JP3723799B2 - Self-service refueling equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a self-service fueling apparatus installed in a gas station or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Recently, the number of self-service refueling gas stations has increased due to the fact that refueling is cheaper. A configuration of a self-service fueling device (hereinafter referred to as a fueling device) will be described with reference to FIG. The outline of the operation procedure of the oil supply device 1 is as follows. The oil type (light oil, regular, high-octane) is selected by the oil type selection unit 2-1 by the operation panel (see FIG. 7) of the oil supply selection device 2 attached to the oil supply device 1. Etc.), and then the oil supply amount (10 liters, 20 liters, etc.) at the oil supply amount selection section 2-2, or the oil supply amount (1000 yen) at the full tank designation section 2-3 or the oil supply amount selection section 2-4 , 2000 yen, etc.), then remove the nozzle 3 from the refueling device 1 and insert the nozzle 3 into the refueling port of one's own car 4 or the like to start refueling. Return to the end. In this case, the customer must wait and refuel on the side of the car for safety while refueling. Therefore, during that time, the customer has a free time, and conventionally, music has been played from the speaker 5 and advertisements have been run in order to prevent the customer from getting bored. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2-289893 (page 3, FIG. 1)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the past, advertisements were advertised for a preset time regardless of the refueling time, so for customers with a short refueling time, advertisements that can only be heard halfway or seen only halfway are circulated. On the other hand, for customers with a long refueling time, the advertisement ended early and missed the opportunity to advertise. Also, advertisements for vehicle inspections may be sent to customers who have just completed vehicle inspections, such as advertisements regardless of customer preferences, or because the best-selling products differ depending on the weather, so that advertisements that match the weather should be run. Regardless, he missed the opportunity to increase sales by running advertisements that are not related to the weather.
[0005]
The present invention has been made for the above-mentioned circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to run an advertisement having a length corresponding to the refueling time, to run an advertisement according to the taste of the customer, or to the weather. The object is to provide a self-service refueling device capable of running a corresponding advertisement.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a self-service fueling device having at least a fueling amount or a fueling amount that can be set, and an advertising means. The above object of the present invention is to start and end the fueling that detects the start and end of fueling. A fueling time calculating unit for calculating a fueling time from a fueling amount selected by the fueling selecting unit or a fueling amount; an advertisement information storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of advertising information having different advertising times; and the fueling time. This is achieved by including advertisement information selection means for selecting the advertisement information having the closest time to the advertisement information storage means.
[0007]
Further, when the full tank is designated, the refueling time calculating means calculates the average value of the refueling time when the full tank is designated within a certain period as the refueling time, or the start / end detecting means By having a cue function for returning the advertisement information from the end state or the halfway end state to the beginning of the advertisement information by an end signal, or the advertisement information storage means is different in advertisement content and each of the advertisement content A plurality of pieces of advertisement information with different advertisement times are stored, or a customer advertisement selection means for a customer to select the advertisement contents is provided, and the advertisement information selection means selects the advertisement contents according to the selection of the customer advertisement selection means Or by providing rainy weather advertisement information and rainy weather detection means in which contents corresponding to rainy weather are stored, Is tell information selecting means, rainy weather or rain after the given time, by enabling selection as specified rank the rain corresponding advertisement information, and is further effectively achieved.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The point of the present invention is to calculate the refueling time from the refueling amount or the refueling amount selected by the customer, while preparing a plurality of advertising information with different advertising times in advance and having the advertising time closest to the calculated refueling time It is to select and flow information.
[0009]
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0010]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a fueling device of the present invention. Select the oil type to be supplied from the oil supply selection means 2 with the oil type selection unit 2-1, select the oil supply amount with the oil supply amount selection unit 2-2, specify full tank with the full tank specification unit 2-3, and supply oil The amount of fuel to be refilled is selected by the amount of money selection section 2-4, the advertisement to be heard is selected by the customer advertisement selection means 2-5, and these selected instruction signals are input to the refueling time calculation means 10. As an example, the refueling start / end detecting means 3-1 is provided with a mechanical opening / closing switch attached to the storage portion of the nozzle 3, and a mechanical switch is provided corresponding to taking out or storing the nozzle 3 from the storage portion of the fueling device 1. The end of refueling is detected by opening and closing. The signal from the refueling start / end detecting means 3-1 is input to the refueling time calculating means 10 and the advertisement starting means 14. The refueling time Tn that is the output of the refueling time calculation means 10 and the contents of the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage means 12 are input to the advertisement information selection means 13. At this time, a selection signal may be input to the advertisement information selection means 13 from the customer advertisement selection means 2-5. The advertisement information selected by the advertisement information selection means 13 and the start signal of the refueling start / end detection means 3-1 are input to the advertisement start means 14 and a voice advertisement is played through the speaker 5. In this embodiment, an audio advertisement is used as an advertising means, but a visual advertisement using a monitor may be used or used in combination.
