JPS5875286A - Marketed railway line display for ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine equipped with a plurality of company line selection buttons and a display lamp that lights up and displays the company line base for each selection button, and particularly relates to an automatic ticket vending machine that is equipped with a display lamp that lights up and displays the company line base for each selection button. This provides a new method of displaying the sales company line.

In conventional automatic ticket vending machines of this type, the display lamps for each company's line are off during normal times, so customers can judge whether or not the ticket for the company line they wish to purchase is on sale by looking at the company line selection button. It is impossible to do so. However, due to differences in the operating hours of each company's lines, the occurrence of an accident, a mechanical breakdown, etc., ticket issuance for some company lines may be canceled. It is necessary to distinguish and clarify. A specific method is to use the information display section above the ticket vending machine, display the company line bases in blocks, and place lamps behind the company line display characters to turn on the lamps. , a method has been proposed in which the lights are turned off to distinguish between a released company line and a canceled company line. However, this method is difficult to implement due to the display space when there are many company lines, and the structure of the machine becomes complicated, which causes a cost quotient.

The present invention utilizes display lamps for the company line name that are provided for each company line selection button, and displays the selling company line by lighting up the display lamps all at once in a standby state, and by selecting the selection button, By making the display lamp of the corresponding company line blink or operate to distinguish it from the display lamp of other companies' lines, it is clearly indicated to the user which company lines are on sale and which company lines are no longer on sale.
In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new method for displaying the company line for sale in an automatic ticket vending machine, allowing the customer to check the company line that he or she has selected.

The present invention will be specifically described below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

Diagram 1 shows the customer service surface 10 of the automatic ticket vending machine 1, in which a guide display section 11, a coin slot 12, and a ticket selection button 13 are provided at the upper position, and a button for selecting a company line is provided at the center position. A first pushbutton group 2 and a second pushbutton group 3 for account selection are each provided with an outlet 14 at the bottom for discharging tickets, change, etc.

In the illustrated example, the first pushbutton group 2 includes five pushbutton switches (hereinafter referred to as selection buttons) for selecting the company lines of companies A and -E that are connected to the own company line, as shown in FIG.
are arranged in a horizontal line. Each selection button 20 is connected to a switch body 2 which has a built-in indicator lamp 22, as shown in FIG.
Color plate 23, transparent dial plate 24 and
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It has a structure in which a translucent cap 25 made of colored acrylic and a translucent cap 25 are stacked one after another, and when the display lamp 22 is turned on, the characters 26 appear, and when the display lamp 22 is turned off, the characters 26 disappear. In the following description, the display lamps 22 corresponding to the buttons of each company's lines are represented by symbols La to Ie.

Further, the second pushbutton group 3 is for accounts 1 to 8 indicating the fare section.
Each account button 3° has built-in numeric displays P1 to P8 that illuminate and display three-digit numbers. Therefore, when the numeric display turns on, the fare is numerically displayed on each account button, and when the numeric display turns off, the display disappears.

FIG. 4 shows the circuit configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine 10.

In the figure, the arithmetic control circuit 4 cancels the instruction taken out from the memory 40 and transfers the data at the address specified by the instruction to the memory 40.
, performs calculations, and stores the results in memory 40. The CPU 4 also includes a photoelectric means 42 and the numeric display p.

-P8, the display lamp Law I-e, the attendant operation section 43, the ticket issuing section 44, and the change discharging section 45, respectively, to control data reading and sending operations via the input/output circuit 41. The photoelectric means 42 is a means for inspecting and counting the inserted coins, and the received light signal is amplified by an amplifier 46 and sent to the input/output circuit 41. The staff operation unit 43 is a part operated by the staff as necessary, and includes switches S Wa to SWe for setting ticket sales and cancellation for each company line.
what to do In addition, the ticketing department 44 prints and sells tickets! If
The change discharging unit 45 performs an operation of discharging a predetermined number of various coins as change. In the figure, the display circuit 47 and the power circuit 48 operate the numeric displays P1 to P8 and the display lamps La to Le by command signals from the CPU 4.
This is a circuit that drives each light to turn on.

FIG. 5 shows the data storage area m of the memory 40, which includes an area ml for storing the fare data 51 to S8 of the company's own lines, and each fare data A1 to A8, B1 to B of the AxE company lines.
8, C4 to C8, 1) Areas m2 to m6 for storing 1 to D8, El, -E8, area m7 for storing the total amount data of inserted coins, flag for setting lighting and extinguishing operations of display lamps La-Le. Area m8 for storing Fa-Fe
has.

FIG. 6 shows the operation flow of the automatic ticket vending machine 1. When the clerk turns on the switch SWa, the determination in step 51 becomes YES, the flag Fa is set to 1, the display lamp La lights up, and the A The company line name is displayed on the company line selection button 20 (steps 52 and 53). On the other hand, if the switch SWa is not turned on, the determination in step 51 is N.
0, the flag Fa is set to 0, and the display lamp L
a remains off, and company line salt is not displayed on the selection button 20 for company A line (steps 54 and 55). Company B~
Similarly, for the Company E line, the lighting and extinguishing states of the indicator lamps Lb-Le are appropriately set by the staff based on the operations of the switches SWb-SWe. Steps 56-6
0 indicates the setting operation for the 0 company line, steps 61 to 65 indicate the setting operation for the E company line, and all switches SWa %
When SWe is input, the company line salt is lit and displayed on each of the A and E selection buttons 20, as shown in FIG.

