KR20010035921A - Electronic toll collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Provided is an automatic toll collection system which collects toll without stopping vehicles while passing by a toll gate, by attaching a toll adjustment card, which a certain amount of money is input into, on the vehicles. CONSTITUTION: An electronic toll collection system is characterized by being equipped with a camera, which identifies the number of a vehicle by image-recognizing the number. In particular, it comprises a card for recognizing toll and a toll gate; an antenna for recording the information of a departure toll gate and inputting /outputting toll into the card; a sensor, which senses the width of the vehicle; and a sensor, which senses the height of the vehicle.

Description

Electronic Toll Collection System

The present invention relates to a vehicle automatic toll collection system, and more particularly, to a non-stop unmanned automatic toll collection system in which a toll settlement card with a predetermined amount of money is attached to a vehicle and automatically deducted when passing through a toll gate entrance. It is about.

It is not enough for the highway to function properly due to the increase in the number of vehicles owned by the increase of national income.In particular, when the vehicle is concentrated on the toll gate, the current magnetic card system receives the ticket and increases the waiting time for calculating the fuel loss, It is a significant cause of the loss of labor costs and the congestion of the toll gate.

As a countermeasure, the adoption and installation of the Electronic Toll Collection System (ETCS) is in full swing, and the construction of such an intelligent transportation system has been developed by advanced countries such as the United States, Japan, and Europe. In recent years, in the rush of international standardization, the Ministry of Information and Communication has recently revised the frequency allocation from the Ministry of Information and Communication to GHz microwaves including VHF and UHF bands.

In addition, considering that national competitiveness is deteriorating due to the increase in logistics costs due to the rapid increase in domestic traffic volume, it is also a national priority.

The present invention is to eliminate the problems caused by waste of manpower, fuel, and time required to settle the fare in the toll gate as described above, when the vehicle enters and exits the toll gate, the vehicle that enables non-stop payment settlement without stopping Its purpose is to provide an automatic toll collection system.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Explanatory drawing explaining the width | variety of wheel width, roundabout, distance measurement, and axle number of various vehicles.

2 is a schematic diagram showing a highway automatic toll gate system.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle automatic toll collection system capable of identifying a vehicle number of a toll vehicle through image recognition by providing a camera for identifying a number plate of a toll vehicle, comprising: a toll and toll gate identification card attached to a window of a vehicle;

An antenna for recording information about a departure toll of the vehicle on a fare and toll gate identification card and inputting and outputting a toll and a toll gate on the toll gate identification card;

A vehicle width sensing device for sensing a width of a traffic vehicle;

A garage detection device for detecting a height of a traffic vehicle; And

It holds information on the toll fee for each moving distance of various traffic vehicles, recognizes the vehicle type through the vehicle width sensing device and the garage sensing device, and calculates the toll gate fee to which the vehicle has moved from the fee output from the antenna. The fee is inputted to the identification card through the antenna, and can be achieved by the vehicle automatic toll collection system.

More preferably, a vehicle automatic toll collection system having a camera for identifying a license plate of a passing vehicle and capable of identifying the vehicle number of the passing vehicle through image recognition, which holds data on a model of the passing vehicle and is attached to the windshield of the vehicle. Toll and toll identification cards;

An antenna for recording information on a departure toll of the vehicle on an identification card and inputting and outputting a toll on the identification card; And

After holding information on the toll fee for each moving distance of various types of vehicles and reading the vehicle model data recorded on the identification card through the antenna, the toll gate fee to which the vehicle has moved is calculated from the fare output from the antenna and settled. It is also possible to achieve by the automatic vehicle toll collection system, characterized in that the input fee to the identification card through the antenna.

In addition, the object of the present invention is to charge and toll gate identification card for holding the data on the vehicle model and license plate of the traffic vehicle and attached to the windshield of the vehicle;

An antenna for recording information on a departure toll of the vehicle on an identification card and inputting and outputting a toll on the identification card; And

After holding information on the toll fee for each moving distance of various types of vehicles and reading the vehicle model data recorded on the identification card through the antenna, the toll gate fee to which the vehicle has moved is calculated from the fare output from the antenna and settled. It is also achievable by the automatic vehicle toll collection system, characterized in that the input fee is input to the identification card through the antenna.

