190 results about "Taximeter" patented technology

A low power parking meter to control two or four parking bays. A display, either by a flag-wheel or a digital display will normally indicate the status of each bay. When funds are deposited without indicating the bay to be credited, the meter will escrow the amount until a bay is chosen. The meter normally operates in an idle loop unless an individual bay is being checked or vended.

The invention relates to a method for realizing intelligent safe driving of an automobile. Far-off illumination values, sidewalks, front vehicles, road signs, the smoking state of a driver, the steering wheel holding state, the safety belt binding state, the human fatigue state and the designated driving condition are detected through cameras; a hard disk video recorder is provided to store detected information and is used during local call and remote video call; a VSCC (vehicle safety certification center) controller is provided to collect vehicle signals and also control the use of a taximeter according to the designated driving condition; and a GPS (global positioning system) module is provided and is connected with a vehicle-mounted computer, and the vehicle-mounted computer gives an alarm when the vehicle signals, the GPS position and the detected information exceed a threshold value and transmits the vehicle signals, the GPS position and the detected information to a remote monitoring center. By adopting the method, vehicle interior fatigue safety detection, vehicle exterior safety detection and vehicle state safety detection can be realized, so the safety of the driver is guaranteed.

A system and method for instantly printing PC postage before establishing a postage meter account. The method includes the steps of a meter vendor obtaining a first meter license from the Post for a first meter; loaning the use of a first meter licensed in the customer's zip code to a customer; requesting a second meter license for the customer; initializing the first meter for use by the customer; and transferring the first meter to the Customer's meter license when the second meter license is received. Alternatively, when the second meter license is received a second meter is assigned to the customer and the first meter is reassigned to the meter vendor.

The invention relates to an assistant information system used for searching a passenger source for a taxi, and discloses an intelligent operating navigation assistant system and method for the taxi to help drivers of taxies to search the passenger source more effectively and quickly, and change the passive waiting and blind seeking of passengers on the street. The system comprises a vehicle device, a satellite positioning module, a GSM / GPRS (global system for mobile communications / general packet radio service) or 3G (3rd generation telecommunication) communication module, a display module, an intelligent operating navigation processor module, a map module, a taximeter module, and a system data center. When the taxi is in an empty state, the system can analyze the passenger data at the vicinity area according to the current position of the vehicle, recommend the route and position with the best passenger-carrying opportunity to the driver and display the route and position on a display device. The system can record the driving track, passenger on-off data, travelled distance and charge of the taxi carrying the passengers every time, and other data of all the taxies in the system as the self-learning data of the system, so that the recommendation effectiveness of the system is constantly improved.

A loss-proof warning system for passenger's articles in taxies comprises a controller, a taximeter, a storage and a warning module. The controller is connected with all of the taximeter, the storage and the warning module. The loss-proof warning system for passenger's articles in taxies further comprises a first camera module connected with the controller. The first camera module located in a car is capable of intelligently monitoring whether a passenger leaves articles in the car or not, and timely warning. The warning module comprises a display and / or an audio announcer. The first camera module is connected with the controller through radiofrequency signals. The loss-proof warning system for passenger's articles in taxies is capable of warning whether passengers and drivers leave articles or not better and more comprehensively.

The invention relates to a vehicle-mounted communication terminal of a taxi and a data processing method thereof. The vehicle-mounted communication terminal comprises a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, an audio decoding module, a wireless communication module, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) module and a power source module, wherein the power source module is used for supplying power to the other modules; the CPU module is externally connected with a horn in a vehicle by the audio decoding module and is externally connected with a taximeter, engine ignition state ACC (Acceleration) signals and three diffused-reflection type photoelectric sensors arranged in the taxi, wherein the diffused-reflection type photoelectric sensors are respectively arranged above a front-row copilot seat and both sides of a rear-row seat in the taxi; the CPU module is used for controlling the power source module to supply power to each diffused-reflection type photoelectric sensor and receiving output signals of each diffused-reflection type photoelectric sensor as well as detecting whether a passenger is in a corresponding position. On the basis of the traditional vehicle monitoring function, the vehicle communication terminal monitors a passenger carrying condition in the taxi and uploads a condition of no metering during passenger carrying to a monitoring center.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a multipassenger multiplication charging method for a taxi, which comprises the following steps of: recording the taxi taking mileage of all passengers; when a passenger demands for passing around, recording the circuitous mileage into the taxi taking mileage of the passenger; and calculating the taxi taking charge of all the passengers in a preset charging mode. The embodiment of the invention prevents the situation of consulting the taxi taking charge by multiple passengers during taxi share by singly recording the taxi taking mileage of all the passengers and calculating the taxi taking charge of all the passengers in the preset mode and reduces the taxi share dispute; and because the problem of taxi taking charge during taxi share is solved, the consumption cost and energy recourses are saved. The embodiment of the invention also discloses a multi-thread taximeter which meets the requirement of taxi share of multiple passengers.

