JP4248706B2 - Refueling payment settlement device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a refueling payment adjusting apparatus that is installed in a refueling facility such as a gas station and performs a reimbursement of a fee based on refueling using a card or the like that is a recording medium.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, refueling facilities such as gas stations have stored valuable value information such as balance data such as prepaid cards and rewrite cards in order to make accurate and quick payments with the shift to labor saving and self-fueling. A refueling settlement apparatus that uses a possible storage medium and performs a reimbursement process for a refueling fee using the valuable value information recorded in the storage medium has come to be used.
[0003]
Many of these conventional refueling settlement apparatuses use a prepaid card in which a predetermined amount of refueling is recorded. In these prepaid cards, the remaining amount that has not been used for refueling is used. It is recorded as new residual value information and returned to the user.
[0004]
Since there are various balances depending on the usage situation, these balances are used to determine how much refueling can be carried out by the user in the balance recorded on the card. There was something to display before refueling.
[0005]
On the other hand, a used card whose remaining valuable value information is “0” in these prepaid cards may be fraudulent such as recording invalid information on the used card and making it usable again. For the purpose of preventing such use, these used cards are made unusable, and the used cards are collected without being returned to the user. The prepaid card issuance cost is high. For this reason, it has been a big problem in the spread of the settlement method using the prepaid card.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For this reason, as a technique for reducing the issuance cost of these recording media, it is possible to use the same recording medium for a long time by enabling additional payment to the remaining amount of the recording medium and increasing the remaining amount again. Many of the refueling / payment settlement devices, which are the refueling settlement devices that can be added, have been studied. However, in these refueling / payment settlement devices, the usage situation is insufficient for the desired refueling amount. However, in order to minimize the amount of these additional deposits as appropriate, the amount of oil that can be refueled can be checked sequentially using the balance increased by the implementation of the additional deposit. Although it is preferable to do so, there is no refueling / payment settlement apparatus that can confirm the amount of oil that can be refueled with the increased balance, which is inconvenient for the user.
[0007]
Therefore, the present invention has been made paying attention to the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an oil supply / payment settlement apparatus capable of sequentially confirming the amount of oil that can be supplied with the remaining money increased by performing additional payment.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  In order to solve the above-described problem, the refueling payment adjusting apparatus according to the present invention can record at least valuable value information that can be refueled such as balance data, and can insert a storage medium in which the valuable value information can be rewritten and recorded. A reader / writer that reads and rewrites the valuable value information;A storage medium storage section for storing a newly issued storage medium so as to be supplied to the reader / writer;A money insertion slot for inserting money, and a currency identification and counting unit for identifying and counting money inserted in series with the money insertion slot;When the recording medium is inserted into the reader / writerMoney in the money slotButThrowIsBy,Valuable value equivalent to the total amount investedDuring the insertionStorage mediumRead fromAdd to value informationThus, it is possible to refuel within the range of the valuable value information after the addition.The valuable value, such as the amount of money equivalent to the amount of refueling,After the additionCalculate new residual value information by subtracting from the valuable value information, and use the new residual value informationInsertingIn a refueling payment settlement apparatus comprising: a control unit that performs a settlement process for updating, recording to a storage medium, and returning to a user;
The controller isWhen the recording medium is not inserted into the reader / writer, by inserting money into the money insertion slot, a deposit process that enables refueling within a range of valuable value corresponding to the total amount of input, and refueling New residual value information is calculated by subtracting the valuable value such as the amount corresponding to the refueling amount from the valuable value corresponding to the total amount of input, and when the new residual value information exists, Issue processing for recording and issuing the remaining valuable value information to the recording medium stored in the storage medium storage unit by the reader / writer, and the input amount each time the money is insertedTotal input amount is additional deposit processingOr payment processingCalculate the amount of oil that can be refueled at the new valuable valueTo calculateImplement processingShi,
It has a refuelable oil amount display section for displaying the calculated refuelable oil amount. According to this feature, by providing a refuelable oil amount display section for displaying the refuelable oil amount, the user can sequentially confirm the oil amount that can be refueled with the balance increased by the additional deposit. Become.In addition, since all the remaining money can be stored in a storage medium and returned or issued, it is not necessary to return change, so there is no need to use a relatively expensive coin identification counting unit for performing these change returns, etc. The oil supply settlement apparatus can be configured at low cost.
