JP3189939B2 - Taxi operation information collection method and taxi operation information collection device interface device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of collecting taxi operation information by an operation information collecting device in response to switching of the tariff state of a taxi meter, and more particularly to collecting data of passengers getting on and off. The present invention relates to a suitable taxi vehicle operation information collecting method and an interface device suitable for carrying out the method and connected to both a taxi meter and an operation information collecting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a taxi, an operation daily report which has been created by handwriting of a crew until now is converted into index data of a taxi meter and passengers getting on and off a storage medium such as an IC card which changes during traveling. By making it possible to automatically create the information by writing the place or the like, the accuracy of the contents is improved and the burden on the crew is reduced. As one of the conventional operation information collecting devices for recording such various operation information generated by a taxi on a storage medium such as an IC card on the spot, a wireless taxi disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-135243 is disclosed. There is an operation information collection device.

In this operation information collecting apparatus, as shown in a block diagram of FIG. 13, the taxi meter 31 enters a business tariff state when a passenger gets on board, and a wind sign signal for driving a wind sign is a business signal indicating the business tariff state. When it becomes X (see FIG. 14) and is input to the operation management device 33, the GPS receiving device 35 is activated by a command from the operation management device 33. Then, the GPS receiver 35 calculates the position coordinates of the current position based on the radio wave received from the GPS satellite, and further refers to the district code number table based on the data of the position coordinates, for example. The code number of the current location is determined, and this code number is input to the operation management device 33 as information on the boarding place of the passenger, and further recorded on a storage medium (not shown) such as an IC card by the external recording device 37. You. And then,
When the passenger gets off, the taxi meter 31 enters an empty tariff state, and the wind sign signal becomes an empty signal Y (see FIG. 14) indicating the empty tariff state, and the operation management device 3
3 is input to the GPS receiver 35 as described above.
, The position coordinate data of the current location and the corresponding code number are sequentially calculated, and this code number is input to the operation management device 33 as information of the passenger's drop-off location. Is recorded on the storage medium.

Accordingly, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-135243 is disclosed.
According to the operation information collecting device of the publication, as shown in the timing chart of FIG. 14, after the previous business (area C1) is completed and the taxi meter 31 shifts from the business tariff state to the empty vehicle tariff state, While the wind sign signal is the empty signal Y from the start of business (area C3) until the taxi meter 31 shifts from the empty vehicle tariff state to the business tariff state, the drop-off location data relating to the previous business operation is managed. Collected in the device 33. Specifically, from the rising of the empty signal Y to the elapse of the time interval H1 required for collecting the drop-off location data, the drop-off location data relating to the previous business is recorded in the storage medium (not shown). From the rise of the signal X, the collection of the boarding place data related to the current business and the recording on the storage medium are started.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional operation information collecting apparatus, the next passenger gets on a taxi vehicle immediately after the previous passenger gets off, and shifts to the empty tariff state associated with the previous business. When the taxi meter 31 shifts from the empty vehicle tariff state to the business tariff state again almost immediately after the start, as shown in the timing chart of FIG.
The time interval H3 of the empty signal Y that has risen after the end of the previous business is shorter than the time interval H1 required for collecting the alighting place data shown in FIG. Therefore, in this case, before collecting the drop-off place data at the time of the previous business and recording the data in the storage medium, the wind sign signal is set to the empty signal Y.
To the business signal X, and the operation management device 33 switches to the collecting and recording state of the boarding place data relating to the current business. In such a case, there is a problem in that data that is necessary but not recorded is generated in the drop-off location data recorded on the storage medium. The above-described problem may occur not only when the data such as the code number of the place of getting on and off is automatically obtained from the GPS receiving device 35 but also when manual input setting is performed by a crew member or the like. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
A first object of the present invention is to link a taxi meter tariff state between an empty tariff and a business tariff with an index based on a radio wave received from a GPS satellite or to manually set an input. Taxi operation information that can reliably collect the information of getting on and off places even if the taxi meter tariff status is switched at short time intervals when collecting data such as the position of the getting on and off place in the operation information collection device It is to provide a collection method.
A second object of the present invention is to provide an interface device suitable for use in carrying out the above-described taxi operation information collecting method and connected to both a taxi meter and an operation information collection device. .

