JPH03196290A - Information system in gasoline station - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the management efficiency by informing a customer of the business guide of a shop prepared together with a gasoline station in a gasoline supply area and enabling the customer to reserve purchase of goods. CONSTITUTION:When a vehicle enters to the oil station, goods in a shop 4 prepared together with the gasoline station are displayed on a business goods display means 12 in a gasoline supply area 3. When the customer in the vehicle stopping by an idle measurer 10 reserves desired goods from a reserving means 28 based on the display, reserved goods data is outputted from the output means in the shop 4. Therefore, the customer can not only confirm business goods in the shop 4 in the gasoline supply area 3 but also reserve business goods in the shop 4 from the side of the oil supply area 3. Thus, the degree of use of the shop prepared together with the gasoline station is increased and the sales in the whole of the gasoline station with the shop are increased.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a gas station information system applied to a gas station attached to a store, for example, and is particularly suitable for achieving smooth flow of customers within the gas station attached to a store, efficiency of management of the gas station attached to a store, etc. Regarding 7 stems.

[Prior art and problems]

In recent years, with the revision of the Fire Service Act, there has been a trend towards the relaxation of various regulations regarding gas service stations.
For example, there is a possibility that there will be an increase in the number of cases in which stores such as CVS (convenience stores) are attached to gas stations. Therefore, for example, if a refueling station with a CvS is opened, customers of refueling vehicles will be able to access the CV from the refueling area side (island side).
It is expected that customers will request the provision of business guidance information such as a list of sales items at S, or request to make a purchase reservation for products at CVS. By the way, if we develop a sales information/product reservation system that meets customer requests as described above, it will improve customer service, smooth flow of customers within the gas station, and even increase Cv.
It is expected that this will be suitable for improving the management efficiency of gas stations attached to S. However, as the Fire Service Act has just been revised, gas stations with CVSs like the one mentioned above are not yet widespread, and for this reason, customers are not receiving business guidance information from the CVS side from the refueling area side (island side). Another problem is that no system has yet been developed that allows CVSs to accept product purchase reservations from customers in refueling areas. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and by notifying customers of business information of stores with a gas station attached to the gas station and enabling customers to make reservations for purchasing products, smooth flow of customers within the gas station and the establishment of a store attached to the gas station The purpose is to provide 7 systems for gas station information that improve the management efficiency of gas stations.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the second object, the present invention provides an in-service gas station information system that is applied to a gas station with a store, which has a gas station building, a gas service area, and an attached store on the premises of the gas station. a sales product display means provided in the annexed store for displaying sales products of the annexed store; a reservation means provided in the refueling area for reserving a product desired by a customer; and a reservation means provided in the annexed store. an output means for outputting reserved product data corresponding to the reserved product; and an output means provided in the gas station building to control each of the means and centrally manage various information including sales data in the gas supply area and the attached store. The invention is characterized in that it is equipped with a centralized management means.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, when a vehicle enters a refueling station, the sales product display means in the refueling area displays the sales products of the attached store. When a customer in a vehicle parked next to the empty weighing machine makes a reservation for a desired product from the reservation means based on the display, reserved product data is output from the output means of the attached store. As a result, the customer can check at a glance the sales products of the annexed store within the refueling area, and can also reserve the sales products of the annexed store from the refueling area.