[0011]
FIG. 2 is a detailed control block diagram for calculating the full tank average fueling time in the fueling time calculating means of FIG. The designation signal of the full tank designation section 2-3 and the start and end signals of the lubrication start / end detection means 3-1 are input to the AND section 15, and the lubrication time measuring section 16 calculates the lubrication time T when the full tank is designated. measure. Then, the oil supply time T and the signal of the oil type selection unit 2-1 are input, and the oil type, the date and the identification code indicating the full tank instruction data of the day are attached to the data of the oil supply time T. For example, if it is the 10th in regular gasoline on January 30th, an identification code such as Ti (R-1-30-10) is attached. Next, this data is stored in the refueling time storage unit 18. Next, data from the measurement date to 30 days before as an example of a certain period is taken out from the refueling time storage unit 18, and the average is calculated by the average time calculation unit 19. That is, the average time Tf of the refueling time of all data from January 1 to January 30 is calculated for regular gasoline. That is, Tf = (Ti (R-1-1-1) +... + Ti (R-1-30-10)) / N. Since data before the 30th is not necessary, if data before the 31st is deleted from the refueling time storage unit 18, memory can be saved.
[0012]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the inside of the advertisement information storage means 12. As an example of different advertisement times, four types of T1 = 30 seconds, T2 = 60 seconds, T3 = 90 seconds, and T4 = 120 seconds are prepared. In addition, as advertisement types, two types of campaign advertisements (tires), rainy weather advertisements (wipers), and customer selection advertisements, oil and vehicle inspection, are prepared. Naturally, four types of advertisement time are prepared for each advertisement. Such advertisement information is created in advance at a store, stored in a memory or the like, and can be appropriately taken out.
[0013]
FIG. 4 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the present invention. The advertisement control unit 30 includes a CPU 31, a ROM 32, a RAM 33, a timer 34, an input interface 35, an output interface 36, and the like. As an output signal of the output interface 36, there is an audio signal of the speaker 5. As an input signal, there are a signal from the above-described refueling selection means 2 and a signal from the rain detection means 40. As an example of the rainy weather detection means 40, a container for receiving rain is prepared and detected by a mechanical switch whose mechanical contact opens and closes due to the weight of rainwater. Alternatively, it is possible to prepare a container for receiving rain, to flow the received rain into the ground, and to provide a mechanical switch that opens and closes by sensing the flow, so that it is possible to detect rain and start raining. Furthermore, as the rainy weather detection means 40, a hygrometer, a barometer, or the like may be used to detect that it becomes rainy or cloudy near rain when the set value is reached.
[0014]
The operation of the means and units configured in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the customer selects, for example, regular gasoline as the oil type at the oil type selection unit 2-1 (step S <b> 1). Next, the oil supply amount is specified by the oil supply amount or the oil supply amount by the oil supply amount selecting unit 2-2, the full tank specifying unit 2-3, or the oil supply amount selecting unit 2-4 (step S2). Since the unit price (liter / yen) of regular gasoline is determined when the amount of oil is selected, it is determined by the amount of oil (liter) = the amount of oil / unit price. For example, if the unit price is 100 yen / liter, the amount of oil is 10 liters if the amount of oil is 1000 yen. In addition, a unit price changes with oil types (step S3).
[0015]
On the other hand, when selecting by the amount of oil supply from the beginning, there are a case where a full tank is designated and a specific number of liters, for example, 10 liters. When 10 liters is specifically designated, the refueling time can be calculated in (Step S5). That is, the refueling speed of the regular gasoline of the refueling device 1 is determined as the device performance. For example, if it is 20 liters / minute, the refueling time Tn can be calculated from 10 liters / 20 liters / minute to 30 seconds. Since the oil supply speed varies depending on the oil type, the oil supply speed is determined from the specifications of the oil supply device, and the oil supply time is calculated accordingly (step 6).
[0016]
In the case of full tank designation, the fueling time Tf varies depending on the remaining amount of the automobile. In addition, the average remaining amount varies depending on the season and the oil type due to the fact that there are many driving opportunities such as vacation seasons and the year-end and New Year holidays, and the mileage is long. Therefore, the average full tank average refueling time Tf calculated by the full tank average refueling time calculating means 11 described with reference to FIG. 2 is used as the time closest to the refueling time when the full tank is designated (step). 6). As described above, when the refueling amount is selected, when the refueling amount is selected, the refueling time Tn or Tf when the full tank is designated is determined.
[0017]
Next, in step 7, the type of advertisement is determined. The priority order is arbitrarily determined in advance according to the circumstances of the gas station store, and the type of advertisement is automatically selected according to the specified order. For example, even if it is raining, even if a customer selects an advertisement, if there is a campaign advertisement, the campaign advertisement is set to flow with the highest priority. Alternatively, the customer's choice is given top priority at any time. Or, in rainy weather, rain-advertising advertisements are given priority over customer selection and campaign advertisements. In either case, the type of advertisement information is selected in the designated order set in advance by the store. Whether it is raining or not can be detected by a signal from the rain detecting means 40. In addition, since there are products that can be sold after the rain, such as a car wash, in the rainy weather, a signal indicating that the rain has been input from the rain detection means 40 and the timer 34 are used. There is a case where priority is given to the time correspondence information (step 7).
