Bus Fare Collection System and Bus Fare Collection Method

Abstract

The present invention discloses a bus cash collection system and a cash collection method. The cash collection system includes: a cash collection center, a bus station, a bus, a cash collection cabinet, and a cash collection vehicle. The cash collection vehicle operates between each bus station and the bus terminal, and between the cash collection center, retrieves the cash collection liners stored in the cash collection cabinets at different bus stations and bus terminals, and delivers the cash collection liners to the cash collection center. The present invention changes the situation that the bus originally had to pay at the set payment points to the driver completing the payment through the self-service cash collection cabinets provided at each bus terminal, shortening the original payment process by one hundredth, one thousandth, or even one ten-thousandth, greatly reducing the operating cost and time cost, and also reducing unnecessary energy consumption and emissions.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of buses, specifically to the cash register system of a bus operation system. Background Art

[0002] Buses are public transportation operating in urban areas and between urban areas and suburbs. Taking Nanjing as an example, the bus system includes a cash register center, multiple bus stations, and several buses parked at each bus station. After each bus finishes a day's task, the driver drives the vehicle, and a special cashier opens the coin box on the bus with a key to take out the money box and deliver it to the cash register center. Each bus travels about 30 - 35 kilometers empty between the bus station and the cash register center every day, which not only takes time but also increases unnecessary fuel, electricity costs, and driver overtime, consumption, and emissions. This results in high operating costs of the bus system and high labor intensity for drivers. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a bus cash register system that improves the cash register efficiency and reduces the operating cost in view of the deficiencies of the above - mentioned prior art.

[0004] To solve the above - mentioned technical problem, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:

[0005] A bus cash register system, comprising:

[0006] A cash register center;

[0007] Bus stations and bus terminals for centralized parking of buses;

[0008] Buses running between the starting point and the ending point of a set bus route, collecting the fares paid by passengers through coin boxes on the buses; an electronic cash register inner box that can be taken out is arranged in the coin box;

[0009] Cash register cabinets are arranged at bus stations and bus terminals, including multiple storage boxes for placing cash register inner boxes, and the number of storage boxes is not less than the number of buses at the bus stations where the cash register cabinets are set;

[0010] Cash register vehicles running between each bus station, bus terminal, and the cash register center, taking out the cash register inner boxes stored in the cash register cabinets at different bus stations and bus terminals, and delivering the cash register inner boxes to the cash register center.

[0011] The cash register includes a processing chip and a box door opening and closing mechanism. The control chip includes an information reading unit and a control unit. The information reading unit is used to read the identity information of the bus driver, the route and self-number information of the vehicle, and the identity information of the cash collection vehicle driver. The control unit controls the box door opening and closing mechanism to open the box door of an access box according to the identity information of the bus driver read by the information reading unit, and the route and self-number information of the vehicle, for putting in the cash collection inner container of the bus driven by the identified bus driver. The control unit controls the box door opening and closing mechanism to open the box doors of all access boxes where the drivers store the cash collection inner containers according to the identity information of the cash collection vehicle driver read by the information reading unit, and the route and self-number information of the vehicle.

[0012] The box door opening and closing mechanism is an electromagnetic mechanism.

[0013] The identity information of the driver includes the work number, name and bus route.

[0014] A bus cash collection method includes:

[0015] The step of storing the inner container: The bus driver stores the cash collection inner container on the bus in the cash register at the bus station and the bus terminal.

[0016] The step of taking out the inner container: The cash collection vehicle driver takes out the cash collection inner containers stored in the cash register and sends them to the cash collection center.

[0017] The specific steps of the step of storing the inner container include:

[0018] S1. The bus driver takes out the cash collection inner container with money and puts in an empty cash collection inner container.

[0019] S2. The bus driver opens a box door of the cash register through an electronic card with built-in identity information.

[0020] S3. In the opened box door, put in the cash collection inner container with money, take out the empty inner container, and close the box door.

[0021] The specific steps of the step of taking out the inner container include:

[0022] S1. The cash collection vehicle driver opens the box doors of all cash collection inner containers with money stored in the cash register through an electronic card with built-in identity information.

