JPH07206094A - Refueling device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] An object of the present invention is to provide a refueling device configured to confirm vehicle information of a customer's vehicle. [Structure] The refueling device 1 includes a weighing machine 5 for sending the oil liquid stored in an underground tank 4 to a fuel tank 3, a card reader 7 for reading a membership card 6 issued for each customer vehicle, and a weighing device. And a POS terminal 8 connected to the card reader 7. When the information recorded in the magnetic recording unit 6a of the membership card 6 is read by the card reader 7 on the weighing machine 5, the vehicle information (vehicle number, vehicle body color, vehicle type, refueling port position, etc.) of the vehicle 2 is displayed. A liquid crystal display 26 is provided. The refueling worker can check the vehicle information (vehicle number, body color, vehicle type, refueling port position, etc.) displayed on the liquid crystal display 26, and the vehicle number, vehicle body color, vehicle type, refueling of the vehicle 2 stopped in the refueling area. It can be checked whether or not it matches the mouth position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refueling device, and more particularly to a refueling device configured to confirm vehicle information of a customer's vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In gas stations, a membership system is being introduced to secure customers, and each member customer is issued a membership card for each customer vehicle. A magnetic card is mainly used for this kind of membership card, and customer information such as customer ID number, customer name, address, and registration date is magnetically recorded in the magnetic recording section provided on the back surface of the card. There is.

Therefore, the customer can pay the fee at the end of the month simply by handing the member card to the worker at the service station when refueling, changing oil, washing the car, etc. at the service station. That is, when the staff at the gas station receives the membership card from the customer, he inserts the membership card into the card reader provided near the weighing machine to read the customer information stored in the membership card, and then work at that time. Input the contents and billing amount into the POS terminal.

Further, when the customer information of the membership card is transmitted from the card reader, for example, the POS terminal determines whether the customer information is valid, and if it is valid, outputs a refueling permission signal to the weighing machine. To do.

When the POS terminal receives the refueling data (refueling amount, oil type, refueling amount, etc.) output from the weighing machine, it executes a receipt issuing process and a settlement process. Also, on the closing day of the month, a list of the work contents and billed amount for one month for each member number is prepared and a bill is issued.

[0006]

However, in the conventional refueling device as described above, it is not checked whether the presented membership card belongs to the person himself or herself, and the card carrier is not the person who registered the membership card. Even if it is possible to refuel.
Therefore, for example, even if a member card that has been lost or stolen is used, refueling can be received, and if the member card is used improperly, the refueling amount will be charged to the original registrant.

Therefore, in the conventional refueling device, when a lost or stolen member card is illegally used by another person, the registrant of the member card pays the amount of refueling by the member card used by another person at a later date. There is a problem such as.

[0008] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an oil supply device which solves the above problems.

[0009]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A reading means for reading customer information stored in a storage medium issued for each customer; and a display for displaying customer external information capable of identifying the customer from the outside based on the customer information read by the reading means, It is characterized by comprising.

According to the invention of claim 2, the reading means for reading the first vehicle information peculiar to the customer vehicle based on the information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer vehicle, and the customer vehicle is provided. Vehicle information detecting means for detecting second vehicle information specific to the customer vehicle, vehicle for comparing the first vehicle information read by the reading means with the second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detecting means. It is characterized by comprising information comparison means and refueling control means for outputting a refueling prohibition signal when the first and second vehicle information do not match based on the comparison result of the vehicle information comparison means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the reading means for reading the first vehicle information peculiar to the customer vehicle based on the information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer vehicle, and the read means from the customer vehicle. Vehicle information detecting means for detecting second vehicle information specific to the customer vehicle, vehicle for comparing the first vehicle information read by the reading means with the second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detecting means. It is characterized by comprising information comparing means and display means for displaying a comparison result by the vehicle information comparing means.

[0012]

According to the first aspect, the customer's vehicle is registered by displaying the customer external information that can identify the customer from the outside based on the customer information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer. It is possible to confirm whether or not it is a vehicle.

Further, according to claim 2, when the first vehicle information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer vehicle and the second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detecting means do not match. By outputting the refueling prohibition signal, it is possible to prevent a vehicle other than the registered vehicle from being illegally refueled.

