JPH06227597A - Fuel feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a car to automatically select a meter which is suitable for the fuel feeding port and fuel oil of a vehicle and perform the operation after the vehicle stops at a fuel feeding lane. CONSTITUTION:At the point when signals are output from both of a vehicle sensor 10 and transponder reading device 11 which are provided at a fuel feeding lane, the data of the vehicle which is previously stored is read from a memory means 31, and one of fuel feeding devices being arranged at both sides of the fuel feeding lane is selected, and at the same time, the most suitable meter in the selected fuel feeding device is made usable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refueling device which reads out data relating to a vehicle entering a fueling station so that only a vehicle at an optimum position can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gas station equipped with a plurality of refueling facilities, there are provided a guiding means for instructing a suitable refueling device for a vehicle visited for refueling, a vehicle data reading means, and a storage means for storing data for each vehicle. There has been proposed an oil supply device configured to guide one specific oil supply device of an oil type suitable for the vehicle based on the read vehicle data (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-41115).

However, if the driver overlooks the guide or stops at a refueling device other than the refueling device instructed by the refueling station for the convenience of leaving the vehicle, refueling is impossible,
There is a problem that refueling cannot be done unless the refueling station re-designates or moves the vehicle.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a weighing machine suitable for the vehicle even if the customer selects the refueling lane. It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel refueling device capable of operating only the fuel tank.

[0005]

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, when signals are output from both the vehicle detection means and the vehicle data detection means provided in the refueling lane, they are stored in advance. The data of the vehicle concerned is read out from the storage means, and of the fuel supply devices arranged on both sides of the fueling lane, only the weighing machine located on the fuel supply port side of the vehicle concerned and having an appropriate oil type can be used. A control means is provided.

[0006]

When the entry of the vehicle into the refueling lane is detected, the vehicle data detecting means reads the data of the transponder mounted on the vehicle, and the refueling of the vehicle registered in the storage means is based on this data. Read the mouth position and the type of fuel oil. Based on the read data, only the optimum weighing machine located on both sides of the vehicle is operated.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numerals 1, 2 and 3 are islands, and a plurality of weighing machines 4, 5, 5 are provided so that different oil types can be supplied to these islands.
Outdoor POS 8, 8 equipped with a plurality of refueling devices 7 and 7 each including 6 and a display for displaying information such as refueling amount
Are arranged on both sides, and these islands 1, 2, and 3 are configured to be able to refuel in the refueling lanes A, B, C, and D. A vehicle sensor 10 as a vehicle detection means for detecting that a vehicle has entered a position suitable for refueling near the refueling area of each lane A, B, C, D, and a vehicle data detection means for a transponder 20 described later. A reading device 11 is arranged.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of an oil supply device arranged on an island, and is designated by reference numerals 4, 5 and 6 in the figure.
Is a weighing machine capable of supplying fuel of different oil types,
An indicator lamp 12 for displaying a refuelable state and a fuel oil type, a fuel pump 14 driven by a pump motor 13, and a flow meter 15 for measuring the flow rate of fuel oil discharged from a nozzle 19.
And a flow rate pulse oscillator 16 that outputs a flow rate pulse proportional to the flow rate, a nozzle switch 17, and a flow rate pulse oscillator 1
6 and the data from the outdoor POS 8, and controls the refueling operation, and calculates the refueling amount based on the flow rate pulse and outputs it to the outdoor POS 8.

Reference numeral 8 denotes the outdoor POS, which is a numeric keypad 21 for inputting numerical data, an oil type selection key 22 for selecting an oil type of fuel oil, and an oil supply port specifying key 23 for specifying a vehicle oil supply port. And a keyboard 24, a printer 25 for issuing slips, a card reader 26 for reading data from a card such as a magnetic card, a display 27 for displaying refueling data, and a control device for controlling the operation of the display. And is connected to the weighing machine control means 18 of the weighing machines 4, 5, 6 by a transmission line W.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which reference numeral 20 denotes a transponder mounted on each vehicle, which is an energy source of a high-frequency oscillator or the like constituting a reading device 11. It is composed of a power generation means 20a for converting the energy from the radiation means 11a into electric power, and an oscillating means 20b for outputting data for identifying each vehicle as radio waves to the reception means 11b of the reader 11 by this electric power. .

Reference numeral 30 denotes a control device incorporated in the outdoor POS 8, which includes a vehicle sensor 10 and a transponder reading device 1.
1, the data from the keyboard 24 and the card reader 26 are input, and the data read from the transponder 20, for example, the data previously stored in the storage means 31 based on the vehicle number is read, and based on these data. Based on the flow chart described later, the weighing machines 4, 5,
6 is configured to control.

