KR100391847B1 - Charge collecting system of liquid fuel supplying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a charge collection system for a liquid fuel supply mechanism that automatically reads and charges a fuel system without a human hand.

To this end, the present invention is a liquid fuel supply mechanism for supplying fuel to each generation (2) of the apartment house through the valve (10) and flow meter (14) by the oil supply pipe (5, 9, 9A) from the concentrated fuel tank (3) A toll collection system comprising: management control means for managing a signal from the flow meter 14, an aggregation control means for calculating a fuel usage fee based on a signal from the management control means, and the counting means The charge collection means of the financial institution 50 which collects charges by a signal, the charge collection means, the management control means, and the aggregation control means are connected through the information communication net 30.

Description

Charge collecting system of liquid fuel supplying apparatus

The present invention relates to a liquid fuel supply mechanism for supplying fuel for each generation of a multi-family house such as an apartment. More specifically, the present invention relates to a toll collection system of a liquid fuel supply mechanism using a computer.

In the case of the toll collection of a conventional house where a fuel flow meter is provided for each household, for example, the manager checks the flow meter for each household, investigates the fuel consumption, and reports the result to the toll collection center by telephone. .

However, in this method, it took much time and time to check the flow meter, and there was a concern that the flow meter, which is the basis of billing, would be wrong.

In addition, it was difficult to reliably perform the collection of charges without forgetting the date of payment by the payer or lacking the balance of the deposit. For this reason, there are cases in which the fuel supply valve is left open even though the fee is not collected.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described problems of the conventional liquid fuel supply mechanism for the fee collection method, and is dedicated to various procedures necessary for the management and maintenance of the liquid fuel supply mechanism such as reading of fuel system, billing, or charge collection. To provide a charge collection system for liquid fuel supplying mechanisms that can be automatically performed without the need for personnel.

The present invention relates to a charge collection system of a liquid fuel supply mechanism using a computer, comprising: a charge of a liquid fuel supply mechanism for supplying fuel to each generation of a multi-unit house (assembly house) from a concentrated fuel tank through an oil pipe, a valve, and a flow meter A collection system comprising: management control means for managing a signal from the flow meter, an aggregation control means for calculating a fuel usage fee based on a signal from the management control means, and a charge collection based on a signal from the aggregation control means A charge collection means (of a financial institution), and an information and communication network (such as the Internet) for electronically connecting the charge collection means, the management control means and the aggregation control means.

The intensive fuel tank may be a plurality of multi-unit houses.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, since the reading day of the fuel gauge is constant and is automatically performed without passing through a human hand, there is no reading and error of measurement results such as fuel consumption, and the use of liquid fuel. It is prevented that the charges continue to be spent on unpaid people.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the counting control means stores the bill data transmitted to the bill collection means of the financial institution in the bill data storage means, and receives a deposit confirmation signal from the bill collection means (toll collection judgment) Deletes the invoice data from the invoice data storage means, and if there is invoice data in the invoice data storage means at the time of receiving the output signal from the timekeeping means (determined to be unpaid), command signal for closing the valve It is preferably configured to output to the management control means.

In the case of the above-described configuration, the payment and non-payment of the liquid fuel usage fee is judged based on whether or not the invoice data remains in the invoice data storage means.

And if the fee for use of the liquid fuel is not deposited, the fuel supply valve is automatically closed after careful steps are taken to prevent the forgetting of the fee payment. At the same time, dunning by professional personnel is unnecessary.

In this case, the valve is opened immediately when the deposit is made after closing the valve.

In addition, the present invention relates to a charge collection system for a liquid fuel supply mechanism using a computer, in the charge collection system of the liquid fuel supply mechanism for supplying fuel to each generation of the apartment house from the intensive fuel tank through an oil pipe, a valve and a flow meter, Central control means for calculating bills and preparing invoices together with managing signals from the flowmeters, generation-specific control means provided for each generation and receiving output signals from the central control means, and their generations. Toll collection means (of financial institutions) that collects charges by receiving output signals (identification data such as ID code, invoice data, etc.) from other control means;

And an information and communication network (e.g., the Internet) for electronically connecting the central control means, generational control means, and charge collection means.

According to the present invention having such a configuration, the fee collection means receives the output signal from the generation-specific control means provided in each household, for example, ID code and bill data, and collects the fee, thus using liquid fuel. In the collection of charges, there is no mistake of households or wrong usage, and the charges are reliably collected.

Here, the central control means stores the bill data transmitted by the generation-specific control means to the charge collection means of the financial institution in the bill data storage means, and receives a deposit confirmation signal from the charge collection means (charge If the invoice data is deleted from the invoice data storage means, and there is invoice data in the invoice data storage means at the time when the output signal from the timekeeping means is received, the valve is determined to be unpaid. It is preferably configured to output a closing command signal to the valve.

