JPH0355852B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a contract usage card device for a commercial chartered vehicle, which is suitable for contract usage of a commercial chartered vehicle.

One way to use a taxi, which is a commercially chartered vehicle that picks up passengers upon request and transports them to a designated location, is to use a ticket.
That is, when a taxi user signs a usage contract with a taxi owner, such as a taxi company, a large number of tickets are issued (given) to the taxi company by the taxi company. When a subscriber uses a taxi from a contract company (hereinafter referred to as a contract taxi), instead of paying the fare, the user simply writes the fare amount on the ticket and hands the ticket with the fare amount written on to the taxi driver. good.
Then, for example, the taxi usage fee is calculated on a monthly basis, and the taxi company invoices the user for one month's usage fee to the user.

The conventional method of using contracted taxis using such tickets has the following problems.

Due to the large number of tickets, care must be taken when storing them.

When using a taxi, you had to carry at least as many tickets as you would like to use.

If your ticket is lost or stolen,
It is extremely difficult to prevent this ticket from being used fraudulently. For this reason, there was a high risk that the subscriber would suffer unexpected damages.

When users manually enter the fee amount, there is a possibility that troubles such as entry errors or even incorrect entries may occur.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to improve the convenience of the user by allowing contract usage of commercial chartered cars using a magnetic card, and to prevent the loss or theft of the magnetic card. Another object of the present invention is to provide a contract usage card device for commercial chartered cars that can prevent unauthorized use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a contract usage card device for commercial chartered automobiles that can print out the travel toll amount shown on the travel toll meter together with the date of use and the contract user code, thereby preventing troubles in toll billing. It is about providing.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a contract usage card device (hereinafter simply referred to as a card device) 10 for commercial chartered automobiles according to the present invention. Card device 1
0 is used by being mounted on a commercial charter vehicle (hereinafter referred to as a taxi), which is not shown, and includes magnetic card reading devices 11 and 12, an instrument reading section 13,
It has a clock device 14, a printer device 15, and a control section 16. The magnetic card reading devices 11 and 12 read the magnetically recorded contents of the crew member magnetic card 20 and the contractor magnetic card 30, respectively.
The reading result is output to the control section 16. In this embodiment, the crew magnetic card 20 includes a crew code 21 (which may be the crew member's name) corresponding to the crew member's name, and an invalid contract holder code 22 indicating an invalid contract holder, as shown in FIG. is recorded. Also,
As shown in FIG. 3, the subscriber magnetic card 30 has a subscriber code 31 indicating the subscriber and a contract expiration date 32 recorded thereon.

The meter reading section 13 reads mileage information and mileage fee information from the mileage meter 40 in response to instructions from the control section 16 and outputs the information to the control section 16. Clock device 14 generates date and time information. This clock device 14 does not necessarily need to include a display section that displays the date and time. The printer device 15 prints out a billing statement in response to instructions from the control unit 16, and is designed to issue two types of billing statements, for example, original and copy. The control unit 16 controls the crew magnetic card 20 and the contractor magnetic card 3 read from the magnetic card readers 11 and 12.
Based on the recorded content of 0, it is determined whether or not it is unauthorized use. If the control unit 16 determines that the unauthorized use has not been made, the control unit 16 instructs the printer device 15 to print out the date and time, crew code 21, and usage contractor code 31. The control unit 16 also controls the subscriber magnetic card 30.
When the card is taken out from the magnetic card reader 12, it instructs to print out the date, time, mileage, and mileage amount.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained. The crew magnetic card 20 and the contractor magnetic card 30 are created and issued using a well-known magnetic card recording machine (not shown). As a result, the crew member code 21 is stored in the crew member magnetic card 20, and the usage contractor code 31 and contract expiration date 32 are stored in the contractor magnetic card 30.
are each magnetically recorded. These crew magnetic cards 20 and contractor magnetic cards 30 are handed over to the corresponding crew members and usage contractors, respectively.

Before starting work, the crew member sets the crew magnetic card 20 into the magnetic card recording machine. In this magnetic card recording machine, the usage subscriber code 31 of the subscriber magnetic card 30 that has been reported as lost or stolen is registered as an invalid subscriber code. The invalid subscriber code 22 registered in this magnetic card recording machine is updated, for example, on a daily basis. As described above, when the crew member sets the crew member magnetic card 20 into the magnetic card recording machine before starting work, the crew member magnetic card 20 on which the latest invalid contract code 22 is recorded can be obtained. Before starting work, the crew member sets the crew member magnetic card 20 into the magnetic card reader 11 of the card device 10 installed in the taxi.