The invention relates to a taximeter pricing method of a taxi, and discloses a taxi carpool pricing system, a pricing method and a booking method of the taxi carpool pricing system. The taxi carpool pricing system comprises a taximeter, and further comprises a navigating instrument which is provided with a route planning module, a trail recording module and a route modifying module, the taximeter is connected with the navigating instrument in a bidirectional mode, and the taximeter is a carpool taximeter. The taxi carpool pricing system further discloses different rewarding methods and taxi booking methods. Due to the fact that pricing can be respectively conducted for groups of carpool passengers, meanwhile relevant rewards can be given to the carpool passengers, the passengers are encouraged to ride together, resource waste is reduced and traffic block is relieved to a certain extent, the passengers and drivers can be mutually benefited, information uploaded by the taxi drivers such as empty, about to get off and available for carpool is received by the passengers through a remote service module, passengers can book and battle for an order and plan a travel, the passengers in the same route can further ride together in vehicle rush hours of on and off duty, phenomena of waiting for vehicles for overlong time can be avoided, and outgoing is convenient.

The invention comprises: a metering unit, a tax-controlling unit, an empty-car plate, a printer, a keyboard, a GPS system, an IC card reader, a display screen, an external communication interface, a control system. The invention uses a GPS system to record the location where customers get on or off the taxi.

There is provided an electronic taximeter that accepts a digital data input representative of one of a vehicle speed and a distance traveled by the vehicle. The digital data signal may be taken from the electronic engine bus of the vehicle or from the On Board Diagnostic connector. The taximeter has reading means to read the digital data input, timing means to provide timing data and computation means operatively connected to the reading means and the timing means for computing a fare associated with a trip. The computation means can advantageously be provided with speed integration means for integrating the speed data with respect to time, or summation means where the input is a digital distance, in order to determine the distance traveled by the vehicle with an accuracy meeting the regulations.

A taximeter and method for calculating a cap fare using a navigation system is provided. The taximeter includes a GPS (global positioning system) module having a speed sensor to measure a speed, and receiving position information and absolute time information, calculating a self position, and outputting the calculated position, the time information, and the speed; a map database for storing map data; an input unit for generating a fare calculation start command, a fare calculation end command, and character data; a controller for mapping the calculated position to the map data, counting a time based on the time information, and accumulating a cap fare based on the counted time and the speed until receipt of the fare calculation end command; and a display unit for displaying the accumulated cap fare.

The invention relates to a shared-riding taximeter and discloses an intelligent shared-riding taximeter, which comprises a control system, wherein the control system is a peripheral interface controller (PIC) singlechip; the control system transmits a data signal to a traffic transportation management center and receives the data signal from the traffic transportation management center through a wireless signal sending and receiving module for authorizing and de-authorizing shared riding; and the control system is connected with a wireless payment module, a multi-channel fare display module, a power failure storage module and a mileage sensor. During the authorization of the shared riding of a taxi in a specific time period and in a specific road section through the traffic transportation management center, fares are respectively metered for passengers for shared riding, the intelligent shared-riding taximeter has a price multi-screen display function, the operating cost of carrying of a single passenger is reduced, the traffic jam of an urban road system is reduced, and the income of a taxi driver is improved.