[0009]
  The refueling payment adjusting apparatus of the present invention has an oil type selection unit corresponding to each of a plurality of oil types that can be selected and operated by a user,When there is an oil type selection in the oil type selection unit,The refuelable oil amount based on the unit price set in advance for each selected oil type is displayed on the refuelable oil amount display section.When the oil type data that can identify the oil type that has been selected and refueled is updated and recorded on the recording medium that is returned in the settlement process, while there is no oil type selection in the oil type selection unit The oil type selected from the oil type data read from the recording medium inserted in the reader / writer, the oil type most recently selected in the oil type selection unit, is displayed on the refuelable oil amount display unit. Automatically selected as the target oil typeIt is preferable. If it does in this way, since it becomes possible to install the oil supply / payment settlement apparatus in common for a plurality of oil types, the installation cost of these oil supply / payment settlement apparatuses can be reduced.Further, when there is no change in the oil type, the operation of selecting the oil type can be simplified.
[0010]
In the refueling payment adjusting apparatus of the present invention, the storage medium has a rewritable print area on the surface a predetermined number of times, and the print area is refueled this time with the size of the new residual value information. It is preferable that at least the amount of oil that can be refueled with the size of the new residual value information for the same oil type is printed.
In this way, the user can recognize in advance the approximate amount of oil that can be refueled by using the residual valuable value information recorded on the recording medium without going to the gas station.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(Example)
FIG. 1 is an external front view showing a refueling device of the present embodiment to which the refueling / payment adjusting apparatus of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing the refueling / payment adjusting apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a configuration of an oil supply / payment adjusting apparatus of the embodiment, FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing an oil supply nozzle portion of the oil supply apparatus of the present embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an illustration of the oil supply apparatus of the present embodiment. FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams showing a rewritable card as a recording medium used in this embodiment, and FIG. 7 is an oil supply amount in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the calculation process.
[0012]
The fueling device 1 of the present embodiment has an appearance as shown in FIG. 1 and has an appearance similar to that of a general fueling device. Mainly, the fueling pumps 7a, 7b, 7c and the meter 8a, 8b, 8c, a main body 2 provided with a plurality of oiling nozzles 4a, 4b, 4c, etc., a metering display unit 8 for displaying the amount of oil of each oil type measured by the measuring devices 8a, 8b, 8c and the present invention. It is comprised from the operation part which consists of the oil-feeding payment adjustment apparatus 3. FIG.
[0013]
The structure of the main body 2 constituting the oil supply device 1 of the present embodiment is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, and each oil type, in this embodiment, light oil, high-octane gasoline, regular gasoline (this embodiment) The three types of oil supply nozzles 4a, 4b, and 4c are stored in the nozzle holders 6a, 6b, and 6c, and the oil supply nozzles 4a, 4b, and 4c are provided in the nozzle holders 6a to 6c. The oil supply nozzles 4a to 4c cannot be taken out unnecessarily by the lock devices 22a to 22c provided to the oil supply nozzles 6c so that the oil supply nozzles 4a to 4c cannot be taken out. Are provided with detecting devices 23a to 23c for detecting the presence or absence of each of the oil supply nozzles 4a to 4c, and each of the nozzle holders 6a to 6c has an oil supply nozzle at each upper position. Operation lamp 24a~24c as a display unit which indicates that it is possible fueling is provided.
[0014]
In these locking devices 22a to 22c, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a rod 22 ′ that is movable back and forth by an electromagnetic magnet is engaged with a hole portion of a trigger portion of the fuel supply nozzle 4, These locking devices 22a to 22c are connected to signal lines for driving the operation lamps 24a to 24c, operate in conjunction with the operation lamps 24a to 24c, and only the selected predetermined fueling nozzle can be taken out. Has been.
