JP4802147B2 - Fuel supply management device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fuel supply management apparatus, and more particularly to a fuel supply management apparatus having a function of counting fuel supply information within a predetermined period based on fuel supply information stored in a fuel supply information storage means.

  For fuel supply systems installed at gas stations, etc., when the gas station is closed, the amount of fuel supplied for each day of refueling, the amount of oil supplied for each type of oil supplied, or the number of prepaid cards sold are recorded (recorded) ) Daily report processing is performed to print the daily report (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, at a gas station that is open 24 hours, for example, a staff member at the gas station inputs an instruction to perform a totaling process for the day at a predetermined time such as 1 am. .

  By the way, if refueling is being performed by the fuel supply machine during the above-described totaling process, this refueling information is handled as the pre-totaling refueling information or is not included in the current totaling. There is a problem that it will not be understood.

For this reason, when performing the aggregation process, the clerk confirms that refueling is not being performed, and the aggregation process is performed during that time. When priority is given to the counting process, refueling is prohibited by determining a time zone in advance, and the counting process is performed during this time zone.
JP 2002-362698 A

  In the above-described conventional fuel supply management device, when performing the counting process, the staff must confirm that no refueling is performed at all, and then give an instruction to start the counting process. If it is done, it is necessary to wait until this refueling is completed and input the totaling instruction. During this waiting time, other processing cannot be performed, and the totaling process is delayed. .

  In particular, in a fuel supply management device that manages a plurality of fuel supply units, it is necessary to determine the operating status of all the fuel supply units when performing the counting process, which is very laborious.

Furthermore, if there are fuel supply units in multiple locations at a refueling station, it is difficult to grasp the situation where all of the fuel supply units are not refueled. There was a problem that it was difficult to carry out efficiently in the time zone (before and after the closing time).
In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a fuel supply management device that solves the above-described problems.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following means.

The present invention includes a plurality of fuel supply systems that supply fuel to a fuel supply body based on an input of permission for fuel supply;
Permission input means for instructing permission of fuel supply to each of the plurality of fuel supply systems ;
Permission output means for outputting permission of fuel supply to the fuel supply system instructed by the permission input means;
Fuel supply information storage means for storing the fuel supply information in association with the time when the fuel supply is performed and the fuel supply amount performed at the time when the fuel supply is performed by each fuel supply system; ,
Totaling instruction means for instructing totalization of fuel supply information within a predetermined period;
Totaling means for totalizing fuel supply information within a predetermined period based on the fuel supply information stored in the fuel supply information storage means when totaling is instructed by the total instruction means;
In a fuel supply management device having
With the operating state determination means for the fuel supply by the fuel supply system to determine which Tei Luke not made,
The counting instruction means, when the totaling instruction is given by the counting instruction means, when the operating state determination means determines that there is a fuel supply system to which fuel is supplied among the fuel supply systems. is pending aggregate of the fuel supply information by the collecting unit, if the operating state determination means has determined that the fuel supply has not been made by the fuel supply system instructs the aggregate to the aggregate means ,
The permission output means outputs a fuel supply permission to the instructed fuel supply system when permission of fuel supply is instructed by the permission input means in a state where the counting by the counting means is suspended. by characterized in that, Ru der intended to solve the above problems.

According to the present invention, when the operating state determining means determines that fuel is being supplied by the fuel supply system, the fuel supply information by the totaling means is suspended, and the operating state determining means is the fuel supply system. When it is determined that the fuel supply is not performed , the aggregation means is instructed to aggregate, and the permission input means instructs fuel supply in the state where the aggregation by the aggregation means is suspended Automatically outputs a fuel supply permission to the instructed fuel supply system when the fuel supply system stops supplying fuel when a predetermined time is set to perform the counting process. Total processing can be executed automatically, and there is no need for the attendant to confirm the end of refueling, and even when refueling is possible at multiple locations, troublesome work such as the attendant looking around multiple locations is unnecessary Ri, it is possible to prevent the aggregation start is delayed by waiting for the refueling end of a plurality of positions.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a fuel supply system to which an embodiment of a fuel supply management device according to the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the fuel supply system 10 is installed, for example, on the site of a transportation company that owns a large number of trucks 20. This fueling system 10 includes an underground tank 30 buried underground, a metering device (fuel supply device) 50 to which a fueling pipe 40 from the underground tank 30 is connected, and a fuel supply management installed in the vicinity of the metering device 50. The apparatus 60 is comprised.