[0023] S2. The cash collection vehicle driver takes out all the cash collection inner containers in the opened box doors, takes out the cash collection inner containers, takes out the empty inner containers, and closes all the opened box doors.

[0024] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0025] The present invention changes the direct collection of fares from buses to indirect collection through a fare collection vehicle, eliminating the need for each bus to travel back and forth between the bus station and the fare collection center. Only one fare collection vehicle is required to travel between the station and the center. For a city with hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of buses, the original distance for fare collection is reduced by one-hundredth, one-thousandth, or even one-ten-thousandth, significantly reducing operating costs and time costs, as well as unnecessary energy consumption and emissions.

[0026] Combined with the actual situation of Nanjing Jiangnan Bus, taking 1,948 vehicles at an out-station of a company as an example, calculating the mileage for entering and leaving the station based on the fact that the out-station vehicles go to the fare collection point to collect fares once a day, the daily mileage for entering and leaving the station is reduced by 30,884.6 kilometers, and the annual mileage is reduced by 11.27 million kilometers. Moreover, the on-duty time of drivers can be reduced. Fuel costs and warranty material costs can be saved by approximately 16.8146 million yuan per year. At the same time, 150 employees in the revenue center can be reduced. Calculated at 100,000 yuan per person per year, the personnel cost expenditure can be reduced by 15 million yuan. The total cost reduction is 31.8146 million yuan per year. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

[0028] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

[0029] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 4 is a flowchart of the gallbladder storage step;

[0031] Figure 5 is a flowchart of the gallbladder extraction step. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0032] The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings:

[0033] Embodiment 1

[0034] As Figure 1 shown, the bus fare collection system of the present invention includes:

[0035] A fare collection center;

[0036] N bus stations (A1 - An) for centralized parking of buses;

[0037] M buses are distributed in N bus stations and operate between the starting point and the ending point of a set bus route, collecting the fares paid by passengers through the coin-operated machines on the buses; a removable fare collection inner bladder is provided in the coin-operated machine.

[0038] A cash register is set at a bus station and includes a processing chip, multiple access boxes for placing cash register inner liners, and a box door opening and closing mechanism. The number of access boxes is not less than the number of buses at the bus station where the cash register is set. The control chip includes an information reading unit and a control unit. The information reading unit is used to read the identity information of the bus driver and the cash collection vehicle driver. The identity information of the driver includes the work number, name, and bus route. The control unit controls the box door opening and closing mechanism to open the box door of an access box according to the identity information of the bus driver read by the information reading unit, for placing the cash register inner liner of the bus driven by the identified bus driver. The control unit controls the box door opening and closing mechanism to open the box doors of all access boxes where the drivers store the cash register inner liners according to the identity information of the cash collection vehicle driver read by the information reading unit. In this embodiment, the box door opening and closing mechanism is an electromagnetic mechanism, and by outputting an electrical signal by the control unit, the electromagnetic mechanism is attracted or disconnected.

[0039] A cash collection vehicle runs between each bus station and the cash collection center, takes out the cash register inner liners stored in the cash registers at different bus stations, and sends the cash register inner liners to the cash collection center.

[0040] The cash collection center, the cash registers at the bus stations, the cash collection vehicles, and the buses are interconnected in real time. The buses upload the location information to the cash collection center in real time. The cash registers upload information such as the driver information of the deposited cash register inner liners, the time of depositing the inner liner, and the box number to the cash collection center. The cash collection vehicles upload the real-time location information, the information of the taken-out inner liners, etc. to the cash collection center.

[0041] In this embodiment, there is 1 cash collection vehicle, which can depart from the bus station A3 closest to the cash collection center, pass through bus stations A4, A5, A6... An, A1, and finally reach bus station A2, and return to the cash collection center from bus station A2.

[0042] A bus cash collection method includes a step of depositing the inner liner and a step of taking out the inner liner.

