JP2002288289A - Method for adjusting fare coupled to route search, travel expence acting service and system for adjusting fare - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for calculating a fare coupled to a route search, which can implement a process for adjusting the fare in a very simple manner, after a business trip. SOLUTION: A route is specified, the route search including the fare has been previously implemented, and the route as a result searched by the route search is stored; while actually passed points on the route are detected. The detected points are applied to the stored route, and the actually passed route is selected, estimated and amendably displayed, so as to adjust the fare based on the estimated route.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fee calculation method used for travel expense settlement after a business trip or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when traveling by rail, there has been no information service that provides both guidance on transfer information and the like, and support for settlement of transportation expenses after traveling. Before you try to travel by train, there is software that runs on a personal computer that calculates route guidance and charges, and is commercially available. In addition, similar services are provided to individual railway companies only for their own sections.

[0003] However, in the former case, since the basic data is based on the diagram at the time of the timetable revision once or twice a year, the information is often old. In the latter case, even if the information is the latest information, it is only information on the driving section of the company. For this reason, it was impossible to use the latest information to provide guidance and settlement (toll calculation) when connecting between sections of multiple railway companies.

It is conceivable to calculate the settlement amount by the above-mentioned route guidance at the time of settlement, but it is necessary to input it again, and when searching before a business trip or the like, input the business trip date and check. However, when you try to pay at a later date,
Forgetting how many days a business trip was, they often only consider whether a weekday was a holiday, and often miscalculated.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and has a fee linked to a route search that can perform settlement processing extremely easily even after a business trip or the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a calculation method and a system thereof.

[0006]

A feature of the present invention is that search data of a route search which is usually performed before a business trip or the like is left, and information of an actual travel point is applied to the route search data. And calculate the fee.

To achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a route search step for specifying a route and performing a route search including a fee in advance, and a route of a search result searched by the route search A search route storing step of storing a location of the route actually performed, and a point detected by this step is applied to the route stored in the search route storage step to actually A route estimating method linked to a route search, comprising: a route estimating step of selecting and estimating a route that has been performed; and a step of displaying the route that can be corrected for the fee adjustment based on the route estimated in this step. I will provide a.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a schedule storing step of storing schedule information and a route search including a fee by specifying a route based on the schedule information stored in the schedule storing step are performed in advance. A route search step to be performed, a search route storage step to store a route of a search result searched by the route search, a point detection step to detect a point of a route actually performed, and a point detected by this step to A path estimation step of applying the path stored in the search path storage step to select and estimate an actually performed path;
And displaying the information in a correctable manner for the payment based on the route estimated in this step.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server for performing travel expense settlement by the fee adjustment method in response to an inquiry from a user through a terminal capable of using the charge adjustment method according to the first or second aspect. It provides a travel expense agency service which is operated and forms an alliance with the user or a company in which the user works, and which responds to the terminal of the user from a travel expense settlement agency which performs travel expense settlement.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a route search step of specifying a route and performing a route search including a fee in advance by a portable terminal, and a search route for storing a route of a search result searched by the route search A storing step, a point detecting step of detecting the point of the route actually performed by the portable terminal, and applying the point detected by this step to the route stored in the search route storing step, Selecting and estimating the route taken;
Displaying the information on the portable terminal in a modifiable manner for the payment based on the route estimated in this step.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a route search means for specifying a route and performing a route search including a fee in advance, and a search route storage means for storing a route of a search result searched by the route search Means for detecting a point of a route actually performed, and a path estimation for selecting and estimating a route actually performed by applying the point detected by the means to a path stored in the search path storage means. And a means for displaying in a modifiable manner for the payment based on the route estimated by the means.

According to claim 6 of the present invention, a schedule storage means for storing schedule information, and a route search including a fee is specified in advance by specifying a route based on the schedule information stored by the schedule storage means. Route search means for performing, a search route storage means for storing a route of a search result searched by this route search, a point detection means for detecting a point of a route actually performed, and a point detected by this means. Route estimation means for selecting and estimating an actually performed route by applying to the route stored by the search route storage means, and means for correcting and displaying the route estimated based on the route estimated by the means. And a fee settlement system linked to the route search.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, a route search means for specifying a route and performing a route search including a fee by a portable terminal in advance, and a search for storing a route of a search result searched by the route search means Route storage means, point detection means for detecting the point of the route actually performed by the portable terminal, and applying the point detected by this means to the path stored by the search path storage means, A route estimating means for selecting and estimating the route performed; and a means for displaying on the portable terminal so as to be modifiable for the payment of a fee based on the route estimated by the route estimating means. Provide a fee settlement system linked to.

