JP3511203B2 - Advertising information display system for refueling equipment - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an advertisement information display system in a refueling device for displaying advertisement information on a display of a refueling device installed in a gas station. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, at a gas station, fuel oil is supplied and sold by a fueling device. In addition, engine oil, transmission oil for automatic vehicles,
Or where we sell car maintenance items such as wax, and where there is also a convenience store,
We sell daily necessities such as groceries. At the gas station,
Commercial advertising is performed by displaying advertising information such as gas station campaign information on a light-emitting display device or a display device that circulates and displays a plurality of posters as appropriate at the entrance of a car or the like. [0003] However, in a conventional refueling station, if a customer who has refueled does not need to shop at a convenience store or the like, he or she remains in the vehicle during refueling. There is a case where time is left by looking at the refueling indicator. Further, the light-emitting or circulation type display device at the entrance may not be visible depending on the stop position of the vehicle in the refueling area. [0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an advertisement information display system at a gas station where the display of advertisement information can be viewed at a stop position using the time during refueling, and profits can be obtained by the advertisement display. According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an advertiser terminal provided on an advertiser side which desires to display advertisement information. A server provided at the gas station connected by the input / output control means via the network; an operation unit connected to the server by the transmission / reception control means for setting refueling data; and a display for displaying the setting data and a fuel supply apparatus provided with a data input-output device with a part, said server, the registration information control means
Company information for each advertiser recorded in the customer information storage means
With recorded corporate information憶unit, advertisement information in the advertisement information storage unit transmitted from the advertiser terminal registered
The advertisement information stored by the processing means is searched by the advertisement information search means for the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage means based on the refueling start signal of the refueling device, and the display processing control means
The display processing is performed, and the data is transmitted to the data input / output device, and the display is switched from the setting data display to the advertisement information display on the display unit, and the display unit is displayed from the advertisement information display to the setting data display based on the refueling end signal of the refueling device. And the display time for each advertiser according to the advertisement information display during refueling.
Is stored in the billing data storage means that accumulates the number of display times
It is characterized in that the charge totaling processing is performed by the charge totaling means by data . Using the time during refueling, the display of the advertisement information can be seen at the stop position, and the advertisement display can increase the profit. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention; 1 to 7 are diagrams for explaining an advertisement information display system in a refueling device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a server and a refueling device.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of a fueling device, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a customer information file stored in a customer information storage unit, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an advertisement information file stored in an advertisement information storage unit, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a charge data file stored in a charge data information storage unit. [0007] In these figures, the advertising information system of the present embodiment comprises a plurality of advertiser terminals 2 desiring to advertise in a company or the like on a network 1 such as the Internet, and a server 10 provided at a gas station. A refueling device 30 having a data input / output device 50 is connected to the server 10 and connected to the server 10. The server 10 registers an advertiser who wants to newly advertise with the company information thereof. The transmitted advertisement information is stored and managed, and during the refueling, the advertisement information corresponding to the customer is switched and displayed on the display unit 53 provided in the data input / output device 50, and the advertiser is charged based on the display of the advertisement information. Processing is performed. Such a server 10 is connected to, for example, a plurality of refueling devices 30 of a refueling station, and also has a function of a refueling station selling device that performs a settlement process or the like based on refueling data of each refueling device 30. Good. Also,
A network 1 such as the Internet includes an advertiser terminal 2,
The server 10 is configured to be mutually connectable by a facility of a connection company via a public line or the like. The server 10 includes input / output control means 11 for controlling the input and output of data to and from the network 1 such as the Internet, customer information storage means 12 for recording information on customers who come to a gas station for refueling, Company information storage means 13 for recording information about the company as the advertiser,
An advertisement information storage unit 14 for recording the advertisement information of the registered advertiser, a charging data storage unit 15 for recording the time and the number of times of displaying the advertisement information for the charging process for each advertiser,
Registration information control means 16 comprising a program for performing registration processing of a new advertiser; advertisement information processing means 17 comprising a program for performing processing such as registration, update, and deletion of advertisement information for each advertiser; Information search means 18 comprising a program for searching for an advertisement suitable for the display, and display processing control means 1 comprising a program for performing processing for switching the display of advertisement information on the display unit 53 of the data input / output device 50 and the like.
And a charge totaling means 20 comprising a program for performing a charge totaling process according to the display time and the number of times of display of the advertisement information.
