JPH0793601A - Ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a ticket issuing machine improving the degree of freedom when used amount is added to a prepaid card. CONSTITUTION:When a prepaid card 2 is thrown into a ticket issuing machine, the balance is magnetically read and is displayed on a display part 16, and maximum amount which is possible to be added is displayed on the display part 16 in the same way. When paper money is thrown into the ticket issuing machine to add the amount, the amount of the paper money is also displayed on the display part 16. At this stage, when the addition of the amount is designated in an operation part, the menu key of the operation part is changed to a ten-key. When added amount is inputted via this ten-key, the difference of fed paper money and added amount is returned, the added amount is magnetically recorded in the prepaid card 2 by a magnetic recording part 32 and the balance is printed on the prepaid card 2 by a printing part 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket vending machine for processing tickets, and more particularly to a ticket vending machine for processing tickets such as prepaid cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ticket vending machines are usually used in railway operations,
It is known to issue ordinary tickets, commuter passes, prepaid cards, etc. as tickets. Usually at ticket machines,
It has a function to issue several types of railway prepaid cards. That is, in the ticket issuing machine, a large number of unused prepaid cards are stored in advance, the amount of money is printed on the prepaid card according to the customer's designation, the magnetic information is encoded, and the prepaid card is newly issued. The types of new prepaid cards to be issued, for example, the amount of money, are limited to several types and cannot be arbitrarily designated. That is, when issuing a new prepaid card, if a certain amount of prepaid card is specified from the amount limited to several types, even if a higher amount of cash is inserted, the specified prepaid card The difference between the amount paid and the amount input is returned as a change when the prepaid card is issued.

On the other hand, in recent years, a system that allows such a prepaid card to be directly inserted into an automatic ticket gate and pass through the automatic ticket gate has begun operation. In such a system, when the prepaid card usage balance becomes low, it cannot pass through the automatic ticket gate as it is,
You can add the shortfall and purchase a regular ticket at the ticket issuing machine,
It is said that there is no other choice but to add the available amount of prepaid card. When adding an amount of money to a prepaid card in advance, a specific maximum amount of money that can be added to the prepaid card is set in advance, and a method is proposed in which the prepaid card can be used by inserting cash until the amount of money is reached. ing. In this method, the amount of money when a new prepaid card is purchased is usually set to a unique maximum amount, and when adding an amount of money, it is required to put cash into the ticket issuing machine so that it will be that amount. Has been done.

[0004]

However, in the conventional ticket issuing machine, it is desired to add the usable amount of money to the prepaid card, but since there is only a large amount of bills, adding the amount of money may cause a problem for the user. For example, using a prepaid card of 5,000 yen, the balance became 50 yen, and this prepaid card could not be used by putting it in the automatic ticket gate, but there is only a 5,000 yen bill and only 2,000 yen worth Sometimes you want to add to the prepaid and leave the rest as cash. In such a case, in the conventional ticket issuing machine, there is a problem that the only method is to add 4,950 yen to the prepaid card to make a balance of 5,000 yen prepaid card and receive the change of 50 yen.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket issuing machine in which the degree of freedom in adding a usage amount to a prepaid card is further improved.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a discriminating means for discriminating the amount of money to be thrown in, a storage means for storing a boarding period fare and a one-digit number, and a throwing-in discriminated by the discriminating means. Display means for displaying the section charge stored in the storage means based on the amount of money; section charge input means for inputting the section charge displayed by the display means;
Printing means for printing a ticket corresponding to the section fare input by the section fare input means, switching input means for inputting display switching of the display means, and display switching input by the n switching input means, There is provided a ticket issuing machine, comprising: a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a one-digit number stored in the storage unit.

