JP2000082158A - Automatic toll decision system, automatic toll collection system and toll automatic payment of board device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize non-stop of a vehicle for smoothing of traffic and to fully automate the collection of a toll for saving manpower by storing identification information of a traffic vehicle communicating by communication equipment and deciding the toll on the basis of the stored identification information of the traffic vehicle. SOLUTION: A radio antenna 18 is fitted on a roof 23 corresponding to each vehicle running lane 14, communicates with a onboard device mounted on the vehicle traveling on each vehicle running lane 14 and performs automatic adjustment processing. The onboard device exchanges data while its onboard antenna communicates with the radio antenna 18 of an automatic fare adjustment plate 13 or each toll point radio station. Also, contents of the exchanged data are displayed and guided at a display and, when traveling at the automatic fare adjustment plate 13, vehicle data are communicated and a toll of the vehicle is automatically collected and adjusted. Then, collected adjustment contents are displayed to show an adjustment result to the user. An IC card to be used as an electronic money is used for this collected amount of money.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for automatically collecting tolls for vehicles traveling on toll roads, and more particularly to an automatic toll determining system for automatically collecting tolls while the vehicle is running, and a toll road. The present invention relates to an automatic toll collection system and an on-vehicle automatic toll payment device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A toll collection system of this type is generally known as a vehicle toll processing system in which a toll is issued at an entrance of a toll road and the toll of the toll is settled at an exit toll gate. I have.

[0003] In this case, it is necessary to temporarily stop the vehicle at the entrance of the toll road in order to receive a toll ticket and to pay a toll. A settlement clerk is required for each lane, and for drivers, it takes a lot of time to pass the settlement amount to a settlement clerk outside the vehicle and receive receipts and change, which is a factor that hinders smooth traffic. Had become.

For this reason, as a new toll payment method, a prepaid card such as a highway card corresponding to a diversified financial settlement is introduced and facilities and equipment are being developed so that it can be widely used on various toll roads nationwide. In addition, postpaid cards such as credit cards have been introduced.

However, in a system in which the toll of a vehicle is manually settled at a toll gate, the vehicle is temporarily stopped at the entrance of a toll road, which is unnatural for traffic.
Against this background, non-stop payments have been desired in the future.

[0006]

Accordingly, the present invention focuses on the automatic communication of settlement information while the vehicle is running, and realizes non-stop vehicles by achieving automatic settlement by this communication. It is an object of the present invention to provide a toll automatic determination system, a toll automatic collection system, and a toll automatic payment in-vehicle device capable of saving traffic by fully automating traffic smoothing and toll collection.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A communication device disposed at a traffic position of the vehicle and communicating with the passing vehicle, storage means for storing identification information of the passing vehicle communicated by the communication device, and a communication device based on the identification information of the passing vehicle stored by the storage means; And a toll determining means for determining a toll by using the toll automatic determination system.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication device disposed at a traffic position of a vehicle for communicating with a vehicle passing therethrough, storage means for storing identification information of the passing vehicle communicated by the communication device, and storage for the communication device. Means for determining a toll based on the identification information of the toll vehicle stored by the means,
The automatic toll collection system includes an automatic collection unit that automatically collects the toll determined by the toll determination unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a traffic information system for communicating with a communication device disposed at a traffic position of a vehicle, determining traffic charges based on the communication position, and storing traffic information for automatic payment. It is a toll automatic payment in-vehicle device equipped with storage means.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the toll information storage means is a toll automatic payment in-vehicle device provided with a toll charge notifying means for notifying the toll of the vehicle based on the information of the traffic by the vehicle. And

[0011]

According to the present invention, when a vehicle travels on a toll road, the communication device disposed at the same traffic position as the passing vehicle communicates with the vehicle, and the storage means stores the vehicle identification information. Is stored, and the toll determining means automatically determines the toll based on the stored vehicle identification information.
For this reason, the toll can be automatically obtained while the vehicle is running, and if the determined toll is set to be automatically collected by the automatic collection means, the toll collection is completed while the vehicle is running. I do.

[0012] For example, when communicating with a communication device, if a toll automatic payment in-vehicle device equipped with toll information storage means for storing toll information to automatically determine a toll based on the communication position and store the toll is used, It can be settled automatically by collecting it from a prepaid card during the payment, or can be settled afterwards by a postpaid card. In this way, the settlement by non-stop vehicles can be realized, which can facilitate traffic smoothness,
In addition, since the operation of collecting tolls can be fully automated, cashless operation can be achieved and labor can be saved.

