JP5946345B2 - Taxi meter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a taximeter that calculates and displays taxi fares.

  In recent years, cases where taxi operators perform services other than general taxi services such as nursing taxi services (including nursing care insurance taxi services) and driving agency services are increasing. In such business other than general taxi business, a fee system different from the license fee system for taxi business is applied. For this reason, when the taxi vehicle is used for business other than taxi business, it is necessary to calculate the fee and present it to the user by the fee system of the business to be used.

  A taximeter mounted on a taxi vehicle is equipped with a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores data on the approved taxi fare system, and the fare is calculated using this data. The ROM mounting portion is sealed after a meter inspection by an administrative agency in order to prevent data tampering.

  For this reason, for example, for a taxi fee for nursing care, an external device connected to the taxi meter receives data such as boarding time necessary for calculation from the taximeter, and independently calculates a fee for nursing taxi service that cannot be calculated with the taxi meter. It has been proposed to display it (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-3609 A

  The above-mentioned conventional proposal calculates a care taxi fare by adding up the time-based fare according to the boarding time and the fixed fare for each service. Therefore, based on the data such as the boarding time output from the taxi meter You can calculate your own charges.

  However, in the case of a business that employs a fee system that includes a distance fee according to the distance traveled in the same way as a taxi service, it is not possible to calculate the fee only with data that can be output by a taxi meter. For this reason, as in the case of a taxi meter, it is necessary to separately install a dedicated fare meter in which a ROM storing data on the fare system for the business is mounted on the taxi vehicle.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is that when a taxi vehicle is used for business other than taxi business, the fee system of the business includes a distance-based fee according to the travel distance. Even if it is a case, it is providing the taximeter which can calculate and display the charge by the charge system of duties other than taxi duties, without using a separate separate meter.

In order to achieve the above object, a taximeter according to the present invention as set forth in claim 1 comprises:
In a taxi meter that displays the fare calculated by the tax system for taxi work including the distance system charge according to the mileage of the vehicle,
Storage means for storing the fee-based data including the distance-based fee of another business different from the taxi business, separately from the tax-based data of the taxi business;
An authentication means for authenticating one of the taxi business and the other business as a business to be performed on the vehicle,
Displaying the charge calculated by the charge system in which data is stored in the storage means of the work authenticated by the authentication means;
It is characterized by that.

  According to the taximeter of the present invention as set forth in claim 1, even if the business authenticated by the authentication means as the business performed by the taxi vehicle is changed to a business other than taxi business, the charge for the business whose data is stored in the storage means The charge is calculated and displayed. Therefore, even if a taxi vehicle is used for business other than taxi business, the taxi meter can calculate and display charges in business other than taxi business without using a dedicated meter separate from the taxi meter.

Further, a taxi meter of the present invention according to claim 1, before Symbol authentication means, based on the authority information in the business designation information designating a business which is input from outside, the designated authority operations performed by the vehicle Authority determination means for determining presence / absence, and authenticating the work designated in the work designation information including the authority information determined by the authority judgment means as having the designated authority as a work to be performed on the vehicle Features.

In the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 1 , the authority information identifies, for example, a transmission source when a business operator operating a vehicle transmits business designation information wirelessly to a receiver of the vehicle. It can be information. It can also be a password that is required to be entered when a vehicle crew member directly inputs work designation information into a taximeter.

Then, according to the taxi meter of the present invention as set forth in claim 1, only when it is confirmed to have the authority by authority limit information, the authentication unit is to authenticate the work performed by the vehicle. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the charge from being calculated and displayed in a charge system of another business that is different from the actual charge system due to the business process being changed unnecessarily without the authentication procedure.

Further, the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 2 is the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 1 , wherein the cumulative index indicating the various states of the vehicle is stored in the storage means and the fee-based data is stored in the storage means. A job-specific cumulative index counting unit that counts as a cumulative index of the business authenticated by the authentication unit in the current business, and the fee according to the fee rate of the certified business is It is calculated by using the count value of the cumulative index of the authenticated work by the index counting means.