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for collecting taxi operation information according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein a taxi meter tariff is switched with a passenger getting on and off. Accordingly, when collecting the passenger's getting on and off place data in the operation information collecting device, the time interval between two successive switching of the tariff state of the taxi meter changes the getting on and off place data to the operating information collecting device. when less than the required time required for the collection, the first Tari of
Collecting the boarding information at the time of switching
Prohibit the output of the signal to command collection to the device,
Status is switched for the second time,
When the collection to the information collection device is completed, the first
The operation information of the getting on / off place data at the time of switching the riff state
The signal for instructing collection to the information device is output again .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a tariff state signal output from the taxi meter and having a content that changes in accordance with the switching of the tariff state is taken into the interface device, and the content of the tariff state signal is changed. Is detected by the interface device, and in response to detecting a change in the content of the tariff state signal, a tariff notification signal for notifying the switching of the tariff state is output from the interface device, and the content of the tariff notification signal is output. In accordance with the change, the collection of the getting on and off place data in the operation information collecting device is started, and when the time interval between two successive changes in the content of the tariff state signal is less than the required time, The notification interval of the corresponding signal portion of the tariff notification signal for notifying two consecutive content changes of the tariff state signal is the required interval. To reach in between the other of the said tariff notification signal a time interval for informing either one of two consecutive contents change in the tariff status signal, two successive contents change in the tariff status signal was Unishi by you adjusted to more than the time required to notify the.

Further, in order to achieve the second object, an interface device for a taxi operation information collecting device according to the present invention according to a third aspect of the present invention, as shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. A tariff state that is connected to an operation information collection device 2 that collects data from the on-and-off land data collection means A and records the data on a storage medium, and that is output by the taxi meter 1 to notify the empty taxi state and the business tariff state of the taxi meter 1. An interface device for outputting, to the operation information collection device, a command signal for instructing start of collection of the landing data from the landing data collection means in response to a signal; A data collection state discriminating means 4A for discriminating whether or not the getting on and off place data is collected from the getting on and off place data collecting means A; A command for prohibiting the output of the command signal to the operation information collection device 2 while the data collection state determination means 4A determines that the boarding / alighting land data from the ground data collection means A is being collected. Signal output inhibiting means 4B.

[0010] In the present invention, the business tariff state may include:
The command signal includes a payment tariff state that shifts before switching to the empty car tariff state, and the command signal includes a time when the car is switched from the empty car tariff state to the business tariff state, and the above-mentioned empty car tariff state from the payment tariff state. Output at the time of switching to. Further, the present invention relates to the data collection state discrimination when the command signal whose output is prohibited by the command signal output prohibiting means 4B is not collected from the getting on / off land data collecting means A. Command signal re-outputting means 4C for outputting to the operation information collecting device 2 at the time when the means 4A determines later
Was further provided.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a time interval between two successive switchings of the tariff state of the taxi meter accompanying the getting on and off of the passenger is necessary for collecting the getting on and off place data into the operation information collecting device. when not such less than the Do the required time, the first time
The landing data at the time of switching the tariff status of the
Prohibits the output of the signal to command collection to the
The tariff state is switched for the second time, and
Once collection to the operation information collection device is completed,
Of the landing data at the time of eye tariff switching
Re-output the signal instructing collection to the operation information device
In, getting on and off the start timing of when to collect the passengers getting on and off site data to the service information collection device, and Shifts with respect to the timing of switching the tariff status of the taxi meter, according to two times the switching of the successive tariff state Ensure that the time interval between the start of the continuous collection of land data by the operation information collection device is equal to or longer than the required time required for the collection of the landing information to be collected by the operation information collection device. Can be collected by the operation information collection device.

In order to shift the start timing of collecting the passenger's getting on and off place data in the operation information collecting device with respect to the timing of switching the tariff state of the taxi meter, for example, the present invention according to claim 2 of the present invention can be used. As described above, the tariff state signal output by the taxi meter is taken into the interface device, and a change in the content of the tariff state signal according to the switching of the tariff state is detected by the interface device. the notification interval switching of tariff state by tariff notification signal to be outputted from, and adjusted to more than the required time, the passenger
To collect the boarding and disembarkation data for the operation information collection device
The timing may be shifted.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the data collection state discriminating means 4A discriminates that the getting on and off land data is being collected from the getting on and off place data collecting means A to the operation information collecting device 2. During the operation, the command signal output prohibiting means 4B prohibits the output of the command signal to the operation information collection device 2 in accordance with the output of the tariff state signal for reporting the empty vehicle tariff state and the business tariff state from the taxi meter 1. Corresponding to two successive outputs of the tariff state signal,
The time interval between the start of two consecutive collections of the getting on and off land data from the getting on and off place data collecting means A to the operation information collecting device 2 is secured more than the time required for collecting the getting on and off land data to the operating information collecting device 2. In addition, it is possible to reliably collect the boarding / alighting place data in the operation information collecting device 2 without omission.

