JP2002150331A - Taxi ticket settlement system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To improve the convenience of a user when paying a taxi usage fee and to appropriately deal with unauthorized use. SOLUTION: When a taxi is used, a card on which a usage fee payer identification code is recorded is used as a taxi ticket, and a wireless terminal device 21 reads the usage fee payer identification code from the card as a transmission payer code. Then, the transmission payer code and the taxi usage fee are transmitted to the settlement computer system 11 as transmission data, and the card is disabled. If there is a registered payer code corresponding to the transmission payer code, the payment computer system registers the usage fee as payment fee data in association with the registered payer code. This card is, for example, an IC card. In this way, the payer is determined by the payer code at the time of issuance of the card, so it can be easily transferred to another person, and once used, it becomes unusable. Very little is done.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a payment system using taxi tickets when using a taxi,
The present invention relates to a payment system using a taxi ticket card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a taxi is used, a toll is paid by a so-called taxi ticket. In such a taxi ticket payment, when a customer uses a taxi, the user writes the usage fee and the customer's signature on a paper taxi ticket, and hands it to the taxi crew as a sales taxi ticket. After that (after the taxi crew returns to the office), the sales taxi tickets are manually sorted by customer and, for example, manually input into a computer or the like as sales data by customer. Then, an invoice is created for each customer based on the sales data, and a sales ticket is attached to the customer and sent to the customer. On the customer side, the slip processing and payment of the fee are performed based on the invoice. I have.

[0003] When a paper taxi ticket as described above is used, a lot of manual work is required, and it takes a long time to pay a fee, and the cost is high in consideration of personnel costs.

[0004] Taxi fares may be paid by a credit card or debit card instead of a paper taxi ticket. However, in the case of a credit card or debit card, the users are limited in advance, and Like a taxi ticket, it cannot be distributed to an unspecified number of people. In other words, in the case of a taxi ticket, a customer such as a corporation that has distributed the taxi ticket from a taxi company can distribute the taxi ticket to another person, for example, as a business service, but the credit card or debit This is not possible with cards.

In addition, in the case of a credit card or a debit card, it is difficult to prevent unauthorized use because the crew only checks the card (for example, the validity period and the signature) by blindness.

[0006] Furthermore, taxi fares are also paid using a prepaid card. However, in the case of a prepaid card, forgery is easy, and the crew only checks the prepaid card with blindness. And fraudulent use is more likely than with credit or debit cards.

In order to prevent the above-mentioned problems, that is, to reduce labor costs, facilitate payment processing, and prevent unauthorized use, for example, a taxi disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-31476 is disclosed. Charge processing systems are known.

In this system, when a customer of a user company uses a taxi, the card reader reads the ID from the customer's ID card, and transfers usage data including the taxi usage fee, the ID, and the name of the taxi company to the teleterminal communication line. The data is transmitted to the center via a network. Then, the center compiles the usage data for each user company and sends it as invoice amount data to an invoice output device owned by the user company via a public line network. Are tabulated for each taxi company and output as an invoice.

[0009]

In the taxi fare processing system described above, the user company is specified using an ID card, but the ID is defined for each user company. Specific I
Due to the distribution of D-cards, taxi tickets cannot be distributed to other people as a business service like taxi tickets, like credit or debit cards (not convenient).

In addition, in the taxi fare processing system described above, if you have an ID card, you can use the taxi any number of times using this ID card. For example, if you lose your ID card, Fraud can occur, which, like credit, debit, or prepaid cards, can take time before fraud is discovered, which can result in significant losses to your company. is there.

In any case, in the conventional taxi fare processing system, although the taxi fare payment processing can be easily performed, there is a problem that not only the convenience of the user is inferior but also the loss in case of unauthorized use is large. .

An object of the present invention is to provide a taxi ticket settlement system excellent in user convenience.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a taxi ticket settlement system capable of appropriately coping with unauthorized use.

[0014]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a system for performing payment of a taxi usage fee using a taxi ticket, comprising: a payment computer system for performing a taxi usage fee payment process; A wireless terminal device that is mounted and communicates with the payment computer system, a card in which a usage fee payer identification code is recorded when the taxi is used is used as the taxi ticket, and the wireless terminal device is The usage fee payer identification code is read from the card as a transmission payer code, the transmission payer code and the taxi usage fee are transmitted as transmission data to the payment computer system, and the card is disabled. Taxi ticket settlement system characterized by doing

For example, when the card is used, the wireless terminal device writes a used flag to the card so as to indicate the unusable state by the used flag. Then, the wireless terminal device recognizes that the card cannot be used if the used flag is written in the card. The wireless terminal device is linked to a taxi toll meter, and reads and transmits the usage fee from the toll meter.

