JP2608983B2 - How to issue multiple types of media - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to issuance of airline boarding tickets and various reservation tickets, processing of information on tickets, and further, for example, exchange and issuance processing of gold tickets and the like with reservation tickets and the like. The present invention relates to a method of issuing tickets for a plurality of types of media capable of performing such operations.

[Conventional technology]

Reservation systems are used in various fields such as entertainment fields such as traffic passengers and music concerts, and in such fields, ticket issuing devices are used by automatic reservation.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing a configuration example of such a ticket issuing apparatus. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an apparatus main body, and a plurality of operation keys for inputting information operated by an operator are provided at an upper portion of a front panel. A keyboard 2 is provided, and a display unit 3 such as a CRT is provided on the main body of the apparatus for displaying information.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a ticket ejection port provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1 and reference numeral 5 denotes a printer for issuing tickets arranged in the apparatus main body 1. This printer section 5 includes a platen 6 and a print head 7, a ribbon supply reel 8 and a ribbon Take-up reel 9, both reels 8, 9
An ink ribbon 10 wound around the print head 7 and set so as to pass through the front surface of the print head 7, a motor (not shown) for driving the ink ribbon 10 from the platen 6, and a drive transmission mechanism thereof are provided.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an unprinted medium serving as a reservation ticket, which is stored in the hopper 12 in a zigzag state.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a transport path including a belt and rollers for nipping and transporting the medium 11. The transport path 13 connects the print medium supply port of the hopper 12, the printer unit 5, and the ticket discharge port 4. And a cutter 14 is provided in the middle thereof, that is, between the print medium supply port and the printer unit.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a journal printer unit provided above the printer unit 5, and journal paper 16 wound in a roll shape.
It comprises a platen 17, a print head 18, and take-up rollers 19a, 19b.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the above-mentioned apparatus.

The keyboard 2, journal printer unit 15, display control unit 21, discharge port sensor 22, hopper mechanism unit 23, memory 24 such as RAM, communication control unit 25, and transport control unit 26, all under the control of the main control unit 20. It is in.

The display control unit 21 controls the contents displayed by the display unit 3, the outlet sensor 22 detects the presence or absence of a ticket at the ticket outlet 4, and the hopper mechanism unit 23 controls the hopper 12. Sensors and media for near-end detection included in
It is composed of 11 supply means and the like.

The memory 24 stores information input from the keyboard 2 or the like. The communication control unit 25 is a so-called interface for exchanging information with the host device. The conveyance control unit 26 controls a device group 27 such as a motor and a solenoid (not shown) for driving a belt and rollers forming the conveyance path 13 and a sensor group 28 for detecting a conveyance state of the medium 11 conveyed by the conveyance path 13. I do.

In this configuration, for example, when issuing an airline ticket, when an operator inputs information such as an airport of arrival and departure, a company name, a flight number, and a boarding date and time, the information is temporarily stored in the memory 24, and Communication with the host device is performed by the control unit 20 via the communication control unit 25, and the vacancy information of the air ticket specified by the above information is retrieved from the file unit of the host device.

The retrieved seat information is transmitted to the main control unit via the communication control unit 25.
When sent to the main control unit 20, the main control unit 20 temporarily stores the seat information in the memory 24 and displays the seat information on the display unit 3 via the display control unit 21.

The operator sees this and determines whether or not seat reservation is possible, and if possible, inputs a seat number to be reserved and information for issuing a ticket through the keyboard 2, and the seat number is stored in the memory 24. At the same time, the main controller 20 drives the drive device group 27 via the transport controller 26.

Thus, when the transport path 13 transports the medium 11 to a predetermined position, the medium 11 is cut into a predetermined length by the cutter 14, and the medium 11 is further transported by the transport path 13 so that the position to be printed is determined by the printer. Positioned on platen 6 of unit 5.

After that, the main control unit 20 stores the memory 24 in the printer unit 5.
The print head 7 prints the above information on the medium 11 via the ink ribbon 10 by sending the above-mentioned state and the print instruction stored in the medium.