【Example】

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A gas station information system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the CVS-equipped gas station of this embodiment. The site 1 of this gas station includes an SS room (gas station building) 2, a refueling area 3 for refueling vehicles, and various A CVS (convenience store) room 4 for selling products will be installed, as well as an entrance 5 and exits 6 and 7 on the side of site 1 facing the road. In this case, the arrows in Figure 1 indicate an example of the travel route of a vehicle that has entered the gas station, and a vehicle that has only refueled will exit the gas station from exit 6, while a vehicle that has refueled and used CvS will It is designed to exit outside the gas station from the exit lower part. An SS central control device 8 is installed inside the SS room 2, and the SS central control device 8 controls each part of the gas station information system of this embodiment. The S
The S central management device 8 is equipped with a keyboard and also has a built-in memory (hereinafter referred to as the path shown in the figure). Further, in the refueling area 3, there are, for example, four islands 9.
... is installed, and each island 9 has a weighing machine 10.
, guidance display board 11 (see Figure 2), display unit 12 (
(see Figure 3) are installed at each location. In this case, the left lane number (1) is displayed on the guidance display board 11 as shown in FIG.
), a display section 14 that displays the right lane No. (2), a display section 15 that displays the oil company mark, store greetings, etc., and an island suspension indicator light 16 that displays the island's suspension status (e.g. (red), island operation indicator light 17 (e.g. blue) that displays the island operation status,
SS operation indicator light 18, CvS, which indicates when the gas station is open
CvS business indicator light 19 to indicate when the store is open, weighing machine 10
An oil type indicator light 20 is provided to display the type of oil (regular gasoline/high octane gasoline/diesel oil). Also,
As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 12 includes a sales product list display box 21 for displaying a list of sales products in CvS, an accessory product shelf 22, and an advertising display board 2 for displaying advertisements.
3 are arranged. In this case, a switch is provided corresponding to each of the sales product list display buttons 21, and when the corresponding switch is pressed, the corresponding sales product data is sent to the SS central management device 8 in the SS room 2. It has become so. Also, inside the CVS room 4, there is a casso/yu register 24, and an indoor product display board 25 (
(See FIG. 4), a keyboard 26 for inputting sales products (see FIG. 5) for inputting sales products in the CvS manually, and a printer 27 for printing out reservation slips and the like. In this case, the indoor product display board 25 is divided into display sections for each product as shown in FIG. 25B. Further, the keyboard 26 for inputting sales products is divided for each product as shown in FIG.
For example, a label 26B is attached to A to display the product name. FIG. 6 is an example of the printing format of the customer's reservation slip 28 printed out from the printer 27, and the reservation slip 28 includes the serial number/product name/quantity/reservation number (
The island number, time, minute, etc. that the customer vehicle has parked next to are printed. Further, a vehicle entry detector 29 is installed near the entrance 5 of the premises 1 of the gas station, and the vehicle entrance detector 29 detects vehicles entering the gas station. As shown in FIG. 11 island stop indicator light 16
/Island operating indicator light 1.7/SS operating indicator light 18/
The CVS sales indicator light 19 and the sales product list display panel 21 of the display unit 12 are connected to the SS central management device 8 of the SS room 2. In the figure, 30 is an AC power switch, and 31 is a power sensor. Next, the operation of the gas station information/stem of this embodiment with the above configuration will be explained. When a refueling vehicle enters the refueling station through the entrance 5, the vehicle entry detector 29 detects the entry of the refueling vehicle and sends a detection signal to S.
It is sent to the SS central management device 8 in the S room 2. The SS central management device 8 stores information on each island 9 that has been entered in advance from the keyboard of the SS central management device 8 and registered in the memo J.
Based on the operation/suspension data of ..., an island 9 having a total of one aircraft 10 in operation mode and in an empty state (non-refueling state c,) is selected, and the guidance display board 11 on the selected island 9 is The island operating indicator light 17 is turned on to guide the refueling vehicle to the island 9. Thereby, the customer of the refueling vehicle moves the refueling vehicle to the refueling lane of the empty weighing machine 10v1 of the island 9 where the island operation indicator light 17 is lit. In this case, the island operation indicator light 17 of the island 9 that is not in the vacant state is not lit, and when the island 9 is in the operating state (non-dormant state), the island inactivity indicator light 16 is also not lit. Both the island idle indicator light 16 and the island operating indicator light I7 remain in the non-lit state. On the other hand, the sales product manual keyboard 2 in the CVS room 4
The sales product data input from 6 is sent to the SS central control device 8 and registered in the memory, and the lamp 25B corresponding to the product name display 25A on the indoor product display board 25 in the CvS room 4 is lit. Further, the business product list display panel 21 of the display unit 12 on the island 9 to which the refueling vehicle was guided is lit. As a result, customers in refueling vehicles parked next to the island 9 can check the sales items in the CVS room 4 attached to the gas station by visually viewing the sales product list display unit 21 on the display unit 12. Therefore, it can be used as a guideline for whether or not to use CvS. In this case, the guidance display board 17/display unit 12 lights up only when the refueling vehicle enters the refueling station, which is suitable from the viewpoint of energy saving. In this case, the CVS business indicator light 19 lights up in the following cases. That is, the power sensor 31 detects that the 711M switch 30 of the cash register 24 is turned on, and automatically registers this in the memory of the SS central control device 8. The island 9 is in operation and the vehicle entry detector 2
In conjunction with the detection operation 9, the CVS business indicator light 19 lights up. In addition, the sales product list display lamp 21 of the display unit 12
lights up in conjunction with the detection operation of the vehicle detector 29. Next, when the weighing machine 10 starts refueling the refueling vehicle, the refueling operation start signal transmitted from the weighing machine 10 at that time is received, and the fuel supplying vehicle is placed on the island 9 next to which the refueling vehicle is parked. The island operation indicator light 17 that is in the lit state on the guidance display board 11 is turned off. Thereafter, when the refueling of the refueling vehicle is completed, the refueling end signal transmitted from the weighing machine 10 at that time is received, and the sales product list display lamp 21 in the lit state on the display unit 12 on the island 9 goes out. By the way, when the customer visually looks at the sales product list display panel 21 of the display unit 12 and informs the SS man of the reservation for the product he/she wishes to purchase while the refueling vehicle is refueling, the SS man displays the sales product display panel 21. Press the switch corresponding to the customer's reserved product. As a result, when the customer's reserved product data is sent to the SS central management device 8 in the SS room 2, the SS central management device 8 activates the printer 27 in the CVS room 4, for example as shown in FIG. Print format reservation slip 28
Print out. As a result, the CVS side can grasp the customer's reserved product, so it is possible to prevent mistakes in communication of the customer's reserved product from the SS side to the CvS side. If the printer 27 is configured to include a voice generating device, it becomes possible to print out the customer's reserved products and to provide audio guidance on the reserved product names. After this, the customer of the vehicle that has finished refueling will go to the CVS inside the gas station.
When the customer enters the room 4 and informs the clerk of the product reservation, the clerk hands over the customer's reserved product to the customer with cash on delivery based on the customer's reservation slip 28 that has already been printed out from the printer 27. In this case, when the money received from the customer is deposited into the cash register 24, the deposit data is sent to the SS central management device 8 of the SS room 2. This makes it possible for the SS central management device 8 to centrally manage various sales data such as product sales data in the CVS room 4 or refueling sales data in the refueling area 3. Incidentally, if the product displayed on the sales product list display page 21 is out of stock, the following process is performed, for example. ■ Check the stock status of products through sales inventory management using the cash register (POS for CVS) 24, and check the non-business status of out-of-stock products by operating the sales product input keyboard using the SS central management system. 8 memory and set it to a non-display state. - In conjunction with the sales inventory management by the Gyushini register (PO3 for CVS) 24, the non-business status of the item is automatically registered in the memory of the SS central control device 8, and the item is hidden. On the other hand, when there are few refueling vehicles such as late at night, or when there are few refueling vehicles,
. . , the power relay for the island is turned off by operating the keyboard of the SS central control device 8, thereby turning off the power supply (hereinafter referred to as the illustrated path). As a result, the SS central control device 8 registers the suspension data of the island in the memory, and lights up the island suspension indicator light 16 on the guidance display board 11 on the island to indicate that the island is suspended. . In this case, if the power of the island is turned on when restarting the operation of the idle island, the island idle indicator light 16 on the guidance display board 11 on the island will automatically turn off, and the island operation indicator light will automatically turn off. 17 will light up automatically.

