JP2000268210A - Tollgate lane operating method and automatic toll collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently process a vehicle passing through a tollgate by switching the toll collecting system of respective tollgate lanes to a prescribed lane system in accordance with the ratio of the total passing number of vehicles in a tollgate and the passing number of ETC vehicles. SOLUTION: A system can previously be switched to the conventional system of only conventional lanes, a mix system having mix lanes that can realize manual/automatic toll collection and a private system having private lines realizing only automatic toll collection. ETC vehicles and non-ETC vehicles, which pass through the receptive lanes of a tollgate, are detected in vehicle passage detection means 6 and 13 and a counter memory 22 counts them. Lane switch means 25 and 23 obtains the ratio of the total passing number of vehicles and the passing number of ETC vehicles based on a vehicle detection result and the system is switched to the conventional system, the mix system and the private system in accordance with the toll.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tollgate lane operation method and an automatic toll collection system for improving the processing efficiency of tollgates regardless of the number of vehicles passing and the type of vehicles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Toll collection at toll roads is performed by a booth staff installed in each lane of the tollgate receiving cash from a driver of the vehicle by hand.

[0003] In recent years, a toll collection system using a prepaid card has been introduced, and a method has been adopted in which a toll collection is performed only by transferring a card without using cash.

[0004]

However, as described above, in the transfer of cash and the collection of tolls by a prepaid card, it is necessary to completely stop the vehicle at the place where the toll is delivered. Is delayed.

At present, the number of lanes at the toll booth is larger than that of the main line in order to avoid the state where vehicles are stagnated. However, due to restrictions on land and construction costs, the number of lanes at the toll booth cannot be increased unnecessarily. , When vehicles that exceed the processing capacity of the toll gate flow in,
Traffic jams will occur.

Therefore, in recent years, in order to minimize the occurrence of congestion at toll booths, a non-stop automatic toll collection system (El
ectronic Toll Collection (ETC) is being considered for introduction. The ETC is a system for non-stop toll collection through two-way wireless communication between a roadside antenna installed in a tollgate lane and an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle.

[0007] An IC card in which necessary contract information such as an account number is recorded is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle, and it is expected that the fee will be paid by a credit method.

[0008] Therefore, if the above-mentioned ETC is adopted, the vehicle can pass through the tollgate without stopping, so that it is expected that the processing capacity of the tollgate is increased and the traffic congestion of the vehicle can be greatly reduced.

By the way, in the lane of the tollgate where the ETC is introduced, non-ETC vehicles without the on-board equipment cannot pay the toll, so it is necessary to pass through the conventional lane such as cash payment. As a result, as in the conventional case, it is necessary to newly add a toll booth lane dedicated to the ETC vehicle in addition to the manually paid lane.

However, since it is difficult to newly add a toll booth lane exclusively for ETC vehicles, there are problems in terms of securing land and construction costs, etc. It is possible to introduce a lane.
Until TC cars have not spread, toll gate lanes that can be passed by non-ETC cars will be substantially reduced,
On the contrary, it is considered that traffic congestion is likely to occur.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a tollgate lane operation method for setting a tollgate collection system with high processing efficiency in accordance with the number of ETC vehicles and non-ETC vehicles passing through tollgates. It is in.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an automatic toll collection system that improves the processing capacity of toll booths, shortens transit time, and alleviates traffic congestion, regardless of the prevalence of on-board ETC equipment. .

[0013]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a method for manually paying a toll road tollgate lane in accordance with the ratio between the total number of vehicles passing through tollgates and the number of vehicles passing through ETC vehicles. A conventional system with only the conventional lane for toll collection, a mixed system with at least one lane capable of both manual toll collection and automatic toll collection, and a dedicated lane with at least one lane for only automatic lane collection ETC by switching to one of the dedicated systems
Both cars and non-ETC vehicles can shorten the toll gate transit time, increase the processing capacity of the toll gate, and significantly reduce congestion.

