JP5176093B2 - Taxi meter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a taximeter that calculates and displays a taxi fare, and particularly relates to a taximeter that enhances convenience for passengers.

  A conventional taximeter measures the distance traveled by inputting a driving pulse (distance pulse) output from the detector every time the axle of the taxi vehicle rotates by a predetermined angle, and the interval at which the driving pulse is input. The vehicle speed is obtained by measuring the vehicle speed, and it is assumed that the vehicle has traveled a predetermined distance every time the traveling time below the predetermined low vehicle speed passes the reference time, and every time the measured traveling distance reaches the predetermined distance and below the predetermined low vehicle speed. Every time the driving time of the vehicle passes the reference time, the distance traveled and the distance assumed to be traveled are subtracted from the basic distance until the first fare increase or the additional distance until the subsequent fare increase, and the remaining distance is 0 Then, the fare is added.

  By the way, since the taxi fare is added as described above and increases in a step function, there is a demand for passengers to stop the taxi vehicle before the fare increases if possible. Therefore, as a conventional taximeter, there is known a taxi meter in which the display state of the basic tariff display unit is changed as it approaches the timing for adding the fare and the passenger is notified of the timing for adding the fare (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

JP-A-2005-316909

  However, even if the passenger who sees the timing of adding the fare with the taxi meter tells the driver to stop the taxi vehicle, the driver will travel a certain distance before actually stopping the vehicle. If the timer advances because it ran at a speed lower than the predetermined low speed, the fare will be added and the fare will rise. Therefore, with conventional taximeters, the timing for adding the fare There was a problem that the psychological burden of the passengers when approaching was not fully resolved.

  An object of the present invention is to advantageously solve the above-mentioned problem. A taximeter according to the present invention includes a fare calculation unit that calculates a fare based on a travel distance and a travel time of a taxi vehicle, and the taxi. A fare display unit that displays the fare of the vehicle, a display control unit that displays the calculated fare on the fare display unit, and a position that can be operated by a passenger of the taxi vehicle, according to the operation of the passenger And a passenger operation device that outputs a stop instruction signal for stopping the addition of the fare to the fare calculation unit.

  In such a taxi meter of the present invention, the fare calculation unit calculates the fare based on the travel distance and the travel time of the taxi vehicle, and the display control unit displays the calculated fare on the fare display unit. Then, the passenger controller arranged at a position where the passenger of the taxi vehicle can operate outputs a stop instruction signal for stopping the fare addition to the fare calculator in accordance with the operation of the passenger.

  Therefore, according to the taximeter of the present invention, when the passenger operates the passenger controller, the fare calculation unit stops adding the fare when the taxi vehicle approaches the destination or travels until just before the fare is added. Since the driver can actually run a certain distance before the taxi vehicle stops running or run at a speed below the specified low speed, there is no fear that the fare will increase. It is possible to sufficiently eliminate the psychological burden on the passenger when the timing for adding the fare is approached and to enhance the convenience for the passenger.

  In the taximeter according to the present invention, the passenger operating device, as the stop instruction signal, instructs the stop just before the fare addition of the taxi vehicle and stops the addition of the fare before stopping the fare addition. It is possible to have a stop switch before adding the fare that outputs, and in this way, before the taxi vehicle arrives at the destination or before the fare is added, before the fare is added to the passenger controller By operating the stop switch, the stop instruction signal before stopping the fare addition is output as a stop instruction signal to stop the fare addition by instructing the stop immediately before the fare addition of the taxi vehicle, It is possible to board the vehicle immediately before adding the fare while stopping the addition immediately and avoiding an increase in the fare.

  Moreover, in the taximeter of the present invention, the passenger controller has a stop switch that outputs an immediate stop instruction signal that instructs the immediate stop of the taxi vehicle and stops the addition of the fare as the stop instruction signal. In this way, when the taxi vehicle is close enough to the destination and the passenger thinks that the taxi vehicle can be stopped, the passenger operates the stop switch on the passenger controller. As a stop instruction signal, an immediate stop instruction signal is output to stop the fare addition by instructing an immediate stop of the taxi vehicle, and the fare calculation section is immediately stopped to avoid an increase in the fare. can do.

  Furthermore, in the taximeter of the present invention, the passenger operating device may be disposed between the driver seat and the passenger seat of the separate type front seat, and in this way, the passenger operating device Since the passenger can easily reach the passenger, the passenger can easily operate the passenger controller.

