KR20070080364A - Settlement system of taxi fare using wireless communication and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for paying a taxi fare through wireless communication are provided to enable users to use a taxi by using a traffic card used for subway and a bus, and process payment by changing a wireless communicator according to a taxi type. A taxi meter(10) generates payment information by calculating a distance and the fare based on the distance. A card reader(20) reads information from a card supplied by a passenger. A payment terminal(30) transfers the payment information and card information to the wireless communicator(40). A combiner(42) is combined with the payment terminal as one body and mounts the wireless communicator. The combiner mounts a PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) if the wireless communicator is the PDA, and embeds a CDMA(Code Division Modulation Access) module in the inside if the wireless communicator is the CDMA module. The card reader includes a card reader part(22) reading an ID code of the card and a microcomputer(21) processing the payment with the card.

Description

Taxi fare payment system and method thereof using wireless communication {settlement system of taxi fare using wireless communication and method}

1 is a schematic block diagram of a taxi fare payment system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system to which the taxi fare payment system shown in FIG. 1 is applied.

3 is a view showing a taxi fare payment method applying the taxi fare payment system shown in FIG.

The present invention relates to a taxi fare payment system using wireless communication and a method thereof, and to a taxi fare payment system and method for paying a taxi fare using a prepaid / postpaid transportation card through a payment terminal in which a wireless communication device is integrated. It is about.

Recently, the fare of subways or public buses can be paid using a transportation card or a credit card having the same function, which is becoming more popular. It is much more convenient to pay the bill using the provided credit card.

Nevertheless, taxi fare is still to be paid in cash. Unlike subways, it is always on the move, and unlike public buses, fares vary according to mileage and driving time.

Also, if you use a common card reader on a public bus to pay with a credit card, you can get approval by using a wireless communication device. However, if you want to apply it to a taxi, enter an irregular taxi fare. There are many inconveniences such as having to read the card and accessing the approval agency to get approval. In addition, it is economically expensive for a taxi driver who drives to perform this operation to collect the taxi fare. But realistically, you have no choice but to antagonize.

In addition, if you accidentally input an excessive amount in the process of entering the payment amount for the taxi fare, the passenger does not find it on the spot, and after getting off the taxi, it is not easy to correct it again. Due to the problem, the card payment system has not been utilized for taxis yet.

However, the payment of taxi fare by transportation card or credit card is obviously not only in line with national policies, but also very convenient for passengers, and it is easy for taxi companies to manage imports. Because of its advantages, card payments for taxi fares must be considered.

In particular, since mobile communication devices, including mobile phones and PDAs, are already popularized, wireless communication using mobile communication devices is very economical.

In the case of private taxis, one taxi driver exclusively operates one taxi, but in the case of a corporate taxi belonging to a taxi company, many taxi drivers operate one taxi. There is a problem in applying the payment method through a batch.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to apply a different wireless communication system according to the type of taxi, so that it is possible to perform the appropriate fare payment accordingly.

A system for paying a taxi fare using a wireless communication device for transmitting and receiving information to and from an external management server for achieving the above object, the system comprising: a taxi meter for generating payment information by performing a mileage calculation and a fare thereof; A card reader for reading information on a card provided by the passenger for fare payment; A payment terminal for transmitting the payment information and the card information to the wireless communication device; And a coupling unit integrally coupled to the payment terminal and configured to mount the wireless communication device.

According to another feature of the present invention, a taxi meter and a card reader interlocked with each other, and provides a payment terminal for paying a taxi fare using a wireless communication device. The payment terminal, the payment information receiving unit for receiving the driving distance and the corresponding payment information from the taxi meter; A card information receiving unit which receives information of a card provided by a passenger for calculating a fare from the card reader; A transmitter for transmitting the payment information and the card information to the wireless communication device; It is integrally coupled to the payment terminal, and includes a coupling unit for mounting the wireless communication device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a payment terminal and a method for paying a taxi fare using a wireless communication device interworking with the payment terminal, the payment terminal comprising: receiving a driving distance and payment information according thereto; The payment terminal receiving information of a card provided by the passenger for payment of a fare; Transmitting, by the payment terminal, the input card information and the charge information to the wireless communication device mounted in a coupling unit integrally coupled to the payment terminal; And when the wireless communication device is a portable terminal, mounts the personal portable terminal on the coupling unit, and when the wireless communication device is a CDMA module, embeds the CDMA module inside the coupling unit, thereby providing the payment information and the card information. Transmitting to the external management server through a CDMA network using the wireless communication device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention. Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a taxi fare payment system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a taxi fare payment system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention reads a taxi meter 10 that greatly calculates a mileage and a fare thereof, and information in an RF card provided by a passenger for fare payment. The card reader 20 is integrally attached to the payment terminal 30 and the payment terminal 30 to input the payment amount to send the ride fare to the management server is read through the card reader 20 or payment terminal 30 It is characterized in that it comprises a wireless communication unit 40 for transmitting and receiving, or the predetermined data such as stored charge data to and from the management server.