[0015]
The respective operations of the lock devices 22a to 22c and the oil pumps 7a to 7c of the respective oil types are controlled by the oil supply / payment adjustment device 3.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 2, the refueling / payment settlement apparatus 3 of the present embodiment includes a banknote insertion slot 11 in which a banknote, which is money, can be inserted into a front panel 9 that can be opened and closed on the front surface thereof, and a residual value. The total amount of bills inserted from the card issue insertion slot 10 that can issue or insert the rewrite card 50 as a storage medium in which the balance data as the value information is stored in a rewritable manner (the card issue insertion slot 10) An amount display unit 13 that sequentially displays a total amount or a tax-excluded amount, an oil type selection switch 12a to 12d that can be selected by a user, and an oil type selection switch 12a to 12d (however, 12d in this embodiment) The unit price display unit 14 for displaying the unit price per liter of the oil type selected in “Premium is not used” and the amount displayed in the amount display unit 13 (rewrite car) When the cash is inserted at the time of insertion, based on the total amount of the rewrite card balance and the input amount), the refuelable oil amount display unit 15 that displays the amount of oil that can be refueled in the selected oil type, A display changeover switch 12e for switching the display contents of the amount display unit 13 between a normal display and a tax amount, and whether the content currently displayed on the amount display unit 13 based on the display changeover switch 12e is a normal display. Indicators 46a and 46b indicating the amount of money and the user's operation at the start of refueling, unlocking the selected oil type nozzle and confirming the deposit of the remaining amount of the inserted banknote A determination switch 12f that does not accept subsequent bill insertion is provided.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 3, the structure of the fuel supply / payment settlement apparatus 3 of the present embodiment is provided with a front panel 9 that can be opened and closed on the front surface portion of the exterior case 16. The card issuing insertion slot 10 and the bill insertion slot 11 are pierced together with the cover member 11 that covers these openings, and the insertion section 20 and the bill recognition unit of the reader / writer 25 are arranged so as to face these openings. 27 bill insertion portions 21 are arranged.
[0018]
In addition, at a predetermined position on the inner surface side of the front panel 9, the price display unit 13, the unit price display unit 14, the refuelable oil amount display unit 15, the oil type selection buttons 12a to 12d, the display changeover switch 12e, and the determination switch 12f And a main board 18 on which devices such as a microcomputer (MPU) 45 which is a control unit for controlling the entire fueling device are mounted. These boards are reader / writers inside the outer case 16. 25, the banknote recognition unit 27, and each part of the main body 2 are electrically connected by a connection cable as shown in FIG.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 6A, the reader / writer 25 used in the present embodiment is magnetically stored in a rewrite card 50 having a printing unit 51 that can be rewritten on a surface repeatedly a predetermined number of times. A magnetic head unit 31 that reads, writes, and updates a balance after use (remaining amount data) that is the remaining valuable value information, and a print head 30 that performs erasure and printing of the printing unit 51 of the rewrite card 50. A normal rewrite card reader / writer is used. As a feature of the reader / writer 25, a predetermined number of rewrite cards 50 can be stored on the side opposite to the insertion portion 20 of the reader / writer 25 as shown in FIG. A card supply unit 26 having a card storage unit 34 and capable of supplying the stored rewrite card 50 to the reader / writer 25; Are sintered, rewritable card 50 by the conveyor belt 32 from the supply port 35 of the card supply unit 26 is supplied to the reader-writer 25 has to issue rewritable card 50 to the new.
[0020]
In addition, a defective storage unit 28 is provided at a lower position of the reader / writer 25 to store the defective rewrite card 50 that is determined to be defective in the writing test performed when writing to or updating the rewrite card 50. The discharge to the storage unit 28 is performed when a shutter (not shown) provided at a predetermined position in the passage connected to the insertion unit 20 in the reader / writer 25 closes the transport path of the rewrite card 50. 50 courses are changed and the discharge is made.
[0021]
Further, a remaining amount sensor 36 for detecting the remaining amount of the rewrite card 50 is provided at a predetermined position on the side wall of the card storage portion 34. The remaining amount sensor 36 is reduced when the remaining amount of the card is reduced. When 50 is no longer detected, a predetermined signal is output to the MPU 45, and the MPU 45 displays a replenishment instruction for the rewrite card 50 to the card storage unit 34 on the amount display unit 13. It has come to notify in.
