JPH097016A - Automatic toll reception device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To inform a succeeding vehicle whether a vehicle passes a check barrier, a tollhouse, or the like without stopping by presenting information, which indicates whether the vehicle stops at the check barrier or the entrance tollhouse or the exit tollhouse or not, to the succeeding vehicle by a communication controller on the road side. CONSTITUTION: A recording medium 6 where information related to tolls of toll roads is stored and a communication controller on the vehicle which can communicate with communication controllers on the road side provided in check barriers, entrance tollhouses, and exit tollhouses and controls information storage to the recording medium 6 and information read from this medium 6 are provided. Communication controllers on the road side are so constituted that they can present the information, which indicates whether the vehicle stops at check barriers or entrance tollhouses or exit tollhouses or not, to the succeeding vehicle. Thus, there is no possibility that the vehicle running ahead stops unintentionally at tollhouses or the like, and it is unnecessary for the driver of the succeeding vehicle to jam on the brakes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toll road toll collection device capable of passing a vehicle passage gate such as a toll gate on a toll road in a non-stop manner and automatically paying a fee when passing through the gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art AVI (Automatic Vehicle Identifica)
tion: automated vehicle identification), a toll collection system that does not require the delivery of tickets, cash, cards, etc. at toll booths and check barriers has been put into practical use in some European and American countries, and is planned to be introduced in Japan as well. Has been done. In this type of charge collection system, a recording device storing unique ID information and charge information is provided inside the vehicle so that the recording device can read and write from the tollgate in a contactless manner. As a form of the recording device, as shown in FIG. 13, a portable IC card and its reading device are separated (see Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-70804), or the IC card and the reading device are integrally configured. Some of them are referred to as "IC card".

As for the IC card, a prepaid system, a postpaid system, and a coupon ticket system can be selected according to the contract between the card user and the road administrator.
Used data and remaining charge data are stored in the card. .

14 to 16 are views showing an example of this type of fee collection system (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-233907).
4 is an unmanned toll gate, FIG. 15 is an unmanned toll gate, and FIG.
Shows an overview of the unattended check barrier.

Various devices are installed near the entrance toll booth, the exit toll booth, and the check barrier (hereinafter, these devices are collectively referred to as roadside devices).
When the vehicle passes through each toll gate or check barrier, it communicates with the vehicle to read and write information stored in the IC card and determine whether or not the vehicle can pass. For example, at the entrance toll gate, information such as the toll gate number and the passing time of the toll gate is written in the IC card. Similarly, in the check barrier, information such as the check barrier number and the check barrier passage time is written in the IC card.

In each roadside device, a vehicle determined to be illegal is photographed by a camera and used as reference data when collecting a fee, and is registered in a negative list to help prevent fraud.

On the other hand, at the exit toll gate, the information stored in the IC card of the passing vehicle, such as ID information, vehicle information, entrance toll gate information, check barrier information, etc., is read out and the information is obtained at the exit toll gate. AVI information,
The collected amount of money is calculated by collating with the passage date information and the negative information, and the charge is collected based on the remaining charge data stored in the IC card. As described above, it is not necessary to pass the toll ticket or cash at the tollgate, and it becomes possible to pass the tollgate or the check barrier nonstop.

Further, in addition to toll gates and check barriers on toll roads, at the gates provided in parking lots, companies, garages, etc., it is possible to judge the passage of vehicles and collect tolls by the same principle. it can.

[0009]