Another aspect of the present invention is a vehicle passage detecting means provided in each lane of a toll road tollgate to detect passage information of ETC vehicles and non-ETC vehicles, a total number of vehicles passing through the tollgate, and a number of vehicles passing through the ETC vehicle. In accordance with the ratio of the conventional system, the mixed system, the switching pattern setting means for setting a switching pattern for switching to any of the dedicated system in advance, and the total number of vehicles passing from the vehicle passing information detected by the vehicle passing detecting means ETC
Passing number counting means for counting the number of passing vehicles, and the total number of passing vehicles and ET counted by the passing number counting means.
A lane switching control means for calculating a ratio to the number of vehicles passing the C vehicle, selecting an optimum switching pattern from the switching pattern setting means in accordance with the ratio, and switching to any of the conventional system, the mixed system and the dedicated system. It is an automatic toll collection system having a configuration provided.

According to the present invention, by taking the above-described means, when the vehicle passage detecting means detects the passing information of the ETC vehicle and the non-ETC vehicle passing through each lane of the toll gate, the passing number counting means In this example, every time passing information of ETC vehicles and non-ETC vehicles is received, the total number of passing vehicles is counted, and the number of passing ETC vehicles is counted from the passing information of only ETC vehicles. These counted total number of vehicles passing and ET
The ratio with the number of vehicles passing C is calculated, and a switching pattern having the optimum processing efficiency of the tollgate is set in advance based on the ratio of the number of vehicles passing ETC.
The system is switched to one of the conventional system, the mixed system, and the dedicated system based on a set switching pattern corresponding to the ratio of the number of passing TC vehicles.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the method of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a tollgate lane operation method according to the present invention.

This embodiment is an example in which a mixed-type toll gate lane having at least one mixed lane capable of receiving a toll collection and an automatic toll collection is introduced.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a tollgate lane of a mixed type. Here, the mixed method refers to a plurality of conventional tollgate lanes (hereinafter referred to as “conventional lanes”) 1 in which cash is collected and a toll is collected by manual payment using a prepaid card, and a portion of the conventional tollgate lanes is used or This is a lane system having a mixed toll gate lane (hereinafter, referred to as a mixed lane) 2 which can use a small number of additional lanes and can receive manually paid tolls and automatic toll collection.

In addition, there are a conventional system and a dedicated system with respect to the mixed lane system. The conventional system is a system in which all lanes collect tolls by manual payment, and the dedicated system collects tolls by a plurality of conventional lanes 1 and automatic payment as shown in FIG. It is a lane system having at least one or more dedicated lanes 3.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the mixed lane 2 is provided with a lane booth 4 for collecting tolls by hand payment. For example, an arch is provided in front of the lane booth 4. Gate 5 is provided. This gate 5
In addition to the roadside antenna 6 for transmitting and receiving information necessary for non-stop automatic toll collection, an electronic bulletin board 7 for displaying information indicating that the vehicle is in a mixed lane 2 through which vehicles for manual and automatic payment can pass. Is installed. The mounting location of the roadside antenna 6 and the electric bulletin board 7 is not particularly limited.

The roadside antenna 6 and the electric bulletin board 7
Although not shown, a toll collection computer having a CPU is connected to the vehicle information received by the roadside antenna 6,
Information output from the manual payment device in the lane booth 4 installed in the mixed lane 2, for example, vehicle passing information, and further output from the manual payment device in the lane booth 4 installed in a plurality of conventional lanes 1. Information such as vehicle passing information, calculate the total number of vehicles passing by time zone and the number of ETC vehicles for automatic payment, and display necessary information on the electronic bulletin board 7. Further, the electronic bulletin board 7 displays, for example, character information for calling attention such as slow driving to the ETC vehicle, etc., so that ETC vehicles and non-ETC vehicles can be mixedly passed.

On the other hand, an ETC vehicle 8 that automatically collects tolls is equipped with an on-board ETC device 9. This vehicle-mounted device 9
When an IC card that records necessary contract information such as account number and the like, for example, the toll gate entrance inter name and the inter entrance input time required for the charge calculation is inserted, and the non-stop automatic collection of the charge, the ETC onboard equipment 9 Information necessary for toll collection is transmitted to and received from the roadside antenna 6, and toll collection is performed.

In the case where the toll is collected by hand, as in the conventional case, a staff member waiting at the lane booth 4 directly receives cash or a prepaid card from the driver of the vehicle and collects the toll.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, in the mixed lane 2, by processing both the ETC vehicle and the non-ETC vehicle, the toll can be received without reducing the lane of the non-ETC vehicle. Even if the ETC vehicle runs, it can be used without deteriorating the processing capacity of the toll booth, and the problem of non-ETC vehicle congestion can be solved.

