JP3214601B2 - Taxi surcharge calculation method and taxi meter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a process for calculating a taxi fare, which is to be added to a fare corresponding to a taxi's business operation, for example, to calculate an applied fee of an additional fee system such as a wireless reservation fee system. A method and a taximeter suitable for performing the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a taxi fare is calculated by adding a subsequent fee corresponding to a business mileage to a basic fare, the amount of which varies depending on the mileage, and a passenger's boarding form regardless of the business mileage. The fee system which is calculated by the sum of the selectively applied amount of money and the fixed surcharge and which is applied to the calculation of the fare, and the surcharge (the surcharge system) of the surcharge which is applied according to the passenger's boarding mode are Is selected and set by operating the tariff button of the taxi meter. As fare systems for the fare, conventionally, there are a fare system which is applied during a normal time period such as daytime and a late night and early morning surcharge system which is applied during a time period from midnight to early morning. As the system, there are an early morning reservation fee system, a radio dispatch fee system, a pick-up vehicle fee system, and the like. In the future, it is anticipated that various new fare systems will be introduced in the future in accordance with changes in conditions such as diversification of fare systems and passenger riding modes and deregulation.

For example, as a new fare system relating to a fare, when the fare exceeds a predetermined amount, the excess amount is discounted at a fixed rate, or when the fare is short in terms of the fare, the fare is reduced to a certain value. Discount rate system that discounts at a rate, and conversely, when predetermined conditions are satisfied, only the fare of the section where the above conditions are satisfied among the fares, that is, a part of the fare, or the entire boarding section, that is, In addition, there is a surcharge system in which all fares are charged at a fixed rate. In addition, as a new fee system related to the additional fee system, for example, a wagon taxi fee system collected when wirelessly distributing a wagon type vehicle, a person fee system that adds and collects when the number of passengers is large, a load on the trunk There is a luggage charge system that collects extra luggage when there is a large luggage.

A problem in introducing such a new rate system is that a plurality of discount rates or a plurality of premium rates are applied in an overlapping manner, or a collection is made in an overlapping manner by definition. One of the reasons is that there may be a financial disadvantage to taxi operators or passengers due to the collection of multiple surcharges that should not exist. Therefore, the applicant of the present application has disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 7-10641 that, when a plurality of toll systems having the same type of premium / discount are set, a plurality of such systems are set without the crew having to perform any manual operation by themselves. He proposed a method of calculating fares by automatically applying only one of the toll systems and a taxi meter.

[0005]

However, as described above, the above proposal aims at preventing the overlapping application of the fare system involved in the calculation of the fare, and applying another overlapping system in the regulation. The problem of preventing the multiple applications of the additional charge system, which is not possible, has not been resolved.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
An object of the present invention is to calculate an applicable fee of an additional fee system selected from a plurality of types to be added to a fare determined according to a business operation of a taxi, a plurality of types of which cannot be applied redundantly by definition. It is an object of the present invention to provide a taxi surcharge system application charge calculation method capable of reliably preventing the redundant application of the surcharge system, and a taxi meter suitable for implementing the method.

[0007]

The present invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which achieves the above object, relates to a method of calculating a taxi additional charge system applicable fee, and the present invention according to claims 4 to 10. The invention relates to a taxi meter. The method of calculating a taxi surcharge according to the first aspect of the present invention includes applying a surcharge applied from a plurality of types to be added to a fare determined according to the business operation of the taxi. In the method of calculating in a taxi meter, the plurality of types of surcharges are classified so that surcharges that cannot be applied repeatedly belong to the same group, and in each group, a single surcharge in the group is included. Is selected, the selection of the single additional charge system is enabled, and in each of the groups, when a plurality of additional charge systems in the group are selected, the plurality of additional charge systems are selected. The selection amount of only the single additional charge system is valid, the selection of the remaining additional charge system is invalid, and the prescribed amount of each additional charge system in which the selection of each group is valid is added. Characterized in that to calculate the applicable charges between.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a taxi surcharge system applied fee calculating method, wherein when a plurality of types of surcharge systems in the group are selected in each group, the plurality of types of surcharge systems are selected. The selection of only a single additional charge system having the highest specified amount of the additional charge system is made effective. Further, in the taxi surcharge system applied charge calculating method according to the present invention, when a plurality of surcharge systems in the group are sequentially selected in each group, the plurality of sequentially selected surcharge systems are selected. The selection of only the single last additional charge system selected from among the additional charge systems is enabled.

The taxi meter according to the present invention, as shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. 1, adds a fare determined according to the business operation of a taxi and performs a tariff operation from a plurality of types. In the taxi meter for calculating the applicable fee of the additional fee system selected by the operation of the means 307 to 315, the additional fee system which does not overlap can be applied to a plurality of groups which are classified into the same group. Classification data holding means 327A for holding the classification data, and fixed amount data holding means 327 for holding the data of the specified amount for each additional charge system
B, a classifying unit 323A for classifying the additional charge system selected by the operation of the tariff operating units 307 to 315 according to the classification data of the classifying data holding unit 327A, and a classifying unit 323A. Extracting means 323B for extracting one of the additional charge systems to be applied from each of the additional charge systems of each of the groups, wherein the prescribed amount data holding means 32
7B, based on the data of the prescribed amount held by 7B, summing up the prescribed amount of each additional charge system extracted for each of the groups by the extracting means 323B to calculate the applicable charge of the additional charge system. It is characterized by.

Further, in the taxi meter according to the present invention, the extracting means 323B extracts the additional charge system having the highest specified amount of money. Further, in the taxi meter according to the present invention as set forth in claim 6, the extracting means 323B is provided with the tariff operating means 307-3.
15, the last selected additional charge system among the additional charge systems sequentially selected is extracted.

Further, in the taxi meter according to the present invention, a display means 302 for displaying the applied fee.
Was further provided. In the taxi meter according to the present invention, the display means 302 further displays the contents of the additional charge system extracted from the additional charge system of each group by the extracting means 323B.

Further, in the taxi meter according to the present invention, the taxi meter is constituted by a main body 1 and an external charge display device 3 connected to the main body 1, and the fare is calculated by the main body 1. In addition to the calculation, the applied charge is calculated by the external charge display device 3.
The taxi meter according to the present invention further includes system data output means 323C for outputting the applied charge of the surcharge system to the outside together with the fare amount as system data.

[0013] According to the taxi surcharge calculation method of claim 1, when a group to which the surcharge selected from a plurality of types belongs also has another selected surcharge, Since only a single surcharge system is selected from the same group, surcharge systems that cannot be applied repeatedly cannot be applied accidentally. There is no need to perform a special operation or the like at the time of selection, and it does not take much effort. It should be noted that a similar effect is produced by the taxi meter according to the fourth aspect.

When a plurality of types of additional charge systems are selected in the same group and one of the additional charge systems for which the selection is valid is selected, the prescribed amount of money is set as described in claim 2. The highest surcharge system may be chosen, in which case, on the one hand, it is possible to secure the interests of the passengers by preventing the financial burden from increasing due to the multiple applications of the surcharge system, while, on the other hand, By selecting the higher additional charge system, it is possible to minimize the decrease in taxi revenues by prohibiting overlapping applications. Note that the taxi meter according to claim 5 has the same effect.

Further, instead of selecting the additional charge system having the highest specified amount as in the method for calculating the additional charge system for a taxi according to the second aspect, the additional charge system for the taxi according to the third aspect is used. According to the calculation method, the last selected additional charge system may be selected from a plurality of sequentially selected additional charge systems, and in such a case, a plurality of types of additional charge systems are selected in the same group. When the state is reached, the additional charge system that the user really wants to apply is finally selected, so that the additional charge system can be surely selected.
A similar effect is also produced by the taxi meter according to the sixth aspect.

Further, according to the taxi meter of the present invention, the display means 3 displays the applied charge obtained by adding the specified amount of each additional charge system extracted by the extraction means 323B for each group.
Since 02 is displayed, it is possible to easily check how much the calculated application fee has become. According to the taxi meter of the eighth aspect, the contents of the additional charge system extracted by the extracting means 323B are displayed on the display means 302, so that it is possible to determine which additional charge system was actually extracted by the extracting means 323B. It is possible to confirm.

