JPH1185805A - In-building charging system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an in-building charging system which reduces the cost for printing by eliminating complex calculating processing on the side of an owner so as to improve printing efficiency at the time of printing. SOLUTION: This system consists of plural used amount, integrating parts 1A to 1N integrating and storing various kinds of used amount within a building through a fixed period and a data processing part 3, connected with the plural parts 1A to 1N through communication lines and provided with a control part 4, a storage part 5, an input part 6 and a printing part 7. The part 3 processes used amount data stored in the plural parts 1A to 1N, according to the data request input of the part 6 and stored in the part 5 according to the printing request input of the part 6 and makes print-output to the printing part 7. Then at the time of print-outputting by the part 3, whether charging data integrated by each group of tenants or charging data by each tenant to print can be selected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used to prepare a bill for billing electricity, water, gas, etc. used by a plurality of tenants (resident contractors) in a building. It relates to a billing system in a building.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a single building often contains a plurality of tenants (resident contractors such as companies and offices). These tenants are, of course, electricity, water,
Gas or the like (hereinafter collectively referred to as electricity or the like) will be used.

[0003] The amount of electricity or the like used for each tenant is indicated to a meter installed in a building for each purpose of use, and the contents of the meter are processed by a billing system in a building, which will be described later. Sent to the tenant owner in the form.

The in-building billing system includes a usage amount integrating unit installed for each building, and a data processing unit connected to each usage amount integrating unit via a communication line. In this case, the usage amount integrating unit has a built-in storage unit, integrates the usage amount indicated to the meter for each purpose of use over a certain period (for example, one month), and stores the integration result in the storage unit. The data processing unit includes a control unit for controlling the overall operation, an input unit for inputting various requests, a storage unit for storing various data, a printing unit for printing necessary data, and a display unit for displaying necessary data. ing. In the data processing unit, when a data request is input at the input unit, a data transmission command is supplied from the control unit to each of the usage integrating units via the communication circuit, and the usage integrating unit that receives this command stores the data in the storage unit. The stored usage data is read out and supplied to the data processing unit via the communication line, and the supplied usage data is stored in the storage unit. Next, when a data print input is performed at the input unit, the control unit reads the usage amount data and the like stored in the storage unit, performs appropriate data addition and addition processing, and supplies the data to the printing unit. Create a bill for each tenant. The resulting bill is compiled for each tenant and sent to each owner.

[0005]

In the billing system according to the prior art, a bill is created for each tenant, and the created bill is collected for each tenant and sent to each owner. Therefore, the owner who maintains a large number of tenants will receive a bill corresponding to the number of tenants.

As described above, the conventional in-building billing system not only makes the calculation of the bill on the owner's side extremely complicated, but also requires a lot of time when printing the bill. There is a problem that expenses increase.

The present invention solves such a problem, and its object is to eliminate the complexity of the calculation process on the owner side, increase the printing efficiency at the time of printing, and reduce the printing cost. To provide an in-building billing system.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a plurality of usage accumulating units for accumulating various usages in a building over a certain period, and a communication line for the plurality of usage accumulating units. And at least a control unit,
An input unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a data processing unit including a printing unit, wherein the data processing unit calculates the usage amount stored in the plurality of usage amount integrating units according to a data request input of the input unit. A billing system in a building that stores the data in the storage unit via a communication line, processes the usage amount stored in the storage unit in accordance with a print request input from the input unit, and prints out the data in the printing unit. At the time of printing output of the printing unit in the processing unit, print the total fee data for each grouped tenant, or
In this configuration, it is possible to select to print the charge data individually for each tenant.

By adopting such means, when printing a bill, for an owner who maintains a large number of tenants, a single bill is printed on which bill data is integrated with those tenants. On the other hand, for owners who maintain a small number of tenants or tenant owners who want tenant-specific billing data, it becomes possible to select and create a tenant-specific bill and send it. Accordingly, printing efficiency at the time of printing can be increased, and printing costs can be reduced.

[0010]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a billing system in a building according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1A denotes a usage integrating section installed in one building A (not shown), and 1B denotes another building B.
(Non-illustrated) A usage integration unit installed in another building N (not shown), 1N is a communication circuit such as a telephone line, 3 is a worker office And a data processing unit such as a personal computer (PC). In this case, the data processing unit 3 includes a control unit 4 such as a microprocessor (MPU) for executing operations such as data input / output and data processing, a storage unit 5 such as a hard disk (HD), and an input unit 6 such as a keyboard.
And a printing unit 7 such as a printer, and a display unit 8 such as a cathode storage (CRT). Further, 9A ₁ One purpose installed in a single building A is, for example, electricity usage instructions meters and water usage indication meter, 9B _1,
9Nm is an electricity usage meter and a water usage indicator meter installed in another building.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example of a billing group registration screen displayed on the display unit 8 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a format of a bill printed out from No. 7;

Here, this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

[0015] When it is time to charge each owner who maintains a tenant who has a living contract with each of the buildings A to N for the electricity, water, gas, etc. used by each tenant, the data processing unit 3 The input unit 6 is operated by an operator to input a data request and generate a data request command. This data request command is sent from the control unit 4 via the communication line to each of the usage amount integrating units 1A, 1B,
1N.