  The weighing machine 50 is connected to a plurality of fuel supply systems including an oil supply hose 54 and an oil supply nozzle 52. For example, a fuel supply system for light oil or regular gasoline is provided. Further, the weighing machine 50 is connected to the control device of the fuel supply management device 60. When the setting operation is completed in the fuel supply management device 60 as will be described later, the set condition (the fuel nozzle for the selected oil type) is set. Refueling is permitted based on the refueling amount).

Further, the driver of the truck 20 performs the setting operation by the fuel supply management device 60 in accordance with the oil type and the amount of oil to be supplied corresponding to each oil supply nozzle 52, and then the fuel tank (fuel supply body) of the truck 20 A fueling operation using the fueling nozzle 52 is performed. In FIG. 1, only one weighing machine 50 is shown, but as shown in FIG. 3, it is also possible to input / output a plurality of weighing machines 50 ₁ to 50 _n by the fuel supply management device 60. It is. Further, the weighing machine 50 may be configured to have a plurality of oil supply nozzles 52 for supplying different oil types, or may be configured to have a plurality of oil supply nozzles 52 for supplying the same oil type.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing the fuel supply management device 60. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the fuel supply system 10. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fuel supply management device 60 includes a control device 80 (shown by a broken line in FIG. 2) housed in a housing 70, and a front surface 72 of the housing 70 has a control device 80. A touch panel liquid crystal monitor (display device) 90, a card reader 100, a printer 110, and a storage device (fuel supply information) for storing oil supply information (fuel supply time, type of oil supplied, amount of oil supplied, etc.) for each liquid supply nozzle. Storage means) 120.
In addition, the storage device 120 is instructed to perform aggregation when a totaling instruction is given, and a control program (aggregation instructing means) that instructs aggregation on the condition that fuel supply by the fuel supply system is not performed. In this case, a control program (aggregation means) that aggregates fuel supply information within a predetermined period based on the fuel supply information stored in the storage device 120, and a control that determines whether or not fuel is supplied by the fuel supply system. a program (operating state determining means), when the aggregation process is completed, the control program for outputting the permission of the fuel supply to the fuel supply system is stored. The control device 80 reads each control program from the storage device 120 and executes each control process.

  Since the liquid crystal monitor 90 has a touch panel screen, the display device displays the setting contents while guiding the operation procedure to the operator, and the input device that inputs the setting information when the driver touches the display screen. Doubles as

  The card reader 100 has a slit 102 into which a magnetic card issued for each driver or each vehicle is inserted. When the magnetic card is passed through the slit 102, the magnetic reader reads identification data recorded on the magnetic card. Have

  When the refueling is completed, the printer 110 issues a receipt printed with the date and time of refueling, the type of oil, the amount of refueling, the card number, and the like. Further, when the printer 110 is instructed to output a daily report of the day (the amount of oil lubrication for each vehicle and its total value printed) by an input from the liquid crystal monitor 90 as will be described later, The amount of fuel supplied for each fuel supply system (each liquid supply nozzle) is totaled, and a daily report with the totalized result printed is issued. In addition, when totaling the fuel supply information including the fuel supply amount, it is possible to set so that the totaling process is executed at a predetermined time.

  Here, the control processing executed by the control device 80 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4A to 5F show display examples of display screens displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 to be referred to in describing each processing of FIG.