The settlement computer system includes, for example, a first storage unit in which the usage fee payer identification code is registered as a registered payer code, a second storage unit for registering the usage fee as payment fee data, Upon receiving the transmission data, the first data is transmitted based on the transmission payer code.
The storage means is accessed to search for the registered payer code corresponding to the transmission payer code, and if there is the registered payer code, the usage fee is associated with the registered payer code. A payment computer for registering the payment fee data in the second storage means, and performing a payment process of the taxi usage fee for each taxi company. That is, the transmission data includes a taxi company code for identifying a taxi company, and the settlement computer sends the settlement fee data to the second means for each taxi company based on the taxi company code. register.

Further, the payment computer system is connected via a network to a customer terminal device of a customer who needs the card, and the payment computer issues the card in response to a card application from the customer terminal device. In the issuance process, upon receiving the card application, the settlement computer, via a network, to the creator computer system used by the card creator who creates the card in response to the card application, Send a card creation request to the computer system.

The card is collected after use and is recycled by the settlement computer system. In this recycling process, for example, the payment computer system deletes the used flag. The card is, for example, an IC card.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1, the illustrated taxi ticket settlement system includes a taxi ticket settlement center (settlement computer system) 11, and the taxi ticket settlement center 11 is managed by, for example, a taxi cooperative. I have. The taxi ticket settlement center 11 has terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as taxi company terminal devices) 12-1 to 12-M installed in each taxi company.
(M is an integer of 2 or more). Further, the taxi ticket settlement center 11 has terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as customer terminal devices) 13-1 to 13- installed for each customer (corporation or the like).
N (N is an integer of 2 or more) is connected, and also connected to the card producing company computer system 14.
That is, the taxi ticket settlement center 11 operates the taxi company terminal devices 12-1 to 12-1 through the network.
-M, customer terminal devices 13-1 to 13-N, and a computer system 14 for a card making company.
Although not shown in FIG. 1, the taxis of each taxi company communicate with the taxi ticket settlement center 11 via a wireless line, as described later, and use the taxi ticket for each taxi company. Notify the settlement center 11.

The taxi ticket settlement center 11 has a center computer 11a, which is connected to the taxi 21 and taxi company terminal devices 12-1 to 12- via a communication control device 11b.
M, and communicates with the customer terminal devices 13-1 to 13-N and the card producing company computer system 14 (note that
The taxi company terminal devices 12-1 to 12-M, the customer terminal devices 13-1 to 13-N, and the communication control device of the card making company computer system 14 are not shown). The taxi ticket settlement center 11 includes a card management database 11c and a charge management database 11d. The card management database 11c and the charge management database 11d are managed by a center computer 11a.

Now, one of the customer companies ｛the customer terminal device 13
-N (where n is a number from 1 to N) requests the taxi ticket settlement center 11 to issue a taxi ticket card (hereinafter referred to as a guest card) from the customer terminal device 13-n. And This card issuance request is received by the center computer 11a,
When the center computer 11a receives the card issuance request, the card management database 11d stores the name of the issuance requesting client company, the number of issuance requests, the date of acceptance, and the member number (ID number) to be assigned as creation request card data. Record. Thereafter, the center computer 11a notifies the card creation company computer system 14 of a card creation request (this card creation request includes:
At least data on the issue requesting client company name, the number of issue requests, and the membership number (ID) number assigned to each card are included).

When a card creation request is received, the card creation company computer system 14 creates a guest card based on the card creation request. That is, the card producing company computer system 14 displays data corresponding to the card producing request on a display device (not shown) or the like. Then, the operator operates a card manufacturing device (not shown) based on the displayed card creation request to manufacture a guest card. The card producing company computer system 14 may automatically control the card producing device based on the card producing request to produce a guest card. This guest card is, for example, an IC card, in which at least an ID number and a customer name are written.