Further, according to the taxi meter of the ninth aspect, the taxi meter is connected to the main unit 1 for calculating the fare,
External fee display device 3 that constitutes a taxi meter together with
, The applied charge is calculated, so that the newly added additional charge system can be made to correspond to the external charge display device 3, and a device compatible with the existing charge system can be used as the main body 1 as it is. According to the taxi meter of the tenth aspect, since the applied fee of the additional charge system is output to the outside as system data by the system data output means 323C together with the fare amount, the final fare together with the fare is calculated. It becomes possible to transfer the data of the application fee required for this to a subsequent device such as a receipt issuing device or an operation information collecting device.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A taxi surcharge calculation method according to the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings together with a taxi meter. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a taxi meter according to one embodiment of the present invention. (Hereinafter, abbreviated as a charge display device) 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the front face 101 of the taxi meter main body 1, a charge display section 103, and an empty car tariff for setting a tariff state, an actual car tariff, a high-speed tariff, a payment tariff, and a pick-up car tariff are provided. Button 105-11
3, an index button 115 for displaying an index, and the like. The fare display section 103 includes a main display area 103a on which fares are displayed and a sub-display area 103b on which courtesy charges and indices are displayed.
The charge or index displayed on the 103b is controlled by an operation of each of the tariff buttons 105-113 and the accumulation button 115, and an E ² PROM (Electrically Era) in the taxi meter 1 is operated.
Calculated by a microcomputer (hereinafter abbreviated as “microcomputer”) 118 connected to the E ² PROM 117 according to the fee system data stored in the sable programmable read-only memory (117). When the high-speed tariff button 109 is operated to enter the high-speed tariff state, the text of “high-speed” is displayed on the tariff display section 116 on the front surface 101 above the fee display section 103.

Although not shown, the microcomputer 118 has a CPU, a work area used for processing performed by the CPU, and an RA having a data area for storing various data.
M and a ROM storing control programs for various processing operations of the CPU. The fare calculation processing by the CPU depends on the operation of the three tariff buttons 107, 109, 113 for the actual vehicle, high speed, and payment, and the current time managed by a clock device (not shown) inside the taxi meter 1. The setting is performed according to the charge system data of the E ² PROM 117 according to the charge system applied to the calculation of the fare. The details of the fare calculation process performed by the CPU are the same as those performed by a general taxi meter and are well-known in the related art, and a description thereof will be omitted. However, the details are basically as follows.

First, a travel distance is calculated based on a cycle of a travel pulse input from a travel sensor (not shown) or the number of pulses per unit time, and the fare is calculated until the travel distance reaches a predetermined basic distance. Uniformly the basic fee.
Next, if the traveling distance exceeds the basic distance, the subsequent fee is added to the basic fee, and thereafter, the fee is added each time the vehicle travels a predetermined subsequent distance. This is a calculation process of the normal time zone. In the late night and early morning extra time zone, the period of the running pulse is regarded as 1 / 1.3 times the normal time zone, or the pulse of the running pulse per unit time is used. The above calculation process is performed by regarding the number as 1.3 times the normal time zone. As a result, the fare in the late night and early morning extra time zone which is 30% more than the normal time zone fare is calculated.

When the time-distance combined system is introduced, at the time of a tolling tariff, every time the accumulated time of the low-speed traveling and the stop reaches the predetermined conversion time corresponding to the subsequent distance, the following Fees will be added. Also,
The change of the fee system between the normal time zone and the late night and early morning extra time zone is automatically performed according to the current time managed by the clock device (not shown).

The CPU that has calculated the fare by the above-described calculation processing, in response to a request from the fare display device 3, includes system data including index data of various types of travel information calculated by the CPU based on the travel pulse, and , And outputs the data of the tariff currently being set.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing items of system data including the index data which can be output by the CPU of the microcomputer 118. Item number 1 is a vehicle code of a taxi on which the taxi meter 1 is mounted, and item number 2 is Is the main display area 10 calculated by the CPU by adding the basic charge and the subsequent charge.
3a shows the data of the fare to be displayed, and item numbers 3 to 10 are index data. The system data is stored in a system data transmission line 11 as shown in FIG.
9, the taxi data is output from the taxi meter body 1 to the fee display device 3, and the tariff data is transmitted to the tariff data transmission line 12.
1 and output from the taxi meter body 1 to the fee display device 3 via the input / output interface 123.

As shown in FIG. 5, first and second two charge display sections 30 are provided on the front face 301 of the charge display device 3.
3,305, wagon fee, reservation fee, radio dispatch fee,
Unit tariff buttons 307 to 315 for selection of five additional charges, ie, person charge and luggage charge, and a taxi meter 1
Two unit tariff buttons 317 and 319 for adding and discounting the fare calculated in
The total button 321 operated when displaying the total amount of the display amounts of the two charge display sections 303 and 305 is provided. Also, on the front face 301, a wagon fee, a reservation fee, a wireless dispatch fee, 7 lamps 30 for person charge, baggage charge, extra and discount
7a to 319a are provided.

Here, the wagon charge system means an additional charge system to be collected when a wagon-type vehicle is dispatched by radio. In the present embodiment, the wagon charge is set at 1,000 yen. In addition, the reservation fee system means an additional fee system to be collected at the time of a reserved vehicle allocation in a designated time zone (for example, 5:00 to 8:00) in the early morning. In the present embodiment, the reservation fee is set to 400 yen. In the present embodiment, it is prohibited to apply the wagon fee system and the reservation fee system redundantly.

Further, the term "wireless dispatch fee system" means an additional fee system which is collected when a vehicle is sent to a place requested by a passenger upon application by telephone and dispatched. In this embodiment, the wireless dispatch fee is reduced to 300 yen. Is set. In addition, the number of people charge system means an additional charge system that is added and collected when the number of passengers is large. In this embodiment, the number of people is set at 200 yen. Duplicate pricing is forbidden. Further, the luggage charge system means an additional charge system in which extra luggage is collected when there is a large luggage that can be loaded in a trunk in a normal cab type vehicle. In the present embodiment, the luggage charge is set to 100 yen.

The extra and discount rates mean, for example, rates obtained by multiplying a fare by a predetermined extra rate and a discount rate. Of these, the surcharge is a fee system that is selectively operated with both the above-mentioned number of people and baggage surcharges. It is applied when collecting as a variable fee in proportion to etc. On the other hand, the discount is applied, for example, when the disabled person gets on the board, when the fare exceeds a predetermined amount, or when the fare is short for the fare.

The first charge display section 303 displays a wagon charge by operating each of the unit tariff buttons 307 to 315,
These wagon charges, reservation charges, radio dispatch charges, headcount charges, and luggage charges that are collected in addition to the fare when the reservation charge, wireless dispatch charge, headcount charge, and luggage charge are applied. Display the total amount of. The second fare display section 305 displays the fare displayed on the fare display section 103 of the taxi meter main body 1, and displays the fare and discount unit tariff by operating the extra and discount unit tariff buttons 317 and 319. At the time of application, the fare after applying the surcharge and discount rate system corresponding to these unit tariffs is displayed.

The unit tariff buttons 307 to 3
The total applied charge in the case where a plurality of additional charge systems are specified in duplicate by the fifteen overlapping operations, and the fare after applying the surcharge and discount unit tariff charge systems are shown in the unit tariff buttons 307 to 319. Is calculated by the microcomputer 323 (FIG. 6) connected to the E ² PROM 327 in accordance with the charge system data stored in the E ² PROM 327 (FIG. 6) inside the fee display device 3.

Next, the hardware configuration of the microcomputer 323 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.
The microcomputer 323 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
nit, central processing unit) 323a and RAM (Random Acc.)
ess Memory) 323b and ROM (Read-Only Memory)
323c, and is provided inside the fee display device 3.

The CPU 323a includes the unit tariff buttons 307 to 319, a total button 321 and
E ² PROM 327, first and second charge display sections 303,
305 and the driver 30 for each of the lamps 307a to 319a
3b to 319b are connected. The RAM 323b
Has a data area for storing various data and a work area used for various processing operations, as shown in a memory area map in FIG. 7, and a data area is provided with a fee-based data area. Is provided with a buffer area, a calculation area, a fare register area, an additional charge total applied amount register area, flag areas a to e, and the like. The ROM 323c includes a CPU 323a.
And a control program for causing the CPU to perform various processing operations.

The E ² PROM 327 stores the charge data of each unit corresponding to each of the unit tariff buttons 307 to 319 and the unit tariff buttons 307 to 31.
The additional charge system 5 stores classification data in which the additional charge systems of which the overlapping application is prohibited in the additional charge system are classified into the same group, and is provided inside the charge display device 3.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the storage format in the E ² PROM 327 of the data of the additional charge system of the wagon fee, the reservation fee, the radio dispatch fee, the number of people, and the baggage fee and the classification data. As shown, the data and the classification data of each additional charge system include a wagon charge, a reservation charge, a radio dispatch charge, a person charge, and a name of each unit tariff button 307 to 315 of a luggage charge, a prescribed amount, and
It consists of a table consisting of classification group numbers.

