JPH0641417Y2 - Taxi metering device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a taxi fare meter device mounted on a taxi and used to collect a boarding fare and a call charge of a car telephone from a passenger.

[Problems to be Solved by the Prior Art and Invention] Conventionally, in the taxi, the boarding fare is collected by the fare displayed by the fare meter of the taxi meter. On the other hand, the following methods have been used to collect the car phone charges from passengers.

(1) The driver measures the call time with a clock and charges the call charge to the passenger according to the time.

(2) Call charges are collected using a coin phone, as with ordinary public phones.

(3) Call charges according to the call distance and call time are displayed by the car telephone charge meter, and the amount is collected in cash together with the boarding fee. The charge system in this case is 160km
With the above, it is 100 yen / 45 seconds and 160 km or less is 100 yen / 65 seconds.

In the case of the above method (1), the driver has to measure the time while driving, which hinders safe driving, and cannot measure the time accurately, which causes troubles with passengers. There is a problem that it may occur.

On the other hand, in the case of the methods of (2) and (3), there is no problem as in (1), but it is necessary to secure a space for installing a coin telephone or installing a toll meter by modifying the inside of the vehicle. There are also problems such as costs. In particular, when the telephone charge meter is attached, the driver has to operate two meters, a taxi meter and a telephone charge meter, which are separately provided, which causes a problem that the number of operations increases.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention does not require a space for providing a special fare meter for a car telephone, and does not require a separate operation from the taxi meter, so that passengers can get the fare together with the fare. It is an object of the present invention to provide a taxi fare meter device capable of collecting a call charge of a car phone.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above problems, the taxi fare meter device according to the present invention, as shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. 1, includes a fare collection fare display portion which always displays a fare collection fare and a boarding fare at all times. A fare display means 15 having a fare display portion for displaying, a first calculation means A for calculating a fare based on a traveling signal and a predetermined fare system at the time of operating the fare tariff of the taximeter 1. Car phone 2
Second calculating means B for calculating the call charge based on the call start signal and the call charge addition signal from the call charge system and the call charge system set in advance; The boarding charge calculated by the first calculating means A is displayed on the charge display portion, and the second charge is displayed.
When there is a call charge calculated by the calculating means B, the sum of the call charge and the call charge is displayed in the intercepting charge display part, and the intercepting charge display part is displayed in accordance with the tariff operation of the taximeter 1. Display control means C for displaying the sum of the displayed fare and the fare displayed in the boarding fare display part on one of the intercepting fare display part or the boarding fare display part, and the taximeter 1
And a reset means 16 for resetting the fee displayed on the fee display means 15 in accordance with the empty vehicle tariff operation.

[Action]

In the above structure, the fare display means 15 is formed with a fare collection display part and a fare display part that normally display the fare collection and the fare collection respectively. When the taxi meter 1 operates the fare tariff, the first calculating means A calculates the boarding fare based on the traveling signal and a predetermined boarding fare system. Further, the second calculation means calculates the call charge based on the call start signal and the call charge addition signal from the car phone 2 and the call charge system set in advance.

The display control means C always causes the oncoming fare display portion of the fare display means 15 to display the oncoming fare, the fare display portion to display the fare calculated by the first computing means A, and the second computing means B. When there is a call charge calculated by, the charge display unit 15 displays the sum of the call charge and the call charge in the call charge display portion. In addition, the display control means C displays the fare, which is the sum of the fare displayed in the intercepting fare display area of the fare display means 15 and the fare displayed in the boarding fare display area, according to the tariff operation of the taximeter 1. It is displayed on one of the intercepting fare display part and the boarding fare display part of the means 15.

Then, the charge displayed on the charge display means 15 is reset by the reset means 16 according to the empty vehicle tariff operation of the taximeter 1.

