JP2002356279A - Charge sharing method, its system, program and record medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charge sharing method and system carried out by mutual consent of users for common facilities of a building used by a plurality of persons. SOLUTION: A registration code is give to the users of an elevator, and the input code input by the user is compared with the registration code. When conformity occurs between both codes, the elevator is operated, and the frequency of use of the user corresponding to the registration code is increased and the relationship between the registration code and the frequency of use is updated and stored. According to the updated and stored frequency of use, the user corresponding to the registration code is let pay the charge.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of paying a fee for an elevator or an escalator, which allows a user to pay a fee according to the number of uses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a building where a plurality of people live, the cost of shared facilities used by them has conventionally been often equally paid. However, if you do so, occupants who do not come to the building very much will have to pay for the use of, for example, little use of elevators and escalators,
I was dissatisfied. Originally, it would be reasonable to charge a maintenance fee according to the frequency of use, but it was usually difficult to measure the degree of use, and it was difficult to impose a satisfactory burden on residents.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problem of the burden of maintenance fees on conventional elevators and escalators, and has been developed in consideration of common facilities of buildings used by a plurality of people. It is an object of the present invention to provide a consenting usage fee sharing method and a system thereof.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input step for temporarily storing an input code input by a user who is permitted to use a man conveyor. Comparing the input code with a pre-registered registration code, operating the man conveyor when both codes match, and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code; and And updating and storing the relationship of the number of times of use.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the step of temporarily holding the input code input by the user of the elevator, and the step of comparing the input code with a registered code registered in advance and matching the two codes Operating the elevator and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code, and updating and storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of uses, wherein I will provide a.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a step of giving a registration code to a user who is permitted to use the man conveyor, an inputting step of temporarily holding an input code input by the user, Comparing the input code with the registration code, operating the conveyor when both codes match, and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code; and The present invention provides a usage fee sharing method, comprising the steps of: updating and storing; and causing the user corresponding to the registration code to pay a usage fee in accordance with the updated and stored usage count.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a step of assigning a registration code to a user of the elevator, a step of temporarily holding an input code input by the user, and Comparing the two codes, operating the elevator and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code, updating and storing a relationship between the registration code and the number of uses, and Making the user corresponding to the registration code pay a fee according to the stored number of times of use.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the usage fee sharing method according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the number of times of use corresponds to a plurality of predetermined registration codes. It is characterized in that it is the total of the number of times of use.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the usage fee sharing method according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the input code is input using a numeric keypad or the IC card storing the registration code. Is input by insertion of a.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the usage fee sharing method according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the input of the input code includes receiving a radio wave transmitted from the registration code. Characterized by the following.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, a registration code for identifying a user who is permitted to use an elevator is compared with an input code input when using the elevator, and a code for detecting whether or not they match. Detecting means, means for enabling the elevator when the input code matches the registration code by this means, means for increasing the number of use times of the elevator of the user specified by the registration code, There is provided a usage fee sharing system comprising a storage means for storing a relationship between a registration code and the number of times of use.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a code creating means for creating a registration code for identifying a user who is permitted to use the elevator, and the input code input when using the elevator is registered. Code detecting means for comparing with a code to detect whether or not the code matches the code, means for enabling the elevator when the input code matches the registered code, and the user specified by the registered code Means for increasing the number of times the elevator is used, storage means for storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of times of use, and a user fee specified by the registration code according to the number of times of use stored by this means. And a means for calculating the usage fee.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the usage fee sharing system according to the eighth or ninth aspect, the number of times of use is a number of times of use corresponding to a plurality of predetermined registration codes. Is the sum of