However, conventionally, there is no effective means for notifying another vehicle whether or not the vehicle-mounted device forming a part of the automatic toll collection device is mounted in the vehicle. It was not possible to determine in advance whether another vehicle running in front of the vehicle would pass through the toll gate, etc. non-stop or stop. For this reason, think that a vehicle trying to pass non-stop at a toll booth will also pass a vehicle running in front of it without stopping, and when you approach the toll booth and do not slow down, If the vehicle in front stopped unintentionally at a toll booth or the like, the vehicle in the back could hurry and suddenly brake. Further, when another vehicle is running behind the vehicle on which the sudden braking is applied, there is a problem that it is not possible to secure a sufficient inter-vehicle distance to the vehicle.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic toll collection device for informing a succeeding vehicle whether or not a check barrier, a toll booth or the like passes nonstop.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 showing an embodiment. According to the present invention, a recording medium 6 for storing at least information about a toll road usage fee,
It is possible to communicate with the check barrier installed on the toll road, the roadside communication control device 200 provided at the entrance toll gate and the exit toll gate, storing information in the recording medium 6 and information from the recording medium 6. It is applied to an automatic toll collection device having an in-vehicle communication control device 100 for controlling the reading of a vehicle, and provides information on whether the vehicle stops at a check barrier or an entrance toll gate or an exit toll gate to a vehicle following the vehicle. The above object is achieved by configuring the roadside communication control device 200 to provide. The invention according to claim 2 has at least a recording medium 6 for storing information on a toll road usage fee, a check barrier installed on the toll road, and a roadside communication control device 200 provided at an entrance toll gate and an exit toll gate. And an in-vehicle communication control device 100 that controls the storage of information in the recording medium 6 and the reading of information from the recording medium 6, and is applied to an automatic toll collection device. The vehicle-mounted communication control device 100 is configured to provide information regarding whether or not the preceding vehicle inside stops at the check barrier or the entrance toll booth or the exit toll booth. The invention according to claim 3 is, in the automatic toll collection device according to claim 2, when the vehicle enters a communication area with the roadside communication control device 200, the vehicle travels in front of a check barrier or an entrance toll gate or an exit toll gate. The in-vehicle communication control device 100 is configured so as to provide information on a part or all of the preceding vehicles that are in operation. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic toll collection device according to the second or third aspect, when the vehicle enters the communication area, information regarding a preceding vehicle in the communication area and vehicle identification information of the preceding vehicle are provided. To the vehicle-mounted communication control device 100 of the vehicle, the roadside communication control device 20
0, and the in-vehicle communication control device 100 is configured to provide information together with vehicle identification information. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic toll collection device according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, the automatic fee collection device is arranged at a position visible from a following vehicle, and the illumination state is changed according to the information. The lighting means is provided. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a recording medium 6 that stores at least information about a toll road usage fee, a check barrier installed on the toll road, and a roadside communication control device 200 provided at an entrance toll gate and an exit toll gate are provided. And a vehicle-mounted communication control device 100 that controls the storage of information in the recording medium 6 and the reading of information from the recording medium 6, and a check barrier, an entrance toll gate, and an exit toll gate. It is applied to an automatic toll collection device that allows high-speed passage without stopping, and if the toll road usage fee cannot be paid by the recording medium 6 connected to the vehicle-mounted communication control device 100, the vehicle is a check barrier or After passing through the entrance toll booth or the exit toll booth, the in-vehicle communication control device 100 is provided so as to provide information indicating that the toll road usage fee could not be paid. It is intended to formed. The invention according to claim 7 relates to claims 1 to 1.
In the automatic toll collection device according to any one of 6 above,
In the recording medium 6, information unique to the vehicle position other than the information about the toll charge for the toll road is stored corresponding to each vehicle position, and the vehicle stops at a predetermined position based on the information unique to the vehicle position. At least one of the roadside communication control device 200 and the in-vehicle communication control device 100 is configured to provide information regarding whether or not to do so to a vehicle following the vehicle.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the roadside communication control device 200 provides the information regarding whether the vehicle stops at the check barrier, the entrance toll gate, or the exit toll gate. According to the second aspect of the invention, the vehicle-mounted communication control device 10 provides information regarding whether or not the preceding vehicle traveling ahead travels at the check barrier, the entrance toll gate, or the exit toll gate.
Provided by 0. In the invention according to claim 3, when the vehicle enters the communication area with the roadside communication control device 200, a part of the preceding vehicle traveling in front of the check barrier or the entrance toll gate or the exit toll gate (for example, the leading edge) Vehicle) or stop information at all toll gates and the like is provided by the in-vehicle communication control device 100. In the invention according to claim 4, when providing stop information at the toll gate of the preceding vehicle,
The vehicle identification information (for example, vehicle type information) of the preceding vehicle is also provided. Therefore, it is possible to grasp information such as how many vehicles of which vehicle type are in front of the own vehicle. In the invention according to claim 5, the illuminating means is provided at a position visually recognizable by the following vehicle (for example, near the stop lamp at the rear of the vehicle), and the illumination state of the illuminating means is changed based on the stop information of the preceding vehicle. Let In the invention according to claim 6, when all vehicles pass through a free-flow type toll booth capable of passing at high speed, the recording medium 6 connected to the vehicle-mounted communication control device 100 uses the toll road fee. If the vehicle cannot be paid, it provides information indicating that the vehicle failed to pay after passing through the check barrier or the entrance or exit toll booth. According to the invention described in claim 7, information specific to the vehicle position other than the information about the toll of the toll road is stored in the recording medium 6 in association with each vehicle position, and based on the information unique to the vehicle position. Then, information regarding whether or not the vehicle stops at a predetermined position is provided to at least one of the roadside communication control device 200 and the in-vehicle communication control device 100.