Then, according to the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 2 , in the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 1 , various states of the vehicle that are counted during taxi service and are used for calculation of fare, etc. When a business other than taxi work is performed by a vehicle, the cumulative index indicating “” is individually counted as the cumulative index related to the work. For this reason, for business operations other than taxi business, the cumulative index relating to various states of vehicles generated during the business operation can be used for calculation of charges.

Further, the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 3 is the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 2 , wherein the business-specific cumulative index count means outputs the business-specific cumulative index data or its processed data. It further comprises a job-specific cumulative index data output means.

According to the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 3 , in the taximeter of the present invention described in claim 2 , the cumulative index counted during the taxi service is used for managing the operations of crew and vehicles. It is output to a portable recording medium or display. In the same way, when work other than taxi work is done with a vehicle, the cumulative index counted during that work is output to a portable recording medium or display for each work to manage crew and vehicle work. Can be provided.

  According to the present invention, when a taxi vehicle is used for business other than taxi business, even if the rate system for the business includes a distance system fee according to the travel distance, a dedicated separate meter is used. It is possible to calculate and display charges based on the charge system for services other than taxi services.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the taximeter system using the taximeter which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the process regarding the switch of the work performed in the taxi vehicle which the calculating part of the taximeter shown in FIG. 1 performs according to the program stored in ROM. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the process regarding a charge calculation and a display which the calculating part of the taximeter shown in FIG. 1 performs according to the program stored in ROM. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the process regarding the output of a cumulative index which the calculating part of the taximeter shown in FIG. 1 performs according to the program stored in ROM.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a taximeter system using a taximeter according to an embodiment of the present invention. The taximeter system shown in FIG. 1 includes a taximeter 10 mounted on a taxi vehicle 1, a printer 20 connected to the taximeter 10, a handy terminal 30, and a communication module 40.

  The taxi meter 10 calculates and displays a fee (fare) including a distance-based fee corresponding to the travel distance of the taxi vehicle 1. The distance-based charge is a total charge of a basic charge that is uniform up to the basic distance and a subsequent charge that is added a number of times according to the distance traveled when the basic distance is exceeded.

  In order to calculate and display the above-mentioned fee, the taximeter 10 includes a display unit 11 for displaying a fee and the like, and an operation unit for inputting a tariff state, a type of work performed in the taxi vehicle 1, a password for authentication, and the like. 12, a non-volatile RAM 13 provided with a work area and a temporary storage area, a ROM 14 for storing programs and the like, and a memory card I for writing and reading data to and from a memory card 50 assigned to a crew member of the taxi vehicle 1 The / O unit 15 and an arithmetic unit (CPU) 16 that controls these operations are included. The printer 20, the handy terminal 30, and the communication module 40 are connected to interfaces (I / F) 17 to 19 of the taximeter 10.

  In the RAM 13, a sales data storage unit for generating and storing business data such as a fee for each business, a business kilometer, and business hours is secured. A part of the business data storage unit is used as a work area when the calculation unit 16 calculates a fee based on fee-based data. In addition, a part of the sales data storage unit includes a cumulative index (for example, business number, subsequent number, business kilometer, travel kilometer, number of incoming cars / idling kilometer, travel time, business travel time) by which the arithmetic unit 16 indicates various states of the vehicle. , Business hours, etc.) used as a work area for counting. This cumulative index is also used for generating the sales data described above.

  Further, a part of the RAM 13 is used as an area for storing data indicating work performed in the taxi vehicle 1. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that two types of business, a general taxi business and a nursing taxi business, can be performed by the taxi vehicle 1. A part of the RAM 13 is used as an area for storing identification information and a password used for authentication of the task switching authority of the taxi vehicle 1.

  In the ROM 14 (corresponding to the storage means in the claims), a setting data storage unit for storing fee-based data for each job is secured. The data setting data storage section stores a taxi service charge system and a care taxi service charge system separately. The setting data storage unit may be configured by an individual storage medium for each fee system, or may be configured to store data for each fee system by dividing a single storage medium into a plurality of areas. In addition, when memorizing a fee system that requires authorization from a government agency, it is desirable to seal it to prevent tampering.