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the usage fee sharing system according to the eighth or ninth aspect, the input code is entered by a ten-key or an IC card storing the registration code. It is characterized by being input by insertion.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the usage fee sharing system according to the eighth or ninth aspect, the input of the input code is performed by receiving a radio wave transmitted from the registration code. It is characterized by the following.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, a step of providing a registration code, an input step of temporarily storing the input code, and providing the input code to a user who is permitted to use the man conveyor in advance. Comparing the registered code with the registered code, when the two codes match, operating the man conveyor and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registered code, and updating the relationship between the registered code and the number of uses And a storing step of causing a computer to execute the program.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, a step of giving a registration code to a user who is permitted to use the man conveyor, an inputting step of temporarily holding an input code input by the user, Comparing the input code with the registration code, operating the man conveyor when both codes match, and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code; and Updating and storing, and causing the user corresponding to the registration code to pay a usage fee according to the updated and stored usage count,
Provided is a program for calculating a usage charge burden, which is executed by a computer.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium carrying a program for calculating a burden amount of a man-conveyor fee, comprising: an inputting step of temporarily holding an input code input; Is compared with a registration code registered in advance by a user who is permitted to use the conveyor, and when both codes match, the conveyor is operated and the number of times of use of the user corresponding to the registration code is increased. And a step of updating and storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of uses is provided.

According to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, a registration code registered in advance for identifying a user who is permitted to use the escalator is compared with an input code entered when the escalator is used to determine whether or not they match. Code detecting means for detecting whether or not the input code matches the registered code, thereby enabling the escalator to be used, and increasing the number of use of the user's escalator specified by the registered code. And a storage means for storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of times of use.

According to the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, code creating means for creating a registration code for identifying a user who is permitted to use the escalator, and the input code input when using the escalator is registered. Code detecting means for comparing with a code to detect whether or not they match each other, means for enabling the escalator when the input code matches the registration code, and the user specified by the registration code Means for increasing the number of times of use of the escalator, storage means for storing a relationship between the registration code and the number of times of use, and a user fee specified by the registration code according to the number of times of use stored by this means. And a means for calculating the usage fee.

The codes according to the present invention include not only numbers but also characters, and also include unique codes such as fingerprints and face photographs that can identify a biological individual.

The input of the code according to the present invention is not limited to the case where a personal identification number or the like is input manually such as operation of a ten-key pad. Such as
It also includes automatic entry, where the code is entered automatically.

[0023]

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

FIG. 1 shows an example of the overall configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention. This system is, for example, a hall calling part 1 provided on each floor of an elevator of a ten-story building 100.
01 to 111, a data storage device 112 for storing use data from the hall calling section of each floor, an elevator maintenance company terminal 113, and a building management for exchanging use data and usage fee information with the elevator maintenance company terminal 113. Terminal 114 and a terminal of a user who pays for the elevator, that is, an AA family terminal 115a, an FF company terminal 115f, a personal GG terminal 115g, and the like.

It should be noted that the AA family and the FF company are groups composed of a plurality of users, and the use of elevators by these members is added as the number of times the corresponding group has been used.

The data storage device 112 is provided at the elevator control panel 1 installed at an arbitrary location near the elevator.
16 is provided in each of the hall calling portions 101 to 111 on the first to tenth floors, and a personal identification number recognition device 121 for identifying a user based on the input personal identification number.
-131 and an IC card recognition device 121a for discriminating a user by an IC card when the IC card is input
To 131a are provided.

The hall calling parts 101 to 111 are shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a floor display section 301 indicating which floor the elevator is currently at, an upper floor call button 302a indicating the upper floor and a lower floor call button 302b indicating the lower floor.
, An IC card recognition unit 303, and a ten-key unit 304 for inputting a password.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, an elevator user registration procedure is performed in step S201.
This procedure is, specifically, a procedure for issuing an application from a user and a registration code corresponding thereto, specifically, a procedure for issuing an IC card. That is, step S4 in FIG.
01, a user, for example, AA family, FF
The company, individual GG, or the like specifies the method of paying the usage fee to the building manager, and informs, for example, the bank account for that, and applies for the use of the elevator.