Now, when the customer inserts money into the input slot 12, the photoelectric means 4
2 inspects and counts the inserted coins, and the total amount data M is written into the storage area m7 of the memory 40 (step 6).
6, 67). When this total amount data M takes a value greater than or equal to fare data S1 for [1 seat L] on the company's own line, the determination in step 68 becomes YES, and the numerical display P of each account
1 to P8, the fare data 51 to S8 for the company's line are displayed by lighting (step 69). If the determination at step 68 is NO, the process returns to step 66 and waits for additional coins to be inserted.

Next, when the customer presses the company A selection button, the judgments in steps 70 and 71 become YES, and step 7
In step 2, it is checked whether the flag Fl is set to 1, and in step 73, it is checked whether the total amount data M takes a value greater than or equal to the fare data A1 of account 1 on company A lines.

If the determination in both steps is YES, the numerical displays Pl, P, of accounts 1 to 8 light up to display each fare data A1 to A8 of company A, and the display lamp La of the company A selection button that is pressed blinks repeatedly (step 74).
, 75). In this case, the display lamp Lb of the other company selection button
-Le remains lit, so the passenger can confirm the company line designated by him/her by blinking the display lamp La. If the determination in step 72 is NO, that is, the flag F1 is set to 0, tickets for Company A line are no longer on sale, and the passenger must either change the company line designation or press the money return button. It is necessary to press the button, etc. Also, if step 73 is NO, the total amount data M is the fare data Al of account 1 on A company line.
If the value is smaller than that, the amount is insufficient and step 66 is executed.
Return to and wait for additional coins to be inserted.

When the customer presses the account button of the desired purchase account, the determination in step 76 becomes YES, and the CPU 4 calculates the change (step 78). If there is change, the step 78 becomes YES, and the ticket is released together with the change to the exit 14 (step 79.81).If there is no change, the decision in step 78 is NO, the decision in step 80 is YES, and the ticket is issued. Only actions are performed. After the ticket issuance is completed, the display lamp La of the company A selection button returns from blinking to lighting, and the numeric displays P, . . . P8 of all accounts go out (step 82).

In the standby state of step 69, when the customer presses the Company B selection button, the determination in step 70 is YES, the determination in step 71 is NO, and the determination in step 83 is YES.
Then, the process proceeds to step 84. Each step after step 84 is the same as steps 72 to 82 described above,
A series of operations including blinking of the display lamp Lb of the company B selection button are executed, and a detailed explanation will be omitted here. The same applies when the selection buttons for companies C and E are pressed, and the operation flow is omitted in FIG. 6.

Next, in the standby state of step 69, if the customer presses any of the account buttons for accounts 1 to 8 without operating the company line selection button, the display lamp La of each company line selection button will turn on.
-, Le are turned off all at once (steps 85 and 86). Next, change is calculated in step 87, and if there is change, the determination in step 88 is YES, and the change and ticket are discharged to the outlet 14 (step 89.9).
1). Also, if there is no change, the determination in step 88 is NO.
The determination in step 900 is YES, and only the ticket is taken out and released to [114]. After ticket issuance is completed, the numeric displays pl to P8 of all accounts go out, and the display lamps LaxLe of the A and E company line selection buttons return to the lit state (step 92).

In addition, in the above embodiment, when the selection button for a specific company line is pressed,
Although the corresponding display lamp blinks and the display lamp of the other company line selection button remains lit, the present invention is not limited to this, and the corresponding display lamp remains lit and the other company line selection button Other display methods can be adopted, such as turning off the indicator lamp.

As described above, the present invention displays the selling company's line by lighting up the display lamps of each company's line all at once in a standby state, and by selecting the company's line selection button, the display lamp of the corresponding company's line is changed to the display lamp of the other company's line. Since the line is displayed separately from the line and is disabled, customers can easily understand which line is on sale and which line is not on sale by looking at the line selection and selection buttons, and they can also confirm the selection button they operated, giving them peace of mind. (11) Perform ticket purchasing operations. In addition, since the above display operation uses the company line selection button, there is no risk of complicating the machine structure or increasing the cost of the machine compared to the case where the guide display section is used, thus achieving the purpose of the invention. It has excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a front view of the automatic ticket vending machine, Figure 2 is a front view showing the arrangement of the push buttons, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the selection button, and Figure 4 is the circuit configuration of the automatic ticket vending machine. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the memory, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation flow of the automatic ticket vending machine. 1...Automatic ticket vending machine 20...Selection button 30...Account button Laz I-e...Display lamp Patent applicant
Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. Part 2 stroke 1 h 850-Ki 3 blade 1987-7528G (5)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] ■ In an automatic ticket vending machine equipped with display lamps that light up and display the company line base for each company line selection button, each of the display lamps lights up all at once in a standby state to display the company line on sale. . A method for displaying a company line for sale in an automatic ticket vending machine, in which a display lamp for a corresponding company line is displayed and operated to be distinguished from other display lamps by a selection operation of the selection button. (2) The method for displaying the company line for sale in an automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the display lamp for the company line associated with the selection operation is repeatedly blinked and the display lamp for the line for another company remains lit. (2) The method for displaying the company line for sale in an automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the display lamp for the company line associated with the selection operation is kept on and the display lamp for the other company's line is turned off.