JP2000020768A - Toll collection system and radio on-vehicle machine and radio collection machine and method for collecting charge - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To operate each system without closing a traffic lane even when any partial failure is generated by showing that only a vehicle which can operate charge collection by one processing means can enter in the direction of a charge collection booth. SOLUTION: When radio controllers 12 and 13 and a card processor 16 are normal, a traffic lane controller 18 displays a mixed traffic lane on a guide display 17 and communicates that all equipments are normal to the radio controller 12, and the mixed traffic lane is transmitted by an antenna 11a in a road side system. When the radio controllers 12 and 13 are normal, and the card processor 16 is abnormal, a traffic lane exclusive for an ETC (a vehicle on which an on-vehicle equipment 1 is loaded) is displayed and transmitted. When the card processor 16 is normal, and the radio controllers 12 and 13 are abnormal, a non-ETC traffic lane is displayed and transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toll collection system to be introduced on, for example, a toll road, a vehicle-mounted device, a toll collection device, and a toll calculation method for a toll collection system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A toll collection system is a system in which a vehicle is installed at a toll gate between a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a passing vehicle and a wireless receiver of a roadside system installed at a plurality of booths at a toll gate. This enables information to be collected and received by wireless communication, and the toll collection can be performed automatically without the intervention of the collection staff.

In this system, a booth (hereinafter referred to as a dedicated lane) for processing only a vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle device (hereinafter referred to as an ETC vehicle) and a vehicle (hereinafter referred to as a non-ETC vehicle) having no on-vehicle device are provided. ) And a booth (hereinafter referred to as a mixed lane) that performs processing for both ETC vehicles, and each has a different system configuration for each lane.

[0004] For example, a roadside system is provided in a toll collection booth in a mixed lane, and this roadside system is configured to be able to collect tolls by cash or a prepaid card, for example, in addition to wireless communication. .

Further, in this roadside system, not only an antenna for communicating wireless data directly related to toll collection but also some toll gates mainly have an E in front of a toll gate.
Some places have installed an advance notice antenna to provide guidance information to TC vehicles.

[0006] As a vehicle-mounted device, a so-called one-piece type in which a data storage unit and a wireless interface unit are integrated, and a data storage unit such as an IC card are provided with a wireless interface. Attach to the on-board unit that stores vehicle information to perform wireless communication. 2
There is something called a piece type.

As toll roads, there are roads for which tolls are charged at a fixed rate and roads for which distances are charged. On a toll road with distance,
In general, long-distance reduction measures are applied to tolls, and it is structured that traveling continuously over long distances is cheaper than traveling the same road separately.

By the way, on toll roads, due to bad weather or accidents, it is sometimes necessary to take measures (hereinafter referred to as forced outflow) to leave the toll road against the will of the user.

In this case, there is a system for discounting tolls on the second and subsequent toll roads. A "transit ticket" is issued to a non-ETC vehicle at the time of forced outflow, and the vehicle travels on the toll road again to reduce the toll. You get a discount when you pay.

When the vehicle is an ETC vehicle, information such as "transit information" and "re-entrant tollgate information" is written into an on-vehicle device or an IC card at the time of forced outflow. An operation is considered in which discounting is possible by checking this information.

[0011]

In a lane (mixed lane) in which a system for automatically collecting road usage fees by wireless communication and a system for collecting tolls by giving and receiving a normal toll ticket are mixed, only wireless communication is used. For example, while it is possible to collect tolls with cash or prepaid cards, if an abnormality occurs in a wireless device, even if the toll collection process is possible without operating the system on that side, the lane itself Must be "closed", and there is a problem that the value of mixing the systems is lost.

In the case of a two-piece type vehicle-mounted device, increasing the types of IC cards makes it possible to perform various operational uses, for example, operation as a credit card or operation as a commuter pass or tour pass. However, recording the same personal information (account number, name, personal identification number, etc.) on several types of cards not only reduces the storage area of the recording media, but also leaks personal information due to theft or loss. Is not preferred.

Further, when data such as "transit information" and "re-entry tollgate information" are written in a vehicle-mounted device or an IC card at the time of forced outflow in order to apply a transit discount, for example, due to bad weather, the traffic is closed. If the section changes and the re-entry toll booth changes, it should be possible to re-enter from the changed toll booth.
If the data is written on the C card, there is a possibility that the person in charge cannot judge the changed contents and cannot re-enter from the toll booth. Also, there is a possibility that "transit information" or "re-entrant tollgate information" written on the on-vehicle device or the IC card may be misused.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and a system for automatically collecting road use tolls by wireless communication and a system for collecting tolls by giving and receiving ordinary toll tickets are mixed. A feature of the present invention is to provide a toll collection system that can operate the systems individually without closing the lanes even if a partial failure occurs in any of the systems in a lane (mixed lane). In addition, the present invention, when forcibly draining a vehicle using a toll road, recording transit discount information on an electric and magnetic information recording medium such as an in-vehicle device or an IC card mounted on the vehicle,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a toll collection system that can receive a transit discount correctly when the vehicle reuses a toll road in a correct way.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a toll collection system in which when using a plurality of cards, personal information is recorded on only one card so that the usage of other cards and the recording area can be expanded. It is an object.

[0016]