The classification group number is a so-called number assigned to the group in the classification data. In this embodiment, as described above, the overlapping application of the wagon fee system and the reservation fee system is prohibited. Because of this, “1” is assigned as the classification group number of these two additional charge systems, and similarly, since the overlapping application of the wireless dispatch charge system and the number of people charge system is prohibited, these two “2”, which is different from the wagon fee system and the reservation fee system, is assigned as one of the classification group numbers of the additional fee system. The classification group number of the baggage fee is "3".

In the charge display device 3 of the present embodiment configured as described above, the unit tariff buttons 30
By the operations of 7 to 315, the corresponding additional charge system is set as a calculation target of the applied charge of the additional charge system to be added to the fare. Then, in the present embodiment, the tariff setting means operated when selecting the additional charge system from a plurality of types in the claims includes a wagon charge, a reservation charge, a wireless dispatch charge, a headcount charge, and a luggage charge. 5 unit tariff buttons 3
07-315, and the classification data holding means 327A
And the prescribed amount data holding means 327B is an E ² PROM 3
27, and the display means is configured by the first fee display unit 303.

Next, in order to avoid the overlapping application of the wagon fee system and the reservation fee system of the fee display device 3 and the overlapping application of the wireless dispatching fee system and the number of people fee system, the CPU 323a according to the control program stored in the ROM 323c. The charge display of the first charge display section 303, the wagon charge,
Each lamp 3 corresponding to five additional unit tariffs: reservation fee, radio dispatch fee, number of people fee, and luggage fee
FIGS. 9 to 16 mainly show lighting processes 07a to 315a.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The charge display device 3 is turned on, and the microcomputer 3
23 starts and the program starts, as shown in the flowchart of the main routine in FIG.
23a performs initialization (step S10). In this initial setting, each button 307 is read from the E ² PROM 327.
To 319 are read and stored in the charge system data area of the RAM 323b, and the flag areas a to e of the RAM 323b are stored.
Are set to 0, respectively.

The flag Fa of the flag area a is set to "1" when the wagon charge unit tariff button 307 is operated to set the wagon charge unit tariff.
It is set to “0” when the wagon charge unit tariff is not set. The flag Fb in the flag area b is set to “1” when the reservation charge unit tariff is set by operating the reservation charge unit tariff button 307, and is set to “0” when the reservation charge unit tariff is not set. Things. Further, the flag Fc of the flag area c is set to “1” when the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff is set by operating the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff button 307, and is set to “0” when the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff is not set. ].

The flag Fd of the flag area d
Is set to “1” when the headcount unit tariff button 307 is set by operating the headcount unit tariff button 307, and set to “0” when the headcount unit tariff is not set. Further, the flag area e
Flag Fe is the number of people unit tariff button 307
Is set to “1” when the number-of-person unit tariff is set, and is set to “0” when the number-of-person unit tariff is not set. At the time of this initial setting, the taxi meter main body 1 is in an empty car tariff state.

After the initial setting described above, in the next step S11, whether the tariff data of the actual vehicle or the high speed is input from the taxi meter main body 1 via the tariff data transmission line 121 and the input / output interface 123 is determined. Based on this, it is confirmed whether or not the taxi meter main body 1 is in a business tariff state. If the taxi meter main body 1 is in the business tariff state (Y in step S11), the process proceeds to step S16A, which will be described later. If not, the taxi meter main body 1 receives the incoming car tariff data. It is confirmed whether or not the taxi meter main body 1 is in a taxiing tariff state on the basis of whether or not the taxi has been reached (step S12A). If the taxi meter main body 1 is not in the pick-up car tariff state (N in step S12A), the process proceeds to step S15A, which will be described later. It is confirmed whether or not it has been performed (step S12B).

Additional tariff unit tariff button 307-
If 315 has not been operated (N in step S12B), the process returns to step S10, and if it has been operated (Y in step S12B), the fare according to the operated additional tariff unit tariff buttons 309, 311 operated. Calculation of the total applicable amount of the additional charge system to be added to (1)
Is performed (step S13A).

In this additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 1, as shown in the flowchart of the subroutine in FIG. 11, first, in the first step SA1, it is checked whether or not the reservation charge unit tariff button 309 has been operated, and the operation is performed. If it has not been operated (N in step SA1), the process proceeds to step SA6 described later, and if it has been operated (step S1).
(A1: Y), it is determined whether or not the flag Fb of the flag area b of the RAM 323b is “0” (step SA).
2). If the flag Fb is not “0” (step SA
2) (N), the process proceeds to step SA5 described later, and if it is “0” (Y in step SA2), the flag Fb is set to “1”.
(Step SA3), and the reservation fee lamp 309a
Is turned on (step SA4), and the process proceeds to step SA5. In step SA5, it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fc of the flag area c of the RAM 323b is "0" (step SA5). If the flag Fc is "0" (Y in step SA5), the process proceeds to step SA11 described later. If it is not "0" (N in step SA5), the flow proceeds to step SA12 described later.

In step SA6, which proceeds when the reservation charge unit tariff button 309 is not operated in step SA1, the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff button 3
It is confirmed whether or not 11 has been operated, and if it has not been operated (N in step SA6), the process returns to the main routine, and
If it has been operated (Y in step SA6), it is checked whether or not the flag Fc of the flag area c is “0” (step SA7). If the flag Fc is not “0” (N in step SA7), the process proceeds to step SA10.
If it is “0” (Y in step SA7), the flag F
c is set to “1” (step SA8), and after turning on the radio dispatch fee lamp 311a (step SA9), the process proceeds to step SA10.

At step SA10, it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fb of the flag area b is "0".
Is not “0” (N in step SA10), the process proceeds to step SA12, and if “0” (step S10).
A) (Y in A10), and proceeds to step SA13 described later.

In step SA11, the value stored in the additional charge total applied amount register area of the RAM 323b is set to "40".
0 ”, and in step SA12, the stored value is set to“ 70 ”.
0 ”, and in step SA13, the stored value is set to“ 30 ”.
0 ", and then return to the main routine.

Returning to the main routine of FIG. 9, when the additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 1 in step S13A is completed, the total applied amount stored in the additional charge total applied amount register area is displayed in the first charge display section. 303 is displayed (step S13B), and it is confirmed whether or not the taxi meter main body 1 is in a business tariff state (step S1).
4). If the taxi meter main body 1 is in the business tariff state (Y in step S14), the process proceeds to step S16A, and if not, the process returns to step S10. In step S15, when the taxi meter main body 1 is not in the pick-up tariff state in step S12, the display of the first fee display section 303 is cleared in step S15.
Go to 31.

Steps S11 and S14
In step S16A, when the taxi meter body 1 is in the business tariff state (Y), the RAM 32
The basic fee is displayed on the second fee display unit 305 based on the fee system data stored in the fare register 3b, and the value stored in the fare register of the RAM 323b is updated to the basic fee (step S16B). Proceed to S17.

In step S17, as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 10, a system data output request signal is sent to the taxi meter main body 1 via the system data transmission line 119. Is received (step S18), and then the unit tariff buttons 317 and 31 for either the surcharge or the discount are received.
It is confirmed whether or not 9 has been operated (step S19).
Unit tariff button 317,3 for either extra or discount
If No. 19 is not operated (N in step S19), the value stored in the fare register is stored in the taxi meter main body 1 specified by the fare data in the received system data.
After updating the fare calculated in (Step S20A),
The process proceeds to step S21 described below. When either the extra or discount unit tariff button 317 or 319 is operated (Y in step S19), the system data received in step S18 and the extra or discount unit tariff button 317 or 317 stored in the RAM 323b are used. Based on the charge system data of each unit corresponding to 319, the unit tariff button 317,
After calculating the extra / discount fare corresponding to 319 and updating the value stored in the fare register to the calculated extra / discount fare (step S20B), the process proceeds to step S21.

In step S21, the second charge display section 30
The fare display of No. 5 is updated to the value stored in the fare register, and subsequently, it is confirmed whether or not the additional tariff unit tariff buttons 307 to 315 have been operated (step S22). If the additional charge unit tariff buttons 307 to 315 are not operated (N in step S22), the process proceeds to step S24 described later, and if they are operated (step S22).
Y), operated additional unit tariff button 3
In accordance with 07 to 315, the additional charge system total applied amount calculation process (part 2) similar to the additional charge system total applied amount calculation process 1 in step S13A is performed (step S23).
A).

