EP0948780A1 - Method and device for authorising and controlling with a memory card the dispensing and metering of the consumption of a fluid or energy - Google Patents
Method and device for authorising and controlling with a memory card the dispensing and metering of the consumption of a fluid or energyInfo
- Publication number
- EP0948780A1 EP0948780A1 EP97948963A EP97948963A EP0948780A1 EP 0948780 A1 EP0948780 A1 EP 0948780A1 EP 97948963 A EP97948963 A EP 97948963A EP 97948963 A EP97948963 A EP 97948963A EP 0948780 A1 EP0948780 A1 EP 0948780A1
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- Prior art keywords
- card
- distribution
- memory
- fluid
- energy
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
- G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
- G07F7/0866—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means by active credit-cards adapted therefor
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F15/00—Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/0014—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
- G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
- G07F7/0873—Details of the card reader
Definitions
- Method and device for authorization and control by memory card for the distribution and metering of consumption of at least one fluid or energy.
- the object of the present invention is a method and a device for controlling by memory card for the distribution and metering of consumption of at least one fluid or energy.
- the technical sector of the invention is the field of manufacturing and managing devices for the distribution and measurement of energy and / or flow.
- One of the main applications of the invention is the production of independent and programmable terminals for distributing at least water and electricity by means of a preloaded payment card which can be used in any space or a place that can accommodate mobile and habitable machinery, such as, for example, marinas, campsites, fairgrounds, markets, etc.
- the problem posed is therefore to be able to use, as is therefore known in the requests mentioned above for example, memory cards preloaded with value units, these being therefore prepaid with the manager of '' a given type of site; it is equipped with fluid or energy distribution networks that the purchaser of said smart card wants to be able to use while paying only for what corresponds to its exact consumption, and this in full guarantee, both for the manager of the site considered precisely thanks to the use of pre-payment cards, only for the user so that nobody can steal from him the units of value thus pre-purchased, or "hack" his connection in his absence; the whole system should be able to allow the use of the same prepayment cards at any point of distribution of the same site and even of different sites equipped in the same way; and vice versa, each distribution point can be used by any user with a prepayment card, but without specific identification of its holder.
- a solution to the problem posed is a method of authorization and control by memory card for the distribution and metering of consumption of at least one fluid or energy, using any type of meter delivering a signal representative of said consumption to a unit.
- management electronics connected to a memory card reader and making it possible to control the opening and closing of at least one cut-off device for distributing said fluid or energy from a supply network; according to the invention: - units of value are loaded into the memory of said smart card from any compatible and qualified external means,
- said card thus loaded is introduced into the reader of the electronic unit associated with the fluid or energy meter whose distribution is to be authorized,
- shut-off device when the memory of the electronic unit no longer has a value unit, the shut-off device is closed, preventing any distribution of fluid or corresponding energy until the introduction, either of this same card, or another card of the same type with valid value units.
- the same card can be reused in any other compatible memory card reader, associated with any other counter for any flow, any fluid or any energy, the distribution of which is to be authorized, as long as it has valid units of value in its memory.
- the cut-off member is automatically closed which can then only be reopened. after in particular the introduction of this same card or any other order transmitted by the site manager such as over the air or by master card as for the statements and operating modifications below.
- the result is new authorization and control methods by memory card for the distribution and metering of consumption of at least one fluid or energy, responding to the problem posed without having the drawbacks of the methods known to date.
- the present invention also relates to devices allowing the implementation of the methods according to the invention with specific advantages: these in particular not requiring any wiring between the distribution points and the central control point, it suffices simply to connect said devices according to the invention to existing networks without therefore requiring modifications to the arrangements of the site in question.
- the managers of different sites can agree to use the same memory cards with the same associated readers on their distribution devices, thus simplifying the management of their consumption for the user by moving from one site to another.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of the operation of a device for distributing and counting consumption of at least one fluid or energy, controlled and authorized by a memory card according to the method of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the whole of a management network of several distribution devices such as that represented in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 3 represents an example of a distribution and metering terminal for consumption of at least one fluid or of energy, equipped with a device according to FIG. 1.