When printing is completed, the main control unit 20 drives the driving device group 27 via the transport control unit 26. As a result, the medium 11 is conveyed toward the ticket outlet 4 by the conveying path 13, and a shutter (not shown) is opened to discharge the medium 11 from the ticket outlet 4 as a reserved ticket.

The journal printer unit 15 prints out information for storage in the above processing, operates according to an instruction from the main control unit 20, and operates the print head 18 to print the journal paper.
Printing is performed on the journal paper 16, and then the journal paper 16 is wound by winding rollers 19a and 19b.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

According to the conventional technology described above, the medium to be processed as a reservation ticket is limited to one type stored in the hopper in advance, and therefore, it is not possible to exchange or issue a ticket or process information for another ticket. When issuing different air tickets and coupons, there is a ticket issuing device for each ticket,
There is a problem that operation will be different.

Furthermore, recently, a magnetic stripe is provided on a boarding pass of an aircraft so that predetermined information is recorded on the magnetic stripe at the time of issuance, and a card reader is provided at a boarding gate at an airport. By reading the information of the magnetic stripe of the boarding pass, if the information is valid, a system that opens the gate has been proposed, but in the conventional ticket issuing device, the issuance of the boarding pass with the magnetic stripe and There is a problem that processing cannot be performed.

[Means for solving the problem]

Therefore, the present invention provides means for inputting ticketing data when issuing various types of tickets such as those having a magnetic stripe and a barcode, those having one of them, and those not having any of them. In a method of issuing various types of tickets having means for reading barcodes, means for recording magnetic data, and means for printing on the surface of a sheet and issuing various types of tickets, the input is made from means for inputting ticketing data. The main controller transmits the data to the higher-level device by communication between the higher-level device and the upper-level device, retrieves the data specified by the input information from the file of the higher-level device, and transmits the data to the main control unit. A desired ticket is identified based on the control information of each ticket, and a desired ticket stored independently for each type of ticket is taken out of the hopper. Out, characterized in that so as to ticketing performed Kenmen printing.

[Action]

According to the above configuration, the control information for each ticket set in advance and the data input from the means for inputting the ticketing data are transmitted to the higher-level device by communication between the main controller and the higher-level device, and the file of the higher-level device is transmitted. Search for the data specified by the input information and identify the desired ticket based on the information transmitted to the main control unit, read the barcode with a barcode, record the magnetism with a magnetic stripe By printing and issuing a ticket on the surface of the ticket, it is possible to perform a ticket issuing process corresponding to any ticket type.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a magnetized ticket issuing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. 30 is a host computer, 31 is a main control unit, and the main control unit 31 is connected to the following mechanism. Have been.

A hopper 32, a barcode reader 33, a magnetic read / write unit 34, a ticket printing unit 35, a stacker 36, etc., having a plurality of hoppers for storing a plurality of media and storing different media, respectively, are connected to each other. I have. Reference numeral 37 denotes a hand insertion unit for issuing a ticket type that cannot be stored in the hopper unit 32.

An outline of issuing a ticket having such a configuration will be described below with reference to FIG.

S'1: When a ticket issuing instruction is received from the host, S'2: A designated type of ticket is taken out from the hopper, or a predetermined ticket is manually inserted by the operator from the insert unit.

S'3: If the data is correct data for the ticket designated for reading, proceed to the next step, otherwise reject and discharge the ticket to the stacker.

S'4: Magnetic writing is performed on the ticket. At this time, if there is a magnetic writing error, this is also rejected and the ticket is discharged to the stacker.

S'5: The data content is printed on a ticket, discharged to a stacker, and the process is terminated. At this time, if there is an error in the data content, this is also rejected and the ticket is discharged.

FIG. 4 shows a ticketing data stream. The instruction information and the meaning of each data are as follows.

Hopper identification: identification data for specifying whether to take out the cassette or manually insert it.

Ticket type code: Data that is valid when taking out a cassette and set as a cassette iD.

Ticket type: data for specifying the ticket type (see FIG. 5).

Barcode data; Set the data when checking the barcode pre-printed on the ticket.

Magnetic encoded data; data to be written to the magnetic stripe is set.

