JPS61136196A - Taxi fare receiving apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a taxi fare collection device that is mounted on a taxi and is capable of collecting fares using a credit card.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems j Traditionally, taxi fares have been paid in cash or credit-type taxi tickets, but in recent years, carrying around large amounts of cash has become dangerous and inconvenient, and has become more difficult to carry around during work. Due to the difficulty of accurately managing, aggregating, and analyzing taxi tickets used when using taxis, a system for using magnetic credit cards has become desirable.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to enable payment of taxi fares with a credit card, and to facilitate the collection and management of fare collection data. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a taxi fare collection device.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention calculates a fare based on data from an odometer mounted on a taxi, displays the calculated fare, and accepts a credit card and records it. Read predetermined data that has been read, associate and store specific data among the read data, the charge data calculated above, and other necessary data, and store at least the specific data and charge data among the stored data. The system is configured to print out the data and store the stored data in a movable storage medium as necessary.

[Embodiment of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a taxi fare collection device according to the present invention. That is, 1 is a main body of the apparatus, and an empty car display 2 and a surcharge display 3 are provided on the front upper part of the main body 1, and a fare display 4 is provided below these. Furthermore, a so-called slot-type card reader 5 is provided at the lower front portion of the main body 1 .

This card reader 5 has a slot 6 for sliding a credit card, a credit card P is inserted into a card insertion part 7 formed at the left end of this slot 6, and the credit card P is inserted along the slot 6 in the direction of arrow a in the figure. By sliding the credit card P, a magnetic head (not shown) provided in the slot 6 reads magnetic data from a magnetic recording section (magnetic stripe) 8 formed on the credit card P. Note that data such as the card user's registration number and validity period are magnetically recorded in the magnetic recording section 8 of the credit card P. Further, a receipt outlet 9 is formed at the front of the main body 1 above the card reader 5. On the other hand, the departure button 10 is located on the right side of the main body 1.
, an arrival button 11, a payment button 12, a mode switching button 13, and an end button 14 are provided, and a memory cassette insertion slot 15 is formed below these buttons. A memory cassette 16 as a portable storage medium is inserted into the memory cassette insertion slot 15 and is set inside the main body 1.

The memory cassette 16 is made up of, for example, a volatile semiconductor memory (such as a RAM bag) backed up by a battery, and can be removed from the main body 1 and carried freely. A printer 17 is provided within the main body 1 corresponding to the receipt outlet 9.

A keyboard 18 serves as data input means, and is connected to an electric circuit within the main body 1 via a cable 19 and a connector 20. The keyboard 18 is provided with character keys (in alphabetical order), numeric keys, function keys, and the like.

The second factor refers to the electric circuit of the taxi fare collection device configured as described above. That is, 21 is a microcomputer (hereinafter abbreviated as microcomputer) as a control means for overall control, and this microcomputer 21 includes a data collection memory 22, an input interface 23, a display driver 24, and an input interface 25. .26,27
, a printer control circuit 28, a reading control circuit 29, and an interface 3o. The input interface 23 includes the connector 2o and the cable 19.
A keyboard 18 is connected via. The display driver 24 is also connected to the vacant vehicle display 2, the premium display 3, and the fare display 4. Further, input switches 31 such as the various buttons 10 to 14 are connected to the input interface 25. Further, an odometer 32 mounted on the taxi is connected to the input interface 26. Further, a clock device 33 mounted on the taxi is connected to the input interface 27.

The printer control circuit 28 also includes the printer 17.
is connected. Further, the card reader 5 is connected to the reading control circuit 29 . A connector board 34 provided within the main body 1 is connected to the interface 30, and the memory cassette 16 is connected to the connector board 34.

FIG. 3 shows a data aggregation device according to the present invention, which is composed of a data input/output device 41, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as personal computer) 42, a keyboard 43, a CRT display 44, and a serial printer 45. The data input/output device 41 is for reading data stored in the memory cassette 16, erasing data in the memory cassette 16, or inputting necessary data. A connector boat similar to the connector boat 34 of a taxi fare collection device is provided.

Next, the operation in the above configuration will be explained. This device uses a combination of travel distance and time to determine the fare, similar to the generally well-known fare meter for taxis, and the microcomputer 21 receives data from the mileage meter 32 and the clock device 33 and calculates the fare. The charge is calculated and displayed on the charge display 4. That is, first, when there are no passengers in the taxi, the microcomputer 21 lights up the empty vehicle indicator 2 and causes the fare display 4 to display the initial fare. When a passenger gets into the taxi in this state, the driver presses the departure button 1.
By pressing 0, microcontroller 2 receives the signal.
1 turns off the empty vehicle indicator 2. At this time, if another charge form such as "surcharge" is to be used, by pressing the mode switching button 13, the microcomputer 21 that receives the signal lights up the premium display 3 and charges the charge according to that charge form. Calculate. However, microcontroller 21
When the departure button 10 is pressed, the current date and time are obtained from the data from the clock device 33, and each of the data is stored in a register (not shown).
Upon receiving the data from the mileage meter 32 and the data from the clock device 33, calculation and accumulation of tolls are started. The calculated fee is stored in the register and displayed on the fee display 4 at the same time. When the taxi reaches its destination, the driver presses the arrival button 11 to
Upon receiving the signal, the microcomputer 21 finishes calculating the fee.
The date and time at that point in time are obtained from the data from the clock device 33, and each of the data is stored in the register. At this time, if the fee is to be paid in cash, the payment button 12 is pressed after the cash transfer is completed. When the payment button 12 is pressed, the microcomputer 21 receives the signal and lights up the empty vehicle display 2, and also lights up the fare display 4.
Reset the displayed content to the initial price. At this time, the microcomputer 21 stores in the memory 22 the data of the departure date and time, the arrival date and time, and the fare stored in the register, along with a message indicating that the fare was paid in cash. .