Transmission and reception control means 22 for controlling transmission and reception of data to and from the refueling device 30, and central control means 21 for controlling each part
And so on. As shown in FIG. 4, the customer information file stored in the customer information storage means 12 includes a customer code, a customer name, a date of birth, a gender, a vehicle type, and a hobby of the customer. The file to be recorded. For example, a customer whose customer code is "10001" has a name of "Taro Tatsuno", a date of birth of November 3, 2012 "H241103",
Gender is "male", car type is "xxx car", hobby is "golf,
AV equipment ”. Such customer information will be described later. For example, data read from a card for each customer in advance by a card reader / writer 52 of the data input / output device 50 is transmitted from the control device 41 to the server 10 and the customer information storage unit 12 Recorded in. As shown in FIG. 5, the company information file stored in the company information storage means 13 includes a company name as an advertiser, an advertiser code, and a type of advertisement information such as moving image, still image or character information. , A field handled by the advertiser, a single display time when the advertisement information is a moving image, a file name of the advertisement information, and the like. Still images and character information do not indicate the display time as the number of times of display. For example, the advertiser “A” has an advertiser code “100021”, two types of information “video”, fields “AV device” and “PC device”, display time “120” seconds and "45" seconds, the file names are "VIDEO.MPEG" and "VAI.MP", respectively.
EG "and the advertiser" Company J "have the advertiser code" 10
0403 ”, information type“ character information ”, field“ discount store ”, and file name“ BIG.MPEG ”. Such company information is transmitted from the advertiser terminal 2 of the registered advertiser to the server 10 via the network 1 and recorded in the customer information storage unit 12. As shown in FIG. 6, the advertisement information file stored in the advertisement information storage means 14 records a field, an advertiser / advertisement content, an advertiser code, and the like for each moving image, still image, or character information. File. For example, in the case of a moving image, the field “AV equipment”, the advertiser “Company A (video camera 120 seconds)”, and the advertiser code “10002”
1 ", in the case of still images, the field" motorcycle ", the advertiser" H
Company (let's) ", advertiser code" 100201 ", and in the case of character information, field" department store ", advertiser" company I (new store information) ", code" 100303 ", and the like. Such advertisement information is transmitted from the advertiser terminal 2 of the registered advertiser to the server 10 via the network 1 and recorded in the advertisement information storage unit 14. As shown in FIG. 7, the billing data file stored in the billing data storage means 15 includes the advertiser, the advertiser code, and the display time of the advertising information displayed during refueling for one month. Is a file in which the cumulative number of advertisement information displayed during refueling during one month and the like are recorded. For example, the advertiser “Company A” and the advertiser code “1000”
21 ", integration time" 0.5 hours ", integration frequency" 4 times ",
Also, the advertiser “company B” and the advertiser code “10002”
2, "2.0 hours" and "25 times". For such billing data, the refueling device 30
According to the advertisement information displayed on the display unit 53 of the data input / output device 50, data obtained by accumulating the display time and the number of times for each advertiser is recorded in the charging data storage unit 15. The refueling device 30 is, for example, a ground-mounted device provided on an island of a refueling station (not shown).
The motor 3 constituting the oil supply mechanism 43 is provided in the main body case 31.
Refueling pump 33, flow pulse transmitter 35 driven by 2
Pipe 36 in which a flow meter 34 having a flow path communicates with an underground tank
The oil supply pipe 36 on the discharge port side of the flow meter 34 is led out to the side surface side of the main body case 31, and an oil supply hose 37 having an oil supply nozzle 38 at the tip is connected to this portion. The refueling nozzle 38 is configured to be hung on a nozzle hook 39 provided on a side surface or the like of the main body case 31.
A nozzle switch 40 is provided near the nozzle hook 39. In addition, in the main body case 31, the refueling mechanism 43 is controlled, the number of pulses of the flow rate pulse transmitter 35 is counted, the refueling amount is calculated and displayed on the display 42, and between the server 10 and the data input / output device 50. A control device 41 for transmitting and receiving data is provided. The data input / output device 50 is arranged on the operation surface side of the refueling device 30 viewed from the refueling area side, and has an operation unit 51 for inputting setting data and instructing an operation, and for adjusting customer information and refueling fee. A card reader / writer 52 for reading and writing a card storing the above data, a display unit 53 for displaying setting data or advertisement information, and data for controlling each unit and transmitting and receiving data to and from the control device 41. An input / output control unit 54 and the like are provided. Next, the operation of the advertisement information display system having the above configuration will be described. 8 to 12 are diagrams for explaining the operation of the advertisement information display system. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the advertiser terminal side, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the registration and advertisement information processing on the server side. , FIG.