In the additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2, as shown in the flowchart of the subroutine in FIG. 12, first, it is checked whether or not the wagon charge unit tariff button 307 has been operated in the first step SB1. If not (N in step SB1), the process proceeds to step SB8, which will be described later. If it has been operated (Y in step SB1), it is checked whether the flag Fa of the flag area a of the RAM 323b is "0". (Step SB
2). If the flag Fa is not “0” (step SB
If the flag Fa is "0" (Y in step SB2), the flag Fa is set to "1".
(Step SB3), and the wagon charge lamp 307 is set.
After turning on a (step SB4), step SB5
Proceed to. At step SB5, it is checked whether or not the flag Fb of the flag area b is "0" (step SB5).
5) If the flag Fb is “0” (step SB)
If it is not "0" (N in step SB5), the flag Fb is set to "0" (step SB6), and the reservation fee lamp 3
After turning off 09a (step SB7), step S7 is performed.
Proceed to B15.

If the wagon charge unit tariff button 307 has not been operated in step SB1 (N), the flow advances to step SB8 to check whether the reservation charge unit tariff button 309 has been operated. (N in step SB8), step S
Proceeding to B15, if it is operated (step SB8
Y), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fb of the flag area b is "0" (step SB9). If the flag Fb is not "0" (N in step SB9), the process proceeds to step SB12 described later, and if it is "0" (Y in step SB9), the flag Fb is set to "1" (step SB10). After turning on the reservation fee lamp 309a (step SB11), the process proceeds to step SB12. In step SB12, it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fa of the flag area a is "0". If the flag Fa is "0" (Y in step SB12), step SB32 is executed.
If it is not "0" (N in step SB12), the flag Fa is set to "0" (step SB1).
3) After turning off the wagon fee lamp 307a (step SB14), the process proceeds to step SB32.

In step SB15, which proceeds when the reservation charge unit tariff button 309 is not operated in step SB8, it is confirmed whether or not the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff button 311 is operated as shown in the flowchart of FIG. If no operation has been performed (N in step SB15), the process proceeds to step SB22 described below,
If the operation has been performed (Y in step SB15), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fc of the flag area c is “0” (step SB16). If the flag Fc is not “0” (N in step SB16), the process proceeds to step SB19. If the flag Fc is “0” (Y in step SB16), the flag Fc is set to “1” (step SB17). After the vehicle allocation fee lamp 311a is turned on (step SB)
18) The process proceeds to Step SB19. In step SB19, it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fd of the flag area d of the RAM 323b is "0". If it is "0" (N in step SB19), the process proceeds to step SB32.
If it is not "0" (Y in step SB19), the flag Fd is set to "0" (step SB20), and after turning off the person charge lamp 311a (step SB21),
Proceed to step SB32.

If it is determined in step SB15 that the wireless dispatch unit tariff button 311 has not been operated (N), the process proceeds to step SB22 where it is checked whether or not the headcount unit tariff button 313 has been operated. In this case (N in step SB22), the process proceeds to step SB29, which will be described later. If the operation has been performed (Y in step SB22), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fd of the flag area d of the RAM 323b is “0” ( Step SB23). If the flag Fd is not “0” (N in step SB23), the process proceeds to step SB26 described later. If it is “0” (Y in step SB23), the flag Fd is set to “1” (step SB24). After turning on the number-of-people lamp 313a (step SB2)
5) The process proceeds to Step SB26. In step SB26, it is checked whether or not the flag Fc of the flag area c is "0". If the flag Fc is "0" (Y in step SB26), the process proceeds to step SB32, and if not, the process proceeds to step SB32. (N in step SB26), the flag Fc is set to "0" (step SB27), and after turning off the wireless dispatch fee lamp 311a (step SB28), the process proceeds to step SB32.

Further, when the number-of-people unit tariff button 313 is not operated in step SB22 (N)
In step SB29, it is determined whether the flag Fe in the flag area e of the RAM 323b is “0”.
If it is not "0" (N in step SB29), the process proceeds to step SB32, and if it is "0" (step SB29).
29, the flag Fe is set to "1" (step S).
B30) After lighting the luggage fee lamp 315a (step SB31), the process proceeds to step SB32.

At step SB32, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 14, it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fa of the flag area a is "0". If the flag Fa is "0" (Y at step SB32), it will be described later. If it is not "0" (N in step SB32), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fc of the flag area c is "0" (step SB33). If the flag Fc is “0” (Y in step SB33), the process proceeds to step S33 described later.
Proceeding to B35, if not "0" (step SB33
N), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fe of the flag area e is "0" (step SB34). If it is not "0" (N in step SB34), a step SB3 described later is performed.
8 and if it is “0” (Y in step SB34), the flow proceeds to step SB39 described later.

When the flag Fc of the flag area c is "0" at step SB33, the process proceeds to step SB3 (Y).
At 5, it is checked whether or not the flag Fd of the flag area d is “0”, and if it is not “0” (step SB35).
N), the process proceeds to step SB37 to be described later, and if it is "0" (Y in step SB35), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fe of the flag area e is "0" (step S37).
B36) If it is not “0” (N in step SB36), the process proceeds to step SB39. If it is “0” (Y in step SB36), a step SB40 to be described later is performed.
Proceed to.

When the flag Fd of the flag area d is "0" at step SB35, the process proceeds to step SB3 (Y).
At 7, it is checked whether or not the flag Fe of the flag area e is "0". If not, the flag Fe is not "0" (step SB37).
N), the process proceeds to step SB41 described below, and if it is “0” (Y in step SB37), the process proceeds to step SB42 described below.

In step SB38, the storage value of the additional charge total application amount register area is set to "1400", in step SB39, the storage value is set to "1300", and in step SB40, the storage value is set to "1200".
In step SB41, the stored value is set to “1100”, and in step SB42, the stored value is set to “100”.
After "0", the process returns to the main routine.

In step SB32, when the flag Fa of the flag area a is "0" at step SB32 (Y), at step SB43, the flag Fb of the flag area b is set to "0" as shown in the flowchart of FIG. It is confirmed whether or not the flag Fc of the flag area c is “0” (Y in step SB43), and proceeds to step SB54 to be described later if it is not “0” (N in step SB43). Check whether it is "0" (Step S
B44). If the flag Fc is “0” (Y in step SB44), the process proceeds to step SB46 described below,
If it is not "0" (N in step SB44), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fe of the flag area e is "0" (step SB45). If it is not "0" (N in step SB45), it will be described later. Proceeding to step SB49,
If it is “0” (Y in step SB49), the process proceeds to step SB50 described later.

When the flag Fc of the flag area c is "0" at step SB44, the process proceeds to step SB4 (Y).
In the step S6, it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fd of the flag area d is "0", and if it is not "0" (step SB46).
N), the process proceeds to Step SB48 described later, and if it is “0” (Y in Step SB46), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fe of the flag area e is “0” (Step S48).
B47) If it is not “0” (N in step SB47), the process proceeds to step SB50. If it is “0” (Y in step SB47), a step SB51 described later is performed.
Proceed to.

When the flag Fd of the flag area d is "0" at step SB46, the process proceeds to step SB4.
In step 8, it is checked whether or not the flag Fe of the flag area e is "0". If the flag Fe is not "0" (step SB48).
N), the process proceeds to step SB52 described later, and if it is “0” (Y in step SB48), the process proceeds to step SB53 described later.

In step SB49, the stored value in the additional charge total applied amount register area is set to "700", in step SB51, the stored value is set to "600", and in step SB52, the stored value is set to "500". At SB53, after the stored value is set to "400", the process returns to the main routine.

In step SB54, when the flag Fb of the flag area b is "0" at step SB43 (Y), the flag Fc of the flag area c is set to "0" as shown in the flowchart of FIG. Check if it is. If the flag Fc is “0” (Y in step SB54), the process proceeds to step SB56 described later,
If it is not "0" (N in step SB54), it is confirmed whether or not the flag Fe of the flag area e is "0" (step SB55). If it is not "0" (N in step SB55), it will be described later. Proceeding to step SB59,
If it is “0” (Y in step SB59), the process proceeds to step SB60 described later.

When the flag Fc of the flag area c is "0" at step SB54, the process proceeds to step SB5 (Y).
In step S6, it is determined whether or not the flag Fd of the flag area d is "0".
In step SB58, which will be described later, if it is “0” (Y in step SB56), it is checked whether or not the flag Fe of the flag area e is “0” (step S58).
B57) If it is not “0” (N in step SB57), the process proceeds to step SB60, and if it is “0” (Y in step SB57), a step SB61 to be described later is performed.
Proceed to.

