JPS6239886A - Fare display - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention automatically calculates the fare determined by the riding section of a route bus, etc., calculates the fare according to the riding section, and also calculates the fare depending on the riding section. The present invention relates to a fare display method capable of displaying a discounted 11 yen initial fare for connecting to a second transportation route and instructing passengers of an appropriate fare to pay.

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, there have been two types of fare settlement methods for public transportation such as route buses and streetcars: a system in which the fare is uniform throughout the route, and a system in which the fare is calculated based on the length of the section traveled. In this case, in the case of a flat fare, it is sufficient to insert coins, tickets, coupon tickets, etc. into the fare box, but in a system where the fare changes depending on the boarding section, the boarding section is determined by a numbered ticket, and the boarding section is determined for each section. The fare was determined by converting the fare. In this case, a numbered ticket with a number is given to the passenger before boarding, and when the passenger gets off the bus, the passenger compares the position of the lotus where he/she gets off with the number on the numbered ticket, and determines the boarding section using a conversion table, etc. , prices were determined artificially. However, this method requires the driver or conductor to compare and convert the number on the ticket with the number at the location where the passenger gets off the train, which is extremely inefficient. Additionally, in recent years, a system has been adopted that allows passengers to deduct the first fare of the next public transportation within the same area under certain conditions, such as on the same day. For this reason, it is the driver or conductor who works within the narrow transportation system who simultaneously performs two tasks: determining the boarding section and deciding whether to apply the initial fare discount, and then determining the fare using a conversion table, etc. This is cumbersome for many people, and requires a special conversion table, making it easy for people to misread it.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention attaches a magnetic stripe to the transfer ticket that the driver picks up when getting off the first transportation route, and magnetically marks the boarding point of the second transportation route on which to board next. To provide a fare display method that can automatically record the section length between the boarding point and the disembarking point, and also automatically apply a discount on the initial fare. be.

[Failure to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a toll system in which the first traffic route and the second traffic route are close to each other in some parts, and the fare of the second traffic route varies depending on the riding section. Furthermore, in a system that allows you to transfer between the first traffic route and the second traffic route, when you get off the first traffic route, you will be required to include a recording device on your transfer ticket. When you get on the second traffic route, you write the boarding information on the ticket, and when you get off the second traffic route, the boarding information is read and the section to the alighting position is written. , and automatically calculates the fare based on the determined riding section of the second traffic route, and also calculates a discount on the fare due to transfers on the first interchange route and the second interchange route. The present invention provides a fare display method characterized by displaying the results.

[Effect]

If you transfer between a first traffic route and a second traffic route and move to your destination using the two traffic routes, when you get on the second traffic route, you must use the first traffic route. Keep the transit ticket in your possession and magnetically record the point where you boarded the second route as information. When disembarking from the second traffic route, the transfer ticket is read and the boarding section of the second traffic route is determined based on the correlation between the boarding position and the disembarking position. Determine the fare of the second transportation route. Further, when the initial fare is paid on the first transportation route, the initial fare can be displayed as a discount from the determined fare. The displayed fare allows the passenger to pay for the fare using a ticket or cash.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a route bus, and is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the exterior thereof.

The bus 1 has a boarding entrance 2 on the rear side and a disembarking entrance 3 on the side near the driver's seat. An information writing machine 4 is provided at the boarding gate 2, and a payment machine 5 for paying the fare is provided at the disembarking gate 3. When passengers get on this bus 1, they insert into the information writing machine 4 the transfer ticket they received when they got off the first traffic route, and write the transfer ticket to the bus stop where they boarded the bus. Information (boarding number)
be written magnetically. When getting off the train, use payment machine 5
This transit ticket is inserted into the bus, the information written when boarding the bus is read, and the fare is displayed based on the relationship between the bus stop at which the bus was boarded and the bus stop at which the bus stop was to be disembarked.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the information writing device 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention. An insertion slot 8 for inserting the transfer ticket 7 is provided on the top surface of the information writing machine 4, and the transfer ticket 7 with the information written thereon is provided.
A discharge port 9 from which A is taken out is provided. The transit ticket 7 used in this system is as shown in FIG.
A magnetic stripe 10 is attached to the center of the bus 1, and the boarding station and the alighting station of the first route that you boarded before boarding the bus 1 are written on the surface of the magnetic stripe 10. As schematically shown in Figure 3, the boarding date code 10a, the station code 10b of the station where you got off on the first ifl route, the transfer code 10c indicating whether or not you boarded the bus, and the bus Riding codes 1od, which numerically indicate the boarding positions of 1 and 1, are recorded in order.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the above-mentioned fare adjustment machine 5, and the fare adjustment machine 5 has an insertion slot 11 on the front side into which the transit ticket 7 having the magnetic stripe 10 is inserted. On the right side of the insertion slot 11, there is provided an alighting position display device 12 for displaying the current alighting position. Also,
On the -L side of the payment machine 5, there is a fare display device 13 for displaying the appropriate fare calculated based on the information on the transfer ticket 7, and a fare input slot I4 for inserting coins, cash, etc. as consideration for the fare. Further, the alighting position display device 1 is provided.
A tray 15 is provided below 2 for discharging change.