On the other hand, the building manager confirms the user's payment method, and in step S402, the I to be issued is
Information such as the user name for the C card number and the password of the user who applied is stored in the data storage device 112 of the elevator control panel 116 as a user database (DB). The password stored in the data storage device 112 is also transmitted to and stored in a password recognition device on each floor of the building 100.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the user DB stored in the data storage device 112. In this example, regarding the elevator use of this building, two persons A and B of the AA family live in this building, and two persons C and D of the FF company live in this building. The user DB also stores the room number where the user lives, a password, and the presence or absence of a card. In addition, whether or not there is a rental exhibit such as a radio wave generator, the number of such rental exhibit, and the like are also stored in the data storage device 112.
Is stored in the user DB.

Next, in step S403, an IC card required for using the elevator is issued to the user directly or via an elevator maintenance company.

Next, a case where a user uses an elevator using the IC card issued as described above will be described.

When the user registration procedure in step S201 is completed in the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, the elevator can be actually used. Step S2
At 02, it is confirmed whether or not the date of counting for liquidating the usage fee has come.

If the counting date has not yet arrived, the elevator is used by the IC card in step S203, and the number of times the elevator has been used is detected by using the IC card, and the number is increased in step S204.

FIG. 5 shows a detailed flowchart of the processing in steps S203 and S204. First,
In step S501, the user tries to get on the elevator, for example, the hall calling part 10 shown in FIG. 3 on the first floor.
In step 1, the issued IC card is inserted into the IC card recognizing unit 303, or the user enters his / her personal identification number using the keys of the numeric keypad unit 304.

Then, when the personal identification number is input, based on the personal identification number, the personal identification number recognition device 121 detects whether the person trying to use the elevator is a person who can use the elevator. Further, when an IC card is inserted, the IC card recognition device identifies the user based on the IC card number (registration code) stored in the IC card. The personal identification number is inquired to the data storage device 112 for the number stored in advance or the number of the IC card.

If the information of the inserted IC card or the input personal identification number is present in the data storage device 112 in step S502, the elevator is operated in step S503, and the number of times the corresponding user of the data storage device 112 has been used in step S504. Is incremented by 1 and step S202
Return to before.

As described above, each time each user uses the elevator, the number of times the corresponding user uses the user DB in the data storage device 112 is increased by one. Therefore, the number of times the elevator has been used is updated and stored in the user DB for each user.

In this way, when the elevator is used and the total date is reached, in step S202, step S205 is performed.
Move on to In this step, the total number of times of use for each user is calculated in the data storage device 112 and sent to the elevator maintenance company terminal 113. In step S206, the number of times of use of the elevator for each user is calculated in the building manager terminal 1.
It is sent to 14 and transmitted to the building manager.

The usage fee according to the notified number of times of use of the elevator is, for example, as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b). FIG. 7A shows an elevator usage fee for each person, and FIG. 7B shows the details. In (a), each of the members A and B of the AA family, and the members C and C of the FF company.
For each D, the number of times of use and the unit price are shown, and by multiplying them, the usage fee for each person is calculated, and the total amount for each group is also shown. For example, A of the AA family used the elevator 35 times, and B of the AA family used the elevator 5 times.

In FIG. 4B showing the details, data on the use date and time of each person is also described, as A indicates the date and time when the elevator was actually used 35 times.

On the basis of such data, in step S207, the building manager changes the terminal 115 from the terminal 114 to the terminal 115 such as the AA family FF company or the individual GG.
Requests are made to a, 115f, and 115g for a shared amount according to the number of uses. Then, in step S208, when each user pays a shared amount according to the requested number of times of use of the elevator, the number of times of use is reset in step S209, and the process returns to before step S202 again.

As described above, the number of uses of each user is counted and stored until the counting date, and when the counting date is reached,
The result is sent to the building manager terminal 114, and an elevator usage fee (shared amount) according to the number of times of use is charged to each user, and each user pays the charged amount. .

As described above, according to this embodiment of the present invention, the user of the elevator can use the elevator with the issued IC card. There is an advantage that the elevator can be used by inputting the number.

However, the user identification means in the present invention does not always need to be an IC card and a password. The user may be identified only by the IC card, or the user may be identified only by the personal identification number, or either one may be selected according to the user's request. Further, other means can be used as means for identifying the user. Next, another embodiment of this type of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 8, numbers 800 to 816 correspond to those in FIG.
821, 8 correspond to the numbers 100 to 116 in
21a to 831 and 831a. In this embodiment, hall calling portions 801 to 811 on each floor of the building 800
Are provided with personal identification number recognition devices 821b to 831b and radio wave reception devices 821c to 831c.

