JPH04356855A - Fare collection system for bus and taxi - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the labor of a driver by totally processing the confirmations of a driving block and a driving fare by a computer which have been conventionally executed by the driver. CONSTITUTION:The mobile terminal of the bus or the taxi receives individual driving information containing ID information, driving block, validity, driving fare or the number of times for use for specifying the user transmitted by an ISDN exchange at a transmitter/receiver 16 and stores the information in a storage device MM4. A card reader 14 reads prescribed information from a season ticket card or a cupon card in the case of user riding on/off and informs it of a CPU-A1. While referring to the individual user information stored in the MM4, the CPU-A1 identifies whether the relevant card can be used or not, calculates the additional fare and displays this calculated result on a display 13 together with card use enable/disable information. The identified card use enable/disable information is transmitted from the transmitter/receiver 16 to an ISDN exchange and when the card can not be used, the relevant registered user information is erased from the ISDN exchange.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bus/taxi fare collection system using an ISDN switching device.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as a method of paying fares on buses,
There are three methods of payment: commuter passes, coupon tickets, and cash payment.For commuter passes, the usage section and usage period, for coupon tickets, the usage area fee, amount of the coupon, and number of tickets, and for cash payment, the usage section and the amount. The bus driver checked each time.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned conventional bus fare collection system collects the usage section and period of use for commuter passes, the usage section fee, amount and number of coupon tickets for coupon tickets, and the usage section for cash payment. The bus driver had to confirm the amount and amount each time, which required a lot of effort for the bus driver and was a big problem from the perspective of safe driving. Furthermore, once a commuter pass or coupon ticket is lost, it is not guaranteed that it will be returned to its owner, and losing a commuter pass with a large amount of money was a huge loss. Although taxis do not have the same inconveniences as buses, handling cash directly is not suitable for the card-based society that is a major trend in modern society.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a bus/taxi fare collection system that reduces driver's labor and provides excellent safe driving performance.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The bus/taxi fare collection system of the present invention comprises ISDN terminals (hereinafter referred to as fixed terminals) installed at a plurality of bus/taxi offices, and ISDN terminals installed at the buses/taxi. (hereinafter referred to as a mobile terminal), and an ISDN switching device that accommodates a terminal (hereinafter referred to as a mobile terminal). ID information for identification, riding section, validity period,
A means for registering individual passenger information including the fare or number of rides, and transmitting this individual passenger information as an initial value to the mobile terminal, and a means for registering the passenger's individual information including the fare or number of rides used by the passenger (hereinafter referred to as means for receiving the registered individual passenger information (referred to as usage fee information), subtracting and updating the registered individual passenger information by the fare or number of rides, and sending the updated individual passenger information back to all of the mobile terminals; , means for receiving card usage permission information transmitted from the mobile terminal and deleting the registration of the passenger individual information when card usage is prohibited; and a bus and taxi office area arranged by dividing the ISDN switching device. means for receiving and accumulating the individual passenger information of the initial value transmitted by the ISDN switching device in a plurality of the mobile terminals; means for reading and referring to the accumulated passenger individual information to identify whether or not the card can be used and to calculate the presence or absence of an additional charge, and displaying the calculation result together with the information on whether or not the card can be used; a means for transmitting usage availability information to the ISDN switching device; and a means for wirelessly transmitting the usage fee together with the ID information of the card when the additional charge is applicable to the ISDN switching device as the usage fee information; and means for wirelessly receiving the updated individual passenger information from the ISDN switching device and updating the individual passenger information stored in each mobile terminal.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an ISDN terminal (hereinafter referred to as a mobile terminal) installed in a bus and a taxi (hereinafter referred to as a bus) implementing the bus/taxi fare collection system of the present invention. be.

The mobile terminal in FIG. 1 has a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as I).
(abbreviated as CPU-A to distinguish it from the CPU of the SDN switching equipment)
1. Main memory device (hereinafter abbreviated as MM) 4. Card reader 14 that reads out the stored information of commuter cards and coupon cards, Keyboard 15 that inputs various information, LAP-D handler (hereinafter referred to as LAP) that controls the ISDN D channel protocol.
(abbreviated as -D) 5, Tone generator for generating dial tone and busy tone 6, S/T interface 7 of ISDN interface reference point
, a line circuit 8 for supplying direct current to the handset and monitoring call origination and call termination, a signal bus 9, a handset 10, a D channel 11,
It consists of a B channel 12, a display 13, an ISDN switching device, and a transceiver 16 for transferring various information.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an ISDN terminal (hereinafter referred to as fixed terminal) installed at a bus office implementing the bus fare collection system of the present invention.

