JPH02105286A - Taxi card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically process the taxi fares by using a means which reads the cards requiring the identification members and the cards requiring no identification numbers and processing and storing the input fare information together with the present time for each card. CONSTITUTION:An A card 11a requiring no identification number is put into a processor main body 2 through a card slit 7b and read by a card reader/ writer. The read contents of the card 11a are recorded. The card reader/writer owns a function to write the information on the remaining amount into the card 11a after the payment of a fare. Both the fare and the remaining amount are displayed on a display lamp 10 when the card 11a is used at adjustment of the fare. While a B card 11b requiring an identification number and put into a card slit 7c of a key pad 8 to display only the fare on the lamp 10 with input of the correct identification number. Then the fare information is written into the card 11b. In addition, a thermal transfer printer 12 of the main body 12 can issue a receipt and a detailed statement. Then the coincidence is secured between the card information and the present time information. These information are stored in a memory part and then taken out as necessary for execution of a fare process.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a taxi card processing device that can handle various cards used when paying a taxi fare.

[Prior art]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a so-called cashless taxi ride system using various cards has been known.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the past, even in this case, there was no special device inside the taxi, and the taxi driver had to manually copy the card number printed on the card into a designated ledger, and the subsequent processing was carried out at the taxi company's office. The person in charge had to enter necessary data such as the card number into the credit processing terminal while looking at the ledger brought back to the bank, which was quite inconvenient.

By the way, cards used to settle taxi fares can be classified according to whether they have a PIN number or not, and whether there is amount information, but in this statement, cards that do not require a PIN number are categorized as 8-cards, and cards that do not require a PIN number. We will call what we need a B-card. There are the following four types of each, and in all of them, information is magnetically recorded information that is recorded magnetically.

Eight-Card Prepaid Card This corresponds to a conventional coupon and is paid in advance. The stored card information is mainly amount information.

Ticket cards are deferred payment cards that are treated the same as traditional tickets, and some cards have expiration dates. The stored card information includes amount information and various data information.

B-Card Credit Card This card is handled by a credit company, and the fee is paid in arrears, which is a contract with the credit company. The stored card information is various data information and does not have amount information. A PIN number is required to use it.

Payment will be made in arrears using a member's card sold by a card sales company or a taxi company. The stored card information is various data information and does not have amount information. A PIN number is required to use it.

Cards with different information contents and usage conditions, such as those shown in item 2, require different processing.

Therefore, the present invention seeks to provide a taxi card processing device that can automatically perform necessary processing for any of the above-mentioned various cards.

[Means to solve the problem]

Specifically, this taxi card processing device obtains taxi fare information from an external device such as a taxi meter, and also reads various cards using a reading means that matches the various cards used when paying the fare. reads the amount information and data information held by the card, and depending on the type of card, calculates the remaining amount for that card based on the fee information and amount information, and reproduces the new amount information obtained thereby. At the same time, the taxi fare and the remaining amount are displayed on an indicator light installed inside the taxi, and the fare information, the card information obtained from the card, and the information to be written on the card are written on the card using the storage means. This information is processed in combination with time-related information and stored in a storage unit as predetermined recorded information.

[For production]

This taxi card processing device inputs fare information for rental trips sequentially from an external device such as a taxi meter, and based on this input fare information and amount information from the card used, The remaining amount on the card and the taxi fare are notified to the passengers by indicator lights inside the car, and the information regarding the remaining amount on the card and the card information obtained from the card are stored in a storage part while being matched with the information regarding the current time. Then, by returning to a base such as a business office and performing predetermined operations, the information stored in the storage unit is retrieved.
Ability to aggregate sales and process accruals. On this occasion,
It is also possible to process each card used based on data information obtained from each card.

〔Example〕

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the taxi card processing device 1 of the present invention is comprised of a device body 2, a portable recording section 3, and a keypad 8.

The device main body 2 is connected to the connector 5a by cables 4a and 4b.
, 5b, it is electrically fixedly connected to the existing taxi meter 6 and an indicator light IO installed near the ceiling behind the crew seats, respectively.

When the recording unit 3 is inserted into the insertion lower a of the device main body 2,
It is mechanically held and electrically connected to a predetermined circuit inside the main body of the device, but if the installation is normal, the buzzer inside the device will sound for a short period of time and the indicator lamp 9a will continue to light up to alert the crew. Display confirmation. The recording section 3 is also easy to pull out, that is, it is detachable, and when it is pulled out, the indicator lamp 9a turns off.