The guest card thus manufactured is sent to the taxi ticket settlement center 11.
At this time, the card producing company computer system 14 transmits data (manufactured number, ID number, etc.) relating to the actually manufactured guest card to the center computer 11a as manufacturing card data. Then, the manufacturing card data is temporarily recorded in the card management database 11c. Guest card is taxi ticket settlement center 11
, The center computer 11a reads the data (ID number and customer name) written on the guest card as read card data, and compares it with the above-mentioned creation request card data and manufacturing card data. If the collation result is OK (OK), the center computer 11a records the data relating to the guest card in the card management database 11c as issued guest card data (the customer company name and the ID number are used as the payer code). The guest card is sent out. Then, this guest card is sent to the customer (orderer).

As described above, when the guest card is delivered to each customer, each customer distributes the guest card to another person or company free of charge as needed, for example, for business services. (Hereinafter, the person or company that receives this guest card is simply referred to as the card transferee). When the transferee uses a taxi using the guest card, the use card is used to settle the usage fee.

A taxi of each taxi company (only one taxi 21 is shown in FIG. 1) is equipped with a vehicle-mounted wireless terminal device 22 shown in FIG. The device 22 includes, for example, the PHS modem device 2
2a, a battery adapter 22b, a card data read / write device 22c, an input device 22d, a display device 22e, and a control device (CPU) 22f. Then, power is supplied from a vehicle-mounted battery (not shown) to the PHS modem device 22a, the card data read / write device 22c, the input device 22d, the display device 22e, and the CPU 22f via the battery adapter 22b.
2f, the PHS modem device 22a, the card data read / write device 22c, the input device 22d, and the display device 2
2e is controlled.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, when the card transferee attempts to make a payment with a guest card using the taxi 21, the crew receives the guest card from the card transferee, and reads the card data reading form. The guest card is inserted into the loading device 22c. As a result, the card data reading / writing device 22c reads data (ID number and customer name and a used flag described later) written on the guest card from the guest card as usage card data (transmission card data). The display device 22e may display the ID number, the customer name, and the used flag.)
At this time, the usage fee is provided from the fee meter to the CPU 22f and displayed on the display device 22e. After the crew checks the usage fee amount on the display device 22e, the input device 22d
Is pressed, the CPU 22f determines whether or not the used card data has a used flag, and if the used flag does not exist, the CPU 22f
Controls the PHS modem device 22a to transmit the use card data, the use fee amount, and the taxi company name (taxi company code) as transmission data to the center computer 11a.
Send to Then, the CPU 22f controls the card data read / write device 22c to write the used flag on the guest card. On the other hand, when the used card data includes the used flag, the display device 22e displays that the card cannot be used. That is, the fact that the guest card cannot be used is displayed on the display device 22e.

After the guest card has been used as described above, the crew collects the guest card, and after returning to the office,
Give the used guest card to the taxi company representative.
After a predetermined number of used cards are collected, they are sent from each taxi company to the taxi ticket settlement center 11 and processed by the taxi ticket settlement center 11 as described later.

When the transmission data is sent to the center 11a as described above, the center computer 11a searches the card management database 11c using the ID number and the customer name as search codes, and there is corresponding issued card data. Then, the issued guest card data is read. Then, the center computer 11a adds the available taxi company name and the usage fee amount in the transmission data to the issued guest card data, and writes it as usage card data in the usage fee management database 11d.

In this way, each time a guest card is used in each taxi company, the center computer 11a writes the usage card data for each taxi company in the usage fee management database 11e, and stores the data for a predetermined period (for example, one day). (Months), a bill is created for each company based on the usage card data in the usage fee management database 11e. These bills are transmitted to the customer terminal devices 13-1 to 13-N, and each customer pays a usage fee based on the bill.

On the other hand, as described above, the used card collected by the taxi company is sent to the taxi ticket settlement center 11, but the taxi ticket settlement center 1
At 1, these used cards are reset. That is, the center computer 11a erases the used flag described in the used card and recycles the used card to the reset state. Then, the card thus recycled becomes usable again. As described above, since cards are recycled and reused, many people can receive services with one card, and the cost for issuing cards can be reduced. Further, in the above-mentioned contact type IC card, if the number of times of use of the card is held in the card, the card is collected until the number of times of use reaches a preset number of times of use (the number of times of use corresponding to the deterioration of the card). Can be controlled so that the IC card itself can be used, and it is possible to deal with deterioration of the IC card itself.

