JP4036109B2 - Gas station system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a gas station system for discovering whether a car entering a gas station for supplying fuel oil is a stolen car.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the increase of automobiles, stolen cars are inseparable. However, at first glance, it is difficult to determine whether it is a stolen car by forging a license plate, and it is difficult to prevent it. On the other hand, various systems for preventing theft of automobiles have been proposed. For example, an automobile user registers in advance security mode on or off in the center device, and when an abnormality is detected by a sensor mounted on the automobile, the abnormality is notified from the in-vehicle communication device to the center communication device via the communication network. When the security mode is on, the center communication device notifies the mobile phone of the user of the automobile via the communication network (for example, see Patent Document 1). In addition, the management center gives permission to open the vehicle door and start the engine using a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant, to prevent theft, and to analyze the sensor information that identifies the driver, etc. To prevent theft (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-160605 A [Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-145020
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional antitheft system can prevent theft of a car through a communication network or the like, but it cannot easily find a car once stolen.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gas station system that can easily know whether a car is a stolen car and facilitates the discovery of a stolen car.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, in the invention described in claim 1, customer data relating to the owner, a credit number for the settlement fee, and vehicle data including the vehicle number and oil type data are recorded and transmitted from the outside. Gas station equipment equipped with a vehicle equipped with an identification piece that can be read by transmitting data recorded in response to the incoming signal, and a reading sensor that reads the data of the identification piece when the vehicle enters the gas station And a control center that transmits / receives read data from a read sensor of the gas station equipment via a communication network, read data received from the control center via a communication network, customer data, and data related to stolen vehicles are registered in advance. by comparing the database of the data and a monitoring center to perform determination of whether a stolen car, the said gas station equipment The camera is provided for taking a car, when the monitoring center receives via the communication network information is determined that the stolen car from the supervising center, which the camera and performing imaging of the motor vehicle It is. By reading the identification piece with the reading sensor of the gas station equipment and comparing it with the data related to the stolen car registered in advance in the monitoring center, it is possible to easily know whether the car is a stolen car, making it easy to find the stolen car. Become. In addition, when the vehicle is a stolen car, confirmation is facilitated by photographing with a camera, and by recording oil type data on the identification piece, erroneous refueling can be prevented when refueling with a refueling device.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to an illustrated embodiment. 1 and 2 are diagrams illustrating a gas station system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of the gas station system. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a device configuration of the gas station.
[0011]
In these drawings, a gas station system 10 according to the present embodiment is installed in a car 18 on which customer data relating to a predetermined vehicle owner and vehicle data including a vehicle number are recorded and on which an identification piece 19 is mounted, and a gas station 11. A refueling device 12 equipped with a reading sensor 29 for the identification piece 19 or a gas station equipment such as a car wash machine, a POS terminal device 13 for transmitting data read by the reading sensor to the general center via the communication network 14, and a reading A central center 15 that receives data read by the sensor 29 and transmits the data via the communication network 14, and a database 37 that pre-registers data received from the general center 15 via the communication network 14, customer data, and data related to stolen vehicles. And a monitoring center 17 for determining whether the vehicle is a stolen vehicle.
[0012]
For example, an identification piece 19 is attached to the automobile 18 so as to prevent others from knowing, for example, in a room mirror or a sun visor. The identification piece 19 includes customer data such as the name and address of the owner of the vehicle, a credit number for fee settlement, and vehicle data such as the vehicle number, model, chassis number, manufacturer, oil type, and car wash. Data related to vehicle type such as sedan, one box or jeep is recorded. For example, when the automobile 18 enters the gas station 11, this type of identification piece 19 transmits data recorded in response to a signal transmitted from the reading sensor 29 to the reading sensor 29. It is readable.