When the passenger gets off the bus 1, the transfer ticket 7 is inserted into the insertion slot 11, and the information on the magnetic stripe 10 is read inside the payment machine 5. Then, the boarding section is determined based on the read information and the current position of the bus 1, and it is further determined whether it is a transfer or not, and whether or not to discount the initial fare. Then, the fare is determined, and the determined fare is displayed on the fare display device 13. Based on the displayed fare, the passenger inserts cash, a ticket, etc. into the fare input slot 14 to settle the fare. At this time, if the inserted fare is greater than the displayed fare, the change is discharged into the tray 15 and the payment is completed. Although not shown, the information writing machine 4 in FIG. 2 and the payment machine 5 in FIG. 4 are electrically connected and operate simultaneously or in parallel.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the entire signal system of the present invention,
Although not shown in the drawings of this embodiment, a device is provided near the driver's seat of the bus 1 to announce the name of each bus stop. When the driver approaches the bus stop, he presses the push button 16 to activate the drive device 17, which drives the cassette magnetic tape 18 on which announcement contents and necessary information have been recorded in advance. As a result, the announcement content recorded on the cassette magnetic tape 18 is played back by the playback head 19, and this playback signal is amplified by the amplifier 20 and sent to the speaker 2 installed inside the bus 1.
The content of the announcement is announced through 1. At the same time, the reproducing head 22 reproduces the necessary information and supplies it to the signal discrimination circuit 23, and based on this information, the drive unit W17
The information signal from the signal discrimination circuit 23 is supplied to the signal analysis circuit 24 to analyze information regarding the bus stop from the information. The output signal from the signal analysis circuit 24 is given to a data reading circuit 25, and the data reading circuit 25 reads the bus stop data recorded in the data storage circuit 26 based on the output signal, and writes the information. It is designed to be given to the machine 4 and the totalizing machine 5. The information writing device 4 is a writing control circuit 2 that receives a signal from the data reading circuit 25.
7, a data write circuit 28 that records the boarding position as data on the magnetic stripe 10 of the transfer ticket 7 based on a command from the write control circuit 27, and a data write circuit 28 that records the boarding position as data on the magnetic stripe 10 of the transfer ticket 7 based on a command from the write control circuit 27; The display control circuit 29 is configured to include a display control circuit 29 for displaying. The payment machine 5 receives commands from the data reading circuit 25, and also receives information from the magnetic stripe reading mechanism 31, which reads the taps recorded on the magnetic stripe 10 of the transit ticket 7 inserted through the insertion slot 11. A settlement control circuit 30 that retrieves and refers to the fare data storage circuit 32 based on this information to determine the fare; and this settlement control circuit 30.
A display control circuit 33 displays the fare data from on the fare display device 13, and a display control circuit 34 displays the current alighting position on the alighting position display device 12, which displays the current alighting position.
It is configured with.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