In order to achieve the above object, a toll collection system according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided in a toll collection booth on a toll road, and includes a wireless on-board unit mounted on a vehicle. A first processing unit that performs a toll road usage fee collection process by performing wireless communication, and a second processing unit that performs a toll road usage fee collection process by passing a toll ticket at the toll collection booth In the case where a failure occurs in one of the first and second processing means, it informs that only the vehicle which can collect the toll by the other processing means can enter in the direction of the toll booth. Notification means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection system according to the first aspect, wherein the notifying unit is configured to execute the processing when the first processing unit fails.
It is characterized by including a display means for displaying that a toll collection process is to be performed on vehicles entering the toll booth based on a toll ticket.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection system according to the first aspect, wherein the notifying unit is configured to execute the processing when the second processing unit fails.
It is characterized by including a display means for displaying that the toll collection process is to be performed by wireless communication for vehicles entering the toll booth.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection system according to the first aspect, wherein the notifying unit is configured to execute the first processing unit when a failure occurs.
It is characterized by including wireless guiding means for guiding the lane to another toll collection booth by wireless communication to the wireless vehicle-mounted device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection system, wherein a usage fee corresponding to a distance traveled on a toll road is collected at an exit of the toll road, and the discount increases as the travel distance increases. In a toll collection system of the form, when a vehicle using the toll road is forcibly exited from a certain exit, forced outflow information for re-entering from a predetermined entrance on the toll road applying a discount condition. And an outflow information writing means for writing reentrant entrance information to an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle or an information recording medium detachable from the on-vehicle device, and a vehicle entering the entrance of the toll road is provided on the vehicle. If the device was mounted, read information from the wireless on-board device or information recording medium, if the outflow information and reentrant entrance information was recorded,
A determination unit that determines whether the vehicle should be allowed to enter the entrance as a discount-applied vehicle by checking whether the entrance is set as a reentrant entrance; and a determination by the determination unit. When the entry to the entrance is permitted as a result, the vehicle-mounted device or the means for additionally recording re-entry information on the information recording medium and the vehicle exiting from the exit of the toll road are equipped with the vehicle-mounted device. In such a case, the information is read from the on-vehicle wireless device or the information recording medium, and based on whether or not the re-entrance information is recorded, it is determined whether to apply a discount to the toll collection process at the exit. Means and means for executing toll collection processing in accordance with the result of the judgment by the judging means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the toll collection system according to the fifth aspect, when the entrance is not set as a reentrant entrance, the determination means controls the system. It is characterized by inquiring and checking the device.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection system according to the fifth aspect, wherein the outflow information writing means further writes outflow time information to the information recording medium. I have.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection system according to the sixth aspect, wherein the judging means judges the discount application based on the outflow time information.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection method according to the present invention, wherein a usage fee corresponding to a distance traveled on a toll road is collected at an exit of the toll road, and the discount increases as the travel distance increases. A toll collection method used in a system of the form, wherein when a vehicle using the toll road is forcibly exited from a certain exit, a discount condition is applied from a predetermined entrance on the toll road. The vehicle that enters the entrance of the toll road by writing the forced outflow information and the reentrant entrance information for re-entry into an on-vehicle wireless device mounted on the vehicle or an information recording medium detachable from the on-vehicle wireless device. If the in-vehicle wireless device is mounted, information is read from the in-vehicle wireless device or the information recording medium, and if the forced outflow information and the reentrant entrance information are recorded, the own entrance is By checking whether or not the vehicle is set as a possible entrance, it is determined whether or not the vehicle should be allowed to enter the entrance as a discount-applied vehicle, and as a result of this determination, entry to the entrance is permitted. In the case where the discount application information and the forced outflow exit information are additionally recorded on the wireless vehicle-mounted device or the information recording medium, and the vehicle exiting from the exit of the toll road is equipped with the wireless vehicle-mounted device,
When information is read from the wireless on-board unit or the information recording medium and the discount application information and the compulsory outflow exit information are recorded, whether to apply a discount to the toll collection process at the exit based on these information is determined. It is characterized in that a fee collection process is executed according to the result of the determination.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless vehicle-mounted device which is mounted on a vehicle and performs a toll collection process by wireless communication with a wireless receiver installed at an entrance or an exit of a toll road. A first information recording medium in which at least information on entrances and exits of the toll road through which the vehicle has passed and personal information necessary for paying the usage fee by debiting the account, and using the toll road, Of the second information recording medium in which the information of the condition or the amount of money is written at least, a slot in which at least the first information recording medium can be inserted and removed, and at least one information recording medium is mounted in the slot, Means for reading information from the information recording medium, determining the type of the information recording medium, and generating in-vehicle device information according to the determination result; and the wireless receiver And and means for transmitting the vehicle-mounted device information in response to al requirements. An on-vehicle wireless device according to claim 11 is mounted on a vehicle and performs a toll collection process by wireless communication with a wireless receiver installed at an entrance or an exit of a toll road. A first slot in which a first information recording medium in which at least information on an entrance and an exit of a toll road that has passed and personal information necessary for paying the usage fee by debiting is inserted, and the toll road; And a second slot into which a second information recording medium on which at least information on conditions or amount of money is written is inserted and removed.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the wireless on-vehicle device according to the eleventh aspect, the first on-vehicle device mounted on the first slot is used to pay a usage fee using the toll road. Means for reading at least personal information from the information recording medium, means for reading at least information on payment terms from the second information recording medium mounted in the second slot, and personal information read from each of the information recording media. Wireless communication means for transmitting information on payment conditions to the wireless receiver and receiving write information from the wireless receiver, based on the write information received from the wireless receiver by the wireless communication means, The first and second slots respectively mounted in first and second slots;
Means for updating the recorded content of the information recording medium.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication device for wirelessly communicating with a vehicle-mounted device and receiving vehicle-mounted device information for a vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device to pay a toll road usage fee. Means for reading the in-vehicle device information received from the wireless communication device, and determining the type of the information recording medium mounted on the wireless in-vehicle device based on the type information included in the read in-vehicle device information If the type of the information recording medium determined by the determining means is a combination of the first information for performing the post-payment process of debiting the usage fee and the second information including the prepaid amount, And receiving means for executing a receiving process based on the second information included in the received in-vehicle device information.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the wireless receiver according to the thirteenth aspect, when a shortage occurs in the receiving process using the first information, the shortage is reduced to the second amount. It is characterized in that the account is debited based on the information.

That is, in the case of the inventions described in claims 1 to 4, if a failure occurs in one of the first and second processing means, only the vehicle which can receive the toll by the other processing means is charged. A lane (mixed lane) in which a system that automatically collects toll road tolls by wireless communication and a system that collects tolls by giving and receiving ordinary toll tickets are mixed because it notifies that it is possible to enter the direction of the collection booth. In the above, even when a partial failure occurs in any of the systems, the systems can be operated individually without closing the lane itself.

For example, when a failure occurs in the first processing means, a process of collecting usage fees based on a toll ticket for vehicles entering the toll collection booth, that is, "non-ETC"
Lane. " Further, when a failure occurs in the second processing means, the processing to collect the usage fee by wireless communication with respect to the vehicle entering the toll booth, that is, "ET
C-only lane. " Further, when a failure occurs in the first processing means, the control unit instructs the wireless on-board unit to change the approach direction of the vehicle by wireless communication. Further, when a failure occurs in the first processing means, it is possible to perform an operation of guiding the lane to another toll collection booth by wireless communication to the wireless vehicle-mounted device.

In the case of the inventions of claims 5 to 9, in order to prevent duplication or transfer, a recording medium such as paper is not used as proof of forced outflow, and an electric or magnetic card such as an IC card is used at a toll booth. The proof information that the vehicle has leaked is written to a suitable information recording medium. At the toll booth, in order to specify the toll booth to be re-entered, the outflow information, for example, the forced outflow flag, etc., is turned on as proof information, and the re-entry toll booth information, which is the re-entry toll booth information, is recorded on the IC card. Check at the entrance toll booth where you write and re-enter.

If the road conditions change due to bad weather or the like during the forced outflow and the toll gate number that can be re-entered in the IC card data read at the toll gate to be re-entered does not include its own toll gate, If this is the case, it will be determined that the discount is not applicable. However, in the present invention, if the toll booth number that can be re-entered in the IC card data read at the re-entry toll booth does not include the own toll booth, the management is performed. If the own tollgate is newly set as a reentrant tollgate by inquiring of the device, the setting is changed to be a reentrant tollgate.

If the driving route is not one-way at the final exit after re-entry, the discount will not be applied. Therefore, the forced outflow toll gate number of the data read at the exit after re-entry, the re-entry toll gate The traveling direction is determined from the number and the own tollgate number, which is the exit that finally exits. Therefore, fraudulent use of the reentry discount can also be prevented.

In the case of the present invention, when at least one information recording medium is mounted in the slot, the wireless on-vehicle device reads information from the information recording medium and determines the type of the information recording medium. The in-vehicle device information is generated according to the determination result. Then, the in-vehicle device information is transmitted in response to a request from the wireless receiver.