As described above, the call charge calculated by the second calculation means B is displayed by the display control means C in the intercepting charge display portion of the charge displaying means 15 together with the intercepting charge, and the payment tariff of the taximeter 1 is displayed. At times, the fare displayed in the fare display area and the boarding fare displayed in the fare display area are summed up and displayed on one of the fare display area or the fare display area of the fare display means 15. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a special display means for the car telephone 2 for displaying the call charge, the breakdown of the call charge and the boarding charge can be known, and both charges can be summed by mental calculation. There is no hassle to do it, and it is easy to collect fees.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a car telephone system to which the taxi charge meter device according to the present invention is applied. In FIG. 2, 1 is a phone charge meter, 2 is a car phone main body,
Reference numeral 3 is a mobile phone radio device, and 4 is an antenna.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a concrete example of the telephone charge meter 1. In FIG. 3, 11 is a microcomputer (μCO
M) which is an arithmetic processing unit, and the arithmetic processing unit 11 has a function of arithmetic processing of boarding charges in addition to telephone charges. Reference numeral 12 is a charge setting unit for setting a call charge system, which is composed of a read only memory (ROM) or a DIP switch.
This can also be used as a ROM etc. used for setting the fare etc. Reference numeral 13 is a waveform shaping circuit for shaping the call start signal, the call charge addition signal, etc. from the wireless device of the car telephone. Reference numeral 14 is a display drive circuit that drives the display unit 15. The display unit 15 also displays the call charge by using the part that displays the accumulated data of the boarding fare and the fixed car fare display part, and always displays the car fare display part and the boarding fare display always. 1 as the fare display means of FIG. Since the fixed amount of money is displayed only when the vehicle is picked up, there is no particular problem even if the sum of this amount and the call charge is displayed on this display. Reference numeral 16 is a reset switch for resetting the display of the call charge. By configuring this with a vacant car tariff switch, it can be performed at the same time as resetting the fare display, and as a charge display means depending on the empty car tariff operation of the taximeter 1. It functions as the resetting means in FIG. 1 for resetting the charge displayed on the display section 15 of FIG.

By the way, in a coin telephone or car telephone charge meter, a telephone start signal is issued from a central office in response to the start of a call, and a charge addition signal is issued during a call, and these signals are transmitted through the antenna 4 and the wireless device 3 in FIG. It is sent to the coin receiving section attached to the telephone body 2 or the car telephone charge meter 1. The coin receiving unit or the charge meter 1 drops coins and adds charges based on these signals.

In the charge meter device according to the present invention described above with reference to FIG. 3, a waveform shaping circuit is used for the call start signal and charge addition signal.
The waveform is shaped by 13 and then input to the arithmetic processing unit 11. Based on these, the arithmetic processing unit 11 calculates the call charge by addition based on the charge system. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the arithmetic processing unit 11 also calculates the boarding fare based on the vehicle speed pulse and the tariff switch.

In the above configuration, when a car telephone call starts, the arithmetic processing unit 11 is preset in the charge setting unit 12 according to the call start signal input from the wireless device 3 of FIG. 2 via the waveform shaping circuit 13. A charge signal representing a predetermined amount of money is output based on the charge system, and the display drive circuit 14 is caused to display by the charge signal.
Have 15 display a fee of a predetermined amount.

After that, the arithmetic processing unit 11 performs an arithmetic operation by adding a predetermined amount of money based on the addition signal input at each time according to the call distance, and outputs a charge signal. The display of the display unit 15 is the sum of the call-in fee and the call charge when the driver is arriving. The above operation is continued until the end of the call, and finally, the display unit 15 displays the call charge or the charge summed up with the pick-up charge at the time of the call.

Therefore, when the passenger gets off the vehicle, the driver has only to collect the fare by summing up the amount of the fare display portion of the taximeter and the amount of the fare display portion.

In this case, a summing switch is provided, and the sum of the two display portions is displayed on one of the display portions by operating this switch. This summing switch also serves as a pay tariff switch (not shown) of the taximeter.

Further, the call charge can be reset at the same time when the boarding charge is reset by operating an empty car tariff switch (not shown) of the taximeter.

The operation described above is performed by the arithmetic processing unit 11 including a microcomputer executing the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 based on a predetermined program.

That is, the arithmetic processing unit 11 starts executing the flowchart by turning on the ignition key switch, for example.
In the first step S1, the initial setting is performed, and in the subsequent step S2, the fee system set in the fee setting unit 12 is set. Then, in step S3, an empty vehicle tariff is displayed on the taximeter display portion, and in the subsequent step S4, the traveling pulse is read from the vehicle speed sensor.

After execution of step S4, the process proceeds to step S5, where it is determined whether or not the boarding fee process is to be executed. If this determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S6, where the mileage counter processing is performed.
In the subsequent step S7, the call charge addition signal is read, and if it is determined in step S8 that there is a signal, the call charge addition processing is performed in the following step S9, and the process proceeds to step S10. When it is determined that there is no signal in step S8, step S9 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S10.