[0013]
The gas station 11 is provided with a gas station 12 or a gas station equipment such as a car wash machine (not shown). As the gas station equipment, for example, the fueling device 12 is a ground-mounted device, and a fueling mechanism having a fueling oil pump for supplying fuel oil driven by a fueling motor 21 is provided on the lower side of the fueling device body 20. It is stored. An oil supply hose 22 having an oil supply nozzle 23 at the tip is connected to the oil supply mechanism, and is suspended from the upper side of the oil supply apparatus main body 20. The fueling nozzle 23 is hung on a nozzle hook 24 attached to the front operation side of the fueling device body 20, and a nozzle switch 25 for detecting the hooking is attached in the vicinity of the nozzle hook 24. On the front operation side of the fueling device main body 20 above the nozzle hook 24 is set a display 25 for displaying the amount of fuel oil supplied by the fueling mechanism, and the fueling data such as the amount and type of fueling. A touch panel 26 for displaying data, a printer 27 for issuing a refueling slip, and a card reader 28 for reading a card such as a credit card are attached. Further, the fuel supply device body 20 is provided with a reading sensor 29 for reading the data of the identification piece 19 mounted on the automobile 18 on the upper front side and a camera 30 for photographing the automobile 18 on the top. Yes. Further, in the fueling device main body 20, there is provided a fueling control device 31 that controls equipment of each part and transmits the fueling setting data, the fueling data, and the data read by the reading sensor 29 to the POS terminal device 13.
[0014]
The POS terminal device 13 is arranged in the office of the gas station 11, and is composed of a POS data control device 32, a transmission / reception device 32, and the like. The POS data control device 32 performs sales information management based on data related to sales information transmitted from the fuel supply control device 31 of the fuel supply device 12 and performs processing for issuing slips to customers as necessary. This is a part for performing processing for transmitting data read by the reading sensor 29 together with data related to the sales information. The transmission / reception device 32 transmits data related to sales information transmitted via the POS data control device 32 and data read by the reading sensor 29 to the central center 15 via the communication network 14 and, if necessary, the central center. 15 is a part for receiving data transmitted from 15.
[0015]
The general center 15 receives data transmitted from the transmission / reception device 33 of the POS terminal device 13 of the gas station 11 in each region via the communication network 14, and regarding the information necessary for fee settlement, the communication network The data transmitted to the credit center 16 through 14 and read by the reading sensor 29 is transmitted to the monitoring center 17 through the communication network 14, and the instruction data is transmitted to the POS terminal device 13 as necessary.
[0016]
The credit center 16 is a part that receives the fee settlement information transmitted from the general center 15 and performs the settlement process.
[0017]
The monitoring center 17 is a part that determines whether the vehicle is a stolen vehicle based on data transmitted via the communication network 14, and includes a transmission / reception device 34 that transmits / receives data via the communication center 14 and the control center 15, and each unit. And a control unit 35 for performing data processing necessary for monitoring the stolen car, a judging unit 36 for discriminating the stolen car, a database 37 storing data necessary for judging the stolen car, and the like It is configured. The database 37 includes a read data storage unit 38 for recording newly read data read by the read sensor 29 and a customer data storage for recording data related to the customer such as the name and address of a customer who has been registered in advance. And a stolen vehicle data storage unit 40 that stores vehicle data such as a vehicle number, a model, a chassis number, a manufacturer, and a vehicle type of a car related to a stolen car registered in advance.
[0018]
Next, operation | movement of the gas station system 10 of the said structure is demonstrated. 3 to 7 are diagrams for explaining the operation of the gas station system, FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the fueling device, FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the POS terminal device, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the monitoring center, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the credit center.
