter pass.

[0004]

However, in the conventional automatic commuter ticket vending machine described above, it takes time to input the contents of the commuter ticket, especially when issuing a new commuter ticket. It takes a lot of time and customer service time, resulting in inconvenience to subsequent commuter pass purchasers. Especially in the beginning of April, there is a long line in front of the main body of the machine, and the inconvenience is remarkable.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic system which can shorten a customer service time as much as possible and a waiting time of a subsequent user. It is to provide a commuter pass vending machine and a mark sheet used in the automatic commuter pass vending machine.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a mark sheet according to the present invention is a mark sheet for causing a main body of a sale machine to read predetermined contents of a commuter pass such as a boarding section and a purchaser's name. The feature of the mark sheet is that a line map is printed on the face of the mark sheet, which shows the station of the commuter pass that can be issued from the vending machine body as the mark portion.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the automatic commuter pass vending machine according to the present invention is such that the predetermined contents of the commuter pass such as the boarding section and the purchaser's name are input to the main body of the vending machine, and the input. An automatic commuter ticket vending machine which issues a commuter ticket with the specified content that has been input when money that meets the purchase price of the commuter ticket with the specified content is input. It is characterized in that a reading means for reading the recorded contents is provided. The automatic commuter pass vending machine according to claim 3 is characterized in that the face of the mark sheet is printed with a route map showing the stations of the commuter pass that can be sold from the vending machine body as mark points. .

[0008]

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 front view of a vending machine body a according to an embodiment. A touch panel type display screen 1 is provided in the center of the front of the vending machine main body a, and a call button 2a and a commuter pass purchase operation, which are pressed when the user wants to respond with a clerk, are on the left side of the display screen 1. A cancel button 2b is provided which is pressed when the user wants to cancel.

[0009] In the lower upper part of the front of the main body of the vending machine, a card insertion slot 3a into which a card for paying the purchase price of a commuter pass with a prepaid card or the like is inserted, and a bill when paying the purchase price with a bill. Banknote insertion slot 3 for inserting
b, and a coin slot 3c for inserting a coin when paying the purchase price with a coin.

On the lower front side of the main body a of the selling machine, a coin discharge port 4a, a fishing tag discharge port 4b, an old commuter pass for issuing a continuation commuter pass, and a mark sheet M according to the present invention are inserted. An insertion slot 5 and a ticket issuing slot 6 for issuing a new commuter pass are provided. In FIG. 1, C is a controller formed mainly of a microcomputer (CPU) and controlling the vending machine main body a in a centralized manner, and its electrical configuration is shown in FIG. 3 described later.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the mark sheet M to be inserted into the insertion slot 5. The mark sheet M is made of thin rectangular paper. The route map showing each station of the commuter pass that can be issued as a mark is printed in advance. Although not shown in FIG. 2, the station name is printed in advance within the circles on the route map. Then, in the example of FIG. 2, each station between the A station and the R station is filled with a writing tool such as a pencil by the user, and the A station is the departure station (or the arrival station) and the R station is the arrival station. (Or departure station). It should be noted that the points to be filled may be the departure station, the arrival station, and the transit station.

On the right side of the face of the mark sheet M, the type of commuter pass (commuting commuter pass, student discount commuter pass, etc.), period (1 month,
3 months and 6 months), start date of use (the same day, tomorrow, 3 days, 4 days later ...), and the purchaser's (user's) telephone number, and the purchaser's name and date of birth. A ticket type etc. description section M2 is provided for this purpose. Although not shown, magnetic data indicating that the medium is a mark sheet is pre-recorded on the mark sheet M at a predetermined position.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view corresponding to a mark sheet / old commuter pass processing section, which will be described later, and is a schematic view of a processing mechanism of the mark sheet M inserted from the insertion port 5. That is, inside the insertion port 5 of the sale machine body a, there is provided a conveyance path L including a group of rollers (not shown) driven by a motor (not shown), and in the middle of the conveyance path L. , A magnetic head H for reading the magnetic data recorded on the mark sheet M and the old commuter pass (commuter pass which is the basis of the continuation commuter pass), and the mark (filled mark) recorded on the mark sheet M. And a reader R including an optical sensor for It should be noted that a sensor for detecting the conveyance position of the mark sheet M and the old commuter pass and a collection box for collecting the mark sheet M and the old commuter pass are omitted from the conveyance path L.