Also, the toll collection computer receives information received by the roadside antenna 6, vehicle passing information from the lane booth 4 manual payment system, and a plurality of conventional lanes 1 from the lane booth 4 manual payment system. , The total number of vehicles passing through tollgates, the number of vehicles passing ETC vehicles,
Since the number of vehicles passing by TCs can be easily obtained, when the ratio of ETC vehicles exceeds a preset value, from the viewpoint of improving the processing efficiency of toll booths, toll collection by manual payment at the lane booth is stopped and only ETC vehicles are collected. If there is a dedicated lane to pass, or if there are many non-ETC vehicles, automatic toll collection will be stopped and non-E
It is possible to use a conventional lane through which only TC vehicles pass, or to easily switch the toll collection method. Also in this case, the toll collection system is displayed on the electronic bulletin board 7 at the entrance of each tollgate lane.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention.

In this system, some or all of the toll gate lanes 11,... Are mixed lanes each having an existing hand-paid lane booth 4 and a roadside antenna 6 for transmitting and receiving an automatic toll.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the automatic toll collection system 12 of the management center for managing the operation of the tollgates includes a roadside antenna 6 for each lane, a clearing device or a vehicle passage monitoring camera installed in each lane booth. A vehicle passage sensor 13 for outputting passage information of a toll collection target vehicle, a program memory 21 having a program for performing gate switching control in accordance with a ratio of the number of ETC vehicles passing to the total number of vehicles passing the tollgate, The count memory 22 counts up the total number of vehicles including ETC vehicles and non-ETC vehicles and the number of vehicles passing ETC vehicles, gate switching data (pattern) in each lane, and is displayed on the electronic display panel 7 corresponding to these gate switching data. The gate switching data memory 23 stores character information to be processed, and various necessary data, for example, A setting data memory 24 for storing data, a toll collection data processing unit 25 constituted by a CPU and executing predetermined processing in accordance with a program, a display unit 26 for displaying character information and gate switching data displayed on the electric bulletin board 7, and It is constituted by an input device 27 and the like for inputting setting data and inputting necessary data and instructions of the conventional method by manual operation.

The gate switching control means, for example, when switching from the mixed system to the dedicated system, notifying the booth attendant of the switch to the dedicated lane based on the gate switching data, and the electronic bulletin board 7 is dedicated to the ETC vehicle. This is to perform a process of displaying character information indicating that there is, and if necessary, prohibiting the clearing device installed in the lane booth or the vehicle passage monitoring camera from taking in vehicle passage information.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described with reference to FIGS.

Toll road toll gates are provided with more toll lanes than the number of main lanes as shown in FIG. 4, for example, in order to avoid traffic jams. In such a lane, the conventional lane is usually set at the center side of the toll gate lane, and the mixed lane or the dedicated lane is set outside, but this is not necessarily the case.

Further, prior to the start of the operation of the system, setting data based on past experience or computer simulation results, for example, whether vehicles passing through tollgates described later travel in any of the conventional and mixed or dedicated lane directions. The priority and other data to be weighted are set in various setting data memories 24, and further, gate switching data with respect to the ratio of the number of vehicles passing through the ETC vehicle and character information to be displayed on the electronic bulletin board 7 corresponding to the gate switching data are written. Shall be.

In the above state, when the operation of the system starts, the program data is read out and a series of processing as shown in FIG. 5 is executed. That is, after performing an initialization process for clearing unnecessary data in various memories and setting necessary data in a predetermined area (S1), a start time is read from a built-in timer and set in the memory (S2).

Thereafter, the fee collection data processing unit 25
Is a vehicle passage sensor (for example, a clearing machine) in the lane booth 4
13 and the information from the roadside antenna 6 are fetched to detect the passage of the vehicle to the toll gate lane, and the count is counted up to the total vehicle counter of the counter memory 22 (S3, S4).
Therefore, this total vehicle counter can count the total number of vehicles passing through the tollgate.