[0019]
First, when the automobile 18 enters the gas station 11 and approaches the fueling device 12 that is the gas station equipment, the identification piece 19 reacts to a signal transmitted from the reading sensor 29 as shown in FIG. When the read data is transmitted from the identification piece 19 and received by the reading sensor 29 (ST1), the read data is transmitted to the POS terminal device 13 via the fuel supply control device 31 (ST2). Of the read data, the oil type data is used as oil supply setting data in the oil supply device 12. Next, as shown in FIG. 4, when the POS terminal device 13 receives the read data from the refueling device 12 (ST11), the read data is transmitted from the transmission / reception device 33 to the general center 15 via the communication network 14 ( ST12). Next, as shown in FIG. 5, when the general center 15 receives the read data from the POS terminal device 13 (ST21), the read data is transmitted from the general center 15 to the monitoring center 17 via the communication network 14 ( ST22). Next, as shown in FIG. 6, when the transmission / reception device 34 of the monitoring center 17 receives the read data from the central center 15 (ST31), it is stored in the read data storage unit 38 of the database 37 under the control of the monitoring control device 35. In addition to recording, the data in the customer data storage unit 39 and the theft data storage unit 40 are read (ST32), and then the determination means 36 compares the read data with the data related to the stolen vehicle recorded in the database 37. It is determined whether the vehicle is a stolen vehicle (ST33). When it is determined that the vehicle is a stolen vehicle, a signal for starting the camera operation is transmitted to the general center 15 together with the notification (ST34). Similarly, as shown in FIG. 5, when the general center 15 receives a camera operation start signal from the monitoring center 17 (ST23), it transmits the camera operation start signal to the POS terminal device 13 (ST24). . Next, as shown in FIG. 4, when the POS terminal device 13 receives a camera operation start signal from the general center 15 (ST13), the camera operation start signal is transmitted to the fuel supply device 12 (ST14). Next, as shown in FIG. 3, when the fueling device 12 receives a signal for starting the camera operation (ST6), the camera 30 is operated under the control of the fueling control device 31 to photograph the automobile 18 (ST7). ). The video data from the camera 30 is used as evidence data later. That is, when the automobile 18 enters the gas station 11, customer data and vehicle data recorded on the identification piece 19 mounted on the automobile 18 are read as read data by the reading sensor 29, and the POS terminal device 13. Compared with the data related to the stolen vehicle transmitted to the monitoring center 17 via the communication network 14 and the central center 15 and registered in advance in the database 37 of the monitoring center 17, it is determined whether the vehicle is a stolen vehicle, When it is determined that the vehicle is a stolen vehicle, a camera operation start signal is transmitted from the monitoring center 17 to the refueling device 12 through the communication network 14, the control center 15, and the POS terminal device 13, and the camera 30 is operated. A car 18 that is a stolen car is photographed.
[0020]
In the fueling device 11, as shown in FIG. 3, during the determination and photographing of the stolen vehicle, the fueling setting is performed by the touch panel 26 (ST3). Subsequently, when the oil supply nozzle 23 is removed from the nozzle hook 24 and the nozzle switch 25 is turned on (ST4), the display 25 is returned to zero, and the oil supply motor 26 of the oil supply pump is driven to enable oil supply (ST5). When the oil supply nozzle 23 is put on the nozzle hook 24 and the nozzle switch 25 is turned off (ST8), the oil supply data and the data necessary for settlement are transmitted to the POS terminal 13, or the printer 27 issues the oil supply slip if necessary. (ST9). When the POS terminal device 13 receives refueling data or data necessary for settlement from the refueling device 12 (ST15), the POS terminal device 13 transmits the settlement data to the credit center 16 via the communication network 14 (ST16), and if necessary, the customer A refueling slip or the like is issued (ST17). As shown in FIG. 7, when the credit center 16 receives the settlement data from the POS terminal device 13 (ST41), the credit center 16 performs settlement processing (ST42) and issues a slip (ST42).