The fixed terminal in FIG. 2 has a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as I).
(abbreviated as CPU-B to distinguish it from the CPU of the SDN switching equipment)
2. Main memory device (hereinafter abbreviated as MM) 4. Keyboard 15
, LAP-D5, tone generator 6, S//T interface 7, line circuit 8, signal bus 9, handset 10, D channel 11, B channel 12, and display 13.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the ISDN switching device of the present invention.

The ISDN switching device 40 in FIG.
(abbreviated as CPU-C to distinguish it from PU) 41, main storage device (
42, network (hereinafter referred to as NW) 43, line control processor (hereinafter referred to as LCP) 44, trunk control processor (hereinafter referred to as T)
CP) 45, common line signaling unit (hereinafter referred to as CCSU) 46, outgoing trunk (hereinafter referred to as OGT) 47, incoming trunk (hereinafter referred to as ICT) 48, speech path control (hereinafter referred to as SPC) 49, signal It is composed of a bus 51 and a magnetic disk 50, and is connected to a fixed terminal 20 of a bus office and a mobile terminal 30 of the bus. Figure 4 shows the IS of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the relationship between a DN exchange device and buses arranged at each business office.

In FIG. 4, buses a1, a2, and a3 are I
It is directly managed by the SDN switching device 40-A station, and the buses b1, b2, and b3 are directly managed by the ISDN switching device 40-B station. For example, the card data of the number of times the user used the bus a1 is stored in the ISDN exchange device 40-A.
It is sent to buses a2 and a3 via the ISD
It is also sent to the N switching device 40-B station, and the buses b1, b2, b
Sent to 3. In this way, data can be processed more efficiently than directly sending and receiving data between buses. ISDN exchange device 40
- ISDN switching device 40 from bus group B (b1 to b3)
The reverse is true when sending to the -A bus group (buses a1 to a3).

Next, the operation will be explained.

[0015] A person who wishes to receive this service applies to the bus company for the service. When selling a commuter pass card or a commuter pass card, the bus company enters an ID number (assigned to the user by the bus company) for each user from the keyboard 15 of the fixed terminal at the bus office (see Figure 2), and if it is a commuter pass, the bus company enters the usage section. The period of use and the amount (actually, the so-called frequency corresponding to the amount) of a coupon ticket are input, and these are sent to the ISDN exchange device 40 and stored in the magnetic disk 50 of the ISDN exchange device 40 (see FIG. 3). The ISDN switching device 40 sends these data to the mobile terminal 30 on the bus periodically (for example, at one-minute intervals). The bus that receives this data stores it in the main storage device MM4 of the mobile terminal 30, thereby recognizing the usage status of the user (see FIG. 1). When a user gets on a bus, he or she reads a commuter pass card and a travel card purchased from a bus company into a card reader 14. When the mobile terminal installed on the bus reads the card information, it identifies the user's usage pattern from the ID number written on the card and from the user's usage data sent periodically from the ISDN exchange equipment. . When the user gets off the bus, he/she reads the commuter pass card and the commuter pass card into the card reader again.

First, the case of a regular card will be explained.

[0017] When the memory information of the commuter pass card is read, it is checked whether it is within the period of use, and then it is checked from the boarding stop and the alighting stop whether it is within the usage section. If so, the additional charge will be displayed on the display. It also checks whether it is within the usage period, and if it is outside the period, displays the fare for the boarding and alighting section.
At the same time as collecting the ID card, sending the user data of the user whose regular validity period has expired to the ISDN exchange device 40,
Erase user data stored in the ISDN switching equipment. The ISDN switching device 40 then sends information for erasing the user data stored on each bus, thereby erasing the data stored on the buses.

Next, the case of a coupon ticket user will be explained.

[0019] Up to the point where the memory information of the frequency card is read is the same as when using a commuter card, but the fee is calculated from the usage period and the calculated fee is subtracted from the balance amount of the user, and the remaining amount is zero. Or, if the value is plus, for example, an "OK" message is displayed and the mobile terminal 30 sends an I
Send balance amount data wirelessly to the SDN exchange device 40,
The data of the user stored in the MM 42 of the SDN exchange device 40 is rewritten. The ISDN exchange device 40 is
The rewritten latest user data is sent again to the mobile terminal installed on the bus, and all buses of the bus company update the accumulated data of MM4 with this latest information and prepare for the next usage process. If the calculated charge is subtracted from the user's balance and the result is negative, for example, "NG" and the insufficient charge are displayed. Then, similarly to the above-mentioned commuter pass, the user data of the ISDN exchange device is erased, and the user data accumulated on each bus is also erased.

