JP2001213286A - Service system in fuel sales station for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a service system which is useful for both a gas station side and a driver side, high in quality and diversified in service. SOLUTION: A fixed station 50 can correctly grasp the requests of the vehicle side by the DSRC communication between an onboard system 10 and the fixed station 50. Thus, even in the self-service system, the user can only insert a fuel nozzle 30a in a fuel feed port of the vehicle and start the fueling, and only waits for the completion of the fueling. This means that when the fuel of the indicated quantity is fed, the fueling treatment is automatically completed, and the payment is also automatically achieved, and thus, any difficult manual operation for a fueling machine is unnecessary. In particular, in the case of the self-service, there have been different kinds of fueling machines 30 by the gas stations, and the operating method must be checked in detail. However, in this system, the procedures are simple, and easy to use.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an on-vehicle device for communicating with the outside using a short-range wireless communication, and a wireless communication with an on-vehicle device provided at a vending machine for vehicular fuel. A service system in a vehicular fuel sales office, comprising a fixed station that performs various controls based on the obtained information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a refueling operation at a gas station, which is an example of a vehicular fuel sales place, proceeds in the following process, for example. First, when the vehicle enters from the entrance of the stand, the staff (store clerk) at the stand guides the vehicle to the refueling location with words and gestures. Then, the vehicle driver informs the clerk of the type and amount of fuel desired to be refueled, and also informs the payment method. After refueling work, the clerk goes to the office for payment with cash, credit card, prepaid card, etc. received from the vehicle driver, performs verification if it is a credit card, and in any case, makes payment Processing and the result (change, card and receipt)
To the vehicle driver.

[0003] As described above, there are many processes in which a human intervenes, and this is a very time-consuming operation. In particular, in stores that reduce the price instead of reducing the number of clerks,
The time required for payment is longer than the time required for refueling work itself, and a queue of vehicles waiting for refueling may be formed.

[0004] When a clerk is busy, he or she may not be guided immediately after the vehicle enters the stand, and may be stuck as a vehicle driver. At that time, the vehicle may be moved to an appropriate refueling place at the discretion of the vehicle driver. However, if the vehicle is moved to an appropriate refueling location in this way, the refueling location may not be used efficiently. In other words, the stand side wants the next vehicle to be guided to this location from the situation of the refueling place and the progress of the refueling work. If the vehicle comes to an appropriate refueling location at the discretion of the vehicle driver, it is practically difficult to move the vehicle to another location. Therefore, if a vehicle existing in another refueling location does not move while a certain refueling location is vacant, it may be difficult to guide the vehicle to the vacant refueling location.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a service system capable of realizing high quality and various services useful to both a vehicular fuel sales office and a vehicle driver. With the goal.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service system in a vehicular fuel sales office, which performs at least a fuel supply service as a service, but performs communication with the outside using a short-range wireless communication. The wireless communication can be performed between the vehicle-mounted device provided with the means and a fixed station provided at the vehicular fuel sales point, and the fixed station performs various controls based on information obtained from the vehicle-mounted device. More specifically, at least one of management control for fuel supply and management control for guidance to a fuel supply location is performed according to the request content of the vehicle obtained from the vehicle-mounted device.

As an example of narrow-area wireless communication, DSRC (Dedicated Sort-Ran), which is a wireless system currently being considered for application to an automatic toll collection system (ETC) for toll roads, is being considered.
ge Communication). This DSRC wireless system has been formulated as a standard for the "Automatic Toll Collection System for Toll Roads" by the Radio Industry Association "ARIB STD-T55", and has the following features. That is, in the DSRC wireless system, a wireless communication between an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle and a fixed station having an antenna installed near a road has a millimeter wave band (here, a power whose attenuation rate is large with respect to distance). 5.8 GHz) radio wave, so very small communication area (about 3 to 30 m)
Can be set, and since there is very little leakage of radio waves outside the communication area and interference of radio waves inside the communication area, individuality of communication can be secured and highly reliable wireless communication can be realized. Also, in the millimeter wave band, a large communication capacity (1.024 Mbps in this case) can be ensured, and therefore, even if the communication area is small, the communication processing can be reliably completed for a moving vehicle in a short time. is there.

[0008] Conventionally, there has been provided a system for providing various services to a user of a vehicle by performing wireless communication between a vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle and a fixed station installed outside the vehicle. For example, VICS (Vehicle Information and VICS), which conveys road traffic information such as traffic congestion and parking space availability to a driver, for example, in order to improve traffic flow and provide appropriate guidance to a parking lot. Commun
Communication system: road traffic information communication system) is known. In this VICS, a radio beacon that performs broadcast-type one-way communication and an optical beacon that can perform two-way communication are used for information provision in a minimal zone.

However, in the case of a radio beacon, since it is a broadcast type one-way communication, it is not possible to communicate from a vehicle-mounted device to a fixed station. On the other hand, in the case of an optical beacon, two-way communication is possible. It is not open to general users. For this reason, VICS has a problem that it is not possible to realize a high-performance service for general users using two-way communication.

On the other hand, an AT which enables two-way communication by using a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone or a car phone.
IS (Advance Traffic Information Service) is known. However, in ATIS, since information is transmitted via a public line, its transmission capacity is about 64 kbps, and there is a problem that it takes time to transmit a large amount of data such as images. In ATIS, since information is managed centrally at the center (fixed station), it is necessary to handle information over a wide range at the center, and the service at the vehicular fuel sales office assumed here is improved. It was not possible to handle very local and instantaneous information, such as the behavior of individual vehicles, which would be useful information in causing this.

Further, in wireless communication between the on-vehicle device and the fixed station, it is expected that personal communication with a specific vehicle (on-vehicle device) accompanied by payment of a fee or the like is realized. However, the VICS radio beacon has a communication area of about 70 m even though it is a very small zone, and a plurality of vehicles can enter the same area. Therefore, it is difficult to apply the present invention to an application requiring high individuality, such as one vehicle at a vehicular fuel sales office.

Therefore, in the system of the present invention, in order to realize high quality and various services at a vehicular fuel sales office, attention was paid to a short range radio such as a DSRC radio system which can secure individuality of communication. In other words, according to the system of the present invention, the communication between the vehicle-mounted device and the fixed station via the short-range wireless communication enables the fixed station to accurately grasp the request from the vehicle, and the manual intervention at that time is possible. Can be reduced as much as possible. In addition, since the fixed station performs management control for fuel supply and management control for guidance to the fuel supply place in accordance with the request, it is necessary to minimize the intervention of humans in such work. Can be. Therefore, it is possible to contribute to the prevention of various inconveniences caused by the above-mentioned manual intervention, and it is possible to realize high quality and various services that are useful for both the vehicle fuel sales office and the vehicle driver. .