[0043] The step of depositing the inner liner is as Figure 4 shown. The bus driver stores the cash register inner liner on the bus in the cash register at the bus station; specifically including:

[0044] S1. The bus driver takes out the cash register inner liner (real inner liner) with money deposited and puts it into an empty cash register inner liner (empty inner liner);

[0045] S11. Take out the empty inner liner and the plug board from the bus toolbox;

[0046] S12. Sign in at the coin-operated machine, brush the empty inner liner to open the door, insert the plug board, take out the real inner liner, and insert the empty inner liner;

[0047] S2. The bus driver opens a door of the cash register with an electronic card embedded with identity information;

[0048] S21. The bus driver goes to the cash register to swipe for actual authorization and enter the work number;

[0049] S22. The cash register automatically opens the door, and the empty liner and the plug board are taken out;

[0050] S3. Inside the opened door, put the cash register liner containing coins, and close the door to end the payment.

[0051] The above process of storing the liner takes less than 2 minutes in total. The driver only needs four steps to complete the self-service payment, reducing the queuing time for the following vehicles to make payments.

[0052] By adding the driver's work number input in the cash register, it can accurately record which driver operates the ticket money of this vehicle, accurate to the individual driver and the operating income of a single vehicle. The data includes year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and automatically uploads to the data center of the cash register center.

[0053] The steps of taking the liner are as Figure 5 shown. The driver of the cash register vehicle (the liner transporter) takes out the cash register liner stored in the cash register and sends it to the cash register center; the steps of taking the liner specifically include:

[0054] S1. The driver of the cash register vehicle opens the doors of all the cash register liners containing coins in the cash register with an electronic card embedded with identity information;

[0055] S2. The driver of the cash register vehicle takes out all the cash register liners in the opened doors. After taking out the liners, close all the opened doors.

[0056] The driver (liner transporter) of the cash register vehicle realizes it by swiping the card. The door of the actual liner box automatically opens, and the door of the empty liner box does not open. This reduces the liner transporter from mistakenly taking out the empty liner and causing the storage space of the liner transport vehicle to be occupied.

[0057] Embodiment 2

[0058] As Figure 2 shown, the bus cash register system of the present invention includes:

[0059] A cash register center;

[0060] N bus stations (A1 - An) for centralized parking of buses;

[0061] M buses are distributed in N bus stations and run between the starting point and the ending point of the set bus line, collecting the bus fares paid by passengers through the coin-operated machines on the buses; a removable cash register liner is provided in the coin-operated machine;

[0062] A cash register is set in a bus station, which includes a processing chip, multiple storage boxes for placing cash collection liners, and a box door opening and closing mechanism. The number of storage boxes is not less than the number of buses at the bus station where the cash register is set. The control chip includes an information reading unit and a control unit. The information reading unit is used to read the identity information of the bus driver and the cash collection vehicle driver. The identity information of the driver includes the work number, name, and bus route. The control unit controls the box door opening and closing mechanism to open the box door of a storage box according to the identity information of the bus driver read by the information reading unit, for placing the cash collection liner of the bus driven by the identified bus driver. The control unit controls the box door opening and closing mechanism to open the box doors of all storage boxes where the drivers store cash collection liners according to the identity information of the cash collection vehicle driver read by the information reading unit. In this embodiment, the box door opening and closing mechanism is an electromagnetic mechanism, and an electrical signal is output by the control unit to make the electromagnetic mechanism attract or disconnect.

[0063] A cash collection vehicle runs between each bus station and the cash collection center, takes out the cash collection liners stored in the cash registers at different bus stations, and sends the cash collection liners to the cash collection center.

[0064] The cash collection center, the cash registers at bus stations, the cash collection vehicles, and the buses are interconnected in real time. The buses upload the location information to the cash collection center in real time. The cash registers upload information such as the driver information, the time of depositing the liner, and the box number of the deposited cash collection liners to the cash collection center. The cash collection vehicles upload the real-time location information, the information of the taken-out liners, etc. to the cash collection center.

[0065] In this embodiment, the number of cash collection vehicles is determined according to the cash collection area, and 1 cash collection vehicle is configured for one cash collection area.