The command signal output inhibiting means 4B inhibits the output of the command signal to the operation information collecting device 2 during the collection of the landing information from the getting on / off data collecting unit A to the operation information collecting device 2. For example, when the taxi meter 1 shifts to the empty tariff state after temporarily shifting to the payment tariff state while the taxi meter 1 is in the business tariff state, the operation information collecting device 2 is Then, a command signal is output, and the time interval between the start of two successive collections of the getting on and off land data from the getting on and off land data collecting means A to the operation information collecting device 2 may be extended in a direction going back in time. The command signal output inhibiting means 4
The command signal, the output of which has been prohibited by B, is re-established based on the result of the data collection state discriminating means 4A at the time when the data of the boarding and disembarking point is collected from the boarding and disembarking point data collecting means A. Operation information collection device 2 by output means 4C
May be output.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a taxi vehicle operation information collecting method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings together with an interface device. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a taxi vehicle operation information collecting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a taxi meter, 2 denotes a time-series information collecting device, 3 denotes a GPS receiving device, Is an interface device (hereinafter abbreviated as I / F device) interposed between the time-series information collecting device 2 and the GPS receiving device 3; 5, a handy terminal; 6, a magnetic card reader / writer;
Indicates a receipt issuing device, respectively.

As shown in the front view of FIG. 3, the taxi meter 1 has a charge display section 103 on its front face 101,
Five buttons 10 for an empty car tariff, a real car tariff, a high-speed tariff, a payment tariff, and a pick-up tariff for setting a tariff state
5 to 113, an index button 115 for displaying an index, and the like.

The fare display section 103 comprises a main display area 103a for displaying a fare and a sub-display area 103b for displaying an index, a pick-up fare, and the like.
03a, rates index is displayed on 103b, the response to the operation of the tariff buttons 105-113 and cumulative button 115, according to pricing data stored in the taxi meter 1 inside the E ² PROM117, the E ² PROM117
Is calculated by a microcomputer (hereinafter, abbreviated as a microcomputer) 119 connected to.

The taxi meter 1 is provided with an actual vehicle tariff button 1 when a taxi vehicle (not shown) is empty.
By operating 07, the vehicle is switched from the empty vehicle tariff state to the business tariff state (automatically set to either a tariff tariff or a late-night early-morning surcharge tariff according to the operation time),
By operating the payment tariff button 111 in the business tariff state and then operating the empty car tariff button 105, the state is switched from the business tariff state to the empty car tariff state.

When the taxi meter 1 changes the tariff state from empty to business by operating the actual vehicle tariff button 107, the connector box (hereinafter abbreviated as C / N) 11 and the window shown in FIG. A sales signal is output to the I / F device 4 via the sign signal transmission line L1 as a wind sign signal for driving a wind sign, the payment tariff button 111 is operated during the sales tariff, and thereafter, the empty car tariff button 105 is operated. When the tariff state is switched from business to empty by an operation, an empty vehicle signal is output as the wind sign signal instead of the business signal on the above-described route.
Further, the taxi meter 1 outputs the index data calculated by the microcomputer 119 at the time of outputting the empty signal,
It is configured to output to the time-series information collection device 2 via the index data transmission line L3.

The GPS receiver 3 transmits radio waves from at least three or more GPS satellites (not shown) to the antenna 3.
A GPS receiving unit 31 for receiving through 3, GPS which based on the received radio waves by the GPS receiving unit 31, by indexing the latitude N _S and longitude E _S location and outputs to the I / F unit 4
And a signal processing unit 35. And the GP
The S receiving unit 31 converts the wind sign signal input from the taxi meter 1 to the I / F device 4 via the C / N 11 and the wind sign signal transmission line L1 from an empty signal to a business signal, or vice versa. Accordingly, each time a trigger signal is input from the I / F device 4 to the GPS signal processing unit 35, a radio wave from the GPS satellite is received.

The handy terminal (hereinafter abbreviated as "H / T") 5 has an input key unit 501 for inputting a code number of a passenger getting on and off as shown in a front view of FIG.
And a display unit 503 for displaying the input contents and the like, and an input key unit 501 after the input operation of the code number.
By operating the middle setting key 505, the code number of the input operation is transmitted to the I / F device 4. The H / T 5 is selectively used with the GPS receiver 3 by a switching operation of a switch (not shown). In this embodiment, the H / T 5 is connected to the H / T 5 in the present embodiment.
5 corresponds to the boarding / alighting place data collection means A.

As shown in FIG. 2, the time-series information collecting device 2 (corresponding to an operation information collecting device) includes a control box (hereinafter abbreviated as C / B) 21 and an IC card reader / writer (hereinafter, IC card). R / W) 23.

The C / B 21 is constituted by a microcomputer, for example, and is connected to the taxi meter 1 via the index data transmission line L3 for transmitting index data. Further, the C / B 21 uses the IC card information transmission line L5 as time-series information for writing the index data input from the taxi meter 1 via the index data transmission line L3 to the IC card 15 by the IC card R / W23. It is configured to output to the I / F device 4 via the I / F device 4.