 Card print data; data to be printed on the card.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a ticket type, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of setting in a ticket issuing device as an operation mode in a store.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of hopper storage and removal control information and a hopper table for each ticket which are set in advance for performing ticket identification. The ticket issuing procedure will be described below together with the flowchart of FIG. explain.

S1: The cassette iD data (same as the ticket type code in the cassette) set in each hopper is read for all hoppers and set in the hopper table. At this time, the ticket presence / absence section is set to “Yes”, and the previously extracted pointer is set to the search start pointer.

S2: Receiving data from the host.

S3: First, the type of the hopper is determined, and it is determined whether it is to be removed from the cassette or manually inserted.

S4: If taking out from the cassette, the initial value 1 is given to the hopper counter, and the previously taken out pointer is set to the current pointer.

S5: It is determined whether the cassette iD indicated by the current pointer and the designated ticket type code are equal and the ticket is “present”.

If S6: YES, the ticket is taken out from the hopper indicated by the current pointer.

S7: When the ticket is not taken out, it is determined whether or not the ticket is the end.

S8: In the case of a ticket end, "none" is set in the ticket presence / absence section indicated by the current pointer.

S9: If "NO" in S5 and S8, it is determined whether or not the hopper counter and the number of hoppers are equal.

S10: If both are equal, it is an error.

S11: It is determined whether the two are not equal and the current pointer is equal to the last search pointer.

S12: When these are equal, the search start pointer is set to the current pointer.

S13: When not equal, the current pointer is incremented by +1.

S14: +1 is performed on the hopper counter, and the process proceeds to S5.

S15: When the ticket is "present" in S7, if the ticket can be normally read from the cassette indicated by the current pointer, the current pointer is set to the previous take-out pointer.

S16: The ticket type is determined to determine whether or not to perform a barcode check.

S17: The barcode is checked and if there is no barcode and there is magnetic encoding data, magnetism is written and printing is performed on the face of the card.

S18: The ticket is discharged as a normal ticket issue and the process ends.

S19: The barcode is checked, and if there is a barcode, the barcode is read.

S20: It is determined whether or not the read barcode matches the specified barcode, and if it matches, the process proceeds to S17.

S21: If they do not match, an error occurs and the ticket is ejected.

S22: In the case of manual insertion in S3, a ticket is read from the insertion slot, and the process proceeds to S16.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention described in detail above, when issuing various types of tickets such as those having a magnetic stripe and a barcode, those having one of them, and those not having them at all. In a multi-media issuing method for issuing various types of tickets having means for inputting data, means for reading bar codes, means for recording magnetic data, and means for performing face printing, various types of The hoppers are stored independently for each ticket, and the hopper storage and removal control information for each ticket set in advance and the ticket type information to be issued from the higher-level device based on the input ticketing data are used. By removing the ticket from the hopper where the ticket is stored and issuing the ticket, there is no issuance error due to a mistake in the ticket, and refilling of the ticket It has the effect of improving the operability of the operational to perform at.

In addition, since various types of tickets can be issued by one ticket issuing apparatus and by the same operation, there is an effect that the operability is excellent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a magnetized ticket issuing device, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of a ticket, FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a ticket type, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation mode, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of control information and a hopper table, and FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing a configuration example of a conventional ticket issuing device. Figure,
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of FIG. 30 Host computer 31 Main control unit 32 Hopper unit 33 Code reader unit 34 Magnetic read / write unit 35 Card surface printing unit 36 Stacker unit 37 Hand insertion unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A means for inputting ticketing data when issuing various types of tickets, such as one having a magnetic stripe and a barcode, one having one of them, and one having none of them. In a method of issuing a ticket of various types including a means for reading a barcode, a means for recording magnetic data, and a means for printing on the surface of a sheet to issue various types of tickets, the input is made by means for inputting ticketing data. The main data is transmitted to the higher-level device by communication between the main controller and the higher-level device, the data specified by the input information is retrieved from the file of the higher-level device, and transmitted to the main control unit. A desired ticket is identified based on the control information of each ticket, and the desired hoppers stored independently for each type of ticket are taken out of the hopper. And, the method of issuing more medium characterized in that so as to ticketing performed Kenmen printing.