When the vehicle-mounted device is provided with first and second slots, a first information recording medium in which personal information is written is mounted in the first slot, and other information recording media are mounted in the second slot. The second information recording medium, for example, a prepaid card or a tour card is mounted. Then, when transmitting the in-vehicle device information, the in-vehicle device information is generated by combining the respective information. Therefore, the first information recording medium can be used as a main card in which personal information is written, and the second information recording medium can be used for various purposes by writing toll road conditions and price information without personal information.

As a result, when using a plurality of cards, 1
By recording personal information only on one card, the operational use and recording area of other cards can be expanded.

[0037]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an ETC non-stop automatic toll collection system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle mounted on the vehicle, which stores vehicle information, traffic information, and the like, and has an informing means for informing the driver of display guidance, voice guidance, and guidance by wireless communication. The in-vehicle device is capable of communicating with the roadside system 2 by wireless communication (wireless communication).

The roadside system 2 includes a plurality of antennas 11a,
11b, wireless control devices 12, 13, vehicle detection device 14,
It comprises a vehicle type discriminating device 15, a card processor 16, a guidance display 17 as one of notification means, a lane control device 18, and the like.

The antennas 11a and 11b are used for wireless communication with the in-vehicle device 1 of a moving vehicle. The antenna 11a is mainly used as a notice antenna as one of notification means. The antenna 11b is mainly used for communication of toll collection data. The radio controller 12 transmits a radio signal from the antenna 11a and exchanges information with the lane controller 18 using an internal bus. The wireless controller 13 transmits a wireless signal from the antenna 11b and exchanges information with the lane controller 18 using an internal bus. The vehicle detection device 14 detects the entry of a vehicle. The vehicle type discrimination device 15 discriminates the vehicle type of the approaching vehicle. The card processor 16 reads and writes information from a passport as a magnetic recording medium, and reads and writes information on a prepaid card. An input unit operated by a clerk and a display unit for displaying processing contents Etc. The guidance display 17 displays the type of lane (such as an ECT-only lane, a non-ETC lane, or a mixed lane). The lane control device 18 performs not only the calculation of the toll of the passing vehicle and the aggregation of the data, but also the information input / output control with each device unit.

FIG. 2 shows each toll booth 1 at the tollgate gate.
FIG. 9 is a layout diagram of each device of the roadside system 2 in the vicinity of 9;
As shown in the figure, the antenna 11a is installed before branching into each lane entering in the direction of each toll collection booth 19. The guidance display 17 is further before the antenna 11,
That is, it is installed in an easily visible place such as above each lane entrance of each toll collection booth 19. The vehicle detection device 14 is installed at each lane entrance after branching into each lane of each toll collection booth 19. The antenna 11b is installed on the traveling direction side of the vehicle detection device 14. The card processor 16 and the lane controller 18 are installed in a toll collection booth 19 where a clerk is present.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the lane controller 18. As shown in the figure, a lane control device 18 includes a CPU 31 for controlling the entire device, a memory 32 as a work area of the CPU 31, a wireless control device I / F unit 33 for communicating with the wireless control device 13, a vehicle detection device. The display data is output to the input control unit 34 to which the vehicle type detection information is input from the device 14 through the vehicle type determination device 15, the card processing machine I / F unit 35 for communicating with the card processing machine 16, and the guidance display 18. It has an output control unit 36 and the like.

Hereinafter, the operation of the ETC non-stop automatic toll collection system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the lane controller 18. In the following flowchart,
Step is described as S.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lane controller 18 transmits a self-diagnosis request to know the operation status of the radio controllers 12 and 13 (S101).

Further, a self-diagnosis of a card processor used for input / output of non-wireless information is performed (S102).

Here, if both the wireless controllers 12 and 13 and the card processor 16 are abnormal (S103),
"Lane closed" is displayed on the guidance display 17 (S104),
The wireless controller 12 is notified of "lane closing" (S10
5), "lane closed" is transmitted from the antenna 11a (S106).

In the self-diagnosis processing in S101 and S102, when both devices are normal (S10
7) The "mixed lane" is displayed on the guidance display 17 (S10).
8), and notifies the wireless control device 12 that all devices are normal (S10
9) "A mixed lane" is transmitted from the antenna 11a (S110).

If the result of the self-diagnosis of the card processor 16 in S102 is normal, and there is a notification of "abnormal" from the radio control devices 12 and 13 in response to the self-diagnosis request in S101, or there is no response. (YE of S111)
S), "Non-ETC lane" is displayed on the guidance display 17 (S)
112), the wireless controller 12 is notified of the "wireless device abnormality" (S113), and the "non-ETC lane" is transmitted from the antenna 11a.
Is transmitted (S114).

The self-diagnosis results of the wireless controllers 12 and 13 in S101 are normal, and the card processor 1 in S102
If the result of the self-diagnosis is abnormal (S111:
NO), "ETC dedicated lane" is displayed on the guidance display 17 (S115), "Card processor abnormal" is notified to the wireless control devices 12 and 13 (S116), and "ETC dedicated lane" is transmitted from the antenna 11a. Is performed (S117).

The lane control device 18 is a vehicle type discriminating device 15
Then, input of vehicle detection information from the vehicle detection device 14 is waited for via (S118).

When the vehicle detection information is input (S11)
9), the lane controller 18 issues a wireless communication start request to the wireless controller 13 (S120), and wireless waves are transmitted from the wireless controller 13 via the antenna 11b (S12).
1). Thereafter, the lane controller 18 waits for the in-vehicle device information of the response to the wireless communication start request to be returned from the in-vehicle device 1 (S122).

When the on-vehicle device information from the on-vehicle device 1 is input to the lane control device 18 via the wireless control device 13 (S1).
23) The lane controller 18 calculates the toll based on the on-vehicle device information (S124), sends the toll collection data to the wireless controller 13 (S125), and converts the toll collection data received by the wireless controller 13 into the toll collection data. The signal is transmitted from the antenna 11b to the vehicle-mounted device 1 (S126). As a result, the vehicle-mounted in-vehicle device 1 writes the received toll collection data into its own memory.

In the state of waiting for the input of the on-vehicle device information (S1)
22) If there is no response even after waiting for a predetermined time (S12)
7) The lane controller 18 sends a “wireless communication stop request” to the wireless controller 13 (S128), and sends the “wireless communication stop request” received by the wireless controller 13 to the onboard unit 1 from the antenna 11b. (S12
9), "Non-ETC vehicle" is displayed on the display unit of the card processor 16 (S130).

When the non-ETC vehicle stops at the position of the toll collection booth 19, a clerk receives a toll ticket from the driver of the non-ETC vehicle, and the toll ticket is inserted into the card processor 16.
The card processor 16 reads the information on the toll ticket and passes it to the lane controller 18.

When the lane controller 18 receives the information on the toll ticket (S131). The toll is calculated based on this information (S132). The lane control device 18 totals (cumulatively) the charge data and the like calculated in the processing of S132 and the processing of S124 to 126 (S133), and returns to the state of S101.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the wireless control device 12. The wireless controller 12 is a lane controller 1
8 is always waiting for data input (SS201).

If the data received from the lane controller 18 is "all devices are normal" (S202), a "mixed lane" is notified via the antenna 11 (S203).

On the other hand, when the data received from the lane control device 18 is "abnormal in the radio equipment only" (S204), the "non-ETC lane" is notified to the vehicle-mounted device 1 via the antenna 11 (S205).