According to the present invention, the means for printing characters on the prepaid card, the means for magnetically recording the balance information on the prepaid card and reading the recorded magnetic information, the means for receiving the prepaid, the printing means and the magnetic means. A means for returning the prepaid card while conveying it to the recording means, a means for displaying the balance magnetically recorded on the prepaid card and the maximum amount of money that can be added, and a means for displaying the amount of money deposited by processing the money deposited. A means for displaying, a designating means for designating an optional additional amount within the maximum amount, a magnetic recording means and a printing means for magnetically recording the balance of the prepaid card with the additional amount added and printing the balance. There is provided a ticket issuing machine, comprising:

Further, according to the present invention, means for printing on the prepaid card, means for magnetically recording balance information on the prepaid card, and reproducing the recorded magnetic information,
A means for receiving the prepaid, conveying it to the printing means and the magnetic recording means and returning the prepaid card, a means for displaying the balance magnetically recorded on the prepaid card and the maximum amount of money that can be added, and processing the inserted money And a means for displaying the input amount on the display means, and an optional additional amount within the maximum amount is indicated to magnetically record the balance obtained by adding the additional amount to the prepaid card to the magnetic recording means and the printing means. Further, there is provided a ticket issuing machine comprising: a means for printing the balance, and a means for returning the difference between the input amount and the additional amount to the money processing means.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, a means for printing on the prepaid card, a means for magnetically recording balance information on the prepaid card and reproducing the recorded magnetic information, a means for receiving the prepaid and a printing means, A means for returning the prepaid card while conveying it to the magnetic recording means, a means for displaying the balance magnetically recorded on the prepaid card and the maximum amount of money that can be added, a mechanism for issuing a ticket, and the money inserted. A means for processing and displaying the input amount of money on the display means, a plurality of section fare instruction means for instructing a plurality of section fare related to the ticket, an instruction to add money to the prepaid card, and an area fare instruction according to this instruction Additional instruction changing means for changing the means into means for designating the additional amount, and the maximum amount of money in response to the designation from the additional instruction changing means. The magnetic recording means and the printing means magnetically record the balance of the prepaid card with the additional amount added and magnetically record the balance, and the added amount is added to the money processing means. And a means for returning the difference from the amount of money.

[0010]

In the ticket issuing machine of the present invention, any additional amount of money can be added to the prepaid card within the maximum amount determined by the prepaid card. Further, by giving an additional instruction, the means for instructing the section fee for displaying the general menu is changed to the input means for inputting the additional fee. Therefore, the additional amount of money can be easily added to the prepaid card without impairing the function of a normal ticket issuing machine and without adding a complicated operation unit.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a ticket issuing machine according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a ticket issuing machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of the ticket issuing machine of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG. It is a figure.

As shown in FIG. 1, a ticket vending machine that handles ordinary tickets, prepaid cards and commuter tickets includes a bill unit 4 that handles inserted bills, and a coin unit 6 that handles inserted coins. In addition, when adding an amount of money to a normal ticket, a prepaid card, a commuter pass, and the like, magnetic and print recording units 30 and 32 that record magnetic information necessary for printing, a variable display unit 16 that displays the amount of money, and a prepaid card. Etc., and the operation of these is managed by the control device 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ticket issuing machine is provided with a housing 10 in which a bill processing device 12 for handling coins, bills, etc., an ordinary ticket (Edmonson ticket), a commuter ticket, and a prepaid card. A ticket processing device 14 for handling tickets such as is stored. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a customer service section 15 is provided on the front surface of the housing 10, and the customer service section 15 is provided with a display section 16 for displaying a guidance such as a deficit amount to the customer and operating instructions. , And an operation unit 17 having a large number of operation keys 17 for inputting information such as a route used or a connecting route. Below the operation unit 17 in the customer service unit 15,
A coin slot 18 of the coin unit 6, a banknote slot 19 of the banknote unit 4, an ordinary ticket, a regular ticket, an entry / return port 22 for a prepaid card, and a change return port 39 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation unit 17 is provided with function keys such as a normal ticket purchase key 23, a regular purchase key 25, a prepaid card purchase key 27, a coupon ticket purchase key 29, and an amount of money addition key 31. In addition, below these function keys, an amount key 33 for displaying the amount of a normal ticket corresponding to the boarding section is provided, and at the lower right thereof,
A correction key 37 is provided for correcting the display when these amounts are incorrect. Normally, this operation unit 17
The display unit 16 is maintained in the state of purchasing a normal ticket, but when a function key is pressed, the function of the key corresponding to the function is given. Commuter ticket purchase key 25 or
When the coupon ticket purchase key 29 is pressed and the price key 33 corresponding to the price of the ordinary ticket is pressed, the display section 16 displays the price of the commuter pass for that section. When the commuter pass purchase key 25 or the multiple pass ticket purchase key 29 is pressed again, the corresponding ordinary ticket or multiple pass ticket is issued.
When the prepaid card purchase key 27 is pressed, the amount key 33 is changed to a ten key as shown in FIG.
When a predetermined prepaid amount of money, such as 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, or 10,000 yen, which is not a fraction, is designated by the ten keys 33, the amount is displayed on the display unit 16. When the prepaid card purchase key 27 is pressed again after confirming this display, the prepaid card is issued. Further, the amount-of-money addition key 31 is used when it is revealed that the prepaid card is inserted into the insertion / return port 22 and the balance of the prepaid card is insufficient, and it is desired to add the amount of money. When this amount addition key 31 is pressed,
The amount key 33 is changed to a ten key 33 as shown in FIG. 4, and by designating an arbitrary amount with the ten key 33 within the range of the amount of money inserted through the bill insertion slot 19 of the bill unit 4. Amounts can be added to the prepaid card.

