JPH05217043A - Toll receiving/collecting device for toll road - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily detect an illegally passed vehicle by photographing and recording only a vehicle decided as an illegally passed vehicle by an image recorder at the time of deciding the vehicle concerned by a road machine. CONSTITUTION:When an illegally passed vehicle 3 having no contactless card 4, having a contactless card 4 whose balance is lacking, or having a stolen card or the like is decided by the road machine 11, an alarm is applied by a start alarm lamp 20 and a drive signal (shutter signal) is transmitted to a monitoring TV camera 21. The camera 21 receiving the shutter signal photographs (record) the front face of the illegally passed vehicle and transmits the photographed image to an image processing machine 60. The machine 60 extracts a number plate from the photographed image and identifies characters. The identified characters and the photographed image are transmitted to a center computer 54 to form a list of illegally passed vehicles. Consequently, labor for the formation of the list of illegally passed vehicles can be saved, and even when there are many toll gates, their data are concentrated to the center computer 54.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toll collection device for toll roads.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally operated toll road toll collection devices, for example, on toll roads with uniform sections, a booth collection machine and a receipt issuing machine are installed at a toll booth to collect vehicles as vehicles enter. Discriminates the vehicle type visually and presses the push button for each model of the booth collection machine to issue a receipt from the receipt issuing machine. The collector collects the charge for each vehicle type and, at the same time, issues a receipt for the vehicle to the users of the toll road.

In the above-mentioned toll collection device, from the viewpoint of the road administrator, a toll collection clerk must be placed at the toll gate, and the clerk collects tolls for all vehicles on the toll road. There is a problem that the burden on the staff is large because of necessity. On the other hand, from the user's point of view, it always takes a long time to stop at the tollgate gate, so it takes a long time, congestion is likely to occur, cash is required and it is troublesome, and it is raining, heating in winter, or in summer. Since it is necessary to open and receive cash by opening the window of the vehicle even when cooling, such as when cooling, there is a problem that it is troublesome and an accident may occur because the window opening operation is distracted.

Therefore, recently, AVI (Automatic Vehicle)
Identification: Automated vehicle identification) is planned to be a toll collection device that does not require staff members to stop, to pass or receive tickets and cash. In the charge collection device by AVI, an in-vehicle device in which unique identification information, that is, ID information is recorded is installed in a vehicle, or a driver carries a card in which ID information is recorded in the vehicle. Vehicle-side devices such as these vehicle-mounted devices and cards can read recorded contents from the outside in a contactless manner by wireless communication or the like. On the other hand, a roadside machine is installed near the gate of the toll road toll gate, and when the vehicle passes through the toll gate, the ID information is read out from the contactless card etc. in a non-contact manner, and at which toll gate the vehicle passed. This information is obtained by the ground-side computer and the toll fee is charged. Therefore,
Vehicles will be able to pass through toll booths without passing or stopping tickets or cash. The actual payment of the toll may be a prepaid method, a postpay method, or a deposit method, depending on the contract between the user such as a contactless card and the road administrator, and the person corresponding to the ID information pays.

[0005]

The advantage of the AVI-dedicated lane is that it can pass through the toll gate without stopping at high speed. Therefore, it is not preferable to install a breaker on the lane. Therefore, it is necessary to check an illegally-passing vehicle (a vehicle other than an AVI vehicle, a vehicle bringing a contactless card such as a lack of balance) that attempts to break through an AVI-only lane. Therefore, in general, all the traveling vehicles are recorded on the VTR and reproduced later to create an illegal traffic list, and the illegal traffic vehicles are indexed. However, if all vehicles are recorded, indexing will require a great deal of labor and time.

[0006]

The structure of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a vehicle-side device which is installed in a vehicle, in which ID information is recorded in a memory and information can be read out from the outside in a non-contact manner. And a roadside device installed near the gate of the toll road to read the recorded contents of the device on the vehicle side in a non-contact manner, a recording device installed near the gate of the toll road for photographing and recording the traveling vehicle, and a vehicle having the device on the vehicle side Is provided with a control device that allows the vehicle to pass in accordance with the recorded contents read by the roadside device, and that allows the illegally passing vehicle to be imaged and recorded by the recording device.

[0007]

When the vehicle is judged as an illegally passing vehicle by the roadside device due to the lack of the vehicle side device, the shortage of the remaining amount, etc., an operation signal is sent to the recording device to record and record the illegally passing vehicle.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a toll road toll collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the control status.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 51 is a vehicle type identification device, and 11
Is a roadside machine, 3 is a vehicle, 4 is a non-contact card as a vehicle side device, 5 is a start detection device, 6 is a data processing device, and 54 is a center computer.

The vehicle type discriminating device 51 automatically discriminates the vehicle type of the vehicle 3 entering the tollgate. The vehicle separators 8 and 9, the vehicle tread plate 10, the vehicle height detector 55, and the vehicle length detector. The device 56, the overhang detector 57, and the imager 58.

The vehicle separators 8 and 9 separate and detect the vehicles 3 one by one, and the vehicle tread 10 detects the number of axles and the wheel distance of the vehicle 3.