Here, the taxi meter 10 has the same configuration as a taxi meter commonly used in the prior art, which is a micom 11, rotation detection unit 12, time counting unit 13, button input unit as shown 14, the display part 15, the free vehicle indicator 16, the data memory 17, and the program memory 18 are comprised.

This is provided in order to maintain the same method as in the case of using the cash to pay the taxi fare, and to use the program that is already used for the taxi fare calculation as it is.

Here, the microcomputer 11 controls the operation of each component according to the button input of the button input unit 14. For example, when the taxi driver presses the empty vehicle button, the empty vehicle indicator 16 is turned on, and when the passenger rides and starts driving, the taxi driver presses the driving button, wherein the micom 11 rotates the sensing unit. The fee is calculated according to the program stored in the program memory 18 on the basis of the signal input from (12) and the signal input to the time counting unit 13, and the calculated fee is displayed on the display unit 15. Then upon arrival at the destination, the taxi driver will collect the fare shown on the display from the passenger. However, this is a payment flow when the existing taxi fare is paid in cash.

However, in the present invention, a program for performing a card payment processing of a taxi fare is stored in the program memory 18, which may be configured to be executed through a payment button separately provided in the button input unit 14. .

In addition, the button for payment of the card, without installing a separate payment button, any one of the existing empty car, driving, premium, payment, etc. buttons, one of these buttons by pressing or holding the card by a method such as long press It is also possible to start the payment process.

In the meantime, the passenger tags the credit card or wireless terminal (hereinafter, collectively referred to as 'card') having a traffic card or a traffic card function in the card reader 20 to make a payment.

Here, the card is the same as the transportation card used in the conventional subway and public bus. Therefore, since the configuration in the card and the signal processing procedure in the card and the like are already known, the description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the card may be divided into a prepaid transportation card (hereinafter referred to as a prepaid card) and a postpaid credit card (postpaid card), the present invention is different from the payment method when the card is a prepaid card and a postpaid card. This feature will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The card reader 20 provided in the taxi fare payment device according to the present invention comprises an RF card reader 22 for reading the identification code of the card, and a microcomputer 21 for processing the card payment. do.

In addition, in the card reader 20, a memory 26 storing a program for driving the program and predetermined information of a card input through the card reader unit, and a connection unit 25 for interworking with the payment terminal 30. ) Is further included.

Meanwhile, when the taxi arrives at the destination, the amount displayed on the taxi meter 10 is input to the payment terminal 30, and the wireless communication unit 40 receiving the information input from the payment terminal 30 displays information about the displayed payment amount. Will be sent to the management server.

 The payment terminal 30 is comprised of the receipt output part 31, the MS card reader part 33, the memory 35, the display part 37, the keypad 38, and the connection part 39. As shown in FIG.

First, the receipt output unit 31 prints and outputs a taxi fare receipt and the like, and the MS card reader unit 33 makes a payment by drawing a magnetic line when the card to be paid is an MS card with a magnetic line attached thereto. To help. Accordingly, in the case of a passenger having an MS card having an RF function, the card reader 20 may approach the card to make a payment, or may make a payment by drawing a card on the payment terminal 30.

On the other hand, if the taxi driver has additional costs in addition to the payment amount shown on the taxi meter 10, or charges a separate fee, if the taxi driver inputs the amount to be paid using the keypad 38, the display unit 37 is made of LCD. ), The input amount is displayed and the displayed payment information is transmitted through the wireless communication unit 40.

For example, when passing through a toll gate or using a voice service while driving, the taxi driver inputs an amount to be charged by adding an additional cost to the payment amount displayed on the taxi meter 10.

In addition, the payment terminal 30 includes a memory 35 that stores a program for driving the program, a taxi meter 10, and predetermined information of a card input through the card reader 20. In addition, the connection unit 39 inputs / outputs payment information by interworking with the card reader 20 and the personal portable terminal.

The wireless communication unit 40 integrally attached to the payment terminal 30 is composed of a wireless communication device 41 including a mobile phone and a CDMA module and a cradle 42 fixing the same. At this time, the holder 42 has a built-in CDMA module or fixes a personal portable terminal to the outside depending on the type of taxi.