[0013] Further, if the setting is made so as to notify the toll of the vehicle in accordance with the traffic information of the vehicle, the user can clearly know that the toll of the vehicle has been collected and the details of the collection during the passage of the toll road. You can know.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an automatic toll collection system 11 for a vehicle. The automatic toll collection system 11 has an automatic payment function for automatically collecting and setting a toll while leaving the vehicle 12 in a non-stop mode. Along the plurality of vehicle traffic lanes 14 of the automatic checkout station 13 that allows stop traveling, a laser type vehicle detection device 15, a vehicle number recognition device 16,
The system includes an optical vehicle axis number measuring device 17, a wireless antenna 18, an unauthorized vehicle imaging device 19, and a vehicle blocking device 20.

FIG. 2 shows a detection state of the laser type vehicle detection device 15, in which a plurality of laser beam sensors 22... Are mounted on an elevated frame 21 erected over the vehicle traffic lane 14.
Is mounted, and the vehicle 12 passing below is illuminated from above and detected.

FIG. 3 shows a measurement state of the three-dimensional shape of the vehicle by the laser type vehicle detection device 15. The width and height of the vehicle are detected with millimeter accuracy by irradiating a pulse scanning type laser beam from above the vehicle 12. As a result, it is possible to detect the vehicle type, the parallel running of the two-wheeled vehicle, and the like.

A vehicle number recognition device 1 such as a CCD camera is mounted on a roof 23 covering the automatic checkout station 13 for each vehicle traffic lane 14.
6 is attached, and images the license plate of the passing vehicle to recognize the vehicle number.

FIG. 4 shows an example of an image picked up by the vehicle number recognizing device 16. Since the vehicle type identification processing is completed within a processing time of 300 ms or less, it can be applied to a vehicle traveling at 180 km / h.

FIG. 5 shows an optical vehicle axis number measuring device 17, which emits a slit laser beam 25 from a projector 24 to a road surface 26.
Alternatively, the image is taken by the image pickup device 28 by irradiating the wheel surface 27, and the presence of the wheel 29 and the forward and backward movement of the vehicle are identified from the change in the refraction position of the slit laser beam 25. In this case, the type of a large vehicle or the like can be accurately identified.

The radio antennas 18 are mounted on the roofs 23 corresponding to the vehicle traffic lanes 14, respectively.
4 and wirelessly communicate with an in-vehicle device, which will be described later, mounted on a vehicle passing through the vehicle 4 to perform an automatic payment process.

FIG. 6 shows an example of imaging by the fraudulent vehicle imaging device 19, in which a driver in front of the vehicle is video-imaged, whereby information on the fraudulent user is recorded together with the number plate information and time to take measures to prevent fraud. ing. Vehicle traffic blocking device 20
Is the gate 3 of the vehicle traffic lane 14 based on the radio communication.
0 is opened and closed.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the automatic toll collection system 11, which includes a service information providing communication unit 71, an automobile information management center 72, a toll settlement center 73, a financial institution card company 74, and toll point wireless stations 75a to 75c. Are communicatively connected via a high-speed digital data communication network 76.

In this case, road use information is provided from various service information providing communication sections 71 of a travel agency or the like, and vehicle information and toll point information passed from a vehicle passing through a toll point are transmitted to an automobile information management center 72. Receive in real time.

For example, when the vehicle information management center 72 confirms that a specific vehicle has passed the first toll-point wireless station 75a, it follows the progress of the subsequent traveling and proceeds to "75a".
→ "75a + 75b" → "75a + 75b + 75c" →
"75a + 75b + 75c + ..." is received in chronological order from each wireless station that the specific vehicle has passed, and if there is no signal from the next toll point within a certain time (considering parking, entering, congestion), exit from the toll point It is determined that it has been performed. At this time, the toll use section of the vehicle used for traveling is determined, and the travel use data is transmitted to the toll settlement center 73.

The toll settlement center 73 calculates a usage fee for each use date and time and each route based on vehicle data, use section data, use date and time, toll section route name, etc. obtained from the automobile information management center 72, and obtains an individual / corporate charge. The data is stored in a file for each user or a usage record file for each car number, and thereafter, when the billing deadline is reached, monthly billing data is edited and notified to the user. At this time, a settlement instruction is transmitted to a financial institution card company 74 such as a charge settlement credit company to make payment.

The toll point radio stations 75a to 75c are installed using weak radio waves at intersections and the like corresponding to the main positions of the toll section, transmit the point numbers of the respective main positions, and transmit the toll point data to passing vehicles. I do.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a vehicle enters a specific intersection 81 where a toll point radio station 75a is installed.
When leaving, the toll point wireless station 75a receives vehicle data such as vehicle inspection data, on-board data, and towing data, and transmits this to the vehicle information management center 72 via the high-speed digital data communication network 76. As the point number for managing the specific point, for example, the numerical values of the postal code and the end of the address are set and stored in the point code.

