JPH02293238A - Car washing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a service station to issue and control a membership card by installing a card unit with both card reading and issuing functions and a managing unit in a car washing machine body. CONSTITUTION:A managing unit 16 inputs card information, for example, a membership number from a card unit 2 as data and makes inquiries according to these data, and whether the membership number is registered or not is retrieved, by way of example, and whether car washing is permitted or not is outputted to a body controller 7. When a car washing mode is inputted from the controller 7, this car washing mode is processed as data, totalizing them as a fee at each membership number, by way of example. At time of card issuance, the managing unit 16 retrieves card information to be newly written, for example, an unregistered membership number, outputting it, and when card information is inputted from the managing unit 16, the card unit 2 writes this unused card and issues it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to car wash equipment installed at, for example, a service station for washing cars. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Recently, credit cards have become widespread, and membership cards are now being used at car wash facilities to wash cars.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in order to issue and use such membership cards, it is necessary to have management equipment that can register and manage membership numbers, respond to inquiries, and aggregate fees for each membership number. A card issuing machine was required, and communication equipment had to be installed to enable data transmission between the car wash machine at each service station where the card was used and the management equipment, which required a large amount of cost. In addition, in order to issue a member's card, it is necessary to request a facility with a card issuing machine to issue the ticket, so there is a problem in that ticket issuing takes time. Since this process is carried out at each service station, there is a problem in that it is difficult to access data for customer management at each service station.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a car wash facility that allows membership cards to be issued and managed at a service station.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the car wash equipment of the present invention is a car wash equipment equipped with a main washing device and a control device that controls the car washing device according to the designation of a car wash mode. 1. A card device having a card reading function for reading and outputting card information from a card and a card issuing function for writing input card information to an unused card is provided in the main body, and the card information is registered in advance and the card device The input card information and the registered card information are checked, and the car wash mode data input from the control device is processed as car wash data, and new card information is output to the card device to issue a card. It is equipped with a management device. Operation With the above configuration, the management device inputs the card information read from the card device, such as the membership number, as data, makes an inquiry according to this data, searches for, for example, whether the membership number is registered, and authorizes car washing. Output whether or not to do so to the control device, and input the car wash mode from the control device.
Process the car wash mode as data, for example, aggregate it as a fee for each membership number. In addition, when issuing tickets, the management device
Search and output new card information to be written, for example, unregistered association 0 number. When the card device inputs card information from the management device, it writes this card information to an unused card and issues a ticket.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic external view of a car wash machine which is the washing equipment of the present invention.

As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, the car wash machine main body 1 includes:
A sensor section 3 consisting of a sonic sensor etc. that detects the position and height of a car B to be washed shown in Fig. 1, and an operation key human power section forming an operation panel P and performing operations such as selecting and starting a car wash course 4 and operation keys A display section 5 displays a display corresponding to the operation of the human power section 4, and performs car washing operations such as rotating the brush, turning on and off the spray of water and detergent, and running the car washing machine body 1. In addition, a card reloading unit 2, which will be explained in detail later, a main body control device 7, and a management device 16 are provided. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the card device 2 is provided with a card insertion slot 18 protruding below the operation panel P on the front, and is configured to take in a card 19 and read card information from the card 19. The so-called card reading function outputs the data to the main body control device 7 and sends out the card 19, and the card 1
9, writes card information to an unused card 19, and issues a new card.

As shown in FIG. 2, the main body control device rI17 is composed of a main body control section 8, an information processing section 9, and a communication interface section 10. It is determined based on the car wash course signal inputted from the human power section 4, the start signal card issuing instruction signal, etc., and a display signal corresponding to the input signal from the operation key human power section 4 is output to the display section 5. A control signal is output to the drive unit 6 in the order of steps to wash the car. In addition, the information processing section 9 sends the card to the management device 16 based on the card information signal input from the force card device 2, the car wash course signal input from the main body control section 8, the card issuing instruction signal, and the membership deadline designation signal. Information data, car wash course data, card issuing instruction data,
Creates data on the membership deadline date and outputs it to the communication f8 interface section 10, which is a transmission section to the management device 16, and outputs the card information data input from the management device 16 via the communication interface section 10 to the card device 2. Then, a car wash permission or disapproval signal is transferred to the main body control section 8.

The communication interface unit 10 converts the data signal from the information processing unit 9 into a serial signal, transmits it to the management device 16 via the signal cable 11, and converts the serial signal input from the management device 16 via the cable 11 into a parallel signal. It is converted into and output to the information processing section 9.

Now, card 19 is a member's card, and the card information is the membership number consisting of the number of the chain store (company), the number of the store's service station, and the number of the customer at the service station, and the membership expiration date. ．． The management device 16, as shown in FIG.
A communication interface unit 12 that converts the serial signal input from the cable 11 into a parallel signal, and converts the data signal of the management device 16 into a serial signal and outputs the serial signal, It corresponds to the operation key human power section 14 for inputting basic data such as registration of fees and requests for output of car wash data consisting of car wash fees and number of cars washed within a predetermined period for each membership number, and signals from the operation key human power section 14. It is comprised of a display section 15 that displays the data, etc., a printer 17 that prints out the data, a memory section 20 that stores the basic data, car wash data, etc., and an information processing section 13 and an information control section 21, which will be described later.

