JPH0665960U - Taximeter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a taximeter capable of replacing the displayed charge displayed on the charge display with a charge discounted at a predetermined discount rate. CONSTITUTION: Operating the discount tariff operation unit 13 ₆ calculates discounts calculation means 15-1 Takishi rates, the Takishi discount by the discount rate data indicating the discount rate of Takishi charges stored in the discount rate storage unit 17A , This is displayed on the charge display means 12a. The calculation of the discount Takishi fee by the discount calculation means 15-1, carried out in accordance with the operation of the discount tariff operation means 13 ₆ when it is in business tariff state. Discount for recording data on a discount data storage unit 17e showing a discount amount discounted in accordance with the tariff operation unit 13 ₆ operations.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a taximeter, and in particular, a taxi charge is calculated based on a traveling pulse signal generated as a taxi vehicle travels, and the taxi charge obtained by this calculation is displayed on a charge indicator. It is about meters.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Generally, in a taxi meter, when a passenger rides in an empty tariff and operates a tariff tariff by operating the tariff, a basic charge of, for example, 600 yen, which is set by the tariff system, is displayed on the tariff display, and then the tariff If you run the basic distance defined by the system, the fare will increase, and the amount added to the basic fare, for example, 90 yen after that defined by the system will be displayed on the fare display, and then the fare system will be displayed. Every time the vehicle travels for the subsequent distance determined by, the toll will increase again, and the amount of the above tolls will be displayed on the toll indicator sequentially.

By the way, recently, there has been a tendency to discount taxi charges according to districts in order to provide a service in terms of charges. However, when a crew member makes such a charge discount, a conversion table is conventionally used. I used to replace the fare displayed on the taximeter's fare display with a discounted fare before receiving the discounted fare. At present, the discount rate is determined by the fee system of each area, and the conversion table shows the discount rate and the normal rate calculated in advance by the discount rate of 1 discount as shown in Fig. 7. When the crew had a conversion chart and it became necessary to discount the fare, the taxi fare was collected using this conversion chart.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, collecting passenger fare using such a conversion table is a very troublesome task for crew members, and when replacing fare, it is easy to make mistakes that may cause trouble with passengers. There was a problem.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides a taximeter capable of replacing the displayed charge displayed on the charge display with a charge discounted at a predetermined discount rate and displaying the charge. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

As shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. 1, a taxi meter made by the present invention to achieve the above object inputs a traveling pulse signal generated along with traveling of a taxi vehicle, and outputs the traveling pulse signal in advance. In the taximeter, the taxi charge is calculated by processing the taxi charge by a predetermined charge system, and the taxi charge obtained by this calculation is displayed on the charge display means 12a. A discount tariff operation operated when discounting the taxi charge. Means 13 ₆ , a discount rate storing means 17A storing data showing the discount rate of the taxi fee, and a taxi fee and the discount rate storing means 17A in accordance with the operation of the discount tariff operation means 13 ₆ . A discount calculation means 15-1 for calculating a discount taxi charge based on the discount rate data is provided, and calculation is performed by the discount calculation means 15-1. It is characterized in that the discount taxi charge is displayed on the charge display means 12a.

[0007] The discount calculation means 15-1, are as characterized by computing the said discount Takishi rates in response to the operation of the extra tariff operation unit 13 ₆ when in the operating tariff state.

[0008] The Takishimeta is the discount calculation means 15-1 calculates a discounted Takishi rates, indicating the discount amount that has displayed the fee display unit 12a according to the operation of the discount tariff operating unit 13 ₆ It is characterized by further comprising discount data storage means 17e for recording data.

[0009]

[Action] With this configuration, by operating the discount tariff operation unit 13 _6, and discounts discount calculation means 15 -1 Takishi rates, by the discount rate data indicating the discount rate of Takishi charges stored in the discount rate storage unit 17A Takishi calculates the fee, since the display and the so calculated discount Epitaxy rates in the price display unit 12a, the driver without performing the conversion calculation working with conversion table, only by operating a discount tariff operation unit 13 _6, By displaying the charge of the charge display means 12a, the taxi charge discounted at a predetermined discount rate can be known together with the passenger.