[0018]
Next, information on the advertising time closest to the fueling time Tn is selected from the selected types of advertising information, for example, from the campaign advertising information. The method calculates ΔT = Tn (or Tf) −Tk (k = 1, 2, 3, 4), and selects advertisement information of Tk that minimizes the absolute value of ΔT. For example, if the refueling time Tn is 50 seconds, among the four types of advertising information (T1, T2, T3, T4), the information of the advertising time of 60 seconds (T2) is ΔT = 10 seconds and ΔT is minimum. Since the advertisement time of 60 seconds is closest to the fueling time of 50 seconds, advertisement information (T2 = 60 seconds) is selected (step S8).
[0019]
Next, when the customer removes the nozzle 3, the advertisement information selected by the start signal from the refueling start / end detecting means 3-1 is flowed (step 9).
[0020]
When the advertisement information is completed, the instruction point of the advertisement information that has been circulated is returned to the beginning of the advertisement information for the next advertisement, and when the next selection is made, the cue function is set so that the advertisement is circulated from the head. (Step 10).
[0021]
In the above description of the embodiment, an example in which a speaker is used as an example of the advertising means has been described. However, although the cost of the fueling device increases, even if an advertisement that combines screen display and audio display is played using a monitor or the like, good. In the above embodiment, the description has been made with four types of advertisement information time. However, more time types may be prepared so that there is no difference in the refueling time. In the above embodiment, the advertisement control unit 30 is configured by software, but may be configured by hardware. In this embodiment, tires have been described as an example of the campaign advertisement. However, oil, a car wash, a vehicle inspection, or the like may be selected. For a rainy advertisement, not only a wiper but also a window washer may be selected. That is, the contents of the campaign advertisement, the rainy day advertisement, and the customer selection advertisement can be freely set by the store.
[0022]
The advertisement control unit 30 may be installed in each of the fuel supply devices 1. When there are a plurality of fuel supply devices 1 at the gas station, the advertisement control unit 30 in the central monitoring room of the gas station collectively installs a plurality of fuel supply devices. You may control. In this case, it goes without saying that the refueling start / end detection means 3-1, the refueling selection means 2, etc. must be installed in each of the plurality of refueling apparatuses 1 and input to the advertisement control unit 30.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the self-service refueling device of the present invention, the refueling time is calculated from the refueling amount or the refueling amount, and the advertising information of the advertising time corresponding to the refueling time is passed. You can expect the effect of running an advertisement that matches the refueling time without ending in the middle or ending too early. In addition, since the customer can select his / her favorite advertisement and can run the advertisement corresponding to rainy weather, there is an effect that the advertisement meeting the customer's needs can be made.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a full tank average oiling time calculation means of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing advertisement information storage means of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a conventional oiling device.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a fuel selection unit of a conventional fueling device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Oil supply apparatus 2 Oil supply selection means 2-1 Oil type selection part 2-2 Oil supply amount selection part 2-3 Full tank designation | designated part 2-4 Oil supply amount selection part 2-5 Customer advertisement selection means 3 Nozzle 3-1 Start of oil supply end Detection means 4 Automobile 5 Speaker 10 Refueling time calculation means 11 Full tank average oiling time calculation means 12 Advertisement information storage means 13 Advertisement information selection means 14 Advertisement start means 15 AND section 16 Oiling time measurement section 17 Oiling time data identification code assigning section 18 Refueling time data storage unit 19 Full tank average refueling time calculation unit 30 Advertising control unit 31 CPU
32 ROM
33 RAM
34 Timer 35 Input interface 36 Output interface 40 Rain detection means

Claims (6)

In a self-service refueling apparatus having at least a refueling amount or a refueling amount and an advertising unit, a refueling start / end detecting unit for detecting the start and end of refueling, and a refueling selected by the refueling selecting unit Refueling time calculating means for calculating a refueling time from the amount or amount of refueling, advertising information storing means for storing a plurality of pieces of advertising information having different advertising times, and the advertising information having the time closest to the refueling time as the advertising information A self-service refueling apparatus comprising: advertisement information selection means for selecting from among storage means. The self-service fueling device according to claim 1, wherein when a full tank is designated, the refueling time calculation means calculates an average value of a refueling time within a certain period when a full tank is designated as the fueling time. The self-service refueling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a cueing function for returning the advertisement information from an end state or an intermediate end state to the start of the advertisement information by an end signal of the start / end detection means. The self-service fueling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the advertisement information storage means stores a plurality of pieces of advertisement information having different advertisement contents and different advertisement times with respect to the advertisement contents. The self-service refueling apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising customer advertisement selection means for a customer to select the advertisement contents, wherein the advertisement information selection means can select the advertisement contents according to the selection of the customer advertisement selection means. It is provided with rainy weather corresponding advertisement information and rainy weather detection means in which contents corresponding to rainy weather are stored, and the advertisement information selection means can select the rainy weather corresponding advertisement information according to a designated order during rainy weather or within a set time after raining The self-service oiling apparatus according to claim 4.

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