[0014]

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

In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a railway cooperation information system in which each railway company cooperates and provides information.
In this system, the operating section information and the fare information of each railway company are distributed at any time, and the information is compiled into a database as cooperation information. By accessing this database, the section information between the boarding station and the getting off station specified by the user (transit,
(Transfer stations, etc.), and build a road guidance Web site system as an Internet Web site that provides fee information.

This Web site accepts a service provision request from a personal computer or a mobile phone that can connect to the Internet. In addition, the user can specify a section to be moved from a mobile phone or the like, and can know in advance information on route guidance such as a transfer station in the section and a fare, while using a Bluetooth communication function or the like. If you use a mobile phone that has the function of recording information on the boarding travel zone and a personal computer or mobile phone that has the function of matching information from the website,
When the vehicle actually moves, it is possible to perform a comparison check with the fare of the section and support for calculating a fare at the time of settlement.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a processing procedure for inquiring "route guidance" information prior to movement, that is, a search for a movement section is shown in a flowchart of FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure on the route guidance Web site system side that provides information in response to the processing on the user side.

A user calls a system of a route guidance Web site using a personal computer or a mobile phone that can be connected to the Internet. The system of the user and the route guidance Web site exchanges information through an interface such as the display example shown in FIGS. FIG. 3 is an example of an input screen on which the user makes an input, and FIG. 4 is an example of a display of an answer screen of the guide web site in response thereto.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the configuration of the system of this road guidance Web site. This is the operation information management system 501 of each railway company which has the operation section and the fare information of each railway company,
Receiving information from those systems, the railway cooperation information system 502 having the driving section and the fare database of each company, and receiving information on the driving section and the fare database, various inquiries on the Internet, that is, It is a part of a system including a road guidance Web site system 503 that provides a service for presenting a fare, and a mobile phone 504 or a personal computer 505 as an Internet connection terminal that uses this information providing service.

[0020] In addition, the route guidance Web site system 503
Has a configuration as shown in FIG. 6, for example. That is, the guide web site system 600 includes an inquiry transmission / reception unit 601 that accepts an inquiry from an Internet connection terminal.
A driving section information acquiring section 602 for receiving and acquiring information from the railway cooperation information system 502; a processing section 603 for performing various processes; a driving section information search section 604 for searching the database for driving section information; The driving section information registration unit 605 registers information from the information system 502 in the database, and the driving section / payment database 606 stores payment section information such as driving section information and fare information.

On the other hand, a mobile phone 504 and a personal computer 505
Is the guide web site 600 on the Internet
Can be accessed, the predetermined processing procedure is performed, and the information input through the initial input screen shown in FIG. 3 is received. That is, in step S101, the road guidance Web site 503 is called.

In response, in step S201, the guide web site system 503 transmits and displays an input request screen as shown in FIG.

The mobile phone 504 or the personal computer 505 inputs the information in step S102,
Send to The user enters the "station to get on" and "station to get off" in the input section 301 of the boarding section, and the "departure time", "type of train used", and " Use each day of the week.

For the "station to be boarded", enter the boarding station from the selection / input box on the right. The selection / input box is
When the rightmost inverted triangle is specified by clicking the pointing device etc., a list of station names is displayed,
You can select and enter from them. Similarly, input "station to get off", "type of train used", and "day of use".

The "departure time" is used to input a scheduled time zone for boarding. "Type of train used" is "Regular train",
Select and enter a type such as "express train" or "green car". The "day of use" includes "weekdays" and "holidays" in addition to Sunday to Saturday.

At step S202, the route guidance Web site system 503 sends the input information to the inquiry transmitting / receiving unit 60.
1 to receive. In step S203, the driving section / payment database 606 is searched using the driving section information search unit 604 using the input boarding station as a key.