If the data received from the lane controller 18 is "abnormal only in the card processor" (S206),
The ETC lane is notified to the on-vehicle device 1 via the antenna 11 (S207).

Further, when the data received from the lane control device 18 is "abnormality of all devices" (S208), "vehicle closing" is notified to the vehicle-mounted device 1 via the antenna 11 (S208).
209).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the wireless control device 13. The wireless control device 13 normally waits for data input from the lane control device 18 (S301).

If the data received from the lane controller is a "self-diagnosis request" (S302), a self-diagnosis process is performed (S303), and the result of the self-diagnosis process is notified to the lane controller 18 (S304).

If the data received from the lane controller 18 is a "radio communication start request" (S305), the radio data is transmitted via the antenna 11b (S30).
6) Waiting for the on-vehicle device information from the on-vehicle device 1 and, when the on-vehicle device information is received from the on-vehicle device 1 (S307), the received on-vehicle device information is passed to the lane controller 18 (S308).

If the data received from the lane controller 18 is not a "wireless communication start request" (NO in S305) but is a "wireless communication stop request" (S309), the antenna 11
The transmission of the radio wave from b is stopped (S310).

As described above, according to the ETC non-stop automatic toll collection system of the first embodiment, ETC, non-E
If degraded operation with limited functions is possible even if some of the devices that collect tolls in the CT-mixed lane are abnormal, this is displayed on the guidance display 17 and limited to passing vehicles. It can be notified that the vehicle is in operation, and the driver of the vehicle traveling in the lane can select an appropriate lane according to the function of the own vehicle.

In addition to the guidance display by the guidance display 17, the in-vehicle device 1 is also wirelessly communicated from the notice antenna 11 a.
The driver of the ETC vehicle does not need to look at the guidance display 17 to determine whether the lane is ETC-capable or impossible lane without looking at the guidance display 17. If ETC is not possible, it is possible to smoothly change to another ETC lane before approaching the booth, and troubles in mixed lanes can be prevented.

In this embodiment, a description has been given of the case where a toll ticket is passed through non-ETC toll collection processing. However, the same applies to a system that does not use a toll ticket such as a road with a flat fee.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment according to the present invention.
It is a figure showing the composition of the wireless toll collection system of an embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 40 denotes a vehicle. The vehicle 40 has a vehicle-mounted device 41 in which vehicle-mounted device information such as vehicle information and traffic information is stored. This on-board unit 4
1 is provided with a means for notifying a driver, such as a display unit and voice guidance, and a wireless communication means for communicating with the roadside system 42 by wireless communication (wireless communication).

The roadside system 42 includes an antenna 43, a radio control unit 44, a plurality of sensors 45 as vehicle detecting means,
It comprises a lane control device 46, a data processing device 47 and the like.

The antenna 43 is an antenna for wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device 41 of the vehicle 40, and is used for communication of notice information, toll collection information, and the like. Wireless control device 44
Transmits a radio signal from the antenna 43 and exchanges information with the lane controller 46 using the internal bus. Each of the sensors 45 is a pair of, for example, an optical sensor or an ultrasonic sensor disposed so as to cross the lane. Each sensor 45 is provided in each lane so as to be arranged in the traveling direction of the vehicle, and detects the approach of the vehicle 40 in order. The lane control device 46 controls information input and output with each of the above device units.
The data processing device 47 is connected to a management device of a management center that controls and manages the entire system. The data processing device 47 receives information as a forced spill interchange (forced spill IC) or information as a re-entrant IC from the management device. It exchanges information with the control device 46 and performs processing such as toll calculation and data aggregation for passing vehicles.

First, an outline of a normal processing operation for each vehicle in the wireless toll collection system will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the vehicle 40 traveling on this lane passes the first sensor 45 (S40)
1) In response to a communication request command from the lane controller 46, the wireless controller 44 generates a wireless communication signal and
Transmission is started from 3 as a radio wave.

The vehicle-mounted device 41 that has received the radio wave returns vehicle-mounted device information, that is, data such as vehicle information and traffic information. When the data is received by the antenna 43, the data is transmitted to the lane control device through the wireless control device 44. It is output to 46.

When the data is read by the lane controller 46 (S402), a predetermined process is performed based on the data, and
The processing result data, that is, the write data is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 41 through the antenna 43 (S403), and the in-vehicle device information of the in-vehicle device 41 that has received the write data is updated. The above-mentioned predetermined processing is different between the entrance and the exit,
In the case of the entrance, the processing includes adding the entrance information to the received in-vehicle device information. In the case of the exit, the processing includes the collation processing of the received in-vehicle equipment information, the collection processing of the usage fee, and the like.

Next, a specific operation of the wireless toll collection system will be described with reference to a moving pattern of a certain vehicle.

This movement pattern is, as shown in FIG.
A vehicle 40 enters a toll road from tollgate A, and arrow a
It is assumed that the vehicle has traveled in the traveling direction. And toll booth B ~
If the road is closed at point X between toll gates C, vehicle 40
Is forcibly discharged from tollgate B. The vehicle 40 reenters the toll road from the tollgate D again. At this time, it is assumed that the toll gates D, E and F on the toll road are designated as reentrant toll gates. Reentry by forced outflow on this toll road is permitted for a specified time after the forced outflow, for example, within 24 hours.
0 means that the vehicle passes through tollgate D and gets off from tollgate I within this specified time.

In this case, when the vehicle 40 travels toward the exit booth where the roadside system 42 of the tollgate B is disposed to get off the tollgate B, the roadside system 42
The data is returned from the vehicle-mounted device 41 of the vehicle 40 by wireless communication with the antenna 43.

When this data is read by the lane control device 46, the lane control device 46 performs processing such as toll calculation based on the data, and sets normal write data to the vehicle-mounted device 41 (S501 in FIG. 10).

Subsequently, the lane control device 46 checks whether or not the lane control device 46 is set as a forced outflow interchange (forced outflow IC) from the system side (S502). At the time when the toll gate B to the toll gate C are closed, the lane control device 46 receives the setting information as a forced outflow IC from the management device of the system management center through the data processing device 47 and stores it in the internal memory. Is stored.

As a result of this confirmation, since the tollgate B is currently set as the forced outflow IC in the system, the write data as the forced outflow IC is additionally set.
503 to S505).

As the write data to be added, as shown in FIG. 11, the exit write data includes a forced outflow flag (here, the presence flag “1”), a forced outflow time (for example, 15:35), Set possible toll booth numbers, etc. In this case, "0
04 (tollgate D), "005" (tollgate E), "00"
6 "(tollgate F) and the like are set.

After setting all the write data in this way, the lane control device 46 passes the write data to the wireless control device 44 and transmits it to the vehicle-mounted device 41 (S50).
6). As a result, the reentry discount information is recorded in the on-vehicle device 41.

Next, when the vehicle 40 that has exited the toll road travels on a general road up to the end of the closed road, and enters the tollgate D, which is one of the tollgates that can be re-entered to enter the toll road again. The operation of the roadside system 42 at the tollgate D will be described.

As shown by an arrow d in FIG.
When entering, at the tollgate D, the lane control device 46
When the data is read from the in-vehicle device 41 of 0, the lane control device 46 performs a normal process at the entrance based on the data and sets normal write data to the in-vehicle device 41 (S601 in FIG. 12).