  The calculation unit 16 calculates a fee and displays the fee on the display unit 11 according to a change in tariff state input from the operation unit 12. Note that the calculation unit 16 calculates a fare using the data for the fare system for the business performed in the taxi vehicle 1 (stored in the ROM 14) stored in the RAM 13.

  In addition, the calculation unit 16 refers to the calculation result of the fare, the tariff state input from the operation unit 12, the travel pulse corresponding to the travel speed (travel distance) from the travel sensor (not shown), and the like. Count. The calculation unit 16 counts each cumulative index in association with the work performed in the taxi vehicle 1 stored in the RAM 13. For example, while a taxi service is stored in the RAM 13 as a service performed by the taxi vehicle 1, each cumulative index is counted as a cumulative index in the taxi service. Accordingly, when the work stored in the RAM 13 changes, the arithmetic unit 16 counts each cumulative index as in the changed work.

  When the tariff state changes from the payment tariff to the empty tariff by the operation of the operation unit 12 of the taximeter 10, the printer 20 outputs the sales data of one operation stored in the RAM 13 that is output via the interface 17. Print out receipt based on. The printer 20 can also perform various report outputs (printouts) based on various data output from the taximeter 10 via the interface 17.

  The handy terminal 30 is provided with a magnetic card reader for credit card payment, a numeric keypad, a function key, and the like. Input etc. can be performed. The communication module 40 is a module that transmits and receives data to and from a place away from the taxi vehicle 1. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that data is transmitted to and received from a taxi business office (not shown) that operates the taxi vehicle 1.

  Next, in the taximeter system having the above-described configuration, refer to the flowchart of FIG. 2 for an overview of the processing related to the task switching performed in the taxi vehicle 1 performed by the calculation unit 16 of the taximeter 10 according to the program stored in the ROM 14. To explain. The process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is repeatedly executed at regular intervals.

  First, the calculation unit 16 confirms whether or not the communication module 40 has received a business designation information signal from a business office (not shown) of the taxi operator (step S1). This business designation information signal includes business designation information for designating a business to be performed by the taxi vehicle 1 and transmission source identification information for identifying a taxi operator (a sales office) as a transmission source.

  If the business designation information signal has not been received (NO in step S1), the process proceeds to step S5 described later. If received (YES in step S1), the calculation unit 16 indicates that the caller identification information is a taxi vehicle. Whether or not the content indicates the sales office of the taxi vehicle 1 having the authority to switch one job is confirmed based on the stored information in the RAM 13 (step S3). If the content does not indicate the business office of the taxi vehicle 1 (NO in step S3), the series of processing ends, and if the content indicates the business office (YES in step S3), the process proceeds to step S9 described later.

  Further, in step S5, which proceeds to the case where the communication module 40 has not received the job designation information signal in step S1 (NO), the calculation unit 16 determines whether or not the job designation information signal is input from the operation unit 12 or the handy terminal 30. Make sure. This work designation information signal includes work designation information for designating work to be performed in the taxi vehicle 1 and an authentication password, which are input by the crew of the taxi vehicle 1 by operating the operation unit 12 or the handy terminal 30.

  If the business designation information signal has not been input (NO in step S5), the series of processing ends, and if it has been input (YES in step S5), the calculation unit 16 stores the input password in the RAM 13. The stored password is collated with the password corresponding to the crew member who has the authority to switch the operation of the taxi vehicle 1 (step S7). The password to be verified may be registered and stored in the RAM 13 in advance, or may be read from the memory card and stored in the RAM 13 each time the memory card 50 is loaded in the memory card I / O unit 15.

  As a result of the collation, if the password input from the operation unit 12 or the handy terminal 30 does not match the password to be collated (NO in step S7), the series of processes is terminated. On the other hand, if the passwords match (YES in step S7), the process proceeds to step S9.

  In step S9, the arithmetic unit 16 rewrites and updates the data indicating the work performed in the taxi vehicle 1 stored in the RAM 13 with the work data designated by the work designation information, and then ends the series of processes. .

  As is clear from the above description, in this embodiment, a business designation information signal input from the taxi operator's sales office via the communication module 40, or a business designation input from the operation unit 12 or the handy terminal 30 is used. The information signal corresponds to business designation information for designating a business inputted from outside in the claims.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the sender identification information and the password in the above-described business designation information signal correspond to the authority information in the claims. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the processing in step S3 and step S7 in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is processing corresponding to the authentication means and authority determination means in the claims.