The wireless communication unit 40 integrally attached to the payment terminal 30 may read predetermined data stored in the card reader 20 or the payment terminal 30 or read through the card reader 20 or the payment terminal 30. It sends and receives with the management server. Here, the management server may be a traffic card management server that manages data stored in the traffic card, and may be a mobile communication company server, a credit card company server and the like in some cases.

At this time, the wireless communication device 41 is determined depending on the type of taxi driving, the type and the method of being installed. If the taxi driving is a personal taxi, the personal portable terminal is coupled to the holder 42 integrally attached to the payment terminal 30 to transmit and receive predetermined data stored in the card reader 30 with the management server. In this case, a personal portable terminal may be a wireless terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA connected hands-free in a vehicle, which transmits and receives data to and from the management server through a CDMA network.

In the case of a private taxi, since a taxi driver exclusively operates a taxi, all the fare information regarding the payment amount is transmitted and received to the management server using the taxi driver's own personal mobile terminal. In addition, the communication fee for using the personal portable terminal is borne by the individual taxi driver. In this case, when the CDMA module is built in the cradle 42, communication charges are added not only through the CDMA module but also through a personal portable terminal, and thus, a predetermined number is determined through a personal portable terminal coupled to the cradle 42 having no CDMA module built therein. Data is sent and received from the management server.

In addition, the charging terminal of the personal portable terminal may be connected to the connection portion 39 of the payment terminal 30 to charge the personal portable terminal while driving.

On the other hand, in the case of a corporate taxi belonging to a taxi company, a built-in CDMA module in the cradle 42 transmits the taxi fare payment information to the management server.

That is, since several taxi drivers operate one taxi in turn, when a fare information regarding a payment amount is transmitted and received to each personal portable terminal, a communication fee is charged to the taxi driver individual.

Accordingly, by continuously embedding the CDMA module in the holder 42 instead of the personal portable terminal, even if a plurality of taxi drivers drive alternately, the taxi company can pay the communication costs collectively.

Therefore, in the case of a corporate taxi, the CDMA module is built into the cradle 42 of the wireless communication unit 40, so that many taxi drivers use one wireless communication device, so that the communication charges are collectively at the taxi company. Please bear it.

In addition, the payment terminal 30 may be linked with the navigation 50 to receive location information or traffic information from time to time.

In addition, although not shown in Figure 1, the taxi fare payment system may be further provided with a card charger, in the case of a customer who wants to pay the taxi fare using a prepaid transportation card through this prepaid transportation card owned by It is possible to charge through the card charger provided in the taxi.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system to which the taxi fare payment system shown in FIG. 1 is applied.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless communication system includes a personal taxi 100 equipped with a personal portable terminal 110, a corporate taxi 200 equipped with a CDMA module 210, a mobile carrier base station 300, a mobile carrier ( 400, a traffic card management server 500, and a credit card management server 600.

At this time. In the case of the present invention, the payment method is different depending on the case of the prepaid card and the post card of the taxi fare.

First, the personal taxi 100 will be described first. If the card to be paid is a prepaid card, when the passenger arrives at the destination and approaches the card to the card reader 200, the personal portable terminal 110 transmits information such as a fare according to taxi driving through the CDMA network to the mobile communication company base station. The mobile terminal 400 transmits the data to the mobile communication company 400 via the 300. Meanwhile, although not shown in FIG. 2, the personal portable terminal 110 transmits information such as a fee to the mobile communication company 400 or the traffic card management server 500 as well as the mobile communication company base station 300. Can be saved. Therefore, the passenger who paid the prepaid card can pay within the remaining amount after deducting by this payment, the next time the taxi.

On the other hand, if the payment card is a post-paid card, the pre-paid request for the post-paid card held by the passenger prior to driving when riding.

That is, in order to check the availability of the postpaid card possessed by the passenger, when the postpaid card approaches the card reader 20 before driving, the personal portable terminal 110 may be a mobile carrier base station 300 or a mobile carrier ( 400) and the traffic card management server 500 requests the approval to the credit card management server 600. The credit card management server 600 transmits the availability again to the personal portable terminal 110 through the traffic card management server 500, the mobile carrier 400, and the mobile carrier base station 300.

When arriving at the destination, as in the case of the prepaid card, the personal portable terminal 110 transmits the information such as the fare according to the taxi driving through the CDMA network through the mobile communication company base station 300 and the mobile communication company 400. It is transmitted to the card management server 500 and stored in the database. At this time, the passenger's card fee payment details are necessarily transmitted to the traffic card management server 500 every time the payment is made, the communication cost burden becomes large. Therefore, when a predetermined number of payments accumulate regardless of a prepaid card or a postpaid card, the card can be transmitted to the traffic card management server 500 at a time, thereby reducing communication costs.