Is a flowchart for explaining the operation of refueling and display on the refueling device side, FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of advertisement display search and display switching on the server side, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of charge totaling processing on the server side. is there. First, a new advertiser such as a company that wants to display advertisement information on the refueling device 30 of the gas station accesses the server 10 of the gas station from the advertiser terminal 2 via the network 1 such as the Internet. Then, a procedure for acquiring an identification (ID) number and a password by new registration is performed. That is, when the advertiser terminal 2 accesses the server 10 and newly registers (ST1), it outputs data of new acquisition of an ID and a password (ST2). When the newly acquired data is input via the input / output control means 11 (ST31), the server 10 outputs the acquired screen to the advertiser terminal 2 under the control of the registration information control means 16 (ST3).
2). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs the acquisition screen transmitted from the server 10 (ST3), the advertiser terminal 2 displays the acquisition screen, and displays the ID together with predetermined company information on this screen.
And password and output the acquisition (ST
4). When the ID and the password are input from the advertiser terminal 2 (ST33), the server 10 stores the ID and the password and outputs a registration completion notification to the advertiser terminal 2 (ST34). Is determined for each advertiser and stored in the company information storage means 13. When inputting the acquisition completion notification from the server 10 (ST5), the advertiser terminal 2 displays this ID and password registration completion notification (ST6), and ends the registration procedure. Next, a case where an advertiser registers new advertisement information, updates advertisement information, or deletes advertisement information will be described. First, when an advertiser who has obtained an ID and a password in advance inputs a new advertisement by inputting the ID and the password from the advertiser terminal 2 (ST7, 8), the new advertisement registration is output to the server 10 (ST9). ). When this new advertisement registration is input (ST35), the server 10 outputs a screen for new registration to the advertiser terminal 2 under the control of the advertisement information processing means 17 (ST36). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs this new registration screen (ST10), it inputs the advertisement information prepared in advance according to the displayed new registration screen and outputs the advertisement information to the server 10 (ST11). Server 1
0 inputs the advertisement information (ST37), similarly stores the advertisement information in the advertisement information storage means 14 under the control of the advertisement information processing means 17, and notifies the advertiser terminal 2 of the completion of the registration of the advertisement information.
And the advertisement information is stored in the area corresponding to the advertiser code of the company information storage means 13 (ST3).
8). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs the advertisement information registration completion notice (ST12), the advertisement information registration completion notice is displayed (ST13), and the procedure of new advertisement registration ends. Next, when updating the advertisement information registered by the advertiser, first, the advertiser who has obtained the ID and password in advance inputs the ID and password from the advertiser terminal 2 and updates the advertisement. (ST7, 14)
The advertisement update is output to the server 10 (ST15). When this advertisement update is input (ST39), the server 10 outputs a screen for selecting update data to the advertiser terminal 2 under the control of the advertisement information processing means 17 (ST40). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs this update data selection screen (S
T16), input the advertisement file name to be updated according to the displayed update data selection screen, and output the advertisement file name to the server 10 (ST17). When the server 10 inputs this advertisement file name (ST4
1) Similarly, under the control of the advertisement information processing means 17, an advertisement file is searched (ST42), and subsequently, updated data is output to the advertiser terminal 2 (ST43). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs the update data (ST18), it inputs the data of the advertisement information to be updated and outputs the advertisement file to the server 10 (ST19). When the server 10 inputs this advertisement file (ST44), the updated advertisement file is stored in the advertisement information storage means 14, and at the same time, an update completion notification is output to the advertiser terminal 2, and the advertiser code in the company information storage means 13 is stored. (ST45). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs the advertisement information update completion notification (ST20), the advertisement information update completion notification is displayed (ST21), and the advertisement update procedure ends. Next, when deleting the advertisement information registered by the advertiser, first, the advertiser who has obtained the ID and password in advance inputs the ID and password from the advertiser terminal 2 to delete the advertisement. (ST7, 22)