  Next, in the taximeter system having the above-described configuration, an outline of processing related to fee calculation and display performed by the calculation unit 16 of the taximeter 10 according to the program stored in the ROM 14 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. . The process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is started when an input operation of an actual vehicle tariff is performed by the operation unit 12 of the taximeter 10.

  First, the calculation unit 16 checks whether or not the operation unit 12 has performed an input (button press) operation of the actual vehicle tariff (step S11). If no input operation has been performed (NO in step S11), the series of processes is terminated. On the other hand, when an input operation is performed (YES in step S11), the data of the business performed in the taxi vehicle 1 stored in the RAM 13 is referred to and stored in the ROM 14 of the business currently performed in the taxi vehicle 1. According to the charge system, the charge (fare etc.) is calculated and displayed on the display unit 11 (step S13).

  Thereafter, it is confirmed whether or not an input operation (button pressing) of an empty vehicle tariff has been performed by the operation unit 12 (step S15). If no input operation has been performed (NO in step S15), the process returns to step S13. On the other hand, when an input operation is performed (YES in step S15), the cumulative index of each item counted in the RAM 13 between the actual vehicle tariff input operation and the empty vehicle tariff input is currently performed on the taxi vehicle 1. As a cumulative index related to the current business, it is added to the count value of each corresponding item in the RAM 13 (step S17). Then, a series of processing ends.

  In addition, when the operation | work performed with the taxi vehicle 1 which the data of RAM13 show is a care taxi operation | work, you may rewrite and update the data of RAM13 to the data which show a taxi operation after step S17. In the case of such a configuration, the taxi vehicle 1 will be charged unless a business designation information signal indicating that the work to be performed in the taxi vehicle 1 is a nursing taxi business until the next input operation of the actual vehicle tariff is performed. It will be calculated and displayed in the tax system.

  Further, as is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, the process of step S17 in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is a process corresponding to the business-specific cumulative index counting means in the claims.

  Next, in the taximeter system having the above-described configuration, an outline of the processing related to the output of the cumulative index that is performed by the calculation unit 16 of the taximeter 10 according to the program stored in the ROM 14 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. . The process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 is repeatedly executed at regular intervals.

  First, the calculation unit 16 checks whether or not an operation end information signal corresponding to an operation for ending the operation of the taxi vehicle 1 is input from the operation unit 12 or the handy terminal 30 (step S21). If entered (YES in step S21), the process proceeds to step S27 described later. On the other hand, if it has not been input (NO in step S21), it is confirmed whether or not the operation of the cumulative index display button of the operation unit 12 has been performed (step S23). If no operation has been performed (NO in step S23), the series of processes is terminated.

  When the operation of the cumulative index display button of the operation unit 12 is performed (YES in step S23), the count value counted in the RAM 13 as the cumulative index related to the business currently performed in the taxi vehicle 1 is displayed on the display unit. 11 is displayed for a predetermined time, and the display on the display unit 11 is returned to the original state (step S25), and then a series of processing ends.

  Furthermore, in step S27 which proceeds when the operation end information signal is input from the operation unit 12 or the handy terminal 30 in step S21 (YES), the cumulative totals regarding the taxi service and the care taxi service stored separately in the RAM 13 are stored. The count value of the exponent is written into the memory card 50 by the card I / O unit 15. Then, a series of processing ends.

  The cumulative index may be displayed on the display unit 11 as it is counted in the RAM 13 or may be written to the memory card 50, may be processed and displayed on the display unit 11, or may be written to the memory card 50.

As is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, a process of step S25 and step S27 in the flowchart of FIG. 4, corresponding to the business by the cumulative exponential data output means in the claims ing.

  According to the taxi meter 10 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, when taxi service is performed with the taxi vehicle 1, the charge is calculated and displayed by the tax system, and when the taxi service is performed, the care taxi service is performed. Calculate and display charges in the charge system. For this reason, even if the taxi vehicle 1 is used for nursing care taxi services, the taxi meter 10 for taxi services can calculate and display the charges in the taxi service taxi system without using a taxi meter dedicated to nursing taxi services. It can be carried out.