The forced outflow flag of the read data is "1" (ON) (YES in S602), tollgate D is a reentrant tollgate (S603), and within 24 hours after the forcible outflow. Since it has passed (S604), FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, additional data of a discount application flag “1”, a forced outflow tollgate (tollgate B), and a re-entry tollgate (tollgate D, etc.) are set in the write data.

The lane control device 46 clears the forced outflow data written in the vehicle-mounted device 40 at the time of the forced outflow (S607).

When the write data is set, the lane control device 46 passes the write data to the wireless control device 44 and transmits it to the vehicle-mounted device 41 (S608). As a result, information indicating that the reentry discount is applicable is recorded in the vehicle-mounted device 41.

After the vehicle 40 reenters the toll road from the toll gate D and travels on the toll road in this way, when the vehicle 40 heads to the toll booth of the toll gate I to get off the toll gate I, the vehicle 40 is the roadside system 4 in front of the booth
2 is detected by the second sensor 45. Then, wireless communication is performed by the antenna 43 and data from the vehicle-mounted device 41 is received.

When the lane controller 46 reads the data (on-vehicle device data) from the on-vehicle device 41 (S70 in FIG. 14).
1), the lane control device 46 executes a determination process based on the on-vehicle device data (S702 to S703), and searches a fee table corresponding to each determination process result (S704, S704).
S705). As the charge table, a normal charge table and a discount table discounted from the normal charge are prepared in advance.

That is, the lane controller 46 first determines whether or not the discount application flag of the on-vehicle device data is ON (S702). If the discount application flag is not ON, a normal charge is searched (S705).

On the other hand, if the discount application flag of the
If it is N, subsequently, the traveling direction of the vehicle 40 from the forced outflow until now is determined based on each tollgate information included in the on-vehicle device data. In other words, it is determined whether or not the compulsory outflow tollgate (tollgate B) → the re-entry tollgate (tollgate D) which is a connecting tollgate → the own tollgate (tollgate I) is in a straight line (S).
703).

If the running direction is straight, the discount charge table is searched, otherwise, the normal charge table is searched.

In the case of this movement pattern, the discount application flag of the read data is “1” (ON), and the traveling direction is also straight. Therefore, a discount charge table that is discounted from the normal charge is searched, and this discount charge table is used. A toll is calculated.

In the movement pattern described with reference to FIG. 9, after the vehicle 40 is forcibly discharged at the tollgate B, the closed road section of the toll road gradually extends in the direction toward the vehicle 40 due to the influence of snow and the like. In this case, tollgates D, E, and F, which have been designated as reentrant tollgates, may all be closed.

In this case, even if the vehicle 40 is re-entered at the next toll gate G beyond the toll gate F, no discount is applied.
Conversely, such a pattern should be discounted.

Therefore, in this system, S6 in FIG.
In the judgment process of No. 03, if the own tollgate number is not included in the reentrant tollgate (N in S603 in FIG. 12).
O), a process of confirming with the management device whether or not the own tollgate is set as a reentrant target tollgate (S609). In this embodiment, the own tollgate is set as a reentrant target tollgate by inquiring of tollgate setting data from the data processing device 47 to the management device. It can also be realized by program loading into the lane control device 46 or the like.

The above data and the judgment processing will be described. First, the exit write data of FIG. 11 will be described. Assuming that the forced outflow flag was not set in the exit write data, even vehicles that were not forced outflow may be eligible for discount, so this forced outflow flag proves that there was forced outflow This is the data needed to In addition, the data on the time of forced spillage cannot be distinguished from a forced spill even if a certain vehicle gets off at toll booth B as originally planned. Turn on the flag. Then, the next time the vehicle enters the toll road, the forced outflow flag remains ON, so that there is a possibility that a discount that would not be applied at the toll booth going down next may be applied. In order to minimize such a pattern, the time of forced outflow is set. By setting the forced outflow time, if the time elapsed from the forced outflow time read at the entrance exceeds the time set by the lane control device 46, the discount application flag is turned off. To do.

The setting of the time set in the lane control device 46 is performed by transmitting the set time data from the monitoring device to the data processing device 47, making an inquiry from the data processing device 47 to the monitoring device, and recording information from the monitoring device. This can be realized by a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD) or the like, or by a program loading to a recording medium, for example, a lane controller 46 or the like.
Subsequently, the necessity of the reentrant toll gate number in the exit write data will be described. In FIG. 9, it is assumed that traffic is closed between toll booths B and C, and that toll booth A is also a reentrant toll booth.

Then, assuming that there is no reentrant toll gate number in the write data, the vehicle 40 forced out of the toll gate B returns to the toll gate A to return to the current traveling direction (the direction of the arrow a in FIG. 9). ), The vehicle 40 is also discounted when traveling from the right to the left. A re-entry toll gate number is required to prevent the discount from being applied in such an illegal driving pattern.

Next, the reason why the forced outflow toll gate number is required for the entry write data in FIG. 13 will be described. FIG.
In this example, it is assumed that the vehicle 40 that has been forcibly discharged from the tollgate B reenters from the tollgate D, and during that time, the suspension of traffic on the vertical line between the tollgate B and the tollgate C is released. .

In this case, vehicle 40 re-entered from tollgate D
However, if the user tries to travel in the opposite direction to the current traveling direction, that is, from right to left, the discount is applied at the tollgate D because the discount application flag is already ON. For this reason, a forced outflow toll gate number is required to check the traveling direction of the vehicle 40 at the exit where the vehicle 40 exits after re-entry.

The vehicle 40 that has been forcibly discharged from the tollgate B reenters from the tollgate D, and during that time, the suspension of traffic on the upper and lower lines between the tollgate B and the tollgate C is released, and the re-entered vehicle Let's assume that 40 exits from tollgate A.

In this case, since the discount application flag is ON for the vehicle re-entered from the toll booth D, the discount is applied at the toll booth A as it is. Therefore, when checking whether or not the discount is applied at the exit, it is necessary to check the directionality of the traveling direction in addition to the discount application flag. In the case of this assumed example, since the return pattern is a tollgate B → a tollgate D → a tollgate A, it is determined that the discount is not applied, and the toll calculation can be made a normal fee. The determination process (S703) in FIG. 14 is necessary to determine such an illegal traveling pattern.

As described above, according to the wireless toll collection system of the second embodiment, the toll road toll is determined to increase according to the mileage, and the toll is reduced as the mileage increases. When the toll is paid in cash and the IC card or the on-board wireless device 41 is used, when the vehicle is forcibly exited from the toll road by a measure such as a forced outflow, Information (such as a discount application flag and re-entrant toll gate information) to which a discount can be applied upon entry is written into the in-vehicle device 41, and the information is read from the in-vehicle device 41 by the roadside system 42 at the time of re-entry, and discounted. Judge whether or not
If the vehicle is eligible for a discount, let the vehicle enter the road, check whether the vehicle was used in the way that the discount should be applied when leaving the road, and apply the discount if there is no problem Therefore, even if a vehicle traveling on a toll road is forcibly discharged, if the vehicle re-enters and exits with a correct use method, the system can be operated as before by applying a discounted fee.