In the above description, an IC is used as a guest card.
The use of a card makes it possible to prevent unauthorized writing and the like, and to improve security.
Even if, for example, a magnetic card is used as the guest card, the security can be ensured if the guest card is used once so that it cannot be used.
That is, once used, punching or the like of the magnetic card can prevent unauthorized use. In this case, there is no problem if a process for closing the punch holes is performed during card reproduction.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, a payer code is recorded on a card, the payer code is read from this card when using a taxi, and the payer code is wirelessly transmitted to the settlement center together with the usage fee. Since the settlement center charges each customer, there is an effect that the settlement process is facilitated.

Further, according to the present invention, since the usage fee payer is determined by the payer code at the time of issuing the card, it can be easily transferred to another person. Therefore, there is an effect that illegal use is extremely reduced.

That is, according to the present invention, there is an effect that the convenience of the user is excellent, and the unauthorized use can be properly dealt with.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a taxi ticket settlement system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a vehicle-mounted wireless terminal device mounted on the taxi shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Taxi ticket settlement center (settlement computer system) 11a Center computer 11b Wireless communication control device 11c Communication control device 11d Card management database 11e Usage charge management database 12-1 to 12-M Taxi company terminal device 13-1 to 13-N Customers Terminal device 14 Card making company computer system 21 In-vehicle wireless terminal device 21a PHS modem device 21b Battery adapter 21c Card data reader 21d Input device 21e Display device 21f Control device (CPU)

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hajime Kumada 1-6-6 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan JCB Co., Ltd. 72) Inventor Naoya Michishima 1-6-6 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside JCB Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takanori Shimada 2-8-14 Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo Inside cab card service (72) Inventor Kiyoyuki Kano 6-81 Onoe-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture In-house Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3E027 FA04 FA07 5B049 B B32 CC36 CC39 EE21 GG02 GG03 GG06 5B055 CB00 CB10 KK05

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A taxi ticket payment system using a taxi ticket, comprising: a payment computer system for performing a taxi usage fee payment process; and a wireless communication system mounted on the taxi and communicating with the payment computer system. When the taxi is used, a card on which a usage fee payer identification code is recorded when the taxi is issued is used as the taxi ticket, and the wireless terminal device pays the usage fee from the card. And transmitting the payer code and the taxi fare as transmission data to the payment computer system and disabling the card. Taxi ticket payment system. 2. The taxi ticket settlement according to claim 1, wherein the wireless terminal device is linked with a taxi meter of the taxi, and reads and transmits the usage fee from the taxi meter. system. 3. The settlement computer system, wherein: a first storage unit in which the usage fee payer identification code is registered as a registered payer code; and a second storage unit for registering the usage fee as payment fee data. Receiving the transmission data, accessing the first storage means based on the transmission payer code, searching for the registered payer code corresponding to the transmission payer code, and searching for the registered payment 3. The payment computer according to claim 1, further comprising: a payment computer that registers the usage fee in the second storage unit as the payment fee data when the usage fee is associated with the registered payer code. Taxi ticket payment system. 4. The taxi ticket settlement system according to claim 1, wherein the settlement computer system setstle the taxi usage fee for each taxi company. 5. The payment computer system is connected via a network to a customer terminal device of a customer who needs the card, and the payment computer is configured to store the card in response to a card application from the customer terminal device. The taxi ticket settlement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein issuance processing is performed. 6. The payment computer system is connected via a network to a creator computer system used by a card creator that creates the card, and the payment computer receives the card application and receives the card application. 6. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein a card creation request is sent to the creator computer system in response to the request. 7. The transmission data includes a taxi company code for identifying a taxi company, and the settlement computer transmits the settlement fee data for each taxi company to the second taxi company based on the taxi company code. 5. The taxi ticket settlement system according to claim 4, wherein said taxi ticket is registered in said means. 8. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the card is used, a used flag is written to the card, and the used flag indicates the unusable state by the used flag. 7. The taxi ticket settlement system according to 7. 9. The taxi ticket settlement system according to claim 8, wherein the wireless terminal device recognizes that the card is unusable when a used flag is written in the card. 10. The taxi ticket settlement system according to claim 1, wherein the card is collected after use and recycled by the settlement computer system. 11. The taxi ticket settlement system according to claim 9, wherein the card is collected after use and the used flag is deleted in the settlement computer system. 12. The taxi ticket settlement system according to claim 1, wherein the card is an IC card.