Assume that in such a state, when the user is placed in a taxi in response to a request from the user, the subscriber magnetic card 30 is presented by the user. The crew member inserts this contractor magnetic card 30 into the card device 10.
the magnetic card reader 12. The control unit 16 detects whether the usage subscriber code 31 of the subscriber magnetic card 30 read by the magnetic card reader 12 matches the invalid subscriber code 22 read by the magnetic card reader 11. At the same time, it is detected whether the contract expiration date 32 has expired, and it is determined whether or not there is unauthorized use. If the use is not unauthorized, control unit 1
6 outputs the date and time information obtained from the clock device 14, as well as the crew code 21 and usage contract code 31 read by the magnetic card readers 11 and 12, respectively, to the printer device 15, and the printer device 15 outputs the charge. A portion of the statement will be printed out. In this embodiment, two types of charge statements, an original and a copy, are created by copying using an ink ribbon, for example. On the other hand, if the control unit 16 determines that there is unauthorized use, the above-described printing control is not performed. This allows the crew to recognize unauthorized use. In this case, the control unit 16 may notify the crew member of the unauthorized use by displaying a lamp, outputting a voice, or the like.

Upon arriving at the destination, the crew member takes out the contractor's magnetic card 30 from the magnetic card reader 12.
Thereby, the control section 16 recognizes that the vehicle has arrived at the destination, and gives a reading instruction to the meter reading section 13. The meter reading section 13 reads the mileage and mileage information from the mileage meter 40 in response to instructions from the control section 16 and outputs the information to the control section 16 . However, the control section 16
outputs the date and time information obtained from the clock device 14 as well as the mileage and mileage information read by the meter reading section 13 to the printer device 15, and from the printer device 15, complete toll statements of two types, original and duplicate, are output. print out the document. The crew member hands a copy of the fare statement to the user together with the contractor's magnetic card 30, while keeping the correct fare statement.

In this way, by installing the card device 10 of the embodiment of the present invention in a contracted taxi, the contracting party can use the contracted taxi for the desired next term with only one contracted magnetic card 30, which is different from the conventional method. It is convenient because there is no hassle of storing and carrying a large number of tickets. In addition, since an invalid subscriber code is registered on a daily basis using the passenger magnetic card 20, unauthorized use due to loss or theft of the subscriber magnetic card 30 can be prevented. Furthermore, the travel fee amount obtained from the travel fee meter 40 is automatically printed out along with the date of use, user contract code, etc., thereby eliminating any problems associated with the fee.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the case where the magnetic card reading device is provided separately for the crew magnetic card and the contractor magnetic card has been explained.
By providing a storage unit that stores the reading results, the same implementation can be achieved even if one magnetic card reading device is shared. Further, in the embodiment, when the subscriber magnetic card 30 is taken out from the magnetic card reader 12, the controller 16
The system is designed to recognize the date of arrival at the destination and instruct the printout of the travel fare amount, etc., but a switch is provided and the crew turns on this switch upon arrival at the destination, thereby controlling the control unit 16. The arrival at the destination is notified, and the control unit 16 is thereby notified.
may perform the above-mentioned instructions. Also,
By providing the card device 10 with a storage section that stores the mileage and mileage fee for each trip, and a calculation section, it is possible to store the mileage and mileage fee for each trip from the start of the day to the end of the day, and furthermore, to store the mileage and mileage fee for each trip. The total daily allowance can be printed out at the end of the work day, making business management more efficient.

As described in detail above, according to the contract usage card device for a commercial chartered vehicle of the present invention, it is possible to use a commercial chartered vehicle with a magnetic card, thereby improving convenience for the user and preventing the loss of the magnetic card. Even in the event of theft, unauthorized use can be prevented. Furthermore, according to the present invention, troubles in billing can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing the formats of a passenger magnetic card and a contractor magnetic card, respectively. 10... Contract use card device for commercial chartered cars, 11, 12... Magnetic card reader, 13...
... Instrument reading section, 14 ... Clock device, 15 ... Printer device, 16 ... Control section, 20 ... Crew magnetic card, 30 ... Contractor magnetic card.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A subscriber card in which user information indicating the subscriber of a commercial chartered vehicle and the contract expiration date are recorded; A crew card in which the latest invalid subscriber information is recorded; 2. a card reading device that reads the recorded contents of one card; a clock device that generates at least date information; a meter reading section that reads the mileage toll from the toll meter; a printout means that prints out the toll statement; and the invalid contract. If the user is not an unauthorized user and is within the expiration date,
a control unit that causes the printing output unit to output a toll statement consisting of the travel toll read by the meter reading unit from the toll meter, date information generated by the clock device, and user information; and the control unit If the comparison result shows that the user is an unauthorized user or the expiration date has expired,
A contract usage card device for a commercial chartered car, characterized by comprising means for notifying that effect.