JP2000118598A - Gas station - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save work for asking the kind of fuel from a customer and work for setting up refueling charge, and thus decrease work of the stuff in a gas station by outputting an oil-kind signal based upon a customer's data received by a transmitter- receiver, and installing therein a settlement device for settling up charge on the basis of the refueling data and customer's data received from a refueling system. SOLUTION: When an automotive vehicle 12 stops at the front of a refueling system 3 and a transponder 13 receives a transmitting signal from a transmitter-receiver 10, the transponder 13 transmits customer data. As the customer data is inputted in a settlement device 8 via the transmitter-receiver 10, the settlement device 8 operates to make a credit check of the customer, and if the credit is reliable, an oil-kind signal of the customer is inputted in a refueling system 3. A refueling control device 7 of the refueling system 3 having an oil-kind signal from the settling device 8 allows an oil-kind metering mechanism 4 to be operable. When a refueling operation is finished, the refueling control device 7 works to stop the operation of the metering mechanism 4 and output refueling data to the settlement device 8. The settlement device 8 conducts a settlement process before settlement data is transmitted to the refueling device 3 via the transmitter-receiver.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a filling station for supplying fuel oil to automobiles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are two types of work performed by a gas station worker at a gas station: a task of refueling after listening to the type of oil from a customer, and a task of receiving a charge after refueling is completed. When a gas station is rushed, one gas station staff must work on a plurality of customers at the same time, and there may be troubles with the customers due to wrong oil types and wrong change. For this reason, there is a demand for streamlining work at gas stations.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a refueling station which can reduce the work of refueling staff by eliminating the task of asking the customer for the oil type and the task of adjusting the refueling fee.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a fueling station according to the present invention has a measuring mechanism for a plurality of oil types, and drives a measuring mechanism for a corresponding oil type in response to an oil type signal. A refueling device that outputs refueling data after refueling, a transceiver attached to the refueling device, and an oil type signal based on customer data received by the transceiver is output to the refueling device, and the refueling received from the refueling device is performed. Since there is provided an adjustment device for adjusting the refueling fee based on the data and the customer data, there is no need to ask the customer for the type of oil and to adjust the refueling fee, so that the refueling station has reduced the work of the refueling staff.

[0005] Since the settlement device adjusts the toll on the toll road based on the customer entry data received from the transmitter / receiver together with the refueling fee, in the case of a refueling station provided at the exit of the toll road, the toll is charged. The toll on the road can be settled at the same time as the refueling fee, and the work of adjusting the toll road can be reduced.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a refueling station 1 is provided with a plurality of islands 2, and each island 2 is provided with a refueling device 3. The refueling device 3 includes a plurality of measuring mechanisms 4.
a, 4b, and 4c (hereinafter, representatively indicated by 4) are provided, and the metering mechanism 4a supplies regular gasoline, the metering mechanism 4b supplies high-octane gasoline, and the metering mechanism 4c supplies light oil. A nozzle switch 6 for detecting whether or not the fueling nozzle 5 is detached is provided on the nozzle hook of the fueling nozzle 5 of the measuring mechanism 4. And each weighing mechanism 4
Is controlled by the refueling control device 7.

[0007] The refueling control device 7 of the refueling device 3 receives the oil type signal from the settlement device 8 described later and sets the measuring mechanism 4 of the corresponding oil type to a movable state. And the refueling control device 7
When the nozzle switch 6 is turned on, the weighing mechanism 4 is driven. When refueling is completed and the nozzle switch 6 is turned off, the weighing mechanism 4 is turned off.
Is stopped, and the refueling data is output to the settlement device 8.

The settlement device 8 is provided in the office 9 of the gas station 1. Then, the customer data is received from the transceiver 10 described later and the credit of the customer is checked. If the credit is valid, an oil type signal is output to the refueling device 3 and the refueling data is received from the refueling device 3 to settle the refueling fee. It performs processing and outputs the settlement data to the transceiver 10. The payment data is output to the external payment center 11 at any time or immediately, and the payment is made.

The transceiver 10 is provided to accompany each refueling device 3. The transceiver 10 always outputs a transmission signal, outputs customer data received from a transponder 13 of the automobile 12 described later to the settlement apparatus 8, and transmits the settlement data received from the settlement apparatus 8.

