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EP1093642A1 - Dispositif de calcul de tarifs dans des vehicules, notamment dans des taxis, collectifs ou non, et des bus ou analogue - Google Patents

Dispositif de calcul de tarifs dans des vehicules, notamment dans des taxis, collectifs ou non, et des bus ou analogue

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EP1093642A1
EP1093642A1 EP99913312A EP99913312A EP1093642A1 EP 1093642 A1 EP1093642 A1 EP 1093642A1 EP 99913312 A EP99913312 A EP 99913312A EP 99913312 A EP99913312 A EP 99913312A EP 1093642 A1 EP1093642 A1 EP 1093642A1
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vehicle
trip
cost
calculation
taxis
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Valerio Giacopinelli
Giovanni Premuda
Giorgio Riva
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
    • G07B15/02—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B13/00—Taximeters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B13/00—Taximeters
    • G07B13/02—Details; Accessories
    • G07B13/04—Details; Accessories for indicating fare or state of hire

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  • a device for calculating fares in vehicles particularly taxis, collective taxis, buses, or the like
  • the invention relates to a device for calculating fares in vehicles, particularly taxis, collective taxis, buses, or the like, comprising: a clock; a tachometer; means for displaying the trip cost and/or the relevant parameters for calculating said cost; one or more memories for reading and writing the calculation parameters which can be either preset or determined in real time and one or more memories containing the control and calculation programs; one central calculation and control unit, whereto the above means are connected and which coordinates and controls them to execute the calculation and display procedures .
  • the invention has the object to improve a device of the type described hereinbefore so that, thanks to relatively inexpensive arrangements, it is more appropriate for multi-user transport, while providing easier operations for determining the cost of single trips .
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a device as described hereinbefore, which completely, or at least significantly releases the driver from the difficulty to determine the trip price, and which can generate a fairer cost as related to travel conditions , by constantly monitoring them during the trip.
  • the invention achieves the above purposes by providing a device as described hereinbefore, in which there are further provided means for differentiated and customized calculation of the trip cost for each of several passengers who travel in the same vehicle at least for one part of the same path.
  • said means may consist of hardware or of software only, or of a combination thereof.
  • multi-user functions may be implemented by simply making one appropriate change to the control program, and possibly by adding a peripheral unit, which is not provided for traditional single-user operations , not being required therefor.
  • a device in accordance with the invention is very flexible as to the development of automated operations, so that the direct intervention of the customer or of the driver is increasingly reduced.
  • the device according to the invention may comprise means for assigning and/or entering a reference or identification code for each passenger.
  • These means may be simply manual or vocal means, whereby the ID code is stored in the device and communicated to the customer. For instance, when the customer gets into the vehicle, he/she may take a progressive number, tearing it off a tape in an appropriate distributor and tells it to the driver, who enters the new code into the taximeter.
  • a vocal interface, electronic customer identifying means such as a card, a recognition signal transmitter, possibly a cellular phone, a magnetic or processor card, a GPS device or the like can be provided in combination with or alternatively to the manual means, and alternatively to or in combination with each other, the device being provided with the corresponding readers and/or receivers of user ID signals.
  • the user is automatically recognized and the taximeter is automatically advised so that it can open a new user entry.
  • the user gets out of the vehicle he/she can indicate his/her code, displayed during the trip, to the driver or the taximeter, which will display the trip cost and delete the memory area when the user has got out.
  • the user may be also vocally advised of his/her code, alternatively or in combination with the code display.
  • the trip cost may be also automatically charged, e.g. to a magnetic or microprocessor card, such as a credit card, an ATM card, or the like, or through a transceiver such as a GPS terminal or a cellular phone with bill charging.
  • the display may have several functions . It can display the progressive cost for a user at a time, either on request or sequentially at a predetermined rate. Moreover, instead of displaying cost and trip parameters of one user, it can also show such parameters for a user group, even partial, there being provided a control for recalling on the screen the parameters of the other user groups, or the latter being sequentially displayed at a predetermined rate.
  • the latter comprises a memory or a memory area which is subdivided into areas, being each reserved for an ID code of a passenger, and wherein the relevant parameters for calculating the trip cost, at least until the passenger gets out of the vehicle, measured in real time and/or entered by the passenger, are stored by units which automatically detect when he/she gets in and/or out and/or by operating personnel .
  • the trip cost may be also printed by a printer controlled by processing and controlling means.
  • the trip parameters also include a reference parameter indicating the maximum trip cost.
  • This parameter may be dynamic, depending on the trip length from origin to destination.
  • the device comprises display means outside the vehicle, which indicate the direction or the destination of the vehicle.
  • Such indications may be preset manually by the driver or through a vocal interface, or otherwise.
  • the device has a table of base cost correction coe ficients , which account for the number of users traveling along the same route and for the trip duration.
  • the fare correction coefficients may change dynamically according to the different travel conditions for partial lengths of the trip. Particularly, a new correction coefficient may be applied to the next trip length when a user in the same vehicle gets out of it or into it.
  • the device provides a fair calculation of the costs for collective taxi services, thus considerably reducing travel expenses. All this by monitoring constantly and in real time the actual travel conditions for the user, the travel time and the trip length. Each customer only pays for the service he/she has used, while the device for obtaining such effect does not have to be particularly complex, expensive and difficult to use.