In addition, telephone / intercoms 821d to 831d are provided on each floor. For example, a request to move the elevator can be made by voice from the telephone / intercom 821d, and this is recognized by the personal identification number recognition device 821 or the personal identification number recognition device 821b, and the user is identified. In addition, radio wave transmitting devices 821e to 831
e is owned by the individual user. Radio waves transmitted from these radio wave transmitting devices are transmitted to the radio wave receiving device 821c.
831c.

Therefore, if the user has these radio wave transmitting devices, the user is automatically identified, so that there is no need for a human operation such as inputting a special or personal identification number.

Also in this embodiment, before the use of the elevator by the user, an application is made to the building manager in advance and the radio wave transmitting device is issued. Since these radio wave transmitting devices are possessed at the time of use and the radio wave receiving device identifies the user based on the received radio wave, the data storage device 812 stores a database of the number of times of use of the elevator for each user similarly to the above embodiment. Is created. When the elevator is used by telephone / intercom, the use of the user is similarly detected, and the number of times is updated and stored in the database of the data storage device 812.

The number of times of use for each user stored in this way is calculated by the elevator maintenance company terminal 8 every time the counting date comes.
13, and this data is transmitted to the building manager terminal 814. The building manager, in consideration of the total cost of the elevator, etc., bills each user for the elevator usage fee according to the number of times of use, and each user individually or collectively according to the number of times of use in a group Pay the elevator usage fee to the building manager.

According to this embodiment of the present invention, since the user is identified by radio waves, no special operation is required when the user uses the elevator, which is advantageous for the user.

In the above embodiment, the user is identified using radio waves. However, the user may be identified by other non-contact means, for example, infrared rays. If the code is input by non-contact means in this way, since no special operation is required when the user uses the elevator, even when many people use the elevator during rush hour, etc. The person using the elevator can be identified. Therefore, it is possible to accurately grasp the number of times each user has used the elevator, and it is possible to obtain a fair share of the elevator user.

In the above embodiment, the case of an elevator has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to an elevator and can be applied to an escalator.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, user identification devices 903 and 904 are provided near the positions 901 and 902 where the escalator gets on and off, and a personal identification code recognition device and an IC card recognition device are incorporated therein. A numeric keypad and an IC card insertion unit are provided on the front of the user identification device. As in the case of the above-described embodiment, each user can start and use the escalator by inputting his / her personal identification number using the numeric keypad or inserting an IC card. Further, a radio wave receiving device may be provided in the user recognition device so that a user holding a card having a built-in radio wave transmitting device can use the escalator by approaching the escalator.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described elevator and escalator, but can be generally applied to a man conveyor for carrying people.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a user's satisfactory burden method and system for common facilities of a building used by a plurality of people.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a hall calling part according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed processing flow of a user registration procedure in the method of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed processing flow when an IC card is used in the method of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view for explaining an example of a user database stored in the data storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of details of a burden of a usage fee charged to a user of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration and arrangement according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100, 800 ... building, 101, 111, 801
811: hall calling unit, 112, 812: data storage device, 113: elevator maintenance company terminal, 1
14: building manager terminal, 116, 816: elevator control panel, 121, 131, 821, 821b, 8
31,831b ··· Personal identification number recognition device, 821e, 83
1e ... A radio wave transmitting device.