As shown in FIG. 4, the storage means 31 has a vehicle number as an address 41, customer name data 42 indicating a customer's name, oil type data 43 indicating an oil type of the vehicle, and a fuel filler port of the vehicle. Refueling port data 44 indicating the right side or the left side is stored.

The data processed by the control device 30 is output to the weighing machine control means 18 of the refueling device 7,
Any of the indicators 12 showing the types of oil of the usable weighing machine is turned on.

Next, the operation of the apparatus thus constructed will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. When a customer enters an optional refueling lane B to receive refueling, a car detection signal is output from a car sensor 10 arranged here (step 5 in FIG. 5).
I). This signal causes the control device 30 of the outdoor POS 8 to oscillate the energy emitting means 11a of the reading device 11 (see FIG. 5).
Step b), data is oscillated from the transponder 20 mounted on the vehicle and received by the reading device 11 (step c in FIG. 5). The control device 30 reads the data about the vehicle from the storage means 31 using the received vehicle number as an address (step D in FIG. 5), and selects the weighing machine on the fuel filler side of this vehicle and that matches the fuel of this vehicle. A refueling permission signal is output to the control means 18 of this weighing machine (step F in FIG. 5).

When the refueling permission signal is input (step B in FIG. 6), the weighing machine control means 18 lights up the indicator 12 of the metering device 18 to display that the refueling is possible and the selected oil type (see FIG. 6). 6 Step B), Notify that it is available. When the oil supply nozzle 19 is removed in this state, the nozzle switch 17 is turned on (step C in FIG. 6).
The weighing machine control means 18 resets the display 27 to zero and operates the pump motor 13 (step d in FIG. 6). When refueling is started and a pulse signal from the flow rate pulse transmitter 16 is input (step E in FIG. 6), this is counted and displayed as the amount of refueling on the display 27 (step 6 in FIG. 6).
What). When the refueling of a predetermined amount is completed, the refueling nozzle 19 is engaged, and the nozzle switch 17 is turned off (step in FIG. 6), the weighing machine control means 18 turns off the pump motor 13 and displays that refueling is possible. Display 1
2 is turned off, and refueling data such as the type of refueled fuel oil and the refueling amount are output to the outdoor POS 8 (FIG. 6).
Steps).

When the refueling data is input (step in FIG. 6), the outdoor POS 8 creates billing data based on the refueling data and issues a slip by the printer 25 (step in FIG. 5).

If the vehicle is not equipped with the transponder 20 and has a refueling card, data cannot be received from the transponder even if a predetermined time T ₁ has elapsed after the energy releasing means 11a was activated. Therefore (step 5 in FIG. 5), it waits for a signal to be output from the card reader 26 (step 5 in FIG. 5). In this state,
When the refueling card is loaded into the card reader 26 and the data of the vehicle stored in the card is read (step 5 in FIG. 5), the steps (f) to (h) described above and the step shown in FIG. 6 ( Refueling is executed by the process of b) to step (h) of FIG.

In a vehicle not equipped with a transponder,
Moreover, if the user does not have a refueling card, he can refuel by inputting data from the keyboard 24. That is, when the oil type of the vehicle and the position of the oil filler port are entered using the oil type designation key 22 and the oil filler port designation key 23 of the keyboard 24 (Fig. 5, Step E), the weighing machine suitable for this is weighed. A refueling permission signal is output from the outdoor POS 8 to the machine control means 18 (step 5 in FIG. 5).
As a result, in the same manner as described above, the step (g) of FIG.
Refueling is executed by (h) and the steps (a) to (h) of FIG.

In the above embodiment, the data oscillated by receiving the energy radiated from the gas station, but the same applies when the vehicle number on the vehicle license plate is read by the image sensor. It is clear that it works.

[0020]

As described above, in the present invention,
When signals are output from both the vehicle detection means and the vehicle data detection means provided in the refueling lane, the previously stored data of the vehicle is read out from the storage means, and the refueling device is arranged on both sides of the refueling lane. Since the vehicle is equipped with a control means that is located on the fuel supply port side of the vehicle and that can use only a weighing machine that matches the oil type, when the vehicle stops at the fueling lane, the fueling mechanism suitable for the vehicle is automatically operated. Therefore, it is possible to perform refueling at a position according to the customer's intention while preventing misidentification of oil type as much as possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of an oil supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an oil supply facility to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a storage unit used in the fuel supply apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control means.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the refueling control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2, 3 Island 4, 5, 6 Weighing machine 7 Refueling device 8 Outdoor POS 10 Car sensor 11 Transponder reader 20 Transponder A, B, C, D Refueling lane

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When both the vehicle detection means and the vehicle data detection means provided in the refueling lane output signals, the previously stored data of the vehicle is read from the storage means and arranged on both sides of the refueling lane. Of the refueling equipment
An oil supply device provided with a control means that is located on the fuel supply port side of the vehicle and that can use only a weighing machine that matches the oil type.