With the forced outflow discount in the conventional distance toll reduction system, in the case of forced outflow, a forced outflow certificate is issued, and it is checked at the entrance where the vehicle is re-entered. If you pass the certificate, the toll will be discounted at the toll booth, but in this case it is easy to copy the certificate because it is paper, and by transferring the certificate to others, various frauds Could be done. Therefore, by constructing a wireless toll collection system that does not require human intervention, it is possible to make the above-mentioned fraud less likely to occur, but even if this wireless toll collection system is introduced, the scope of discount application becomes unclear, The application range may be too large.

In order to prevent such ambiguity, the forced outflow information is written in the vehicle-mounted device 41 (IC card) at the time of forced outflow, and the system is checked for the forced outflow information when the road is used again. By doing so, the discount application range can be clarified, and thereby fraud can be reliably prevented.

Also, in this wireless toll collection system, a check performed when a vehicle that has been forcibly drained from a toll road uses the road again, indicates that the entrance is subject to discount application depending on the ever-changing road conditions. Even if it is no longer at the entrance, the system can respond to the user's request by changing to the discount target.

Also, after the vehicle has used the road again,
By performing the check even when getting off, even if it is determined that the discount is applied at the entrance, it can be excluded from the application depending on the traveling pattern, and illegality at such time can be prevented.

Next, a wireless toll collection system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless receiver, and FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless vehicle.

The wireless toll collection system according to the third embodiment is mounted on a vehicle and includes a wireless on-board unit in which data for automatically paying a toll road usage fee is recorded, and a toll road entrance toll gate and an exit toll. If a vehicle equipped with a wireless on-board unit is detected at each of a plurality of toll collection booths at a location, the toll road usage fee is automatically collected and processed by wireless communication with the wireless on-board unit. It is configured.

As shown in FIG. 15, the wireless on-board unit has a CPU
51, a memory 52, a power supply unit 53, a first IC card slot 54 which is a card interface for inserting and removing a wireless IC card as a first IC card in which at least personal information of a holder is recorded in an internal memory, A second IC card interface, which is a card interface capable of inserting and removing a second IC card having an extended function such as a prepaid function and a tour function.
A wireless controller 57 for controlling the reception and transmission of radio waves between the C card slot 55 and the wireless receiver via the wireless antenna 56
It is composed of Each IC card has an E inside
A non-volatile and data-rewritable memory such as an EPROM is accommodated therein. Some information recorded in the memory is write-protected so that it cannot be rewritten. Information to be write-protected includes personal information, header information for card identification, and the like. The CPU 51 is an IC mounted on each of the IC card slots 54 and 55.
The information is read from the card, and the information is matched to generate on-vehicle device data. As shown in FIG. 16, in the wireless collection device, the main CPU 61, the memory 62, the power supply unit 63, and the main CPU 61 that perform a usage fee collection process for a vehicle equipped with a wireless vehicle-mounted device execute the fee collection process. In this case, a transmission control unit 64 that transmits and receives data to and from a host computer that controls and manages a wireless receiver of each tollgate, and a wireless controller that controls reception and transmission of radio waves to and from a wireless in-vehicle device via a wireless antenna 65 It is composed of a control unit 66 and the like.

The memory of the wireless IC card set in the first IC card slot 54 of the above-mentioned wireless vehicle-mounted device includes:
As shown in FIG. 17, areas such as a header area 71, an entrance IC number area 72, an exit IC number area 73, and a personal information area 74 are formatted. In the header area 71, unique header information, for example, "01" is set so as to be recognized as wireless. In the entrance IC number area 72, an entrance interchange number (entrance IC number) used for calculating the fee is set. In the exit IC number area 73, an exit interchange number (exit IC number) written after completion of receipt at the exit interchange is set. In the personal information area 74, personal information used for withdrawal from the account after the fee collection processing is set in advance.

The entry IC number area 72 and the exit IC
As shown in FIG. 18, the IC number set in the number area 73 includes a three-digit road number (012 or the like) and an IC number (001 or the like) individually numbered in the road. .

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a memory format of a tour card as one of the second IC cards set in the second IC card slot 55 of the wireless on-board unit.

As shown in the figure, the memory of the tour card includes areas such as a header area 81, a valid start date area 82, a valid end date area 83, a plurality of valid IC number areas 74, and a registration number area 75. Formatted. In the header area 81, a unique header “02” for setting this card as a tour card by the wireless vehicle-mounted device is set. In the valid start date area 82, a valid start date, which is a period during which the tour can be performed, is set. An effective end date is set in the effective end date area 83. Each valid IC
In the number area 74, an entry IC number and an exit IC number that can travel around for each road number are set. Registration number area 75
Is set with the number of registered effective IC numbers for each road registered in the system.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a memory format of a prepaid card as one of the second IC cards set in the second IC card slot 55 of the vehicle-mounted device. As shown in the figure, in the memory of the prepaid card, each area such as a header area 91, a balance area 92, a valid road number area 93, and a registered number area 94 is formatted. In the header area 91, a unique header “03” for causing the wireless vehicle-mounted device to recognize the card as a prepaid card is set. In the balance area 92, a validity start date, which is a time limit for excursion, is set. In the valid road number area 93, a remaining amount that can be withdrawn is set. The number of registered road numbers registered in the system is set in the registered number area 94.

In the case of the first and second embodiments, the vehicle-mounted device may be a one-piece type or a two-piece type.

The operation of the wireless toll collection system according to the third embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the exit processing operation of the vehicle-mounted device, and FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the exit processing operation of the wireless collection device.

In the case of the wireless toll collection system, when a vehicle equipped with a wireless vehicle-mounted device enters a toll road from a desired entrance interchange (hereinafter referred to as an entrance IC), each of the above ICs
Entrance information is recorded on the card. Then, when this vehicle goes to an exit tollgate to exit a desired exit interchange (hereinafter referred to as an exit IC) using a toll road, the main CPU 61 of the wireless receiver detects the approaching vehicle and wirelessly detects the entering vehicle. The start of communication is instructed to the wireless control unit 64, and the wireless antenna 66 starts wireless communication with the on-board wireless device. Then, when communication with the wireless on-vehicle device can be performed, the main CPU 61 of the wireless receiver determines that toll collection by wireless communication is possible, sends exit information to the wireless control unit 64, and the exit information is transmitted from the wireless antenna 66 ( S90 in FIG.
1).

In the vehicle-mounted device, when the exit information from the wireless receiver is received by the wireless antenna 58 (S8 in FIG. 21).
01), the CPU 51 checks whether an IC card is set in the second IC card slot 55 by reading the header information of the slot (S80).
2).

If no IC card is set in the second IC card slot 55 in this check (S80)
(NO in 3), the card type is set to “normal” (S804), and the vehicle-mounted device information is generated using only the wireless IC card (main card) mounted in the first card slot 54.

On the other hand, the second IC card slot 55
If the C card is set (YES in S803)
), The header information of the IC card is read, and the type of the IC card is determined based on the read header information (S).
805, S806).

Here, for example, when “02” is read as the header, the CPU 51 determines that the type of the IC card is the tour card.