In step S5, it is determined whether or not the passing vehicle is an ETC vehicle. If the information is from the roadside antenna 6, it is determined that the vehicle is an ETC vehicle.
To the ETC car counter (S
6). This ETC vehicle counter counts the number of passing ETC vehicles.

After counting the number of vehicles passing through the tollgate as described above, the elapsed time from the start time is calculated using the current time and the already set start time, and the elapsed time is determined in advance. It is determined whether the gate switching set time has elapsed (S7). If not, step S is performed.
3 and the same processing is repeated.

When the elapsed time from the start time exceeds the gate switching set time, the total number of vehicles passing through the counter and E
Using the number of passing TC vehicles, E to the total number of passing vehicles
The ratio of the number of passing TC vehicles is calculated (S8).

After calculating the ratio of the actual number of vehicles passing through the ETC vehicle in this manner, the gate switching data for each ratio of the ETC vehicle stored in the gate switching data memory 23 is extracted, and the roadside data is obtained based on the gate switching control signal. A process of prohibiting / releasing the information input of the antenna 6 is performed (S9,
S10).

Subsequently, the gate switching data memory 23
, Character data relating to the lane system corresponding to the gate switching data is read out and displayed on the electronic bulletin board 7 (S1).
1).

Further, it is determined whether or not the processing is completed (S1).
2) If not completed, the process returns to step S12 to execute a series of processes.

Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, in addition to the existing lane booth 4 for manual payment, the roadside antenna 6 for automatic payment is provided in part or all of the lanes of the tollgate lane. If the number of additional lanes is increased, the automatic toll collection system acquires vehicle information obtained from the vehicle monitoring sensor 13 and the roadside antenna 6 at the time of toll collection, that is, the total number of vehicles passing and the number of ETC vehicles passing from vehicle passing information. Then E
Since the ratio of the number of TC vehicles passing is calculated, the predetermined ET
The toll booth lane can be switched to the conventional system, the mixed system, or the dedicated system based on the ratio of the number of vehicles passing the C car, and the vehicle can be processed most efficiently. As a result, it is possible to switch between the toll collection system and the lane system for each lane, thereby shortening the tollgate transit time for both ETC and non-ETC vehicles, further increasing tollgate processing capacity, and consequently congestion at tollgates. Can be greatly reduced.

Further, an example for determining the optimum lane configuration of the tollgate according to the ratio of the ETC vehicle to the total number of vehicles passing through the tollgate by using computer simulation will be described. The data such as the lane configuration is used to obtain data to be set in the gate switching data memory 23 and the setting data memory 24 shown in FIG.

In the computer simulation, by giving the total number of vehicles passing data and the number of vehicles passing ETC vehicles at various ratios, how the lane configuration of the tollgate is changed, the passing time of the tollgate is determined. It is checked in advance whether the shortest time and the congestion can be alleviated most, and the gate switching data in the gate switching data memory 23 is stored.

Further, even during operation of the tollgate, the vehicle information of the vehicle passage sensor 13 and the roadside antenna 6 can be taken in, and the most suitable lane configuration can be checked at each time point. At this time, a computer simulation may be used instead of the automatic toll collection system shown in FIG. 3, or it may be used to obtain setting data for the automatic toll collection system.

In this simulation, for example, in the tollgate lane as shown in FIG. 6, the priority or degree of whether the ETC vehicle, the non-ETC vehicle, or the like 8 wants to advance from the illustrated position to the conventional, mixed, or exclusive lane, respectively. Define. This priority quantifies the driver's psychology.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of a method of determining the priority.

That is, when the simulation is performed, the priority of whether the vehicle 8 on the lane proceeds to go straight, changes the left lane, or changes the right lane is determined from the combination of the type of the toll gate lane and the vehicle type. For example, an ETC vehicle has a low priority because it hardly enters a conventional lane as shown by a dotted line in the drawing,
Since the vehicle enters a mixed lane, the priority is increased. on the other hand,
Non-ETC vehicles have the opposite priority.

At this time, the vehicle 8 may not be able to enter the left or right lane depending on the vehicle type and the lane type. In this case, as shown in FIG. If the priority is calculated using the average of the lane types, the priority can be obtained even when the toll gate lane of the lane type that the vehicle 8 can enter is separated by a plurality of lanes.

