JP2003267498A - Control system for service station - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control system for a service station, by which a common service is provided for customers by simplifying the functions of a POS terminal installed in the service station and collectively executing a totaling process for seals management and a customer management process at a computation center. <P>SOLUTION: The system comprises a plurality of service station equipments installed in the service station, the POS terminal 60 installed in the service station and connected to the service station equipment for enabling data transmission/receiving to carry out integrated control or an account adjustment process, and a computation center terminal 70 connected to the POS terminal 60 via a communication network for enabling data transmission/receiving to carry out the totaling process for sales management and the customer management process. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gas station management system that simplifies the function of a POS terminal and collectively processes sales management totalization processing and customer management processing at a calculation center.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of refueling station equipment such as a refueling station and a car wash apparatus are installed in a refueling station, and the refueling station equipment is connected to one POS terminal arranged in an office. There is. This POS terminal is the central control for gas station equipment,
Settlement processing based on refueling data and car wash data transmitted from gas station equipment and aggregation processing for sales management, customer management processing such as promoting oil exchange for each customer and collecting points for each refueling Has the function of performing.

[0003]

P to be installed at a gas station
The OS terminal has various functions as described above, but the totaling processing for sales management and the customer management processing in particular vary depending on the operation mode of the gas station, and the function depends on the request of each gas station. Since it is built in, it takes time to develop, cost is high, the load is increased due to the number of functions, maintenance is complicated, and the customer is provided with information services regarding discounts and oil change dates and times. It was different for each.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances.
It is an object to provide a gas station management system that can simplify the functions of POS terminals installed at gas stations and collectively process sales management totalization processing and customer management processing at a calculation center to provide common services to customers. And

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention according to claim 1, a plurality of gas station equipments installed in a gas station and data transmission / reception to / from the gas station equipments are made possible. A POS terminal at a gas station that is connected to perform general control or settlement processing, and a calculation center terminal that is connected to the POS terminal so that data can be transmitted and received via a communication network and that performs sales management totalization processing and customer management processing. It is characterized by having. P installed at a gas station
The function of the OS terminal can be simplified, and the total processing of sales management and customer management processing can be collectively processed at the calculation center to provide a common service to customers.

In the invention described in claim 2, the P
The OS terminal is characterized by giving a refueling permission on a screen displayed on the display unit in response to a refueling permission request from a refueling device constituting a gas station equipment. If a refueling permission can be given on the screen, it can be used as a self-service gas station or a full-service gas station.

In the invention according to claim 3, the P
The OS terminal is characterized by controlling any one of a surveillance camera, a fire extinguisher, a speaker for outputting operation guidance, a change dispenser, and a settlement device, which configure a gas station device. It can be used as a self-service gas station by controlling gas station equipment with one POS terminal.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 and 2 are diagrams for explaining a gas station management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the overall configuration of a gas station management system, and FIG. 2 is a configuration for each device of the gas station management system. It is a block diagram explaining.

In these figures, a gas station management system 1 of the present embodiment is a liquid quantity management apparatus for managing the quantity of liquid in a plurality of fuel supply apparatuses 10, car wash devices 20, and underground tanks installed on the site of a gas station. Gas station equipment such as 30, an outdoor data input / output device 40, and other gas station equipment 50 are connected to a POS terminal 60 arranged in the office.
The terminal 60 is connected via the communication network 2 to a calculation center terminal 70 that comprehensively manages each gas station. PO
The S terminal 60 mainly performs comprehensive control and settlement processing of the gas station equipment, and the calculation center terminal 70 is the POS terminal 60.
Based on the data transmitted from the communication network 2 to the POS terminal 60 to the POS terminal 60 as necessary.
The service information and the like are transmitted via the.

The refueling device 10 controls the operation of refueling equipment such as the refueling pump, calculates the refueling amount by measuring the flow rate pulse output from the flow meter, and displays the refueling amount on the display unit to refuel it. A refueling control means 11 is provided for controlling the transmission of data to the POS terminal 60.

The car wash device 20 reciprocates the body of the car wash machine on the rails based on the car wash process and controls the operation of the car wash mechanism such as the car wash brushes and nozzles. After the car wash, the car wash data is transmitted to the POS terminal 60. The car wash control means 21 is provided for performing the control.

The liquid amount management device 30 is provided with a liquid amount control means 31 for performing control for monitoring the liquid level of an underground oil storage tank and for transmitting data regarding the liquid amount to the POS terminal 60. There is.

The outdoor data input / output device 40 controls the input / output of refueling setting data such as oil type and refueling amount, controls the issuance of a refueling slip after the end of refueling, and transmits the refueling setting data to the POS terminal 60. An outdoor data input / output control means 41 for controlling is provided.

The other gas station equipment 50 is other equipment installed in the gas station, for example, a surveillance camera, a fire extinguisher built in the island, a speaker for outputting operation guidance, and data from the fueling apparatus 10. There is provided a gas station equipment control means 51 for controlling the operation of a change dispenser for processing change based on the above or a settlement device for performing settlement processing based on an instruction from the POS terminal 60.