When the flag Fd of the flag area d is "0" at step SB56, the process proceeds to step SB5 (Y).
At step S8, it is checked whether the flag Fe of the flag area e is "0", and if it is not "0" (step SB58).
N), the process proceeds to step SB62 to be described later, and if it is "0" (Y in step SB58), the process returns to the main routine.

In step SB59, the stored value of the additional charge total applied amount register area is set to "400", in step SB60, the stored value is set to "300", and in step SB61, the stored value is set to "200". At SB62, after the stored value is set to "100", the process returns to the main routine.

Returning to the main routine of FIG. 10, when the additional charge system total applied amount calculation process 2 in step S23A is completed, the total applied amount stored in the additional charge total applied amount register area is displayed in the first charge display section. 303 is displayed (step S23B), and it is then confirmed whether or not a signal has subsequently been input from the taxi meter body 1 (step S2).
4) If input (Y in step S24), return to step S17; if not input (N in step S24), based on whether payment tariff data has been input from taxi meter body 1 or not. Then, it is determined whether or not the taxi meter main body 1 is in the payment tariff state (step S25). If the taxi meter main body 1 is not in the payment tariff state (N in step S25), the process returns to step S22, and if the taxi meter body 1 is in the payment tariff state (step S2).
It is confirmed whether or not the total button 321 has been operated (Y in 5) (step S26). If the total button 321 has not been operated (N in step S26), the process proceeds to step S29 described later, and if the total button 321 has been operated (step S26).
Y), the total applied amount of the additional charge system displayed on both the first and second charge display sections 303 and 305,
The total of the fare after the surcharge / discount is calculated based on the values stored in the two registers, the fare in the RAM 323b and the total applied amount of the additional charge (step S27), and the calculated total amount is displayed on the second fee display unit 305. (Step S28), the process proceeds to step S29.

In step S29, it is confirmed whether or not the taxi meter main body 1 is in the empty car tariff state based on whether or not the empty car tariff data is input from the taxi meter main body 1. (N in S29), the process returns to step S22, and if the vehicle is in the empty car tariff state (Y in step S29), after clearing all the displays currently displayed on the first and second fee display sections 303 and 305 (step S30). The process proceeds to step S31.

In step S31, as shown in FIG.
All lamps 307a to 315 related to additional charge system during lighting
Then, a is turned off, and then additional system data in which new items are added to the system data from the taxi meter main body 1, such as index data such as the number of times the surcharge system has been applied and the amount of application, are output (step S32). After setting all the flags Fa to Fe of the areas a to e to "0" (step S33), and clearing the values stored in the RAM 323b in the registers of the fare and the additional charge total applied amount (step S33).
34), returning to step S11.

In this embodiment, the classification means 323A and the extraction means 323B in the claims are constituted by the CPU 323a. In particular, the classification means 323A is provided with the steps SA1 and SA in the flowchart of FIG.
6 and step SB1 in the flowchart of FIG.
And step SB8, and steps SB15 and SB22 in the flowchart of FIG. Further, the extraction unit 323B includes steps SA3 and SA8 in FIG. 11 and steps SB3, SB6, and S6 in the flowchart in FIG.
B10, step SB13, and step SB17, step SB2 in the flowchart of FIG.
0, step SB24, step SB27, and step SB30.

Next, the operation (operation) of the fee display device 3 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. First, while the taxi meter body 1 is a pick-up tariff before entering the actual car tariff, there are two types of unit tariffs, a reservation charge related to pick-up and a wireless dispatch charge. Therefore, for example, here, the reservation fee unit tariff button 30
When the user operates No. 9, “400” which is the prescribed amount of the reservation fee is displayed on the first fee display portion 303, and the reservation fee lamp 309 a indicating that the reservation fee has been selected is lit. Also, the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff button 31
When 1 is operated, "300" which is the prescribed amount of the wireless dispatch fee is displayed on the first fee display section 303, and the wireless dispatch fee lamp 311a indicating that the wireless dispatch fee is selected is lit.

The reservation charge unit tariff button 309
When either the reservation fee or the wireless dispatch fee is selected by operating one of the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff buttons 311 and the other is already selected, the reservation fee and the wireless dispatch fee are set. Since the overlapping application of the vehicle allocation fee is not prohibited, the first fee display unit 303
Is 700, which is the sum of both the reservation fee and the wireless dispatch fee, and the lamps 309a and 311a for the reservation fee and the wireless dispatch fee are both turned on. Then, when the tariff state of the taxi meter body 1 shifts from the pick-up car tariff to the actual car tariff thereafter, the display amount of the first charge display section 303 and the lamps 309a and 311a of the reservation charge and the wireless dispatch charge are turned on. On the other hand, if the tariff state is changed from the pick-up tariff to the empty tariff afterwards due to cancellation of dispatch, the display of the first fee display section 303 is cleared, and the reservation fee and the wireless dispatch fee are displayed. Lamps 309a, 3
11a is turned off.

Next, after the taxi meter body 1 enters the actual vehicle tariff, all five additional unit tariffs of the wagon fee, the reservation fee, the radio dispatch fee, the number of people, and the luggage fee can be selected. . Therefore, for example, if the wagon charge unit tariff button 307 is operated here, since this wagon charge is prohibited from overlapping with the reservation charge, the reservation charge unit tariff has already been set at this time. , The wagon charge unit tariff set later is applied to cancel the reservation charge unit tariff, and the first charge display unit 303 displays the other set unit tariffs except the reservation charge unit tariff. An amount obtained by adding “1000”, which is the specified amount of the wagon fee, to the sum of the specified amounts is displayed. At the same time, the currently displayed lamp 309 is displayed.
Along with a to 315a, the wagon charge lamp 307a is lit to indicate that the wagon charge unit tariff has been selected, and if the reservation charge lamp 309a is lit, the wagon charge lamp 307a is lit. Instead, the reservation fee lamp 309a turns off.

When the wagon charge unit tariff button 307 is operated in a state where the reservation charge unit tariff is not applied, the specified amount of wagon charge “1000” is added to the amount displayed on the first charge display section 303. The display is updated to the calculated amount and the additional lighting of the wagon fee lamp 307a is performed.

The reservation charge unit tariff button 30
9 is operated, wagon charge unit tariff button 3
As in the case of the operation of step 07, the overlapping application with this wagon fee is prohibited, and if the wagon fee unit tariff has already been set at this point, the reservation fee unit tariff set later is set. Is applied and the wagon charge unit tariff is canceled, and the first charge display section 30
In 3, an amount obtained by adding “400” which is a prescribed amount of the reservation fee to the total amount of the prescribed amounts of the unit tariffs already set except for the wagon fee unit tariff is displayed. At the same time, the reservation fee lamp 309a is turned on together with the lamps 311a to 315a corresponding to the already set unit tariffs excluding the wagon fee unit tariff to indicate that the reservation fee unit tariff has been selected. If, wagon rate lamp 307
When a is on, the wagon fee lamp 307a is turned off instead of the reservation fee lamp 309a.

When the reservation fee unit tariff button 309 is operated in a state where the wagon fee unit tariff is not applied, the prescribed amount of the reservation fee “400” is added to the amount displayed on the first fee display section 303. The display is updated to the paid amount and the additional charge lamp 309a is additionally lit.

Further, when one of the two unit tariff buttons 311 and 313 of the radio dispatch fee and the number of people is operated, overlapping application of these two fees is prohibited. If the other unit tariff has already been set, the unit tariff of the fee corresponding to the unit tariff buttons 311 and 313 operated this time is applied, and the other unit tariff previously applied is canceled. Is done.

Therefore, when the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff button 311 is operated, the first charge display section 303
Is the sum of the specified amounts of the unit tariffs already set, excluding the person tariff unit tariff,
An amount obtained by adding “300” which is a prescribed amount of the wireless dispatch fee is displayed. At the same time, together with the lamps 307a, 309a, and 315a corresponding to the already set unit tariffs excluding the headcount unit tariff, the radio dispatch fee lamp is used to indicate that the radio dispatch unit tariff has been selected. 311a is turned on, and if the number-of-person fee lamp 313a is lit, the number-of-person fee lamp 313a is turned off instead of the wireless vehicle allocation fee lamp 311a.