If the IC card is a tour card (S8
05), the CPU 51 checks the valid start date and end date of the tour card (S807). If each date is within the period (YES in S808), the CPU 51 is mounted in the first card slot 54. The information that matches the registered content of the wireless IC card is read from the tour card.
In this case, the entrance IC registered in the wireless IC card
The beginning and end of the valid IC number whose number matches the road number and the beginning and end of the valid IC number whose road number matches the received exit IC number are read from the tour card and set in the memory 52 as supplementary information (S809). . After setting the supplementary information, the CPU 51 sets the card type to “tour” (S
810).

On the other hand, when, for example, “03” is read as the header in the above-described determination processing, the CPU 51 determines that the type of the IC card is a prepaid card.

If the IC card is a prepaid card (YES in S806), the road number registered in the prepaid card is checked (S811), and only when either the entrance IC or the exit IC is registered ( S812
YES), the balance is set in the memory 52 as supplementary information (S813). Then, the card type is set to "prepaid" (S814).

If the IC card set in the second IC card slot 55 is neither tour nor prepaid (NO in S806), or if neither the entrance IC nor the exit IC is registered (S812). NO), the card type is set to "normal" (S815), and the data of only the wireless IC card is used as the vehicle-mounted device information.

The data of each slot is edited, and the
After that, the in-vehicle device information (entrance IC number, card type, supplementary information, etc.) set in the memory 52 is passed to the wireless control unit 57, and the in-vehicle device information is transmitted from the wireless antenna 58 to the wireless receiver. It is transmitted (S816).

When the wireless receiver receives the onboard equipment information (entrance IC number, type, supplementary information, etc.) transmitted from the wireless onboard equipment (S902 in FIG. 22), the main CPU
61 reads out each information included in the vehicle-mounted device information,
First, the card type is checked (S903).

If the result of this check is that the ticket is prepaid (YES in S904), the toll from the entrance IC to the exit IC is calculated (S905), and the toll is subtracted from the balance of the supplementary information (S906).

If the balance is insufficient (S9)
06, YES), the supplement is set as the account withdrawal amount (S90).
8), the remaining card amount is used as the card removal amount (S90)
9).

When the payment can be made with the remaining amount of the card (S906)
NO), the main CPU 61 sets the account withdrawal amount to 0 (S
910), the toll is set as the card removal amount (S91)
1). When the type of the IC card is tour (S912)
YES), the start of the valid IC number of the same road number as the entrance IC is read from the supplementary information, and the fee P from the entrance IC to the start of the valid IC number is calculated (S913). Also, the main CP
U61 also calculates the fee Q from the end of the valid IC number of the same road number as the exit IC to the exit IC (S914). Then, a value obtained by adding the calculated tolls P and Q is set as an account withdrawal amount (S915). If the type of the IC card is neither prepaid nor tour (NO in S912), the toll from the entrance IC to the exit IC is set as the account withdrawal amount (S91).
6).

Then, the main CPU 61 determines the personal account based on the personal information included in the transmitted in-vehicle device information and debits the calculated account withdrawal amount from the account (S917), exit information, card type , The data such as the card withdrawal amount is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device as write data (S
917) Wait for detection of the next vehicle.

On the other hand, when the in-vehicle wireless device receives the write information from the wireless receiver (S817 in FIG. 21), the CPU 5
1 checks what information is set in the write information. If the type of “prepaid” is set in the writing information (S818), the data of the card removal amount in the writing information is read, and the data of the prepaid card set in the second card slot 55 is read. The amount received is subtracted from the balance (S819).

After the above processing, exit information (exit IC number, etc.) is written in the wireless IC card (S820), and the exit processing ends.

As described above, according to the wireless toll collection system of the third embodiment, a plurality of card slots 54, 55
In a vehicle-mounted device, a wireless card (main card) is mounted in one slot 54 and an extended function card is mounted in the other slot 55. IC cards with a prepaid function and IC cards with a free traveling function only in certain sections of a certain period can be used, and personal information can be recorded on only one card when using multiple cards. In this way, it is possible to expand the operation use and recording area of other cards.

[0138] In order to realize the prepaid function and the tour function, there is no need for a procedure for an account other than the wireless system, and the debit amount can be changed at the same timing as withdrawal using a normal card. Also, the user can automatically perform the fee collection processing just by setting the card, thereby facilitating the payment of the usage fee.

Further, since personal information is not recorded on an IC card having an extended function such as a prepaid card or a tour card, it is possible to prevent leakage of personal information even in case of theft or loss. And protect personal privacy.

[0140]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a failure occurs in one of the first and second processing means, only the vehicle which can receive the toll by the other processing means is charged. A lane (mixed lane) in which a system that automatically collects toll road tolls by wireless communication and a system that collects tolls by giving and receiving ordinary toll tickets are mixed because it notifies that it is possible to enter the direction of the collection booth. At
Even if a partial failure occurs in any of the systems, the systems can be operated individually without closing the lane itself.

According to the present invention, when reentrant tollgate information is written into an IC card and a check is made at an entrance tollgate where reentry is performed, road conditions change due to bad weather or the like during forced outflow. If your tollgate is not included in the reentrant tollgate number of the IC card data read at the tollgate you enter, you will need to contact the management device and change the settings so that the discount can be applied. In such cases, a reentry discount can be provided. Further, if the traveling route at the final exit after re-entry is not one-way, the discount is not applied, so that fraud using the re-entry discount can be prevented.

Thus, when forcibly draining a vehicle using a toll road, connection discount information is recorded on an electric and magnetic information recording medium such as an in-vehicle device or an IC card mounted on the vehicle. When the vehicle reuses the toll road, the connecting discount can be correctly received when the vehicle is used in a correct manner.

Further, according to the present invention, when at least one information recording medium is mounted in the slot, the wireless vehicle-mounted device reads information from the information recording medium, determines the type of the information recording medium, and determines the type of the information recording medium. Generates onboard equipment information according to the information. Then, the in-vehicle device information is transmitted in response to a request from the wireless receiver. In the case where the wireless on-board device is provided with the first and second slots, the first information recording medium in which personal information is written is mounted on the first slot, and the other second information recording medium is mounted on the second slot. , Such as a prepaid card and a tour card. Then, when transmitting the in-vehicle device information, the in-vehicle device information is generated by combining the respective information. Therefore, the first information recording medium can be used as a main card in which personal information is written, and the second information recording medium can be used for various purposes by writing toll road conditions and price information without personal information. This allows
When using a plurality of cards, personal information can be recorded on only one card, so that the usage of other cards and the recording area can be expanded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an ETC non-stop automatic toll collection system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an arrangement diagram of each device of the roadside system near each toll booth at a tollgate.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a lane control device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the lane control device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the wireless control device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing of the wireless control device 13;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a wireless toll collection system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a normal processing operation for each vehicle in the wireless toll collection system.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a movement pattern of a certain vehicle in the wireless toll collection system.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the roadside system in the forced outflow IC.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing exit write data.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the roadside system at the entrance tollgate.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing entry write data.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the roadside system at the re-entry / exit tollgate.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless receiver of the wireless fee collection system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a wireless vehicle-mounted device of the wireless toll collection system.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a memory format of a wireless IC card.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a configuration of an IC number.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a memory format of a tour card.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a memory format of a prepaid card.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the operation of the vehicle-mounted device at the exit IC.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the operation of the wireless receiver at the exit IC.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... In-vehicle apparatus, 2 ... Roadside system, 11a, 11b ... Antenna, 12, 13 ... Wireless control device, 14 ... Vehicle detection device, 15 ... Car type discriminator, 16 ... Card processing machine, 1
7: guidance display, 18: lane controller, 31: CPU,
32 memory, 33 wireless controller I / F section, 34 input controller, 35 card processing machine I / F section, 36 output controller, 40 vehicle, 41 vehicle-mounted device, 42 roadside system,
45 sensor, 43 antenna, 44 wireless control device,
46: Lane control device, 47: Data processing device, A to I:
Toll booth, 51: CPU, 52: Memory, 53: Power supply unit,
54: first IC card slot, 55: second IC card slot, 56: wireless antenna, 57: wireless control unit, 61: main CPU, 62: memory, 63: power supply unit, 64: transmission control unit, 65 ... a wireless antenna, 66 ... a wireless control unit.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masayuki Hasegawa 70 Yanagicho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa F-term (reference) in Toshiba Social Engineering Co., Ltd. 3E027 EA01 EB02 EC03 EC05 EC06 EC07 EC10 5H180 AA01 BB04 BB18 CC02 CC11 CC12 FF13 FF25 FF32 FF33