Hereinafter, the features of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Explanatory drawing explaining wheel width, wheel rolling, wheelbase, and axle number.

The wheel width indicates the width of the wheel of the vehicle, the wheel width indicates the width of the tire of the vehicle, the wheel width indicates the distance between the axis and the axis of the vehicle wheel shaft, such as the front wheel shaft and the rear wheel shaft of the vehicle.

In the upper right of Figure 1 is a CCTV camera is installed. Vehicle number is recognized through CCTV camera.

A passenger car located in the right center of the vehicle, isolated from other vehicles, is intended to describe the garage detection device. An area sensor is provided on the left and right sides of the vehicle's driveway to detect the height of the vehicle by exploding the moment when the vehicle passes through the light sensor installed on the left and right side. It is important data. The main processor and the pass ticket issuer receive the wheelbase, wheelbase, wheel width, lease and garage data, and classify the vehicle types of the passing vehicle, and then issue the pass at the entrance tollgate.

FIG. 1 is for explaining the wheelbase and the number of wheels using other vehicles except for a passenger car which is located in the right center part and is isolated from other vehicles. In general, it can be seen that the wheelbase is farther away and the number of shafts increases from the small vehicle to the large vehicle.

Table 1 shows the vehicle model identification using the wheel width, wheel width, wheelbase and wheelbase data.

By using the classification criteria in Table 1, highway tolls for each type of vehicle may be differentially added. In addition, by using the data of the garage in addition to the data of Table 1 can be more accurately distinguish the car model.

2 is a schematic diagram showing a highway automatic toll gate system.

In the entry-side tollgate 30 and the entry-side tollgate 40, a garage detection device 14, an RF (Radio Frequecy) antenna 15, and a wheel width, leaching, bearing, and wheelbase detection device 13 are provided, respectively.

The fare and toll gate identification card 11 is an identification card that is generally attached to the windshield of the vehicle and has a built-in CMOS chip in which a prepaid amount is input like a conventional smart card and passes through an RF antenna 15 (Scan / Reader). It is activated by supplying its own instantaneous power in a way, and inputs tollgate ID and passing time from the entry side tollgate 30 through the internal RF module at the frequency of 200 MHz to 900 MHz and receives the charge deduction from the sideside tollgate 40 side. Play a role.

The RF antenna 15 (Scan / Reader) has a slim planar structure and is installed in the toll booth and is connected to the main computer 19 at the same time as the power supply is supplied at the time of passing through the vehicle equipped with the identification card 11, the entrance tollgate ID is entered at the entrance tollgate 30. Enter and enter the entry time, and the exit tollgate 40 reads the remaining balance and deducts the charge.

The wheel width, wheel width, wheelbase, and wheelbase detection devices 13 are installed on the floor of the tollgate entry side to measure the vehicle width and transmit the specifications of the vehicle to the main computer 19. Transmission was made to reduce the error.

The garage detection device 14 is an apparatus for installing an infrared light emitting part and a light receiving part on the left and right sides of the tollgate entry side to measure the height of the vehicle and transmit the specifications of the passing vehicle to the main computer 19.

The camera 17 is installed at the entry tollgate to read the vehicle license plate via the main computer 19 and transmits the inputted data to the central control station 18 in the case of the unpaid charge generation of the passing vehicle, the generation of illegal vehicles, and the like. .

The main computer 19 incorporates an accurate clock and inputs the passing time together with the ID of the entry tollgate 30 through the antenna to the identification card 11 at the entry tollgate 30 and at each exit tollgate 40 at the entry tollgate 30. The vehicle is classified by the resources input from the peripheral device, the fee is calculated, and the fee is deducted from the identification card through the antenna. In addition, the counting data such as various status signals of the toll station and the amount of the fee are interfaced with the terminal computer and transmitted remotely to the central control station.

When the traffic vehicle 10 with the fare and toll gate identification card 11 enters the entrance side tollgate 30, the RF antenna 15 enters the identification card 11 attached to the traffic vehicle 10, and the ID of the toll gate. And enter the pass time. At this time, if necessary, data sensed by the wheel width, wheeler, wheelbase and wheelbase detection device 13 and garage detection device 14 may be input to the identification card 11 or transmitted to the main computer 19.

The traffic vehicle 10 passes through the exit side toll booth 40 to reach the desired destination using the toll road 16.