On the other hand, the unit charge unit tariff button 3
13 is operated, the first charge display section 303 displays the same information as the operation of the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff button 311. If the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff has already been set at the time, the set number of people tariff unit tariff is applied to cancel the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff, and the first fee display unit 303 displays The amount obtained by subtracting the prescribed amount of the wireless dispatch unit tariff from the displayed amount and adding the prescribed amount of the other unit tariffs already set to the total amount and adding the prescribed amount of person fee "200" is displayed. You. At the same time, the lamp 30 corresponding to the already set unit tariff except for the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff.
7a, 309a and 315a together with a person charge lamp 3 to indicate that the person charge unit tariff has been selected.
13a is turned on, and if the wireless dispatch fee lamp 311a is on, the wireless dispatch fee lamp 311a is turned off instead of the number of people fee lamp 313a.

In the state where the unit charge tariff is not applied, the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff button 311 is used.
Is operated, the display is updated to an amount obtained by adding the prescribed amount "300" of the wireless dispatch fee to the display amount of the first fee display section 303, and the additional lighting of the wireless dispatch fee lamp 311a is performed. In the state where the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff is not applied, the number of persons charge unit tariff button 3
In the case where the number 13 is operated, the display is updated to an amount obtained by adding the prescribed amount “200” of the person fee to the display amount of the first fee display unit 303, and the additional lighting of the person fee lamp 313a is performed.

Also, the luggage charge unit tariff button 31
5 is operated, since the luggage charge is not prohibited from overlapping with other additional charges, even if any other unit tariff has already been set at this time, that unit tariff is canceled. The display is updated to an amount obtained by adding the prescribed amount of luggage charge "100" to the display amount of the first charge display section 303 corresponding to the luggage charge unit tariff button 315 operated this time, and the luggage charge lamp 315a Only additional lighting is performed.

Accordingly, the overlapping application pattern of each unit tariff according to the operation of each of the unit tariff buttons 307 to 315 of the wagon fee, the reservation fee, the radio dispatch fee, the number of people, and the baggage fee is shown in FIG. As shown together with the pattern of the display amount of money of the first fee display section 303 corresponding to the application pattern, there are 17 patterns in total. In the figure, the wagon fee, reservation fee, radio dispatch fee, number of people,
And, each unit tariff of baggage fee is "A",
Abbreviated as "B", "C", "D", "E".

After the operation of the fee display device 3 regarding the overlapping application of the surcharge system, the taxi meter body 1 shifts from the business tariff state to the empty car tariff state, and the surcharge system applied up to this point is applied. New items such as index data such as the number of times and applied amount
The additional system data added to the system data from is output to a subsequent device such as a receipt issuing device or an operation information collecting device (not shown).

As described above, according to the taxi meter of this embodiment, the unit tariff button 30
Of the additional charge systems of the wagon fee, the reservation fee, the wireless dispatch fee, the number of people, and the luggage fee set by the operations 7 to 315, the wagon fee and the reservation fee corresponding to the overlapping application are prohibited, respectively. Unit Tariff Button 30
When both the buttons 7 and 309 are operated, when the unit tariff buttons 307 and 309 corresponding to the wireless dispatch fee and the number of people, respectively, for which the overlapping application is prohibited are both operated, the application is already performed by the previous button operation. One of the unit tariffs is canceled when the other unit tariff is applied by a later button operation.

[0086] Therefore, it is possible to prevent the wagon fee and the reservation fee or the radio dispatch fee and the headcount fee, both of which are prohibited from being duplicated, from being set by mistake and the prescribed amounts being dubbed and collected. it can.

Further, according to the taxi meter of the present embodiment, of the plurality of unit tariff buttons corresponding to the additional tariff system for which overlapping application is prohibited, the additional tariff system corresponding to the unit tariff button operated last is used. It is applied instead of the additional charge system corresponding to the unit tariff button operated before that. For this reason, if the applicable conditions of the additional charge system, for which overlapping application is prohibited, are met, the unit of the additional charge system different from the applicable additional charge system is determined after determining which additional charge system to apply. Even if the tariff button is operated erroneously, the original additional tariff button that is determined to be applied is operated again, and the incorrect additional charge system setting should be applied. Can be switched easily, reliably, and easily.

Further, according to the taxi meter of this embodiment, the toll display device 3 displays the system data from the taxi meter main body 1 in accordance with the shift to the empty tariff after the taxi meter main body 1 enters the business tariff. And additional system data to which new items are added, such as index data such as the number of times the surcharge system is applied and the amount of the surcharge, are output. Can be transferred to a subsequent device such as a receipt issuing device or an operation information collecting device.

Next, a taxi meter according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The taxi meter according to the present embodiment includes a taxi meter main body 1 and a charge display device 3 as in the taxi meter of the first embodiment, and the CPU 323 of the microcomputer 323 on the charge display device 3 side.
a is different from the taxi meter of the first embodiment in the content of the additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2 in step S23A in FIG. 10, and the other points are the taxi meter of the first embodiment. It is configured similarly to.

That is, the unit tariff buttons 307 to 31
5, the unit tariff buttons 307 and 309 corresponding to the wagon fee and the reservation fee for which the overlapping application is prohibited,
When both the unit tariff buttons 311 and 313 corresponding to the radio dispatch fee and the number of people fee for which the overlapping application is prohibited are operated, the taxi meter of the second embodiment performs the same operation as the taxi meter of the first embodiment. The content is different from the additional charge system total applied amount calculation process 2 of step S23A in FIG. 10.
Second Embodiment Unique Additional Charge System Total Amount Calculation Processing 2
Is performed by the microcomputer 323 of the fee display device 3.

First, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 18, the microcomputer 323 first executes the step SB1 of FIG. 12 performed by the CPU 323a of the microcomputer 323 of the first embodiment.
Wagon charge unit tariff button 30
It is confirmed whether or not 7 has been operated (step SC1). If it has not been operated (N in step SC1), the process proceeds to step SC8 described later. If it has been operated (Y in step SC1), the following Step SC2 to Step S
In step C7, steps SB2 to SC in FIG.
After performing the same processing as in step 7 and performing step SC7, the process proceeds to step SB32 in FIG.

If the wagon charge unit tariff button 307 is not operated in step SC1 (N), the flow advances to step SC8 in FIG. 12 in the first embodiment.
Similarly to the processing in step SB8, whether the reservation charge unit tariff button 309 has been operated or not is determined. If not operated (N in step SC8), the process proceeds to step SC13 described later, (Y in step SC8), the flag Fa of the flag area a is "0"
Check if it is. If the flag Fa is not “0” (N in step SC9), step SB3 in FIG.
2 and if it is “0” (Y in step SC9), in the following steps SC10 to SC12, the same processing as steps SB9 to SB11 in FIG. 12 is performed, and after performing step SC12, It proceeds to step SB32 in FIG.

Further, in step SC13, which proceeds when the reservation fee unit tariff button 309 has not been operated in step SC8, it is determined whether or not the wireless vehicle allocation fee unit tariff button 311 has been operated, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. If it has not been operated (N in step SC13), the process proceeds to step SC20 described later, and if it has been operated (Y in step SC13),
In the following steps SC14 to SC19,
The same processing as steps SB16 to SB21 in FIG. 13 is performed, and after performing step SC19, the processing in FIG.
The process proceeds to Step SB32.

If the radio dispatch fee unit tariff button 311 has not been operated in step SC13 (N), the flow advances to step SC20 to check whether or not the headcount tariff button 313 has been operated. In this case (N in step SC20), the process proceeds to step SC24, which will be described later. If it is operated (Y in step SC20), it is checked whether the flag Fc of the flag area c is “0” (step SC21).
A). If the flag Fc is not “0” (step SC
N at 21A), and proceeds to step SB32 of FIG.
If it is “0” (Y in step SC21A), in the following steps SC21B, SC22, and SC23, the same processing as steps SB23 to SB25 in FIG.
Are performed, the process proceeds to Step SB32 in FIG.

Further, when the number-of-people unit tariff button 313 is not operated in step SC20 (N)
In step SB24, it is determined whether the flag Fe in the flag area e of the RAM 323b is “0”,
If it is not “0” (N in step SB24), FIG.
If it is "0" (Y in step SB24), the flag Fe is set to "1" (step SC25), as in steps SB30 and SB31 in FIG. 13, and the luggage fee lamp 315a Is turned on (step SC26), and then step SB in FIG.
Go to 32.