Meanwhile, in the case of the corporate taxi 200, the fare payment system of the taxi is the same except that the CDMA module 210 is used instead of the personal portable terminal 110, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the taxi fare payment system described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a view showing a taxi fare payment method applying the taxi fare payment system shown in FIG.

First, when a passenger starts driving by riding in a taxi, the taxi driver operates the taxi meter 10 to press the driving button of the button input unit 14 provided in the taxi meter 10, which is provided in the taxi meter. The microcomputer 11 stores the driving start time in the data memory 17, and calculates the fare based on the data transmitted from the rotation detecting unit 12 and the time counting unit 13 while driving to calculate the fare and the mileage. The display unit 15 displays the display (S5).

Here, it is determined whether the passenger's card payment means is a postpaid card (S10), and if the taxi fare payment method is a postpaid card such as a credit card, a pre-authorization request for the postpaid card held by the customer prior to driving when the passenger rides. Perform (S20).

The pre-approval request can be made by recognizing the postpaid card held by the passenger in the RF card reader unit 22 or the MS card reader unit 33 provided in the taxi, and the wireless communication unit 40 stores the card information of the recognized passenger. By transmitting to the credit card management server 600 it is confirmed in advance about the availability of the deferred card (S30).

This is to overcome the problem that if the card payment is performed after the driving is completed, if it turns out to be an unusable card, the payment will be interrupted.

In other words, by receiving a pre-approval procedure on whether the card can be used at the beginning of the first driving, the payment can be made more clearly and easily.

However, it is not necessary to stop the taxi operation until the time when the pre-approval request is received before the pre-approval result, and if the card pre-approval request is received through the wireless communication unit 400 before the start of driving, the driving may start, and the approval result is You can tell the passengers while driving. In particular, when a passenger rides in a shaded area where wireless communication is not properly performed, if the taxi leaves the shaded area while driving, the approval result may be transmitted.

Next, upon arrival at the destination (S40), the microcomputer 11 provided in the taxi meter 10 stores the driving end time, the traveling distance, and the calculated fare in the data memory 17 according to the button input of the taxi driver. (S50).

Next, when the taxi driver presses the payment button for payment to the card, the microcomputer 11 detects this and pays the driving start time, driving end time, driving distance and the calculated taxi fare temporarily stored in the data memory 17. Transmission to the terminal 30 (S60).

Next, the payment terminal 30 recognizes the taxi fare from the data transmitted from the taxi meter 10 as the payment amount, the passenger closes the card held by the RF card reader unit 22 or the MS card reader It draws on the part 33.

In this case, the payment terminal 30 recognizes the identification code of the postpaid card read through the RF card reader 22 or the MS card reader 33, and manages the credit card through the wireless communication unit 40, that is, credit card management. The server 600 transmits the data (S70).

The credit card management server 600 receives payment information and performs payment processing (S80). However, this is possible if the card is confirmed through the pre-approval request process described above, otherwise the payment by the postpaid card is not made.

Next, when the approval of the card payment is completed, the payment terminal 30 displays the displayed taxi fare and driving start time, driving end time and driving distance on the receipt output through the receipt output unit 31 and outputs it ( S90).

Next, when the passenger pays the taxi fare by prepaid card or cash, the passenger does not necessarily have to go through the pre-approval request (S20) and approval confirmation (S30) at the time of boarding, unlike the postpaid card.

First, upon arrival at the destination (S100), like the postpaid card, the microcomputer 11 provided in the taxi meter 10 displays the driving end time, the mileage, and the calculated fare according to the button input of the taxi driver. Store in (S110).

Next, when the taxi driver presses the payment button, the microcomputer 11 detects this and temporarily transfers the driving start time, driving end time, driving distance and the calculated taxi fare to the payment terminal 30 to the data memory 17. It transmits (S120).

Next, the payment terminal 30 recognizes the taxi fare among the data transmitted from the taxi meter 10 as the payment amount, and the passenger recognizes the card he holds in the RF card reader unit 22 or the MS card reader unit 33. ).

Here, in the case of a prepaid card, payment is immediately performed by the payment terminal 30 (S130), and the amount of the payment amount is deducted from the amount stored in the prepaid card (S140), and at the same time the information on the payment amount is Through the wireless communication device 41 that is integrally coupled to the payment terminal 30 is transmitted to the traffic card management server 500, that is, the Korean smart card computer server, for example, is stored in the database (S150).

