CN114596644A

CN114596644A - ETC (electronic toll Collection) refueling charging system and charging method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN114596644A
Application number: CN202011396798.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林敬东; 陈燮奇
Original assignee: SHANGHAI SHOWLINX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Current assignee: Anhui Gaodeng Weixing Technology Co ltd; SHANGHAI SHOWLINX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Priority date: 2020-12-03
Filing date: 2020-12-03
Publication date: 2022-06-07

Abstract

The invention provides an ETC refuelling charging system, comprising: the terminal is positioned at each tanker parking space and comprises an antenna which is used for reading the information of the vehicle-mounted unit; the ETC control host computer that is equipped with the treater is connected with the parking stall terminal, and the ETC control host computer is connected with the ETC customer integrated service platform of distal end through the internet, and ETC customer integrated service platform is connected and is connected with the system of filling station and carries out data exchange and accomplish the charging of refueling. The invention aims to solve the problem of accurate positioning of an OBU vehicle in a refueling parking space of a keyboard type refueling machine.

Description

ETC (electronic toll Collection) refueling charging system and charging method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of electronic toll collection systems, in particular to an ETC (electronic toll collection) refueling and charging system and a charging method thereof.

Background

At present, a plurality of oiling machines of gas stations such as petroleum, medium and petrochemical industry and the like are in a keyboard key mode, and related information of vehicles, such as license plate information, can not be displayed basically, each side of the oiling machine is provided with 2 keyboards, 2 oiling guns and 2 parking spaces (some are 1 parking space), in order to acquire the license plate information in an OBU (vehicle-mounted unit) or a user card through an ETC (electronic toll collection system) antenna, the installation mode of the antenna is the installation mode similar to a highway ETC (electronic toll collection) lane, namely the antenna is top-mounted and has a certain inclination angle, the general transaction distance is about 10 meters, if the antenna is further far away, the transmitting power of the antenna far exceeds the national standard, if only 1 oiling machine in each lane adopts a phased array antenna, the OBU vehicle can be positioned, but the positioning of the OBU vehicle can not be realized by installing 2 oiling machines.

With the increasing number of vehicles and functions equipped with ETC, ETC-related modes are increasing, wherein ETC refueling is one of ETC expansion applications.

One existing scheme is to increase the antenna transmitting power by far exceeding the national relevant standards to forcibly manage more than 4 parking spaces. The defect is that the generated power exceeds the national standard, and the parking space cannot be accurately positioned.

Therefore, a scheme is needed to solve the problem of accurate positioning of the OBU vehicle in the refueling space of the keyboard-type refueling machine.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to an ETC refueling charging system and a charging method thereof. The problem of the accurate position of the unable accurate definite parking stall of current charging system is solved.

To achieve this object, the present invention provides an ETC fueling charging system including: the terminal is positioned at each oiling machine parking space and comprises an antenna, the antenna is used for reading information of the vehicle-mounted unit, and the display screen is used for displaying a payment state; the ETC control host computer that is equipped with the treater is connected with the parking stall terminal, and the ETC control host computer is connected with the ETC customer integrated service platform of distal end through the internet, and ETC customer integrated service platform is connected and is connected with the system of filling station and carries out data exchange and accomplish the charging of refueling.

Wherein, the lane branch controller is connected with a row of parking stall terminals at the same side of a row of oiling machines. Each fuel dispenser is provided with four terminals corresponding to four fuel dispensers. The terminal also comprises a display screen for displaying the license plate information and the payment state.