Incidentally, in the section of means and action for solving the above problems for explaining the constitution of the present invention, the drawings of the embodiments are used for making the present invention easy to understand. It is not limited to.

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First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an in-vehicle device 100 that constitutes a part of the automatic fee collection device according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an antenna for receiving radio waves from a roadside device, which will be described later, and 2 is a transmission / reception changeover switch for switching between transmission and reception of radio waves. Reference numeral 3 denotes a high-frequency signal detection unit that detects the radio wave received by the antenna 1, and the detected signal is input to the digital LSI 4 and decoded,
It is input to the control circuit 5.

The control circuit 5 includes a CPU 51, an I / O port 52, an IC card interface 53, a ROM 54, and an R.
It is composed of an AM 55, an EEPROM 56, a clock transmitter 57, etc., and transfers the data transmitted from the roadside device and decoded by the digital LSI 4 to the IC card 6 via the IC card interface 53. IC card 6
Is composed of a CPU 61, an EEPROM 62, and a RAM 63, and stores the data transferred from the control circuit 5 in the RAM 63. The IC card 6 used in this embodiment is classified into the following 6 types according to the payment system of the toll road usage fee.

Prepaid card Postpaid card Coupon or cash voucher Prepaid priority pre / postpaid card Card that allows the user to freely choose the payment method Cards whose payment method changes in a predetermined order

Reference numeral 7 is a high frequency signal transmission unit for converting the data output from the control circuit 5 and encoded by the digital LSI 4 into a high frequency signal. High frequency signal transmitter 7
Converts the data from the digital LSI 4 into a high frequency signal and transmits it to the roadside device via the antenna 1. 8 is a display unit for displaying the toll road usage charge, 9 is a voice output unit for outputting insufficient charge information, and 10 is an I of the IC card 6.
It is an operation unit for inputting a D code or the like. Reference numeral 11 is an IGN switch for detecting ON / OFF of the ignition key, and 12 is a battery for supplying a power supply voltage to the control circuit 5.

FIG. 2A is an external view of the vehicle-mounted device 100 of this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the display unit 8, the operation unit 10, the speaker 14, the indicator 16 and the like are provided on the front surface of the unit main body 13, and the insertion port 15 for the IC card 6 is provided on the side surface. Incidentally, the above-mentioned JP-A-5-23907
Similar to the publication, the IC card and the unit may be integrally formed as shown in FIG. 2B so that the IC card cannot be inserted or removed. Further, the antenna 1, the display unit 8, the operation unit 10 and the like may be separated from the unit main body 13.

When the vehicle running in front of the vehicle is temporarily stopped inside the gate, the display section 8 shows the state of FIG.
Information having the content as shown in (a) is displayed to prevent sudden braking and prevent the inter-vehicle distance from becoming extremely short. At the same time, a sound such as a buzzer or a chime sound is output from the speaker 14 to give a warning to the driver.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a roadside device 200 forming a part of the automatic toll collection device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4A shows a roadside device 200 installed at the entrance toll gate,
FIG. 4B shows a roadside device 20 installed on the check barrier.
0, FIG. 4 (c) shows a roadside device 20 installed at the exit toll gate.
0 configuration is shown.

The display board 21 shown in FIG. 4 displays the types of lanes and gates (automatic fare exclusive line, general vehicle exclusive lane, mixed lane, etc.). It is located in front of the gate.

When the vehicle passing through the entrance toll booth, the exit toll booth and the check barrier is temporarily stopped due to poor communication or the vehicle-mounted device 100 is not installed, the display board 22 displays an indication to that effect. For example, the information shown in FIG. 3A is displayed. Since the display plate 22 is provided mainly for the purpose of preventing sudden braking of the following vehicle, it is installed near the entrance of the gate on the vehicle entry side. The display plate 23 displays the result of communication with the vehicle, the result of collection of charges, etc., and is installed on the exit side of the gate.

Reference numeral 24 is a vehicle separator tread for detecting the weight of the vehicle, the number of axles, and the like, and 25 is a camera used for identifying the vehicle. The camera 25 captures an image of an illegal vehicle. A plurality of cameras may be installed at different places.

