JP2000315267A - Card reader for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give a warning to a driver if he/she forgets to pull out his/her IC card when getting off a vehicle and to improve the usability of a card reader by providing a get-off-vehicle detection means which detects the driver getting off the vehicle, a card detection means and a notification means. SOLUTION: An ACC switch 11 works with an ignition key. A control part 25 of a card interface 12 reads the information out of an IC card or writes the information into the IC card via a contact point 21. Relating to the part 25, when the switch 11 is turned off, a card detection part checks whether the IC card is inserted. The part 22 touches the IC card if inserted via a mobile contact. When the IC card is inserted, a buzzer 23 sounds to display is via a display part 24 that the IC card is inserted and left as it is. At the same time, this fat is notified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicular card reader for reading or writing specific information of an occupant from a card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in order to perform automatic toll payment on an expressway, it has become necessary to load an IC card storing various information including toll information and a card reader on a vehicle. In such a system, each occupant can manage his or her own information so that the various information can be managed for each occupant.
If you have your own IC card and get on your own
Insert the C card into the card reader and take out the IC card from the card reader when getting off.

A conventional general vehicle card reader is an I
A card holder for inserting a C card, contact contacts provided in the card holder, and a controller are provided. The control unit reads information from or writes information to the IC card via a contact point that has contacted the IC card inserted into the card holding unit.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 10-278865 discloses a technique for arranging a card reader in a meter case of a straddle-type vehicle such as a motorbike to ensure easy handling of the card.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-287196 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-287196 each disclose a technique for warning that the card is not inserted at the time of starting operation of the vehicle. It has been disclosed.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional card reader for a vehicle, even if the occupant forgets to remove the IC card when getting out of the vehicle, he / she cannot be informed that he / she has forgotten to remove the IC card.
For this reason, there is a problem that convenience is low because the card that has been forgotten to be stolen is stolen or the temperature inside the vehicle increases, depending on the parking situation of the vehicle, and the card is deformed or damaged.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and if a passenger forgets to remove an IC card when getting out of a vehicle, the vehicle is notified of the forgetting to remove the IC card, thereby improving the convenience for vehicles. It is intended to provide a card reader.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is provided with a card which is mounted on a vehicle and stores specific information of an occupant. In a vehicle card reader for exchanging information, a get-off detecting means for detecting that an occupant gets off the vehicle, and when the getting-off detecting means detects that the occupant gets off the vehicle, whether the card is inserted or not is determined. And a notification means for receiving the input of the specific signal from the card detection means and notifying that the card is inserted when the card is inserted. And is characterized by including.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a vehicular card reader according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The vehicle card reader according to the embodiment of the present invention,
As shown in FIG. 1, a vehicle battery 10 and an ACC (accessory) switch 11 linked to an ignition key
And a card interface 12. The card interface 12 includes a contact 21, a card detection unit 22, a buzzer 23, a display unit 24, and a control unit 25. The vehicle battery 10 includes:
Power is supplied to each section of the card interface 12 and connected to the control section 25 of the card interface 12 via the ACC switch 11. Here, the buzzer 23 and the display unit 24 correspond to a notification unit of the present invention.

The card detecting section 22 corresponds to the card detecting means of the present invention. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2A, a movable contact is used. 2 may detect that the card is inserted, and when the card is inserted, the push switch is set via the movable spring as shown in FIG. 2B. It may be pressed to detect that a card has been inserted. Further, as shown in FIG. 2C, using an LED and a phototransistor,
When the card is inserted, the light emitted from the LED may be blocked so as not to reach the phototransistor to detect that the card is inserted. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the card detection unit 22.

Hereinafter, the operation of each unit will be specifically described. A
The CC switch 11 corresponds to the getting-off detection means of the present invention. The ACC switch 11 is linked to an ignition key, and is originally a switch that is turned ON when power is supplied to a so-called auxiliary device such as an audio device. Generally, the ACC switch 11 is turned off only when the ignition key is turned off. Therefore, if the ACC switch 11 is turned off from on, it is considered that the occupant is about to get off the vehicle. You can do it.

The control unit 25 of the card interface 12
Reads information from or writes information to the IC card via the contact contacts 21. Also,
The control unit 25 sets the ACC switch 11 from ON to OFF.
When the display is changed to F, a process for warning that the user has forgotten to remove the IC card shown in FIG. 3 is performed. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of notifying the controller 25 of forgetting to remove the IC card. That is, the control unit 25 sets the ACC switch 11 to O
When the status changes from N to OFF, the card detection unit 22 checks whether a card is inserted (S1). If a card is inserted (Yes), the buzzer 23 sounds and the display unit 24 is activated. Is displayed to indicate that the card is still inserted, and is notified that the card is still inserted (S2), and the process ends. Further, processing S1
If the card is not inserted (if No), the process is terminated.