  In the taximeter according to the present invention, the passenger operating device may be arranged on the back of the backrest of the separate or bench type front seat, and in this way, the passenger operating device is connected to the passenger operating device. Therefore, the passenger can easily operate the passenger controller.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Example of the taximeter of this invention with a functional block. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the modified example of the passenger operating device in the taximeter of the said Example.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a taximeter according to an embodiment of the present invention in functional blocks. The taximeter according to this embodiment includes a travel time measuring unit 1 and a taximeter as shown in FIG. , A mileage measuring unit 2, a central processing unit (CPU) 3 as a fare calculation unit and a display control unit, and a fare display unit 4. The CPU 3 includes a payment switch 5 and an empty switch for selecting tariffs. 6, a rent switch 7, and a discount switch 8 are connected. The travel time measuring unit 1, the travel distance measuring unit 2, the CPU 3, the fare display unit 4, and the switches 5 to 8 are connected to the taxi vehicle. It is provided in a meter main body that is arranged beside the driver's seat so as to be visible from taxi drivers and passengers.

  Here, the travel time measuring unit 1 measures the time with a crystal transmission type timer, and the travel distance measuring unit 2 is a travel pulse signal (distance) output from the detector every time the axle of the taxi vehicle rotates a predetermined angle. The mileage of the taxi vehicle is measured by inputting a pulse signal), and the unit mileage by the rotation of the axle for the predetermined rotation angle is output each time the travel pulse signal is input.

  After the rent switch 7 or the discount switch 8 used for fare discount in a predetermined case is inserted, the CPU 3 outputs the unit mileage as a fare calculation unit until the payment switch 5 is turned on. Each time the unit travel distance is subtracted from the basic distance until the first fare increase or the additional distance until the subsequent fare increase, and the time interval at which the unit travel distance is output using the timer of the travel time measuring unit 1 The vehicle speed is measured and the vehicle speed is obtained from the time interval. When the vehicle speed is equal to or less than a predetermined low vehicle speed of, for example, 10 km / h, the travel time below the predetermined low vehicle speed is measured using the timer of the travel time measuring unit 1 If the running time at the vehicle speed or lower is longer than the reference time, it is assumed that the vehicle has traveled a predetermined distance every time the reference time elapses. The fare is calculated by subtracting the calculation distance and adding the fare when the remaining distance becomes 0. After the empty switch 6 is turned on, the fare is not calculated until the rent switch 7 or the discount switch 8 is turned on. .

  The fare display unit 4 has a fare display screen made of, for example, a liquid crystal, and the CPU 3 also controls the operation of the fare display unit 4 as a display control unit, and displays the fare obtained by the above fare calculation. Displayed sequentially on the fare display screen of part 4.

  By the way, in the normal fare calculation as described above by the CPU 3, when the traveling speed rises exceeding the predetermined low vehicle speed while measuring the traveling time at the predetermined low vehicle speed, the time measurement is stopped once, but then returns to the predetermined low vehicle speed or less again. The time measurement is restarted without resetting the time previously measured, and the time measured after the restart is summed with the time previously measured until the running time at the predetermined low vehicle speed exceeds the reference time. The running time is counted cumulatively. For this reason, if the traveling time at a predetermined low vehicle speed approaches the destination immediately before reaching the reference time, the fare may increase due to reaching the reference time during low-speed traveling before stopping, which is a psychological burden on passengers.

  Therefore, the taximeter of this embodiment further includes a passenger operation device 9 as shown in FIG. 1 in order to eliminate such a psychological burden on the passenger. If the front seat of the taxi vehicle is a separate type so that the passenger of the taxi vehicle can easily reach and operate it, the passenger controller 9 is provided between the driver seat and the front passenger seat of the front seat or those If the front seat of the taxi vehicle is a bench type, it is placed on the back of the back of the front seat. A stop switch 10 before the fare addition and a stop switch 11 The stop switch 10 before the fare addition and the stop switch 11 are each connected to the CPU 3.

  When the passenger turns on the stop switch 10 before the fare addition, the stop switch 10 before the fare addition instructs the stop immediately before the fare addition of the taxi vehicle and stops the addition of the fare. When the ON signal is input from the stop switch 10 before the fare addition, the CPU 3 stops the subsequent fare addition and stops the fare display unit 4 on the display screen of the fare display unit 4 immediately before the fare addition of the taxi vehicle from the passenger. The display that informs the driver that the vehicle has been instructed is output. Thus, the driver causes the taxi vehicle to travel according to the passenger's request up to the travel distance immediately before the fare addition based on the travel distance measurement.

