JPS6382994A - Lubrication control system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a refueling management system using a POS (point of sale) terminal, and particularly for refueling sales processing and product sales at a refueling station with a store attached. The present invention relates to a refueling management system suitable for performing processing using a common card.

[Prior Art] In recent years, fuel management systems have become popular in which customers use cards to receive fuel service at gas stations equipped with PO9 terminals. When refueling is performed using this 1F refueling management system, the card league reads the customer card before or after refueling in order to control the weighing machine (refueling device).

By the way, currently, the form of gas stations is regulated by law, and it is either not possible to set up and operate a store etc. on the premises of a gas station, or this regulation is in the process of being relaxed.
For example, it is becoming possible to integrate gas stations, restaurants, convenience stores, etc. At such gas stations with stores attached, use the refueling time,
It will also be possible to use the same customer card for dining and shopping.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, when the conventional fuel management system is applied to a gas station with a store as described above, the weighing machine is controlled according to the reading of the card. There are the following problems.

■In the case of card-first refueling, in which the card league reads the customer's card before the customer's refueling operation, even if the customer attempts to use the attached store, he or she will not be able to have the card in his/her possession until the refueling operation at the weighing machine has started. You cannot leave the vehicle.

■In the case of post-card refueling, in which the card league reads the customer's card after refueling the customer, the refueling work for the next customer's vehicle will continue until the customer finishes using the attached store and returns to his or her own vehicle. The weighing machine cannot be moved to.

■In both cases of ■ and ■ above, the card must be read either before or after the refueling operation. Therefore,
When a customer eats or shops at a store, in the case of ■, the customer cannot use the card to eat or shop at the store until the refueling operation by the weighing machine has started, and in the case of ■ Even if you are in the middle of eating or shopping, you have to return to the gas station to have your card read once you have finished refueling using the weighing machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to perform refueling sales processing by simply having a cart league read a customer card once, regardless of the progress state of refueling work of a weighing machine at a refueling station attached to a store. The purpose is to provide a refueling management system that can.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides customer data reading means a for reading customer data from a customer data recording medium, and customer data storage means for storing the customer data read by the customer data reading means a in the order of reading. Then, the refueling start detection means C detects the start of refueling by the measuring machine, the refueling end detecting means d detects the end of refueling by the measuring machine, and the refueling starts based on the refueling start signal output from the refueling start detecting means C. Based on the refueling end signal output from the refueling amount measuring means e for measuring the amount and the refueling end signal outputted from the refueling end detecting means d, the refueling amount measured by the refueling amount measuring means e and the refueling amount are stored in the customer data storage means. The system is equipped with a sales data creation means f for creating sales data for the refueling industry from the earliest customer data, and a sales data output means g for outputting the sales data.

[Function] According to the present invention, the customer data read by the customer data reading means a are stored in the customer data storage means in the order of reading, and a refueling start signal is supplied from the refueling start detection means C to the refueling amount measuring means e. Then, the refueling amount measuring means e measures the refueling amount of the relevant refueling world, and when a refueling end signal is supplied from the refueling end detecting means d to the sales data creation means f, the sales data creating means r generates the sales data of the relevant refueling world. is created, and the sales data is output by the sales data output means g.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the oil supply management system according to this embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a fuel station PO9O9 terminal installed in the gas station building. 2-1 to 2-4 are measuring machines installed outdoors, and gas station POS terminal 1
connected online. 28 to 2d are nozzles of the weighing machines 2-1 to 2-4, respectively. 6 is a PO8 terminal for stores, which is installed in a convenience store attached to a gas station, and is connected online to the gas station PO3 terminal @l.

Furthermore, gas station PO5 terminal 1 and each weighing machine 2-1 to 2-4
The configuration of the fuel management system will be explained based on FIG. 3. Reference numeral 7 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU), which controls each part of the fuel management system. 8 is a card league for reading customer cards, and customer data read from the customer cart is supplied to the CPU 7. 9 is weighing machine 2-1 to 2-4
This is a weighing machine selection switch for selecting a predetermined weighing machine from the weighing machine selection switch 9, and the weighing machine No. 1 selected by the weighing machine selection switch 9 is supplied to the CPU 7.

Further, 10 is a memory in which a customer data reading order table 11 shown in FIG. 4 is stored. The customer data reading order table 11 stores customer data read from the card reader 8 in the order of reading for each weighing machine. In this case, the weighing machines No. 1 to 4 in the customer data reading order table 11 correspond to the weighing machines 2-1 to 2-4, respectively, and A, B, C, etc. are customer data. be. Reference numeral 12 denotes a printer, which prints and issues sales slips in response to signals from the CPU 7. A data transmission interface 13 is used to connect the weighing machines 2-1 to 2-4 online to the gas station POS terminal l.

Next, regarding the case of card first-in refueling, see Figures 5 to 7.
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart in the figure.

(1) Card reading process by gas station POS terminal 1 (Figure 5) When an indoor gas station employee inserts a customer card into the card reader 8 of gas station POS terminal 1, customer data A of customer a, for example, is read. (Step 5AI), customer data A is C
Be supplied to PU7. Further, when one of the weighing machines 2-1 to 2-4 for refueling the vehicle, for example, the weighing machine 2-1, is selected by the weighing machine selection switch 9, a weighing machine selection signal is supplied to the CPU 7. (Step 5
A2).