FIG. 6 is shown for detailed explanation of the present invention, and in this explanation, a railway road 40, which is a first traffic route, and a bus route 41, which is a second traffic route, intersect, Railway road 4o has 00 station 43, which is the first boarding station, and XX station 44, which is the getting off station, and bus route 41 has bus stop 45, which is the starting point, bus stop 46, 47, 48, which is the intermediate bus stop, and terminal bus stop. There is a bus stop 49, and the bus 1 moves from left to right on this bus route 41. Here, each bus stop 45, 46, 47, 48, 4 of bus route 4]
Passengers who board the bus at each bus stop 9 will pay a fare according to the section (riding distance) they boarded, but for example, if a passenger boarded at bus stop 46 to 47, the fare would be 15
The fare for passengers who boarded bus stops 46 to 48 was 2.0 yen, and the fare for passengers who boarded bus stops 46 to 49 was 230 yen. Here, oo station 43
Passengers who boarded the train got off at XX Station 44, and the transfer ticket 7 was used to use the railway road 40 when they got off.
I took it from XX station 44, where I got off the bus, and took it to bus stop 46.
If you board Bus 1, the first fare will be discounted. Therefore, if a passenger brings the transfer ticket 7 with him at the XX station 44 where he alights, the initial fare will be discounted to 120 yen at the bus stop 47 rather than the bus stop 46. Also,
If a passenger with a transit ticket 7 rides between bus stop 46 and bus stop 48, the fare will be 170 yen, and for a passenger who also rides between bus stop 46 and bus stop 49, the fare will be 2 yen.
00 yen.

Next, how the fare setting for multiple riding sections and the initial fare discount will be carried out will be explained in Section 7 along with the electrical system diagram mentioned above.
This will be explained with reference to a flowchart shown in the figure.

First, transfer the transfer ticket 7 shown in Figure 3 above to XX Station 44.
The following describes how to write information, determine the fare, and calculate the initial fare when you board the bus at the bus stop 46 with the bus in your possession.

The push button 16 has already been pressed by the driver before the arrival of the bus 1 at each bus stop 46, 47, 4B, 49 (step s100). Then, the drive device 17 is activated and the cassette magnetic tape 18 is played back (step s1).
oi1+. As a result, the signal reproduced by the reproduction head 19 is amplified by the amplifier 20 and transmitted to the speaker 21, and the name, guide, etc. of each bus stop at which the bus stops is announced inside the vehicle (step S103). At the same time, necessary information is reproduced from the cassette tape 18 by the reproduction head 22 and given to the signal discrimination circuit 23.
3, the signal is discriminated and supplied to the signal analysis circuit 24. The signal analysis circuit 24 analyzes which bus stop the bus is currently trying to arrive at, and sends its output to the data reading circuit 2.
Give to 5. Then, the data storage circuit 26 supplies a command corresponding to the bus stop to the write control circuit 27 and the payment control circuit 3o (step S104). At the same time, when the signal discrimination circuit 23 discriminates a signal indicating that the announcement has ended, it stops the driving bag N17 (step S1).
05).

Next, when approaching each bus stop 46, 47, 48, 49, the driver confirms whether there are passengers getting on or off (step 3106).
If there are no passengers getting on or off, the process moves to step S100, but if there are passengers getting on or off, the process moves to step S107, where the driver stops the Hass 1 at bus stops 46, 47, 48, and 49.

Then, the driver determines whether the passenger is getting on or off the vehicle (step 310B). When it is determined in step 3108 that there are only passengers, the door of the boarding entrance 2 is opened (step S).
09), the current position of the bus 1 is displayed on the boarding position display bag W6 of the information writing device 4 (step 5IIO).

Then, the passenger inserts the connecting ticket 7 into the insertion slot 8 of the information writing m4. Then, the transfer ticket 7 is taken into the information writing machine 4 through the insertion slot 8 and temporarily held therein (step 5111). In this information writing device 4, boarding information such as the current boarding position is written on the magnetic stripe 10 of the transfer ticket 7 by a data writing circuit 28, and at the same time, a transfer code IOc which is proof of one transfer is also written. . Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3B, a date code 10a, a station code 10b, a transfer code 10c, and a boarding code 10d are recorded on the magnetic stripe 10.