[0022]
The configuration of the fuel supply / payment settlement apparatus 3 according to the present embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5. The main board 18 is based on the oil type selected by the user with the oil type selection buttons 12 a to 12 d. Interface unit 43 for connecting the microcomputer (MPU) 45 serving as the control unit and the oil pumps 7a to 7c corresponding to each oil type, and the respective oil pumps 7a to 7c and each oil hose 5 is provided in each of the nozzle holders 6a to 6c, and is connected to each of the measuring instruments 8a to 8c arranged at a predetermined position between the measuring instrument 5 and the measuring instrument controller 39 for sequentially collecting and outputting the measured values as predetermined data. Connected to each of the detected devices 23a to 23c, and outputs the presence / absence of each of the oil supply nozzles 4a to 4c to the MPU 45, and the operation lamp 24a. 24c, and the operation lamp drive unit 42 that controls the lighting of the operation lamps 24a to 24c based on the instruction of the MPU 45, and exchange of various data such as the oil type and amount of oil supplied or the amount of money input and balance information, A communication device 40 implemented with an external settlement device such as a settlement register (not shown) or a POS system via the communication cable 41, the total amount data, a set unit price of each oil type, a refueling amount, a refueling amount, etc. The MPU 45 is connected to the weighing display unit 8 and the weighing data output from the measuring instrument controller 39 is sequentially output to the weighing display unit 8 for display. It has been made. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 47 denotes a display driver that performs display control of the price display unit 13, the unit price display unit 14, and the refuelable oil amount display unit 15.
[0023]
Hereinafter, the operation of the refueling / payment adjustment apparatus 3 and the refueling apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described for each use situation.
[0024]
First, the operation in the case of refueling with cash without using the rewrite card 50 will be described. First, the user enters the banknote insertion unit 21 of the banknote identification unit 27 exposed at the banknote slot 11. Insert banknotes. These inserted banknotes, for example, 5,000 yen bills, are identified as authentic in the banknote identification unit 27, and if they are genuine, a predetermined signal is output to the MPU 45, receiving the output, The MPU 45 sequentially calculates the total amount based on the output, for example, 5,000 yen, and displays the total amount on the amount display unit 13, and the refuelable amount calculation routine shown in FIG. The
[0025]
In the refuelable amount calculation routine, first, it is determined whether or not the oil type selection is performed by the user with the oil type selection switches 12a to 12c, and if the oil type selection is performed, the selection is performed. The unit price corresponding to the selected oil type is read from the storage unit 38, and when the oil type is not selected by the user, the unit price of the same oil type as the previous refueling oil type recorded in the rewrite card 50 is obtained. The unit price is read from the storage unit 38, and the unit price thus read is multiplied by a consumption tax rate of 1.05 to convert the unit price into a corrected unit price.
[0026]
Thereafter, by dividing the amount displayed on the amount display unit 13 by the converted corrected unit price, the refuelable oil amount is calculated by the MPU 45 and displayed on the refuelable oil amount display unit 15. As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 7, these refuelable oil amounts are newly calculated and updated when the amount display of the amount display unit 13 is changed. In addition, even when the selected oil type is changed, the amount of oil that can be supplied by the unit price of the changed oil type is displayed.
[0027]
Thus, by displaying the amount of oil that can be refilled in the selected oil type corresponding to the amount of money that has been input (total amount), the user can display that the amount of oil that can be refueled is greater than the desired oil amount. Since it becomes possible to insert cash while sequentially confirming as described above, it is possible to minimize the amount of money without excessively inserting cash.
[0028]
After inserting these bills, the user inputs the decision switch 14f, so that the MPU 45 shifts to a normal processing routine and is connected to the oil nozzle of the selected oil type, for example, the high-octane nozzle 4b. The refueling pump 7b is put into an operating state via the interface unit 43, and the operation lamp 24b provided in association with the fuel supply nozzle 4b is turned on via the operation lamp driving unit 42, The user is informed that the oil supply nozzle 4b is ready to supply oil, and the rod 22 'in the lock device 22b is housed in conjunction with the lighting of the operation lamp 24b, and the oil supply nozzle 4b is unlocked to supply oil. The nozzle 4b can be taken out from the nozzle holder 6b, and further bill insertion and oil type change thereafter. The so as not accepted.