The ETC control host obtains the parking space information of the corresponding parking space of the corresponding oil gun when the oil gun is picked off. Or the ETC control host acquires the parking space information of the corresponding parking space after manually inputting the reservation code. And the ETC control host starts the corresponding antenna to read the license plate information in the OBU after obtaining the parking space information. License plate information in the OBU is a cipher text license plate in the OBU and a plaintext license plate in the user card, and the ETC client comprehensive service platform is allowed to refuel after comparison is consistent.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refueling charging method, comprising the following steps: the ETC vehicle stops at a refueling parking space on a specified lane to generate parking space information; the gas station system generates an order after receiving the corresponding parking space information and transmits the order to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform; the ETC customer comprehensive service platform sends the corresponding trigger signal to the ETC control host; the ETC control host calls a corresponding parking space antenna on a lane through a lane sub-controller to communicate with an OBU (on-board unit) and a user card on a vehicle stopped at the parking space, so that license plate information in the OBU is acquired; refuel and finish, the filling station system will refuel amount of money and convey ETC customer integrated service platform, and ETC customer integrated service platform deducts the fee.

The method comprises the steps that when the fuel is filled, the fuel filling station system sends the filling amount to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform, and the ETC customer comprehensive service platform deducts the fee. After the fee deduction is successful, the information is sent to the ETC control host, the corresponding information is displayed on the display screen by the ETC control host, and the whole refueling action is completed.

The oiling machine sends an order to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform, the ETC antenna searches for the corresponding OBU, and if the corresponding OBU is not found, the display is not identified. And the information that the OBU is not found is returned to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform and the gas station system, and the gas station system prompts to charge in other modes. If the OBU is found but not present, i.e., the OBU is not present, the antenna control system displays a card insertion request. And returning the information without the card to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform. The ETC customer comprehensive service platform reminds the user to insert the card, and instructs the gas station system to cancel the reservation code and reminds the user to insert the card. And after sending the prompt, the gas station system turns to an interface for inputting the reservation code on the corresponding interface. And if the ETC antenna searches for the corresponding OBU with the card, displaying the license plate number. And meanwhile, the clear text license plate and the OBU ciphertext license plate in the card are transmitted to an ETC client comprehensive service platform, and the ETC client comprehensive service platform compares whether the license plates are consistent or not. And if the license plate is inconsistent, the gas station system prompts to charge in other modes. And if the license plate is consistent with the license plate, the gas station system allows the gas station to refuel. And if the ETC antenna searches for the corresponding OBU with the card, displaying the license plate number. The antenna control system returns the license plate information to the gas station system, and the gas station system determines whether the license plate number is correct through automatic or manual comparison. If the license plate is wrong, the gas station system prompts to charge in other modes.

The invention has the beneficial effect that the scheme provided by the invention can be used for displaying the information related to the vehicle, such as the license plate information. The accurate positioning of the OBU vehicle at the refueling parking space is realized.

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic workflow diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The present invention is described in further detail below to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention with reference to the description.

The invention discloses a method for positioning an OBU vehicle through an ETC parking space antenna by adopting a key mode, which can accurately acquire the license plate information of the OBU vehicle which is refueled by adopting a certain refueling gun of a certain refueling machine. When the ETC vehicle stops on a refueling parking space on a specified lane, a refueling person selects a correct fuel gun and inputs a specified reservation code on a corresponding keyboard. And after receiving the corresponding reservation code, the gas station system generates an order and transmits the order to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform. And the ETC customer comprehensive service platform sends the corresponding trigger signal to the ETC control host. The ETC control host computer calls a corresponding parking space antenna on a lane through the lane sub-controller to communicate with an OBU (on-board unit) and a user card which are stopped on a vehicle at the parking space, so that a ciphertext license plate in the OBU and a plaintext license plate in the user card are obtained, the information is uploaded to the ETC client comprehensive service platform, and meanwhile, license plate information is displayed on the display screen. The filler judges whether unanimous with the actual license plate, if unanimous just refuels, refuels and finishes hanging the rifle, and filling station's system will refuel the amount of money and convey ETC customer integrated service platform. The ETC customer integrated service platform deducts the fee, sends the information to the ETC control host after the fee deduction is successful, and the ETC control host displays the corresponding information on the display screen, and the whole refueling action is completed. The reservation code is the number of the fueling gun or any other information capable of indicating the location of the parking space, and in some embodiments, removal of the fueling gun automatically generates the parking space location information to the fueling station system without any additional input.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a system diagram of an embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the system is divided into three levels. The first level is a terminal located at each tanker bay, which includes an antenna and a display screen. One oiling machine is provided with two parking spaces at one side. In this embodiment, there are four total fuel dispensers for two fuel dispensers. And the other side of the oiling machine is also provided with four terminals corresponding to the parking spaces. Four fuel dispensers thus have four columns of 16 terminals. The corresponding terminal numbers and locations may also be similarly derived for different numbers and locations of fuel dispensers. The second level is a lane divider. In this embodiment, each lane control unit is connected to a column of parking space terminals. Thus, there are a total of four lane dividers. In other embodiments, the lane controllers may also be connected to one or several specific parking space terminals according to specific rules. The third level is that the ETC control host is respectively connected with the lane sub-controllers.