The device main body 2 has an insertion lower b, and a card reader/writer device (indicated by reference numeral 27 in FIG. 2) for reading the A-card lla inserted from the insertion lower b is built in as a first reading means. has been done. Furthermore, this card reader/
The writer device is also provided with the function of writing information on the remaining amount after payment of charges onto the 8-card, as will be described later. When paying a taxi fare, that is, at the time of fare settlement, the A-card lla is inserted through the insertion lower b and is processed by a predetermined operation to be described later. When the A-card lla is used, the taxi fare and the remaining amount on the card are displayed on the indicator light 10 to notify the passenger.

Further, a keypad 8 is connected to the device main body 2 as a second reading means for reading the B-card llb via a connector 5c and an insertion lower C of the device main body 2. This keypad 8 has a built-in card reader (not shown). When the B-card 11b is presented at the time of payment, the B-card llb is inserted into the insertion lower d of the keypad 8, and processing is performed by a predetermined operation described later. At this time, only the taxi fare is displayed on the indicator light 10.

Reference numeral 12 in the figure is a thermal transfer printer built into the main body 2 of the device, which is capable of issuing receipts and usage statements in a format determined by the passenger's wishes. Also, 13 is
A detailed front view of the operation panel is shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the taxi card processing device 10 connected to the taxi meter 6. As shown in FIG. The signal Tm from the taxi meter 6 is a serial signal representing fare information according to the taxi fare.
The signals are assigned as shown in the figure, and are input into the main body 2 of the device each time the basic charge and the amount for constant travel are added and the charge information changes.

The device main body 2 includes an input circuit 20 that accepts a fare information signal, which is a serial signal from a taxi meter 6, and processes it into a predetermined format; a central processing unit 21 that includes an 8-bit microprocessor; controls each circuit, and sends and receives information. , a memory unit (memory circuit) 2 consisting of a ROM 23 that stores a processing program for calculating, processing, and generating new information and storing it, and a RAM 24 that is a storage location for processing results.
2; Input/output circuit 25 that sends and receives information to and from the recording unit 3; Indicator light control circuit 26 that transfers information on fees and card balance to the indicator light 10; Reader/writer 27 that further reads and writes to the A-card; A processing circuit 28 that processes the recorded information of the A card; an acquisition circuit 29 that inputs the card information of the B-card read by the keypad 8 together with data (PIN code) given by key operations of the keypad 8; this acquisition circuit 29 Processing circuit 30 that processes the data captured by; Clock circuit 31; Operation panel 34
A lamp buzzer drive circuit 32 that drives the upper lamp section 34a and an internal buzzer; a switch input circuit 33 that also detects switch input from the switch section 34b on the operation panel 34; drives a printer 36 that issues receipts, etc. A printer control circuit 35 for controlling the printer; a three-terminal regulator 38, and the like are provided. Note that 37 is an address/data bus for transmitting information and an instruction of the location of the information, D is a diode, and C1 is a large capacitor.

Power for the device main body 2 is supplied from a 12V battery installed in the vehicle through the taximeter 6 along with the ground, and the 12V is directly used for the reading and writing operations of the A-card reader/writer 27. , is also supplied to the printer control circuit 35. From this 12V, +5V is generated from the three-terminal regulator 38 and supplied to each circuit of the main body 2 of the device. A diode D is inserted in series with this +5■ power supply, and the aforementioned capacitor C1 is inserted in parallel with the power supply on its output side, and the other end is grounded. Even if the power to the device body 2 is turned off due to removal of the engine key or other reasons, the clock circuit 31 continues to operate due to the discharging operation of the capacitor C1, and the contents stored in the RAM 24 are continuously saved without being erased. Ru. This backup function guarantees at least two weeks of no power.

Each circuit control, information transmission/reception, calculation, processing, etc. in the taxi card processing device 1 of the present invention are all carried out by the central processing section 21.
This is carried out according to commands from the ROM 23 and a program stored in advance in the ROM 23 in the storage unit 22, but the description thereof will be omitted in the following explanation.