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A toll collection booth on a toll road,
First processing means for performing a toll road usage fee collection process by performing wireless communication with a wireless vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle; and a toll road usage fee collection by receiving and passing a toll ticket at the toll collection booth. A second processing unit for performing a toll collection process; and if a failure occurs in one of the first and second processing units, only a vehicle capable of collecting the toll by the other processing unit is included in the toll collection booth. And a notification means for notifying that the vehicle can enter the direction. 2. The toll collection system according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit is used based on a toll ticket for a vehicle entering the toll booth when a failure occurs in the first processing unit. A toll collection system characterized by including display means for displaying that a toll collection process is to be performed. 3. The toll collection system according to claim 1, wherein, when a failure occurs in the second processing unit, the notifying unit is configured to wirelessly communicate a usage fee to a vehicle entering the toll booth. A toll collection system including display means for displaying that a toll collection process is to be performed. 4. The toll collection system according to claim 1, wherein, when a failure occurs in the first processing unit, the notification unit sends the to-vehicle device to another toll collection booth by wireless communication. A toll collection system comprising wireless guidance means for guiding a lane. 5. A toll collection system in the form of a toll, in which a usage fee corresponding to the distance traveled on a toll road is collected at the exit of the toll road, and the discount increases as the travel distance increases. When a vehicle using the vehicle is exited from a certain exit, outflow information and reentrant entrance information for re-entering from a predetermined entrance on the toll road by applying a discount condition are wirelessly mounted on the vehicle. An outflow information writing means for writing on an information recording medium that can be inserted into and removed from the on-vehicle device or the on-vehicle wireless device, and if the vehicle entering the entrance of the toll road has the on-vehicle device, When information is read from the recording medium and the outflow information and the reentrant entrance information are recorded, by checking whether the entrance is set as a reentrant entrance or not. Determining means for determining whether the vehicle should be allowed to enter the entrance as a discount-applied vehicle; and, if the vehicle is allowed to enter the entrance as a result of the determination by the determining means, the wireless on-board unit or the information recording medium Means for additionally recording the re-entry information, and when the vehicle exiting from the exit of the toll road is equipped with the wireless in-vehicle device, reads information from the wireless in-vehicle device or the information recording medium, Judgment means for judging whether or not toll discount is to be performed for the toll collection process at the exit based on whether or not the information is recorded, and execute the toll collection process according to the judgment result by the judgment unit. And a means for collecting tolls. 6. The toll collection system according to claim 5, wherein, if the entrance is not set as a reentrant entrance, the judging unit inquires and checks a management device that supervises the system. Toll collection system. 7. The toll collection system according to claim 5, wherein said outflow information writing means further writes outflow time information to said information recording medium. 8. The toll collection system according to claim 5, wherein said judging means judges whether to apply a discount based on the outflow time information. 9. A toll road fee used in a toll road system in which a usage fee corresponding to the distance traveled on the toll road is collected at the exit of the toll road, and the discount increases as the mileage increases. A toll collection method, wherein when a vehicle using the toll road is forcibly exited from a certain exit, a forced outflow information for applying a discount condition from a predetermined entrance on the toll road and re-entering the vehicle, and When the reentrant entrance information is written on a wireless vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle or an information recording medium that can be inserted into and removed from the wireless vehicle-mounted device, and the vehicle entering the entrance of the toll road is equipped with the wireless vehicle-mounted device Reading information from the on-board wireless device or the information recording medium, and if the forcible outflow information and the reentrant entrance information are recorded, whether the own entrance is set as a reentrance entrance By checking,
It is determined whether the vehicle should be allowed to enter the entrance as a discount-applied vehicle.If the result of this determination permits entry to the entrance, the discount-applied information and the If the vehicle exiting from the exit of the toll road is equipped with the wireless vehicle-mounted device, the information is read from the wireless vehicle-mounted device or the information recording medium, and the discount application information and the compulsory outflow information are recorded. When outflow exit information is recorded, it is determined whether or not to apply a discount to the toll collection process at the exit based on the information, and the toll collection process is executed according to the determination result. Toll collection method. 10. A wireless vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle and performing usage fee collection processing by wireless communication with a wireless receiver mounted at an entrance or exit of a toll road, comprising: A first information recording medium in which at least information on exits and personal information necessary for paying the usage fee by direct debit are written, and at least information on conditions or amounts for using the toll road is written. A slot in which at least the first information recording medium can be inserted and removed from the second information recording medium, and when at least one information recording medium is mounted in the slot, information is read from the information recording medium; Means for determining the type of the information recording medium and generating on-vehicle device information according to the determination result; and Means for transmitting a report. 11. A wireless vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle and performing usage fee collection processing by wireless communication with a wireless receiver mounted at an entrance or exit of a toll road, comprising: A first slot in which a first information recording medium in which at least information on an exit and personal information necessary for paying the usage fee by direct debit is mounted, and a condition for using the toll road; Or a second slot in which a second information recording medium on which at least money information is written can be inserted and removed. 12. The on-vehicle wireless device according to claim 11, wherein the first vehicle is used to pay a usage fee using the toll road.
Means for reading at least personal information from the first information recording medium mounted on the slot, and reading at least information on payment terms from the second information recording medium mounted on the second slot; Wireless communication means for transmitting personal information and payment condition information read from an information recording medium to the wireless receiver and receiving write information from the wireless receiver; and receiving from the wireless receiver by the wireless communication means. Means for updating the recorded contents of the first and second information recording media mounted on the first and second slots, respectively, based on the written information thus obtained. . 13. A wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a vehicle-mounted device and receives vehicle-mounted device information for a vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device to pay a usage fee on a toll road; Means for reading the on-vehicle device information; determining means for determining the type of the information recording medium mounted on the wireless on-vehicle device based on the type information included in the read on-vehicle device information; If the type of the information recording medium received is a combination of the first information for performing the post-payment process of debiting the usage fee and the second information including the prepaid amount, the information included in the received on-vehicle device information And a collection processing means for performing a collection process with the information of item 2. 14. The wireless receiver according to claim 13, wherein a shortage occurs in the receiving process using the first information.
A wireless receiver, wherein the shortage amount is debited based on the second information.