Reference numeral 26 is a roadside processing device for controlling roadside-vehicle communication with the onboard device 100, and 27 is an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from the onboard device 100. Not limited to. Antenna 27
A roof 28 is provided on the upper part of the, but it may not have a roof.

Reference numeral 29 is a blocking device for stopping a vehicle with poor communication, an illegal vehicle, a vehicle with insufficient charge, a vehicle reported to have been stolen, a vehicle registered in the negative list, etc., and is normally released. It may be closed or closed. 30
Is a ticket issuing machine that issues tickets for vehicles that do not collect automatic tolls (vehicles that temporarily stop at toll booths, etc.),
Reference numeral 31 is a pass ticket checker for checking a pass ticket of a vehicle for which automatic toll collection is not performed.

5 and 6 are diagrams showing a communication procedure of road-to-vehicle communication (communication between the roadside device 200 and the on-vehicle device 100) at the entrance toll gate, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are road-to-vehicle communication at the check barrier. 9 and 10 are diagrams showing a communication procedure for road-to-vehicle communication at an exit tollgate, and the operation of the present embodiment will be described below with reference to these figures. Since there is no big difference in the communication procedures at the entrance toll gate, the check barrier, and the exit toll gate, FIGS. 5 to 10 will be collectively described below.

When the vehicle starts traveling and approaches the roadside device 200, road-to-vehicle communication is carried out as shown in FIGS. For vehicles passing by the road,
Vehicles equipped with the in-vehicle device 100 forming a part of the automatic toll collection device and vehicles not equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 100 are mixed, and these various vehicles temporarily stop at the entrance toll booth, the exit toll booth, etc. It is considered that the case corresponds to.

When the vehicle is not equipped with the in-vehicle device 100. The in-vehicle device 100 is installed, but communication with the roadside device 200 is poor. Communication with the roadside device 200 is normal, but the in-vehicle device 100
When the balance of the IC card connected to is insufficient and the fee cannot be collected. When the passing vehicle is registered in the negative list (for example, when past toll road charges have not been paid). When the passing vehicle is a stolen vehicle. If there is a problem with the passage history of passing vehicles (when the passing data at the entrance toll gate or check barrier is missing, or when the time between check barriers is extremely long or short). When the passage of vehicles is prohibited due to roadside reasons such as accidents. When the roadside device 200 is out of order (e.g., when the blocking device fails while the road is closed). If you have to stop for some other reason.

When the preceding vehicle traveling in front of the own vehicle has to stop at the toll gate or the like for the above-mentioned reasons, the fact is displayed on the display plate 21 or 22, and the blocking device is activated. In some cases, the traffic lane of the preceding vehicle is closed to urge the driver of the preceding vehicle to stop. If the preceding vehicle is equipped with the in-vehicle device 100,
The roadside device 200 transmits stop instruction information to the in-vehicle device 100 of the preceding vehicle, and the in-vehicle device 10 receives the information.
0 displays the stop instruction information on the display unit and emits a warning sound from the speaker.

On the other hand, after a predetermined time has elapsed after the stop instruction information is displayed on the display plate 22 or 23 on the roadside device 200 side (preferably before the preceding vehicle stops), the preceding vehicle is temporarily stopped at the toll booth or the like. Information to stop is displayed on the display plate 21 or 22. The display on the display board 21 or 22 is based on character information as shown in FIG.
Either of the ones based on the picture information as shown in (b) may be used. At the same time, the roadside device 200 transmits the stop information of the preceding vehicle to the following vehicles located in the communication area, and the in-vehicle device 100 of each vehicle that has received this information indicates that the preceding vehicle stops. In addition to displaying the information, the speaker outputs a voice to the effect that the preceding vehicle will stop. The roadside device 200 and the in-vehicle device 100 provide the stop information of the preceding vehicle until the preceding vehicle completes a predetermined procedure (acquisition of a pass ticket, collection of a fare, etc.).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the stop information of the preceding vehicle displayed on the display section 8 of the vehicle-mounted device 100. When the stop information of the preceding vehicle is displayed, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3B, a case where stop information about all vehicles in the communication area of the roadside device 200 is displayed, and FIG.
There is a case where only the information of the preceding vehicle that is closest to the toll booth is displayed. In the case of FIGS. 11A and 11B, a vehicle that temporarily stops at a toll gate or the like is displayed in a particularly prominent color (for example, red), and a vehicle that passes through the toll gate or the like nonstop is displayed in green, for example. To do. Further, by displaying the own vehicle larger than other vehicles and changing the shape of the vehicle mark depending on the vehicle type, it becomes easier to understand the own vehicle position, the number of vehicles up to the tollgate, the vehicle type, and the like. It should be noted that FIG. 11B shows a state in which the leading vehicle shown in FIG. 11A has passed a toll gate or the like.