[Management control for fuel supply] As for the management control for fuel supply, as described in claim 2, the type and amount of fuel required by the vehicle side are acquired from the on-vehicle device, and in response to the request, It is conceivable to enable the fuel supply device to supply only the required amount of fuel of the different types from the fuel supply device. The request for the "fuel amount" at this time may be, for example, a request specifying at least one of full tank designation, amount designation, and amount designation. That is, the fuel supply operation may be automatically stopped when the specified amount of fuel supply operation is completed.

In this way, when the clerk works,
Alternatively, in either case where the user performs the work by himself / herself, the fuel supply faucet may be simply inserted into the fuel supply port of the vehicle, and the user may simply wait for the fuel supply to end. Regarding the type of fuel, for example, if a lamp or the like is used to notify a fuel supply device capable of supplying the requested type of fuel by lighting a lamp or the like, the clerk or user performing the work may use any fuel supply device. It is convenient because you can understand. Of course, when a clerk performs a fuel supply operation, it is customary to indicate which fuel supply device should be used by displaying the fuel type.

[0015] Further, if fuel is not supplied from a fuel supply device of a type of fuel that is not required, the inconvenience of erroneously supplying fuel can be avoided. This is particularly effective when self-service is provided. In other words, when the user wants to supply the desired type of fuel in the desired amount, the simple operation is sufficient.

Further, as described in claim 4, it is more convenient if the method of paying the fee requested by the vehicle side is acquired from the on-vehicle device and the fee is settled according to the request. As a method of this payment, for example, a fee collection technology in another system such as ETC may be adopted.

If only for this fuel supply,
It is also conceivable to provide a short-range wireless antenna on the fixed station side for each fuel supply unit. That is, when the vehicle stops near the fuel supply device, the management control for fuel supply can be automatically executed. However, if you consider the following "management control for guiding to the fuel supply location",
It can be said that it is preferable to provide a short-range wireless antenna at the entrance of the vehicular fuel sales point and obtain requests and information from the vehicle-mounted device at that location. This will be described later.

[Regarding Management Control for Guidance to Fuel Supply Location] For example, as described in claim 5, at the entrance of the vehicular fuel sales office, the fixed station determines whether or not there is a response from the vehicle-mounted device. Then, the fixed station determines whether there is a place where fuel can be supplied at the time when there is a response from the vehicle-mounted device,
If there is a place where fuel can be supplied, the location is notified to the staff or the driver of the vehicular fuel sales office by using the notification means provided at a predetermined location in the vehicular fuel sales office, It is conceivable to conduct guidance to the fuel supply location.

When the vehicle is moved to the fuel supply location, it is generally considered that a sales clerk at the vehicle fuel sales office performs guidance work or the vehicle driver himself moves the vehicle according to an instruction. If the clerk performs a guiding operation, it is necessary to provide a notifying means at a position at which the clerk can recognize the location where the fuel can be supplied. On the other hand, if the vehicle driver is notified of the fuel supply location and the traveling direction to the location, the clerk does not need to be involved at all, and the guidance can be automated. In this case, it is necessary to provide the notification means at a position at which the driver of the vehicle arriving at the entrance of the vehicular fuel sales point can recognize at least. Note that “at least” means that the notification means may be provided at a position that can be recognized by both the clerk and the vehicle driver. In this case, basically, the vehicle driver determines In this case, the vehicle is moved to the fuel supply location, but there is an advantage that the assistant can guide the clerk if necessary. For example, it is difficult for a customer who comes to the vehicular fuel sales office for the first time to have assistance from a clerk.

Further, the fuel supply location may be notified to the vehicle-mounted device side, and the vehicle-mounted device may notify the vehicle driver of the location using a notification unit. In this way, the clerk does not need to be involved at all, and the guidance can be automated. Then, the vehicle fuel sales office does not need any notification means for guidance.

By the way, in the guidance management control to the fuel supply place, more appropriate control can be performed by paying attention to the following points. That is, just because the fuel supply location is empty does not mean that the fuel can be supplied without any problem in any case. For example, depending on the type of fuel to be supplied, there is a case where fuel can be supplied only at a specific position. In such a case, the fuel must be guided to a fuel supply location corresponding to the type of fuel. Further, even when the same type of fuel is supplied, the position may be limited depending on the position of the fuel supply port on the vehicle side. In other words, this is a case where fuel cannot be supplied unless the fuel supply port is directed to the fuel supply device side. In this case, it is necessary to stop in the same direction at the fuel supply place on the opposite side to the normal with respect to the fuel supply machine, or to stop at the same side of the fuel supply place in the opposite direction. . Further, it is conceivable that the fuel supply place is limited depending on the vehicle size.

Therefore, at the entrance of the vehicular fuel sales point, the on-vehicle device responds to the fixed station with vehicle-side information including the type of fuel required, the position of the fuel supply port, and the vehicle size. Then, based on the vehicle-side information, the fixed station may execute management control for guiding to the fuel supply location. Such vehicle-side information may be held by the vehicle and transmitted to the store. For example, if the store has all the information for each vehicle type, the vehicle-side information may be transmitted from the vehicle. Just get better. In other words, as shown in claim 7, the fixed station stores the position of the fuel supply port and the vehicle size for each vehicle type, receives a response from the vehicle-mounted device on the vehicle type and the type of fuel required, and responds to the vehicle type. Then, management control for guidance is executed based on the position of the fuel supply port and the vehicle size according to the type of the fuel, and the type of the requested fuel.

Further, if the vehicle-mounted device is provided with an informing means for informing the vehicle driver of the position of the fuel supply port, the vehicle driver itself can know the position. This is in consideration of the fact that the vehicle driver may not know whether the fuel supply port is on the left or right side. In addition, the notification method may use a display to appeal to the visual sense, may use a sound to appeal to the auditory sense, or may use them together. If the information on the position of the fuel supply port is only on the fixed station side, the in-vehicle device will have the fixed station transmit the information.

In any of these cases, on the other hand, as set forth in claim 9, the fixed station transmits the identification information of the vehicle-mounted device or the vehicle based on the past fuel supply service history,
The information necessary for the corresponding fuel supply service is stored, the identification information is returned from the vehicle-mounted device, and the guidance for guidance is provided based on the information necessary for the fuel supply service corresponding to the returned identification information. It is also conceivable to execute management control.