The advertisement deletion is output to the server 10 (ST23). When inputting this advertisement deletion (ST46), the server 10 outputs a screen for selecting deletion data to the advertiser terminal 2 under the control of the advertisement information processing means 17 (ST47). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs this deletion data selection screen (S
T24), input the advertisement file name to be deleted according to the displayed deletion data selection screen, and output the advertisement file name to the server 10 (ST25). When the server 10 inputs this advertisement file name (ST4
8) Similarly, under the control of the advertisement information processing means 17, an advertisement file is searched (ST49), and subsequently, deleted data is output to the advertiser terminal 2 (ST50). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs the deletion data (ST26), the deletion data determination is output to the server 10 (ST27). When the server 10 inputs this deletion data confirmation (ST51), the corresponding advertisement file is deleted from the advertisement information storage means 14, and at the same time, a deletion completion notification is output to the advertiser terminal 2 and the advertiser in the company information storage means 13 is deleted. The advertisement information in the area corresponding to the code is deleted (ST52). When the advertiser terminal 2 inputs the advertisement information deletion completion notification (ST28), the advertisement information deletion completion notification is displayed (ST29), and the advertisement deletion procedure ends. Next, the refueling operation and the display operation of the advertisement information in the refueling device 30 will be described. When a customer stops a car in a refueling area corresponding to the refueling device 30 for refueling, a refueling worker or the like transmits refueling setting data such as refueling amount and oil type to a data input / output device according to the customer's request. 5
0 and the customer data for displaying the advertisement information (ST61). The refueling setting data and the customer data are transmitted to the server 10 under the control of the data input / output control unit 54 and the control device 41. Output (ST6
2). Refueling setting data and the like are displayed on the display unit 53.
As the customer data, data such as a customer code may be input from the operation unit 51. However, the card reader / writer 52 reads a card possessed by the customer for refueling charge settlement in which hobbies and the like are recorded in advance. You may. Next, the server 10
Is input when refueling setting data and customer data are input (S
T81) Under the control of the advertisement information search means 18, search for a corresponding advertisement file corresponding to a hobby recorded in the customer information storage means 12 or a hobby recorded on a card owned by the customer based on the customer code. (ST82). Next, in the refueling device 30, when the refueling nozzle 38 is removed from the nozzle hook 39 and the nozzle switch 40 is turned on as a refueling start signal (ST63), the ON signal is output from the control device 41 to the server 10 (ST63). ST64).
When the ON signal of the nozzle switch 40 is input (ST83), the server 10 outputs a display switching signal under the control of the display processing control unit 19 and reads and outputs the signal from the corresponding advertisement information storage unit 14 (ST83). ST84). When the display switching signal is input from server 10 (ST65), refueling device 30 displays unit 5 of data input / output device 50.
The display of No. 3 is switched from the display of refueling setting data to the display of advertisement, and the advertisement information is displayed (ST66). After a predetermined time (t1) has elapsed from the start of refueling (ST67), the refueling device 30 counts the time or number of advertisement displays until the nozzle switch 40 is turned off (ST68, ST68).
69). Thereby, charging is not performed for an error that may occur on the side of the refueling device 30 at the beginning of refueling. Refueling device 3
0 indicates that when the nozzle switch 40 is turned off as a refueling end signal, an off signal of the nozzle switch 40 is output to the server 10 (ST70), and then the advertisement display data such as display time or display count based on the advertisement display count. Is output to the server 10 (ST71). When the off signal of the nozzle switch 40 is input from the refueling device 30 (ST85), the server 10 totals the advertisement display data for each advertiser under the control of the charging totalization processing unit 20 and records it in the charging data storage unit 15. At the same time, a display switching signal is output to the fueling device 30 under the control of the display processing control means 19 (ST
86). When a refueling switching signal is input from server 10 (ST73), refueling device 30 switches the display on display unit 53 to the display of refueling setting data (ST74). When the nozzle switch 40 is turned off without a fixed time after the advertisement is displayed (ST72), the refueling device 30 outputs an off signal of the nozzle switch 40 to the server 10 (S72).
T75), the display of the display unit 53 is switched to the display of the refueling setting data after the display switching signal is input from the server 10 (ST73, 74). Next, a billing process for advertisement display will be described. When the set date has come (ST91), the server 10
The advertisement display data stored in the charging data storage unit 15 is totalized under the control of the charging totaling unit 20 (ST9).