[0029]
Based on the display of the operation lamp 24b, the user takes out the fueling nozzle 4b from the nozzle holder 6b, pulls the fueling trigger provided in the fueling nozzle, performs fueling as in the conventional case, and when the fueling is finished. The oil supply nozzle 4b is returned to the nozzle holder 6b.
[0030]
Based on these oil supply, the oil amount data output from the measuring instrument controller 39 connected to the measuring instrument 8b connected to the oil supply pump 7b is sequentially output to the MPU 45, and is displayed on the regular display of the measuring display section 8. The oil quantity data at the stage where the detection device 23b detects the fuel supply nozzle 4b is stored in the storage unit 38, and the MPU 45 is stored in the storage unit 38. The amount of regular gasoline that has been refueled is calculated from the unit price, and this is subtracted from the input amount, and a new balance is displayed on the amount display unit 13, and the balance after use as these balance data, As shown in FIG. 6 (a), the serial number that makes the rewritable card identifiable, today's date, used oil type, unit price of used oil type, The amount of oil that can be refueled based on today's unit price in the usage amount, the consumption tax amount, the total usage amount, and the balance after use is rewritten as the next refuelable oil amount supplied from the card supply unit 26 to the reader / writer 25. It is recorded and printed on the card 50 and issued to the user. At this time, the entire replenishment amount is used for refueling, and if the new balance is “0”, the rewrite card is not issued.
[0031]
As in the above-described embodiment, the recording medium is a rewritable and rewritable card, and the size of the oil amount that can be refueled next time is printed. Although it is preferable that the amount of oil that can be refueled with the remaining balance can be recognized before refueling without going to the refueling station, the present invention is not limited to this.
[0032]
In this embodiment, when the rewrite card 50 is issued, the MPU 45 first writes “1” in all the storage bit areas of the rewrite card 50 supplied from the card supply unit 26 and reads it out. If all the read data is “1”, and if “0” exists in the read data, the MPU 45 determines that the rewrite card 50 is defective and stores it in the defect storage unit 28. Let it drain.
[0033]
Next, the MPU 45 again writes “0” to all the storage bit areas as described above, reads it again, and if “1” exists in these read data strings, the MPU 45 reads the rewrite card 50. If the data string does not contain “1”, the rewrite card 50 is determined to be non-defective and is used for the issuance. ing.
[0034]
As described above, when a rewrite card 50 is issued, a predetermined data string is written and read out to determine whether the rewrite card 50 is good or bad. The good or bad of the rewrite card 50 to be written is determined regardless of the number of rewrites. The present invention is not limited to this, because it can be reliably determined. However, it is not necessary to determine whether the rewrite card 50 is good or bad by other methods or to use these determinations if unnecessary. .
[0035]
In the present embodiment, these new balances are displayed at the stage when refueling is completed.However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these balances are successively calculated as the amount of refueling increases. However, the balance display may be updated and displayed sequentially during refueling.
[0036]
Next, the operation of the refueling payment adjusting apparatus 3 of the present embodiment when refueling is performed using these issued rewrite cards 50 will be described below.
[0037]
First, when the user inserts the rewrite card 50 issued in the above into the card issuance insertion slot 10, each information including the post-use balance data as residual value information is read from the rewrite card 50. In addition to being temporarily stored in the storage unit 38, the post-use balance of 1000 yen is displayed on the amount display unit 13. At this time, when the user wants to display the display contents as a consumption tax amount display or a normal amount display, the user can press the display changeover switch 12e to switch the display appropriately. The display contents currently displayed on the amount display unit 13 are indicated by corresponding indicators 46a and 46b being lit individually.
[0038]
When the amount of refueling desired by the user cannot be implemented with the balance displayed on the money amount display unit 13, the user sequentially inserts banknotes, for example, 1000 yen banknotes from the banknote insertion slot 11. At this time, if the desired oil type is the same as the previous oil supply oil type, the oil type selection operation may not be performed. However, if it is desired to select an oil type different from the previous oil type, the oil type selection switch 12a to 12c are operated to select a new oil type.
[0039]
As a result, the unit price of the selected oil type is displayed on the unit price display unit 14, and the total amount of the amount due to the inserted bill and the balance after use (remaining balance) recorded in the rewrite card 50 is the amount. Along with being displayed on the display unit 13 as needed, the amount of oil that can be refueled at the total amount is sequentially displayed on the refuelable oil amount display unit 15, and the user can check the refuelable oil amount while confirming the refuelable oil amount. Judgment of additional insertion of banknotes can be performed, and for example, 3000 yen is inserted.