  The control device 80 checks whether or not there is a fuel supply system during refueling by the refueling nozzle 52 in S11 shown in FIG. In S11, when there is no fuel supply system during refueling (in the case of NO), the process proceeds to S12 and the initial screen 200 is displayed (see FIG. 5A). In this initial screen 200, nozzle numbers 01 to 08 corresponding to the respective oil supply nozzles and oil type buttons 211 to 218 on which the names of the oil types supplied by the respective oil supply nozzles are displayed are displayed. Further, a message such as “Please read the card” is displayed in the guidance area 209 formed at the top of the initial screen 200. The driver who has called this message passes the ID card issued by the company through the card reader 100 and reads the identification data stored in the ID card.

  Further, in FIG. 5A, on the initial screen 200, formal oil type names such as high-octane, regular, light oil, kerosene, heavy oil, oil, and high-octane light oil are displayed on each of the oil type buttons 211-218. In addition, the display columns of the nozzle numbers 01 to 08 corresponding to the oil type buttons 211 to 218 are highlighted for the nozzles that are being refueled (for example, the nozzle number column that is being refueled is brightly illuminated, or red or orange) Display in a conspicuous color.

  Further, in S11, for example, when the nozzle hooking switch is on, or when the refueling end is not transmitted after the refueling permission is output, it is determined that there is a fuel supply system that is being refueled (in the case of YES), Proceeding to S13, the setting content screen 240 is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 (see FIG. 5E). On the setting content screen 240, the nozzle number display field for which the setting operation has been completed is highlighted (for example, brightly lit or displayed in a conspicuous color such as red or orange) to notify that it is in use.

  In the next S14, it is checked whether or not the card data recorded on the ID card is read by the card reader 100. When the card data is not input in S14 (in the case of NO), the process proceeds to S15, and it is checked whether the refueling by the refueling nozzle 52 is finished and the actual refueling information is input. If the actual refueling information is not input in S15, the process proceeds to S16 to check whether execution of daily report processing is instructed (whether a daily report instruction flag exists). If the execution of daily report processing is not instructed in S16 (the daily report instruction flag does not exist), the process returns to S14.

  When the card data is input in S14 (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S17 to check whether or not the ID card identification data (card data) read by the card reader 100 is legitimate data. If the identification data (ID data) of the ID card is not regular data in S17 (in the case of NO), the process returns to S12 and the processes after S12 are performed again.

  Further, when the identification data (ID data) of the ID card is regular data in S17 (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S18, and an instruction to input refueling information (refueling nozzle (fuel supply system), refueling amount, etc.) is given. Displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90. In S18, for example, the nozzle selection screen 210 is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 (see FIG. 5B). Then, when the nozzle selection operation is performed, an oil supply amount selection screen 220 is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 (see FIG. 5C). In the guidance area 209 of the oil supply amount selection screen 220, a message such as “Please select the oil supply amount” is displayed. Further, on the refueling amount selection screen 220, a 100 L (liter) selection button 221, a 50 L (liter) selection button 222, a 40 L (liter) selection button 223, a 10 L (liter) selection button 224, a full tank oil selection button 225, cancel A button 226 and a fuel amount input button 227 for inputting an arbitrary numerical value are displayed.

  As a method of selecting an oil supply amount on the oil supply amount selection screen 220, a 100L (liter) selection button 221, a 50L (liter) selection button 222, a 40L (liter) selection button 223, and a 10L (liter) selection button for selecting a predetermined quantity are used. 224 is turned on, full tank refueling selection button 225 is turned on and full tank refueling using the automatic valve closing mechanism of refueling nozzle 52, and oil supply amount input button 227 is turned on and desired. There is a method to enter the quantity.

  When any one of the predetermined quantity buttons 221 to 224 is turned on, the oil type name corresponding to the selected nozzle number is displayed in an abbreviated name, and the selected oil quantity / oil supply is displayed. An amount confirmation screen 230 is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 (see FIG. 5D).