[0010] In addition, the calculation of the discount Takishi fee by the discount calculation means 15-1, so is performed in accordance with the discount tariff operation means 13 ₆ operation of when it is in the business tariff state, in a payment tariff state not a business data riff It becomes impossible to calculate the discounted tax charge of, and it becomes impossible to carry out the discount processing after receiving the normal charge, and there is no room for unauthorized operation.

Furthermore, the discount calculation means 15-1 calculates a discounted Takishi rates in response to the operation of the discount tariff operating unit 13 _6, data indicating a discount amount that has been displayed in the price display unit 12a is the discount data storage unit 17e Since it is recorded, it is possible to manage the status of the discount boarding with the data recorded in the discount data storage means 17e.

[0012]

【Example】

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows the front of the taximeter according to the present invention, and its display panel comprises a display 12 including a boarding fare display section 12a, a pick-up fare display section 12b, and various tariff buttons 13 _{1 to} 13 ₇ . A tariff operation unit 13 is provided. The tariff buttons 13 _{1 to} 13 ₆ are for empty cars, fare, surcharge, payment, pick-up and discount, respectively. It should be noted that 13 ₇ is a cumulative button for sequentially calling the fingers. 14 is a name plate with the fee system printed on the front surface, and the E ² PROM as a non-volatile memory that stores information about the fee system including the discount rate data regarding the discount rate is removable in the back space. It is housed in.

FIG. 3 shows the internal configuration of the taximeter, and 15 is a microcomputer (CPU) that operates according to a predetermined control program. The CPU 15 has a ROM 15a storing a control program and various data. It has a built-in RAM 15b, which is readable and writable, and a clock 15c. In addition to the charge indicator 12 and the tariff operation unit 13, the CPU 15 stores in advance a travel sensor 16 that generates a travel pulse as the taxi vehicle travels, and information about a charge system including discount rate data. An E ² PROM 17 for storing various index data updated by the operation of the taximeter is connected. The E ² PROM 17 is an electrically rewritable read-only memory that can hold its stored contents without a backup power supply.

As shown in FIG. 4, the E ² PROM 17 is provided with an index data area 17B in addition to the fee system data area 17A for storing data relating to the fee system. The index data stored in the index data area 17B includes index data such as the number of business hours, the number of times the price has increased, the number of times the taxi vehicle has traveled, the cumulative amount of money, and the number of discounts. These data are stored. Therefore, in the index data area 17B, there are provided a business number area 17a, a post-counting area 17b, a mileage area 17c, a total amount area 17d, a discount number area 17e, etc., as shown in FIG. In the discount number area 17e, the cumulative amount of the discount amount of 10 yen is stored as 1, and the cumulative amount of the discount amount in the business can be known from the difference between the cumulative indices at the time of shipping and at the time of receiving.

In the above configuration, when a passenger is placed in the empty tariff state and the fare tariff button 1 3 ₂ is operated, the basic fare is displayed on the fare display section 12a, and the fare is increased by driving the taxi vehicle thereafter. When it occurs, a fare obtained by adding a predetermined next fare to the currently displayed fare will be displayed on the boarding fare display section 12a. Then, when the taxi vehicle arrives at the destination and operates the payment tariff button 13 ₄ , the fare is fixed, and the fare is displayed on the fare display section 12 a according to the subsequent operation of the empty tariff button 13 ₁ . Turn off the charge.

If the discount tariff button 13 ₆ is operated before the pay tariff button 13 ₄ is operated, the tariff display is switched to the discount, and the discount charge obtained by subtracting the amount obtained by multiplying the normal charge by the discount rate is applied. The number of discounts area that records the index of the number of discounts (amount) in units of 10 yen of this discount fare, while displaying the fare obtained by rounding off the discount fare obtained, and displaying the fare on the boarding fare display section 12a. The operation of adding to 17e is repeated until another tariff button is operated. Therefore, the discount amount can be managed later by the index of the discount count area 17e.