At this time, the payment information of the passenger using the prepaid card during the taxi operation is temporarily stored in the memory 35 provided in the payment terminal 30, and the payment information of the passenger using the postpaid card is later stored in the traffic card management server. It can be implemented to be sent together when it is sent.

The receipt including the payment amount information is output through the receipt output unit 31 provided in the payment terminal 30 (S90).

In addition, as described above, when the card charger is further provided in the taxi fare payment system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a customer who wants to pay the taxi fare using the prepaid card, that is, the prepaid transportation card, through the card charger is provided. The prepaid transportation card he holds may be charged through a card charger provided in the taxi.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, the corporate taxi is shown as using the CDMA module 210, but other wireless communication modules capable of wireless communication other than private ownership are possible.

Taxi fare payment method of the present invention as described above may be implemented as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD room, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, flash memory, etc.) In the present invention, the payment terminal 30 may be stored in the memory 35.

In addition, if the operating program is downloaded to the memory 35 of the payment terminal 30, the personal portable terminal 110 and the CDMA module 210 coupled to the holder 42 may be used interchangeably.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

As described above, according to the present invention, the card used for payment of the subway and public bus fares can be applied to the taxi as it is, so that the taxi can be used more conveniently.

In addition, by taking a different wireless communication device according to the type of taxi, it is possible to perform a more suitable fare payment method.

Claims (12)

In the system for paying a taxi fare using a wireless communication device for transmitting and receiving information with an external management server, A taxi meter configured to generate a settlement information by performing a mileage calculation and a fare thereof; A card reader for reading information on a card provided by the passenger for fare payment; A payment terminal for transmitting the payment information and the card information to the wireless communication device; And Taxi fare payment system integrally coupled to the payment terminal, comprising a coupling unit for mounting the wireless communication device. The method of claim 1, The coupling part, And mounting the personal digital assistant in the coupling unit when the wireless communication device is a personal portable terminal, and embedding the CDMA module in the coupling unit when the wireless communication device is a CDMA module. The method of claim 2, The wireless communication device, Taxi fare payment system for transmitting and receiving the card information and the payment information transmitted from the payment terminal with the external management server through a CDMA network. The method of claim 1, The card reader, A card reader unit for reading the identification code of the card; And Taxi fare payment system including a microcomputer to perform a fare payment processing through the card. The method of claim 1, The payment terminal, A receipt output unit for printing and printing a receipt; A card reader unit for reading the identification code of the card; A memory for storing the card information and payment information; A keypad for directly inputting a taxi fare to be paid by the passenger; And Taxi fare payment system including a display unit for displaying the fare to be paid by the passenger. The method of claim 5, The card is one of the prepaid transportation card, postpaid credit card, the prepaid transportation card or postpaid credit card function of the wireless terminal equipped with a taxi payment system. The method of claim 6, Taxi payment system consisting of an additional card charger for prepaid transportation card. The method of claim 5, The taxi payment system further includes a navigation for transmitting the location information in conjunction with the taxi payment terminal. In the payment terminal interlocked with the taxi meter and the card reader, and to pay the taxi fare using a wireless communication device, A payment information receiver configured to receive a driving distance and corresponding payment information from the taxi meter; A card information receiving unit which receives information of a card provided by a passenger for calculating a fare from the card reader; A transmitter for transmitting the payment information and the card information to the wireless communication device; It is integrally coupled to the payment terminal, the payment terminal comprising a coupling unit for mounting the wireless communication device. The method of claim 9, The coupling part, And mounting the CDMA module inside the coupling unit when the wireless communication device is a personal portable terminal, and placing the personal portable terminal on the payment terminal in the coupling unit, and when the wireless communication device is a CDMA module. The method of claim 9, The payment terminal, A receipt output unit for printing and printing a receipt; A keypad for directly inputting a taxi fare to be paid by the passenger; And The payment terminal further comprises a display unit for displaying the fee to be paid by the passenger. In the method of paying a taxi fare using a payment terminal and a wireless communication device interlocked with the payment terminal, Receiving, by the payment terminal, a driving distance and corresponding payment information; The payment terminal receiving information of a card provided by the passenger for payment of a fare; Transmitting, by the payment terminal, the input card information and the charge information to the wireless communication device mounted in a coupling unit integrally coupled to the payment terminal; And When the wireless communication device is a portable terminal, the personal portable terminal is mounted on the coupling unit. When the wireless communication device is a CDMA module, the CDMA module is embedded inside the coupling unit to provide the payment information and the card information. And transmitting to an external management server through a CDMA network using the wireless communication device.

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