Further, C / B 21 is a taxi meter 1
From the wind sign signal transmission lines L1, L9 and I /
Each time the wind sign signal input via the F device 4 is switched from an empty signal to a business signal or vice versa, the boarding / alighting location information to be written to the IC card 15 by the IC card R / W 23 is stored in the IC. Card information transmission line L
5 to the I / F device 4. Note that the boarding / alighting location information is obtained by the GPS receiver 3
The I / F device 4 is determined by receiving a radio wave from a PS satellite or by performing an input operation using the input key unit 501 of the H / T 5.
Is a code number that indicates the current location of the district, which is input through the district data transmission line L7.

The IC card R / W 23 stores index data from the taxi meter 1, the GPS receiver 3 or H
The code number from the / T5 side is the operation information transmission line L1
Each time the data is input from the I / F device 4 via the I / F 1, the information is written in the IC card 15 attached to the IC card R / W 23 as the time-series information and the information of the place of getting on and off. .

The magnetic card reader / writer (hereinafter abbreviated as “magnetic card R / W”) 6 is used for a magnetic card such as a prepaid card or a postpaid card (not shown) as the fare calculated by the taxi meter 1 is settled. It reads and writes monetary information. More specifically, it reads out the receivable amount from a magnetic card and outputs it to the time-series information collection device 2, and collects the fare and time-series information input from the taxi meter 1. The apparatus 2 is configured to write the balance calculated by subtracting the fare from the receivable amount on a magnetic card. The magnetic card R / W6 is
Ride determined by reception of radio waves from GPS satellites by the GPS receiver 3 or input operation by the input key unit 501 of the H / T 5 and input via the I / F device 4 and the time-series information collection device 2 It is configured to write the code numbers of the ground and the drop-off place on the magnetic card as needed.

The receipt issuing device 7 calculates the fare calculated by the taxi meter 1 input from the C / B 21 as shown in FIG.
As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 2, printing is performed by an internal printer mechanism (not shown) on a roll-shaped receipt paper 9 stored in a storage section 703 at the upper part of the housing 701, and if necessary, Information indicating the place of getting on and off such as a code number is printed. Then, the receipt issuing device 7 feeds the printed receipt paper 9 inside the housing 701 and sends the printed receipt paper 9 to the discharge port 707 formed below the front surface 705 of the housing 701.
From the housing 701. In the figure, reference numeral 709 denotes a cutter for cutting the receipt paper 9 discharged from the paper discharge port 707, 711 denotes a print switch operated when a receipt is issued, and 713 denotes a paper feed feed switch.

The I / F device 4 comprises, for example, a microcomputer (hereinafter abbreviated as a microcomputer).
U (Central Processing Unit) 4a
, RAM (Random Access Memory) 4b, and ROM
(Read-Only Memory) 4c.

The wind sign signal transmission line L1 from the taxi meter 1 is connected to the CPU 4a.
The receiving device 3 and the H / T 5 are connected respectively. The CPU 4a includes an IC card information transmission line L5 for inputting index data output from the taxi meter 1 to the time-series information collection device 2 via the index data transmission line L3, and a GPS satellite by the GPS receiving device 3. Reception of radio waves from the PC or input key section 501 of H / T5
The area code transmission line L7 for outputting the code number of the current location (get on and off) determined by the input operation by the user to the time-series information collection device 2, and the wind sign signal from the taxi meter 1 to the time-series information collection device 2 , And are connected by three lines of a wind sign signal transmission line L9.

As shown in the memory area map of FIG. 6, the RAM 4b has a data area for storing various data and a work area used for various processing operations. , And both areas of an empty signal transmission waiting flag are provided. The R
The OM4c, from the present location of the latitude N _S and longitude E _S which indexing by the GPS receiver 3, and the code number retrieval table for searching the code number area (street) corresponding to the latitude N _S and longitude E _S And a control program for causing the CPU 4a to perform various processing operations.

Next, the taxi meter 1, which is executed by the CPU 4a in accordance with the control program stored in the ROM 4c,
Time series information collection device 2, GPS reception device 3, and H
The processing related to the information transmission between the / T5 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

When power is supplied by connection to a battery (not shown) and the microcomputer 4 is started, as shown in the flow chart of the main routine in FIG.
Both the flags Fa and Fb of the AM4b drop-off location data writing flag area and the empty signal transmission wait flag are set to "0".
After performing the initial setting to reset to (step S1),
The wind sign signal input / output processing (step S3), the landing data input / output processing (step S5), and the write data input / output processing (step S7) are sequentially repeated.