FIG. 9 shows an in-vehicle device 91 mounted for automatic payment of a toll of a vehicle. This in-vehicle device 91 is used by being incorporated on a board or a front surface of a driver's seat, and has an in-vehicle antenna 92 on the upper surface. The front panel has a display 93, a card slot 94, and an operation button 95, and the on-vehicle antenna 92 on the upper side communicates with the wireless antenna 18 of the automatic checkout station 13 or each of the toll point wireless stations 75a to 75c. Communicate data wirelessly.

Further, the contents of the data communication are displayed and guided on the display 93, and when the vehicle runs through the automatic checkout station 13, the vehicle data is communicated and the toll of the vehicle is automatically collected and settled. Display the settlement details and inform the user of the settlement result. An IC card 96 used as electronic money is used for the collected amount. The IC card 96 is inserted into the card insertion port 94 to reduce the settlement amount from the IC card 96.
Further, when credit payment is selected by the operation button 95 such as a payment selection button, post-payment by credit payment is performed.

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a vehicle-mounted device 91. The vehicle-mounted device 91 includes a vehicle inspection data transmitting unit 101, an on-board data transmitting unit 102, a towing data transmitting unit 103,
It has a car navigation information receiving and transmitting unit 104,
Wireless antenna 18 or each toll point wireless station 75a-
Communicate with 75c.

At the time of this communication, the vehicle inspection data transmitting unit 10
1 is the vehicle type, car number, body weight,
The vehicle inspection information is transmitted to the wireless antenna 18 via an IC card 96 which records vehicle inspection information such as capacity, rated load, and towing vehicle data.
Or to the toll point wireless stations 75a to 75c.

The on-board data transmission unit 102 sets preferential treatment by switching tolls depending on the use of one person or the number of passengers, and is set to additionally collect in response to detection of overloading of a freight car. Information on actual passengers by combining weight sensors or infrared sensors set in the
The actual load information is detected, and this detection signal is transmitted to the wireless antenna 18 and the toll point wireless stations 75a to 75c.

The towing data transmitting unit 103 includes a sensor for detecting the traveling of the trailer head of the freight vehicle alone or the presence or absence of the towing vehicle, and corrects the problem of the toll setting depending on the vehicle number based on the detection signal.

The car navigation information receiving / transmitting section 104 has a function of receiving car navigation information by connecting to a portable telephone or an automobile telephone, and having a function of performing transmission processing of the transmitting sections 101 to 103 described above.

The vehicle 1 equipped with such a vehicle-mounted device 91
When the vehicle 2 passes through the automatic checkout station 13 in a non-stop manner, the vehicle data of the vehicle 12 that has traveled is provided by a laser-type vehicle detecting device 15, a vehicle number recognizing device 16, an optical vehicle axis number measuring device 17, an unauthorized vehicle imaging device. 19, the toll is determined based on the detected vehicle data, and the determined toll is automatically collected and settled by communication between the vehicle-mounted device 91 and the wireless antenna 18.

The settlement result at this time is stored in the vehicle-mounted device 91.
Is displayed on the display 93, so that the driver can clearly know that the toll of the vehicle has been collected and the details of the collection during the passage of the automatic checkout station 13.

Therefore, the vehicle 12 does not stop temporarily, the settlement is completed by non-stop running, the toll collection work by the attendant can be fully automated, cashless can be achieved, and traffic congestion can be eliminated. . If it is necessary to prohibit illegal traffic or vehicle entry, the vehicle traffic blocking device 2
By 0, the vehicle traffic lane 14 is closed to restrict the traffic.

FIG. 11 shows an example of data management of entry / exit points of a toll section in the case where a toll on a general road is intended. The general road 111 has a case where entrances and exits are clearly defined like a toll road. Differently, the passages are complicated and complicated, so it is required to clearly check the data of the entry and exit points. Therefore, vehicle data may be managed by providing a toll point radio station at each intersection that is a main point of the general road 111.

For example, a case where there are first to fourth intersections A to D which are continuous in the straight traveling direction of the general road 111 will be described as an example. When a vehicle enters from a third intersection C,
The point information of the entry position is communicated with the vehicle-mounted device 91 of the vehicle, and the data at this time is transmitted to the vehicle information management center 72 to determine the entry point of the vehicle.

Thereafter, if vehicle traffic data is not obtained within a certain period of time in consideration of parking, parking, and traffic congestion, it is determined that the vehicle has exited from the intersection C into a free zone and is determined to be free.

Basically, each time the vehicle passes the first to fourth intersections A to D, which are the main points, the vehicle-mounted device 91 stores the data in a time-series manner so as to follow the passing vehicle. Can be checked.