In order to finally determine the vehicle 8 that goes to a certain lane, the priority (degree) of the vehicle that wants to go to that lane is compared.
Select the vehicle with the highest priority. In this way,
Reproduce the behavior close to the actual vehicle.

As a result of the simulation, the congestion length, the number of vehicles passing, and the transit time for each toll gate lane are obtained. The lane configuration that provides the best results is obtained by using these congestion lengths, transit times, and the like as indices. Will be employed. That is, it is possible to find the lane configuration corresponding to the ratio of the number of ETC vehicles passing to the total number of vehicles passing.

It should be noted that when evaluating the congestion length and the transit time, the evaluation is performed with an appropriate weight according to the priority matter at each time. For example, in the case where the number of vehicles passing (traffic volume) is large and all the remaining lanes except the leftmost (outside of the lane) of the tollgate lanes are used as conventional lanes, the toll collection system of the leftmost tollgate lane, that is, the lane system When examining what kind of system should be switched, if the number of vehicles near the limit that can be processed only by the conventional lane is generated and the simulation is performed while changing the ratio of ETC vehicles, as shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. You can create graphs.

FIG. 9 is a graph showing, for example, a relationship between the number of vehicles passing per lane and one hour and the ratio of ETC vehicles in the mixed system shown in FIG. 1A and the dedicated system shown in FIG. is there.

As is apparent from FIG. 9, since the ETC vehicle and the non-ETC vehicle pass through the mixed lane 2 in the mixed system, the number of vehicles passing through the mixed lane 2 is larger than that of the dedicated lane 3 of the dedicated system. Becomes larger, the number of vehicles passing through the dedicated lane 3 approaches the mixed lane 2. On the other hand, in the conventional lane 1, since the non-ETC vehicle enters the mixed lane in the mixed system as compared with the dedicated system, the number of passing vehicles is smaller.

FIG. 10 is a graph showing the relationship between the passing time (seconds) and the ratio of ETC vehicles, and FIG. 11 is a graph showing the relationship between the traffic jam length and the ratio of ETC vehicles.

As is clear from these figures, while the ratio of ETC vehicles is low, if the system is switched to the mixed system, the conventional lane 1
Non-ETC vehicles that cannot be processed by the system can be processed in the mixed lane 2, so that both the transit time and the congestion length are improved from the current state (the ratio of ETC vehicles is 0%). It can be seen that the ETC vehicle cannot be separated in the conventional lane and congestion occurs, and the traffic congestion prevents the ETC vehicle from proceeding to the dedicated lane, so that the transit time of both the ETC vehicle and the non-ETC vehicle becomes extremely long.

On the other hand, when the ratio of ETC vehicles increases, non-ETC vehicles can be handled only in the conventional lane, and switching to the dedicated system eliminates the need to wait for non-ETC vehicles with longer processing time. It can be seen that the transit time of the ETC vehicle is shorter than when switching to the mixed system, while there is no difference in the transit time of the non-ETC vehicle.

From this result, when switching the toll collection system for the toll gate lane on the left end, while the ratio of ETC vehicles is low, the mixed system is used so that non-ETC vehicles that cannot be handled only by conventional lanes can be processed. It can be seen that, when the system becomes popular, it is better to switch to the dedicated system so that the ETC does not have to wait for a non-ETC vehicle with a long processing time.

In addition, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0060]

As described above, according to the present invention, the toll collection system for each tollgate lane is switched to a predetermined lane system in accordance with the ratio of the total number of vehicles passing through the tollgate to the number of ETC vehicles passing. This allows the vehicle to be processed most efficiently,
Both TC vehicles and non-ETC vehicles can shorten the toll gate transit time, increase toll gate processing capacity, and alleviate congestion at toll gates.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing lanes of a mixed system and a dedicated system for describing a tollgate lane operation method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view and a front view of a mixed lane of the mixed type shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of an automatic toll collection system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a lane configuration of a tollgate.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the system.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for defining priorities in a lane direction in which a vehicle wants to travel in a toll gate lane.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a method of determining a priority used in a simulation for determining an efficient tollgate configuration in the system.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example for determining the priority.