  When the passenger turns on the stop switch 11, the stop switch 11 outputs an ON signal as an immediate stop instruction signal for instructing an immediate stop of the taxi vehicle and stopping the fare addition. When the ON signal is input, the subsequent fare addition is stopped and a display informing the driver that the passenger is instructed to immediately stop the taxi vehicle is output on the display screen of the fare display unit 4. This allows the driver to stop the taxi vehicle as quickly as possible while ensuring safety.

  Therefore, according to the taximeter of this embodiment, when the passenger operates the passenger controller 5, the CPU 3 stops the fare addition when the taxi vehicle approaches the destination or travels until just before the fare addition. Since the driver can actually run a certain distance before the taxi vehicle stops running or run at a speed below the specified low speed, there is no fear that the fare will increase. It is possible to sufficiently eliminate the psychological burden on the passenger when the timing for adding the fare is approached and to enhance the convenience for the passenger.

  In addition, according to the taximeter of this embodiment, the passenger operating device 5 has the stop switch 10 before the fare addition, so that the passengers can check before the taxi vehicle arrives at the destination or before the fare is added. By operating the stop switch 10 before the fare addition of the passenger controller 5, a stop instruction signal before the fare addition for stopping the fare addition by instructing the stop immediately before the fare addition of the taxi vehicle is output as the stop instruction signal. Thus, it is possible to stop the CPU 3 immediately from adding the fare, and to sufficiently board the vehicle until immediately before adding the fare while avoiding the increase in the fare.

  Further, according to the taximeter of this embodiment, since the passenger operation device 5 has the stop switch 11, it was thought that the taxi vehicle may be sufficiently close to the destination and the passenger may stop the taxi vehicle. When the passenger operates the stop switch 11 of the passenger controller 5, the immediate stop instruction signal for instructing the immediate stop of the taxi vehicle and stopping the fare addition is output as the stop instruction signal. On the other hand, the fare addition can be stopped immediately and the fare increase can be avoided.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modified example of the passenger controller 5 in the taximeter of the above embodiment. In this modified example, the stop switch 10 before the fare addition is omitted and the stop switch 11 is paid. It is connected to the CPU 3 in parallel with the switch 5.

  According to this modification, it is possible to input to the CPU 3 an immediate stop instruction signal for instructing an immediate stop of a taxi vehicle and stopping the fare addition with a simple configuration. The stop switch 11 connected in parallel with the payment switch 5 is not limited to the CPU 3 in the above embodiment, and may be a normal taximeter fare calculator.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the illustrated examples, the present invention is not limited to the above-described examples, and can be appropriately changed within the scope of the claims. Fare calculation based on regulations may be performed.

  Thus, according to the taximeter of the present invention, when the passenger operates the passenger controller, when the taxi vehicle approaches the destination or travels until just before the fare addition, the fare calculation unit stops the fare addition. Since the driver does not have to worry about the fare rising even if he runs a certain distance or runs at a speed below the predetermined low speed before the taxi vehicle stops running after the fare addition stop, It is possible to sufficiently eliminate the psychological burden on the passenger when the timing for adding the fare is approached and to enhance the convenience for the passenger.

1 travel time measurement unit 2 travel distance measurement unit 3 CPU (fare calculation unit, display control unit)
4 Fare display section 5 Payment switch 6 Empty switch 7 Rent switch 8 Discount switch 9 Passenger controller 10 Stop switch before fare addition 11 Stop switch

Claims (3)

A fare calculator that calculates the fare based on the taxi vehicle mileage and travel time,
A fare display section for displaying the fare of the taxi vehicle;
A display control unit for displaying the calculated fare on the fare display unit;
Passenger operation device that outputs a stop instruction signal to stop the addition of the fare to the fare calculation unit according to the operation of the passenger, arranged at a position where the passenger of the taxi vehicle can operate,
A taxi meter.   The passenger controller has a stop switch before fare addition that outputs a stop instruction signal before fare addition that instructs the stop immediately before the fare addition of the taxi vehicle and stops the addition of the fare as the stop instruction signal. The taximeter according to claim 1, wherein:   2. The passenger operation device includes a stop switch that outputs an immediate stop instruction signal that instructs the immediate stop of the taxi vehicle and stops the addition of the fare as the stop instruction signal. Or the taximeter of 2.

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