The ordinary ticket, the regular ticket, and the prepaid card have a front surface on which predetermined information is printed and a back surface on which a magnetic coating is magnetically recorded corresponding information. There is. In the case of ordinary tickets, for example,
The ticketing station name, issue date, fare, etc. are printed and recorded, and in the case of a regular ticket, the boarding section, expiration date, user's gender, age, etc. are printed and recorded. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, in the case of the prepaid card 2, the balance is converted into a binary code and magnetically recorded in the magnetic recording unit on the back side, and the date and time of use, the amount of use and the balance are recorded on the front side. It is printed.

The ticket issuing machine 14 is provided with a housing 20 as shown in FIG. 2. The housing is supported in the housing 10 of the ticket issuing machine via a rail portion 23 and can be pulled out from the rear part of the ticket issuing machine. . The ticket input / return port 22 is provided with an input guide 24 for guiding the input / return of the ticket into / from the input / return port. The loading guide 24 is
It penetrates the housing 10 and projects outward. A positioning section 26 is provided adjacent to the input / return port 22.
Takes in the tickets inserted through the input / return port and arranges them in a predetermined position, and when returning a plurality of processed tickets, the tickets are stacked and returned. To do.

In the housing 14, following the alignment section 26, there is provided a recording / printing section 30 for recording the usage balance of the prepaid card 2 or the balance increased by adding an amount of money. . The recording / printing unit 30 prints predetermined information such as a balance on the inserted tickets and new tickets issued by the ticket issuing unit described later.
And a combination type magnetic head 34 for reading and writing magnetic information on the tickets. The print head 32 is movably provided between a print position in contact with the platen roller 35 and an open position separated from the platen roller, and is normally biased to the open position by a spring (not shown). When printing, the solenoid 36 moves the print position.

Following the printing / recording section 30, a scrap ticket collection section 38 for collecting used ordinary tickets, a used fixed ticket, a card collection section 40 for collecting prepaid cards, and a plurality of cards are continuously arranged. When the card is inserted as a card, a card holding unit 42 that temporarily holds the remaining card when performing the process for one card is provided in parallel. Furthermore, above the card holding section 42, an original ticket used when issuing a new ticket such as a normal ticket, a prepaid card 2 or a commuter ticket, that is, a ticket on which no information is printed or recorded. First and second original ticket supply units 44 and 46 for supplying the are provided.

The above-mentioned plurality of mechanical parts are connected via a conveying path 50, and this conveying path is formed by a plurality of conveying guides, a large number of feed rollers, and guide rollers. Switching gates 51, 52, and 53 are provided between the print recording unit 30, the scrap ticket collection unit 38, the card collection unit 40, and the card holding unit 42 for switching the conveyance path.
Then, after passing through the print recording unit 30, the tickets are switched in the conveying direction by the switching gate 51, and are further sorted by the switching gate 52 into the scrap ticket collecting unit 38 or the card storing unit 40 depending on the type. In addition, the print recording unit 30
A card reversing unit 54 is provided between the card reserving unit 42 and the card reserving unit 42. When printing on the back surface (magnetic surface) of the card, the card that has passed through the print recording unit 30 is sent to the card reversing unit 54 by the switching gate 53, and after being reversed here,
It is sent to the print recording unit.