Next, the operation (operation) of the taxi meter according to the second embodiment configured as described above will be described.
First, during the pick-up tariff of the taxi meter main unit 1, only the operation of the two types of unit tariff buttons 309 and 311 of the reservation fee related to the pick-up and the wireless dispatch fee are valid.
Therefore, the reservation charge unit tariff button 309 and the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff button 311 are not applied in a state where both the reservation charge and the wireless dispatch charge additional charge system are not applied.
Is operated, the first charge display section 3
Either “03”, which is the prescribed amount of the reservation fee, or “300”, which is the prescribed amount of the radio dispatch fee, is displayed at 03, and a reservation fee lamp 309a indicating that the reservation fee has been selected, and One of the wireless dispatch fee lamps 311a indicating that the wireless dispatch fee has been selected is lit.

Also, the reservation charge unit tariff button 30
9 when one of the reservation fee and the wireless dispatch fee is selected by operation of one of the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff button 311 and the other, the other is already selected. Similarly to the embodiment, the display amount of the first charge display section 303 is “700” which is the sum of the prescribed amounts of the reservation charge and the wireless dispatch charge, and both the lamps 309a and 311a of the reserve charge and the wireless dispatch charge are both set. Light. When the tariff state of the taxi meter main body 1 shifts from the pick-up car tariff to the actual car tariff thereafter, the display amount of the first charge display section 303 and the lamps 309a and 311a of the reservation charge and the wireless dispatch charge are turned on. On the other hand, if the tariff state is changed from the pick-up tariff to the empty tariff afterwards due to cancellation of dispatch, the display of the first fee display section 303 is cleared, and the reservation fee and the wireless dispatch fee are displayed. The two lamps 3
09a and 311a are turned off.

Next, after the taxi meter body 1 enters the actual car tariff, all five additional unit tariffs of the wagon fee, the reservation fee, the wireless dispatch fee, the number of people, and the luggage fee can be selected. . Therefore, for example, if the wagon charge unit tariff button 307 is operated here, since this wagon charge is prohibited from overlapping with the reservation charge, the reservation charge unit tariff has already been set at this time. , The wagon charge unit tariff with the higher specified amount is applied and the reservation charge unit tariff is canceled, and the first charge display section 303 displays
An amount obtained by adding the prescribed amount of the wagon fee “1000” to the sum of the prescribed amounts of the unit tariffs already set other than the reservation fee unit tariff is displayed. At the same time, the currently displayed lamp 30
Along with 9a-315a, a wagon charge lamp 307a to indicate that a wagon charge unit tariff has been selected.
Lights up, and if the reservation fee lamp 309a is on, the reservation fee lamp 309a goes off instead of the wagon fee lamp 307a.

When the wagon charge unit tariff button 307 is operated in a state where the reservation charge unit tariff is not applied, the specified amount of wagon charge “1000” is added to the amount displayed on the first charge display section 303. The display is updated to the calculated amount and the additional lighting of the wagon fee lamp 307a is performed.

The reservation charge unit tariff button 30
9 is operated, wagon charge unit tariff button 3
It is different from the operation of 07. That is, if the wagon charge unit tariff has already been set at the time of operation of the reservation charge unit tariff button 309, overlapping application with this wagon charge is prohibited, so that the wagon with the higher specified amount is The charge unit tariff is applied, the application of the reservation charge unit tariff by operating the current reservation charge unit tariff button 309 is postponed, and the wagon charge unit tariff is continuously applied. Therefore, the display amount of the first fee display unit 303 and the lamps 307a to 315
The lighting state of “a” is the same as before the current operation of the reservation fee unit tariff button 309.

When the reservation fee unit tariff button 309 is operated in a state where the wagon fee unit tariff is not applied, the prescribed amount of the reservation fee “400” is added to the amount displayed on the first fee display section 303. The display is updated to the calculated amount and the additional lighting of the reservation fee lamp 309a is performed.

Further, when the radio dispatch fee unit tariff button 311 is operated, the overlapping of the radio dispatch fee and the headcount is prohibited, so that the headcount tariff has already been set at this time. in case of,
The radio dispatch unit tariff with the higher specified amount is applied, and the unit fee unit tariff is canceled.
In the charge display section 303, the prescribed amount of the wireless dispatch fee is added to the sum of the prescribed amounts of the unit tariffs already set, excluding the person charge unit tariff, which is "30".
The amount obtained by adding "0" is displayed. At the same time, the currently displayed lamps 307a, 309a, 313a, 3
Along with 15a, the wireless dispatch fee lamp 311a is lit to indicate that the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff has been selected, and if the headcount fee lamp 313a is lit, the wireless dispatch fee lamp 311a is illuminated. Instead, the number charge lamp 313a is turned off.

In the state where the number-of-people-unit tariff is not applied, the radio dispatch unit tariff button 311 is used.
Is operated, the display is updated to the amount obtained by adding the prescribed amount of the wireless dispatch fee "300" to the display amount of the first fee display section 303, and the additional lighting of the wireless dispatch fee lamp 311a is performed.

Also, the number of persons unit tariff button 31
3 is different from the operation of the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff button 311. In other words, if the wireless dispatch fee unit tariff has already been set at the time of operation of the headcount fee tariff button 313, since the overlapping application with this wireless dispatch fee is prohibited, the prescribed amount is higher. The wireless dispatch rate unit tariff of
The application of the headcount unit tariff by the operation of the headcount unit tariff button 313 this time is postponed, and the wireless dispatch unit tariff is continuously applied. Therefore, the display amount of the first charge display section 303 and the amount of each lamp 30
The lighting states of 7a, 309a, 311a, and 315a are the same as before the operation of the current person number unit tariff button 313.

In the state where the wireless dispatch charge unit tariff is not applied, the number of people charge unit tariff button 313 is used.
Is operated, the display is updated to the sum of the display amount of the first charge display section 303 and the prescribed amount of the person charge "200", and the additional lighting of the person charge lamp 313a is performed. When the luggage unit tariff button 315 is operated, the same operation as the taxi meter of the first embodiment is performed.

Therefore, the overlapping application pattern of each unit tariff according to the operation of each unit tariff button 307 to 315 of the wagon fee, the reservation fee, the radio dispatch fee, the number of people, and the baggage fee is the same as that of the first embodiment. Like the taxi meter, there are a total of 17 patterns, but the operation pattern of each unit tariff button 307 to 315 leading to each overlap application pattern is different from the taxi meter of the first embodiment.

According to the taxi meter of the second embodiment described above, the unit tariff button 30
Of the additional charge systems of the wagon fee, the reservation fee, the wireless dispatch fee, the number of people, and the luggage fee set by the operations 7 to 315, the wagon fee and the reservation fee corresponding to the overlapping application are prohibited, respectively. Unit Tariff Button 30
In the case where both of the unit tariff buttons 307 and 309 corresponding to the wireless dispatch fee and the number of people, respectively, for which duplication is prohibited, are both operated, the wagon fee or the wagon fee having the higher specified amount is also used. The unit tariff of the wireless dispatch fee is applied preferentially, and the application of the unit tariff of the reservation fee or the number of people whose fee is low is cancelled.

For this reason, as in the first embodiment, the wagon fee and the reservation fee, or the radio dispatch fee and the headcount fee, both of which are prohibited from being duplicated, are erroneously set, and the prescribed amounts are dubbed and collected. Can be prevented. In addition, according to the taxi meter of the present embodiment, among the plurality of unit tariff buttons corresponding to the additional tariff system for which the overlapping application is prohibited, the additional tariff system corresponding to the unit tariff button having the higher specified amount is higher. Is applied in place of the surcharge system corresponding to other unit tariff buttons with a lower specified amount.If both conditions of the surcharge system for which duplication is prohibited are met, either surcharge system will be applied. Even if you do not remember whether the specified amount is higher, simply operate the unit tariff button corresponding to the additional charge system every time the applicable conditions of the additional charge system are met, which is advantageous to taxi operators' profits In addition, it is possible to easily, reliably, and easily apply the additional charge system with the highest prescribed amount.

Also, according to the taxi meter of the present embodiment, the toll display device 3 displays the system data from the taxi meter main unit 1 in accordance with the shift to the empty tariff after the taxi meter main unit 1 enters the business tariff. Since additional system data to which new items are added, such as index data such as the number of times the surcharge system is applied and the amount of the surcharge, is output, the data of the amount newly added to the fare display device 3 and collected from the passengers along with the fare is displayed. For example, it can be transferred to a subsequent device such as a receipt issuing device or an operation information collecting device.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the lamps 307a to 315a for displaying the applied additional charge system are provided. However, these lamps may be omitted, or other overlapping applications are prohibited. Lamps 307a to 313 corresponding to the additional charge system whose application has been canceled by the application of the additional charge system
For example, these lamps 307a-31
It may be configured to notify the cancellation of the application by a lighting pattern different from that at the time of application by 3a.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, in accordance with the shift to the empty car tariff after the taxi meter main body 1 enters the business tariff, the fee display device 3 displays the additional charge on the system data from the taxi meter main body 1. A configuration in which additional system data to which new items are added, such as index data such as the number of times the system is applied and the amount of application of the system, may be omitted. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the taxi meter is divided into the taxi meter main body 1 and the fare display device 3, but it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a taxi meter configured as a single unit.