[0066] The basis for dividing the cash collection area is: taking bus station i as the base point, judging the distance S between bus station k around bus station i and bus station i ik and the distance S between the bus stations around bus station i and the cash collection center kO size; if S ik < S kO , then bus station k and bus station i are taken as the cash collection area of one cash collection vehicle; if S ik ≥ S kO , then taking bus station k as the new judgment base point to determine another cash collection area.

[0067] In this embodiment, bus stations A1, A2, and A3 are one cash collection area, and 1 cash collection vehicle is configured. Bus stations A4 and A5 are one cash collection area, and 1 cash collection vehicle is configured.

[0068] A bus cash collection method includes:

[0069] Depositing bile steps: The bus driver stores the cash register inner container on the bus in the cash register cabinet at the bus station; specifically including:

[0070] S1. The bus driver takes out the cash register inner container (full bile) containing coins and puts it into an empty cash register inner container (empty bile);

[0071] S2. The bus driver opens a box door of the cash register cabinet through an electronic card with built-in identity information;

[0072] S3. Inside the opened box door, put the cash register inner container containing coins and close the box door.

[0073] Taking out bile steps: The cash collection vehicle driver takes out the cash register inner container stored in the cash register cabinet and sends it to the cash collection center; the taking out bile steps specifically include:

[0074] S1. The cash collection vehicle driver opens the box doors of all the cash register inner containers containing coins in the cash register cabinet through an electronic card with built-in identity information;

[0075] S2. The cash collection vehicle driver takes out all the cash register inner containers inside the opened box doors, and after taking out the cash register inner containers, closes all the opened box doors.

[0076] Embodiment 3

[0077] As Figure 3 shown, the bus cash collection system of the present invention includes:

[0078] A cash collection center;

[0079] N bus stations (A1 - An) for centralized parking of buses;

[0080] M buses are distributed in N bus stations and run between the starting point and the ending point of the set bus route, and collect the bus fares paid by passengers through the coin-operated machines on the buses; a removable cash register inner container is provided in the coin-operated machines;

[0081] A cash register cabinet is set at a bus station and includes a processing chip, multiple access boxes for placing cash register inner liners, and a box door opening and closing mechanism. The number of access boxes is not less than the number of buses at the bus station where the cash register cabinet is set; the control chip includes an information reading unit and a control unit. The information reading unit is used to read the identity information of the bus driver and the cash collection vehicle driver. The identity information of the driver includes the job number, name, and bus route. The control unit controls the box door opening and closing mechanism to open the box door of an access box according to the identity information of the bus driver read by the information reading unit, for placing the cash register inner liner of the bus driven by the identified bus driver. The control unit controls the box door opening and closing mechanism to open the box doors of all access boxes where the drivers store the cash register inner liners according to the identity information of the cash collection vehicle driver read by the information reading unit. In this embodiment, the box door opening and closing mechanism is an electromagnetic mechanism, and by outputting an electrical signal by the control unit, the electromagnetic mechanism is attracted or disconnected.

[0082] A cash collection vehicle runs between each bus station and the cash collection center, takes out the cash register inner liners stored in the cash register cabinets at different bus stations, and sends the cash register inner liners to the cash collection center.

[0083] The cash collection center, the cash register cabinets at the bus stations, the cash collection vehicles, and the buses are interconnected in real time. The buses upload the location information to the cash collection center in real time. The cash register cabinets upload information such as the driver information, the time of storing the inner liner, and the box number of the deposited cash register inner liners to the cash collection center. The cash collection vehicles upload the real-time location information, the information of the taken-out inner liners, etc. to the cash collection center.

[0084] In this embodiment, a bus company only needs 3 - 5 cash collection vehicles to travel back and forth between each station and the cash collection center.

[0085] A bus cash collection method includes:

[0086] The step of storing the inner liner: The bus driver stores the cash register inner liner on the bus in the cash register cabinets at the bus station and the terminal; specifically includes:

[0087] S1. The bus driver takes out the cash register inner liner (with money) (real inner liner) and puts it into an empty cash register inner liner (empty inner liner);

[0088] S2. The bus driver opens a box door of the cash register cabinet through an electronic card with identity information built in;

[0089] S3. In the opened box door, put the cash register inner liner with money and close the box door.

