JPH06287984A - Management system for used quantity of tap water - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To fairly and easily perform the transaction management for supply and use of tap water. CONSTITUTION:A microcomputer unit 5 connected to a valve opening device provided in a piping system and a measuring equipment 4 has a magnetic card reader writer 6. The data is inputted to the microcomputer unit 5 by a prepaid card 7 inserted to the magnetic card reader writer 6 to control the valve opening and closing device, addition is conducted according to the used quantity of the measuring equipment 4, and subtraction is conducted from the registered quantity in the microcomputer unit 5 every fixed addition degree. When the registered residual quantity is lower than a fixed value, an alarm is displayed, and when the residual quantity is O, the used quantity is internally stored, and additionally inputted for clearing when a new prepaid card is inserted, whereby the fairness of transaction to using customers can be ensured, and generation of various troubles on measuring and clearing works and complication on management can be easily eliminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tap water consumption control system for calibrating the amount of fluid or electricity such as tap water or sewer water, gas, etc. and charge processing based on the calibration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a transaction fee processing system for tap water, city gas, electricity, etc. used in ordinary households, a meter is installed for each house, and a meter-reader is dispatched at regular intervals, for example, 2 The meter is metered once a month, the usage amount is calculated, and the post-payment method is adopted, in which the customer is billed for the door-to-door fee and payment is made.

[0003]

However, with this conventional method, the meter reading is subject to a heavy human load, and the metering work may be extremely difficult depending on the area. Moreover, it may cause a trouble such as a meter reading error. However, since it is a post-payment method, there are many problems in management because there is a risk of collection of charges and delinquency of charges, the complexity of post-processing and a great deal of labor, and the risk of tampering with meters or the suspension of calibration. It was The present invention is intended to eliminate these conventional drawbacks, and it is possible to ensure fairness of transactions to the customers who use it, and use effective tap water, etc. that eliminates the occurrence of various troubles and the complexity of management. It aims to provide a quantity management system.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a magnetic card reader / writer is provided in a microcomputer unit connected to a valve opening / closing device and a calibrator provided in a piping system, and a prepaid card inserted into the magnetic card reader / writer. Then, by inputting data to the microcomputer unit to control the opening / closing of the valve opening / closing device, addition is made according to the usage amount of the calibrator, and subtraction is made from the registered amount of the microcomputer unit to a certain addition rate, and the remaining registration amount. When a new value is 0 or less, a warning is displayed, and when the remaining amount becomes 0, the usage amount is stored internally, and when the new prepaid card is inserted, additional input is made to make a payment System.

[0005]

[Operation] Put a prepaid card purchased in advance in each household in the magnetic card reader / writer to read and write the data on the card, input the data of the permissible amount of tap water to the microcomputer unit, emit a signal from the microcomputer unit, and By opening the valve of the switchgear, the water can be supplied and the tap water can be used. Then, the meter of the water meter is added according to the amount of tap water used, and it is subtracted from the registered amount of the microcomputer unit at a constant addition rate, and when the remaining registered amount is below a certain value, a warning is displayed and a new card is used. Enter additional data. In addition, the total usage of each home is calculated by taking in the data of the microcomputer unit in a batch by the host computer, or writing the data of the microcomputer unit in the prepared aggregation card with a magnetic card reader / writer, and then by the host computer. Read the data with a connected magnetic card reader / writer and count. In addition, the registered amount of tap water can be deregistered by rewriting the magnetic card or the magnetic card for settlement with a magnetic card reader / writer after the data has been entered, and the registered tap water remaining amount is written on the magnetic card, and the settlement is made using the data. Processing can be performed. On the other hand, it is convenient for prepaid cards purchased at ordinary households to be issued at the water supply management headquarters using a dedicated writing ticket issuing machine, and handled at a store contracted with the water supply management headquarters or another sales handling organization. In this case, connect the ticket issuing machine and the host computer with the ticket issuing number and the tap water amount, and calculate by the host computer, or calculate the number of tickets issued by the ticket issuing device and the tap water amount separately, and input the data into the host computer to add up. Can be

[0006]

EXAMPLE An example of a tap water use management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. A water pipe 2 installed in a general household 1
Valve opening / closing device for valve 3 and calibrator 4 provided in the piping system of
A magnetic card reader / writer 6 is provided in the microcomputer unit 5 connected to the microcomputer unit 5 and the prepaid card 7 inserted in the magnetic card reader / writer 6 is used to connect the microcomputer unit 5
Data is input to control the opening / closing of the valve 3, and the amount of use of the calibrator 4 is added to subtract from the registered amount of the microcomputer unit 5 to a certain addition rate. When it becomes, a warning is displayed on the display unit 13, and when the remaining amount becomes 0, the usage amount is internally stored, and when the new prepaid card is inserted, additional input is made and payment is made.

In this case, the control device 10 including the microcomputer unit 5 includes a battery 11 provided inside the device.
When the battery voltage falls below a specified voltage, a battery replacement alarm is displayed on the display unit 14. The power supply battery 11 of the microcomputer unit 5 is equipped with a generator 12 capable of adding a power generation function by the water flow of the water pipe in order to extend the battery life, but as a power saving means for extending the battery life, a calibrator is used. 4 For signal control between the water meter and the microcomputer unit 5, for example, a contact point is provided on the calibrator so that electricity is supplied only to a certain degree of the tap water used, and the circuit is automatically energized after the calculation processing of the microcomputer unit 5. A power-saving type that shuts off may be used.

The display unit 13 uses a liquid crystal display tube to display an alarm when the remaining registration amount is low or when the battery voltage is low, or a display switch (not shown) is provided by the user when necessary. ) May be pressed to display the remaining amount.

