JPH08324697A - Display for suspended oil supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an oil supply device so that the indication becomes more visible and the attractive display collects more guests. CONSTITUTION: In a suspended oil supply device in which a plurality of hose- treatment cases 11 are provided above an oil supply area and a plurality of oil supply hoses 12 (12a-12c) equipped with oil supply nozzles 13 (13a-13c) at the front end thereof are suspended from respective hose-treatment cases 11, the display 21 is of a dot type and attached to each hose-treatment case 11. When oil is charged from only one oil supply nozzle 13 in a plurality of oil supply hoses 12, one oil supply datum is shown large on the whole face of the indicating display, and when simultaneously charged from two oil supply nozzles 13, respective oil supply data are divided in the right and left or the upper and lower directions of the display, and when a colored display is used, an indication controller is provided to display the colored indication.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device of a suspension type refueling device in a service station for supplying fuel to an automobile or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A refueling device installed at a refueling station has a suspension type refueling system in which a hose processing case suspended from a canopy provided above a refueling area is suspended from a refueling hose having a refueling nozzle at its tip. The device is being used. In these oil supply devices, for example, three oil supply hoses for high octane gasoline, regular gasoline, and light oil are suspended from one hose processing case, and the respective oil types can be supplied.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional refueling device, the indicator for displaying the amount of refueling, etc., displays one refueling data when refueling one oil type from one hose processing case. Good, but from one hose processing case, for example, regular gasoline and light oil 2
When one oil type is refueled at the same time by using two refueling hoses, only one refueling data can be displayed when one hose processing case has one indicator. Therefore, in order to display the refueling data of two oil types at the same time, it is necessary to provide an indicator for each oil type,
It has the drawback of requiring space and cost. In addition, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-294491, the applicant is able to simultaneously display a plurality of refueling mechanisms and the refueling amounts of these refueling mechanisms, and each time the number of refueling mechanisms to be displayed increases. Disclosed is a technique relating to one dot type display device in which the display portion changes slightly.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an indicator for a fueling device which makes it easier to see the display and can increase the power of attracting customers by the attention-grabbing display.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an indicator of a suspension type oil supply device of the present invention is a fuel supply hose having a plurality of hose processing cases provided above an oil supply area and having a fuel supply nozzle attached to a tip thereof. In the suspension refueling device in which a plurality of hoses are suspended from each of the hose processing cases, the display is a dot type display, and one is provided in each of the hose processing cases. When refueling with only one refueling nozzle, one refueling data is displayed large on the entire display screen, and when refueling from two refueling nozzles simultaneously, each refueling data is displayed separately on the display screen. It is characterized by having a control device.

The refueling hoses suspended from the one hose processing case are three for high octane gasoline, regular gasoline and light oil. Among them, high octane gasoline or regular gasoline and light oil can be refueled simultaneously. It is preferable because high octane gasoline or regular gasoline and light oil are often simultaneously refueled. The display is a color display, and it is preferable that the refueling amount and the refueling amount are statically displayed on the upper side and the oil type, unit price, and refueling method are scrolled on the lower side in order to make the display easy to see. It is preferable that the display device displays information other than the refueling data during non-refueling because the display device can be used for advertisement or guidance display during non-refueling. The display control device divides the refueling data into left and right of the display screen when refueling simultaneously from two refueling nozzles,
In addition, it is preferable to have a means for displaying in different colors in order to make the display easier to see. The suspension type refueling device is provided with an elevating switch for operating the elevating and lowering of the refueling nozzle, and whether the refueling start or end is judged by an on / off signal of the elevating switch, or the suspension type refueling device is It is preferable to provide a switch for detecting whether the fueling nozzle is undocked or not, and to determine whether to start or stop refueling based on an ON / OFF signal of the switch, since it can be used for switching the display of the display.