[0090] The step of taking out the inner liner: The cash collection vehicle driver takes out the cash register inner liners stored in the cash register cabinet and sends them to the cash collection center; the step of taking out the inner liner specifically includes:

[0091] S1. The cashier truck driver opens the doors of all the cashiers' inner liners containing coins in the cash register cabinet by using an electronic card with the driver's identity information built in.

[0092] S2. The cashier truck driver takes out all the cashiers' inner liners with the opened doors. After taking out the inner liners, the driver closes all the opened doors.

Claims

1. A bus cash register system, characterized in that, Including: Cashier center; Bus station yard, for centralized parking of buses; Buses, running between the starting point and the ending point of the set bus route, collecting the bus fares paid by passengers through the coin-operated machines on the buses; a removable cash register inner liner is provided in the coin-operated machine; Cashier cabinet, provided in the bus station yard, including a plurality of access boxes for placing the cash register inner liners, and the number of access boxes is not less than the number of buses at the bus station yard where the cashier cabinet is provided; Cashier vehicle, running between each bus station yard and the cashier center, taking out the cash register inner liners stored in the cashier cabinets in different bus station yards, and sending the cash register inner liners to the cashier center; The number P of cash trucks is determined according to the number n of bus stations, the distance between bus station i and bus station j S ij and the distance between bus station i and the cash collection center S iO determined; Taking the bus station i as the base point, judge the distance between the bus station k around the bus station i and the bus station i S ik and the distance between the bus stations around the bus station i and the cashier center S kO size; if S ik ＜S kO , then take the bus station k and the bus station i as the cashier area of a cashier vehicle; if S ik ≥S kO , then take the bus station k as the new judgment base point to determine another cashier area; The cashier cabinet includes a control chip and a cabinet door opening and closing mechanism, and the control chip includes an information reading unit and a control unit; the information reading unit is used to read the identity information of the bus driver and the identity information of the cashier vehicle driver; the control unit controls the cabinet door opening and closing mechanism to open the cabinet door of an access box according to the identity information of the bus driver read by the information reading unit, for putting in the cash register inner liner of the bus driven by the identified bus driver; the control unit controls the cabinet door opening and closing mechanism to open the cabinet doors of all the access boxes where the drivers store the cash register inner liners according to the identity information of the cashier vehicle driver read by the information reading unit.

2. The bus fare collection system according to claim 1, wherein: The cashier vehicle includes the following three optional paths: Path 1: Starting from a bus station yard, passing through all the station yards and then returning to the cashier center; Path 2: Starting from a bus station yard, passing through a set number of station yards and then returning to the cashier center; Path 3: Only shuttling between each station yard and the cashier center.

3. The bus toll collection system according to claim 1, wherein: The cabinet door opening and closing mechanism is an electromagnetic mechanism.

4. The bus fare collection system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The identity information of the driver includes the job number, name and bus route.

5. A bus cashier method based on the bus cashier system according to any one of claims 1-4, including: Inner liner storage step, the bus driver stores the cash register inner liner on the bus in the cashier cabinet at the bus station yard; Inner liner retrieval step, the cashier vehicle driver takes out the cash register inner liners stored in the cashier cabinet and sends them to the cashier center.

6. The bus cashiering method according to claim 5, wherein: The inner liner storage step specifically includes: S1. The bus driver takes out the cash register inner liner with money and puts in an empty cash register inner liner; S2. The bus driver opens a cabinet door of the cashier cabinet through the electronic card of the electronic cash register inner liner with money; S3. Put the cash register inner liner with money into the opened cabinet door and close the cabinet door.

7. The bus toll collection method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The inner liner retrieval step specifically includes: S1. The cashier vehicle driver opens the cabinet doors of all the cash register inner liners with money in the cashier cabinet through the electronic card with the identity information built in; S2. The cashier vehicle driver takes out all the cash register inner liners with money in the opened cabinet doors, deposits an empty inner liner after taking out the cash register inner liners and closes all the opened cabinet doors.

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