- this comprises at least one meter 9, 11 of consumption of said fluid or of said energy, and delivering a signal representative of said consumption, an electronic management unit 4 receiving said signal representative of consumption and capable at least of converting it into predefined value units, a memory card reader 3] associated with at least one keyboard and a display screen, a cut-off member 10, 12 of said energy or said fluid, located on the supply network 7 and upstream of the distribution outlet 5, 6 of said fluid or energy, the whole being controlled and controlled by said electronic unit 4 and supplied at least by an electric battery, not shown.
- Unloading with an identification code specific to the card 2 of all the value units contained in its memory, to the memory of the electronic unit 4 of the device located for example in terminal 1 of FIG. 3, can be carried out by simply copying files from one memory to another; then blocking or erasing the memory of the card 2 until it is recharged at the end of consumption if there are units of value remaining in the memory of the electronic unit 4 of the distribution device concerned.
- Each electronic unit 4 of the distribution devices can be configured by the site manager in question, by assigning a weighting coefficient to each flow, fluid or energy distributed as a function of the cost thereof to debit from said memory a number of units of value of an equivalent amount. These coefficients can indeed be different from one site to another, while the pre-paid and pre-loaded units of value are the same for all memory cards.
- either the site manager has a master card 17 as mentioned above, which he must then introduce into each reader 3 d of the various distribution devices 1, or in a preferential mode, there is of a transmitting receiving antenna 18 of radio waves on each of these devices or distribution points, connected to each associated electronic management unit 4: this antenna 18 then allows the transfer of information, on the one hand 13 ! between each distribution point such as terminal 1 and any external central management unit 14 and vice versa 13 2 between the latter and said device 1.
- all of these external central units 14 under the control of the manager of the site in question, transmit their management data, on the one hand for the sale of memory cards 2 and on the other hand for the consumption of the various fluids, around 15 a centralized operating site 16 of all the information from all the sites considered, in order to then make the distribution and the financial compensation between the different sites.
- each distribution device can comprise a means of warning the user when the number of value units remaining in the memory of the electronic unit 4, and corresponding to the distribution sockets 5, 6 which have been authorized, reaches a given threshold.
- a warning means can be flashing lighting, for example from 10% of remaining consumption units relative to the maximum total units of the memory card 2, and continuous lighting below 5% for example.
- a distribution device or point 1 comprises at least two distribution sockets 5, 6, two consumption meters 9, 11, and two cut-off members 10, 12 for distribution on the one hand water and secondly electricity.
- the device according to the invention can be a terminal 1 fixed on the ground and comprising at least four distribution outlets 5, 6, four meters 9, 1 1 of consumption and four cut-off members 10, 12 for distributing the same fluid or energy, and a single electronic unit 4 and a single memory card reader 3; said terminal 1 may include in its part upper a light globe 8 allowing users to see and be able to plug in and control the desired distribution, whatever the hour and in particular during the night.
- Said memory cards 2 can be smart cards, of known type, which can be disposable once emptied of their value units or be rechargeable.
- the card reader 3 1 with its associated screen 3 2 and keyboard 3 3 can be protected by a folding cover; after inserting said card 2 into the reader 3 ⁇ , the screen 3 2 offers the user to choose between one of the distribution channels of the terminal, if the latter has several sockets 5, 6 for distributing the same fluid or energy, depending on the availability of these to be used for example in water and electricity; the user then types his choice on the keyboard 3, said channel number with that of identification of the card and the number of units contained therein are then stored in the electronic unit 4; the use of the water 6 and electricity 5 circuits of the chosen channel is authorized, the card is then neutralized and the channel used is unavailable for another user. It can also be proposed to the user to use only water or electricity, so that the supply of the other fluid stops.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR9614832A FR2756400B1 (en) | 1996-11-28 | 1996-11-28 | MEMORY CARD AUTHORIZATION AND CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION AND COUNTING OF CONSUMPTION OF AT LEAST ONE FLUID OR ENERGY |
FR9614832 | 1996-11-28 | ||
PCT/FR1997/002161 WO1998024070A1 (en) | 1996-11-28 | 1997-11-28 | Method and device for authorising and controlling with a memory card the dispensing and metering of the consumption of a fluid or energy |
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AU (1) | AU741490B2 (en) |
FR (1) | FR2756400B1 (en) |
IL (1) | IL129763A (en) |
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WO (1) | WO1998024070A1 (en) |
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