This operation section and settlement database 606
Has a data structure as shown in FIG. That is,
The driving section / payment database 701 includes information on all stations and all stations stored in the database as station information 702 on all routes and information on operating sections 703 of each company, in the driving section in which the vehicle goes up or down or stops and passengers get on and off. Station information including stop line, company name and line name, type of train (stop at each station, high speed,
It has various information such as an express train, whether or not there is a glee seat), a boarding fare table 704 (ordinary, limited express, green, designated day of the week, etc.) and an arrival / departure timetable 705 at each stop station.

The driving section information 703 includes an express fare 802, a normal fare 803, and time information 804 as shown in detail in FIG. This is used when discriminating the fare on the day of the week, corresponding to the “day of the week” column of the input screen of FIG. In addition, a link is provided from the station information 702 to operation section information 703 that includes a departure station (first station or an intermediate station that departs after stopping) in the section. By tracing the link and the line of the station of the driving section in the operation section information 703, the station to the getting off station is searched.

In step S204, the searched section from the boarding station to the disembarkation station is searched and extracted from the driving section / payment database 606 by the driving section information search unit 604. At this time, if there are a plurality of sections from the boarding station to the getting off station, all of them are extracted as separate routes. In step S205, a transfer station is extracted from the section information acquired in step S204. In step S206, the fare information of the corresponding section in the section information is totaled to calculate the fare.

In step S207, the obtained transfer station, the section (railway company and route, starting station and end station), fare, required time, and the like, if there is another route, are added together with the inquiry transmitting / receiving section. 601 is transmitted.

The mobile phone 504 and the personal computer 505 receive information in step S103. In step S104, the user uses the information by recording and displaying the information. This means, for example, for a user who is planning to travel, along with information on the train and the company name and route of the train that must be boarded, where the transfer or transit is required, the station and departure time , And information on the home where the train departs. Further, since information on another route can be known, a route can be selected.

Next, the user actually moves on board, and at this time, carries a mobile phone with a Bluetooth communication function. This mobile phone with Bluetooth communication function receives information such as distribution information from each station and trains and a system that provides information guidance with Bluetooth communication function installed in trains, and acquires and records information on boarding and changing stations It has a function to do. Using this mobile phone 504, the user records the transit station of the boarding movement section and uses it for the settlement process at a later date.

After boarding, the personal computer 505 or the mobile phone 504
Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The settlement support processing after the boarding movement is performed by way guidance We.
It is assumed that the above-mentioned route guidance is inquired to the site b and the route information has been acquired. That is, it is assumed that the boarding route and the fare information are received from the Web site and recorded and stored in the mobile phone 504 or the personal computer 505.

The mobile phone 504 uses a Bluetooth communication function to acquire and record information on each transit station in a format as shown in a display example 1001 in FIG. In the following description, it is assumed that the mobile phone has a function of causing the mobile phone to perform the process.

In step S901, the recorded boarding section information of the section in which the boarder actually traveled is read, and then in step S902, a plurality of pieces of route information received and stored from the Web site are read. In step S903, the read plurality of pieces of route information are checked against route information that matches the actual boarding section. If there is a perfect match in this matching process, it is selected. Even if there is none, select the one that is closest to the actual boarding section (the number of intermediate stations is the most common).

Next, in step S904, the fare for the selected route is calculated and displayed as in a display example 400 in FIG. In step S905, if the ride section of the display information is different from the actual one, as determined by the user, the process proceeds to step S906, where the ride section and each condition are re-input.
If appropriate, terminate.

In step S906, when the boarding section and conditions are different, they are changed. This change can be made by clicking the train type button 402 (displayed as “normal”), the day of the week button 403 (displayed as “Monday”), and the transfer station button 404 (displayed as “transfer”) in FIG. , A list is displayed and the user is allowed to select from the list.

In step S907, step S9 is performed.
After the item 06 is changed, the process returns to step S903, and it is checked whether there is route information that matches the actual boarding section by matching them.

However, if the boarding section and conditions are still different from the actual conditions even after the change in step S906 is performed,
The process returns to step S903 again, and connects to the road guidance Web site to acquire information.