As shown in FIG. 4, an ISDN switching device 40-
The relationship between A and B stations and each bus is that buses a1, a2, and a3 are I
It is under the control of the SDN switching device 40-A station, and the buses b1,
b2 and b3 are under the control of the ISDN switching equipment 40-B station. Buses a1, a2, and a3 are directly controlled by ISDN.
The user's fare information is sent to the switching device 40-A station, and the bus b
1, b2, and b3 send the user's charge information to the ISDN switching equipment 40-B station, which is the direct controlling station. The ISDN switching equipment 40-A station has buses a1 and a under its direct control.
User data is sent preferentially to buses a1 and a3 for ISDN switching equipment 40-B, which is in other business areas.
User data is sent to a2 and a3 at longer intervals than the user data is sent to a3. Like the ISDN switching device 40-A, the ISDN switching device 40-B station first sends its own user data to the buses b1 to b3 under its control, and then transmits the user data to the ISDN switching device 40-A.
The user data within the local station is sent to the DN switching device 40-A station. In this way, the bus will always store all the latest user data in the main memory 4 within the bus. Furthermore, if the relationship between the bus user data and the ISDN switching device 40 is maintained, even if the number of business areas increases, the ISDN switching device 40
This problem can be solved by simply increasing the amount. At this time, if the number of ISDN switching devices 40 increases to a certain extent, a hierarchy is set between the ISDN switching devices 40 so that there is no waste in the operation of sending user data to each other.

The flow of the system operations has been described above, and these will be described in terms of signal flows with reference to FIG.

Call setup information (SETUP) is sent from the fixed terminal 20 at the office to the ISDN switching device 40. The call setting information transmission route is fixed terminal 20 - LCP 44 - NW 43 - CC
SU46 to bus 51 to CPU-C41. Here C
The PU-C 41 (actually a program executed by the CPU-C) recognizes that it is a user registration or deletion from the call setting information of the fixed terminal 20 in the office, and registers or deletes the user from the magnetic disk 50.
Write in the user's ID number, the section and period of use if it is a commuter pass, and the amount if it is a coupon ticket. Finally, a disconnection signal (D
ISC) and the process ends. These user data are stored in the MM42 of the ISDN switching device 40, then sent to each bus, and stored in the main storage device MM4 of the mobile terminal 30 of each bus. The call setting information transmission route is CPU-C41
- bus 51 - CCSU 46 - NW 43 - LCP 44 - mobile terminal 30. In this way, the mobile terminal 30 of the bus
receives call setup information from the ISDN switching device 40. This call setting information receiving path is the S/T interface 7
~ LAP-D5 ~ bus 9 ~ CPU-A1 (see FIG. 1). Here, CPU-A1 (actually a program executed by CPU-A) recognizes from the call setting information that user data is to be distributed. Finally, a disconnection signal (DISC) is sent from the mobile terminal side of the bus to the ISDN exchange equipment side, and the process ends.

Next, fee collection will be explained.

When a bus user reads a commuter pass card into the card reader 14 shown in FIG.
A1 stores the ID number and boarding stop name in MM4, and when the card is read again at the alighting stop, CPU-A1 stores this alighting stop, the previously memorized boarding stop name, and the usage section indicated by the ID number. The information will be compared to determine whether or not you can board the vehicle. If the result of the determination is that the vehicle cannot be boarded, the additional fee will be calculated and displayed on the display.