A transponder 13 is provided in a key holder or a vehicle body of a car 12 of a customer of the gas station 1.
The transponder 13 stores payment data and customer data such as oil type, and stores payment data. Then, the transponder 13 includes the transceiver 1
The customer data is transmitted in response to the transmission signal from 0, and the received adjustment data is stored.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. When the vehicle 12 that has arrived at the gas station 1 stops in front of the fueling device 3 and the transponder 13 receives a transmission signal from the transceiver 10, the transponder 13 transmits customer data.

When customer data is input to the settlement device 9 via the transceiver 10 (ST1 in FIG. 3), the settlement device 8 checks the credit of the customer (ST2 in FIG. 3). A signal is output to the refueling device 3 (FIG. 3
ST3). In the case where there is no credit, a notification is made by a not-shown alarm (ST4 in FIG. 3).

The refueling control device 7 of the refueling device 3 which has received the oil type signal from the settlement device 8 (ST1 in FIG. 4) makes the measuring mechanism 4 of the oil type movable (ST2 in FIG. 4). And
When the refueling staff removes the refueling nozzle 5 from the nozzle hook and the nozzle switch 6 is turned on (ST3 in FIG. 4), the weighing mechanism 4
Is driven to perform refueling (ST4 in FIG. 4). When the refueling is completed and the refueling nozzle 5 is put on the nozzle hook and the nozzle switch 6 is turned off (ST5 in FIG. 4), the refueling control device 7 stops the driving of the metering mechanism 4 and outputs the refueling data to the settlement device 9 (FIG. 4). ST6).

The settlement device 8 that has received the refueling data from the refueling device 3 (ST5 in FIG. 3) performs a settlement process,
The settlement data is transmitted via (ST6 in FIG. 4). Then, the settlement data is stored in the transponder 13 of the automobile 12. In this settlement process, the settlement data is transferred to the settlement center 1
1 is transmitted at any time or immediately.

In the above-described embodiment, only the refueling fee is settled. However, as shown in FIG.
In the case of the refueling station 1 provided in the area, the payment work of the toll road 14 can be reduced by adjusting the toll together with the refueling fee.

That is, in this embodiment, the toll road 14
A transmitter / receiver 17 is provided at an entrance 16 and a transmitter / receiver 18 and a settlement device 19 are provided at an outlet 15. And car 1
The second transponder 13 stores the incoming data received from the transmitter / receiver 17 at the entrance 16, transmits customer data and incoming data at the gas station 1, and the settlement device 9 converts the incoming data received by the transceiver 10 into the incoming data. The toll is calculated based on the toll, and the toll is settled together with the refueling fee refueled by the refueling device 3.

A vehicle that exits the toll road 14 without refueling transmits customer data and entry data at the exit 15, and the settlement device 19 transmits the customer data and entry data received by the transceiver 18 based on the customer data and the entry data. The toll is settled.

[0018]

As described above, the gas station of the present invention
A refueling device having a plurality of oil type measuring mechanisms, receiving an oil type signal, driving a corresponding oil type measuring mechanism, and outputting refueling data after refueling is completed, and a transmitter / receiver attached to the refueling device,
An output device for outputting an oil type signal based on the customer data received by the transceiver to the refueling device, and a payment device for adjusting the refueling fee based on the refueling data received from the refueling device and the customer data is provided. There is no need to ask for the type of oil and to settle the refueling fee.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a gas station according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a gas station of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of control of the settlement apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of control of a fueling device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an embodiment in which a gas station according to the present invention is provided at an exit of a toll road.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gas station 2 Island 3 Refueling device 4 Metering mechanism 5 Refueling nozzle 6 Nozzle switch 7 Refueling control device 8 Payment device 9 Office 10 Transceiver 11 Payment center 12 Car 13 Transponder 14 Toll road 15 Exit 16 Entrance 17, 18 Transponder 19 Payment apparatus

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A refueling device having a plurality of oil type measuring mechanisms, receiving an oil type signal, driving a corresponding oil type measuring mechanism, and outputting refueling data after refueling is completed. A transmission / reception device, and a payment device that outputs an oil type signal based on customer data received by the transmission / reception device to the refueling device, and adjusts a refueling fee based on the refueling data and the customer data received from the refueling device. A gas station characterized by: 2. The refueling station according to claim 1, wherein the payment device adjusts a toll on a toll road based on customer entry data received from the transceiver, together with a refueling fee.