The POS terminal 60 includes a display unit 61 for displaying data transmitted from a gas station device or the like on a predetermined screen, display control means 62 for controlling the operation of the display unit 61, and a gas station. Data necessary for data transmission / reception to / from the device, and calculation processing for sales management and customer management processing is transmitted to the calculation center terminal 70 via the communication network 2 and also transmitted from the calculation center terminal 70 via the communication network 2. Communication control means 63 for controlling to receive service information and the like, settlement means 64 for performing settlement processing based on data relating to settlement transmitted from the gas station equipment, and data for controlling the gas station equipment. Is transmitted to each control means via the communication control means 63. In the device control means 65, for example, on the screen displayed on the display 61, a refueling request is given to the refueling control means 11 in response to a refueling request transmitted from the refueling apparatus 10, and is transmitted from the car wash apparatus 20. In response to the car wash request, the car wash control means 20 is given a refueling permission, or other gas station equipment 50.
It sends a signal for operating the fire extinguisher to the gas station equipment control means 50 and outputs control information to the speaker.

The computing center terminal 70 is a POS terminal 60.
Communication control means 71 for receiving data required for sales management totalization processing and customer management processing from the communication network 2 and transmitting service information and the like to the POS terminal 60 via the communication network 2; That P
Sales totalizing means 72 that performs totaling processing based on the data transmitted from the OS terminal 60, and customer management data processing based on the data transmitted from the POS terminal 60, and transmits service information as necessary. The customer management means 73 is provided. The customer management unit 73 performs control such as providing discount information based on refueling data registered for each customer, or providing service information notifying oil change date and time based on oil change information.

In the gas station management system 1 having the above-mentioned structure, the POS terminal connected to the gas station equipment such as the gas supply apparatus 10, the car wash apparatus 20, the liquid volume management apparatus 30, the outdoor data input / output apparatus 40 and other gas station equipment 50. 60 mainly performs overall control and settlement processing of each gas station equipment, and the data required for sales management totalization processing and customer management processing is PO
The information is transmitted from the S terminal 60 to the calculation center terminal 70 via the communication network 2, and the calculation center terminal 70 performs sales management totalization processing and customer management processing, and the POS terminal 60 receives service information and the like as necessary. Since the data is transmitted, the function of the POS terminal 60 at the gas station can be simplified, the load can be reduced, the processing speed can be improved, the maintenance can be simplified, and the development can be performed in a short time, and the cost can be reduced. Further, since the customer management is centrally managed by the calculation center terminal 70, the provision of information services regarding discounts and oil change dates does not differ for each gas station even for the customer. Further, if the refueling device 10 of the gas station equipment is displayed on the screen of the display 61 of the POS terminal 60 for monitoring and the refueling permission can be given on the screen, self-service gas station and full service Can be used as a gas station.

In the above embodiment, the gas station equipment controlled by the POS terminal 60 is an example, and is applied to any equipment.

[0019]

As described above, the gas station management system of the present invention includes a plurality of gas station equipments installed in the gas station,
A PO installed at a gas station that is connected to the gas station equipment so that data can be sent and received and performs overall control or settlement processing.
The function of the POS terminal installed at the gas station is simplified by providing the S terminal and the calculation center terminal that is connected to the POS terminal via the communication network so that data can be transmitted and received and performs the sales management totalization processing and customer management processing. It is possible to provide a common service to customers by collectively processing the sales management aggregation processing and customer management processing at the calculation center.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a gas station management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of each device of the gas station management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Gas station management system 2 communication network 10 Refueling device 11 Refueling control means 20 car wash equipment 21 Car wash control means 30 Liquid volume management device 31 Liquid volume control means 40 Outdoor data input / output device 41 Outdoor data input / output control means 50 Other gas station equipment 51 Gas station equipment control means 60 POS terminal 61 Display 62 display control means 63 Communication control means 64 settlement means 65 Equipment control means 70 Computing Center Terminal 71 Communication control means 72 Sales Aggregation Method 73 Customer management means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of gas station devices installed at a gas station, a POS terminal of the gas station which is connected to the gas station devices so as to be capable of transmitting and receiving data, and performs integrated control or settlement processing, and the POS terminal. A gas station management system, comprising: a calculation center terminal that is connected via a communication network so that data can be transmitted and received and that performs sales management totalization processing and customer management processing. 2. The fueling station according to claim 1, wherein the POS terminal gives a fueling permission on a screen displayed on a display, in response to a fueling permission request from a fueling device constituting a gas station equipment. Management system. 3. The POS terminal is a surveillance camera constituting a gas station equipment, a fire extinguisher, a speaker for outputting operation guidance,
The gas station management system according to claim 1, wherein any one of a change dispenser and a settlement device is controlled.