For example, there is a case where the user travels on a day other than the day specified when the route information is searched, or a case where the user searches for a limited express fare but actually travels on a regular train. In such a case, the process is once finished, the information search and information acquisition processes shown in the flowchart of FIG. 1 are performed, and then the process is performed again.

The driving section / payment database 60 of the road guidance Web site system 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
6 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S1101, the transmission section information requesting unit 602 is used to request transmission of the operation section information to the information providing function of the railway cooperation information system or the operation information management system of each railway company. The operation section information transmitted in response to this request is received and acquired by the operation section information acquisition unit 602 in step S1102.

Next, in step S1103, the obtained driving section information is stored in the driving section / payment database 6.
06 data format (format of operation section information 703 in FIG. 7)
In the processing unit 603. In step S1104,
The converted driving section information is stored in the driving section / payment database 606 using the driving section information registration unit 605.

In the next step S 1105, the driving section information registration unit 605 based on the driving section station of each driving section information.
Is used to set a link to the station information 702 in FIG. This link is provided from the station information 702 to the driving section information 703.
Here is a link to

By the way, in the above embodiment, the information of the route and the fare is stored in the route guidance Web site system 503.
From the Internet to a personal computer 505 or a mobile phone 504 connected to the Internet to acquire and record the data, and record the actual boarding movement section by the mobile phone 504 having a built-in Bluetooth communication function, and then transfer them to the personal computer 505.
And a method of matching by processing on the mobile phone 504. However, this matching process can also be performed in the route guidance Web site system 503.

For example, by incorporating the processing shown in the flow chart of FIG. 9 into the road guidance Web site system 503, the actual boarding travel section is obtained using the mobile phone 504, and the acquired travel section is displayed on the road guidance Web site system. It is also possible to transmit to 503 to have the transportation expenses settled. In this case, the route guidance information acquired in advance, that is, the route and the fee information, is stored in the route guidance website system 503.
The information can be managed by a user identification method using a "cookie" or the like.

By the way, the provision of the driving section information in the embodiment of the present invention is performed on the premise that the information is provided from the information system of each railway company or the railway cooperation information system constructed by a third party receiving the information provided by them. I have mentioned.

Normally, the information systems of each railway company have information such as operation, section, and fare in different formats. Therefore, a railway cooperation information system was considered as a means for unifying them. The format conversion, acquisition, and storage of the driving section information may be directly performed by the guidance Web site system. That is, the We including the railway cooperation information system
The b site system may be used.

The operation section information in the embodiment of the present invention is updated at any time, and is newer information than a so-called “timetable” that is commercially available, for example, “D from the C station on the B line of the A railway company. The station can be closed from day to day due to repair work. "

However, there is no information such as "when a certain train X departs from station E and arrives at station F at what time." This is because this information must have not train section information but train and train schedule information (information for individually managing trains and train operations). Therefore, there is a method in which each company provides the timetable information of each company or the scheduled timetable (timetable tomorrow or later) information from each company and creates a database.

By using this, it is possible to respond to a more detailed request from the user, for example, an inquiry about a designated date including today, a designated train, a designated departure time, and the like. In addition, since it is the actual timetable information of each train, it is possible to know whether the train is operating or has been suspended when moving. As a result, an extremely accurate settlement process can be performed.

In the above embodiment, the information is used to support the settlement process based on the information checked by the route search. However, it is also possible to store schedule information, specify a route based on the schedule information, and perform a route search including a fee in advance.

According to the present invention, in response to an inquiry from a user using a terminal capable of using the above-described fee settlement method, a server for performing travel expense settlement is operated, and the travel expenses are set up in cooperation with the user or a company in which the user works. It is also possible to provide a travel expense proxy service in which a travel expense clearing agency that performs the payment is a response to the user's terminal.