In this way, the identification information of the vehicle or the on-vehicle apparatus and the information necessary for the service are registered as a set, so that the next time only the vehicle identification information needs to be transmitted. In particular, it becomes convenient when the contents of the service to be received are the same each time. In other words, if the fuel type is the same as the fuel amount, and if the fee payment method is the same, storing all of the information in a set eliminates the need to specify each information. The information in the set may be held by the vehicle or may be held by the store.

As for the "judgment of presence / absence of a place where fuel can be supplied" which is a premise of the management control for the guidance, for example, according to the tenth aspect, the response from the vehicle-mounted device for each fuel supply place is provided. Can be determined by the presence or absence of Specifically, a short-range wireless antenna having a communication area for each fuel supply location may be provided for each fuel supply location. Such determination can be made because narrow-area wireless communication that can ensure the individuality of communication is adopted.

Also, for example, taking into account the presence or absence of a fuel supply location in the near future based on the progress of the fuel supply operation in units of the fuel supply location, as described in claim 11,
Judging the presence or absence of a place where fuel can be supplied enables more appropriate guidance. In other words, it obtains information such as whether or not fuel supply has been completed or fuel supply will end soon,
It is also possible to guide the vehicle to wait behind the vehicle.

Regarding the grasp of the fuel supply operation state,
For example, it is conceivable to calculate the time required until the fuel supply operation is completed. Specifically, the operation is performed as follows according to the desired fuel supply amount. For example, if you want to fill the tank, the remaining amount in the fuel tank before fuel supply is not known.
Assuming that the remaining amount is 0, the time required to fill the tank is calculated based on the fuel supply speed. Then, the above time is calculated from the elapsed time from the start of the fuel supply. Also, in the case of the quantity designation, the time is calculated by dividing the designated quantity by the fuel supply speed. The rest is the same. Further, in the case of the charge designation, the amount is converted into the quantity, and the rest is the same as the case of the quantity designation.

As a service at the vehicular fuel sales office, a fuel supply service is indispensable as described above, but at present, other services are generally provided together. For example, car washing service, maintenance service, kerosene sales service, and the like. Services other than fuel supply are performed in a place different from the fuel supply place.However, at present, when entering the vehicular fuel sales place, it is often unilaterally guided to the fuel supply place, and the vehicle driver,
I had to open the window and tell the clerk that I wanted to receive services other than fueling. If it is a frequently used vehicular fuel sales office, it is possible to move the vehicle to the service location without permission, but at the first vehicular fuel sales office it is unclear where to go and It may be troublesome for the fuel sales point to be moved without permission.

Therefore, based on a response from the vehicle-mounted device at the entrance of the vehicular fuel sales office,
The fixed station may perform management control for guiding to a place corresponding to the requested service type.

[0031]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It is needless to say that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the following examples, and can take various forms as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a basic configuration of a refueling system in a gas station, which is an embodiment to which a service system in a vehicular fuel sales office of the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refueling system of this embodiment includes a vehicle-mounted device 10 mounted on a vehicle C and a fixed station 50 that performs wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device 10 by a DSRC wireless system. Become. And the DSRC of the fixed station 50
The antenna 51a forms a communication area A having a size of about several meters, and a communication area having a size of about one vehicle is set at a refueling place S where the vehicle C stops for refueling. Will be installed. Specifically, a fuel supply port (not shown in FIG. 1) provided in the vehicle is substantially
The position when the vehicle C is stopped so as to come before the vehicle is the refueling place S, and the vehicle-mounted device 10 mounted on the vehicle C stopped at that position is considered to enter this communication area.

Normally, the communication device on the fixed station 50 side generates a pilot signal for activating the communication device (DSRC radio unit 11 described later) on the vehicle-mounted device 10 mounted on the vehicle at predetermined time intervals. When the communication device on the side of the in-vehicle device 10 that has transmitted and received the pilot signal transmits a response signal and received the response signal, the in-vehicle device 1
Perform data communication with 0.

On the other hand, the communication device on the on-vehicle device 10 transmits a response signal when receiving the pilot signal from the fixed station 50 side, and thereafter executes data communication with the communication device on the fixed station 50 side. Further, the data communication performed between the fixed station 50 and the in-vehicle device 10 in this manner is entirely performed by the fixed station 5.
It is executed under the management of 0. That is, in the present embodiment, the communication device on the fixed station 50 side transmits a pilot signal or a modulated signal modulated by data addressed to the in-vehicle device 10 during a predetermined transmission period, and thereafter transmits a modulated signal during a predetermined response period. Meanwhile, the communication device on the in-vehicle device 10 transmits a response signal to the pilot signal and data addressed to the fixed station 50.

Hereinafter, the vehicle-mounted device 10 will be described in detail. Here, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the in-vehicle device 10. As shown in FIG.
Is capable of detachably mounting a DSRC wireless unit 11 as a communication means for performing wireless communication of the DSRC wireless system, and an IC card including various membership cards in addition to a cash card and a prepaid card for paying a fee. To read and write data to the written IC card
A C card unit 12, a control panel 14 as input means for inputting various commands, and a display unit 15 as display means for displaying various operation procedures, displaying information obtained via the DSRC wireless unit 11, and the like. And a control unit 16 composed of a microcomputer for controlling these components.

Although not shown here, a magnetic card unit for reading data from a magnetic card may be provided. Each of these units is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1B, each has a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as “microcomputer”) and a LAN interface, and has a LAN (Local Area) built in the vehicle.
Network, hereinafter referred to as “in-vehicle LAN”)
Connected via an interface (DSR in the figure)
C wireless unit is shown).

As shown in FIG. 3, the in-vehicle device 10 configured as described above receives the radio waves from the fixed station 50 in a satisfactory manner, and furthermore, in order to prevent interference with other units, the DSR is used.
The C wireless unit 11 is installed on the dashboard, and the other units are adapted to the functions of each unit, such as a place that is easy to operate and a place with good visibility, such as a display unit 15 and an IC card unit 12 that are instrument panels. Placed in a place

Here, the DSRC radio unit 11 will be described. The DSRC wireless unit 11 includes a DSRC wireless communication circuit 11a for executing wireless communication with the fixed station 50 in addition to the microcomputer 11b and the LAN interface 11c (see FIG. 2B).

The microcomputer 11b stores a flash R in order to store an application program corresponding to a service (here, a refueling service) provided from the fixed station 50 via the DSRC wireless communication circuit 11a.
A rewritable memory such as an OM, an EEPROM, and a backed-up RAM is provided.