In the wind sign signal input / output processing of step S3, as shown in the flowchart of the subroutine of FIG.
It is determined whether or not b is “0” (step S30)
1). If the flag Fb is not “0” (step S3
01 and N), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fa of the getting-off location data writing flag area is "0" (step S30).
3) If the flag Fa is not "0" (step S3)
If the flag Fa is "0" (Y in step S303), the flag Fb in the empty signal transmission waiting flag area is set to "0" (step S305), and then the main routine is started. Return to routine.

If the flag Fb is "0" in step S301, it is determined whether or not the wind sign signal from the taxi meter 1 has been switched via the wind sign signal transmission line L1 and the C / N 11. After confirmation (step S307), if there is no switch (N in step S307), the process returns to the main routine. If there is a switch (Y in step S307), GP
After outputting the trigger signal to the S receiving device 3 (step S309), it is confirmed whether or not the switched wind sign signal is a business signal (step S311).

If the switched wind sign signal is a business signal (Y in step S311), the process proceeds to step S317, which will be described later. If the signal is not a business signal (N in step S311), the getting-off location data is being written. It is determined whether or not the flag Fa in the flag area is “0” (step S313). If the flag Fa is not "0" (N in step S313), the flag Fb in the empty signal transmission waiting flag area is set to "1" (step S31).
5) Returning to the main routine, if the flag Fa is “0” (Y in step S313), step S317
Proceed to. In step S317, the wind sign signal transmission line L9 is set online, and then the input wind sign signal is sent to the C / B 21 as it is (step S319), and the process returns to the main routine.

[0036] In passenger destination data input and output processing of the step S5, as shown in the flowchart of the subroutine of FIG. 9, check whether there is an input of the current location of the latitude N _S and longitude E _S from the GPS receiver 3 (Step S50)
1) If there is an input (Y in step S501), R
Searching the code number retrieval table of OM4c, after conversion to the code number of the corresponding current position latitude N _S and longitude E _S inputted thereto (step S503), the process proceeds to step S507. Also, in step S501, G
If there is no input location latitude N _S and longitude E _S from PS receiving device 3 (N) checks whether there is an input of landing locations code number from H / T5 (step S50
5) If there is no input (N in step S505), the process returns to the main routine, and if there is an input (step S5).
05, Y), and the process proceeds to step S507.

In step S507, the wind sign signal transmission line L9 is turned off-line and the district code transmission line L7 is turned on-line. Next, the current district is indicated to the C / B 21 via this district code transmission line L7. After transmitting the code number (step S50)
9) Return to the main routine.

In the write data input / output processing in step S7, as shown in the flowchart of the subroutine in FIG. 10, it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fa in the flag area for writing in the getting-off place data is "0" (step S7). S701),
If it is not “0” (N in step S701), the process proceeds to step S709 described below. If it is “0” (Y in step S701), the code number from the GPS receiver 3 or the H / T5 is It is confirmed whether or not an input has been made via the code transmission line L7 (step S70).
3). If there is no code number input (step S70
If the code number has been input (Y in step S703), the flag Fa in the flag area for writing in the getting-off location data is set to "1" (step S705). Next, after the IC card information transmission line L5 is turned online and the district code transmission line L7 and the wind sign signal transmission line L9 are turned off (step S707), step S709 is performed.
Proceed to.

In step S709, the taxi meter 1
Data from the GPS receiver 3 or H / T5
Side, that is, the data to be written to the IC card 15 is transmitted to the IC card R / W23 via the operation information transmission line L11, and then all the data to be written to the IC card 15 is transmitted to the IC card R / W23. (Step S711). IC card 1
If not all data to be written to the IC card 5 has been sent to the IC card R / W 23 (N in step S711),
Returning to the main routine, if the transmission has been completed (Y in step S711), the flag Fa in the flag area for getting off place data is set to "1" (step S711).
713), and return to the main routine.

As is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, the data collection state determining means 4A in the claims is provided with:
The command signal output inhibiting means 4 includes steps S703 and S711 in the flowchart of FIG.
B is composed of steps S303 and S313 in the flowchart of FIG.
C represents steps S301 to S305 in FIG.
And step S319. In this embodiment, the wind sign signal transmission lines L1 and C /
The wind sign signal transmitted from the taxi meter 1 to the I / F device 4 via N11 corresponds to a tariff state signal in the claims, and the C / C signal from the I / F device 4 via the wind sign signal transmission line L9. The wind sign signal transmitted to B21 corresponds to the tariff notification signal and the command signal in the claims.

Next, the operation (operation) of the I / F device 4 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the timing charts of FIGS. In FIGS. 11 and 12, the same signal portions as those in the timing charts of FIGS. 14 and 15 will be described with the same reference numerals as those used in these drawings.