Further, according to claim 3, the first vehicle information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer vehicle and the second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detecting means are compared, By displaying the comparison result, the refueling operator can be notified of the comparison result, and it is possible to prevent a vehicle other than the registered vehicle from being unfairly refueled.

[0015]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of an oil supply device according to the present invention.

In each figure, the refueling device 1 is installed, for example, in a refueling station or the like that feeds fuel such as gasoline or light oil to a fuel tank 3 of a customer's vehicle 2.

The refueling device 1 generally has a weighing machine 5 for feeding the oil liquid stored in the underground tank 4 to the fuel tank 3.
And a membership card (recording medium) 6 issued for each customer vehicle
And a weighing machine 5, and a POS terminal 8 connected to the card reader 7.

The weighing machine 5 is installed on an island 9 provided in a refueling area for refueling the fuel tank 3 of the vehicle 2, and the card reader 7 is installed near the weighing machine 5 or near the refueling area. And the POS terminal 8 is the building 1
It is installed in 0.

The membership card 6 is, for example, a magnetic card. In the magnetic recording unit 6a of the member card 6, in this embodiment, vehicle information such as the customer ID number, the vehicle number of the vehicle used by the customer, the color of the vehicle body, the type of vehicle, and the position of the fuel filler, as shown in FIG. Is recorded.

As shown in FIG. 3, the weighing machine 5 includes a refueling hose 1 in which a refueling nozzle 13 is connected to a side surface of a device body 12.
5 is pulled out. The refueling nozzle 13 is normally hooked on a nozzle hook 14 provided on the side surface of the apparatus main body 12. For example, when a customer's vehicle 2 arrives at a fueling station, an operator removes the refueling nozzle 13 from the nozzle hook 14 to remove the vehicle. The discharge pipe 13a of the fuel supply nozzle 13 is inserted into the fuel supply port 16 of the second fuel tank 3 to supply fuel.

The refueling hose 15 is connected to the piping 17 of the refueling system in the apparatus body 12. The pipe 17 is connected to the underground tank 4, and an oil supply pump 19 and a flow meter 20 are arranged in the middle of the pipe 17. A nozzle switch 21 is provided on the nozzle hook 14. This nozzle switch 21 connects the nozzle hook 14 to the fueling nozzle 1
When 3 is returned, it is turned off, and when the fueling nozzle 13 is removed from the nozzle hook 14, it is switched on.

A control device 22 controls each device based on a program registered in advance as described later. or,
In the memory 23, various data and programs, and files for storing refueling data for each customer ID number are registered.

Here, the refueling data stored in the above-mentioned file is used by the POS terminal 8 to generate a list of work contents and billed amount for each member number on the closing day of the month. The refueling data is output to the POS terminal 8.

After the output of the refueling data is completed, the refueling data in the file is erased in response to the input of the refueling data for the next month.

Reference numeral 24 is a refueling indicator, which is a refueling amount indicator 24.
a, a refueling amount indicator 24b, and a unit price indicator 24b are provided.

Reference numeral 25 is a preset setting device, for example, a ten key 25a for inputting a predetermined refueling amount or refueling amount,
A setting switch 25b for setting a numerical value input by the ten key 25a as a preset value is provided.

Reference numeral 26 is a liquid crystal display, which is the card reader 7
When the information recorded in the magnetic recording unit 6a of the member card 6 is read by, the vehicle information 27 of the vehicle 2 (vehicle number, body color, vehicle type, fuel filler position, etc.) as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed.

The memory 23, refueling display unit 24, preset setting unit 25, and liquid crystal display unit 26 are respectively connected to the control unit 22 and operate as described later.

When a worker at the gas station removes the fuel nozzle 13 from the nozzle hook 14, the pump 19 is activated to pump up the oil liquid stored in the underground tank 4. When the discharge pipe 13a of the refueling nozzle 13 is inserted into the refueling port 6 of the fuel tank 3 and the nozzle lever 13b of the refueling nozzle 13 is operated in the valve opening direction, refueling starts. When refueling,
The flow meter 20 measures the amount of refueling, and the flow rate pulse transmitter 20a
Outputs a flow rate pulse to the controller 22. Then, the control device 22 integrates the flow rate pulses and displays the amount of refueling on the refueling indicator 24.