[0021]
In the gas station system 10 having the above-described configuration, the identification piece 19 that records customer data related to the owner of the automobile 18 and data related to the vehicle is attached to the automobile 18 in a place where other persons such as a room mirror or a sun visor are not known. When the automobile 18 enters the filling station 11 and approaches the filling device 12, the reading sensor 29 attached to the filling device body 20 reads the data of the identification piece 19, and the read data is the POS terminal device. 13 transmission / reception devices 33 are transmitted to the control center 15 via the communication network 14, and further transmitted from the control center 15 to the transmission / reception device 34 of the monitoring center 17 via the communication network 14, under the control of the monitoring control device 35. Is stored in the read data storage unit 38 of the database 37 and registered in advance. Reads the data of customer data and theft data storage unit 40 of 憶部 39, and determines whether the stolen vehicle by determining means 36. When the monitoring center 17 determines that the vehicle is a stolen vehicle, a camera operation signal is similarly transmitted from the monitoring center 17 to the fueling device 12 via the communication network 14, the control center 15, and the POS terminal device 13. Under the control of the control device 31, the camera 30 takes a picture of the car. Therefore, it becomes easy to find out whether the automobile 18 entering the gas station 11 is a stolen car, and the theft center 17 can take necessary measures by contacting the police. At the same time, since the car 18 is photographed by the camera 30 attached to the fueling device 12 at the fueling station 11, it is possible to hold confirmation and proof that the car is a stolen car as a video. Therefore, even if the car license plate is forged, the identification piece 18 is attached to a place that is not known to others, and even a stolen car needs to come to a gas station to supply fuel oil. Discovery is easy. In the present embodiment, if oil type data and the like necessary for refueling are simultaneously recorded in the identification piece 19, it is possible to prevent erroneous refueling during normal use, and input of refueling data during refueling is possible. It can be omitted. In addition, it is possible to perform fee settlement by sending cash settlement data to the credit center 16 from the refueling device 12 via the POS terminal device 13, the communication network 14, and the general center 15, and at the same time, it is possible to settle the fee without cash during normal use. It becomes convenient.
[0022]
In the above embodiment, the example in which the reading sensor 29 is attached to the fueling device 12 of the fueling station 11 has been described. However, the sensor 18 may be attached to a fueling station device such as a car wash machine used by the automobile 18. The identification piece 19 mounted on the automobile 18 is not limited to the embodiment as long as customer data and vehicle data necessary for determining a stolen vehicle or data necessary for refueling and car washing are recorded. The database 37 in the monitoring center 17 is not limited to the embodiment as long as data necessary for the determination of the stolen vehicle is recorded.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the gas station system of the present invention, the vehicle data including the customer data regarding the owner and the vehicle number is recorded and the identification piece that can be read from the outside is mounted, and the vehicle is identified when the vehicle enters the gas station. Gas station equipment equipped with a reading sensor that reads a piece of data, a control center that transmits and receives data read by the reading sensor of the gas station equipment via a communication network, and a read data that is received from the control center via a communication network and a customer Easily know if a car is a stolen car by providing a monitoring center that compares the data and data related to the stolen car with database data registered in advance to determine whether the car is a stolen car This makes it easier to find stolen vehicles.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a gas station system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the equipment configuration of a gas station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the fueling device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the POS terminal apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the central center according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the monitoring center according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the credit center according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Filling station system 11 Filling station 12 Filling device 13 POS terminal device 14 Communication network 15 General center 16 Credit center 17 Monitoring center 18 Automobile 19 Identification piece 20 Filling device main body 21 Filling motor 22 Filling hose 23 Filling nozzle 24 Nozzle hook 25 Nozzle switch 26 touch panel 27 printer 28 card reader 29 reading sensor 30 camera 31 oil supply control device 32 transmission / reception device 33 transmission / reception device 34 transmission / reception device 35 monitoring control device 36 judgment means 37 database 38 read data storage unit 39 customer data storage unit 40 stolen vehicle data storage unit

Claims (1)

Customer data regarding owner, credit number for settlement fee and vehicle data including vehicle number and oil type data are recorded and readable by sending the recorded data in response to signals sent from outside A vehicle equipped with a piece, a gas station device equipped with a reading sensor for reading the data of the identification piece when the vehicle enters a gas station, and reading data by the reading sensor of the gas station device via a communication network And a monitoring center that determines whether the vehicle is a stolen vehicle by comparing read data received from the central center via a communication network with data in a database in which the customer data and data related to the stolen vehicle are registered in advance. with the door, wherein the filling station device, the camera is provided for taking a car, the monitoring center is stolen When receiving the determination information via the communication network from the supervising center and is, gas station system, characterized in that the camera performs shooting of the motor vehicle.

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