The information processing section 13 inputs the card information data from the communication interface section 12 and stores the membership number in the memory section 20.
If the membership number is not registered or the membership period has expired, a car wash disallowance signal is output to the communication interface section 12, If the membership number is registered and the membership period has not expired, a car wash permission signal is output to the communication interface section 12. In addition, the data of the car wash course is input, and the fee is calculated based on this data.
The car wash data is totaled together with the number of cars washed for each member number and is output to the memory unit 20. Further, when the card issuing instruction data is input from the communication interface section 12, the spare membership number of this service station stored in the memory section 20 is searched, and the data on the membership deadline input from the communication interface section 12 is searched. are combined to form card information for ticket issuing, and output to the communication interface section 12.

The information control unit 21 inputs and outputs car wash data and the like between the information processing unit 13 and the memory unit 20, and also inputs and outputs the corresponding car wash data from the memory unit 20 in response to requests for various car wash data from the operation key human power unit 14. etc. are displayed on the display unit 15 or printed out to the printer 17. A side view and a front view of the management device 16 are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. As shown in FIG. 4, the management device 16 is detachably attached to a hook 22 provided inside the car wash main body 1. Note that the store number of the chain, the service station number, and the customer number of this service station are registered as card information in the memory unit 20, and the information processing unit 13 detects that the card information data is not the number of this service station. In this case, if the registered store number of the chain matches the number of another service station, it is determined that it is registered, and if it is the number of this service station, the registration is determined by searching for the customer number. ing. The operation of the card car wash with the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the card 19 is input to the card device 2 (step F-1), the card device 2 executes a card reading function and outputs a card information signal to the main body control device 7 (step F-2). When the main body control device 7 receives the card information signal from the card device 2, it outputs it to the management device 16 as card information data (step F-3). The management device 3F16 judges the data of this input card information and sends a reply signal consisting of the car wash disallowance signal or the car wash permission signal to the main body control device 7.
(Step F-4). The main body control device 7 judges the reply signal from the management device 16 (step F-5),
If the signal is a non-permission signal, the display section 5 displays a message to that effect (step F-6), prompting the user to re-enter the card 19, and if the signal is a car wash permission signal, inputs a car wash course from the operation key human power section 4;
Waiting for start button input (steps F-7, F-8),
When the start button is pressed, a car wash operation is executed using the sensor section 3 and the drive section 6 (step F-9). Then, when the car wash is completed, step F-10), the data of the car wash course is output to the management device 16 (step F-11),
When the management device 16 inputs the car wash course data, it calculates the fee based on the data (step F-12), and totals the fee and number of cars washed for each association i number (step F-13).
．． Next, the operation at the time of ticket issuance will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when an instruction to issue a ticket is input from the operation key manual unit 4 (step G1), the main body control device 7 generates card issue instruction data and outputs it to the management device 16 (step G1).
-2) When the membership deadline date is input from the operation key human power unit 4 (step G-3), data on the membership deadline date is created and output to the management device 16 (step G-4). The management device 16 searches for a spare membership number of this service station based on the input ticketing instruction data (step G-5).
), this membership number is combined with the entered membership deadline date data to form card information for ticket issuance (Step G-6).
, main body control device! 7 is output to the card mounted V2 (step G-7). When the card information for ticket issuing is input, the card device 2 confirms that the card 19 has been loaded (
Step G8), write card information to the card 19 (Step G-9), and send out the card 19 (Step G-1).
0), end ticketing.

In this way, by providing the card device 2 and the management device 16, it is possible to issue a new card 19, manage the card 19,
That is, registration of membership numbers, inquiries, and totaling of charges can be performed at the car wash machine main body 1, that is, at each service station, service can be improved, and customer management can be performed at each service station. Note that collection of fees from members other than this service station can be performed by checking the membership number stored in the management device 16 and billing the fees to the other service stations.

Furthermore, since the card 19 is managed at each service station, there is no need for communication equipment to connect each service station, making it possible to reduce costs.

In this embodiment, the management device 16 is housed inside the car wash machine body 1, but the cable 11 can be extended and installed inside the office of the service station. Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, by providing a management device and a card device, card management, that is, card information registration, inquiry, and charge totaling, as well as new card issuance, can be performed at a car wash machine, that is, a service. This can be done at each service station, and each service station can manage customers and improve customer service. It also eliminates the need for conventional card management equipment and communication equipment to connect each service station, which can also be expected to reduce costs.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic external view of a car wash machine showing an embodiment of the washing equipment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the car wash machine, Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the operation panel of the car wash machine, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the operation panel of the car wash machine. Figures 4 and 5 are a side view and a front view, respectively, of the management device of the car wash machine, Figure 6 is a flow chart for explaining the car wash operation of the car wash machine, and Figure 7 is a flowchart for explaining the ticket issuing operation of the car wash machine. It is a flowchart diagram for explaining. l... Car wash machine main body, 2... Card device, 7... Main body control device, 16... Management device, 19... Card.
Agent Yoshihiro Morimoto Figure 3 oq Figure 4 Figure 5 l6

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The car wash machine itself is equipped with a car wash device and a control device that controls the car wash device according to the designation of the car wash mode, and has a card reading function that reads and outputs card information from a card and that the input card information is not used. A card device having a card issuing function for writing to the card is provided, card information is registered in advance, the card information input from the card device and the registered card information are checked, and the car wash mode input from the control device is determined. A car wash facility equipped with a management device that processes the data as car wash data and outputs new card information to the card device to issue a card.