Now, the processing executed by the control device 22 will be described.

When the customer's vehicle 2 arrives at the refueling area of the gas station, the refueling operator receives the customer's membership card 6 and inserts it into the card reader 7, and then returns the membership card 6 to the customer.

In FIG. 5, step S1 (hereinafter "step")
Is omitted), the membership card 6 to the card reader 7
When is inserted, the process proceeds to S2, and the information (see FIG. 2) recorded in the magnetic recording unit 6a of the membership card 6 is read from the card reader 7. Then, in S3, the vehicle information 27 (vehicle number, vehicle body color, vehicle type, refueling port position, etc.) 27 of the vehicle 2 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 26.

Therefore, the refueling worker is required to use the liquid crystal display 26
It is checked whether the vehicle information (vehicle number, vehicle body color, vehicle type, refueling port position, etc.) displayed in is coincident with the vehicle number, vehicle body color, vehicle type, refueling port position of the vehicle 2 stopped in the refueling area. . Therefore, the vehicle information (vehicle number, vehicle body color, vehicle type, refueling port position, etc.) displayed on the liquid crystal display 26, the vehicle number of the vehicle 2 stopped in the refueling area, the vehicle body color, vehicle type,
When the positions of the fuel filler ports are all the same, it is determined that vehicle 2 is a registered vehicle, and the fueling worker performs a normal fueling operation.

However, the vehicle information (vehicle number, vehicle body color, vehicle type, fuel filler position, etc.) displayed on the liquid crystal display 26,
If at least one of the vehicle number, the vehicle body color, the vehicle type, and the position of the refueling port of the vehicle 2 stopped in the refueling area does not match, it is determined that the vehicle 2 is not a registered vehicle and the refueling work is not performed.

In this case, the refueling worker is required to operate the POS terminal 8
Even if the refueling permission is issued from the member card 6, the membership card 6 cannot be used. Therefore, the refueling work is performed only when the customer refuses the end-of-month payment by using the card and switches to cash payment.

Therefore, even if an attempt is made to illegally use the member card 6 which has been lost or stolen, based on the vehicle information (vehicle number, vehicle body color, vehicle type, fuel filler position, etc.) displayed on the liquid crystal display 26. It is possible to prevent unauthorized use of the membership card 6.

In the first embodiment described above, the vehicle information such as the vehicle number, the color of the vehicle body, the vehicle type, the position of the fuel filler port, etc. is given as the vehicle information. Only the number may be used, or a combination of the vehicle number and the color of the vehicle body or vehicle type, or a combination of the vehicle body color and vehicle type may be used.

Further, the vehicle information as described above has been described as an example of the customer external information for externally identifying the customer in the recording portion of the membership card 6. However, in addition to this, the customer itself can be externally identified. External information of the customer, for example, an image of the face of the customer may be recorded as image data, or characteristic points of the customer such as the age and sex of the customer itself, presence or absence of eyeglasses may be recorded as information.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 3 described above are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 31 is a color detector (vehicle information detecting means),
For example, the vehicle 2 depending on the intensity of light of each of the three colors of red, green and blue.
The vehicle body color of is detected optically.

A vehicle number detector (vehicle information detecting means) 32 detects the vehicle number of the number plate by, for example, an image sensor or the like.

Incidentally, the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32
Means that the vehicle 2 always stops at the determined stop position,
It is fixedly installed at a predetermined detection position.

Therefore, when the customer's vehicle 2 arrives at the refueling area of the gas station, the color detector 31 detects the vehicle body color of the vehicle 2 and the vehicle number detector 32 detects the vehicle number of the number plate. .

Now, the processing executed by the control device 22 will be described.

When the customer's vehicle 2 arrives at the refueling area of the gas station, the refueling operator receives the customer's membership card 6 and inserts it into the card reader 7, and then returns the membership card 6 to the customer. The color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32 are
Since the vehicle 2 is fixed at the detection position corresponding to the predetermined stop position, the vehicle color and the vehicle number of the vehicle 2 are detected at the same time when the vehicle 2 stops at the predetermined stop position.