On the other hand, the roadside device 200 transmits one of the following information items (1) and (2) to each vehicle in the communication area. (1) Information on whether or not each vehicle in the communication area will stop once. (2) In addition to the information in (1), the in-vehicle device 100 ID code of each vehicle in the communication area and vehicle type data (large, normal, two-wheel, etc.).

When the information (2) is received, the in-vehicle device 100 compares the received ID code with the ID code of the own vehicle to accurately determine the position of the own vehicle in the communication area. You will be able to understand. Further, the display form can be changed by the vehicle type data depending on the vehicle type as shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, and it is possible to accurately detect how many vehicles of which vehicle type are in front of the own vehicle.

When the information of (2) above is provided from the roadside device 200, it is desirable to automatically delete the once received ID code inside the in-vehicle device 100 in order to enhance confidentiality. For example, each time a new ID code is received, the previously received ID code is deleted.

On the other hand, in FIG. 12, the stop information of all the vehicles in the communication area of the roadside device 200 is changed by changing the display form of the indicator 16 (see FIG. 2A) arranged beside the display unit. It is provided. Specifically, the vehicle is categorized into three types: your own vehicle, a vehicle that stops at a tollgate, and a vehicle that passes through a tollgate nonstop, and the display format (lighting color, blinking interval, etc.) for each category. To be displayed. FIG. 12 shows how the indicator changes depending on the vehicle position.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the stop information of the preceding vehicle passing through the toll booth or the like is provided by the display board 21 of the roadside device 200 or the display section 8 / speaker 14 inside the in-vehicle device 100 has been described. By providing a dedicated lamp near the back lamp of each vehicle and changing the display form of this lamp (for example, turning on the lamp only when the preceding vehicle stops once), the stop information of the preceding vehicle can be displayed as the following vehicle. May be provided to

-Second Embodiment- The second embodiment is a case where the entrance toll gate, the exit toll gate and the check barrier are simple in structure (for example, the vehicle separator tread 24, the camera 25 and the antenna shown in FIG. 4). 27)), and all vehicles can pass at high speed without stopping at toll booths, etc. The information indicating that the fee payment has not been made is provided to the driver of the vehicle after the vehicle has passed through the toll gate or the like (for example, after passing through the display plate 23 shown in FIG. 4). The reason for providing this kind of information after passing through the toll gate is to prevent the driver from suddenly braking suddenly or suddenly turning the steering wheel so that the distance to the following vehicle is not too short. is there.

As for the timing of providing the above information to the driver, the timer built in the vehicle-mounted device 100 provides the information after measuring the time until a predetermined time elapses after the information such as communication failure or insufficient charge is obtained. It is conceivable that a system, a system in which a vehicle passage signal is received from a roadside antenna set behind a tollgate, etc., and then provided, or a system in which the above are combined. At the free-flow type toll booth and check barrier targeted by the second embodiment, all vehicles pass non-stop, but for vehicles that did not pay the fee due to insufficient IC card fees, etc. If the camera 25 takes a picture of the vehicle number and charges the owner of the vehicle at a later date, there is no possibility of misuse.

In the embodiment thus constructed, I
The C card 6 corresponds to a recording medium, the roadside device 200 corresponds to a roadside communication control device, and the in-vehicle device 100 corresponds to an in-vehicle communication control device.

[0040]