The invention discloses a taxi fare payment system. A vehicle-mounted terminal is utilized to enable a vehicle-mounted taximeter, a card reader, a vehicle-mounted display screen and an intelligent mobile terminal to form linkage, wireless mobile communication technology is utilized to acquire driver receipt account information and send set payment account information, the driver receipt account information and taxi fare to a network payment platform, and cash is not needed in the payment process of the taxi fare, so that capital safety is high; a passenger can complete payment of the taxi fare only by using the intelligent mobile terminal to scan a two-dimensional code displayed by the vehicle-mounted display screen and triggering a payment confirmation button after confirmation, so the the taxi fare payment system is quite convenient and quick. The invention further discloses the vehicle-mounted terminal.

The invention discloses a machine vision based automobile insurance electronic fee register. Lane deviation behaviors can be captured, and distances and time duration of lane deviations can be recorded in a memory module; too close following behaviors can also be captured, and distances and time duration of dangerous following are recorded in the memory module; a journey-based mileage insurance fee can also be calculated, and a mileage total insurance fee P is a product obtained by multiplying a mileage L of a journey, a unit mileage (per kilometer) premium rate Rkm and a safety floating factor f. According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, fee registration is performed according to an actual driving mileage, insurance fee charging is more fair and reasonable, safe driving is encouraged, less driving is realized; and the machine vision based automobile insurance electronic fee register can also identify most important dangerous driving risks including too close following and the lane deviations, and the insurance fee is more accurately and reasonably priced.

Pay-by-Space and Pay-and-Display are two well-known systems for metered parking for multiple spaces. The present invention allows multi-space meters to separately manage and control electric vehicle charging located in conjunction with parking spaces. Control is implemented by the meters printing indicia on a parking pass or receipt for the parking patron to present to an electric vehicle charging system able to read the indicia. Each such ticket may initiate a predetermined interval of charging, or an interval of charging selected by the patron during a transaction with the meter. The indicia may be either human-readable (e.g., text) or machine-readable (e.g., a barcode), or both, and may be encrypted to resist fraud. Data representative of the indicia may also be made available from an online server and delivered to a parking patron's smartphone or other portable device, whereby the display of the smartphone may present the indicia for reading by the electric vehicle charging system.

The present invention relates to a monitoring method and system of taxi passenger number. The method comprises the steps of when the speed of a taxi rises from zero to a preset speed value, controlling a camera to shot a first in-car image; obtaining the current operation state of the taxi via a taximeter, wherein the operation state comprises an empty state or a loaded car state; executing a corresponding monitoring strategy by combining the passenger number in the first in-car image and the current operation state of the taxi. According to the present invention, by using the camera in the taxi to acquire the image in the taxi, the passenger number in the taxi is analyzed, and by combining the passenger number change in the taxi and the current operation state of the taxi, the taxi is detected whether to be in illegal operation, and the monitoring alarm information is uploaded to a server, thereby being accurate in monitoring result.

The invention relates to a working method for credibly judging TAXI taximeter accuracy by combining GPS (global positioning system) and Beidou positioning system. The method includes the steps: comparing homogeneous data of a taximeter and a GPS / Beidou positioning system every second or a few seconds, calculating a distance error of the TAXI taximeter, and taking vehicle error information as original data to be stored and inspected if the distance error is smaller than or equal to a preset error threshold value; taking the vehicle error information as original data to be stored and inspected and transmitting the vehicle error information to a TAXI management platform if the distance error is larger than the preset error threshold value. The vehicle error information includes vehicle numbers, time, sites, taximeter display distances and errors. By the aid of the working method and the working device for credibly judging TAXI taximeter accuracy by combining GPS (global positioning system) and Beidou positioning system, distance data of the taximeter and the GPS data are compared and analyzed, the problem that illegal valuation signal information cannot be wirelessly communicated and transmitted is solved, and violation and cheating are thoroughly eliminated.

The invention relates to a vehicle operation monitoring system, and further relates to a for-hire vehicle operation state monitoring system and method. The for-hire vehicle operation state monitoring system comprises a taximeter 5, a gravity sensor 3, vehicle-mounted GPS (Global Positioning System) terminal equipment 4, a communication module 2 and a background control center 1, wherein the gravity sensor 3 is positioned under other seats except a driver seat; the vehicle-mounted GPS terminal equipment 4 is started automatically after an engine is started; the communication module 2 is used for collecting data of the taximeter, the gravity sensor and a GPS in real time. Due to the adoption of the system and the method, remote monitoring of the operation state of a for-hire vehicle is realized.