  Further, according to the taximeter 10 of the present embodiment, the service identification information in the business designation information signal from the sales office and the password in the business designation information signal from the operation unit 12 or the handy terminal 30 are collated. The switch to the job indicated by the specified information (taxi service or nursing taxi service) is now authenticated. This configuration may be omitted. However, if it is provided without omission, the work performed by the taximeter 10 will be changed without the authentication procedure, and the charge will be calculated and displayed in a charge system of other work different from the actual charge system. Can be suppressed.

  Furthermore, according to the taximeter 10 of the present embodiment, the cumulative index indicating the various states of the taxi vehicle 1 is counted separately for each business performed on the taxi vehicle 1. For this reason, even when the care taxi service is performed by the taxi vehicle 1, it is counted individually as a cumulative index related to the care taxi service. This configuration may be omitted. However, if it is provided without omission, even for a nursing taxi service that is not a taxi service, the cumulative index regarding the various states of the taxi vehicle 1 that occurred during the service is counted individually by the taxi meter 10, and It can be used to calculate charges based on the fee system.

  In addition, according to the taximeter 10 of the present embodiment, during the operation of the taxi vehicle 1, the cumulative index that is counted by the taxi meter 10 for each job is displayed on the display unit 11 as it is or after being processed, The taxi vehicle 1 was written to the memory card 50 at the end of operation. This configuration may be omitted. However, if provided without omission, the taxi vehicle also outputs a cumulative index relating to various states of the taxi vehicle 1 generated during the service for the care taxi service other than the taxi service to the display unit 11 or the memory card 50. 1 and its crew can be used for business management.

  In the present embodiment, the work other than the taxi service performed by the taxi vehicle 1 is the care taxi service, and the charge system stored in the RAM 13 is the tax service charge system and the care taxi service charge system. However, services other than taxi services are not limited to nursing care taxi services, and may be, for example, nursing insurance care taxi services or agency driving services.

  When the taxi vehicle 1 performs a service such as a long-term care insurance taxi service or a surrogate operation service, the data of the charge system for the long-term care taxi service or the surrogate operation is stored in the RAM 13 accordingly. The taxi fare (fare) is calculated and displayed on the taximeter 10. In addition, the RAM 13 separately counts the cumulative indexes related to the nursing care insurance care taxi business, the substitute driving business, etc., and outputs them to the display unit 11 and the memory card 50 as necessary.

  The present invention is suitable for use in a taxi meter that calculates and displays taxi fares.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Taxi vehicle 10 Taximeter 11 Display part 12 Operation part 13 RAM
14 ROM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Memory card I / O part 16 Operation part 17-19 Interface 20 Printer 30 Handy terminal 40 Communication module 50 Memory card

Claims (3)

In a taxi meter that displays the fare calculated by the tax system for taxi work including the distance system charge according to the mileage of the vehicle,
Storage means for storing the fee-based data including the distance-based fee of another business different from the taxi business, separately from the tax-based data of the taxi business;
Ri you provided with authentication means for authenticating the one of the business of the taxi business and the other businesses as business done in the vehicle,
The authentication means further comprises authority determining means for determining the presence / absence of the authority to specify the work to be performed on the vehicle based on the authority information in the work specifying information for specifying the work input from the outside. Authenticate the work specified in the work designation information including the authority information determined by the means as designated work as the work to be performed on the vehicle,
Show rates calculated by pricing data is stored in the storage means of the authenticated business by pre Symbol authentication means,
Taximeter characterized by that. Cumulative index indicating the number of occurrences of the various states of the vehicle is counted as a cumulative index of the work authenticated by the authentication means in the work for which fee-based data is stored in the storage means. Means for calculating the fee based on the fee rate for the certified job, using the count value of the cumulative index of the certified job by the corresponding job-specific cumulative index counting unit. The taximeter according to claim 1. 3. The taximeter according to claim 2 , further comprising business-specific cumulative index data output means for outputting the business-specific cumulative index data or the processed data thereof by the business-specific cumulative index counting means .

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