Next, the fixed station 50 will be described. The fixed station 50 is arranged in the office J except that the above-mentioned DSRC antenna 51a is arranged near the refueling place S as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4, a DSRC radio device 51 for performing wireless communication via a DSRC antenna 51a, various operation procedures and D
A display device 52 for displaying information and the like obtained through the SRC radio device 51, an input device 53 for inputting various commands, a database 54 storing menu information and the like provided to the vehicle-mounted device 10, A control device 55 that controls these units to execute various management control processes for refueling.
A communication device 56 for performing communication with a center or the like provided outside via a public network or a dedicated line;
And a refueling machine interface 57 for communicating with the vehicle.

When a response signal to the pilot signal from the vehicle-mounted device 10 is received by the DSRC radio device 51, the control device 55 inquires to upload the request. After that, the credit information and
When receiving refueling information, personal information, etc.,
The information is displayed on the display device 52, and a collation process based on the credit information is performed. If the collation result is OK, the refueling machine 30 is instructed to refuel.

Here, the refueling machine 30 will be briefly described. The refueling machine 30 is disposed near the refueling place S as shown in FIG. 1 and has a fixed station interface 3 for communicating with the fixed station 50 as shown in the block diagram of FIG.
1 and the fixed station 5 via the fixed station interface 31.
A display device 32 for displaying information and the like obtained from 0, an input device 33 for inputting various commands, and a refueling meter 3
4, a refueling nozzle drive unit 35 for driving a mechanism for supplying and stopping fuel from the refueling nozzle 30a, and a control device 36 for controlling these components to execute a refueling process.

When an instruction to permit refueling is issued together with the refueling information from the fixed station 50, control is performed so that the fuel corresponding to the specified fuel type can be refueled by the specified amount. Specifically, the refueling amount is counted in accordance with the discharge of the fuel from the refueling nozzle 30a, and when the specified amount is refueled, a refueling end notification is sent to the fixed station 50 side.

The signal used for the instruction for permitting refueling performed between the fixed station 50 and the refueling machine 30 and the notification of refueling end, etc., is a simple signal in consideration of bidirectional information exchange and security. It is desirable to control using a command / ciphertext in a communication format instead of a "0" / "1" signal.

The configuration has been described above. Next, a description will be given of a process executed by each unit when a refueling service is realized in the present system. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process executed on the in-vehicle device 10 side, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process executed on the fixed station 50 side. Since these are related to each other such that the other processing is executed based on the result of one processing, basically, while appropriately mixing the processing on both the vehicle-mounted device 10 side and the fixed station 50 side, time The description will be made in the order of the series.

In the vehicle-mounted device 10, as shown in FIG. 5, it is determined whether an IC card (including a magnetic card) is inserted into the IC card unit 12 (see FIG. 2) (S
101), when an IC card is inserted (S10
1: YES), the data including the expiration date is read from the IC card, and it is determined whether or not the data is normal (S102).

If it is not normal (S102: N
O), the user is notified of the error status, for example, the expiration date (S111). This is performed by displaying on the display unit 15. If normal (S102: YES), it is determined whether there is DSRC communication from fixed station 50 (S103). In particular,
The determination is made based on whether the DSRC wireless communication circuit 11a has received the pilot signal transmitted from the fixed station 50.
Then, if there is communication (S103: YES), DSRC communication processing is executed in response (S104).

On the other hand, the fixed station 50 transmits pilot signals at predetermined time intervals as described above.
As shown in FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not there is a response from the vehicle-mounted device 10 that has received the pilot signal (S
201). When there is a response (S201: YE
S), a DSRC communication process is performed (S202). Specifically, it asks the in-vehicle device 10 to upload the request. Then, in the communication processing on the in-vehicle device 10 side in FIG. 5, credit information, refueling information, personal information, and the like are transmitted from the in-vehicle device 10 to the fixed station 50 side. . The process up to obtaining the information from the vehicle-mounted device 10 is the communication process in S202. The refueling information transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 10 includes the fuel type and amount.

Then, the fixed station 50 checks the credit number based on the received credit information (S203). Specifically, it connects to an external credit settlement center via the communication device 56 and checks the validity of the card. As a result, if the card can be used (S204: YES), the fact that refueling is possible is notified to the in-vehicle device 10 (S205). If the card cannot be used (S204: NO), the vehicle is mounted. The device 10 is notified of a credit number collation error (S21).
1).

On the other hand, in the in-vehicle device 10, if there is a collation error notification from the fixed station 50 (S105: N
O), a message to that effect, that is, a message indicating that refueling is not possible due to a verification error is displayed on the display unit 15 (S111).
However, if there is a refueling notice from the fixed station 50 (S105:
YES), the fact is displayed on the display unit 15, that is, the fact that refueling is possible (S106). The user then knows that refueling is possible, and then displays other information on the display unit 15 (S10
7) Wait for a notification of the refueling result from the fixed station 50 (S108).

On the other hand, in the fixed station 50, S2 in FIG.
After informing the in-vehicle device 10 that refueling is possible at 05, a refueling permission instruction is issued to the refueling machine 30 (S2).
06) At this time, the fuel type and amount instructed from the vehicle-mounted device 10 are notified. Then, it waits for a refueling end notification from the refueling machine 30 (S207). The refueling machine 30 sends an end notification to the fixed station 50 when the refueling of the specified amount is completed.
Therefore, upon receiving the refueling end notification (S207: YES), the fixed station 50 instructs the refueling machine 30 to prohibit refueling (S208).

Thereafter, a credit settlement process is performed in order to settle the charge according to the type and amount of fuel supplied (S209). Specifically, it connects to an external credit settlement center via the communication device 56, and performs processing for settlement. When the payment processing is completed, the in-vehicle device 1
0 to notify the settlement result and the member points (S2
10).

On the other hand, in the on-vehicle apparatus 10, if the refueling result is notified from the fixed station 50 (S108: YE
S), based on the notification result, the IC card unit 12
The usage history is written to the IC card via (see FIG. 2) (S109). Then, the refueling result is displayed on the display unit 15 to notify the user.

FIGS. 7 and 8 conceptually show the processing for realizing the above refueling service. These will be described. FIG. 7 shows a schematic processing flow up to the start of refueling. The vehicle-side information including the IC card information read from the IC card is transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 10 to the fixed station 50.
Sent to The fixed station 50 connects to the credit settlement center to perform verification, and if OK, the refueling machine 30 is instructed to refuel. As a result, the refueling machine 30 is ready for refueling.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic processing flow after the completion of refueling. When the refueling of the specified amount is completed in the refueling machine 30, the subsequent refueling from the fixed station 50 is prohibited, and the fixed station 50 connects to the credit settlement center for payment settlement based on the refueling result and performs settlement processing. , And sends the settlement result to the vehicle-mounted device 10. In-vehicle device 1
At 0, the history or points are written to the IC card based on the settlement result.