In step S10, the state of the tariff switch is read, and in subsequent step S11, it is determined whether or not the tariff switch is operated. If the determination in step S11 is YES, the tariff process is performed in step S12, and then the display process is performed in step S13. When the determination in step S11 is NO, step S12 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S13.

After the execution of step S13, the process returns to step S4 again, where the traveling pulse is read, and then the process proceeds to step S5 to determine whether or not toll processing is to be performed. If the fare tariff is operated and the basic fare processing has to be carried out, or if the fare addition processing has to be carried out due to the traveling of a predetermined distance or the passage of time, the judgment in step S5 becomes YES, The process proceeds to step S14, where the charge and time are calculated. Then, in a succeeding step S15, it is determined whether or not the charge processing is a subsequent charge addition. When YES, the process proceeds to step S16, after which the charge addition process is performed and then the process returns to step S5, and when NO, the step S16.
And skip to step S5.

Repeat the above steps to display the sum of the boarding charge, call charge, and the pick-up charge on the taxi meter's boarding charge display part and the pick-up charge display part respectively, and display or reset the sum according to the operation of the tariff switch. And so on.

In the flow chart of FIG. 4, the part surrounded by the broken line is a step added in connection with the display of the call charge, and the other steps are substantially the same as those executed by a normal taximeter for displaying the boarding charge. Is.

As is clear from the description of the work performed by the microcomputer shown in the flowchart of FIG.
11 is the first in FIG. 1 which calculates the boarding fare based on the traveling signal and the predetermined boarding fare system at the time of operating the fare tariff of the taximeter 1 by executing steps S14 to S16.
As a second calculating means B for calculating the call charge based on the call start signal and the call charge addition signal from the car telephone 2 and the preset call charge system by executing steps S7 to S9. Work again step S12
Through the execution of S13 to S13, the on-board fare is always displayed on the on-board fare display part, the boarding fare calculated by the first computing means is displayed on the boarding fare display part, and the call fare calculated by the second computing means is displayed. In some cases, the sum of the intercepting charge and the call charge is displayed in the intercepting charge display part, and according to the tariff operation of the taximeter, the charge displayed in the intercepting charge display part and the ride charge display part are displayed. It functions as the display control means C in FIG. 1 for displaying the fare, which is the total of the existing fare, on either the intercepting fare display part or the boarding fare display part.

〔effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the call charge is displayed on the intercepting charge display part together with the intercepting charge, and when the taxi meter pays the tariff, the charge and the boarding charge display are displayed on the intercepting charge display part. It is designed to be added to either the pick-up charge display part or the boarding charge display part by adding up with the boarding charge displayed in the part, and a special call charge for car phone to display the call charge There is no need to provide a separate display means, the breakdown of call charges and boarding charges can be understood, and the charges for both charges can be collected easily without the hassle of collecting the charges. As it is used,
In addition to collecting the boarding charge, there is no need for an operation for collecting the call charge separately, so that the operability can be improved and other operational effects can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a taxi charge meter device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a car telephone system to which the device according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is an example of the device according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the arithmetic processing unit in FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Taximeter, 2 ... Car telephone, 15 ... Display part (charge display means) 16 ... Reset switch (reset means),
A ... Arithmetic processing section (first arithmetic means), B ... Arithmetic processing section (second arithmetic means), C ... Arithmetic processing section (display control means).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A fare display unit having a fare collection display section that always displays a fare collection system and a fare display section that always displays a fare collection system, and a travel signal in advance when the taxi meter fare tariff operation is performed. A first calculating means for calculating a boarding charge based on a predetermined boarding charge system; and a first calculation means for calculating a calling charge based on a call start signal and a call charge addition signal from a car telephone and a preset call charge system 2 calculating means, and normally, the intercepting fare display portion displays the intercepting fare and the fare display portion displays the boarding fare calculated by the first calculating means, and the calculating means is calculated by the second calculating means. When there is a call charge, the charge sum of the call charge and the call charge is displayed in the above-mentioned call-off charge display part, and the above-mentioned call-off charge table is displayed according to the tariff operation of the taximeter. Display control means for displaying the sum of the fare displayed in the section and the fare displayed in the boarding fare display section on one of the intercepting fare display section or the boarding fare display section, and the empty tariff operation of the taximeter And a resetting unit for resetting the charge displayed on the charge display unit according to the above.