[0007]

According to the indicator of the refueling device of the present invention, in the suspension type refueling device in which a plurality of refueling hoses provided with refueling nozzles are suspended from the hose processing case above the island, only one refueling nozzle is provided. When refueling, one refueling data is displayed large on the entire display screen as with a normal display, and when refueling from two or more refueling nozzles simultaneously, two or more refueling data are displayed on the display screen. It is divided into left and right or up and down directions, and in the case of a color display, it is displayed in different colors so that it is easy to see the display of refueling data for two or more oil types at the same time with a display that draws attention. The ability to attract customers can be increased.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a display control device of a fueling device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a fueling station provided with an indicator of the fueling device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In these figures, a canopy 2 is provided above the refueling area 1 on the site of the gas station, and, for example, four hose processing cases 11, ... Are hung from the canopy 2. Each hose processing case 11, ...
Three refueling hoses 12a, 12b, 12c for high octane gasoline, regular gasoline, and light oil, each provided with refueling nozzles 13a, 13b, 13c at one end, are suspended. These refueling hoses 12a, 12
The other ends of b and 12c are connected to oil supply pipes introduced into the hose processing case 11, and each oil supply pipe is connected to an underground tank via a flow meter equipped with an oil supply pulse transmitter and an oil supply pump. . In the hose processing case 11, a hose elevating device for elevating and lowering each suspended fuel supply hose 12a, 12b, 12c is provided, and each fuel supply nozzle 13a, 13 is provided.
Lift switches 14a, 14b, 1 are provided near b, 13c.
4c is provided.

Further, on the wall surface 5 on the front side of the building 4, one indicator 21 is attached to each of the hose processing cases 11 ,. The display 21 is capable of color display by arranging light-emitting bodies made up of a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit red single color or red, green, and blue in a matrix, and the display will be described later. It is controlled by the device controller 25.

The display control device 22 includes a refueling control device 23 for regular gasoline and high octane gasoline (hereinafter referred to as RH refueling control device) 23, a light oil refueling control device 24,
It is composed of a display device control device 25, an information storage device 26 and the like which stores information such as guidance and advertisements. For regular gasoline and high-octane gasoline, two oil types are controlled by one refueling control device, and for light oil, they are controlled by one refueling control device. It can also be provided in the control device.

The RH refueling control device 23 outputs R refueling start / end signal output means 27 for outputting a refueling start / end signal of regular gasoline and H refueling start / end signal output for outputting a refueling start / end signal of high octane gasoline. Means 2
8 and a signal from an R flow rate pulse oscillator 29 that outputs a regular gasoline flow rate pulse and a signal from an H flow rate pulse oscillator 30 that outputs a high octane gasoline flow rate pulse. R refueling start / end signal output means 2
7 and H refueling start / end signal output means 28 are, for example,
These are lifting switches 14a and 14b, and their on / off signals are output as refueling start / end signals.
Further, the light oil refueling control device 24 receives a signal from a light oil refueling start / end signal output means 31 for outputting a light oil refueling start / end signal and a signal from a light oil flow rate pulse transmitter 32 for outputting a light oil flow rate pulse. To be done. The light oil refueling start / end signal output means 31 is, for example, a lift switch 14c, and an on / off signal thereof is output as a refueling start / end signal. Then, the refueling amount counting signal counted by the RH refueling control device 23 and the light oil refueling control device 24 and the advertisement information of the information storage device 26 are input to the display device control device 25, from which the display signal is displayed on the display device 21. Is output.