First, as the passenger gets on the vehicle, the crew operates the actual vehicle tariff button 107 to shift the taxi meter 1 from the empty tariff state to the business tariff state, whereby the wind sign signal input from the taxi meter 1 is obtained. However, as shown at the time point T1 in the timing chart of FIG. 11, when the empty signal Y changes to the business signal X, when the switch (not shown) is switched to the GPS receiver 3 side, It said trigger signal is output to the GPS receiver 3, in response to which the GPS receiver 3 latitude N _S and longitude E _S for the current location output is input indexing.

[0043] Then, the latitude N _S and longitude E _S is, R
By searching the code number search table of the OM 4c, it is converted to the corresponding current position code number. On the other hand, when the changeover switch is set to the H / T5 side, a code number corresponding to the current position input by operating the input key unit 501 of the H / T5 is input. The code number thus input is output to C / B 21.

When the wind sign signal input from the taxi meter 1 changes from the empty signal Y to the business signal X, the wind sign signal output to the C / B 21 changes from the empty signal Y to the business signal X. In response to the above, the previously output code number is returned and input from the C / B 21, and the input code number is stored in the IC card R.
/ W23. Therefore, when the taxi meter 1 shifts from the empty tariff state to the business tariff state, the IC
The card R / W 23 writes the code number into the IC card 15 as the boarding place data.

Next, upon arrival at the destination, the crew operates the payment tariff button 111 to shift the taxi meter 1 from the renting or the late night and early morning extra tariff to the payment tariff, and the collection of the fare ends. As the passenger gets off, the crew operates the empty tariff button 105 to shift the taxi meter 1 from the payment tariff to the business tariff state, whereby the wind sign signal input from the taxi meter 1 T in the timing chart of 11
As shown at time 3, when the sales signal X changes to the empty signal Y, the following operation is performed. That is, when the switch (not shown) is switched to the GPS receiver 3, the trigger signal is output to the GPS receiver 3, and in response to this, the GPS receiver 3 determines and outputs the current position. latitude N _S and longitude E _S is input.

[0046] Then, the latitude N _S and longitude E _S is, R
By searching the code number search table of the OM 4c, it is converted to the corresponding current position code number. On the other hand, when the changeover switch is set to the H / T5 side, a code number corresponding to the current position input by operating the input key unit 501 of the H / T5 is input. The code number thus input is output to C / B 21.

When the wind sign signal input from the taxi meter 1 changes from the business signal X to the empty signal Y, the wind sign signal output to the C / B 21 also changes from the business signal X to the empty signal Y at the same timing. change,
In response to this, the previously output code number is returned and input from the C / B 21, and the index data input to the C / B 21 from the taxi meter 1 is input, and the input code number is input. And the index data are output to the IC card R / W23. Therefore, taxi meter 1
At the time of transition from the business tariff state to the empty car tariff state,
The code number is set to IC by the IC card R / W23.
The data is written to the card 15 as drop-off location data.

Subsequently, as the next passenger gets on the vehicle, the crew operates the actual vehicle tariff button 107 and the taxi meter 1
From the empty tariff state to the business tariff state again,
Thereby, the wind sign signal input from the taxi meter 1 is transmitted to the IC card R / W23 of the code number and the index data, which started from the time T3 when the previous wind sign signal changed from the business signal X to the empty signal Y. Is completed, and the empty signal Y at a time point indicated by T5 in the timing chart of FIG.
, The following operation is performed. That is, at the time T5, since the IC card reader R / W23 has not yet completed writing of the data of the previous passenger's drop-off location to the IC card 15 as shown in FIG. , The wind signal is output as the business signal X, and the IC card R /
Output to W23, and thus IC such as the alighting place data
At the time T7 when the writing to the card 15 is completed,
The wind sign signal output to the C / B 21 changes from the empty signal Y to the business signal X.

The changeover switch (not shown) is GP
When switching to the S receiving device 3 side, the output of the trigger signal to the GPS receiving device 3 at the time when the taxi meter 1 shifts from the empty tariff state to the business tariff state, Regardless of whether or not the writing to the IC card 15 has been completed, the operation is performed when the wind sign signal changes from the empty signal Y to the business signal X.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the taxi meter 1 shifts from the empty tariff state to the business tariff state, collection of the drop-off place data accompanying the end of the previous business tariff state, that is, the code number and Until the output of the index data to the IC card R / W23 and the writing of the data to the IC card 15 are completed, the wind sign signal to be output to the C / B 21 is not changed to the business signal X and the vehicle is empty. The signal Y is left as it is, and after completion, the wind sign signal is changed from the empty signal Y to the business signal X.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the time interval H5 from the time T3 at which the previous passenger got off the vehicle to the time T5 at which the next passenger got off is from the business tariff state of the taxi meter 1 to the empty vehicle tariff state. Even when the time required for outputting the code number and the exponent data to the IC card R / W23 is shorter than the time H7 required for the transfer to the IC card R / W23, as shown in FIG. The wind sign signal output to B21 remains the empty vehicle signal Y, and the C / B 21 is maintained in the same state as the empty vehicle tariff state. Therefore, the IC card R of the code number and the index data
/ W23 and the writing of the data to the IC card 15 are surely completed, thereby preventing the data from getting out of the landing data recorded on the IC card 15. it can.