According to the present invention, the latest operation section information and fare information of each railway company are acquired, centralized management is performed, and the information is used on an Internet Web site to provide transfer guidance, toll calculation, or Various services such as transportation expense settlement can be provided. In addition, the user can be provided with route guidance such as information on a transfer station in a moving section, and after traveling, can also get assistance in the process of adjusting the fare.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a fee calculation method and a system for linking with a route search, which can perform settlement processing extremely easily even after a business trip or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exemplary view for explaining an inquiry processing procedure of a personal computer or a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view for explaining an inquiry processing procedure of the road guidance Web site system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a display example according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view for explaining a display example according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the overall configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a processing unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of an operation section / payment database in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of an operation section / payment database in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary view for explaining a settlement support procedure of a personal computer or a mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary view for explaining a boarding section display example of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary view for explaining a registration procedure of the road guidance Web site system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

300 ... road search search input screen, 301 ... boarding section, 302 ... boarding condition, 400 ... road guide search result display screen, 401 ... boarding section information, 402.
..Train type button, 403 ... day button, 40
4 ... transfer station button, 405 ... fare information, 501 ... operating information management system of each railway company, 5
02: railway cooperation information system, 503: road guidance Web site, 504: mobile phone, 505: personal computer, 600: road guidance Web site system, 6
01: inquiry transmission / reception unit, 602: driving section information acquisition unit, 603: processing unit, 604: driving section information search unit, 605: driving section information registration unit, 606 ...
・ Driving section / payment database, 701 ・ ・ ・ Driving section ・ payment database, 702 ・ ・ ・ Station information, 703 ・ ・
-Driving section information, 704 ... fare information, 705
..Timetable, 801... Driving section information, 802.
Limited express fare information, 803 ... Regular fare information, 804
... Time information, 1000... A mobile phone having a Bluetooth communication function, 1001.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A route search step for specifying a route and performing a route search including a fee in advance, a search route storage step for storing a route of a search result searched by the route search, and a point of the route actually performed A path detection step of applying the point detected in this step to the path stored in the search path storage step, and selecting and estimating an actually performed path. Displaying the data in a correctable manner for the payment based on the estimated route. 2. A schedule storage step of storing schedule information; a route search step of specifying a route based on the schedule information stored in the schedule storage step and performing a route search including a fee in advance; A search route storing step of storing a route of a search result searched by the search, a point detecting step of detecting a point of the route actually performed, and a point detected by the step is stored by the search route storing step. A route estimating step of selecting and estimating an actually performed route by applying to the route; and a step of displaying the route that can be corrected for the fee settlement based on the route estimated in this step. Payment method linked to route search. 3. In response to an inquiry from a user using a terminal capable of using the fee settlement method according to claim 1 or 2, a server for performing travel expense settlement by the fee settlement method is operated, and the user or the user is operated. A travel expense agency service, in which a travel expense settlement agency, which works in cooperation with a company in which the company works, and answers the travel fee settlement agency to the user terminal. 4. A route search step in which a route is specified and a route search including a fee is performed in advance by a portable terminal; a search route storage step of storing a route of a search result searched by the route search; A point detection step of detecting a point on a route by the portable terminal; and applying the point detected by this step to the route stored in the search route storage step to select and estimate a route actually performed. And a step of displaying on the portable terminal such that the fee can be corrected based on the route estimated in this step on the portable terminal. 5. A route search means for specifying a route and performing a route search including a fee in advance, a search route storage means for storing a route of a search result searched by the route search, and a point of the route actually performed. Means for detecting the position, a path detected by the means, and a path estimating means for selecting and estimating an actually performed path by applying the point detected by the search path storing means to the path. A means for displaying a chargeable correction based on the route that has been set based on the route that has been set. 6. A schedule storage unit for storing schedule information, a route search unit for specifying a route based on the schedule information stored in the schedule storage unit and performing a route search including a fee in advance, and the route search unit. Search route storage means for storing a route of a search result searched by a search, point detection means for detecting a point of a route actually performed, and a point detected by this means is stored by the search route storage means. A route estimating means for selecting and estimating an actually performed route by applying to the route; and a means for displaying the route estimated by the means so as to be correctable for the payment of a fee. Toll settlement system linked to route search. 7. A route search unit for specifying a route and performing a route search including a fee by a portable terminal in advance, a search route storage unit for storing a route of a search result searched by the route search unit, Point detecting means for detecting the point of the route which has been detected by the portable terminal; and applying the point detected by this means to the route stored by the search route storage means to select and estimate the route actually performed. A fee settlement system linked to a route search, comprising: route estimation means; and means for displaying on the portable terminal so as to be correctable for the fee settlement based on the route estimated by the route estimation means.