Upon receiving a data request command from the data processing unit 3, the usage amount integrating unit 1A uses the usage data indicated and stored in the plurality of meters of usage indicator meters 9A ₁ and 9Am within the request period, respectively, for the purpose of use. Separately, the data is transmitted to the data processing unit 3 via the communication line 2. The other usage integrating units 1B and 1N also perform the same operation as the usage integrating unit 1A to form integrated usage data for each purpose of use, and transfer the integrated usage data for each usage to the communication line. The data is transmitted to the data processing unit 3 via the data processing unit 3.

When the control unit 4 on the data processing unit 3 receives these series of integrated usage amount data for each purpose of use,
After being converted into an audio signal by a conversion unit (not shown) such as a modem, the signal is transferred to the storage unit 5 and stored in the storage unit 5.

Thereafter, the input unit 6 is operated by the operator to input data processing and generate a data processing request command. When the data processing request command is issued, the control unit 4 reads the accumulated usage data for each purpose of use stored in the storage unit 5, calculates the accumulated usage fee for each tenant, and converts the data into a required print format. Process to match. Next, a print request is input to generate a print request command, and the print request is output.

In this case, the data processing unit 3 operates in the tenant group invoice print mode unless a print mode conversion request is input to the input unit 6, and the data processing unit 3 performs data processing according to a form in which each tenant is grouped by owner. The processing is performed, and one bill is printed out by the printing unit 7 for each owner.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, when a plurality of tenants a ₁ , a ₂ ... A ₁₅ are grouped for one owner a, each tenant a ₁ , a ₂
... integrated usage data in a ₁₅ is the addition processing by the intended use respectively, as shown in FIG. 3, form usage charge has been combined into a single invoice corresponding to the accumulated usage data added Is printed out. The same is true for the other owners b, c... G shown in FIG. 2, and the usage fee corresponding to the added integrated usage data shown in FIG. It is printed out in the form summarized in the bill.

On the other hand, when a print mode conversion request is input to the input unit 6 of the data processing unit 3, the data processing unit 3 shifts to a tenant-specific bill print mode, and performs data processing for each tenant. In the printing unit 7, one bill is printed out for each tenant.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, when the grouping of a plurality of tenants a ₁ , a ₂ ... Ak is canceled for one owner a, the respective tenants a ₁ , a ₂ .., Ak usage data is added for each purpose of use, and usage fees corresponding to the added usage data are shown on one bill for each tenant a ₁ , a ₂ . It is printed out in the form. The same applies to owners b, c... G,
Each tenant b ₁ , b ₂ ... Bk, g ₁ , g _2.
· Gk is printed out separately by the added usage data tenant b ₁ using charge corresponding _{to, b 2 ··· bk, g 1} , g 2 ··· gk form shown separately to each one invoice You.

When the tenants are grouped as shown in FIG. 2, the billing group registration screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display unit 8, and the tenants are added or removed as appropriate by operating the input unit 6. You can do it.

In this case, as long as the tenants are grouped under the same owner, only tenants of the same building or tenants of a plurality of buildings may be used.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, invoices for various charges used by each tenant are usually created as one unit for each owner.
This eliminates the complexity of the calculation process for each owner, increases the printing efficiency at the time of printing a bill, and reduces the printing cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of an in-building billing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a billing group registration screen displayed on a display unit in the illustrated embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a format of a bill printed out from a printing unit in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1A, 1B, 1N Usage amount accumulating unit 2 Communication line 3 Data processing unit 4 Control unit 5 Storage unit 6 Input unit 7 Printing unit 8 Display unit 9A ₁ ..9Am, 9B ₁ ..9Bm, 9N ₁ ..9Nm
Usage instructions meters a, b ··· g group name _{a 1 ~a 15, b 1 ~b} 15, c 1 ~c 15, d 1 ~d 15, e 1 ~
e ₁₅ , f _{1 to} f ₁₅ tenant No.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of usage accumulators for accumulating various usages in a building over a certain period, and the plurality of usage accumulators are connected via a communication line, and at least a controller,
An input unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a data processing unit including a printing unit, wherein the data processing unit calculates the usage amount stored in the plurality of usage amount integrating units according to a data request input of the input unit. A billing system in a building that stores the data in the storage unit via a communication line, processes the usage amount stored in the storage unit in accordance with a print request input from the input unit, and prints out the data in the printing unit. At the time of printing output of the printing unit in the processing unit, print the total fee data for each grouped tenant, or
An in-building billing system, characterized in that it is possible to select whether to separately print billing data for each tenant.