As described above, according to the present system, the fixed station 50 can accurately grasp the request on the vehicle side by the communication between the vehicle-mounted device 10 and the fixed station 50 via the DSRC radio. Therefore, for example, even in the case of self-service, the user only has to insert the refueling nozzle 30a into the refueling port of the vehicle to start refueling, and need only wait for the refueling to end. That is, when the refueling of the specified amount is performed, the refueling process is automatically terminated and the settlement is automatically performed, so that a difficult manual operation for the refueling machine 30 is not required. In particular, in the case of self-service, the type of refueling machine 30 differs depending on the gas station, and there is a possibility that the operating method is also different. . On the other hand, if only the simple work described above is sufficient, such self-service refueling can be easily used.

Regarding the type of fuel, for example, if a lamp or the like is turned on to notify the refueling machine 30 capable of refueling the requested type of fuel, which refueling machine 30 should be used by the user performing the work? It is convenient to understand. Alternatively, when a plurality of refueling nozzles 30a are prepared and are selectively used according to the type of fuel, the refueling nozzle 30a capable of refueling the requested type of fuel may be notified by lighting a lamp or the like. In addition, by preventing the refueling machine 30 or the refueling nozzle 30a from supplying a fuel of an unrequired type, it is possible to avoid the problem of refueling by mistake. This is particularly effective for self-service.

Also, even in the case where a store clerk performs the operation, as in the conventional case, starting from the conversation with the user, refueling the specified type of fuel by the specified amount, and participating in the settlement process. In comparison with, the part that is significantly involved is reduced. This has the advantage of shortening the work time for refueling and settlement, and is also effective for improving the operating efficiency of the refueling machine 30. Further, since the work to be performed at the time of refueling is substantially completed only by inserting the refueling nozzle 30a into the refueling port of the vehicle and starting refueling, even a clerk who is not skilled in refueling work can easily perform the refueling operation. Can do work. Further, since the user can perform the work without any conversation with the clerk, the trouble of, for example, opening the window on a rainy day to inform the clerk of his / her will be eliminated.

As described above, it is possible to contribute to prevention of various inconveniences caused by manual intervention, and to realize high quality and various services useful for both the gas station side and the vehicle driver side. In addition, if the fuel of an unrequired type cannot be supplied from the refueling machine 30, the inconvenience of refueling by mistake can be avoided. This is particularly effective when self-service is provided. In other words, when the user wants to refuel a desired type of fuel in a desired amount, simple work is sufficient.

Here, an example of contents displayed on the display unit 15 of the vehicle-mounted device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. For example, when the communication process with the fixed station 50 is being performed in S140 of FIG. 5, as shown in the display screen numbers 1 and 2 of FIG. Display. And S106
For example, as shown in the display screen number 3 in FIG.
The display will indicate "It is possible to refuel." After that, for example, FIG.
As shown in the display screen numbers 4 to 6, the type and amount of refueled fuel are clearly indicated, a message is displayed during the settlement or the completion of the credit processing, and finally a reward is displayed.

However, in this case, it is assumed that the type and quantity of fuel to be refueled are registered in the vehicle-mounted device 10 in advance, and that the payment method is credit. However, these may be selected and input at that time. In that case, for example, FIG.
As shown in the display screen numbers 2 to 4, the fuel type (regular, high-octane, light oil), payment method (cash or credit), and refueling amount (full tank, [] liter, [] yen) are selected and input. The screen may be displayed, and vehicle-side information based on the selection result may be transmitted to the fixed station 50 side.

In FIG. 10, a display as shown in display screen numbers 5 and 6 is performed during refueling. For example, the type of fuel currently being refueled (in this case, regular) is displayed, and the amount of refueling (in this case, about 34.8 liters is refueled). Also, an advertisement unique to the gas station may be displayed. This is a content that may be executed as the process of S107 in FIG. In the display screen number 10, the number of member points obtained by performing the current refueling is displayed (here, 167 points), and a predetermined number of points (here, 200 points) is displayed.
Indicates that the user can receive a predetermined service (here, car wash) free of charge.

In this way, the type and quantity of fuel to be refueled and the payment method can be selected at the time of refueling.
It is troublesome to select every time. Therefore, a configuration shown in FIG. 11 may be used. That is, as shown in the display screen number 2, the previous content (here, the fuel type is regular, the refueling amount is full, and the payment method is cash) is displayed. Select whether or not ("Yes" or "No"). In the case of "No", each item is sequentially selected and input as shown in the display screen numbers 3 to 5, but in the case of "Yes", the items are skipped without being displayed and the next screen is displayed. It will move to.

[Alternative Embodiment of First Embodiment] (1) In the above embodiment, when a credit card is used, the information of the card is transmitted to the fixed station 50 side. Even
Similarly, transmitting card data is effective. In other words, the transfer of cash itself must be done manually, but the addition of points and the management of customer information itself can be covered by communication between the vehicle-mounted device 10 and the fixed station 50.

(2) When the fuel is gasoline, there are types such as regular high octane, but in the case of light oil there is generally no choice, so the vehicle-mounted device 10 is mounted on a vehicle using light oil as fuel. In such a case, it is better to set the light oil at the time of mounting so that the fuel type is not selected thereafter. That is, it is considered better to prevent the selection screen itself from being displayed and to prevent accidental selection of gasoline.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment described above, the refueling itself in the refueling service has been described.
A fixed station DSRC antenna 51a is provided in units of
Only needs to perform DSRC communication after coming to the refueling location S. However, in practice, one gas station generally has a plurality of refueling locations S, and it is desirable to manage and control the guidance to the refueling locations S as well. The second embodiment relates to this “management control for guiding to a refueling place”.

As shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of refueling stations S are provided as a premise of the system of the present embodiment, and a DSRC antenna is provided at a gas station entrance for guiding to any one of the refueling stations S. I have. This DSRC
The communication area using the antenna is referred to as communication area 1. Then, the vehicle C stopped at a predetermined stop place near the entrance
The communication area 1 is set so that the communication area 1 can communicate with the in-vehicle device 10.

On the other hand, at each refueling location S, a DSRC antenna having a communication area of about one vehicle (herein referred to as communication area 2) is arranged as in the first embodiment. . However, as will be described later, the only information obtained by the DSRC antenna for each refueling location S is whether or not a vehicle is present.