If, after detecting the vehicle data of the second intersection B, the point information from the other intersections A, C and D cannot be obtained even after a certain time has passed, the vehicle has passed only the second intersection B. Judge that it is free. On the other hand, the data of the other intersections A, C, and D are searched, and if the data is recorded in any of them, it can be determined that the vehicle has passed the section connecting the intersections.

FIG. 12 shows a vehicle detection structure in the case where a toll is paid for an intersection 121 of a general road.
Are installed on the road surface of four vehicle entrance points a1 to a4 in the vertical and horizontal directions and vehicle exit points b1 to b4 to transmit a point information signal by installing a loop coil or a weak radio wave oscillator on the roadside, and to transmit and receive the point information signal. The in-vehicle device 91 transmits and detects. In this case, a toll can be collected fairly when, for example, a toll on an urban flat road other than an automobile exclusive road is paid.

As described above, when a vehicle passes on a toll road, a radio antenna or a toll point radio station communicates with the passing vehicle and stores the vehicle identification information, and based on the stored vehicle identification information. The toll is automatically determined by the vehicle, so that the toll can be obtained automatically while the vehicle is running. If the determined toll is set to be automatically collected from the IC card, the The toll collection will be completed. In addition, automatic settlement can be performed by an arbitrary settlement process such as ex-post collection using credit. In particular, since the settlement by non-stop vehicles can be realized, smooth traffic can be promoted, and the operation of collecting tolls can be fully automated, so that cashless operation can be achieved and labor can be saved.

In correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the communication device of the present invention corresponds to the communication antenna 18 and the toll-point wireless stations 75a to 75c of the embodiment. Corresponds to the car information management center 72, the toll determining means corresponds to the toll settlement center 73, and the automatic collection means includes the financial institution card company 74 and the IC.
The toll information storage means and the toll automatic payment in-vehicle apparatus correspond to the card 96, the in-vehicle apparatus 91 corresponds to the in-vehicle apparatus 91, and the collection fee notification means corresponds to the display 93. The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle toll automatic collection system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a detection state of the laser type vehicle detection device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of measurement of a three-dimensional vehicle shape of the laser type vehicle detection device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a main part imaging diagram showing an imaging example of the vehicle number recognition device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a measurement state of the optical vehicle axle number measuring device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a main part imaging diagram showing an imaging example of the unauthorized vehicle imaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram of a toll automatic collection system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an intersection provided with the toll point radio station of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an external perspective view showing an in-vehicle device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an overall configuration diagram showing an outline of an in-vehicle device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating management of vehicle entry / exit points in a toll section according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a vehicle detection structure in a case where a toll on an ordinary road is paid according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Automatic toll collection system 12 ... Vehicle 13 ... Automatic checkout station 14 ... Vehicle traffic lane 15 ... Laser type vehicle detection device 16 ... Vehicle number recognition device 17 ... Optical vehicle axis number measurement device 18 ... Wireless antenna 19 ... Illegal Vehicle imaging device 71 Service information providing communication unit 72 Vehicle information management center 73 Toll settlement center 74 Financial card company 75 a to 75 c Toll point wireless station 76 High-speed digital data communication network A, B, C, D, 81, 121 ... intersection 91 ... on-board equipment 92 ... on-board antenna 93 ... display 96 ... IC card 111 ... general road a1-a4 ... vehicle entry point b1-b4 ... vehicle exit point

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hideki Takenaka 10th Hanazono Todocho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture Inside (72) Inventor Yasumitsu Matsuda 10th Hanazono Todocho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto F term in the company (reference) 3E027 EA01 EB02 EC03 EC07 EC10

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A communication device disposed at a traffic position of a vehicle for communicating with a vehicle passing therethrough, storage means for storing identification information of the passing vehicle communicated by the communication device, and a traffic vehicle stored in the storage means Automatic toll determination system, comprising: a toll determining means for determining a toll based on the identification information of the toll. 2. A communication device disposed at a traffic position of a vehicle for communicating with a vehicle passing therethrough, storage means for storing identification information of the passing vehicle communicated by the communication device, and a traffic vehicle stored in the storage means Automatic toll collection system, comprising: a toll determining means for determining a toll based on the identification information of the toll; and an automatic collecting means for automatically collecting the toll determined by the toll determining means. 3. A traffic system having traffic information storage means for communicating with a communication device disposed at a traffic position of a vehicle, determining traffic fees based on the communication position, and storing traffic information for automatic payment. In-vehicle automatic payment device. 4. The toll automatic payment in-vehicle device according to claim 3, wherein the toll information storage means includes a toll charge notifying means for notifying a toll fee of the vehicle based on the information of the traffic by the vehicle.