  The oil type / oil supply amount confirmation screen 230 displays a display window 232 that displays the oil type name and the oil supply amount of the selected nozzle number. For example, when high-octane gasoline 100L is selected, a message such as “Are you sure you want to use high-octane 100L”, a Yes button 234 for selecting “Yes”, and a No button 236 for selecting “No” are displayed on the display window 232. Is displayed.

  In S18, when the oil supply amount input button 227 is turned on, the process proceeds to S24, and the oil supply amount input screen 250 is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 (see FIG. 5F). In the guidance area 209 of the lubrication amount input screen 250, a message such as “Please enter the lubrication amount” is displayed. In addition, on the oil supply amount input screen 250, a numeric keypad 252 for inputting a numerical value of an arbitrary oil supply amount, a numerical value display unit 254 for displaying the input numerical value, a clear button 256 for clearing the input numerical value, A determination button 258 that is operated when the input numerical value is correct is displayed.

  When a numerical value is input by operating the numeric keypad 252 and the enter button 258 is turned on, the process shifts to S19 to display the abbreviated name of the oil type corresponding to the selected nozzle number and the amount of oil supplied Is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 (see FIG. 5D). Thereby, an arbitrary amount of oil supply desired by the operator can be set as a preset value.

  In next S19, it is checked whether or not the refueling information is input. In S19, when refueling information is not input (in the case of NO), the process returns to S18 to instruct input of refueling information.

  In S19, when refueling information is input (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S20, and refueling permission and refueling information are transmitted to the meter 50 having the selected refueling nozzle 52 (fuel supply system). . Then, the process returns to S11.

  In S15, when actual fueling information is input, the process proceeds to S21, and the input actual fueling information (fueling nozzle, oil type, quantity, card data, time, etc.) is stored in the storage device 120. Then, it progresses to S22 and issues the slip which printed actual fueling information from the printer 110. FIG. Then, the process returns to S11.

  In S16, for example, the daily report totaling operation screen 260 is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 (see FIG. 5G). As a result, the operator confirms the message 262 displayed on the daily report totaling operation screen 260 (Do you want to count today's daily reports?), Selects “Yes”, and selects “No”. Either the No button 246 or the Cancel button 248 is turned on. When the yes button 264 of the daily report totaling operation screen 260 is turned on, a daily report processing instruction is input. In addition, when the daily report aggregation start time is set in advance, the daily report instruction flag is set to ON so that the daily report aggregation process is started when the set time is reached.

  When the YES button 264 is turned on in S16 and execution of daily report processing is instructed (the daily report instruction flag is present) (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S23, and refueling by the refueling nozzle 52 is in progress. Check if there is a fuel supply system. In S23, when there is a fuel supply system (metering device 50 or liquid supply nozzle 52) that is being refueled (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S30, where the fact that the daily report instruction flag is on is stored and a standby state is entered. . Then, since there is a fuel supply system during refueling, the counting process is suspended and the process returns to S11.

  In S23, when there is no fuel supply system (metering device 50 or liquid supply nozzle 52) during refueling (in the case of NO), the process proceeds to S24, and the refueling information without the daily report output flag is sent from the printer 110. Print the total. Therefore, in the control process 80, the refueling information stored in the storage device 120 is totaled on the condition that refueling by the refueling nozzle 52 is not performed, and the totaling process for today is performed. A daily report printed with is output. In addition, when the date and time for performing the aggregation process is designated, a daily report in which the aggregation result at the designated date and time is printed can be output.

  In the next S25, a tightening process inquiry screen 270 for asking whether to perform the tightening process is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 90 (see FIG. 5H). The closing process inquiry screen 270 includes a message 272 (Do you want to clear today's daily report?), A Yes button 274 for selecting “Yes”, a No button 276 for selecting “No”, and a Cancel button 278. Is displayed.

  In the next S26, it is checked whether or not a tightening process instruction has been input. In S26, if the Yes button 274 is turned on (in the case of YES), the process proceeds to S27, where the summed fuel supply information is attached with a daily report output flag and the storage is updated. In S28, the storage of the daily report instruction flag is deleted.