It should be noted that also in the case of the second embodiment, the fixed station 5
The elements other than the DSRC antenna in the vicinity of the entrance or the DSRC antenna in the refueling place S are arranged in the office J. The configuration itself of each unit is not particularly different from the content described in the first embodiment, and thus detailed description is omitted.

Next, a description will be given of processing executed by each unit when the guidance for refueling is realized in the present system. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing processing executed on the in-vehicle apparatus 10 side, and FIGS. 14 and 15 are flowcharts showing processing executed on the fixed station 50 side. Since these are related to each other, as in the first embodiment, the other process is executed based on the result of one process, the processes of both the vehicle-mounted device 10 and the fixed station 50 are appropriately mixed. However, the description will be basically made in chronological order.

First, before arriving at the gas station, the in-vehicle apparatus 10 performs steps S501 and S501 shown in FIG.
The process of 502 is performed. In S501, vehicle information is input. The vehicle information includes a member number, vehicle outer shape information, whether the filler port is right or left, the type of fuel to be refueled, a vehicle verification number, and the like.

Here, as shown in FIG. 16, the vehicle outer shape information includes the longitudinal length L of the vehicle, the distance Y from the front end of the vehicle to the fuel filler, the vehicle width W, the vehicle height H, and the height from the fuel filler. It is Z. In step S502, a message at the gas station is set. The services you want to receive at the gas station include, for example, car refueling services, car wash services,
There are maintenance services and kerosene sales services. Therefore, which of these is desired is set.

In the processing of S501, the information on the outer shape of the vehicle and whether the fuel filler is right or left is specific to the vehicle. Therefore, if the information is input once when the vehicle is purchased or when the vehicle-mounted device is attached, after that, it is input. The same data can be used. On the other hand, the member number and the vehicle verification number may be input once at the beginning. Also, if the same kind of fuel is always desired, the fuel type may be input once at the beginning.
Of course, if you want to change it, you just have to enter it again when you want it.

On the other hand, the processing in S502 usually differs each time. Therefore, it is conceivable that a screen for selecting one is displayed each time and the user waits for the setting. The result of this selection is stored as an application number. After the processing in S502, it is determined whether or not there is a DSRC communication from the fixed station 50 (S502).
503). When the vehicle C equipped with the in-vehicle device 10 arrives at the gas station entrance, the pilot signal transmitted from the fixed station 50 is received, so that there is communication from the fixed station 50 (S503: YES), the process proceeds to S504.

In S504, it is determined whether or not the application number set in S502 corresponds to the refueling service. If so (S504: YES), the position of the refueling port (left or right) is displayed on the display unit 15. ) Is displayed (S505). For example, as shown in FIG. 17, the display unit 15 shows a sentence “The refueling port is on the right side”, and the position of the refueling port is indicated by an arrow along with a schematic diagram of the vehicle. This is in consideration of the fact that the user himself or herself may not know which side of the fuel filler port is on the left or right.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14, fixed station 50 transmits a pilot signal at predetermined time intervals to transmit
D is requested (S601), and it is determined whether or not there is a response from the vehicle-mounted device 10 that has received the pilot signal (S602). When there is a response (S
602: YES), a request is made to the in-vehicle device 10 to upload the business (S603).

In response to this request, the vehicle-mounted device 10 transmits the vehicle information to the fixed station 50 as shown in S506 of FIG. This vehicle information is the information input in S501. On the other hand, in the fixed station 50, as shown in FIG. 14, upon receiving the business from the in-vehicle device 10 (S603), in S604 to S606, it is maintenance whether or not the content of the business is a car wash. or not,
It is sequentially determined whether or not kerosene is purchased. When an affirmative determination is made in any of the cases, the process proceeds to S609,
Instruct the guidance screen according to the requirements. Here, it is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 10 and is displayed on the display device 52 (see FIG. 4) in the office. The process when transmitted to the in-vehicle device 10 is executed in “other application process” in S509 in FIG. Specifically, guidance screens for predetermined positions corresponding to car washing, maintenance, and kerosene purchase are displayed.

On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in all of steps S604 to S606, the content of the task is refueling after all, so the refueling machine determination process is performed in S608. This refueling machine determination processing will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. First, the vehicle information received in S603 of FIG. 14 is read (S6081), and the fuel type desired by the user is read out of the information (S6082). Subsequently, the stopping state of the vehicle in the premises is checked (S6083).
In this confirmation, a query is made to the vehicle-mounted device 10 from the DSRC antenna provided for each refueling location S, and if there is a response, it is determined that the vehicle C is stopped at the refueling location S. In response to this result, a search is made for a refueling machine 30 that can be refueled (S6084), and it is determined whether or not there is a free space in the refueling machine 30 (S6085).

If there is no free space in the refueling machine 30 (S608)
5: NO), proceeding to S6089 to select the refueling machine 30 from which the refueling work is to be completed earliest based on the current refueling situation, and determine it as the refueling machine (S6090). Note that S6089
It is necessary to grasp the state of refueling work in each refueling machine 30 at the time of the selection in the above, but it can be grasped, for example, by calculating the time required until the refueling work is completed. Specifically, the following is performed according to the desired refueling amount. For example, if the user wants to fill the tank, the remaining amount in the fuel tank before refueling is not known. Therefore, it is assumed that the remaining amount is 0, and the time required to fill the tank is calculated based on the refueling speed. Then, the above time is calculated from the elapsed time from the start of refueling. In the case of specifying the amount, the time is calculated by dividing the specified amount by the refueling speed. The rest is the same. Further, in the case of the charge designation, the amount is converted into the quantity, and the rest is the same as the case of the quantity designation.

On the other hand, if there is a vacancy in the refueling machine 30 (S6085: YES), it is determined whether there is a vacancy in two or more refueling machines 30 (S6086). If a negative determination is made here (S6086: NO), there is only one vacant refueling machine 30 after all, so there is no other choice and the refueling machine is determined (S6090).

If there is an empty space in two or more refueling machines 30 (S6086: YES), it is necessary to determine which one to select. At this time, for example, a number may be assigned to the refueling machine 30 and a simple selection may be made, such as the one with the smallest number among the vacancies, but it is easy to move to the refueling place S, or It is preferable to consider the convenience of guiding another vehicle thereafter.