On the other hand, when the fare is paid by credit card P, the driver receives the credit card P presented by the passenger, presses the arrival button 11, inserts the credit card P into the card insertion part 7, and slides it in the direction of arrow a. As a result, magnetic data such as the registration number and validity period are read from the magnetic recording section 8 on the credit card P, and the data is sent to the microcomputer 21. The microcomputer 21 determines whether the credit card P is valid based on, for example, the validity period data among the read data, and if it is valid, transfers each data stored in the register from the credit card P. It is stored in the memory 22 together with the read data (registration number, etc.). At this time, the microcomputer 21 turns on the empty vehicle indicator 2 and resets the display contents of the fare display 4 to the initial fare. At this time, the microcomputer 21 operates the printer 17 to print out the contents of the register, issue a receipt, and hand the receipt to the passenger as a receipt.

In this way, data on the collection of fees by cash or credit card P is collected in the memory 22, and data indicating the details of the fees can be entered using the keyboard 18. That is, for example, at the time of departure and arrival at the destination, the driver inputs the abbreviations or numbers of the departure point and arrival point using the keyboard 18, and the microcomputer 21 stores the input data in the register, and then Later, the data is stored in the memory 22 along with the date, time, and charge data. Furthermore, since this keyboard 18 is small and can be moved within the car, it is also possible, for example, for the credit card user to enter his or her personal identification number using the keyboard 18 to verify the credit card P. It is.

As described above, the toll collection data is collected in the memory 22, but by pressing the end button 14 as necessary, the microcomputer 21 that has received the signal has already saved each data in the memory 22 to the connector board. The memory cassette 16 installed in the memory cassette 34 is loaded (stored).

In addition, in order to limit the use of this toll collection device or to check the toll collection data with the driver in charge,
A driver card with a registration number magnetically recorded that corresponds to each driver in the same shape and form as a credit card P is issued, and the driver card is read by the card reader 5 of the toll collection device at the time of work to collect the toll. By matching the data with the registration number of the driver in charge and compiling data for each driver, fares and work can be managed.

Alternatively, for the same purpose as above, instead of the driver card, a registration number corresponding to each driver using the memory cassette 16 is stored in a specific area, and the memory cassette 16 is transferred to the toll collection device during work. When set,
By reading the registration number from the memory cassette 16, matching the toll collection data with the registration number of the driver in charge, and compiling data for each driver, tolls and work can be managed. .

The memory cassette 16 containing the toll collection data is then removed from the toll collection device and transported to the data aggregation device shown in FIG. That is, by attaching the memory cassette 16 to the data input/output device 41, the data input/output device 41 reads the contents of the memory cassette 16 and transfers it to the personal computer 42. The computer 42 has a keyboard 43
Data is analyzed and aggregated according to the menu input from the computer, and the results are displayed on the CRT display 44 and printed out using the printer 45, thereby issuing a summary table, form, invoice, etc. be.

Note that this data aggregation device is also used for inputting data to the memory cassette 16. That is, for example, the registration number of the driver using the memory cassette 16 or the type and registration number of a credit card P that cannot be handled are inputted from the keyboard 43 to be stored in the memory cassette 16.

With the configuration described above, taxi fares can be paid using a magnetic credit card, making it extremely convenient to use taxis for business or general purposes.

In addition, a wealth of data on fees and work is collected, and it becomes easier to aggregate data and issue forms and invoices using computers, which speeds up back-end processing and increases the security of income data.

In addition, in the above embodiment, a case was explained in which the toll is calculated using each data from the odometer and the clock device, but it is not necessarily necessary to calculate the toll using both data, and at least the toll can be calculated using data from the odometer. Just calculate it.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a taxi fare collection device that allows taxi fares to be paid by credit card and that facilitates aggregation and management of fare collection data. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of a taxi fare collection device, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit, and Fig. 3 is a data FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a totaling device. 4...Price display, 5...Card reader, P...Credit card, 1o...
・Departure button, 11... Arrival button, 14...
...End button, 16...Memory cassette (storage medium), 17...Printer, 21...
. . . Microcomputer, 22 . . . Data collection memory, 24 . . . Display driver, 23.
25, 26゜27...Input interface, 2
8...Printer control circuit, 29...Reading control circuit, 30...Interface, 32...
...Odometer, 33...Clock device.

Claims (6)

[Claims] (1) A calculation means for calculating the fare based on data from the odometer mounted on the taxi, a display means for displaying the fare calculated by the calculation means, and a predetermined amount that accepts a credit card and records the fare a reading means for reading data, a storage means for storing specific data among the data read by the reading means, charge data calculated by the calculation means, and other necessary data in correspondence; A taxi fare comprising: a printer that prints out at least specific data and fare data among the collected data; and a movable storage medium that stores the data stored in the storage means as necessary. Collection device. (2) The invention further comprises an input means for inputting data indicating a breakdown of charges, and the input data is stored in the storage means together with the specific data and charge data. The taxi fare collection device according to scope 1. (3) The taxi fare collection device according to claim 1, wherein the specific data is a credit card user's registration number. (4) The taxi fare collection device according to claim 1, wherein the other necessary data includes the date of use, departure time, and arrival time. (5) The taxi fare collection device according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is a volatile semiconductor memory backed up by a battery. (6) The taxi fare collection device according to claim 1, wherein the credit card is of a magnetic card type.