In the case of adopting such a configuration, the payment or non-payment of the liquid fuel usage fee is judged based on whether or not the invoice data remains in the invoice data storage means.

And while the invoice data remains in the invoice data storage means, the fuel supply valve is abolished for a certain period of time, so that the forgotten or unpaid fare payment is immediately understood by each household, thereby making sure that the charge collection is made. It is done.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the flow meter is preferably provided in each household.

This prevents the situation where fuel leakage of the pipe outside the household (in the public area) can be measured as the fuel consumption of each household, thereby improving the accuracy of the billed amount of the fuel consumption.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the present invention

2 is a block diagram showing the function of the control device of FIG.

3 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the management control apparatus of the above configuration.

4 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the centralized control device.

5 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the financial institution.

6 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the central control apparatus of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the central controller of the in-phase;

9 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the generational control means in FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the financial institution.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

1: Liquid fuel supply mechanism 2: Generation

3: intensive fuel tank 4: oil pump

5: first oil pipe 7: auxiliary tank

8: float switch 9: second oil pipe

9A: 3rd oil pipe 10: valve

10A: valve control line 11: mini tank

12: combustion apparatus 13: generation control device

14: flow meter 14A: flow signal line

20: management control device 30: information communication network (Internet)

40: centralized control device 50: financial institutions

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

1 is a block diagram showing an apparatus configuration of a toll collection system of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the liquid fuel supply mechanism 1 includes a device for measuring fuel used by supplying fuel to a combustion device of each generation 2 constituting a multi-family house, for example, a heater or a hot water heater 12. Consists of.

That is, the liquid fuel supply mechanism 1 includes a plurality of auxiliary tanks branched from the concentrated fuel tank 3, the first oil supply pipe 5 through the oil feed pump 4, and the first oil supply pipe 5. 7), a second oil supply pipe 9 connected to each of the auxiliary tanks 7, and a third oil supply pipe 9 branched from the second oil supply pipe 9 and connected to the mini tank 11 provided in each household unit 2; It is comprised as 9 A of oil supply pipes, the valve 10 attached to 9 A of 3rd oil pipes, and the flowmeter 14 attached to 9 A of 3rd oil pipes. This flowmeter has a function of calculating the integrated value.

In addition, a float switch 8 is provided in the auxiliary tank 7 and is configured to operate the oil supply pump 4 through a signal line (not shown).

And a management control device 20 including management control means in the valve 10 and the flow meter 14 of the liquid fuel supply mechanism 1 from the signal line 14A to the control command line 10A in the flowmeter 14. It is connected to the valve 10.

The management control apparatus 20 is connected to the information communication network, for example, the Internet 30 (information communication network) by the line 20A.

In addition, the centralized control device 40 including the counting control means for toll collection and the financial institution 50 including the toll collection means are connected to the Internet 30 by lines 40A and 50A, respectively.

The lines 20A, 40A and 50A may be wireless information communication devices such as, for example, a brand name " i-mode " terminal.

2 shows a function of the management control device 20 and the centralized control device 40 in a block diagram.

The management control device 20 includes the management control means 22, the previous month accumulated data storage means 23, the clock 24, the valve opening and closing means 25, the integrated reading reading means 26, and the current month. And an integrated value comparison means 27 for calculating the amount of use. The valve 10 and the flowmeter 14 are each connected to the lines 10A and 14A as described above.

The centralized control device 40 includes an aggregation control means 42, an invoice data storage means 43, a customer data storage means 44, a deposit confirmation means 45, an invoice issue means 46, an invoice And time means 47 for measuring the elapsed date and time after transmission.

The management control means 20 is connected to the centralized control device 40 via the Internet 30, and the centralized control device 40 is connected to the financial institution 50 via the Internet 30.

3 to 5, the toll collection system according to the above configuration will be described.

3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the management control device 20. Based on the data of the flowmeter 14, the integrated reading of the fuel consumption, the calculation of the current month, the transmission and the closing and opening of the fuel supply valve 10 are shown. The processing of is indicated.

In step S1, the integrated value reading of the flowmeter 14 is waited and received by the instruction | command from the intensive control apparatus 40. When the instruction is received, the flow goes to step S2.

In step S2, the integrated value of the flowmeter 14 is read. In step S3, the current month's usage amount is calculated based on the difference between the integrated value of the current month, that is, the accumulated value of the read and the previous month. In step S4, the integrated value of the month is transmitted to the centralized control device 40.

In step S5, a signal of the valve 10 closing instruction from the centralized control device 40 is awaited. When the instruction to close the valve 10 is received, the flow goes to step S6, and when there is no reception, the flow goes to step S7.