2) A bill is created for each advertiser and transmitted to each advertiser terminal 2 (ST93). In the advertisement information display system in the refueling apparatus having the above configuration, a server 10 provided at a gas station is transmitted from an advertiser terminal 2 of a company or the like who wants to display advertisement information via a network 1 such as the Internet. Advertising information stored in a file together with company information, enter the code of the customer who came to refuel and enter the customer information hobbies registered in advance, or hobbies previously recorded on the card that the customer has for refueling fee settlement Accordingly, by displaying the advertisement information during refueling on the display unit 53 of the data input / output device 50 provided in the refueling device 30, the display of the advertisement information can be viewed at the stop position using the time during refueling. it can. This advertisement information is composed of moving images, still images, text information, and the like, and is classified according to the field. The advertisement information is selected and displayed according to the customer's hobbies, so that it can be viewed with interest during refueling, so that it has more time. Is gone. Also, at the gas station, advertisers who wish to display advertisements are registered in advance, and display data obtained by counting the time or number of times of displaying advertisement information as billing data is totaled for each set date, and the advertiser is connected via the network for each advertiser. Because of the billing, the advertisement display can make a profit. In the above embodiment, an example was described in which the fueling device 30 was connected to the server 10 provided at the gas station and the advertisement information was displayed on the display 53 of the data input / output device 50. Is a plurality of refueling devices 30
May be provided for each. The refueling device 3
0 can be applied to any structure, and the data input / output device 5
0 should just be arrange | positioned at the operation side of the oil supply apparatus 30. FIG. Further, the example in which the advertisement information according to the customer is selected according to the hobby has been described. However, the advertisement information may be selected according to the customer's age, gender, vehicle type, or the like. Is also good. As described above, according to the advertisement information display system in the refueling apparatus of the present invention, the server provided at the gas station is provided from an advertiser terminal of a company or the like who wants to display the advertisement information from the Internet or the like. Store advertisement information transmitted via a network together with company information in a file, and display advertisement information during refueling on a display unit of a data input / output device provided in a refueling device according to a customer who has refueled. By using the time during refueling, the display of the advertisement information can be viewed with interest at the stop position, and at the gas station, the advertiser who wants to display the advertisement is registered in advance and the advertisement information is displayed By summing up display data that counts the time or number of times to be charged as billing data for each set date and billing each advertiser via the network, it is possible to generate revenue by displaying advertisements Can be.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a server and a fueling device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a fueling device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a customer information storage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a company information storage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an advertisement information storage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a billing data storage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the advertiser terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating operations of server-side registration and advertisement information processing according to the embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating operations of refueling and display on the refueling device side according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of server-side advertisement display search and display switching according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a server accounting totaling process according to the embodiment of this invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 network 2 advertiser terminal 10 server 11 input / output control means 12 customer information storage means 13 company information storage means 14 advertisement information storage means 15 billing data storage means 16 registration information control means 17 advertisement information processing means 18 advertisement Information search means 19 Display processing control means 20 Charge totaling processing means 21 Central control means 22 Transmission / reception control means 30 Refueling device 31 Main case 32 Motor 33 Refueling pump 34 Flowmeter 35 Flow pulse transmitter 36 Refueling pipe 37 Refueling hose 38 Refueling nozzle 39 Nozzle hook 40 Nozzle switch 41 Data control unit 42 Display 43 Refueling mechanism 50 Data input / output device 51 Operation unit 52 Card reader / writer 53 Display unit 54 Data input / output control unit

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(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Entry / exit via a network to / from an advertiser terminal provided on the side of an advertiser who wishes to display advertisement information.
A server provided on the gas station side connected by the force control means, and a data input / output device connected to the server by the transmission / reception control means and having an operation unit for setting refueling data and a display unit for displaying the setting data. A server for storing customer information by a registration information control means.
Along with the company information recorded in the company information storage means for each advertiser recorded in the column, the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage means transmitted from the registered advertiser terminal was stored by the advertisement information processing means. > advertising information, said advertising information storage means stores advertising information to the advertising information search on the basis of the fueling start signal of the fuel supply device
Searching by the search means, performing display processing by the display processing control means, transmitting the data to the data input / output device, switching the display from the setting data display to the advertisement information display on the display, and displaying the signal of the refueling end of the refueling device. The display unit is switched from the advertisement information display to the setting data display based on the display information, and the display time or the number of display times for each advertiser according to the advertisement information display during refueling is integrated.
Collection by the data recorded in the charging data storage means.
An advertisement information display system in a refueling device , wherein a charge totaling process is performed by a meter processing means .