In next S29, it is checked whether or not a request for refueling is input from the weighing machine 50. In S29, if a request for refueling is input from the weighing machine 50, the normal refueling process is performed so that the process proceeds to S12 and the refueling permission for the designated liquid supply nozzle 52 is transmitted. Further, in S29, if the request for fueling authorization is not input from the weighing machine 50, the process returns to the S11.

  As described above, in the fuel supply management device 60, when daily report processing is instructed, it is confirmed whether or not there is the metering device 50 or the liquid supply nozzle 52 during refueling, and the metering device 50 or the liquid supply nozzle during refueling. If there is 52, the daily report processing is suspended, and when the refueling by the metering device 50 or the liquid supply nozzle 52 is finished, the daily report processing can be automatically started. Therefore, it is not necessary for the clerk to confirm that the refueling state of the plurality of measuring machines 50 or the plurality of liquid supply nozzles 52 has been completed, and it is not necessary to perform extra work to perform daily report processing. Can be reduced. Furthermore, when the metering machine 50 or the liquid supply nozzle 52 is refueling, it is not necessary to input the daily report processing instruction again, and the input operation by the staff can be simplified.

In the above embodiment, the oil supply system for supplying oil such as gasoline or light oil has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other fuels (for example, CNG, LNG, LPG, hydrogen, etc.) are used. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to the fuel supply system to be supplied.
In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the setting device 60 is provided separately from the weighing machine 50 is exemplified. However, the configuration is not limited thereto, and the integrated structure in which the fuel supply management device 60 is housed in the housing of the weighing machine 50. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to the above.

1 is a configuration diagram showing a fuel supply system to which an embodiment of a fuel supply management device according to the present invention is applied. It is a front view which expands and shows the fuel supply management apparatus 60. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a fuel supply system 10. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining control processing executed by a control device 80. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the initial screen 200. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a nozzle selection screen 210. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the oil supply amount selection screen 220. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the oil kind and oil supply amount confirmation screen 230. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a setting content screen 240. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the oil supply amount input screen. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a daily report totaling operation screen 260. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a fastening process inquiry screen 270. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

10 The fuel supply system 30 underground tanks 40 oil pipes 50, 50 ₁ to 50 _n weighing machine 52 fueling nozzles 60 fuel supply management device 80 the control device 90 a liquid crystal monitor 100 card reader 110 printer 120 storage device 200 initial screen 210 nozzle selection screen 220 refueling Quantity selection screen 230 Oil type / oil amount confirmation screen 240 Setting content screen 250 Oil amount input screen 260 Daily report totaling operation screen 270 Closing process inquiry screen

Claims (1)

A plurality of fuel supply systems for supplying fuel to the fuel-supplied supply body based on an input of permission for fuel supply;
Permission input means for instructing permission of fuel supply to each of the plurality of fuel supply systems ;
Permission output means for outputting permission of fuel supply to the fuel supply system instructed by the permission input means;
Fuel supply information storage means for storing the fuel supply information in association with the time when the fuel supply is performed and the fuel supply amount performed at the time when the fuel supply is performed by each fuel supply system; ,
Totaling instruction means for instructing totalization of fuel supply information within a predetermined period;
Totaling means for totalizing fuel supply information within a predetermined period based on the fuel supply information stored in the fuel supply information storage means when totaling is instructed by the total instruction means;
In a fuel supply management device having
With the operating state determination means for the fuel supply by the fuel supply system to determine which Tei Luke not made,
The counting instruction means, when the totaling instruction is given by the counting instruction means, when the operating state determination means determines that there is a fuel supply system to which fuel is supplied among the fuel supply systems. is pending aggregate of the fuel supply information by the collecting unit, if the operating state determination means has determined that the fuel supply has not been made by the fuel supply system instructs the aggregate to the aggregate means ,
The permission output means outputs a fuel supply permission to the instructed fuel supply system when permission of fuel supply is instructed by the permission input means in a state where the counting by the counting means is suspended. A fuel supply management device.

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