[0025] In the case of a coupon card, the section fee is specified by its ID.
It is subtracted from the balance of the user who owns the number, and if the balance is positive or zero, an "OK" display is displayed, and if it is negative, for example, "NG" is displayed.
'' and additional charges will be displayed. This data is then used to notify the ISDN exchange of the balance as the latest usage data of the user corresponding to the ID number. The transmission path at this time is CPU-A1 - bus 9 - LAP-D5 - S/
T interface 7 - transceiver 16 - ISDN electronic switching equipment (see FIG. 1). The ISDN electronic switching device 40 receives this information via the route LCP 44 - NW 43 - CCSU 46 - bus 51 - CPU-C 41 (see FIG. 3).
. Finally, a disconnection signal (DISC) is sent from the ISDN switching device side to the mobile terminal side of the bus, and the process ends. CPU-C
41 recognizes that it is an update of user data, changes the balance of user data on the magnetic disk 50, and directly notifies each bus under its management of the change result. Furthermore, in order to contact other offices, other IS
Send user data to the DN exchange device. The transmission route at this time is from CPU-C41 to bus 51 to CCSU46 to
This is another station's ISDN switching equipment. The ISDN electronic switching equipment of other stations transmits this information from CCSU46 to bus 51 to CPU-
Receive via route C41. Here, the CPU-C 41 stores the updated user data on the magnetic disk 50, and then further sends this user data to each bus under its direct management.

[0026] As described above, each time a user uses a bus,
The next available balance for that user can be notified to all buses under the control of each office.

[0027]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention has three methods of collecting bus fares: commuter passes, coupon tickets, and cash payments. When getting on and off a bus or taxi, the card information is read by inserting the card, and the computer processes all the confirmation of the boarding section and fare, which was previously done by the driver, reducing the driver's labor and driving safely. Contribute to In addition, if these methods are evaluated as convenient for users, cash payments will be replaced by cards, and all payments will be made by cards, and all payment methods will be computerized. Ru. On the other hand, in light of the current trend toward a card-based society, the convenience of cards will be appreciated by converting bus and taxi fare collection into cards, and it will also have the effect of providing a system that supports a card-based society.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

[Figure 1] Figure 1 shows the IS installed in buses and taxis according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a DN terminal (mobile terminal).

[Figure 2] I installed in bus and taxi offices of the present invention
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an SDN terminal (fixed terminal).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the ISDN switching device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the ISDN switching device of the present invention and buses and taxis located at each business office.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 41 Central processing unit (CPU-A, B,
C) 4, 42 Main memory (MM) 5 LAP-D handler (LAP-D) 6
Tone generator 7 S/T interface 8 Line circuit 9 Signal bus 10 Handset 11 D channel 12 B channel 13 Display 14 Card reader 15 Keyboard 16 Transmitter/receiver 20 ISDN terminal (fixed terminal) installed at bus office 30 For buses and taxis ISDN terminal to be installed (
Mobile terminal) 40, 40-A, 40-B ISDN switching equipment 4
3 Network (NW) 44 Local control processor (LCP
)45 Trunk control processor (TC
P) 46 Common Line Signaling Unit (CCSU) 47
Outgoing trunk (OGT) 48 Incoming trunk (ICT) 49 Call path control (SPC) 51
Signal bus 50 magnetic disk

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] ISDN terminals installed at multiple bus and taxi offices (hereinafter referred to as fixed terminals) and ISDN terminals installed in buses and taxis (hereinafter referred to as mobile terminals)
at least ID information for identifying the passenger, which is input from the fixed terminal when selling commuter passes (hereinafter referred to as commuter passes) and coupon tickets (hereinafter referred to as commuter passes); A means for registering individual passenger information including a ride section, valid period, fare, or number of rides, and transmitting this individual passenger information as an initial value to the mobile terminal, as well as information on the ride used by the passenger, which is transmitted from the mobile terminal. The fare or the number of rides (hereinafter referred to as usage fee information) is received, the registered individual passenger information is updated by subtracting the fare or the number of rides, and the updated individual passenger information is updated for all of the trips. A bus in which the ISDN exchange device is divided and arranged, comprising means for sending a reply to the terminal, and means for receiving card usage permission information transmitted from the mobile terminal and erasing the registration of the passenger individual information when the card cannot be used. , installed in each taxi business area, and means for receiving and storing, in a plurality of the mobile terminals, the initial value individual passenger information transmitted by the ISDN exchange device; Means for reading predetermined information from the travel card, referring to the accumulated passenger individual information, identifying whether the card can be used, calculating whether there is an additional charge, and displaying the calculation result together with the card usage information. and a means for transmitting the identified card usage permission information to the ISDN exchange device, and when the additional charge is applicable, transmitting the usage fee together with the ID information of the card as the usage fee information to the ISDN exchange device wirelessly. , and means for wirelessly receiving the latest individual passenger information updated based on this information from the ISDN switching device and updating the individual passenger information stored in each mobile terminal. Bus and taxi fare collection system.