[0112]

As described above, according to the taxi surcharge calculation method according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of taxi are added to the fare determined according to the taxi business operation. In the method of calculating the applied fee of the surcharge system selected from among the taxi meters ,
The plurality of types of surcharges are classified so that surcharges that cannot be applied in duplicate belong to the same group, and in each of the groups, when a single surcharge in the group is selected, The selection of one additional charge system is made valid, and in each of the groups, when a plurality of additional charge systems in the group are selected, only a single additional charge system of the plurality of additional charge systems is selected. The applied charge is calculated by summing up the prescribed amounts of the additional charge systems for which the selection is valid, the remaining selection of the additional charge system is invalid, and the selection of each group is valid.

Further, according to the taxi meter of the present invention, an additional charge selected by operating the tariff operating means from a plurality of types is added to the fare determined according to the business operation of the taxi. In a taxi meter for calculating an applied charge of a system, classification data holding means for holding classification data of each of the additional charge systems belonging to each of a plurality of groups in which the additional charge systems that cannot be overlapped are classified into the same group, A specified amount data holding unit for holding data of the specified amount of money for each of the additional charge systems; and the additional charge system selected by the operation of the tariff operation unit, wherein each of the groups is stored in accordance with the classification data of the classification data holding unit. Classification means for separately classifying, and from the additional charge system of each group classified by the classification means, Extracting means for extracting each of the additional charge systems one by one, wherein each of the additional charge systems extracted for each of the groups by the extractor based on the data of the specified amount held by the specified amount data holding means. Are summed up to calculate the applicable charge of the additional charge system.

Therefore, if a group to which the additional charge system selected from the plurality of types belongs belongs to another additional charge system, only the selection of a single additional charge system from the same group is valid. It is possible to prevent accidental duplication of surcharges that cannot be duplicated, and to do so, use special operations when selecting surcharges. It is not necessary to perform such operations and it is possible to save time and effort.

Further, according to the taxi surcharge calculation method according to the second aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of types of surcharges in the group are selected in each group, the taxi surcharge is calculated. Selection of only a single additional charge system having the highest specified amount of money among a plurality of types of additional charge systems is made effective. Further, according to the taxi meter of the present invention described in claim 5, the extraction means extracts the additional charge system having the highest specified amount of money. For this reason, on the one hand, by preventing the financial burden from increasing due to the application of multiple surcharge systems, and securing the interests of the passengers, on the other hand, by selecting the surcharge system with the higher specified amount,
It is possible to minimize the decrease in taxi revenues by prohibiting overlapping applications.

Further, according to the taxi surcharge calculation method of the third aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of surcharges in the group are sequentially selected in each group, the taxi surcharge is calculated. The selection of only a single additional charge system selected last from a plurality of additional charge systems sequentially selected is made effective. According to the taxi meter of the present invention described in claim 6, the extracting means extracts the last additional charge system selected from the additional charge systems sequentially selected by the tariff operation means. And For this reason, in the case where a plurality of types of additional charge systems are selected in the same group, it is possible to ensure that the additional charge system is selected by finally selecting the additional charge system that one really wants to apply. it can.

Further, according to the taxi meter of the present invention described in claim 7, the display means for displaying the applied charge is further provided, so that the calculated applied charge can be easily checked. Becomes possible.

Further, according to the taxi meter of the present invention described in claim 8, the display means further displays the contents of the additional charge system extracted from the additional charge system of each group by the extracting means. Therefore, it is possible to confirm which additional charge system was actually extracted by the extracting means.

Further, according to the taxi meter of the present invention described in claim 9, the taxi meter includes a main body,
Since the fare is calculated by the main body and the applied fee is calculated by the external charge display device, the external fare display device is connected to the main body.
The newly added additional charge system can be made compatible with the external charge display device, and the device compatible with the existing charge system can be used as it is as the main unit.

Further, according to the taxi meter of the present invention described in claim 10, the system further comprises system data output means for outputting the applied fee of the additional charge system together with the fare amount as system data to the outside. Therefore, the effect that the data of the applied fare necessary for calculating the final fare along with the fare amount can be transferred to a subsequent device such as a receipt issuing device or an operation information collecting device, for example. Play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a taxi meter of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a taxi meter according to first and second embodiments of the present invention.

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

4 is an explanatory diagram showing items of system data output by the microcomputer of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the external charge display device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a microcomputer of the external charge device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a memory area map of a RAM of a microcomputer of the external charge device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage form of each additional charge system data and classification data in the E ² PROM 327 shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the CPU according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention in accordance with a control program stored in the ROM of the microcomputer of the external charge device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 relates to the first and second embodiments of the present invention,
6 is a flowchart showing a process performed by the CPU according to a control program stored in the ROM of the microcomputer of the external charge device shown in FIG.

11 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 1 in the flowchart of FIG. 9 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

17 is a diagram showing an overlap application pattern of each unit tariff corresponding to an operation of each unit tariff button related to selection of the additional charge system shown in FIG. 5, and a display corresponding to each overlap application pattern by the first fee display unit in FIG. 5; It is explanatory drawing which shows the pattern of money amount.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the contents of a subroutine of additional charge system total applied amount calculation processing 2 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 taxi meter body 3 External Rate display 302 display unit 307 to 315 tariff operating means 323 the microcomputer 323a CPU 323b RAM 323c ROM 323A classification means 323B extracting unit 323C system data output means 327 E ² PROM 327A classification data holding means 327B defined Amount data holding means

Claims (10)

(57) [Claims] A taxi meter calculates an additional charge system applied fee selected from a plurality of types, which is added to a fare determined according to the business operation of a taxi .
The plurality of types of surcharges are classified so that surcharges that cannot be applied in duplicate belong to the same group. In each of the groups, when a single surcharge in the group is selected, The selection of the single additional charge system is made effective, and in each of the groups, when a plurality of additional charge systems in the group are selected, a single additional charge system of the plurality of additional charge systems is selected. Only the selection is valid, the selection of the remaining additional charge system is invalidated, and the applied charge is calculated by summing the specified amount of each additional charge system with the selection of each group enabled. A taxi surcharge calculation method. 2. In each of the groups, when a plurality of kinds of additional charge systems in the group are selected, only a single additional charge system having the highest specified amount among the plurality of additional charge systems is selected. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selection is made valid. 3. In each of the groups, when a plurality of additional charge systems in the group are sequentially selected, a single additional charge system selected last among the plurality of sequentially selected additional charge systems. Claim 1 wherein only the selection is made valid.
The taxi surcharge system applicable charge calculation method described. 4. A taxi meter for calculating an applied charge of an additional charge system selected from a plurality of types by operating a tariff operating means, which is added to a fare determined according to a taxi's business travel, wherein the taxi meter cannot be applied in duplicate. Classification data holding means for holding the classification data of each of the additional charge systems belonging to each of a plurality of groups in which the additional charge systems are classified into the same group; and a provision for holding the data of the specified amount of money for each of the additional charge systems Amount data holding means, classification means for classifying the additional charge system selected by the operation of the tariff operation means for each group according to the classification data of the classification data holding means, Extracting means for extracting the additional charge system to be applied one by one from the additional charge system of each group. Based on the data of the specified amount held by the specified amount data holding unit, the extracting unit totals the specified amounts of the respective additional charges extracted for each of the groups, and calculates the applied charges of the additional unit. Calculating a taxi meter. 5. The taxi meter according to claim 4, wherein the extracting means extracts the additional charge system having the highest specified amount of money. 6. The taxi meter according to claim 4, wherein the extraction unit extracts the last additional charge system selected from among the additional charge systems sequentially selected by the tariff operation unit. 7. The taxi meter according to claim 4, further comprising display means for displaying the applied fee. 8. The taxi meter according to claim 7, wherein the display unit further displays the contents of the additional charge system extracted from the additional charge system of each group by the extracting unit. 9. The taxi meter includes a main body and an external charge display device connected to the main body. The fare is calculated by the main body, and the applied charge is calculated by the external charge display device. The taxi meter according to claim 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, which is calculated. 10. The system according to claim 4, further comprising system data output means for outputting the applied charge of the surcharge system to the outside together with the fare amount as system data.
The taxi meter according to 7, 8, or 9.