[0040]
With these deposits, the amount display unit 13 displays 4000 yen, and in this state, the user operates the decision switch 12f to perform refueling in the same manner as in the refueling. can do.
[0041]
As described above, it is preferable to record the previous oil supply oil type on the rewrite card 50 as a recording medium because the operation of selecting the oil type can be simplified as described above when there is no change. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
[0042]
In addition, in the above, additional deposits are carried out because the remaining amount is small. However, if there is a sufficient remaining balance with respect to the amount of refueling, refueling should be carried out without performing these additional deposits. It goes without saying that it is also good.
[0043]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can sequentially check the amount of oil that can be refueled with the balance increased by the additional deposit, and improve the convenience of the user for these additional deposits. Can do.
[0044]
The embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention are included in the present invention. Needless to say.
[0045]
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the oil supply / payment adjustment apparatus 3 is provided with the oil type selection switches 12a to 12d, and one oil supply / payment adjustment apparatus 3 is provided in common for each oil type. The number of refueling / payment settlement apparatuses 3 to be installed can be reduced, and the introduction (installation) cost of these refueling / payment settlement apparatuses 3 can be greatly reduced. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and The deposit settlement apparatus 3 may be provided for each single oil type.
[0046]
In the embodiment, the remaining amount sensor 36 is provided in the card supply unit 26. Based on a predetermined signal output from the remaining amount sensor 36 when the remaining amount of the rewrite card 50 becomes a predetermined amount or less. The MPU 45 displays a predetermined message on the amount display unit 13 to notify the refill card 50, but the notification method is not limited to this, and other notification means are provided. For example, lighting of a lamp, a buzzer, a voice, or the like may be used, or these may be used in combination.
[0047]
Moreover, in the said Example, although the rewrite card 50 is used as a storage medium, this invention is not limited to this, For example, these storage media electrically store data like an IC card, The storage medium is not particularly limited as long as the storage data can be rewritten.
[0048]
Further, in the embodiment, the balance after use, which is balance data, is stored as valuable value information in the rewrite card 50, which is the storage medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these storages are stored. The data may be data such as points and the amount of oil that can be refueled.
[0049]
Moreover, in the said Example, although the said MPU45 implements control of the whole oil supply apparatus 1, this invention is not limited to this, Control of the main-body part 2 of the said oil supply apparatus 1, etc. are implemented. The control part to perform may be provided separately in addition to the fuel supply / payment adjustment apparatus 3, and the main body 2 and the oil supply / payment adjustment apparatus 3 may be provided separately.
[0050]
  In addition, in the refueling payment adjusting apparatus 3 of the present embodiment,The balance isSince it can be stored and issued in a storage medium, there is no need to return coins or change, so there is no need to use a relatively expensive coin identification counting unit for returning these changes.,This is preferable because the refueling settlement apparatus can be configured at low cost..
[0051]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention has the following effects.
[0052]
  (A) According to the invention of claim 1, the oil that can be refueled by the balance increased by the additional deposit is provided to the user by providing the refuelable oil amount display section that displays the refillable oil amount. The amount can be confirmed sequentially.In addition, since all the remaining money can be stored in a storage medium and returned or issued, it is not necessary to return change, so there is no need to use a relatively expensive coin identification counting unit for performing these change returns, etc. The oil supply settlement apparatus can be configured at low cost.
[0053]
  (B) According to the invention of claim 2, since it becomes possible to install the oil supply / payment adjustment apparatus in common for a plurality of oil types, the installation cost of these oil supply / payment adjustment apparatuses can be reduced.Further, when there is no change in the oil type, the operation of selecting the oil type can be simplified.
[0054]
(C) According to the invention of claim 3, the user recognizes in advance the approximate amount of oil that can be refueled with the residual valuable value information recorded on the recording medium without going to a gas station. Will be able to.