It is to be noted that once the payment tariff button 13 ₄ is operated, the discount tariff button 13 ₆ cannot be operated, and when the discount tariff button 13 ₆ is operated, the discount count is used as index data. After the tariff is recorded and the regular tariff is received from passengers once the tariff is paid, the discount tariff operation cannot be performed to increase the discount frequency index. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the driver from illegally acquiring the difference between the normal fare collected from passengers and the discount fare.

The details of the operation outlined above will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6 showing the work performed by the CPU 15.

The CPU 15 starts its operation, for example, by turning on the ignition key switch, performs initial setting in the first step S1, and performs empty vehicle processing in the following step S2. After that, the process proceeds to step S3, and it is determined whether or not the empty vehicle tariff button 13 ₁ of the tariff operating portion 13 is turned on. If the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, it is determined whether any one of the pay tariff button 13 ₂ , the extra tariff button 13 _{3 and the} pay tariff button 13 ₄ is turned on. If the determination in step S4 is NO, the process proceeds to step S5. willing determines whether discount tariffs button 13 ₆ has been turned on. When the determination in step S5 is also NO, the process returns to step S3, and waits until the determination in any of steps S3 to S5 becomes YES.

Now, when any one of the pay tariff button 13 ₂ , the extra tariff button 13 ₃ or the pay tariff button 13 ₄ is turned on and the determination in step S4 is YES, the process proceeds to step S6, where the normal charge is displayed. Is displayed on the boarding fare display section 12a, and normal fare processing is performed. For example, if an occupancy tariff button 13 ₂ is operated with a passenger in an empty tariff state, the basic fare will be displayed on the fare display section 12a, and if the taxi vehicle travels thereafter, the fare will increase, and it is currently displayed. A fare obtained by adding a predetermined fare to the fare is displayed on the boarding fare display unit 12a.

After that, the process proceeds to step S7, and it is determined whether or not the payment tariff button 13 ₄ is turned on. When the determination is NO, the process returns to step S3, and the determination in step S 4 is NO, or The processes of steps S3, S4, S6 and S7 are repeated until the determination in step S7 becomes YES. Now, when the taxi vehicle arrives at the destination and the payment tariff button 13 ₄ is operated, the determination in step S7 becomes YES and the process proceeds to step S8, where the flag F is set to "1" and then the above steps are performed. Return to S3. After that, when the fare is collected from the passenger and the empty car tariff button 13 ₁ is turned on, the determination in step S3 becomes YES and the process proceeds to step S9. Here, the flag F is set to "0", and then the process returns to step S2. After the empty vehicle processing is performed, the process returns to step S3.

When the determination in step S 5 is YES, that is, the discount tariff button 13 ₆ When is turned on, the process proceeds to step S10, and it is determined whether the flag F is "1". This judgment is discount tariff button 13₆Pay Tariff Button 13 before turning on_FourIs for determining whether or not is turned on. The discount tariff button 13₆Pay Tariff Button 13 before turning on_FourWhen is turned on, the flag F is set to "1" by the execution of step S8, so the determination in step S10 is YES and the process returns to step S3. However, the discount tariff button 13₆Pay Tariff Button 13 before turning on_FourWhen is not turned on, the flag F is "0", so that the determination in step S10 is NO and the process proceeds to the next step S11 to carry out the discount process.

The discount process in step S11 is specifically performed by executing the flowchart of FIG. 6, and the discount tariff display is performed in the first step S11a, and then the process proceeds to step S11b. In step S11b, H is a normal charge, M is a discount charge, and N is a discount rate stored as charge data. Then, the process proceeds to step S11c, where M = H × (1−N) is calculated. After that, the process proceeds to step S11d, where the discount fare M obtained by the calculation of step S11c is fractionally processed, and the fractionally discounted discount fare M is displayed on the fare display 12a in the next step S11e.