The switching gates 51, 52, 53 are
It is driven by solenoids 55 and 56. Also, FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 58 is an alignment unit 26, a print recording unit 3
0, a reversible rotation type first drive motor for driving the feed rollers associated with the scrap ticket collection unit 38 and the card storage unit 40, and reference numeral 60 denotes the card holding unit 42, the first
And a reversible rotation type second drive motor for driving the feed rollers associated with the second original ticket supply units 44 and 46.

As shown in FIG. 2, the insertion / return port 22 is provided with first and second insertion sensors 67 and 68 for detecting the inserted tickets. Further, a third insertion sensor 69 is provided at a position separated from the first insertion sensor 67 on the downstream side in the insertion direction of the tickets by a predetermined distance. Each of the first to third closing sensors 67, 68, 69 is composed of an optical sensor. First original ticket supply unit 44
Is a first container 146 accommodating the original tickets in a stacked state,
A delivery roller 147 provided movably below the first container is provided. The delivery roller 147 is
The solenoid 148 moves it through a not-shown opening provided in the bottom of the first container 146 to a position where it abuts the lowermost original sheet in the first container 146. The original ticket outlet of the first container 146 is formed to be slightly wider than the thickness of one original ticket and narrower than the thickness of two original tickets so that only one original ticket can pass through. There is. First container 14
The original ticket sent from No. 6 is a pair of take-out rollers 149.
Is sent to the print recording unit 30.

The second original bill supply unit 46 is provided with a second container 150 containing the original bill, a delivery roller 51, a solenoid 152 for moving the delivery roller, and a pair of take-out rollers 153. It is configured similarly to the supply unit 44. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 154 and 155 are used.
Is an original ticket detection sensor for detecting an original ticket taken out from the first and second containers 146 and 150, and is denoted by reference numeral 156.
Are timing sensors for detecting the leading ends of the bills including the original bill during the printing operation.

As shown in FIG. 6, the control system of the ticket issuing machine 14 includes a CPU 160 as a main control unit. CPU1
The operation key 17a of the operation unit 17, the first to third insertion sensors 67, 68, 69 provided at the insertion / return port 20, the position sensor 91, and the original ticket detection sensor 154 are connected to the input device 60 via the input interface 162. , 155 and the timing sensor 156 are connected. In addition, the CPU 16
A mechanical controller 165, a print controller 167, and an operation controller 170 are connected to 0 via an output interface 164. Mechanical controller 1
65 includes first and second drive motors 58, 60 and solenoids 36, 55, 56, 97, 140, 14
8, 152 are connected. Print controller 167
Is connected to the print head 32 via a print amplifier 166, and the operation controller 173 is connected to the magnetic head 34 via an amplifier 172. Furthermore, CPU1
An input / output interface 170 is connected to 60, and a magnetic controller 173 is connected to this input / output interface.
The magnetic head 34 is connected via an amplifier 172.

Next, the ticket issuing machine 14 constructed as described above.
Is operated as follows. First, as a ticket, for example, an ordinary transit ticket is inserted into the insertion / return port 22 along the insertion guide 24, and when it is detected by the first insertion sensor 67, a transport path blocking shutter (not shown) is opened by a solenoid (not shown). The transportation path is opened. at the same time,
The first and second drive motors 58, 60 are activated,
The rollers of the orientation unit 26 are rotationally driven. As a result, the ordinary ticket is taken into the alignment section 26. After that, when the normal ticket is detected by the first and third loading sensors 67 and 69 at the same time, the CPU 160 determines that the ticket is a normal ticket, and the normal ticket is aligned by the alignment unit 26.
Is aligned and transported.

