JPH0720657U - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To prevent the payment of money by the clerk when the customer makes a false declaration despite stopping the purchase of the ticket and returning the input money or the inserted card to the customer. [Structure] The money handling mechanism (9) returned the input money to the customer, or the card handling mechanism (21) returned the inserted card to the customer, so that the indicator (13) of the staff operation section (12, 24)
, 25) is configured to display that the input currency or card has been returned to the customer.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device capable of purchasing a ticket using a coin, a bill, or a card on which money amount information is recorded in advance.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As is well known, in the ticket issuing device, after the customer inserts coins or banknotes (hereinafter referred to as currency) or inserts the card, it is canceled before pressing the fee button displaying the ticket fee. When the button is pressed, the inserted money or card is returned to the customer. In addition, in order to obtain a confirmation display when trouble occurs between the insertion of money or the insertion of a card and the issuance of a card, the amount of money inserted and the card can be read on the indicator of the staff operation unit. The amount of money is displayed as a history.

However, the ticket issuing device pushes the cancel button and returns it from the ticket issuing device because it only displays the history of the amount of coins inserted and the amount read from the card on the display of the staff operation unit. It was not possible for the clerk to judge whether the customer received the input money or the card. In the above ticket issuing device, however, when the clerk receives a report from the customer that he / she has not received the input money or the card, the clerk cannot judge whether the customer's report is false or true. In this case, according to the customer's declaration, the clerk sees the displayed amount displayed on the display of the operator operation unit and returns the amount of money corresponding to the displayed amount to the customer.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device capable of preventing the payment of money by a customer's false declaration. In the first invention, when the customer inputs money and presses the cancel button to receive the input money, but when the customer notifies the staff that the input money has not been received, The purpose is to provide a ticket issuing device that can judge whether a declaration is false or true and can prevent payment of money to a false filer. The second idea is that if the customer inserts the card and presses the cancel button to receive the inserted card, he / she informs the staff that the card has not been received. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket issuing device which can judge whether it is false or true and can prevent the payment of money to false filers.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In the first invention, the money deposited in the coin slot (6) is processed by the money handling mechanism (9), and the charge of the ticket corresponding to the deposited amount is displayed by the charge button (7). When the customer presses the charge button (7), the ticket issuing mechanism (10) issues a ticket, while when the customer presses the cancel button (3) without pressing the charge button (7), the money handling mechanism (9) ) Returns the input money to the customer. When the money handling mechanism (9) returns the input money to the customer, the indicator (13) of the attendant operation unit (12) displays the input amount of the input money and the fact that the input money has been returned to the customer. It was configured.

In the second invention, the card processing mechanism (21) reads the amount information of the card inserted in the card insertion slot (18) and the charge button (19) is used to charge the ticket corresponding to the read amount. When the customer presses the charge button (19), the ticket issuing mechanism (22) issues a ticket, while when the customer presses the cancel button (17) without pressing the charge button (19), the card The processing mechanism (21) returns the card to the customer. Then, when the card processing mechanism (21) returns the card to the customer, the indicator (25) of the attendant operation unit (24) displays the card reading amount and the fact that the card has been returned to the customer. .

[0007]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the first and second devices will be described in more detail based on the ticket issuing device for installing a railway line station illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

First, a ticket issuing device according to the first invention, which enables an employee to appropriately deal with a false declaration of a customer when the customer tries to purchase a ticket by using money, will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Explain. 1 is an external view of the ticket issuing device according to the first invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the device, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral (1) is a housing of the ticket issuing device, and reference numeral (2) is a customer service panel attached to the front surface of the housing (1). On this customer service panel (2), a cancel button (3), a coin slot (6) consisting of a coin slot (4) and a banknote slot (5), and a charge corresponding to the ticket to be issued are individually displayed. A charge button (7) consisting of a plurality of buttons (7-1, 7-2, ..., 7-N) (N = 10 in the illustrated example) for issuing tickets or returning coins or change. Each has a return port (8). The bill insertion opening (5) of the money insertion opening (6) is used not only for inserting a bill, but also as a return opening for returning the inserted bill.