FIG. 4 shows the electrical construction of the controller C of the main body a of the selling machine. The CPU 10 of the controller C has a first
Arithmetic processing is performed using predetermined data such as fare data for issuing a commuter pass stored in the memory 11 and a control program stored in the second memory 12. The CPU 10 also includes a variable display unit 13 that drives and controls the display of the display screen 1, a touch panel input unit 14 that drives and controls the input of the display screen 1, and a coin slot 3c.
A coin processing unit 15 for performing a coin inspection process on coins inserted from
A bill processing unit 16 for performing a bill inspection process for bills inserted from the bill insertion port 3b, and a mark sheet / commuter pass process for reading the mark sheet M inserted in the insertion port 5 and the magnetic data recorded in the old commuter pass. Part 17 and a staff member provided on the back side of the vending machine body a and having a ten-key pad for setting the vending machine body a in various modes such as a ticketing mode or operated by a staff at the time of maintenance and inspection of the vending machine body a. The operation unit 18, the change processing unit 19 that discharges the change into the change output port 4a, the card processing unit 20 that processes the card inserted in the card insertion port 3a, and prints a predetermined content on the face of the bill and It is connected to a ticket issuing processing unit 21 which creates a commuter ticket in which magnetic data is recorded and issues it to the ticket issuing port 6.

Next, the control operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, it is assumed that a user is trying to purchase a new commuter pass from Mark Station M to Station A. The user fills out the route map of the route map description section M1 of the mark sheet M provided at the station counter according to the boarding route, and the ticket type description section M2.
Prescribed contents are described in, and the mark sheet as shown in FIG. 2 is completed. And "new" on display screen 1
When the button is touched (pressed), the vending machine body a is set to the new commuter pass issuing mode. The setting of the new issue mode can be automatically performed on the condition that the mark sheet M is inserted into the insertion slot 5.

When the mark sheet M is inserted into the insertion slot 5 (Yes at step 100; hereinafter, step is referred to as "S"), it is determined that the medium inserted into the insertion slot 5 is the mark sheet M. The mark sheet M is read while being read by the magnetic head H in the processing unit 17.
The contents recorded on the card are read by the reader R (S
102).

The controller C calculates the purchase price of the commuter pass and the age of the user on the basis of the data read from the mark sheet M, and the read contents are displayed on the display screen 4 and displayed by the user. Will be guided to (S104). This allows the user to confirm the boarding section, transit station, boarding period, ticket type, and purchase price.

When money satisfying the purchase price displayed on the display screen 4 is inserted from the bill insertion slot 3b or the like (Yes at S106), the commuter pass generated by the ticket issuing processing section 21 is issued from the ticket issuing slot 6 ( S108). In issuing the commuter pass, the handwritten name written on the mark sheet M is transferred to the commuter pass.

When purchasing a commuter pass that is cheaper than a regular commuter pass such as a student discount commuter pass, insert a certificate that allows you to purchase the commuter pass into the insertion slot 5. Can be used as a condition. In this case, the certificate is a card on which magnetic data read by the magnetic head H is recorded or a card read by the reader R.

[0020]

The mark sheet according to claim 1 of the present invention has a route map in which the station of the commuter ticket that can be issued from the selling machine body is shown as a mark portion on the face of the mark sheet. A new commuter pass can be easily purchased by marking.

Since the automatic commuter pass vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is provided with the reading means for inputting predetermined contents by reading the contents recorded on the mark sheet, a new commuter pass can be easily purchased. be able to. In the automatic commuter pass vending machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, the mark surface is printed on the face of the mark sheet with a route map showing the stations of the commuter pass that can be sold from the vending machine itself as mark points. It is possible to issue a commuter pass by reading the location and reliably grasping the boarding route and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic commuter pass vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a mark sheet.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the inside of an insertion port.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a controller.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Display screen 2a call button 2b Cancel button 3a Card insertion slot 3b Banknote insertion slot 3c coin slot 4a, 4b outlet 5 insertion slot 6 ticket gates C controller a Automatic commuter pass vending machine body (vending machine body)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mark sheet for causing a main body of an automatic commuter pass vending machine to read predetermined contents of a commuter pass such as a boarding section and a purchaser's name, and the automatic commuter pass release on the face of the mark sheet. A mark sheet, which is printed with a route map showing the station of the commuter pass that can be issued from the main body of the machine as the mark point. 2. The automatic commuter pass vending machine main body is provided with predetermined contents of the commuter pass such as the boarding section and the purchaser's name, and the money for satisfying the purchase price of the commuter pass having the inputted predetermined contents is paid. An automatic commuter pass vending machine which issues a commuter pass having the input predetermined contents when it is thrown in, and provided with a reading means for inputting the predetermined contents by reading the contents recorded on the mark sheet. An automatic commuter pass vending machine characterized by that. 3. The automatic commuter pass vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the face of the mark sheet has a route map showing the commuter pass stations that can be sold from the main body of the automatic commuter pass vending machine as mark points. An automatic commuter pass vending machine characterized by being printed.