Therefore, it is first determined whether or not the vehicle has stopped before and after (S6087). Here, “before and after” refers to a case where when the vehicle stops at the refueling location S, it stops in parallel. Of course, FIG.
In the case where the arrangement of the refueling locations S is in units of two, assuming that there is only one front empty or only the rear empty when considering a certain refueling machine 30 as an example, The “state in which two refueling places S are vacant” is the “state in which the vehicle is not stopped both before and after”. If the vehicle is not stopped both before and after (S6087: YES), the refueling machine 39 is determined (S6090). Note that there may be a plurality of refuelers 30 that satisfy the condition of S6087, but it is sufficient to determine the available refuelers 30 in a predetermined order and select the one that satisfies the condition first.

On the other hand, if the vehicle is stopped before or after (S6087: NO), it is determined whether the vehicle can be stopped in the same direction as any of the stopped vehicles (S6087: NO). S6088). In making this determination, the left and right positions of the fuel filler are particularly important. That is, even if the vehicle itself can stop at the refueling place S in the same direction,
In the case where the fuel filler is located on the opposite side to the position of, it is not determined that the vehicle can be stopped in the same direction. Then, when the vehicle can be stopped in the same direction as any of the preceding and following vehicles that have stopped (S6088: YES), the refueling machine 3
9 (S6090).

If a negative determination is made in this step S6088, the two or more refueling machines 30 are empty, but the above-described "easy to move to refueling place S, or another vehicle From the viewpoint of "convenience when guiding", the same processing as in the case where there is no vacancy is performed without using the vacant refueling machine 30. That is, the refueling machine 30 in which the refueling operation is completed earliest is selected from the current refueling situation (S60).
89), the refueling machine is determined (S6090).

Here, in S6088, it is determined whether or not the vehicle can be stopped in the same direction as the vehicle that is stopped before or after. However, this is because the vehicle is stopped with priority given to aligning the directions of the vehicles. This is the case where consideration is given, and if other considerations are emphasized, it is sufficient to make a judgment according to the considerations.

When the refueling machine 30 is determined in this way,
After the processing in FIG. 15 is completed, the flow shifts to S609 in FIG. 14 to instruct a guidance screen for refueling. Here, the in-vehicle device 1
It is transmitted to the 0 side and is displayed on the display device 52 (see FIG. 4) in the office J. In the in-vehicle apparatus 10, for example, as shown in FIG. 18, the display unit 15 shows the text "Please proceed like an arrow", and also shows a schematic diagram of a refueling machine and a refueling location, an arrow in a traveling direction, and a schematic diagram of a vehicle. The figure is shown. As a result, the user can know in which direction to proceed at the entrance.
Should be moved.

The effect of the system according to the second embodiment will be described. At that time, conventional problems are described for confirmation.
First, services other than refueling are often performed in a location different from the refueling location, but conventionally, when entering a stand, it was often unilaterally guided to the refueling location. that time,
The user had to open the window and tell the clerk that he wanted to receive services other than refueling. If it is a frequently used stand, it is possible to move the vehicle to the service place without permission, but it is not possible to know where to go at the first stand, and the stand side will be moved without permission It can be troublesome. On the other hand, according to the present system, the user is guided to an appropriate place according to the type of service desired by the user, so that such conventional inconvenience does not occur.

Also, even when the refueling service is received, simply because the refueling place S is vacant does not always mean that refueling can be performed without any problem. For example, depending on the type of fuel to be refueled, refueling may be performed only at a specific position. In such a case, it is necessary to guide the fuel to a refueling location corresponding to the type of fuel. Further, even if the same type of fuel is supplied, the position may be restricted depending on the position of the filler port on the vehicle side. In other words, this is a case where refueling cannot be performed unless the refueling port is directed to the refueling machine 30 side. In this case, stop in the same direction at the refueling place on the opposite side of the normal with respect to the refueling machine 30,
Alternatively, it is necessary for the vehicle C to stop at the same refueling location in the opposite direction. Further, the refueling place S may be limited depending on the vehicle size. For example, in the case of a large vehicle such as a truck, two fueling locations S are required. On the other hand, in the present system, vehicle information is transmitted from the in-vehicle device 10 to the fixed station 50, and the fixed station 50 can perform advanced guidance control based on the vehicle information.

[Other Embodiments of the Second Embodiment] (1) When the vehicle is moved to the refueling place S, roughly divided, a clerk on the stand side guides the vehicle or the vehicle driver himself moves the vehicle according to an instruction. It is conceivable to make it happen. In the above-described embodiment, the latter case is used. However, if a clerk performs a guiding operation, the following may be performed. That is, the screen for guidance displayed in S508 of FIG. 13 is displayed at least at a position that can be recognized by the clerk.

Needless to say, the guidance screen may be displayed at least at a position that can be recognized by the clerk, and the guidance screen may be displayed on the vehicle-mounted device 10 side. In that case, basically, the vehicle is moved to the refueling place at the discretion of the vehicle driver, but there is a merit that the clerk can assist the guidance if necessary. For example, a customer who first arrives at the gas station will not be confused by the assistance of a sales clerk.

(2) In the above embodiment, the vehicle-side information is held in the vehicle-mounted device 10 and transmitted to the fixed station 50. For example, if the fixed station 50 has all the information for each vehicle type, In this case, the vehicle type information only needs to be transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 10. (3) In the above embodiment, "judgment of presence / absence of refueling place"
By a DSRC antenna provided for each refueling location S,
This was performed based on the presence or absence of the response of the vehicle-mounted device 10 in each communication area. However, other than that, a detection sensor using infrared rays may be used.

[Others] (a) In the above embodiment, the input from the user to the in-vehicle device 10 is performed by the operation using the control panel 14, and the notification to the user is performed by the display using the display unit 15. . In addition to or instead of this, it is also possible to use audio units. That is, if a microphone, a speaker, an A / D converter, a D / A converter, and the like are provided so that voice input / output can be performed, an instruction from a user can be input by voice using this voice unit. Further, information to be notified to the user can be performed not only by display but also by voice instead of display.

(B) In the above embodiment, the individually formed units are interconnected via the in-vehicle LAN.
The in-vehicle device may be configured such that the microcomputer and the LAN unit provided in each unit are shared and integrated. Also, it is not necessary to integrate all units, for example, D
If there is a combined unit in which units other than the SRC radio unit 11 are integrated, this combined unit and DS
The in-vehicle device may be configured by connecting the RC wireless unit via the in-vehicle LAN.