On the other hand, inside the casing (1), as shown in FIG. 2, a money handling mechanism (9), a ticket issuing mechanism (10), a control circuit (11) including a microprocessor, and a display (13). A staff operation unit (12) equipped with is stored in each. The cancel button (3), the charge button (7), the money handling mechanism (9), the ticket issuing mechanism (10) and the attendant operation section (12) are connected to the control circuit (11) by an input / output interface (not shown). Is controlled via a control program written in a storage section (RAM (not shown)) of the control circuit (11). The operation of the ticket issuing device according to the first invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

In the standby state where the ticket can be issued, the customer inserts into the coin slot (4) of the coin slot (6) more coins than the amount that the customer can purchase the ticket, or the coin slot (6) If you insert more bills than the purchaseable amount into the bill insertion slot (5) (step 1), the money handling mechanism (9) takes the inserted money into the housing (1) and deposits it. The counting sensor performs a deposit process (step 2) and outputs the deposited amount information of the deposited coin to the control circuit (11). The control circuit (11) inputs the input amount information from the money handling mechanism (9), and outputs the charge display signal of the issuable ticket corresponding to the input amount of the input amount information to the charge button (7). Then, the predetermined button (7-1, 7-2, ... Or 7-N) of the charge button (7) lights up and displays the charge amount of the ticket corresponding to the inserted amount (step 3).

In the state of step 3, when the customer presses any one of the buttons (7-1, 7-2, ... Or 7-N) that are lit (step 4A), the button (7-1 , 7-2, ... Or 7-N), the charge amount information of the ticket to be issued by the control circuit (11) is fetched and the ticket issuing command signal is output to the ticket issuing mechanism (11). As a result, the ticket-issuing mechanism (10) is activated and the cutting section cuts the roll paper, and the printing section prints the issue date, station name, amount, etc., and discharges the ticket to the return port (8). Issue (step 4B). At this time, if the input amount of the input amount information and the charge amount of the ticket charge amount information are in the relation of “input amount> charge amount”, the control circuit (11) subtracts the charge amount from the input amount and inputs. The difference between the amount of money and the amount of charge is calculated, and the money handling mechanism (9) outputs a change release command signal to the effect that the difference amount of money is released to the return port (8) as change. As a result, the money handling mechanism (9) discharges the difference amount to the return port (8) while counting the coins stored in the change storing unit by the counting sensor for return (step 4C).

On the other hand, in step 4A, if the customer presses the cancel button (3) before pressing the fee button (7) (step 5A), the control circuit (11) inputs a ticketing cancellation signal from the cancel button (3). Then, a money return command signal is output to the money handling mechanism (9), and the money handling mechanism (9) counts the coins of the same amount as the amount of coins inserted from the change storing unit by the return counting sensor (9). ) Or the inserted bill is sent from the transport section to the bill insertion slot (5) to return the deposited money (step 5B), and then return to the control circuit (11) indicating that the deposited money has been returned. An end signal is output (step 5C). The control circuit (11) inputs the return end signal from the money handling mechanism (9) and outputs the input amount information of the inserted coin and the return display signal to the attendant operation part (12) (step 5D). The display unit (13) of the clerk device unit (12) displays the input amount of input coin and the fact that the input coin has been returned to the customer (step 5E).

However, in the ticket issuing device of the first invention configured as described above, when the money handling mechanism (9) returns the inserted money to the customer, the indicator (13) of the clerk operation section (12). ) Indicates that the input amount of input coins and the fact that the input coins have been returned to the customer are displayed.Therefore, if the attendant receives a report from the customer that the input coins have not been received, the attendant will enter It is possible to judge whether the customer's declaration is false or true by looking at the content displayed on the display (13), and it is possible to reliably prevent the payment of money by the customer's false declaration.

Next, when a customer tries to purchase a ticket by using a card in which the amount information is magnetically recorded in advance, the staff can appropriately deal with the false declaration of the customer by the staff of the second invention. Will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. 4 is an external view of the ticket issuing device according to the second invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the device, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the device.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral (15) is a housing of the ticket issuing device, and reference numeral (16) is a customer service panel attached to the front surface of the housing (15). This customer service panel (16) has a cancel button (17), a card insertion slot (18) for inserting a card, and a plurality of buttons (19-1, 19-2) for individually displaying the charges corresponding to the tickets to be issued. , ..., 19-N) (N = 10 in the illustrated example), and a ticket button (19) for issuing a ticket is provided. The card insertion slot (18) is used not only for inserting a card, but also as a return slot for returning the inserted card.