  • the outside indication of the taxi direction allows the user to choose according to the substantial correspondence of the vehicle direction to the destination of the user.
  • the destination may dynamically change during the trip.
  • the invention also relates to further improvements which form the subject of the dependent claims.
  • Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the multi-user taximeter according to the invention.
  • a taximeter for a multi- user taxi as described hereinbefore comprises a central unit 1, e.g. of the processor type with memories 101 for the control program, for storing parameters relating to the user code, the trip time, the trip length, the trip start and end time, as well as the number of users and the travel time shared with a certain number of users .
  • a central unit e.g. of the processor type with memories 101 for the control program, for storing parameters relating to the user code, the trip time, the trip length, the trip start and end time, as well as the number of users and the travel time shared with a certain number of users .
  • control program and the memory areas with allocations and addresses for the different above listed parameters are predetermined.
  • the central unit 1 obviously has a clock, not shown in detail, or anyway a clock input, an input for a tachometer 2 and one or more inputs for a keyboard 3 and any other data entry means 10.
  • These other data entry means may consist of magnetic card readers, processor card readers, transceiver units, such as a transceiver for cellular phones or for the GPS system or other types of sensors, which can be provided all together, in combinations or subcombinations with each other or alternatively to each other.
  • the central unit 1 also has several outputs, whereto a printer 4, an outside display 5, for indicating the trip final destination, one or more inside displays 6, 7, 8, 9, for separately displaying relevant parameters of cost, time, distance in kilometers and the relevant ID code of each user whereto said parameters are related.
  • a printer 4 an outside display 5, for indicating the trip final destination
  • the central unit 1 may advantageously have, in combination or subcombination therewith or alternatively thereto, outputs for means for writing on magnetic cards, processor cards, or for means for transmitting data on cellular phone networks and GPS or the like.
  • Displays may also consist of a number of small displays each reserved for a user, in case of a small maximum number of users that can travel along the same trip or may consist of a single display, which is subdivided by the control program into several areas .
  • a single display whose size allows to display data for at least one user and which is controlled in such a way as to sequentially display data for the other users may be also provided, possibly allowing the first user who leaves the vehicle to have the display priority.
  • Such sequential display method may obviously be used when there is a greater number of users, even when there are provided the other above listed types of displays.
  • the central unit may have a connection interface or be a part of a computerized navigation device, in which the vehicle position is detected by the satellite network and is referred to and compared with a map stored in the device. This may also provide advantages for users who can always rely on precise references for the way to reach the different destinations .
  • the device according to the invention has a very easy operation.
  • a first user gets into the vehicle, he/she informs the driver about his/her destination.
  • the driver enters the destination into the central unit, which displays it outside the vehicle, through outside displays.
  • the user is also assigned an identification code which is duly stored.
  • the trip starts and so does the calculation of the cost based on time and distance in kilometers.
  • the potential next customers, which could share at least a part of the trip can find if the vehicle direction corresponds to their destination, thanks to the outside displays .
  • another user gets into the vehicle, he/she informs the driver about his/her destination, and the driver updates the indication of the trip destination if needed, i.e. if the latter is more distant than the previous one.
  • the second customer also is assigned an identification code and, like for the first one, the trip cost starts to be calculated.
  • a correction coefficient is now added to the former parameters, which reduces the trip cost according to the number of users who share the trip or a part thereof. This reduction coefficient increases with the number of passengers being in the vehicle at the same time, i.e. the trip cost decreases as the number of users sharing the vehicle increases, and automatically increases when one or more users get out of the vehicle. In fact, when a user gets out, he/she tells the driver what his/her code is, and the driver collects the corresponding cost, resets the customer code and possibly issues a receipt, a ticket or an invoice, by using the printer.
  • This operation can vary depending on the means for entering the user code and for executing the payment transaction as well as for deleting the user code. If credit cards or prepaid stored value cards of any type are used, then the customer code can be entered into and deleted from the card when the card is read, that is when the user gets into the vehicle, and when it is written, that is when the user gets out of the vehicle. Communication with bank circuits for credit cards takes place through radio transmission means, cellular phones or GPS network. In this case, the receiving- transmitting means of the cellular or GPS type associated to the central unit communicate through the cellular or GPS network by the cellular phone or the GPS terminal of the user. In this manner, these means can detect the user presence and automatically start the procedures for assigning and deleting the user code. The procedures for charging the trip cost and for performing the transaction can be also executed through the cellular or GPS network and the bill, or the stored value or reloadable card, associated to the cellular phones or to the GPS terminals can be charged therewith.
  • the central unit 1 may be also possibly provided with an interface for communication with an automatic motorway toll charging system.
  • the toll cost can be automatically loaded as a parameter for calculating the trip cost and subdivided among the users in the vehicle at that moment.
  • the motorway toll cost may be also manually loaded by the driver through the keyboard.
  • a data entry system operating with vocal controls or controls of any other type may be also provided.
  • one or more trip cost discount or surcharge coefficients may be also preset, such as discount coefficients for very high trip costs, above predetermined amounts , or different discounts and/or surcharges for different time periods or days such as working days, holidays, or particular days.