In step S6, the valve 10 is closed to stop fuel supply.

In step S7, the valve 10 opening instruction from the centralized control device 40 is waited and received. When the valve opening instruction is received, the process is terminated by opening the valve 10 in step S8. If there is no instruction to open the valve, the flow returns to step S5 to wait for an instruction from the centralized control device 40.

4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the centralized control device 40 and shows the processing of the invoice relationship.

In step S11, the counting date is confirmed. When the date is counted, the integrated value reading instruction of the flowmeter 14 is transmitted to the management control device 20 in step S12.

In step S13, the integrated value of the current month is waited and received.

In step S14, a bill is created based on the received integrated value. Retrieve the customer's account number, retrieve the data, and multiply the current month's usage by the unit price to create an invoice.

In step S15, the bill is stored in the bill data storage device 43 of the centralized control device 40. At the same time, the invoice is sent to the financial institution 50.

Step S16 or below shows the processing related to the bill and the deposit.

In step S16, the deposit confirmation signal from the financial institution 50 is received by air.

Upon receipt of the payment confirmation, the bill data is deleted from the bill data storage 43 in step S17, and the opening and closing instruction signal of the valve 10 is transmitted to the management control device 20.

If the deposit confirmation is not completed in step S16, the process waits for several days, which is a predetermined period starting from the invoice transmission in step S18. After the waiting period has elapsed, the bill data is retrieved in step S19 to confirm the deposit.

In step S20, it is checked whether "the claim is made", that is, "non-deposit". If the payment is not completed, an instruction signal for closing and closing the valve 10 of the corresponding household is transmitted to the management device 20 in step S21. If the invoice data is deleted by the confirmation of step S20 (that is, the deposit is made), the process goes to step S17.

In step S22, it waits again for the presence or absence of deposit, and when it makes a deposit, it progresses to step S17.

If invoice data remains in step S17, it will be deleted and the opening instruction signal of the valve 10 will be transmitted to the management control apparatus 20. FIG. If the invoice data does not remain and the opening instruction of the valve 10 has already been transmitted, the state is maintained. And the process ends.

5 is a flowchart showing the process of the financial institution 50, which shows the processing relationship of automatic charge transfer.

In step S31, a bill from the centralized control device 40 is received and received. The automatic replacement is performed in step S32 by the receipt of the invoice.

Next, in step S33, a deposit is sent to the centralized control device 40. And the process ends.

6 to 10 show a charge collection system of another type of liquid fuel supply mechanism. The apparatus and means of the same form as that of FIGS. 1 to 5 will be described with reference numerals duplicated and a part thereof omitted.

6 is a block diagram showing an apparatus configuration of another type of toll collection system.

In FIG. 6, 1 A of liquid fuel supply mechanisms are comprised by the combustion apparatus of each generation 2A which comprises an apartment house, for example, the apparatus which supplies the fuel to the heater or the water heater 12, and measures the used fuel. .

That is, the fuel supply device 1A includes a plurality of auxiliary tanks 7 branched from the concentrated fuel tank 3, the first oil supply pipe 5 through the oil supply pump 4, and the first oil supply pipe 5. ), A second oil pipe (9) connected to each of the auxiliary tanks (7), and a third oil pipe (10) branched from the second oil pipe (9) and connected to the mini tank (11) provided in each household (2). 9A, the valve 10 installed in the third oil supply pipe, and the flow meter 14 attached to the third oil supply pipe 9A.

Moreover, generation | generation control apparatus 13 is provided in each generation 2A.

In addition, a float switch 8 is provided in the auxiliary tank 7, and is configured to operate the oil feed pump 4 through a signal line (not shown).

Then, the central control unit 60 including the central control means 62 in the valve 10 and the flow meter 14 of the fuel supply device 1 is connected to the flow meter 14 by the signal line 14B, and the control command line. It is connected to the valve 10 by 10B.

The central control unit 60 is connected to an information communication network, for example, the Internet 30 by a line 20B.

A financial institution 50, which is a toll collection means for toll collection, is connected to the Internet 30 by a line 50B.

The lines 20B and 50B may be wireless information communication terminals such as, for example, a brand name " i-Mount " terminal.

7 shows a function of the central control unit 60 in a block diagram.

The central control unit 60 includes the central control unit 62, the previous month accumulated value data storing unit 63, the customer data storing unit 64, the invoice data storing unit 65, and the valve opening and closing unit 67. And a deposit confirmation means 68, an integrated readout means 69, an integrated comparison means, an invoice issue means 68, a timekeeping means 72, and a clock 73. have. And it connects to the said valve 10 and the flowmeter 14 by the lines 10B and 14B, respectively.