The recording unit 3 is a portable type that can be attached to and detached from the main body 2 of the apparatus, and as shown in FIG.
An input/output circuit 40 that is electrically connected to and sends and receives information.
, a memory circuit 42 composed of RAM, and this memory circuit 4
An address register 41 is provided for specifying an address for writing or reading information to or from 2. Power and ground are
When the recording unit 3 is attached to the device main body 2, the connectors J1 and J
2 and the main body 2 of the device, and is supplied from a 12V battery. When the recording unit 3 is removed from the main body 2 and the battery power is turned off, a relatively large capacity capacitor C2 is connected to the power supply as a backup for the power supply in order to preserve the memory contents in the memory circuit 42. A diode D is inserted in parallel and in series to ensure memory even if there is no power for two weeks or more, as in the case of the device main body 2.

The connection interface between the apparatus main body 2 and the recording section 3 is designed to transfer signals through photocouplers except for the power supply mentioned above.

At the start of operation, the crew member first inserts the recording unit 3 into the device main body 2. At this time, if the connectors J1 and J2 are inserted correctly, power is supplied to the input/output circuit 40.
The light receiving and light emitting elements in the circuit 40 become active. Next, the address register 41 is reset in response to the interface between the device main body 2 and the recording section 3, and the highest address of the storage circuit 42 is selected. If the recording section 3 is usable, this highest address is set to "1" in binary value, so this data is sent to the input/output circuit 25 via the input/output circuit 40, and the main body 2 of the device stores the recording section 3. Recognizes the insertion of As a result, the lamp buzzer drive circuit 32
is driven, the aforementioned display lamp 9a lights up, and the buzzer sounds for a predetermined period of time. When the insertion of the recording section 3 is confirmed, the address register 41 is sequentially counted up through the interface according to a command from the central processing section 21, and at each count, the information bit at the corresponding address of the memory circuit 42 is read out and sent to the main body 2 of the device. Send. At that time, the crew code, vehicle code, etc. fixedly stored in the recording section 3 are transferred to the device main body 2 and stored in the RAM 24. Also, recording section 3
The data of the current time when is inserted is also stored in the RAM 24. Then, the contents of the corresponding address in the storage circuit 42 where information such as data of the previous operation is stored are cleared.

The creation of amount information data will be described.

The fare given by the taxi meter 6 at the time of rental travel in the operating state of the device main body 2 (the state in which the recording unit 3 is attached to the device main body 2, roughly from the time of departure to the time of return) The information signal Tm is a serial signal as shown in FIG. 4(A), and is composed of a start bit, a stop bit, and bits bo to b indicating data.
The fee information is allocated in units of 10 yen as shown in Figure 4 (B), and the total fee information consists of two characters, with a maximum of 655,360 yen once. You can send it with . FIG. 4C shows an example of a charge information signal of 10,000 yen.

This serial signal Tm is input to the device main body 2 in the block diagram of FIG.
0 and is converted into a parallel signal and stored in a predetermined location of the RAM 24. Also, the input time of this signal Tm is
Based on the time data from the clock circuit 31, it is matched and combined with the signal Tm and stored at a predetermined address in the RAM 24. The clock circuit 31 not only generates a clock signal with a predetermined period (256 Hz), but also creates time data in units of hours, minutes, and seconds. It should be noted that the amount information data and the person clock time data are not all stored each time the amount information changes, but are overwritten over the previous data.

Taxi - When paying the fare, for example, A prepaid card, etc.
-Force- When the card lla is presented by the passenger, the crew member presses the "card" switch 15a with a built-in lamp in FIG. 5, and inserts the A card lla into the insertion lower b. Then, if the card 11a is normal, the lamp 9b lights up and the built-in card reader/writer starts reading. The reader/writer 27 in FIG. 2 reads the amount information of the A-card lla, and the read card information is transferred to the storage unit 22 via the address data bus 37 by the data processing circuit 28.

The storage unit 22 compares and calculates the final fare information obtained from the taxi meter 6 and stored in the RAM 24 with the amount information on the A-card, and then outputs the information to the indicator light 10 via the indicator light control circuit 26.
Displays the taxi fare and card balance. At the same time,
The reader/writer 27 writes the remaining balance of the card onto the A-card.

Furthermore, to the specified location of RAM24, as payment of the fee,
Along with the current time, final amount information, card type, presence or absence of unpaid balances, etc. are stored as recorded information. When this process is completed, the lamp built into the "card" switch 15a, which was lit when it was pressed, goes out.