In FIG. 7, when the member card 6 is inserted into the card reader 7 in step S11, the process proceeds to step S12, in which the magnetic recording portion 6a of the member card 6 is read from the card reader 7.
The information recorded in (1st vehicle information) is read. Then, in S13, the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 3
The data of the vehicle body color and vehicle number of the vehicle 2 detected by 2 is read.

Subsequently, in S14, the vehicle information (vehicle number and vehicle body color in this embodiment) 27 of the vehicle 2 read from the magnetic recording portion 6a of the membership card 6 and the color detector 3 are detected.
1, the vehicle body color of the vehicle 2 detected by the vehicle number detector 32 and the vehicle number (second vehicle information) are compared.

In S15, if the vehicle information 27 of the member card 6 matches the vehicle body color and vehicle number detected by the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32, the process proceeds to S16 and the refueling permission signal is output. To do.

However, in S15, when the vehicle information 27 of the member card 6 does not match the vehicle color and vehicle number detected by the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32,
Proceed to S17, and output a refueling prohibition signal.

Therefore, the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32 can detect whether the vehicle 2 is a registered vehicle by detecting the vehicle body color and the vehicle number of the vehicle 2, and therefore the vehicle information 27 of the member card 6. And the vehicle color and vehicle number detected by the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32 do not match, the refueling operator applies the refueling nozzle 13 to the nozzle hook 1
The pump 19 will not be started even if it is removed from 4.

In this case, the refueling worker uses the POS terminal 8
Even if the refueling permission is issued from the member card 6, the membership card 6 cannot be used. Therefore, the refueling work is performed only when the customer refuses the end-of-month payment by using the card and switches to cash payment.

Accordingly, even if an attempt is made to illegally use the member card 6 which has been lost or stolen, the vehicle information 27 of the member card 6, the body color and the vehicle number detected by the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32. Based on the membership card 6
Unauthorized use of can be prevented.

In the present embodiment, the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32 are given as an example of the vehicle information detecting means. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a bar code for identifying a customer vehicle may be used as a fuel filler port. A structure in which it is pasted in the vicinity and read by a bar code reader before refueling, or the entire vehicle is photographed by a video camera, the vehicle type and vehicle color of the customer vehicle are identified by image recognition, and the comparison is made based on this identification result. Also good.

FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.

Since the structure of the third embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 6 described above, its explanation is omitted. Here, the control device 22
The processing executed by will be described.

In FIG. 8, description of the same processing as the processing of FIG. 7 described above will be omitted. In FIG. 8, in S15, if the vehicle information 27 of the member card 6 matches the vehicle body color and vehicle number detected by the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32, the process proceeds to S15a, and "refueling is possible". Is displayed on the liquid crystal display 26. Then, in S16, the refueling permission signal is output.

However, in S15, if the vehicle information 27 of the member card 6 does not match the vehicle body color and vehicle number detected by the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32,
The process proceeds to S15b, and the liquid crystal display 26 displays "refueling not possible". Then, in S17, a refueling prohibition signal is output.

For this reason, the refueling worker is required to use the liquid crystal display 26
It is possible to confirm whether or not the member card 6 can be used by the "refueling possible" or "no refueling" displayed on the. Therefore, when the liquid crystal display 26 indicates that “refueling is possible”, the refueling operator can check the vehicle information 27 of the membership card 6 and the color detector 3.
1, it is judged that the vehicle body color and the vehicle number detected by the vehicle number detector 32 match, and normal refueling work is performed.

When the vehicle information 27 of the membership card 6 does not match the vehicle body color and vehicle number detected by the color detector 31 and the vehicle number detector 32, the refueling operator mistakenly selects the refueling nozzle 13. The pump 19 is not started even if it is removed from the nozzle hook 14.

Therefore, when the liquid crystal display 26 displays "No refueling", the refueling worker refuses the end-of-month payment due to use of the card because the member card 6 cannot be used even if refueling permission is issued from the POS terminal 8. However, refueling work is performed only when the customer switches to cash payment.