The vehicle height detector 55 measures the vehicle height, for example, the size of the bus or the passenger car. The vehicle length detector 56 is used for discriminating a light vehicle, and the overhang detector 57 obtains an overhang length when the vehicle passes through the first axis to discriminate the vehicle shape of a bus or a truck. The image pickup device 58 copies the license plate, and the image processing device 60 discriminates the vehicle type based on the size of the plate, characters and the like.

In the vehicle type discriminating device 51, an ordinary vehicle, a large vehicle,
Five types of vehicles, oversized vehicles, medium-sized vehicles and light vehicles, are identified.

A card antenna 12 is provided on the roadside device 11, and the card antenna 12 receives radio waves from the non-contact card 4. The roadside machine 11 reads the ID information recorded on the contactless card 4, and transmits the data of the contactless card 4 to the center computer 54 via the data processing device 6. The data processing device 6 aggregates and records the processing data of the contactless card 4.

In FIG. 1, 18 is a charge indicator,
When displaying the fare amount of the passing vehicle 3 or using the contactless card 4 in the prepaid card system,
The remaining amount of money after use and the number of remaining times are displayed. 1
Reference numeral 9 is a start guide signal light for notifying the advancing vehicle 3 whether or not it can pass. Reference numeral 20 denotes a starting warning light, which particularly gives a warning to the vehicle 3 carrying the non-contact card 4 when a card reading failure occurs. Two
Reference numeral 1 denotes a surveillance television camera as a recording device, which is used for monitoring a vehicle 3 which is illegally passing due to a defective card reading, a shortage of the remaining amount or the like.

The starting detection device 5 is composed of vehicle separators 15 and 16 for detecting passage of the vehicle 3 and an axis number detector 17 for detecting the number of axes of the vehicle 3. The starting detection device 5 allows the vehicle 3 to pass through. The completion of the start of the vehicle is detected and the system is returned to the original state.

The control status of the fee collection device will be described with reference to FIG.

Signals are sent from the vehicle type discriminating device 51 and the start detection device 5 to the control device 22, and the data processing device 6, the charge indicator 18, and the start guidance signal lamp 19 are sent from the control device 22.
And a signal to the start warning light 20. In addition, the control device 20
Then, signals are exchanged between the roadside machine 11 and the surveillance television camera 21, and the data processing device 6 exchanges signals with the center computer 54.

The operation of the fee collection device having the above structure will be described.

When the vehicle 3 passes through the vehicle type discriminating device 51 and approaches the installation positions of the card antenna 12 and the on-road machine 11, communication is performed between the on-road machine 11 and the non-contact card 4, and the non-contact card 4 is reached. ID number is read and the roadside machine 11
Sent to the data processing device 6. Where the ID number,
The remaining amount of money or the remaining number of times is checked, and if normal, the toll is deducted and history data is recorded. Control device 22
The start guidance signal light 19 is changed from red to blue by the signal from. The charge indicator 18 informs the user by displaying the balance or the balance.

When the vehicle 3 passes through the start detection device 5, the start guide signal light 19 is changed to red, and the charge indicator 18 is turned off to prepare for the next vehicle.

If you do not bring the contactless card 4,
If the roadside device 11 determines that the contactless card 4 has a shortage of money or an illegally-passing vehicle such as a stolen card, the start warning light 20
The warning signal is issued and the operation signal (shutter signal) is transmitted to the surveillance television camera 21.

Upon receiving the shutter signal, the surveillance television camera 21 picks up (records) the front surface of the illegally passing vehicle and sends the picked-up screen to the image processor 60. In the image processor 60,
The license plate is extracted from the imaging screen to identify the characters. The identified characters and the image pickup screen are transmitted to the center computer 54 to create a list of illegally passing vehicles.

As a result, it is possible to save the trouble of creating a list of illegally passing vehicles, and collect data in the center computer 54 even if there are a large number of toll booths, so that centralized management can be achieved.

[0025]

According to the toll road toll collection apparatus of the present invention, when the roadside device determines that the vehicle is an illegally passing vehicle, only the vehicle is photographed and recorded, so that the illegally passing vehicle can be easily identified. Can be done to. As a result, it is possible to reduce labor and time when checking illegally passing vehicles.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a toll road toll collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of a fee collection device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Vehicle 4 Contactless Card 5 Start Detection Device 11 Roadside Device 21 Surveillance Television Camera 22 Control Device 54 Center Computer 58 Imaging Device 60 Image Processor

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Internal reference number FI Technical indication location G07F 7/12 (72) Inventor Satoshi Nozaki 5-1-16 Komatsu-dori, Hyogo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo No. Shinryo High-Tech Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle-side device installed in a vehicle in which ID information is recorded in a memory and information can be read from the outside in a non-contact manner, and a recorded content of the vehicle-side device installed near a gate on a toll road. For vehicles that have a roadside device that reads them out without contact, a recording device that is installed near the gate of the toll road to capture and record the traveling vehicle, and a device that has a vehicle-side device, allow the vehicle to pass in accordance with the recorded contents read by the roadside device. A toll collection device for a toll road, comprising: a control device for photographing and recording the vehicle for an illegally-passed vehicle by a recording device.