The microcomputer unit 5 is connected to a host computer 8 installed in the water supply management headquarters 15, and the data of the microcomputer unit 5 is fetched and the total amount of usage is totaled for batch processing. It is also possible to read the data on a totaling card prepared in advance with the magnetic card reader / writer 16 and to have the host computer 8 total the data.

The magnetic card reader / writer 6,
Reference numeral 16 is for enabling registration cancellation, and the data is written again in the magnetic card for which data has been input or the magnetic card for settlement, the remaining registration amount is displayed, and settlement processing can be performed with the data of the magnetic card. It is better to use the one that is made like this.

Further, the host computer 8 is
The prepaid card 7 connected to the ticket issuing machine 9 may be managed by the water supply management headquarters 15 by totalizing the number of issued cards and the registration amount of issued tickets. It is convenient to issue a ticket at the water supply management headquarters 15 using 9 and handle it at, for example, a sales shop 17 contracted with the water supply management headquarters 15 or another sales handling organization. In this case, the number of issued cards and the amount of tap water to be issued are connected to the ticket issuing machine 9 and the host computer 8 and are counted by the host computer 8, or the number of tickets issued by the ticket issuing machine and the amount of tap water are calculated separately, and data is input to the host computer. It is good to add up.

In the control device 10, one magnetic card or a plurality of magnetic cards are used for initial setting, for example, system clear, set date and time, use start date and time, water number, water rate (unit price per 1 m ³ , variation rate unit price). In addition, the basic charge deduction date and time, the deduction amount (subtracted from the registered data) and the condition can be changed, and the internal clock function, for example, the setting function operates at the set date and time, and the emergency response function are provided. It can also be done. In other words, when tap water is urgently needed due to a fire, etc. when the system is out of service or when there is no registration left, the tap switch is automatically opened to open the tap water by pressing the emergency switch on the device. To do. In addition, this emergency coping function does not work the second time without setting the maximum amount of water usage once and after the operation once, and the usage fee is deducted or not deducted when continuing with a new card. Consideration is made so that the conditions can be set.

It is also possible to set the supply amount of tap water or the like so that the supply amount can be changed. For example, the water supply amount can be limited by setting the valve to full open, half open, and closed. This water supply amount limit can be set arbitrarily in conjunction with the device system condition setting and the unregistered data. It is good to do like this.

In this embodiment, the example of tap water is explained, but it can also be applied to the management of the amount of sewer water, gas or electricity supplied from the outside to ordinary households as a daily necessities service, including charge collection. Management service can be provided by adding a control function for electricity usage and a control function for gas usage to the water-based prepaid system microcomputer control, and all can be converted into a prepaid card with one control device. It is possible to eliminate troublesome meter reading and money collection operations. In addition, the fee system for sewerage treatment is a household burden proportional to the amount of water used in each municipality, but the card amount of the water supply prepaid card and the supply amount system are those who receive sewer service in advance in the microcomputer unit, By changing to those who do not receive, the collection business can be eliminated and the fairness of transactions can be effectively aimed at.

[0015]

According to the present invention, a magnetic card reader / writer is provided in a microcomputer unit connected to a valve opening / closing device and a calibrator provided in a piping system, and a prepaid card inserted into the magnetic card reader / writer is used. The data is input to the unit to control the opening / closing of the valve opening / closing device, and the amount of addition of the calibrator is added to subtract from the registered amount of the microcomputer unit to a certain addition rate. When it becomes, a warning is displayed, and when the remaining amount becomes 0, the usage amount is stored internally, and when a new prepaid card is inserted, additional input is made for settlement.
There is no error in the calibration of the amount used, it is possible to prevent troubles, it is possible to eliminate the tasks of weighing and collection, the handling of the supplier and the recipient is simple, and the fairness of transactions can be ensured. Also, various troubles that are likely to occur in settlement work can be eliminated, and the optimization of calibration can be greatly improved,
It is possible to perform highly reliable management without the complexity of management.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system explanatory view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 General household 2 Water pipe 3 Valve 4 Calibrator 5 Microcomputer unit 6 Magnetic card reader / writer 7 Prepaid card 8 Host computer 9 Prepaid card ticketing machine 10 Magnetic card reader / writer

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tatsuya Iwahashi 11126-3 Shida-cho, Miyakonojo-shi, Miyazaki Prefecture (72) Inventor Takeki Kaza 5773-1, Shiida-cho, Miyakonojo-shi, Miyazaki Prefecture (72) Inventor Kuroki Genhiro 1859-3 Tarobou Town, Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A magnetic card reader / writer is provided in a microcomputer unit connected to a valve opening / closing device and a calibrator provided in a piping system, and data is stored in the microcomputer unit by a prepaid card inserted into the magnetic card reader / writer. Input and control the opening / closing of the valve opening / closing device, add according to the usage of the calibrator, subtract from the registered amount of the microcomputer unit to a constant addition rate, and display a warning when the registered remaining amount falls below a certain value The usage management system is characterized in that when the remaining amount becomes 0, the usage amount is internally stored, and when a new prepaid card is inserted, additional input is made for settlement. 2. The host computer connected to the microcomputer unit is loaded with the data of the microcomputer unit to totalize the total amount of use and collectively processed, or the data of the microcomputer unit is prepared in advance by a magnetic card reader / writer on an aggregated card. The tap water consumption amount management system according to claim 1, which is read and totaled in a host computer. 3. The magnetic card reader / writer enables deregistration, and re-writes on a magnetic card for which data input has been completed or a magnetic card for settlement,
The tap water consumption amount management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the registered remaining amount is displayed so that settlement processing can be performed using the data of the magnetic card. 4. The system for managing the consumption of tap water etc. according to claim 1, wherein the power supply battery of the microcomputer unit is charged by a generator driven by the water used in the water supply pipe.