FIG. 9 is a graph showing the relationship between the number of passing vehicles and the percentage of ETC vehicles created by simulation.

FIG. 10 is a graph showing a relationship between a passing time and a ratio of an ETC vehicle created by a simulation.

FIG. 11 is a graph showing a relationship between a traffic jam length and an ETC vehicle ratio created by simulation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Conventional lane 2 ... Mixed lane 3 ... Exclusive lane 4 ... Lane booth 6 ... Roadside antenna 7 ... Electric signboard 8 ... Vehicle 12 ... Automatic toll collection system

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A method of operating a lane at a tollgate, wherein a part or all of the lanes of the tollgate is a mixed lane capable of both manual toll collection and automatic toll collection. A toll lane operation method characterized by the following. 2. A method for operating a lane at a toll gate, wherein a part of the lanes of the toll gate is a dedicated lane having at least one dedicated lane capable of only automatic toll collection. The lane operation method. 3. A method for operating a lane of a toll gate, wherein the lane of the toll gate is determined by the total number of vehicles passing through the toll gate and E.
According to the ratio with the number of vehicles passing through the TC car toll booth, the conventional method of only the conventional lane of the toll collection, the mixed system with at least one lane or more capable of both the toll collection and the automatic toll collection, A lane operation method characterized by switching to any one of dedicated systems having at least one dedicated lane capable of only automatic toll collection and operating the lane. 4. A toll road toll booth lane, a conventional system with only a conventional lane for manual toll collection, a mixed system with at least one lane or more capable of both manual toll collection and automatic toll collection, automatic A lane operating means capable of switching to any one of dedicated systems having at least one dedicated lane capable of only collecting tolls, and passing information of ETC vehicles and non-ETC vehicles provided in each lane of the toll road tollgate. Vehicle passage detection means for detecting the number of vehicles passing through the vehicle and the number of ETC vehicles obtained from vehicle passage information detected by the vehicle passage detection means. An automatic toll collection system, comprising: a lane switching means for switching to any one of the following. 5. ET provided in each lane of a tollgate
Vehicle passage detection means for detecting passage information of vehicles C and non-ETC vehicles; and either a conventional system, a mixed system, or a dedicated system in advance according to the ratio of the total number of vehicles passing the toll booth to the number of vehicles passing ETC vehicles. Switching pattern setting means for setting a switching pattern to be switched; passing number counting means for counting the total number of vehicles passing and the number of ETC vehicles passing from vehicle passing information detected by the vehicle passing detecting means; The ratio between the counted total number of vehicles passing and the number of ETC vehicles passed is calculated, and an optimum switching pattern is selected from the switching pattern setting means according to the ratio, and any one of the conventional system, the mixed system and the dedicated system is selected. An automatic toll collection system, comprising: 6. The automatic toll collection system according to claim 4, wherein the vehicle passage detection means includes a clearing device or a vehicle passage sensor for performing manual payment collection by a non-ETC vehicle; An automatic toll collection system having a transmitting and receiving function having an antenna for transmitting and receiving information required for toll collection. 7. The automatic toll collection system according to claim 4, wherein the switching pattern set in the switching pattern setting means and other data necessary for the lane configuration of the tollgate are calculated using a computer for simulation. An automatic toll collection system characterized in that it is obtained by simulation. 8. The automatic toll collection system according to claim 7, wherein when performing the simulation, the straight ahead, the left lane change, and the right lane change which are the traveling directions of the vehicles existing in the toll gate lane are previously determined. An automatic toll collection system, wherein priorities are set based on a combination of a vehicle type and a vehicle type, and a traveling direction of the vehicle is determined based on the priority. 9. The automatic toll collection system according to claim 7, wherein when calculating the priority of changing the left lane or the right lane of the vehicle existing in the toll gate lane by the simulation, the current lane is excluded. An automatic toll collection system characterized by using an average value of outer lane types. 10. The automatic toll collection system according to claim 7, wherein when a change pattern set in the change pattern setting means and other data necessary for the lane configuration of the tollgate are acquired by simulation, the number of vehicles passing through the ETC vehicle. An automatic toll collection system characterized by evaluating one or both of a toll gate transit time and a congestion length of the ETC vehicle and the non-ETC vehicle with respect to the ratio of the toll vehicle.