The invention relates to a taximeter, in particular to a taxi driving range metering method based on GPS and electronic geographic information, which is characterized in that: by continuously detecting GPS geographic information of a starting place of the taxi and the current GPS geographic information of the taxi, a driving range result and a valuation result are calculated and adjusted on a display according to geographic position information stored by a storage unit; and when the taxi arrives at a destination, a processor can control a printer to output the GPS geographic information of the starting place and the current GPS geographic information, and provides the final driving range result and valuation result after calculation and adjustment. The method has the advantages of accurate metering and being capable of determining the driving range of a plurality of roads between the starting place and the destination in advance.

The invention provides a method and device for the detouring and pricing abnormalities of taxies. The method includes the following steps that: the passenger carrying starting position P1 of a vehicleis obtained; during the passenger carrying driving process of the vehicle, a vehicle position Pi is obtained at a certain frequency, and a distance Li between the current position of the vehicle andthe last position of the vehicle is calculated, Li is continuously accumulated, so that the mileage of the vehicle is calculated in real time; the passenger carrying terminal position P2 of the vehicle is obtained; the passenger carrying mileage L1 of the taximeter of the vehicle is obtained; a navigation mileage L2 is obtained; the actual mileage L3 of the passenger carrying of the vehicle is obtained; if L3 is larger than L2, and a relational expression that (L3-L2) / L2>Pr is satisfied, it is considered that the taxi detours suspiciously, and Pr is a detour determination threshold; and if L1is larger than L3, and a relational expression that (L1-L3) / L3>Pt is satisfied, it is considered that pricing is abnormal suspiciously, Pt is a meter skipping abnormality determination threshold. Theinvention provides a device based on the above method. With the method and device of the invention adopted, time and required manpower and material resources of early-stage vehicle screening can be greatly decreased, the inspection of operation management can be benefitted, and the order of the passenger transportation market can be maintained.

The invention provides a taxi riding car-sharing coating method. A cost of a car-sharing mode is calculated through arranging a taximeter on a taxi. The invention mainly solves the problems of insufficient quantity of taxis, difficulty in taking the taxis by consumers, slightly low income of the taxis, pollution of taxi tail gas, traffic congestion and the like in existing cities, so that relevant traffic resources, energy resources and time resources are saved, and the purposes of saving energy and protecting environment are achieved.

The invention discloses a performance evaluation method for taxi drivers based on order data, which comprises the steps of acquiring taxi data, wherein the taxi data comprises order data on a taximeter, trajectory data in a GPS (global positioning system) and traffic accident and rule-violating and illegal behavior data recorded by related departments; pre-processing the data, and clearing wrong data; screening effective data attributes, and acquiring individual evaluation index values; carrying out normalization processing on each evaluation index value; and carrying out clustering processing on the normalized evaluation index values, and acquiring an evaluation result from the industry point of view. According to the invention, relevant information of taxies is processed through big data, scientific and reasonable evaluation indexes are established, and a scientific and intelligent solution is provided for industry management.

The invention provides a method for upgrading a taximeter in a wireless mode, and aims to solve the problems that a large amount of manpower and material resources are consumed, and economic losses are brought to drivers due to queuing when a charging standard of a taxi cab is changed. The method comprises the following steps that: a server transmits upgrading short messages to all taxi cabs; a vehicle-mounted terminal judges whether the version of the vehicle-mounted terminal is the latest version, and the version is upgraded if the version vehicle-mounted terminal is not the latest version; and the vehicle-mounted terminal downloads an upgrading difference packet from the server through a wireless network and verifies whether the difference packet is legal, and the version is upgraded if the difference packet is legal. The invention has the advantages that: a large amount of manpower and material resources which are required to be consumed are saved when the charging standard of the taxi cab is upgraded each time, and the economic losses brought to the taxi cab drivers due to queuing are avoided.