This date code 10a is the date on which the passenger purchased the transfer ticket 7, the station code 10b is the code for XX station 44, which is the station where the passenger got off automatically, and the transfer code IOc is the code for the bus I. This is to record that the bus was transferred and boarded, and the boarding code 10d indicates the position code of the bus stop 46 at which the bus was boarded. When the information is written to the magnetic stripe 10, the transfer ticket 7 that has been written
Since A is discharged from the discharge port 9, this transit ticket 7
Take A (step S1] 3). Next, it is determined whether or not the transit ticket 7A released from the information writing machine 4 has been claimed by a passenger (step 5113). If the transit ticket 7A has been accepted, the process moves to step 5110 and the transit ticket 7A is received again. 7 is performed (steps 5llO to 5113), the transfer ticket 7 is accepted, and when there are no more passengers boarding from that bus stop, the driver determines that the ride is over (step S114). If the boarding is completed, the door of the boarding entrance 2 is closed and the process moves to step 5115, and then it is determined whether all bus stops 46, 47, and 48 have been passed (step S116). If it ends, the flow ends, and otherwise the process returns to step 5100. As a result, all passengers have been issued transit tickets 7. In addition, passengers who do not have a transit ticket 7 will be issued a boarding ticket with only a magnetic stripe, which is different from the transiting ticket 7. The transit code LOC indicated is not recorded.

Next, when the bus 1 moves to just before each bus stop 47, 48, 49 and a passenger tries to get on or off, the processes from step 5100 to step 8108 are performed,
When the passenger informs the driver that he/she is getting off the train, step 5117
The door to exit 3 will be opened. Then, the current alighting position is displayed on the alighting position display device 12 of the payment machine 5 (step S1]8). When the passenger inserts the connecting ticket 7 or boarding ticket into the insertion slot 11 of the payment machine 5 (step S
119), the riding information is read by the magnetic stripe reading mechanism 31 (step S120). The boarding information read by the magnetic stripe reading mechanism 31 is supplied to the payment control circuit 30, and the payment control circuit 30 determines the boarding section based on the relative relationship between the boarding information and the current alighting position (step S121). , the data on this riding section is given to the fare data storage circuit 32, and the fare is displayed on the fare display device 13 (step S L22). Here, the payment control circuit 30 reads the presence or absence of the transfer code 10c stored in the magnetic stripe 10 of the transfer ticket 7, and if the transfer code 10c is present, fare data is obtained from the fare table obtained by discounting the initial fare. For normal numbered tickets without this transfer code, the fare will be calculated and displayed from the normal fare table. In addition, if the date code IOA and station code IOB of the read boarding information are incorrect, for example, if the transfer ticket 7 with the previous day's date code stored is used, or if the bus stop is located far away from the bus stop 46. When the transfer ticket with the station code stored in it is read as transit ticket 7 issued from a station located in Calculate and display the fare. Then, the passenger inserts coins, tickets, etc. corresponding to the fare displayed on the fare display device 13 into the fare slot 14 to settle the fare (step s123). Steps 5119 to 5123 above
The processing up to this point will be repeated until all passengers have been processed (step 5124). If all passengers have been processed in step 5124, the exit gate 30 door is closed in step S125), and it is determined whether processing for all bus stops has been completed in step S126). If not, the process proceeds to step S8100. Return and stop the flow when finished.

Since the present embodiment operates as described above, it is easy to settle the fare, and since it is possible to determine the discount of the initial fare of the transportation network, it is possible to reduce troubles in the fare settlement. In addition, in the above example, the combination of a railway road and a lotus route was explained, but the combination is not limited to this example, but can also be used for transferring between a railway and a railway, or from bus to bus. Needless to say.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the complexity of payment operations when the vehicle is full is eliminated, the trouble caused by misreading the fare table is eliminated, and the fare can be displayed quickly and accurately and the payment can be made. . In addition, in areas where a first-ride fare discount system is adopted, it is possible to easily display the fares for which the first-ride fare has been waived.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a route bus to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an information writing machine, and Fig. 3 is an explanation showing an example of a transit ticket. 4 is a perspective view showing the fare adjustment machine, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the signal system of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. , FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the same operation. 1...Bus, 4...Information writing machine, 5...Payment machine, 7...Transfer ticket, 10...Magnetic stripe.

Claims (1)

[Claims] The first traffic route and the second traffic route are close to each other in some parts, and the second traffic route has a fare system in which the fare varies depending on the riding section. In a system that allows you to transfer between two transportation routes, a magnetic recording device is installed on the transfer ticket you have when you get off the first transportation route, and when you get on the second transportation route, The boarding information is written on the ticket, and when getting off the second traffic route, the boarding information is read to determine the section to the alighting position, and the boarding section of the second traffic route determined by this is read. A fare display method characterized by automatically calculating a fare, calculating a fare discount due to connections between a first traffic route and a second traffic route, and displaying the calculation results.