Therefore, even if an attempt is made to illegally use the lost or stolen member card 6, the vehicle information 27 of the member card 6, the body color detected by the color detector 31, and the vehicle number detector 32, the vehicle number. Based on the membership card 6
Unauthorized use of can be prevented.

Further, in this embodiment, since the unauthorized use of the membership card is judged by the information which can be detected from the vehicle, especially from the outside thereof, it interferes with the normal refueling work and the customer feels distrustful. It is possible to promptly judge whether or not the member card is illegally used without holding the user.

In the above embodiment, the magnetic card is used as the membership card, but the membership card is not limited to this.
For example, a storage medium other than this (IC card, optical card) may be used.

In each of the above embodiments, the vehicle information is stored in the membership card, but the present invention is not limited to this. Only the customer ID number unique to the customer is stored in the membership card, and the customer ID number is stored. Is read by the card reader 7, and based on the customer ID number, a storage medium (for example, a hard disk, which is provided in the weighing machine 5 or the POS terminal 8).
Vehicle information stored in advance may be read from an optical disc or the like).

In the above embodiment, the liquid crystal display 26 for displaying vehicle information is provided on the weighing machine 5. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the liquid crystal display 26 may be provided at a place where a refueling operator can see vehicle information. For example, the card reader 7 or the POS terminal 8 may be provided.

[0067]

As described above, according to the first aspect, refueling is performed because the customer external information that can identify the customer from the outside is displayed based on the customer information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer. The operator can check whether the customer's vehicle is a registered vehicle. Therefore, when the customer external information displayed on the display does not match the vehicle stopped in the refueling area, it can be determined that the vehicle is not a registered vehicle,
It is possible to prevent unauthorized use of a storage medium that has been lost or stolen.

According to the second aspect, when the first vehicle information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer vehicle and the second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detecting means do not match. Since the refueling prohibition signal is output, it is possible to prevent vehicles other than the registered vehicles from being illegally refueled. Therefore, when the first vehicle information stored in the storage medium does not match the second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detection means, even if the refueling operator mistakenly removes the refueling nozzle from the nozzle hook, the pump It is possible to prevent an erroneous operation of a refueling worker from being started, and to prevent an illegal use of a lost or stolen storage medium.

Further, according to claim 3, the first vehicle information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer vehicle is compared with the second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detecting means, Since the comparison result is displayed, the refueling operator can be notified of the comparison result, and it is possible to prevent a vehicle other than the registered vehicle from being illegally refueled. Therefore, the refueling operator himself / herself can confirm whether or not the customer's storage medium can be used based on the comparison result displayed on the display.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of an oil supply device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining vehicle information stored in a membership card.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a weighing machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a display on which vehicle information is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart executed by the control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart executed by the control device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart executed by the control device of the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Refueling device 2 Vehicle 3 Fuel tank 5 Weighing machine 6 Member card 7 Card reader 8 POS terminal 12 Device body 13 Refueling nozzle 14 Nozzle hook 15 Refueling hose 19 Pump 20 Flowmeter 21 Nozzle switch 22 Control device 26 Liquid crystal display

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A reading unit for reading customer information stored in a storage medium issued for each customer, and based on the customer information read by the reading unit,
A refueling device, comprising: an indicator for displaying customer external information that can identify the customer from the outside. 2. A reading means for reading first vehicle information peculiar to the customer vehicle based on information stored in a storage medium issued for each customer vehicle, and a second reading device peculiar to the customer vehicle from the customer vehicle. Vehicle information detecting means for detecting vehicle information; vehicle information comparing means for comparing the first vehicle information read by the reading means with the second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detecting means; And a refueling control unit that outputs a refueling prohibition signal when the first and second vehicle information do not match based on the comparison result of the information comparing unit. 3. A reading means for reading the first vehicle information peculiar to the customer vehicle based on the information stored in the storage medium issued for each customer vehicle, and a second reading device peculiar to the customer vehicle from the customer vehicle. Vehicle information detecting means for detecting vehicle information; vehicle information comparing means for comparing the first vehicle information read by the reading means with second vehicle information detected by the vehicle information detecting means; A refueling device comprising: display means for displaying a comparison result by the information comparison means.