Claims (17)

[Claims] An input step of temporarily holding an input code input by a user who is permitted to use the man conveyor; comparing the input code with a pre-registered registration code; Operating the man conveyor and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code; and updating and storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of uses. . 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: temporarily storing an input code input by a user of the elevator; comparing the input code with a registration code registered in advance; operating the elevator when both codes match; A usage fee sharing method comprising: a step of increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to a code; and a step of updating and storing a relationship between the registration code and the number of uses. 3. A step of giving a registration code to a user who is permitted to use the man conveyor, an input step of temporarily holding an input code input by the user, and comparing the input code with the registration code. Operating the man conveyor when both codes match, and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code; updating and storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of uses; and Making the user corresponding to the registration code pay a fee according to the stored number of times of use. 4. A step of giving a registration code to a user of the elevator; a step of temporarily holding an input code input by the user; and comparing the input code with the registration code, and when both codes match. Operating the elevator and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code; updating and storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of uses; and according to the updated use number of times. Making the user corresponding to the registration code pay a usage fee. 5. The usage fee burden according to claim 1, wherein the number of times of use is a total of the number of times of use corresponding to the plurality of predetermined registration codes. Method. 6. The charge according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the input code is input by a numeric keypad or by inserting an IC card storing the registration code. Method. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input of the input code is performed by receiving a radio wave transmitted from the registration code. 8. A code detecting means for comparing a registration code for identifying a user who is permitted to use the elevator with an input code inputted when using the elevator, and detecting whether or not they match with each other. Means for enabling the elevator when the input code matches the registration code; means for increasing the number of times the user uses the elevator specified by the registration code; and a relation between the registration code and the number of times of use. And a storage means for storing. 9. A code creating means for creating a registration code for identifying a user who is permitted to use an elevator, and comparing an input code input when using the elevator with the registration code to determine whether the registration code matches the input code. Code detecting means for detecting when the input code matches the registered code, and means for enabling the elevator, and increasing the number of times the user specified by the registered code uses the elevator. Means, storage means for storing a relationship between the registration code and the number of times of use, and means for calculating a usage fee of a user specified by the registration code according to the number of times of use stored by this means. A royalty-free system. 10. The usage fee sharing system according to claim 8, wherein the number of times of use is a total of the number of times of use corresponding to a plurality of predetermined registration codes. 11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the input code is input by a ten-key pad or by inserting an IC card storing the registration code. . 12. The fee sharing system according to claim 8, wherein the input of the input code is performed by receiving a radio wave transmitting the registration code. 13. A step of providing a registration code, an input step of temporarily storing the input code, and comparing the input code with a registration code registered in advance by a user who is permitted to use the man conveyor. A step of operating the man conveyor when both codes match and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code, and a step of updating and storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of uses, on a computer. A program for calculating the amount of usage fees to be executed. 14. A step of giving a registration code to a user who is permitted to use the man conveyor, an inputting step of temporarily holding an input code input by the user, and comparing the input code with the registration code. Operating the man conveyor when both codes match, and increasing the number of uses of the user corresponding to the registration code; updating and storing the relationship between the registration code and the number of uses; and Causing the user corresponding to the registration code to pay a usage fee in accordance with the stored number of times of use by a computer. 15. A recording medium carrying a program for calculating a burden amount of a man-conveyor usage fee, comprising: an input step of temporarily storing an input code;
The input code is compared with a registration code registered in advance for a user who is permitted to use the man conveyor, and when both codes match, the man conveyor is operated and the number of times of use of the user corresponding to the registration code is determined. A recording medium for calculating a usage fee burden, comprising at least a step of increasing and a step of updating and storing a relationship between the registration code and the number of times of use. 16. A code detecting means for comparing a registered code registered in advance to identify a user who is permitted to use the escalator with an input code input when the escalator is used, and detecting whether or not they match. Means for enabling the escalator when the input code matches the registration code by this means; means for increasing the number of times the user uses the escalator specified by the registration code; and And a storage means for storing a relationship of the number of times of use. 17. A code generating means for generating a registration code for identifying a user who is permitted to use an escalator, and comparing an input code input when using the escalator with the registration code to determine whether or not the input code matches the registration code. Code detecting means for detecting the input code; means for enabling the escalator when the input code matches the registered code; and increasing the number of times the user specified by the registered code uses the escalator. Means, storage means for storing a relationship between the registration code and the number of times of use, and means for calculating a usage fee of a user specified by the registration code according to the number of times of use stored by this means. A royalty-free system.