Next, the customer data A and the weighing machine No. 1 of weighing machine 2-[ are supplied from the CPU 7 to the memory 10, and the reading order 1 corresponding to the weighing machine No. 1 of the customer data reading order table 11 is supplied.
Customer data A is stored in the area (step 5A3
).

(2) Refueling process using a weighing machine (Fig. 6) When an outdoor refueling station worker removes the nozzle 2a of the weighing machine 2-1 that refuels a vehicle, the nozzle switch (not shown) turns on, resulting in a refueling start signal. CPU 7 via data transmission interface 13
(Step 5BI), and the refueling counter (not shown) of the weighing machine 2-1 is reset (Step 5BI).
B2).

Next, when the nozzle 2a is opened to start refueling the vehicle, the amount of refueling is measured by the refueling counter (step 5B3). When the refueling of the vehicle is completed and the refueling station staff returns the nozzle 2a to the weighing machine 2-1, the nozzle switch is turned off, and a refueling end signal is transmitted to the data transmission interface 1.
3 to the CPU 7 (step 5B4).

Next, the refueling amount data A1 of the vehicle is transmitted to the CPU 7 via the data transmission interface 13 (step 5B5).

(3) Sales data creation process using the gas station POS terminal l (Fig. 7) When the CPU 7 receives the refueling amount data AI from the weighing machine 2-1 (step 5CI), the CPU 7 receives the refueling amount data from any of the measuring machines. Determine whether A has been sent (
Step 5C2). When it is determined that the sender is the weighing machine 21, the CPU 7 reads the customer data reading order table 11.
Sales data A regarding the customer is edited and created from customer data A and refueling amount data A corresponding to a total of one weighing machine No. f of measuring machine 1-1 obtained by searching for (Step 5C3
).

When the creation of sales data A is completed, the reading order of customer data B, D, . After that, the printer 12 prints the sales data A,
printed on the sales slip and issued to the customer.

According to the above embodiment, the customer data read from the customer card is stored in the customer data reading order table 11 of the memory 10 for each weighing machine in the order in which it was read, and the refueling operation is performed, so that the refueling sales process can be performed quickly. It can be performed.

Note that the following modifications of the above embodiment can be considered.

■Although the structure is configured to only refuel, it is not limited to this, and it is also possible to purchase products at the attached convenience store. In this case, if you tell the store clerk the code No. 3 on your customer card at the time of payment, the clerk will enter the code No. 1 from the store PO8 terminal 6, and the refueling fee and product price will be combined into one sales slip. It is printed and issued to the customer, which provides the advantage of requiring only one refueling, one-time refueling, one-time customer card swiping, and one-time payment.

■Although the store attached to the gas station is a convenience store, the present invention is not limited to this, and the structure may include a cafeteria, restaurant, etc.

■Although the gas station is configured to have four weighing machines, the present invention is not limited to this, and the required number may be installed.

■Although it is assumed that the card is refueled first, it is not limited to this and may be refueled later.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, there are provided a customer data reading means for reading customer data from a customer data recording medium, and a customer data storage means for storing the customer data read by the customer data reading means in the reading order. refueling start detection means for detecting the start of refueling by the measuring machine; refueling end detecting means for detecting the end of refueling by the measuring machine; and measuring the amount of refueling based on the refueling start signal output from the refueling start detecting means. Based on the refueling amount measuring means and the refueling end signal output from the refueling end detecting means, the refueling amount measured by the refueling amount measuring means and the earliest customer data stored in the customer data storage means. Since the configuration includes a sales data creation means for creating sales data of the refueling customer and a sales data output means for outputting the sales data, the following effects can be achieved.

(1) By reading the customer card once into the card league, refueling sales can be processed regardless of the progress of the refueling operation at the weighing machine, increasing the operating rate of the weighing machine and reducing the It is possible to eliminate restrictions on customer behavior.

This makes it possible to speed up sales processing and improve customer service.

(2) It is possible to improve the functionality of a conventional fuel management system with an inexpensive configuration that simply adds software.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the refueling management system according to the present embodiment,
Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the gas station PO5 terminal 1 and each weighing machine 2-1 to 2-4 shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 shows customer data stored in the memory ■0 according to this embodiment. A conceptual diagram showing the structure of the reading order table 11, and FIGS. 5 to 7 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of this embodiment. a...Customer data reading means, b...
Customer data storage means, C... Refueling start detection means, d... Refueling end detection means, e...
・Refueling amount measuring means, f...Sales data creation means, g...Sales data output means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] customer data reading means for reading customer data from a customer data recording medium; customer data storage means for storing the customer data read by the customer data reading means in the order in which they were read;
Refueling start detection means for detecting the start of refueling by the measuring machine;
Refueling end detection means for detecting the end of refueling by the measuring machine;
A refueling amount measuring means for measuring the refueling amount based on the refueling start signal output from the refueling start detecting means, and a refueling amount measuring means measuring the refueling amount based on the refueling end signal output from the refueling end detecting means. sales data creation means for creating sales data for the refueling customer from the refueling amount and the earliest customer data stored in the customer data storage means;
A refueling management system comprising: sales data output means for outputting the sales data.