When passing through the exit side tollgate 40, the RF antenna 15 reads the entry tollgate ID and the surplus amount remaining on the card on the identification card 11 attached to the traffic vehicle 10. In addition, using the data detected by the wheel width, wheel width, wheelbase, and wheelbase detection device 13 and the garage detection device 14, as shown in Table 1, the corresponding vehicle model was identified and the toll gate cost was installed in the central control room 18. After subtracting from the surplus amount of the identification card 11 using (19), the deducted amount can be input to the identification card 11 through the RF antenna and the surplus amount can be identified through the display apparatus although not shown in the drawing. You can also display the status of the card.

At this time, when the fee of the identification card 11 attached to the traffic vehicle 10 is insufficient, the vehicle number of the traffic vehicle 10 is recognized by using the camera 17 installed on the upper side of the exit toll booth 40, and then the center is recognized. The control room 18 can be made to notify the driver by mail of unpaid tolls.

At this time, if necessary, data about the vehicle model is previously input to the identification card 11, so that the wheel width, wheel width, wheelbase and wheelbase detection device 13 and the garage detection device 14 may not be used.

If necessary, the garage detection device 14 and the wheel width, which are installed in the exit side tollgate 40 by storing the vehicle number as well as the data of the vehicle model on the identification card issued to each of the traffic vehicles 10, The rounding, bearing and wheelbase detection device 13 may be omitted. In this case, the RF antenna 15 of the exit tollgate 40 must read more data from the identification card 11.

Through the automatic vehicle toll collection system of the present invention can not only ensure the smooth communication of traffic, but also have the additional function of providing traffic information to the traffic control center in terms of labor costs, fuel saving and remote monitoring system in terms of road maintenance. Can be.

In addition, the technology in this field will contribute to a wide range of applications, from advanced traffic management, advanced traffic information, advanced public transportation, advanced vehicles and road systems, and advanced logistics management systems. In addition to the reduction of energy consumption, indirectly, the importance of the energy saving effect and the strengthening of national competitiveness in other industries are also significant, and the accumulation of technology spread as applications such as remote control technology, communication technology, and new energy grafting technology The impact is huge.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary and should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. . Therefore, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Claims (4)

A vehicle automatic toll collection system capable of identifying a vehicle number of a passing vehicle through image recognition by providing a camera identifying a license plate of the passing vehicle, A charge and toll gate identification card attached to the vehicle windshield; An antenna for recording information on the departure toll gate of the vehicle on the toll and toll gate identification card and inputting and outputting the toll and toll gate on the toll gate identification card; A vehicle width sensing device for sensing a width of a traffic vehicle; A garage detection device for detecting a height of a traffic vehicle; And It holds information on the toll fee for each moving distance of various traffic vehicles, recognizes the vehicle type through the vehicle width sensing device and the garage sensing device, and calculates the toll gate fee to which the vehicle has moved from the fee output from the antenna. And inputting the fee into the identification card through the antenna. A vehicle automatic toll collection system capable of identifying a vehicle number of a passing vehicle through image recognition by providing a camera identifying a license plate of the passing vehicle, A fare and toll gate identification card, which holds data on the vehicle model of the traffic vehicle and is attached to a window of the vehicle; An antenna for recording information on the departure toll gate of the vehicle on the identification card and inputting and outputting a toll on the identification card; And After holding information on the toll fee for each moving distance of various types of vehicles and reading the vehicle model data recorded on the identification card through the antenna, the toll gate fee to which the vehicle has moved is calculated from the fare output from the antenna and settled. And inputting the fee into the identification card through the antenna. A fare and toll gate identification card that holds data about the vehicle model and license plate of the passing vehicle and is attached to the windshield of the vehicle; An antenna for recording information on the departure toll gate of the vehicle on the identification card and inputting and outputting a toll on the identification card; And After holding information on the toll fee for each moving distance of various types of vehicles and reading the vehicle model data recorded on the identification card through the antenna, the toll gate fee to which the vehicle has moved is calculated from the fare output from the antenna and settled. And inputting the fee into the identification card through the antenna. 4. The vehicle automatic toll collection system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the toll and toll gate identification card has a CMOS chip and is activated by supplying its instantaneous power in an electromagnetic manner while passing through an antenna.