On the other hand, inside the housing (15), as shown in FIG. 5, a card processing mechanism (21), a ticket issuing mechanism (22), a control circuit (23) including a microprocessor, and a display (25). ), The staff operation units (24) are stored respectively. The cancel button (17), the charge button (19), the card processing mechanism (21), the ticket issuing mechanism (22) and the attendant operation section (24) are connected to the control circuit (23) by an input / output interface (not shown). It is connected via the control circuit (23) and is controlled according to a control program written in a storage section (RAM (not shown)) of the control circuit (23). The operation of the ticket issuing device according to the second invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

When the customer inserts into the card insertion slot (18) a card having magnetically recorded amount information equal to or greater than the amount of money for which the ticket can be purchased (step 1), this card The card processing mechanism (21) takes in the inside of the housing (15) by the carrying section, reads the amount information of the card with the reading magnetic head (step 2), and the reading magnetic head controls the reading amount information. Output to (23). The control circuit (23) inputs the read amount information from the card processing mechanism (21) and outputs a charge display signal of the issuable ticket corresponding to the read amount of the read amount information to the charge button (19), As a result, a predetermined button (19-1, 19-2, ... Or 19-N) of the charge button (9) lights up and displays the charge amount of the ticket corresponding to the inserted amount (step 3).

In the state of step 3, when any one of the buttons (19-1, 19-2, ... Or 19-N) that the customer lights up is pressed (step 4A), that button (19-1 , 19-2, ... Or 19-N) fetches the charge amount information of the ticket to be issued by the control circuit (23) and outputs a ticket issuing command signal to the ticket issuing mechanism (11). As a result, the ticket-issuing mechanism (10) is activated and the cutting section cuts the roll paper, and the printing section prints the issue date, station name, amount, etc., and discharges the ticket to the return port (8). Issue (step 4B). At this time, if the read amount of the read amount information and the charge amount of the ticket charge amount information are in the relation of “read amount> charge amount”, the control circuit (11) subtracts the charge amount from the read amount and reads it. The difference between the amount of money and the amount of charge is calculated, and a write command signal for recording the remaining amount of the difference on the card is output to the card processing mechanism (21). As a result, after the card processing mechanism (21) records the remaining amount on the card with the magnetic head for writing (step 4C), the card is sent to the card insertion slot (18) by the transport section and returned to the customer. (Step 4D).

On the other hand, in the state of step 3, if the customer presses the cancel button (17) before pressing the fare button (19) (step 5A), the control circuit (23) causes the cancellation button (17) to cause the ticket issuing stop signal. Is input and a card return command signal is output to the card processing mechanism (21) (step 5B). The card processing mechanism (21) inputs a card return command signal from the control circuit (23), sends out the previously inserted card from the transport section to the card insertion slot (18), and then the control circuit (23). A return completion signal indicating that the card has been returned is output to (step 5C). The control circuit (23) inputs the return end signal from the card processing mechanism (21) and outputs the card reading amount information and the return display signal to the attendant operation section (24) (step 5D). The display unit (25) of the operation unit (24) displays the reading amount of the card and the fact that the card has been returned to the customer (step 5E).

In the ticket issuing device of the second invention configured as described above, the card processing mechanism (21) returns the card to the customer, so that the indicator (25) of the attendant operation unit (24) is displayed. Since the reading amount of the card and the fact that the card has been returned to the customer are displayed on the display, if the clerk receives a notification from the customer that the card has not been received, the clerk will be required to display the indicator (25 Since it is possible to judge whether the customer's declaration is false or true by looking at the content displayed in), it is possible to reliably prevent the payment of money by the customer's false declaration.

Although the first ticket issuing device for coins and the second ticket issuing device for cards are separately described in the present embodiment, these first ticket issuing device and second ticket issuing device are described separately. It is possible to integrate the above ticket issuing devices into a ticket issuing device that can handle both currency and cards.