Then, the ordinary ticket is sent to the print recording unit 30. Here, the fare, the name of the boarding station, etc. are read from the ordinary ticket by the magnetic head 34, and the read information is sent to the CPU 160. The CPU 160 calculates the settlement amount from the input information and displays the calculation result on the display unit 16. Ordinary tickets are available at switching gates 54, 5
The conveying path is switched by 2 and the waste ticket is collected in the scrap ticket collecting unit 38.

In order to settle the above-mentioned settlement amount, the prepaid card 2 is loaded through the loading guide 24, and the first
When detected by the second closing sensors 67 and 68, the conveyance path blocking shutter is raised to open the conveyance path. At the same time, the first and second drive motors 58 and 60 are operated, and the prepaid card is taken into the alignment section 26. Then, the first to third closing sensors 67, 6
When the prepaid card 2 is detected at the same time by 8 and 69, the CPU 160 determines that the card is an authorized card, and the prepaid card 2 is aligned by the aligning unit 26 and conveyed.

The first to third closing sensors 67, 68,
When the card is not detected by 69 at the same time, for example, a card having a length smaller than that of the regular card is inserted, and after the card is detected by the first and second insertion sensors 67 and 68, a short time elapses. If the card is detected only by the input sensor 69 of 3, the CP
U160 determines that the inserted card is not a legitimate card, reverses the first drive motor 58, and returns the card from the insertion / return port 22. Further, even when the detection results of the first to third insertion sensors 67, 68, 69 and the position sensor 91 are different, the inserted tickets are returned.

The accepted regular prepaid card 2 is sent to the print recording section 30. In the print recording unit 30, magnetic information is read from the prepaid card 2 by the magnetic head 34. When the magnetic information is correctly read, the prepaid card 2 is temporarily reserved in the first accommodation section 118 of the card reservation section 42 via the switching gates 51 and 53. At the same time, the read magnetic information is sent to the CPU 160 and has the following command.

When the magnetic information cannot be correctly read from the prepaid card 2, the first drive motor 58 is rotated in the reverse direction and the prepaid card is returned through the insertion / return port 22. When the command signal is output from the CPU 160, the first and second drive motors 58 and 60 are reversed, and the prepaid card held in the card holding unit 42 is
It is sent to the print recording unit 30. When it is necessary to print predetermined information on the prepaid card 2, that is, when the balance etc. after printing is printed, a predetermined time is elapsed after the tip of the prepaid card 2 is detected by the timing sensor 156 for timing of printing start. After a lapse of time, the solenoid 36 for operating the print head is turned on. As a result, predetermined information is printed on the prepaid card 2 while pressing the print head 32 against the platen roller 35. After printing is completed, the solenoid 36 is turned off and the print head 32 is released from the platen roller 35.

After that, the first drive motor 58 is rotated in the reverse direction (that is, the normal rotation), and the prepaid card 2 is moved to the magnetic head 3.
4, the magnetic information, for example, the balance is rewritten. After the rewriting is completed, the first drive motor 58 is again rotated in the reverse direction, and the prepaid card 2 is sent to the magnetic head 34 again. Then, the magnetic head 34 reads the rewritten magnetic information, and checks whether or not the magnetic information has been rewritten correctly. When the magnetic information is rewritten correctly, the prepaid card 2 is conveyed toward the return slot 2.

As described above, when the rewritten magnetic information of the prepaid card is checked, if the rewritten magnetic information is not correctly read due to erroneous rewriting or the like, the prepaid card is sent to the magnetic head 58 again and the magnetic information is rewritten again. And a read check is performed. In this case, the magnetic information may be read without rewriting. That is, since the magnetic head 58 is single, writing and reading of magnetic information are performed bidirectionally with respect to the magnetic head. Therefore, the probability of occurrence of a read error may be high, so the check is performed again. If the magnetic information cannot be correctly read as a result of the second reading check, the prepaid is sent to the card collecting unit 40 and collected.