(C) In the above embodiment, the DSRC wireless system was adopted as an example of the short range wireless communication.
The uetooth method can be adopted. This Bluetooth system enables a communication speed of 10 Mbps and has the same characteristics as DSRC wireless. (D) The fuel may be LPG or electricity in addition to the above-mentioned gasoline and light oil, and even if these are included, the fuel type is gasoline (regular high octane), light oil, LPG, electricity If the distinction such as is transmitted to the fixed station 50 side, the same applies.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a basic configuration of a system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a vehicle-mounted device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a mounting state of the vehicle-mounted device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a fixed station and a refueling machine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process related to a refueling service executed on the vehicle-mounted device side.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing related to a refueling service executed on the fixed station side.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a flow of information up to the start of refueling.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a flow of information after the end of refueling.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen on the in-vehicle device side.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen on the in-vehicle device side.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen on the in-vehicle device side.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a basic configuration of a system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a process related to guidance executed on the vehicle-mounted device side.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a process related to guidance executed on the fixed station side.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a refueling machine determination process executed in FIG. 14.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of vehicle outer shape information.

FIG. 17 is an example of a display screen on the in-vehicle device side, and is an explanatory diagram showing which of the left and right fuel supply ports of the own vehicle is located.

FIG. 18 is an example of a display screen on the in-vehicle device side, and is an explanatory diagram showing guidance to a refueling place.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... In-vehicle apparatus 11 ... DSRC wireless unit 11a ... DSRC wireless communication circuit 11b ... Microcomputer 11c ... LAN interface 12 ... IC card unit 14 ... Control panel 15 ... Display unit 16 ... Control unit 30 ... Refueling machine 30a ... Refueling nozzle 31 ... Fixed Station interface 32 Display device 33 Input device 34 Refueling meter 35 Refueling nozzle drive unit 36 Control device 39 Refueling machine 50 Fixed station 51 DSRC radio 51a DSRC antenna 52 Display device 53 Input device 54 ... Database 55 ... Control device 56 ... Communication device 57 ... Refueling machine interface A ... Communication area C ... Vehicle S ... Refueling location L ... Length of vehicle front and rear Y ... Distance from front end of vehicle to refueling opening W ... Vehicle width H ... Car Height Z: Height up to filler port

Claims (12)

[Claims] An on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle and provided with communication means for communicating with the outside using short-range wireless communication, and provided on a vehicle fuel sales side and located in a limited communication area. Based on information obtained from the in-vehicle device by performing wireless communication with the in-vehicle device, a fixed station that performs various controls,
A service system at a vehicular fuel sales office comprising: at least a fuel supply service as a service at the vehicular fuel sales office, wherein the fixed station responds to a request content on the vehicle side obtained from the on-vehicle device. A service system in a vehicular fuel sales office, which performs at least one of management control for fuel supply and management control for guidance to a fuel supply location. 2. The service system according to claim 1, wherein the control for fuel supply obtains the type and amount of fuel required by the vehicle from the on-vehicle device, and the control is performed in response to the request. A service system in a vehicular fuel vending machine, wherein a fuel of a corresponding type can be supplied from a fuel supply machine only in an amount corresponding to a request. 3. The service system according to claim 2, wherein the request for the amount of fuel is a request for designating at least one of a full tank designation, a designated amount designation, and a designated amount of money. Service system in a vehicular fuel sales office. 4. The service system in a vehicular fuel sales shop according to claim 2, wherein the management control for fuel supply obtains, from the on-vehicle device, a method of paying a fee requested by the vehicle. A service system in a vehicular fuel sales office, wherein a fee is also settled according to the vehicle. 5. The service system according to claim 1, wherein the fixed station determines whether there is a response from the on-vehicle device in a limited communication area at an entrance of the vehicular fuel sales office. It is determined whether there is a place where fuel can be supplied at the time when there is a response from the in-vehicle device, and if there is a place where fuel can be supplied, the location is notified to the in-vehicle device side,
Alternatively, by using the notification means provided at a predetermined location in the vehicular fuel sales office to notify the staff or the vehicle driver of the vehicular fuel sales office, management for guidance to the fuel supply location is performed. A vehicle fuel vending machine, wherein, when notified of the location where the fuel can be supplied, the in-vehicle device notifies the vehicle driver of the location using a notification unit. Service system in. 6. A service system at a vehicular fuel sales office according to claim 5, wherein the on-vehicle device is provided at an entrance of the vehicular fuel sales office.
The vehicle-side information including the type of fuel to be requested, the position of the fuel supply port, and the vehicle size is responded to the fixed station side, and the management control for guiding the fuel supply place at the fixed station is performed by the vehicle-side information. A service system in a vehicular fuel sales office, wherein the service system is executed based on the following. 7. The service system according to claim 5, wherein the fixed station stores a position of a fuel supply port and a vehicle size for each vehicle type, and wherein the on-vehicle device is configured for the vehicle. At the fuel store entrance,
The vehicle type and the type of fuel required are responded to the fixed station side, and the management control for guiding to the fuel supply location at the fixed station is performed by controlling the position of the fuel supply port according to the vehicle type responded from the on-vehicle device side. And a service system in a vehicular fuel sales office, which is executed based on a vehicle size and a requested fuel type. 8. The service system in a vehicular fuel sales shop according to claim 6, wherein the on-vehicle device includes an informing means for informing a vehicle driver of a position of the fuel supply port. Service system at a vehicular fuel sales office. 9. A service system in a vehicular fuel sales shop according to claim 5, wherein the fixed station is based on a past fuel supply service history.
The identification information of the in-vehicle device or the vehicle and the information necessary for the corresponding fuel supply service are stored.
The identification information is responded to the fixed station side, and the management control for guiding to the fuel supply location in the fixed station is performed based on information necessary for a fuel supply service according to the identification information responded from the on-vehicle device side. A service system in a vehicular fuel sales office, wherein the service system is executed on the basis of: 10. The service system in a vehicular fuel sales shop according to claim 5, wherein the fixed station uses a fuel supply location unit as a communication area and communicates with an on-vehicle device existing in the communication area. A service system in a vehicular fuel store, wherein the presence or absence of the fuel supply location is determined based on the presence or absence of a response from the on-vehicle device in the communication area. 11. The service system according to claim 5, wherein the fixed station determines whether or not there is a place where the fuel can be supplied, and supplies the fuel in units of a fuel supply place. A service system in a vehicular fuel sales office, which also takes into account the presence or absence of a fuel supply place in the near future based on the progress of work. 12. A service system in a vehicular fuel sales office according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the services in the vehicular fuel sales office include a car wash service, a maintenance service, in addition to the fuel supply service. There is at least one of the kerosene sales service, The on-vehicle device, at the vehicle fuel sales office entrance,
A vehicle that responds to the fixed station side with a requested service type, wherein the fixed station performs management control for guiding to a place corresponding to the requested service type obtained from the on-vehicle device. Service system at a fuel sales office.