[Brief description of the drawings]
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an external front view showing an oil supply apparatus to which an oil supply and deposit settlement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing a fuel supply / payment settlement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a configuration of an oil supply and deposit settlement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing an oil supply nozzle portion of an oil supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an oil supply apparatus to which an oil supply and deposit settlement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams showing a rewrite card which is a recording medium used in an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a refuelable amount calculation process in the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Refueling device
2 Body
3 Refueling deposit settlement device
4a, 4b, 4c Oiling nozzle
5 Refueling hose
6a, 6b, 6c Nozzle holder
7a, 7b, 7c Oiling pump
8a, 8b, 8c Weighing instrument
8 Weighing display
9 Front panel
10 Card issuing slot
11 Banknote slot
12a, 12b, 12c, 12d Oil type selection button
13 Amount display
14 Unit price display
15 Refuelable oil amount display
16 Exterior case
17 Cover member
18 Main board
20 Insertion section
21 bill insertion part
22a, 22b, 22c Locking device
22 'rod
23a, 23b, 23c detection device
24a, 24b, 24c Operation lamp
25 Reader / Writer
26 Card supply unit
27 Banknote recognition unit (money identification counting unit)
28 Defective reservoir
30 Print head
31 Magnetic head
32 Conveyor belt
34 Card storage
35 Supply port
36 Remaining sensor
38 storage unit
39 Weighing controller
40 Communication device
41 Communication cable
42 Operation lamp driver
43 Interface section
44 Detector Drive Unit
45 Microcomputer (MPU; control unit)
47 Display driver
50 Rewrite card (recording medium)
51 Printing section

Claims (3)

It is rewritten organic titer value information recordable and has been the storage medium can be inserted with lubrication possible value information such as the least balance data is recorded, and a reader-writer for reading and rewriting of the value information, the new A storage medium storage unit for storing the storage medium to be supplied to the reader / writer, a money insertion slot for inserting money, and a currency for identifying and counting the money inserted and connected to the money insertion slot a recognition and counting unit, in Rukoto money is put into the money inlet when said recording medium is inserted into the reader-writer reads a valuable resource corresponding to-projecting incoming total amount from the storage medium in the insert was then added to the value information, chromatic amount such that corresponding enabling an additional deposit process you, and refueling has been oil amount refueling within the range of value information after the additional Value, and deducted from value information after the additional calculating a new residual value information, updates the storage medium in inserting the new residual value information, settlement processing for returning records to the user A refueling deposit / payment adjusting apparatus comprising: a control unit that performs the following: the control unit is configured to insert the money into the money insertion slot when the recording medium is not inserted into the reader / writer. Revenue processing that enables refueling within the range of the valuable value corresponding to the amount of money, and reducing the valuable value such as the amount equivalent to the amount of refueled from the valuable value corresponding to the total amount of input, and newly remaining Valuable value information is calculated, and when the new remaining valuable value information exists, the new remaining valuable value information is recorded and issued by the reader / writer on a recording medium accommodated in the storage medium accommodating unit. Conducted the row processing, the calculation processing is turned total amount including-projecting deposit amount per each time that the money is turned to calculate the allowable fuel supply oil amount at an additional deposit process or the deposit process has been new negotiable value,
A refueling payment adjusting apparatus comprising a refuelable oil amount display unit for displaying the calculated refuelable oil amount. It has oil type selection section for a user to correspond to a plurality of the oil type selectable operation, when there is an oil type selection in the oil type selection unit is previously set for each oil type which is the selected allowable fuel supply oil amount based on the unit price is displayed on the allowable fuel supply oil amount indicator Rutotomoni, identifiable oil seed data type of oil which was carried refueling is the selected, the recording medium to return in the settlement process While updating and recording, when there is no oil type selection in the oil type selection unit, it is selected most recently in the oil type selection unit specified from the oil type data read from the recording medium inserted in the reader / writer. oil species, oil deposit settlement apparatus according to claim 1 that will be automatically selected as the allowable fuel supply oil amount of a subject oil species to be displayed on the allowable fuel supply oil amount indicator.   The storage medium has a rewritable print area on the surface a predetermined number of times, and the print area has the new residual valuable value information and the new residual valuable value for the same oil type that has been refueled this time. The refueling payment adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least the amount of oil that can be refueled according to the size of the value information is printed.

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