TRANSPORTATION CARD SWIPING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A transportation card swiping management device comprising:
- a card reader configured to read information of a transportation card when the transportation card is near the card reader, wherein the information of the transportation card comprises at least an identity of the transportation card;
a global position system (GPS) unit configured to locate a geographical location of a vehicle with the transportation card swiping management device installed;
a storage device configured to store a station relationship table which defines relationships between a plurality of geographical locations and a plurality of stations;
at least one processor configured to execute a plurality of modules, the plurality of modules comprising;
an information obtaining module configured to detect and obtain the information of the transportation card read by the card reader;
a location obtaining module configured to obtain the geographical location of the vehicle located by the GPS unit when the information obtaining module obtains the information of the transportation card read by the card reader;
a station determining module configured to obtain the station relationship table from the storage device, and determine a current station where the vehicle is located according to the station relationship table and the geographical location of the vehicle; and
a charge management module configured to associate the identity of the transportation card with the current station and store the associated identity and the current station to the storage device, and further configured to calculate a fare according to two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card and deducts the fare from the transportation card when there are two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card stored in the storage device.
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Abstract
A transportation card swiping management method includes: obtaining information of a transportation card read by a card reader; obtaining a geographical location of a vehicle located by a GPS unit; determining current station where the vehicle locates according to a station relationship table and the geographical location of the vehicle; and associating the identity of the transportation card and the obtained station and storing the associated identity and the station to the storage device, and calculating a fare according to two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card and deducting the fare from the transportation card when there are two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card stored in the storage device.
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15 Claims
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1. A transportation card swiping management device comprising:
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a card reader configured to read information of a transportation card when the transportation card is near the card reader, wherein the information of the transportation card comprises at least an identity of the transportation card; a global position system (GPS) unit configured to locate a geographical location of a vehicle with the transportation card swiping management device installed; a storage device configured to store a station relationship table which defines relationships between a plurality of geographical locations and a plurality of stations; at least one processor configured to execute a plurality of modules, the plurality of modules comprising; an information obtaining module configured to detect and obtain the information of the transportation card read by the card reader; a location obtaining module configured to obtain the geographical location of the vehicle located by the GPS unit when the information obtaining module obtains the information of the transportation card read by the card reader; a station determining module configured to obtain the station relationship table from the storage device, and determine a current station where the vehicle is located according to the station relationship table and the geographical location of the vehicle; and a charge management module configured to associate the identity of the transportation card with the current station and store the associated identity and the current station to the storage device, and further configured to calculate a fare according to two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card and deducts the fare from the transportation card when there are two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card stored in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A transportation card swiping management system, running in a transportation card swiping management device of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; a plurality of modules which are collections of instructions executed by the one or more processors, the plurality of modules comprising; an information obtaining module configured to detect and obtain information of a transportation card read by a card reader of the transportation card swiping management device; a location obtaining module configured to obtain a geographical location of the vehicle located by a GPS unit of the transportation card swiping management device when the information obtaining module obtains the information of the transportation card read by the card reader; a station determining module configured to obtain a station relationship table defining relationships between a plurality of geographical locations and a plurality of stations from a storage device of the transportation card swiping management device, and determine a current station where the vehicle is located according to the station relationship table and the geographical location of the vehicle; and a charge management module configured to associate the identity of the transportation card with the current station and store the associated identity and the current station to the storage device, and further configured to calculate a fare according to two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card and deducts the fare from the transportation card when there are two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card stored in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A transportation card swiping management method comprising:
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obtaining information of a transportation card read by a card reader; obtaining a geographical location of a vehicle located by a GPS unit when obtaining the information of the transportation card read by the card reader; obtaining a station relationship table defining relationships between a plurality of geographical locations and a plurality of stations from a storage device of the transportation card swiping management device, and determining a current station where the vehicle is located according to the station relationship table and the geographical location of the vehicle; and associating the identity of the transportation card with the current station and storing the associated identity and the current station to the storage device, calculating a fare according to two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card and deducting the fare from the transportation card when there are two stations associated with the identity of the transportation card stored in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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Specification