In the embodiment of the invention described above, the interface device outputs a command signal in response to the tariff state signal output by the taxi meter when the taxi meter shifts from the business tariff state to the empty vehicle tariff state. In this case, the command signal output prohibiting means of the interface device substantially delays the output of the command signal until the collection of the getting on / off place data in the operation information collecting device is completed.

However, for example, the taxi meter temporarily shifts from the business tariff state to, for example, a payment tariff state other than the empty vehicle tariff state, and then shifts to the empty vehicle tariff state without returning to the business tariff state. When the taxi meter outputs the tariff state signal even at the time of transition to the operation mode, the operation information collecting device of the getting on and off land data is transferred from the transition to the payment tariff state to the subsequent transition to the empty tariff state. The following configuration may be used as long as the time required for completing the collection to the server can be secured. That is, the interface device may be configured to output the command signal in response to a tariff state signal accompanying the transition to the payment tariff state before the taxi meter transitions to the empty tariff state.

Further, the timing and the number of times the taxi meter outputs the tariff state signal are determined according to various conditions such as the type of the tariff state that can be set in the taxi meter, the setting rule thereof, the operation form of the taxi meter, and the like. If the content is different from that described in the embodiment, the taxi meter switches the command signal output continuously by the taxi meter between the empty tariff state and the business tariff state according to the different timing and number of times. The switching timing may be shifted forward or backward. Regardless of whether the output timing of the command signal is shifted forward or backward with respect to the switching timing of the tariff state, the timing at which the command signal is output in accordance with the tariff state signal output by the taxi meter is determined twice in succession. Is determined by confirming whether or not a time sufficient to complete the collection of the getting-on / off land data by the operation information collecting device is secured.

Further, as long as the taxi meter connected to the interface device can be switched between the empty tariff state and the business tariff state, the configuration of the detailed parts such as the contents of the settable tariff is particularly limited. Not done. Also, the current location, that is, the data of getting on and off
It can be obtained automatically only from a device that is recognized by self-analysis such as a receiving device, or can only be obtained manually using a designation means operated by a crew member, or any one of both. There is no particular limitation on whether to selectively obtain from.

[0056]

As described above, according to the method for collecting taxi operation information of the present invention, as the tariff of the taxi meter changes with the getting on and off of the passenger, the getting on and off place data of the passenger is transmitted to the operating information. When collecting in the collection device, when the time interval between two successive switching of the tariff state of the taxi meter is less than the time required for collecting the getting on and off place data in the operation information collection device, The landing data at the time of the first tariff switching
Output of a signal instructing collection to the operation information collection device
Prohibition, the tariff status is switched for the second time,
Data has been collected by the operation information collection device
Command collection of the boarding / alighting location data to the operation information device
Signal is output again .

[0057] For this reason, when the time interval of the two switched to continuous tariff status of the taxi meter due to the passengers getting on and off, have a less than the required time needed for collection of the operation information collection apparatus of getting on and off site data The first tariff state switch
Collecting the boarding place data at the time of travel to the operation information collection device
The output of the command signal is prohibited, and the tariff state is
To the operation information collection device.
When the collection is completed, switch the first tariff state
Collection of the boarding and alighting place data at the time of operation in the operation information device
Is output again , the time interval of the start of the collection of the getting on and off land data according to the two consecutive switching of the tariff state to the operation information collection device for two consecutive times can be set as follows:
It is possible to secure the required time for getting on and off place data to the operation information collecting apparatus or more, and to collect all the getting on and off place data to the operation information collecting apparatus without omission.

Further, according to the interface device for a taxi operation information collecting device of the present invention, the taxi operation information collecting device is connected to the operation information collecting device for collecting the getting on and off place data of the taxi passenger from the getting on and off place data collecting means and recording it on the storage medium, In response to a tariff state signal output by the taxi meter for notification of an empty car tariff state and a business tariff state of the taxi meter, a command signal for instructing start of collection of the landing data from the landing data collection means is provided. An interface device for outputting to an information collecting device, wherein the operation information collecting device determines whether or not the getting on and off land data is collected from the getting on and off land data collecting device; and The data collection state determining means determines that the getting on / off land data is being collected from the getting on / off place data collecting means. During it has, and configured to include an instruction signal output prohibiting means for prohibiting the output to the driving information collecting apparatus of the command signal.