The ETC control host is provided with a processing chip and is connected with an ETC customer comprehensive service platform at a far end through the Internet. The ETC customer integrated service platform is connected with a gas station system for data exchange.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic workflow diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment, the system comprises a gas station system, an ETC customer integrated service platform and an antenna control system. And selecting a gun number when the vehicle stops at a certain parking space of a certain lane in the gas station system. And inputting the reservation code on a corresponding fuel dispenser keyboard. The fuel dispenser sends an order to the ETC client comprehensive service platform, the ETC client comprehensive service platform judges whether the order is received, if not, the ETC client comprehensive service platform circulates automatically, and if so, a trigger signal is sent to the antenna control system. And the antenna control system judges whether a trigger signal is received or not, self-loops if the trigger signal is not received, and triggers the corresponding ETC antenna if the trigger signal is received.

The ETC antenna looks up the corresponding OBU, and if the corresponding OBU is not found, it is displayed as unidentified. And the information that the OBU is not found is returned to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform and the gas station system, and the gas station system prompts to charge in other modes.

If the OBU is found but not present, i.e., the OBU is not present, the antenna control system displays a card insertion request. And returning the information without the card to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform. The ETC customer comprehensive service platform reminds the user to insert the card, and instructs the gas station system to cancel the reservation code and reminds the user to insert the card. And after sending the prompt, the gas station system turns to an interface for inputting the reservation code on the corresponding interface.

And if the ETC antenna searches for the corresponding OBU with the card, displaying the license plate number. And meanwhile, the clear text license plate and the OBU ciphertext license plate in the card are transmitted to an ETC client comprehensive service platform, and the ETC client comprehensive service platform compares whether the license plates are consistent or not. And if the license plate is inconsistent, the gas station system prompts to charge in other modes. And if the license plate is consistent with the license plate, the gas station system allows the gas station to refuel.

And if the ETC antenna searches for the corresponding OBU with the card, displaying the license plate number. The antenna control system returns the license plate information to the gas station system, and the gas station system determines whether the license plate number is correct through automatic or manual comparison. If the license plate is wrong, the gas station system prompts to charge in other modes. And if the license plate is consistent with the license plate, the gas station system starts to refuel, and meanwhile, the money is deducted at the ETC customer comprehensive service platform, and the gas station system generates a refuel record to complete the transaction. The display can show the refueling state of the vehicle by showing the color of the license plate number, for example, red indicates that no payment is paid, or a default fee is recorded, or the balance is insufficient. Green indicates that a debit or off-system manual or electronic payment has been made, which may be cleared.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart of another example of the present invention. In this embodiment, the vehicle is first parked in a certain position in a certain lane. And selecting a fuel gun number and inputting a reservation code specified by the parking space on a corresponding fuel gun keyboard. At this time, the system starts the corresponding ETC antenna to acquire the license plate information in the OBU and the card. The LED display screen displays the license plate. And the system or the manual work judges whether the license plate obtained from the OBU and the card is consistent, if not, the system judges that the operation corresponding to the reservation code is invalid and does not refuel, and if so, the system refuels. And deducting and generating a record after the refueling is finished.