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Abstract

Ce dispositif de calcul de tarifs dans des véhicules, notamment dans des taxis, collectifs ou non, et des bus ou analogue, comprend: une horloge, un tachymètre, des moyens d'affichage du coût du voyage et/ou de paramètres pertinents de calculs de ce coût, une ou plusieurs mémoires de lecture et d'écriture de paramètres de calcul, lesquels peuvent être soit prédéterminés, soit déterminés en temps réel, une ou plusieurs mémoires contenant des programmes de commande et de calcul, une unité centrale de commande et de calcul à laquelle les moyens ci-dessus sont reliés et qui coordonne ces moyens et leur commande l'exécution de procédures de calcul et d'affichage. Selon l'invention, ce dispositif comprend également des moyens de calcul personnalisé et différencié du coût du voyage, pour chacun des passagers voyageant dans le même véhicule pendant au moins une partie du même trajet.
EP99913312A 1998-04-03 1999-03-29 Dispositif de calcul de tarifs dans des vehicules, notamment dans des taxis, collectifs ou non, et des bus ou analogue Withdrawn EP1093642A1 (fr)

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ITSV980020 1998-04-03
IT1998SV000020A IT1305410B1 (it) 1998-04-03 1998-04-03 Dispositivo per il calcolo delle tariffe di viaggio in veicoli, inparticolare in taxi, taxi collettivi, bus o simili.
PCT/EP1999/002135 WO1999052084A1 (fr) 1998-04-03 1999-03-29 Dispositif de calcul de tarifs dans des vehicules, notamment dans des taxis, collectifs ou non, et des bus ou analogue

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