The invention relates to an invoice system with a taxi track recording function. The invoice system comprises a taximeter and a mobile communication network platform, wherein a taxi built-in positioning and communication device and a signal transceiving end of a taxi background management system constitute two-way wireless communication through the mobile communication network platform, and the taxi taximeter and the taxi built-in positioning and communication device constitute two-way data transmission. The invoice system has the advantages that: 1) a taxi can not wander on a road in an aimless manner; 2) oil consumption and mechanical abrasion of the taxi can be reduced, and traffic jam and urban environmental pollution can be relieved; 3) a sole identification code (operation order number) can be generated when a passenger takes the taxi regardless of the place of the passenger, and geographical restrictions can be avoided; and 4) a background service system can know the full-load ratio, the no-load ratio and road sections with urban jam according to the positions and number of the full-load taxies, provide reference for driving of the taxi and increase the operation efficiency.

The invention discloses a positioned advertisement playing method for a global positioning system (GPS). A taxi, a taximeter arranged in the taxi, an advertisement playing device, a Bluetooth device arranged in the advertisement playing device, the GPS arranged in the taximeter and a server arranged in a dispatching center are adopted in the method. The method comprises that: the advertisement playing device downloads inter-cut files through the GPS according to the running position of the taxi; according to the size of the inter-cut files, the downloading has two modes, namely downloading of a GPS terminal and downloading of the advertisement playing device; and after the contents are completely played, if an engine is started, the taximeter is started, and the GPS sends information 'Y' which expresses that the passenger is still in the taxi to the server so as to continue the previous played contents, otherwise, continue playing the contents which are not completely played. According to the method, the advertisement has flowability, instantaneity, dynamic effect and sound effect; and the files to be downloaded and played are downloaded to the advertisement playing device at a higher speed and played in time.

The invention provides an intelligent lock and an intelligent lock system. The intelligent lock system comprises a positioning system, a sensor, an operation button, a main control chip, a mobile terminal and a monitoring platform, wherein the positioning system is used for recording position information, the sensor is used for acquiring pressure information, the operation button is used for acquiring operation instruction information and locking the intelligent lock according to the operation instruction information, the main control chip is used for processing the position information to generate mileage information and processing pressure information to generate alarm information, the monitoring platform comprises a taximeter and an information monitor, and the mobile terminal is used for scanning two-dimensional code labels, acquiring vehicle information and transmitting personal information and the vehicle information to the information monitor. The information monitor is used for monitoring the alarm information, and recognizing and binding the personal information and the vehicle information to generate unlocking instructions. The taximeter is used for debiting charge according to first locking instructions and the mileage information, and generating charging information. The use ratio and safety of vehicles can be improved by the aid of the intelligent lock.

A system for managing postage funds that includes a data center computer system for authorizing and accounting for postage fund downloads for one or more customers, a customer funds repository in electronic communication with the data center computer system, and a plurality of postage meters located at a customer site remote from the data center computer system. The postage meters may selectively request and receive or return postage funds that have been previously downloaded to the customer funds repository from the data center computer system. Also, a method of securely transferring a first amount of postage funds from a first postage meter to a second postage meter in a side load transaction.

The present invention relates to a vehicle driving recording monitoring system, which mainly comprises a driving recording monitor (1) arranged on a vehicle and a road information emitter (2-2) arranged beside each road. The road information emitter (2-2) emits the information including a placename and a restricted speed of the vehicle of an installationsite of the road information emitter, and the driving recording monitor (1) receives, records and processes the information. When the vehicle drives above the regulation speed, the recording is made, an overspeed light marker (1-4) is lightened, and therefore, a policeman can easily find and stop an overspeed action in time, thereby reducing accidents. A device of asking for help (3) is also arranged on the vehicle. When a driver is robbed, a key of asking for help (3-1) leads a light of asking for help (3-2) to light, thus a passerby and the policeman can find in time and succor in time. The driving recording monitor (1) can also be combined with a taximeter (5) and / or a GPS guidance system (6), thus the driver dose not dare to detour to drive along a long way deliberately. The implementing of the vehicle driving recording monitoring system provided by the present invention can bring great social and economical benefits.