As described in detail above, the first to third aspects are described.
According to the invention described in 3, the following vehicle is provided with information regarding whether or not the vehicle will stop at the check barrier, the entrance toll gate, and the exit toll gate. On the contrary, there is no danger of stopping at toll booths, and sudden braking is not required. According to the invention of claim 4, when the information on whether or not the preceding vehicle stops at the toll booth or the like is provided, the vehicle identification information of the preceding vehicle is included, so that the information about the vehicle near the toll booth is provided. It becomes easier to understand the vehicle position, etc. According to the invention described in claim 5, since the illuminating means is provided at a position where the following vehicle can be visually recognized to provide the stop information of the preceding vehicle, the preceding vehicle is driven even when traveling at a considerable speed. You can see at a glance whether a car will stop at a toll booth. According to the invention of claim 6, when all the vehicles pass through a free-flow type toll booth capable of passing at high speed, the communication is unsatisfactory or the recording medium fee is insufficient against the driver's will. If the driver fails to pay the toll, the driver is informed that the toll could not be paid after passing through the toll booth, etc. There is no danger of being hung or turning the steering wheel suddenly, and a sufficient distance between the following vehicles can be secured. According to the invention as set forth in claim 7, since the information about whether or not the vehicle stops at the predetermined position is provided to the following vehicle based on the unique information other than the information about the toll charge of the toll road, For example, when stopping at a parking lot, a garage, or the like, the stop information can be provided to the following vehicle in advance, and there is no risk of the following vehicle suddenly braking.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an in-vehicle device that constitutes a part of an automatic fee collection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an in-vehicle device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing information displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a roadside device that constitutes a part of the automatic toll collection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a communication procedure of road-to-vehicle communication at an entrance toll gate.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a communication procedure following FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a communication procedure of road-to-vehicle communication at the check barrier.

8 is a diagram showing a communication procedure following FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a communication procedure of road-to-vehicle communication at an exit toll gate.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a communication procedure following FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of stop information of a preceding vehicle displayed on the display unit of the in-vehicle device.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a change in display form of an indicator.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a structure of a conventional IC card reading device.

FIG. 14 is a schematic configuration diagram of an unmanned entrance toll gate of a conventional toll collection system.

FIG. 15 is a schematic configuration diagram of an unmanned exit toll gate of a conventional fee collection system.

FIG. 16 is a schematic configuration diagram of an unattended check barrier of a conventional fee collection system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Control circuit 6 IC card 100 In-vehicle device 200 Roadside device

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A communication is performed between at least a recording medium storing information on a toll road usage fee and a check barrier installed on the toll road, and a roadside communication control device provided at an entrance toll gate and an exit toll gate. In an automatic toll collection device that is enabled and comprises an in-vehicle communication control device that controls the storage of the information in the recording medium and the reading of the information from the recording medium, wherein the roadside communication control device is a vehicle An automatic toll collection device, which provides a vehicle following the vehicle with information regarding whether to stop at the check barrier, the entrance toll gate, or the exit toll gate. 2. A communication is performed between at least a recording medium that stores information about a toll road usage fee and a check barrier installed on the toll road, and a roadside communication control device provided at an entrance toll gate and an exit toll gate. And an in-vehicle communication control device that controls the storage of the information in the recording medium and the reading of the information from the recording medium, wherein the in-vehicle communication control device travels forward. An automatic toll collection device, which provides information on whether or not a preceding vehicle inside stops at the check barrier, the entrance toll gate, or the exit toll gate. 3. The automatic toll collection device according to claim 2, wherein the in-vehicle communication control device enters the check barrier, the entrance toll gate, or the exit charge when entering the communication area with the roadside communication control device. An automatic toll collection device, which provides the above-mentioned information about a part or all of a preceding vehicle traveling in front of a place. 4. The automatic toll collection device according to claim 2, wherein the roadside communication control device, when the vehicle enters the communication area, the information about the preceding vehicle in the communication area and the preceding vehicle. Vehicle identification information of the vehicle is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted communication control device of the vehicle, and the vehicle-mounted communication control device provides the information together with the vehicle identification information. 5. The automatic toll collection device according to claim 2, further comprising lighting means arranged at a position visible from a following vehicle and changing a lighting state according to the information. An automatic toll collection device characterized by being provided. 6. Communication is performed between at least a recording medium that stores information about usage fees of toll roads and a check barrier installed on the toll roads and a roadside communication control device provided at an entrance toll gate and an exit toll gate. And a vehicle-mounted communication control device that controls the storage of the information in the recording medium and the reading of the information from the recording medium, without stopping the check barrier, the entrance toll gate, and the exit toll gate. In an automatic toll collection device capable of passing at a high speed, the in-vehicle communication control device, when the toll road usage fee cannot be paid by the recording medium connected to the in-vehicle communication control device, the vehicle is the check barrier. Alternatively, after passing through the entrance toll booth or the exit toll booth, it is necessary to provide information indicating that the toll road usage fee could not be paid. Automatic fee collection device to collect. 7. The automatic toll collection device according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium contains information specific to a vehicle position other than information about a toll charge of the toll road for each vehicle position. At least one of the roadside communication control device and the vehicle-mounted communication control device stores information regarding whether or not the vehicle stops at a predetermined position based on information unique to the vehicle position. An automatic toll collection device, which is provided to a vehicle following the vehicle.