Next, the display operation and display example by the display control device 22 will be specifically described. FIG. 3 shows R of the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the H oil supply control device.
Is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the gas oil refueling control device of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the display operation of the indicator control device of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a guide display by the display of the embodiment of the present invention FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display of single lubrication by the display of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display of simultaneous lubrication by the display of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display of a refueling amount of simultaneous refueling by a display device of the embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, in the RH refueling control device 23, whether a refueling start signal for regular gasoline is input to start refueling of regular gasoline,
Alternatively, when the high octane gasoline refueling start signal is input and high octane gasoline refueling is started (S
T1, ST2), a regular gasoline display signal or a high octane gasoline display signal is output to the indicator control device 25 (ST3, ST4), and a predetermined display is performed. Next, after refueling is completed (ST5), another vehicle comes and refueling of regular gasoline starts before a certain time of about 30 seconds has passed (ST6), or refueling of high octane gasoline, for example. When (ST7, ST8) is started, each display signal is output to the display unit control device 25, but if the next refueling operation is not performed before the elapse of a certain time, the display signal is stopped ( ST
9) Then return to the initial state.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, in the light oil refueling control device 24, when the light oil refueling start signal is input and the light oil refueling is started (ST11), the light oil refueling signal is sent to the indicator control device 25. (ST12) and a predetermined display is performed. Next, when refueling is completed (ST13) and another vehicle arrives before a certain time period (ST14) and refueling of light oil is started (ST15), the light oil display signal indicates that the indicator control device 25 However, if the next refueling operation is not performed before the elapse of a certain period of time, the display signal stops (ST16) and returns to the initial state.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, in the indicator control device 25, first, in a state where refueling is not performed,
When the display signal is not input from the RH refueling control device 23 and the light oil refueling control device 24, the guide information and the advertisement information read from the information storage device 26 are displayed on the display device 21. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a guidance display such as "Welcome" is displayed together with the graphic. Next, when any one of refueling is started and a display signal is input (ST22), the display 21 is in the first display state,
Refueling data is displayed large on all display screens (ST2
3). For example, when only regular gasoline is being refueled, as shown in FIG. 7, “34.56 L” of refueling amount, “regular full”, etc. are displayed on the entire display screen of the display 21. In the case of a color display, the display is displayed in different colors depending on the type of oil. Next, regular gasoline or high octane gasoline and light oil are simultaneously refueled, and display signals are input from both (ST2
4), the display 21 enters the second display state, the display screen is equally divided into left and right or up and down, and the refueling data is displayed in different colors (ST26). For example, in the case of left and right splitting, when high octane gasoline and light oil are simultaneously refueled, as shown in FIG. 8, the red refueling data of high octane gasoline is “23.45” on the left side of the display screen.
"L" and the oil type information are scroll-displayed below it, and blue is the refueling data "78.90L" of light oil on the right side, and the oil type information is scroll-displayed below it. Further, for example, when regular gasoline and light oil are simultaneously refueled and refueling is completed, as shown in FIG. 9, the refueling amount including tax is “2708 yen” at the upper left part of the display screen, and the refueling amount is “2” at the center.
5.03L "and refueling amount before tax" 2629 yen ", oil type information and unit price information are scrolled at the bottom, and refueling amount including tax" 2675 "on the upper right side of the display screen.
"Yen", refueling amount "37.10L" in the center, refueling amount "2579 yen" before tax, and oil type information and unit price information are scrolled below. Then, when refueling ends and neither of the display signals is input (ST
25), the display 21 returns to the initial information display state again (ST21). In the state of simultaneous refueling (ST25, 2
6) When one of the refueling operations is completed (ST22), the first display state is entered, and the refueling data of the other oil type being refueled is displayed on the entire display screen.

In the indicator of the refueling device having the above construction, in the suspension type refueling device in which a plurality of refueling hoses 12 provided with the refueling nozzles 13 are suspended from the hose processing case 11 above the island, one refueling nozzle is used. When refueling with only one, one refueling data is greatly displayed on the entire display screen of the display unit 21, and when refueling simultaneously from two or more refueling nozzles, two or more refueling data to be refueled are displayed on the left and right of the display screen. By dividing and displaying at the same time, it is possible to display the refueling data of two oil types at the same time on one display unit 21, it is not necessary to provide an indicator for each oil type, and equipment cost can be reduced, and depending on the oil type. The different colors make it easier to see and the attention-grabbing display can increase the power of attracting customers. Furthermore, since it has a variety of display functions such as being used as a guidance display when it is not being refueled, various information can be displayed, and there is an advantage that it is easy to cope with future self-refueling.