Next, the prepaid card issuing operation will be described. The prepaid card purchase key 27 is pressed to issue a new card, or the card is automatically reissued when a magnetic information write error occurs during card processing, but the issuing operation itself is the same. That is, the first and second drive motors 58,
60 is driven and, for example, the solenoid 148 of the first original ticket supply unit 44 is excited. Then, one original sheet is delivered from the first container 146 by the delivery roller 147. When the original ticket reaches the original ticket detection sensor 154, the solenoid 148 is turned off and the operation of sending out the original ticket is stopped. On the other hand, the taken out original ticket passes through the magnetic head 34, and the leading edge of the timing sensor 1
When reaching 56, the solenoid 36 is excited after a lapse of a fixed time after the detection of the leading edge of the original ticket. Thereby, necessary visual information is printed on the original ticket while pressing the print head 32 against the platen roller 35.

After printing is completed, the solenoid 36 is turned off and the second drive motor 60 is stopped. Also,
The first drive motor 58 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the printed original ticket is sent to the magnetic head 34. Then, the necessary magnetic information is written on the original ticket by the magnetic head 34, and then the first drive motor 58 is rotated in the reverse direction again, and the written magnetic information is read by the magnetic head 34 to check the correctness. After the check, if the magnetic information is correct, the card on which the predetermined information is printed and recorded is sent to the insertion / return slot 22, and if the magnetic information is incorrect, a read check is performed again, and if a further error is found. Are collected by the card collecting unit 40.

After inserting the prepaid card into the ticket issuing machine,
When adding an amount of money to the prepaid card 2, an arbitrary amount of money is added to the prepaid card 2 in the steps shown in FIG. That is, the procedure for adding the amount of money is started as shown in step 101 of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, when a prepaid card with a purchase amount of 5,000 yen and a balance of 50 yen is inserted into the ticket issuing machine as shown in FIG. 5, magnetic information is read from the prepaid card 2 by the magnetic head 34. Then, the card is temporarily reserved in the first accommodation section 118 of the card reservation section 42. The magnetic information is processed by the CPU 160, and as shown in step 103, the balance of the prepaid card 2 is displayed on the display unit 16 and the maximum value of the amount that can be added is displayed. For example, a balance of 50 yen and an addable amount of 4,950 yen are displayed on the display unit 16. As shown in step 104, in order to add the amount of money to the prepaid card 2, when cash is inserted through the bill insertion slot 19 of the bill unit 4, for example, when a 10,000-yen bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 19, As shown in step 105, this cash, for example, the deposit amount 1
Ten thousand yen is displayed on the display unit 16. For example, the input amount of 10,000 yen is displayed together with the display of the balance and the amount that can be added. Here, when the amount addition key 31 shown in FIG. 4 is pressed to decide to add the amount, the display of the amount key 33 is changed to a ten key. As shown in step 106, when the amount to be added is input with the ten keys 33, for example, 2,000 yen is input, the card holding unit 42
The prepaid card held in the
0, the print head 32 prints the additional amount of 2,000 yen as shown in FIG. 5, and the balance of 2,500 yen is displayed on the display unit 16. Thereafter, as shown in step 107, the difference between the input amount and the designated amount is returned to the change return port 39, and the prepaid card 2 is moved to the magnetic head 3
4 is recorded, and the fact that the additional amount has been added as magnetic information and the balance amount has been updated is recorded. For example, the difference of 8,000 yen between the input amount of 10,000 yen and the designated amount of 2,000 yen is returned to the change return port 39, 2,000 yen is added, and the fact that the balance is 2,000 is recorded on the prepaid card. It If payment is required after this recording, the prepaid card is sent to the print recording unit 30 again, and after the payment amount is entered, the prepaid card 2 is sent to the magnetic head 34 and the magnetic information, for example, the balance. Is rewritten. After that, the prepaid card 2 is conveyed toward the return port 2 and returned. When this series of steps is completed, the addition of the amount of money to the prepaid card is completed as shown in step 108.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the amount of money is simply added to the prepaid card and the case where the amount of money is added to the prepaid card when the shortage of the ordinary ticket is settled with the prepaid card has been described. Obviously, the same information can be applied to the case where the boarding section information is recorded and the amount of money is added to the prepaid card when directly paying the boarding fare with this prepaid card.