For this reason, in order to collect all the getting on / off land data in the operation information collecting device without fail, the operation information collecting means corresponding to the output of the tariff status signal twice in succession is used. It is possible to secure the time interval between the start of two consecutive collections of the getting-on / off land data to the collection device or the time required for collecting the getting-on / off land data to the operation information collecting device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of an interface device for a taxi operation information collection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a taxi vehicle operation information collecting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the taxi meter shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the handy terminal shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the receipt issuing device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a memory area map of a RAM of the microcomputer shown in FIG. 2;

7 shows a taxi meter, a time-series information collecting device, a GPS receiving device, and a taxi meter which are executed by a CPU according to a control program stored in a ROM of the microcomputer shown in FIG.
It is a flowchart of the main routine which shows the process regarding information transmission between handy terminals.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a wind sign signal input / output process shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the landing data input / output processing shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a write data input / output process shown in FIG. 7;

11 is a timing chart showing a correlation between the output timing of an empty vehicle signal by the taxi meter of FIG. 3 and the collection timing of the drop-off place data relating to the previous business by the operation information collection device.

12 is a timing chart showing a correlation between the output timing of a sales signal by the taxi meter of FIG. 3 and the collection timing of the drop-off place data relating to the previous business by the operation information collection device.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an operation information collection device according to a conventional example.

14 is a timing chart showing the correlation between the output timing of an empty vehicle signal by the taxi meter shown in FIG. 13 and the collection timing of the drop-off place data relating to the previous business by the operation management device.

15 is a timing chart showing the correlation between the output timing of the sales signal by the taxi meter shown in FIG. 13 and the collection timing of the drop-off place data regarding the previous business by the operation management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Taxi meter 2 Operation information collection device 4 Interface device 4a CPU 4b RAM 4c ROM 4A Data collection state discrimination means 4B Command signal output prohibition means 4C Command signal re-output means A Boarding place data collection means

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] When the taxi meter's tariff state is switched with the getting on and off of a passenger, the data of the passenger's getting on and off is collected by an operation information collecting device. when the time interval of the switched is less than the required time needed to collect to the travel information collection apparatus of the getting on and off site data, 1
The landing data at the time of the tariff switching
Prohibit output of signal to instruct collection to line information collection device
Then, the tariff state is switched for the second time,
After the collection into the operation information collection device is completed,
The landing data at the time of the first tariff state switch
Re-output the signal instructing the collection to the operation information device
Taxi service information collection methods, characterized in that that. 2. A tariff state signal output by the taxi meter and having a content that changes in accordance with the switching of the tariff state is taken into an interface device, and a change in the content of the tariff state signal is detected by the interface device. In response to detecting a change in the content of the tariff state signal, the interface device outputs a tariff notification signal for notifying the switching of the tariff state, and the operation is performed in time with the change in the content of the tariff notification signal. The information collection device starts collecting the boarding / alighting data, and when the time interval between two successive changes in the content of the tariff state signal is less than the required time, two consecutive times of the tariff state signal are output. The notification interval of the corresponding signal portion of the tariff notification signal for notifying the content change of the The time interval at which the notification signal notifies one of two successive content changes of the tariff state signal is set to be longer than the required time for notifying the other of the two consecutive content changes of the tariff state signal. tO aDJUST <br/> Unishi was claim 1 taxi operation information collection method according. 3. A taxi meter connected to an operation information collecting device that collects the data of the getting on and off of the taxi from the getting on and off place data collecting means and records the data on a storage medium. An interface device for outputting, to the operation information collecting device, a command signal for instructing start of collection of the getting on / off land data from the getting on / off land data collecting means in accordance with a tariff state signal output by the taxi meter, A data collection state determining means for determining whether or not the getting on / off land data is collected from the getting on / off land data collecting means by the collecting device; and collecting the getting on / off land data from the getting on / off land data collecting means. A command to prohibit the command signal from being output to the operation information collection device while the data collection state determination means determines that Signal output prohibiting means and, taxi driving information acquisition system interface apparatus comprising: a. 4. The business tariff state includes a payment tariff state that shifts before switching to the empty vehicle tariff state, and the command signal is generated when the vehicle is switched from the empty vehicle tariff state to the business tariff state. 4. The interface device for a taxi operation information collecting device according to claim 3, wherein the interface device outputs the information when the payment tariff state is switched to the empty vehicle tariff state. 5. The data collection state discriminating means, if the command signal, the output of which has been prohibited by the command signal output prohibiting means, has not been collected from the getting on / off land data collecting means, has been collected. 4. The interface device for a taxi operation information collection device according to claim 3, further comprising a command signal re-output unit that outputs the command signal to the operation information collection device when the determination is made.