Next, the process proceeds to step S11f, where the index is added to the accumulated amount area 17d in units of 10 yen of the normal charge, and then the process proceeds to step S11g, where the rounding process is performed in step S11d. Then, an index in units of 10 yen, which is the difference between the discount charge M and the normal charge H, is added to the discount number area 17e in FIG. 4, and then the process proceeds to step S11h. In step S11h, and it determines whether there is on operation of the tariff button other than discount tariffs button 13 _6, the judgment at step S11h returns to step S11b when NO, the determination in step S11h is YE S Up to steps S11b to S11h, the discount charge M is calculated, displayed, and the process of increasing the cumulative amount and the number of discounts (amount) is repeated. When the discount tariff button 13 there is a tariff button of the on-operation of _non-6, and the process returns to step S3.

As described above, the discount tariff button 13₆The fare discounted at a predetermined discount rate is automatically calculated and displayed on the boarding fare display section 12a by the operation, so that the driver's troublesome fare conversion work can be eliminated. Also, the discount tariff button 13 ₆ Pay Tariff Button 13 before turning on_FourWhen is turned on, the discount tariff button 13₆Even if you operate, the discount tariff button 13 will not be accepted even if you operate the₆It is possible to prohibit illegal operations by setting an index of the number of discounts and cumulative amount of money that indicates that the discount fee has been received.

[0026] As is apparent from description taken with reference to the flow chart above, CPU 15 may discount calculation means according to the operation of the discount tariffs button 13 ₆ calculates a discounted Takishi rates by an ordinary Takishi Rates and the discount rate 15 Working as -1.

[0027]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, when the discount tariff operation is performed, the discount tax fee is calculated by using the normal tax fee and the discount rate, and the calculated tax tax fee is displayed. By performing the discount tariff operation without performing the conversion work used, it is possible to know the taxi charge discounted at the predetermined discount rate together with the passengers by the charge display, so that the troublesome work of the driver can be eliminated. It is possible to prevent troubles with passengers due to conversion errors.

Further, since the calculation of the discount taxi charge is performed according to the extra tariff operation in the business tariff state, it becomes impossible to calculate the discount taxi charge in the pay tariff state which is not the business tariff, and the normal charge is applied. After the receipt of the discount, the discount processing becomes impossible, and there is no room for illegal operations, and the discount tax fee is calculated according to the discount tariff operation, and the data showing the displayed discount amount is recorded. , This data makes it possible to manage the status of discount boarding.

[Submission date] August 5, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0028

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Further, since the calculation of the discount taxi charge is performed in accordance with the discount tariff operation in the business tariff state, the discount tax charge cannot be calculated in the payment tariff state which is not the business tariff, and the normal charge Since the discount processing after collection of money will be impossible, there will be no room for unauthorized operations, and the discount tax fee will be calculated according to the discount tariff operation, and the data showing the displayed discount fee will be recorded. , This data makes it possible to manage the status of discounted rides.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a taximeter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front external view showing an embodiment of a taximeter according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an internal circuit configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a taximeter according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various areas in an E ² PROM in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing work performed by the CPU in FIG. 3. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a specific example of a part of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a conversion table used conventionally.

[Explanation of symbols]

12a Boarding fee display section (fare display means) 13 ₆ Discount tariff button (discount tariff operation means) 15-1 CPU (discount calculation means) 17A Fares data area (discount rate storage means) 17e Discount frequency area (discount data storage means) )

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A taxi charge is generated by inputting a travel pulse signal generated as the taxi vehicle travels, processing the travel pulse signal according to a predetermined charge system, and calculating the taxi charge. In a taximeter that is configured to display on a display means, a discount tariff operation means that is operated when discounting the tax fee, a discount rate storing means that stores data indicating a discount rate of the tax fee, and the discount tariff operation. A discount calculation means for calculating a discount tax charge based on the tax charge and the discount rate data stored in the discount rate storage means according to the operation of the means, and the discount tax charge calculated by the discount calculation means is displayed on the charge display means. The taximeter, which is characterized in that it is displayed. 2. The discount calculating means calculates the discount tax fee according to an operation of the discount tariff operating means in a business tariff state.
The described taximeter. 3. The discount data storage means for calculating the discount charge by the discount calculation means according to the operation of the discount tariff operation means, and recording the data indicating the discount amount displayed on the charge display means. Claim 1 characterized by the above.
The described taximeter.