Similarly, when a passenger presents a B-card llb such as a credit card, the "CD" switch 15b with a built-in lamp shown in FIG. Insert the card and read the card information. If the card is normal, “O” on keypad 8
The ``K'' lamp lights up and the ``Enabled'' lamp lights up. Here, the passenger inputs the password of the card using the keys on the keypad 8. If this PIN and the part indicating the PIN in the data information of the card match, the B-Card l
lb is considered valid and B-card ll from keypad 8
The data information of b is sent to the data acquisition circuit 29 of the main body 2 of the apparatus. In FIG.
0, it is transferred to the storage unit 22 via the address data bus 37 in the same way as the A-card lla.

The storage unit 22 compares and processes the final fare information obtained from the taxi meter 6 and stored in the RAM 24 with the data information of the B-card Ilb, and sends the data to a predetermined location in the RAM 24 as a fare settlement along with the current time. Information such as the final amount, card type, and whether or not there is an unpaid balance is stored as information. When this process is completed, the built-in lamp of the rCD and switch 15b, which was lit when the button was pressed, turns off. At this time, since there is no amount information on the B-card llb, only the taxi fare is displayed on the indicator light 10.

At the end of the service, when the crew member or handler presses the "pack" switch 14a (one of the switch sections 34b in Fig. 2), which is the write instruction switch shown in Figure 5, the time at the time of pressing is set as the service end time. It is stored in RAM24.

By pressing the "pack" switch 14a, all the information stored in the RAM 24 of the device main body 2 is sequentially transferred to the memory circuit 4.
It is stored in a predetermined location in 2. During this writing, a predetermined indicator lamp 9a lights up and a buzzer sounds, but when the writing is completed, the lights are turned off and the sound stops. The recording section 3 that has been transcribed is extracted from the device main body 2 by a crew member or a handler and submitted to the processing department. The information is then transferred to another processing device (not shown) connected to a host computer and used for various aggregate analyses. At this time, the processing of this processing device enables various processing such as sales of each card and whether or not there is an uncollected amount.

In this embodiment, only fare information is sent and received from the taxi meter, but it is also possible to receive other operation information from the taxi meter, process them simultaneously, and store them as predetermined operation information. . Further, fare information does not necessarily need to be obtained from a taxi meter, but may be obtained from something similar to a taxi meter.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the taxi card processing device explained above,
Even if a different card is presented by the passenger, the process is processed together with the fare information from the taxi meter and the current time,
In addition, since it is stored and processed, it is freed from the troublesome work of handwriting by the crew and post-processing after returning to the warehouse, which was required in the past. In addition, a separate fare display light is installed inside the taxi to display the taxi fare and the remaining amount on the card, so passengers can check the remaining amount on their card and use it as a guide for next time using the card or purchasing a new card. Furthermore, using the stored information, a separate processing device can perform various processing such as sales for each card and the presence or absence of uncollected accounts.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a taxi card processing device, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration inside the processing device main body, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the recording section, and FIG. The figure is an explanatory diagram showing a fare information signal from a taxi meter,
FIG. 5 is a front view of the operation panel of the processing apparatus main body. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Taxi card processing device, 2... Device body, 3... Recording section, 4a, 4 b... Cable, 5
a, 5b. 5c... Connector, 6... Taxi meter, 8...
・Keypad, 10...Price indicator light, lla...A
- card, 11b... B-card, 13... operation panel, 20... input circuit, 21... central processing unit, 2
2... Storage unit, 25... Input/output circuit, 26... Indicator light control circuit, 27... Eight-card reader/writer,
28...A-card data processing circuit, 29...B-
Card data acquisition circuit, 30... B-card data processing circuit, 31... Clock circuit, 37... Address data bus, Tm... Serial signal representing amount information from the taxi meter. Figure 3

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A taxi card processing device that automatically performs various processes related to fares based on fare information given from the outside and certain card information read from various cards as predetermined storage media owned by passengers, A taxi card processing device comprising a first reading means for reading an A-card that does not require a PIN number, and a second reading means for reading a B-card that requires a PIN number. (2) A taxi card processing device that automatically performs various processing related to fares based on fare information given from the outside and certain card information read from various cards as predetermined storage media owned by passengers, A calculation storage means for calculating and storing the remaining amount of the card based on the charge information and the amount information in the card information read from the card, and a reproduction storage means for newly reproducing and storing the remaining amount information on the card. Prepare,
A taxi card processing device further comprising display control means for displaying the taxi fare and the remaining amount on the card on an indicator light installed inside the taxi. (3) A claim characterized by comprising a storage unit that processes charge information, card information obtained from the card, and information to be written to the card in combination with information regarding the current time and stores the combined information as predetermined recorded information. The taxi card processing device according to (1) or claim (2).