[0023]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the first invention, the fact that the money handling mechanism returns the input money to the customer, so that the input amount of the input money and the input money are returned to the customer on the display of the staff operation unit. Since it is configured to display, when the clerk receives a notification from the customer that the incoming money has not been received, the clerk looks at the display content displayed on the indicator of the clerk operation section and the customer's declaration is false. It is possible to judge whether it is a declaration or a true declaration, and thus it is possible to reliably prevent payment of money by a customer's false declaration.

Further, according to the second invention, the card processing mechanism returns the card to the customer, so that the display amount of the attendant operation unit displays the card reading amount and the fact that the card has been returned to the customer. Therefore, when the clerk receives a notification from the customer that the card has not been received, the clerk looks at the information displayed on the display of the clerk operation section and confirms that the customer's declaration is false or true. It is possible to judge whether it is a declaration, and thus it is possible to reliably prevent payment of money by a customer's false declaration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a ticket issuing device according to a first invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a ticket issuing device according to the first invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the ticket issuing device according to the first invention.

FIG. 4 is an external view showing a ticket issuing device according to a second invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a ticket issuing device according to a second invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the ticket issuing device according to the second invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (3), (17) Cancel button (5) Banknote slot (return slot) (6) Money slot (7), (19) Charge button (8) Return slot (9) Banknote handling mechanism (10), ( 22) Ticket issuing mechanism (11), (23) Control circuit (13), (22) Display (18) Card insertion slot (20) Ticket issuing slot (21) Card processing mechanism

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cancel button (3), a coin slot (6) for depositing money, a charge button (7) for displaying the fee of a ticket, and a coin inserted into the coin slot (6). Money processing that deposits money and outputs the amount information of the input money, inputs the return command signal of the input money, sends the input money to the predetermined return port (5, 8), and then outputs the return end signal Mechanism (9),
A ticket issuing command signal is input and the ticket issuing mechanism (10) that discharges the ticket to the return port (8) and the amount information from the money handling mechanism (9) are input and the charge corresponding to the amount information is input. The charge button (7) is controlled to display, and when the cancel button (3) is pressed before the charge button (7) is pressed, the money handling mechanism (9) outputs a return command signal of the inserted money. And the money handling mechanism
(9) Input the return end signal of the input money and output the input amount information and the return display signal of the input currency, while the ticket issuing mechanism (10) issues a ticket when the charge button (7) is pressed. A control circuit (11) for outputting a command signal, and an operator operation unit for inputting money amount information and a return display signal from the control circuit (11).
A ticket issuing device comprising a display device (13) which is input by (12) and indicates to an attendant that the input amount of input coin and the return of input coin to a customer. 2. A cancel button (17), a card insertion slot (18) for inserting a card on which money amount information is recorded, a fee button (19) for displaying a ticket fee, and a card insertion slot (18). Take in the card inserted in the card, read and output the amount information of the card, input the write command signal of the card, record the balance information in the card and send it to the ticket issuing port (20), and return the card A card processing mechanism that inputs a signal and sends the card to the card insertion slot (18) and then outputs a return end signal
(21), and a ticket issuing mechanism (22) for inputting a ticket issuing command signal to release the ticket to the ticket issuing port (20), and inputting money amount information from the card processing mechanism (21) to correspond to the money amount information. Controls the charge button (19) to display the charge, and when the charge button (19) is pressed, outputs a ticket issuing command signal to the ticket issuing mechanism (22),
A write command signal is output to the card processing mechanism (21) for the remaining amount information obtained by subtracting the charge of the issued ticket from the read amount of the card, while the cancel button (17) is pressed before the charge button (19) is pressed. Control circuit that outputs a card return command signal to the card processing mechanism (21) and also inputs a return end signal from the card processing mechanism (21) and outputs read amount information and return display signal of the card (23), and the clerk operation unit (24) inputs the card reading amount information and the return display signal from the control circuit means (23) to inform the clerk that the card reading amount and the card has been returned to the customer. A ticket issuing device comprising a display (25) for displaying.