According to the vehicular card reader according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the ACC switch 11 is turned from ON to O
If the IC card is still inserted at the time of the FF, the buzzer 23 sounds and a display is displayed on the display unit 24 to alert the occupant and notify the driver of forgetting to remove the card. There is an effect that can be improved.

Next, a vehicle card reader according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a configuration block diagram of a vehicular card reader according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Note that components having the same configuration as that of the vehicle card reader according to the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and
Detailed description is omitted.

A vehicle card reader according to a second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
, Card interface 12 and key cylinder 31
And a driver's seat door switch 34 connected to the driver's seat forgetting notification device 33 and turned on or off in conjunction with opening and closing of the driver's door. The interface 12
A contact contact 21, a card detection unit 22, a buzzer 23,
The display unit 24 includes a display unit 24 and a control unit 26. The vehicle battery 10 supplies power to each section of the card interface 12 and is connected to the control section 26 of the card interface 12 via the key-less forgetting notification device 33. The key cylinder 31 includes a key detection unit 3.
2 and an ACC switch 11.

When the driver's door is opened and the driver's door switch 34 is turned off, the key detector 32 determines whether the ignition key is inserted into the key cylinder 31 or not. This device informs the user that the key has been inserted by using a buzzer or other means. However, here, in addition to the operation, the ACC switch 11
To the controller 26, based on the state of the driver's door switch 34, and a signal indicating whether or not the driver's door is open. That is, in the vehicular card reader according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the forgotten key removal notification device 33 corresponds to the getting-off detection means of the present invention.

The control unit 26 controls the I
Reads information from the C card or writes information to the IC card. In addition, the control unit 26 performs a notification process shown in FIG. 5 based on a signal input from the key removal forgetting notification device 33. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a notification process of the control unit 26.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 26 checks whether the ACC switch 11 is ON or OFF based on a signal input from the key removal forgetting notification device 33 (S11). If so, it is checked whether the door of the driver's seat is open (S12). Control unit 2
6 indicates that in step S11, the ACC switch 11
If it is F, the process moves to processing S13. If the door of the driver's seat is closed (if closed) in process S12, the control unit 26 returns to process S11 and repeatedly executes the process. If the driver's seat door is open (if it is open), the process proceeds to step S13. The control unit 26 checks whether or not the IC card is inserted by the card detection unit 22 (S13). If the IC card is not inserted (if No), the process ends. In step S13, if an IC card is inserted (if Yes), the buzzer 23 sounds, a display indicating that the IC card is still inserted is displayed on the display unit 24, and the card is inserted. It is notified that the operation has been performed (S14), and the processing is terminated.

That is, the vehicle card reader according to the second embodiment of the present invention informs the user that the IC card remains inserted when the ACC switch 11 changes from ON to OFF. Also, even if the ACC switch 11 remains ON, if the door of the driver's seat is opened and the IC card is still inserted at this time, this is notified. According to such a vehicle card reader, ACC
Even if the switch 11 is ON, if the IC card is still inserted when the occupant tries to leave the vehicle, it can be informed and the convenience can be improved.

Here, in the process S11, the AC
When the C switch 11 changes from ON to OFF, a process of warning that the IC card has been forgotten to be removed is performed.
The control unit 26 obtains information indicating whether or not the ignition key has been removed from the key removal forget notification device 33 by the key detection unit 32, and warns that the IC card has been removed when the ignition key is removed. Is also good.

[0020]

According to the present invention, when the getting-off detecting means detects the occupant getting off, the card detecting means detects whether or not the card is inserted, and when the card is inserted, the notifying means is provided. Since the vehicle card reader notifies that the card has been inserted, if the card is still inserted when the occupant leaves the vehicle, it can be notified and the convenience can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a vehicle card reader according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of a card detection unit 22.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of notifying the controller 25 of forgetting to remove an IC card.

FIG. 4 is a configuration block diagram of a vehicle card reader according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a notification process of a control unit 26;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 vehicle battery, 11 ACC switch, 12
Card interface, 21 contact points, 22 card detection section, 23 buzzer, 24 display section, 25, 26 control section, 31 key cylinder, 32 key detection section, 33
Forgotten alarm device without key, 34 Driver door switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle card reader mounted on a vehicle and exchanging information with a card upon receiving a card storing specific information of the occupant, wherein the card reader detects that the occupant gets off the vehicle. A card for detecting whether or not the card is inserted when an occupant gets off the vehicle by the getting-off detection means, and outputting a specific signal when the card is inserted; A vehicle card reader, comprising: a detection unit; and a notification unit that receives the specific signal from the card detection unit and notifies that a card is inserted.