Onboard taxi fee register with GPS and GPRS

Abstract

This paper proposes an onboard taxi fee register with GPS/ GPRS and designs a kind of onboard taxi fee resister system. This system is mainly comprised by LPC2114 processor, metering components, empty plates, SD cards, real-time clock, printer, keyboard, GPS systems, GPRS wireless data transmission modules, display screen, etc. It realizes the record and storage of stations for passengers to get on or off (longitude and latitude) and vehicle's track, GPS accurate time transmission, regulation of unit prices according to sections and time, display and print relative data and conduct intercommunication of information with service center by GPRS. Compared to existing technology, it prevents cheating of taxi fee register, moreover improves the efficiency, decreases the management costs, and has the advantages of high accuracy and convenience, etc. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.