The central control unit 60 is connected to the financial institution 50 via the Internet 30. The generation-specific control device 13 is connected to the central control device 60 via the Internet 30 and the line 13B, and to the financial institution 50 via the Internet 30 and the line 13A. .

8-10, the toll collection system by the said structure is demonstrated.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the central control unit 60 (management room), and shows the processing such as the creation, transmission and confirmation of the payment made based on the data of the flowmeter 14.

In step S51, the counting date is confirmed. If it is an aggregate day, the integrated value reading of the meter 14 is read out in step S52, and the integrated value of the month by the said reading, ie, the usage amount, is calculated in step S53.

In step S54, an invoice based on the integrated value is created.

The customer's account number is retrieved, the data is retrieved, and the current month's usage is multiplied by the unit price to make an invoice.

In step S55, the invoice (more specifically, the data constituting the contents of the invoice amount and other invoices: hereinafter referred to as "invoice data") is stored in the invoice data storage device 65 of the central controller 60. . In addition, bill data is transmitted to each household 2A.

Step S56 or below shows the processing relating to the bill and the payment.

In step S56, the deposit confirmation signal from the financial institution 50 is received by air.

Upon receipt of the deposit, the bill data is deleted in step S57, and the valve 10 is opened.

If the deposit confirmation is not completed in step S56, the process waits for a predetermined number of days in step S58. After the waiting period has elapsed, the bill data is retrieved in step S59 to confirm the deposit.

In step S60, it is checked whether there is any bill data or not (that is, whether payment is not made or has been paid). If no payment is received, an instruction signal for closing the valve 10 of the corresponding generation is transmitted in step S61. If the bill data has been deleted by the confirmation of step S60 (if it has been deposited), the process goes to step S57.

In step S62, if there is a waiting for the receipt of the deposit again and the deposit is made, the flow returns to step S57 to delete the bill data, and the valve 10 is opened. And the process ends.

Fig. 9 shows a flowchart for carrying out a billing process relationship in each household 2A.

In step S71, the generation-by-generation control device 13 waits for the receipt of the bill data (data transmitted in step S55 of FIG. 8: bill amount, data constituting the contents of other bills). When the bill data is received, the contents are confirmed in step S72, and the generation code (ID code) of the household is input from the generation control device 13.

In step S73, the bill data is transmitted to the financial institution 50. And the process ends.

10 is a flowchart showing the processing of the financial institution 50, and shows the processing relationship of charge automatic transfer.

In step S81, ID code and bill data from each generation 2A are received and received.

In step S82, the ID code stored in the database (not shown) of the financial institution with the ID code input in step S72 is queried.

When the ID code (password number) is inquired (based on the bill data sent in step S73 above), the automatic transfer of the fee from the generation is performed (step S83).

If the ID code (password number) is not inquired, the flow goes to step S85.

Subsequently, in step S84, a deposit is sent to the central controller 60.

In step S85, the request for re-entry of the password number is sent to the household not queried.

And the process ends.

The effects of the present invention are listed below.

(1) The toll collection system manages the signal from the flowmeter, the counting control means for calculating the fee, and the fee collection means are automatically and through the information and communication network without depending on the hand, and thus, a predetermined fixed date. Accurate metering results in accurate billing, and there is no omission of billing.

(2) Billing is based on billing data entered into the billing data storage means, and when it is not paid, closing the valve and stopping the fuel supply can ensure reliable billing according to the unmistakable bill.

(3) In the other toll collection system, invoices are prepared by the central control means, and each household checks the contents with the control means for each household, and then enters an ID code and returns it. .

(4) In the case of unpaid bills based on bill data sent by the central control means of the on-board toll collection system based on the billing data transmitted by the generation-specific control means, the charge is reliably collected when the valve is closed.

(5) If a flowmeter is provided in each household, the oil leakage of the pipeline in the outside public area is excluded from the calculation of the charge, resulting in an accurate and unquestioned invoice.

Claims (5)

delete delete A charge collection system of a liquid fuel supply mechanism for supplying fuel to each generation of a multi-family house from a concentrated fuel tank through an oil pipe, a valve, and a flow meter, which manages signals from the flow meter and calculates a charge to prepare a bill. A central control means, generation-specific control means provided for each household and receiving output signals from the central control means, charge collection means for receiving an output signal from the generation-specific control means and collecting charges; And an information communication network for electronically connecting the central control means, the generational control means, and the charge collection means. The method of claim 3, wherein The central control means stores the bill data transmitted by the generation control means to the bill collection means of the financial institution in the bill data storage means, and when receiving a deposit confirmation signal from the bill collection means, the bill data storage means. And the command signal for closing the valve to the valve when the bill data is deleted in the bill data storage means when the bill data is deleted from the bill data means. Fuel Supply Toll System. The method according to claim 3 or 4, And said flowmeter is provided in each household.