In the above embodiment, the case where high octane gasoline or regular gasoline and light oil are simultaneously supplied has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the combination of these oil types or simultaneous oil supply.

Further, although the oil supply device provided with the elevating switch 14 has been described as an example, the oil supply unit is erected on the island, and the nozzle hook and the nozzle hook switch for hooking the oil supply nozzle to this oil supply unit are provided. Output means may be provided for outputting a refueling start signal to the RH refueling control device 35 or the light oil refueling control device 36 when the refueling nozzle is removed from the nozzle hook, and for outputting a refueling end signal when the refueling nozzle is hooked on the nozzle. .

[0020]

As described above, according to the display of the suspension type oil supply device of the present invention, when the oil is supplied by only one oil supply nozzle, one oil supply is provided on the entire display screen like a normal display. When data is displayed in large size and two or more refueling nozzles are refueled at the same time, two or more refueling data to be refueled are displayed separately on the left or right or up and down directions of the display screen. Furthermore, in the case of color display, it is possible to easily display the display of refueling data for two or more oil types at the same time on one display by displaying them in different colors, and at the same time, the attention-grabbing display can increase the ability to attract customers and reduce equipment costs. Can be planned.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a display control device of an oil supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a fueling station provided with an indicator of the fueling device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the RH refueling control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the gas oil refueling control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a display operation of the display control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a guidance display by the display device of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display of a single oil supply by the display of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display of left and right division of simultaneous refueling by the display device of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display of a refueling amount of simultaneous refueling by a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Refueling Area 2 Canopy 4 Building 5 Wall Surface 11 Hose Processing Case 12 Refueling Hose 13 Refueling Nozzle 14 Nozzle Switch 21 Display 22 Display Controller 23 RH Refueling Controller 24 Light Oil Refueling Controller 25 Display Controller 26 Information Storage 27 R Refueling start / end signal output means 28 H Refueling start / end signal output means 29 R Flow rate pulse transmitter 30 H Flow rate pulse transmitter 31 Light oil refueling start / end signal output means 32 Light oil flow rate pulse transmitter

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A display of a suspension type oil supply device, wherein a plurality of hose processing cases are provided above an oil supply area, and a plurality of oil supply hoses each having an oil supply nozzle attached to a tip thereof are suspended from each of the hose processing cases. The device consists of a dot type display, one is provided for each hose processing case, and when refueling with only one refueling nozzle of a plurality of refueling hoses, one refueling data is displayed on the entire surface of the display screen. A display device for a suspension type refueling device, comprising a display control device that is displayed in a large size and displays each refueling data separately on a display screen when refueling simultaneously from two refueling nozzles. 2. The refueling hose suspended from the one hose processing case is three for high octane gasoline, regular gasoline and light oil, and high octane gasoline or regular gasoline and light oil can be simultaneously refueled. The indicator of the suspension type oil supply apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The display device is a dot type color display device, and the refueling amount and refueling amount are statically displayed on the upper side, and the oil type, unit price, and refueling method are scrolled and displayed on the lower side. Suspended refueling device indicator. 4. The display device of a suspension type refueling device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said display device displays information other than refueling data during non-refueling. 5. The display control device further comprises means for dividing refueling data into left and right of a display screen and color-coded display when refueling simultaneously from two refueling nozzles.
The indicator of the suspension type oil supply device according to 2, 3 or 4. 6. The suspension type refueling device is provided with an up / down switch for operating up / down of the refueling nozzle, and a refueling start / end determination is made by an on / off signal of the up / down switch. The indicator of the suspension type oil supply apparatus of 4 or 5. 7. The suspension type refueling device is provided with a switch for detecting whether the refueling nozzle is engaged or disengaged, and a refueling start / end determination is made by an on / off signal of the switch. The indicator of the suspension type oil supply apparatus according to 4, 5, 6 or 7.