While embodiments of the invention have been disclosed above, it is not intended to be limited to the uses set forth in the specification and examples. It can be applied to all kinds of fields suitable for the present invention. Additional modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the invention is not to be limited to the specific details and illustrations shown and described herein, without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

ETC refuels charging system, its characterized in that includes:

the terminal is positioned at each fuel dispenser parking space and comprises an antenna which is used for reading the OBU information;

the ETC control host computer that is equipped with the treater is connected with the parking stall terminal, and the ETC control host computer is connected with the ETC customer integrated service platform of distal end through the internet, and ETC customer integrated service platform is connected and is connected with the system of filling station and carries out data exchange and accomplish the charging of refueling.
2. The ETC fueling and toll collection system according to claim 1 wherein the ETC fueling and toll collection system further comprises lane slaves connected to a same one-row parking lot terminal of a row of fuel dispensers, the ETC control host being connected to the lane slaves respectively.
3. The ETC fueling charging system of claim 1, wherein the antenna is disposed above the bays, one bay.
4. The ETC fueling charging system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal further includes a display screen for displaying the payment status.
5. The ETC fueling charging system according to claim 1, wherein the ETC control host obtains parking space information of a parking space corresponding to a corresponding grease gun when the grease gun is removed.
6. The ETC fueling charging system according to claim 1, wherein the ETC control host obtains the parking space information of the corresponding parking space after manually inputting the reservation code.
7. The ETC fueling and charging system according to any one of claims 5 or 6, wherein the ETC control host starts the corresponding antenna to read license plate information in the OBU after obtaining the parking space information.
8. The ETC fueling charging system according to claim 7, wherein the license plate information in the OBU is a cipher text license plate in the OBU and a plaintext license plate in the user card, and the ETC customer integrated service platform permits fueling after comparison.
The ETC refueling charging method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the ETC vehicle stops at a refueling parking space on a specified lane to generate parking space information;

the gas station system generates an order after receiving the corresponding parking space information and transmits the order to the ETC customer comprehensive service platform;

the ETC customer comprehensive service platform sends the corresponding trigger signal to the ETC control host;

the ETC control host calls a corresponding parking space antenna on a lane through a lane sub-controller to communicate with an OBU (on-board unit) and a user card on a vehicle stopped at the parking space, so that license plate information in the OBU is acquired;

refuel and finish, the filling station system will refuel amount of money and convey ETC customer integrated service platform, and ETC customer integrated service platform deducts the fee.
10. The ETC fueling charging method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of sending the information to the ETC control host after the fee deduction is successful, the ETC control host displaying the corresponding information on the display screen, and the entire fueling action being completed.
11. The ETC fueling charging method according to claim 9, wherein the fueling machine sends an order to the ETC customer integrated service platform, the ETC antenna searches for the corresponding OBU, if the corresponding OBU is not found, the display is not recognized, and the information that the OBU is not found is returned to the ETC customer integrated service platform and the gas station system, and the gas station system prompts to charge in other manners.
12. The ETC fueling charging method according to claim 9, wherein if the OBU is found but there is no card, i.e., the OBU has no card, the antenna control system displays a card insertion request and returns card-free information to the ETC customer integrated service platform; the ETC customer comprehensive service platform reminds a user to insert a card, instructs the gas station system to cancel the reservation code and reminds the user to insert the card, and the gas station system sends the prompt and then turns to an interface for inputting the reservation code on the corresponding interface.
13. The ETC fueling charging method according to claim 9, wherein if the ETC antenna finds a corresponding card OBU, the number of the license plate is displayed, and the clear text license plate and the OBU cipher text license plate in the card are transmitted to the ETC customer integrated service platform, and the ETC customer integrated service platform compares whether the license plates are consistent. If the license plate is inconsistent, the gas station system prompts to charge in other modes, and if the license plate is consistent, the gas station system allows to refuel.
14. The ETC fueling charging method according to claim 9, wherein if the ETC antenna finds a corresponding card OBU, a license plate number is displayed, the antenna control system returns license plate information to the gas station system, the gas station system determines whether the license plate number is correct through automatic or manual comparison, and if the license plate is wrong, the gas station system prompts to charge in other manners.