【Effect of the invention】

As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided an in-service fuel station information system that is applied to a service station attached to a store, which has a service station building, a fuel supply area, and an attached store on the premises of the service station, and which is installed at the entrance of the service station. a vehicle detecting means for detecting a vehicle entering the refueling station; a guidance display means provided in the refueling area for displaying sales products of the attached store when the vehicle detection means detects a vehicle entering the refueling station; a reservation means for reserving a product desired by a customer; an output means installed in the attached store for outputting reserved product data corresponding to the product reserved from the reservation means; and an output means installed in the gas station building. The present invention is configured to include a centralized management means that controls each of the above-mentioned means and centrally manages various information including sales data in the refueling area and the attached store, so that the following effects can be achieved. ■Since the business information of the attached store is notified to customers in the fueling area of the gas station attached to the store, the customer can immediately know the business items of the attached store. You can also make product reservations. ■As a result of the above (■), it is possible to instill in customers the image that it is easy to use a store with a gas station attached, so it is possible to expand the usage of the gas station attached to the store and increase the overall sales of the gas station attached to the store. ■With the above (■), it is possible to realize a smooth flow of customer vehicles within a fueling area or a gas station attached to a store, such as an attached store, and it is possible to improve the customer turnover rate. ■It will also be possible to accurately and centrally manage various sales data, such as refueling sales data in the refueling area and product sales data at attached stores, thereby making it possible to improve the management efficiency of gas stations attached to stores. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the layout of a gas station with CVS according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a guidance display board of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a display unit of this embodiment. , FIG. 4 is a front view of the indoor product display board of this embodiment, FIG. 5 is a front view of the sales product input keyboard of this embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a front view of a slip printed out from the printer of this embodiment. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary printing former and a block diagram showing the configuration of the gas station information system of this embodiment. 2...SS room (fueling station building), 3...
...Refueling area, 4...90, CvS room (attached store), 8...SS central control device (central control means)
, 9...Island (refueling area), 10...
... Weighing machine, 12 ... Display unit (government product display means), 27 ... Printer (output means)
, 28... Reservation slip.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An in-service gas station information system applied to a gas station with a store that includes a gas station building, a gas service area, and an annexed store on the premises of the gas station, the system comprising: a sales product display means for displaying sales products; a reservation means provided in the refueling area for reserving a product desired by a customer; and a reservation means provided in the attached store and corresponding to the product reserved from the reservation means. output means for outputting reserved product data; and centralized management means installed in the gas station building to control each of the means and centrally manage various information including sales data in the gas service area and the attached store. An in-service information system is provided at the gas station.