In the prepaid card shown in FIG. 5, the usage history is all printed. However, when the amount of money is added, all the printed history is erased and a new prepaid card is added from the time of addition. May be usable as.

[0037]

As described above in detail, according to the ticket issuing machine of the present invention, it is possible to add an amount of money to the prepaid card after it is used, and at the time of adding the amount of money, an arbitrary amount within the range of the input amount of money. Amount can be added. Further, the ticket issuing machine is provided with an amount addition key for designating addition of an amount of money, and when this key is pressed, the menu key for displaying the fare is changed to a ten key. Therefore, the function of the ticket issuing machine can be simplified and the degree of freedom of the user can be further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system of a ticket issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view schematically showing the mechanism of the ticket issuing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ticket issuing machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an operation unit and a display unit shown in FIG.

5 is a plan view showing an example of printing of a prepaid card processed by the ticket issuing machine shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a part of the control system shown in FIG. 1 in more detail.

7 is a flowchart showing a process of adding an amount of money to a prepaid card in the control system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... Pre-paid card 16 ... Display section 22 ... Loading / returning slot, 24 ... Loading guide, 26 ... Alignment section, 30 ... Printing recording section 34 ... Magnetic head 31 ... Amount addition key 42 ... Card holding section,

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A discriminating means for discriminating an amount of money to be thrown in, a storage means for storing a boarding period fare and a one-digit number, and a memory for storing in the storage means based on the amount of money to be discriminated by the discriminating means. Display means for displaying the section charge, section charge input means for inputting the section charge displayed by the display means, and printing means for printing on the ticket corresponding to the section charge input by the section charge input means Switching input means for inputting display switching of the display means, and display control means for displaying a one-digit number stored in the storage means on the display means when the display switching input is performed by the n switching input means. A ticket issuing machine comprising: 2. A means for printing characters on a prepaid card, a means for magnetically recording balance information on the prepaid card and a means for reading the recorded magnetic information, and a means for receiving the prepaid and conveying it to the printing means and the magnetic recording means. A means for returning the prepaid card, a means for displaying the balance magnetically recorded on the prepaid card and the maximum amount that can be added, a means for processing the inserted money and displaying the inserted amount on the display means, Designating means for instructing any additional amount within the maximum amount, and control means for magnetically recording the balance obtained by adding the additional amount to the prepaid card to the magnetic recording means and the printing means and for printing the balance. A ticket issuing machine characterized by being provided. 3. A means for printing on a prepaid card, a means for magnetically recording balance information on the prepaid card and a means for reproducing the recorded magnetic information, and a means for receiving the prepaid and conveying it to the printing means and the magnetic recording means. A means for returning the prepaid card, a means for displaying the balance magnetically recorded on the prepaid card and the maximum amount that can be added, a means for processing the inserted money and displaying the inserted amount on the display means, The magnetic recording means and the printing means magnetically record the balance of the prepaid card with the additional amount of money by instructing an optional additional amount within the maximum amount of money, print the balance, and put it into the money processing means. A ticket issuing machine comprising: a means for returning a difference between an amount of money and an additional amount of money. 4. A means for printing on a prepaid card, a means for magnetically recording balance information on the prepaid card and a means for reproducing the recorded magnetic information, and a means for receiving the prepaid and conveying it to the printing means and the magnetic recording means. A means to return the prepaid card, a means to display the balance magnetically recorded on the prepaid card and the maximum amount of money that can be added, a mechanism for issuing a ticket, a process for processing the money deposited and displaying the amount deposited Means for displaying on the means, a plurality of section fare instructing means for instructing a plurality of section charges related to a ticket, an instruction to add money to the prepaid card, and an additional amount for the section fare instructing means according to the instruction Means for changing the additional instruction, and in response to the designation from the additional instruction changing means, an arbitrary additional amount within the maximum amount is designated. Then, the magnetic recording means and the printing means magnetically record the balance obtained by adding the additional amount to the prepaid card, print the balance, and cause the money processing means to return the difference between the input amount and the additional amount. A ticket issuing machine comprising: