JP2001291129A - On-vehicle device with printer function for automatic toll collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle device with a printer function for an automatic toll collection system capable of issuing a toll receipt in the on-vehicle device side of the automatic toll collection system. SOLUTION: A print data outputting means 201a generates print data about toll information based on toll reception processing data and a printing means 213 outputs the print data after the data to be printed are inputted to the printing means 214 by a 1st outputting means 202a at a time when the data have been generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an on-vehicle toll collection system for automatically exchanging data between a toll gate and a vehicle passing therethrough by wireless communication and automatically collecting a toll. The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted device with a printing function of an automatic toll collection system having a function of issuing a receipt in which a toll is automatically printed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of automatic toll collection system is
ETC (Electronic Toll Colle
Ction System), for example, as disclosed in
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 28708, when a vehicle passes through a toll booth, the on-board ETC device and the toll gate perform transmission / reception processing by radio, so that the driver can directly contact the toll booth staff. Payments are made without the need to exchange cash or cards. In this system, when a vehicle passes a toll booth, a toll is displayed as a payment amount on a character display portion of the on-vehicle device.

[0003]

However, in this type of system, although the toll can be confirmed on the character display section of the on-vehicle device, the vehicle normally passes through the toll booth non-stop and is issued at the conventional toll booth. The driver does not get the equivalent of a receipt that has been issued. Failure to obtain a receipt will result in various difficulties, such as billing.

[0004] For example, when a plurality of people ride in a vehicle equipped with an ETC on-vehicle device, it is inconvenient to settle transportation expenses without a receipt. Further, when an employee uses a company car equipped with an ETC on-board device and travels on a highway, the employee cannot obtain a receipt as in the past. Therefore, there is a possibility that the settlement will be hindered when applying for the settlement at a later date.

[0005] Furthermore, a taxi crew equipped with an ETC on-vehicle device cannot obtain a high-speed toll receipt when using the highway during business hours. The toll must be handwritten in the gold box. In such a handwriting system, the passenger can later fill in the refilling column incorrectly, and there is no proof that the expressway has been used, so that there is a risk of misuse.

For reference, the receipt of a normal taxi without an on-board device of the automatic toll payment system is shown in FIG.
Shown in In FIG. 11, reference numeral 111 denotes a boarding date, 112 denotes a taxi door number, 113 denotes a boarding fare, and 114 denotes a advance payment column in which a high-speed toll and the like are written by hand. In such a receipt, as mentioned above, the taxi crew
It is necessary to sequentially copy the high-speed usage fee to the taxi receipt while looking at the display of the TC device, and it is necessary to add the taxi usage fee and the advance payment. Therefore, there is a possibility of writing errors.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above situation,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle-mounted device with a printing function of a toll automatic collection system that can issue or print a usage note corresponding to a toll receipt on the TC vehicle-mounted device side.

[0008]

FIG. 1 (a) shows a vehicle-mounted apparatus with a printing function of an automatic toll collection system according to the present invention according to claim 1 which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems.
As shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. 1, the toll gate side and a vehicle passing therethrough use a toll automatic collection system for automatically exchanging data by wireless communication and automatically performing a toll collection process. In charge of processing on the vehicle side of processing,
In a vehicle-mounted device that generates toll processing data including toll information, a print unit 213 that receives print data and prints the data, generates print data related to toll information based on the toll processing data, and prints the print data. Print data output means 201a having first output means 202a for outputting data to the print means 213 when the data is generated
And characterized in that:

According to the vehicle mounting apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention, the print data output means 201a generates print data relating to toll information based on toll collection processing data, The printing means 213 outputs this. However, this print data is output by the first output means 202a to the print means 213 at the time of data generation.

A vehicle mounting apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention according to the second aspect of the present invention is, as shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. Wherein the print data output means reads out print data from the storage means 207 in response to a print request signal, and print data read out from the storage means 207 in response to a print request signal. Is output to the printing means 213.
And output means 202b.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in response to the print request signal, the second output means reads the print data from the storage means in response to the print request signal. The read out print data is output to the printing means 213,
3 prints this.

A vehicle mounting apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the third aspect of the present invention, as shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. Wherein the print data output means responds to the print request signal when the second output means 202b outputs the print data to the print means 213. And outputting the print data including the read number information.

According to the vehicle-mounted apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the print data output means 201a responds to a print request signal and the second output means 202b responds to a print request signal. When outputting the print data to the printing unit 213, the print data including the read count information of the same data is output. That is, the data is printed with the issuance number information added to each data.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, as shown in the basic configuration of FIG. 1 (b), the vehicle-mounted apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system of the present invention comprises a toll gate and a vehicle passing therethrough. Is used for a toll automatic collection system that automatically exchanges data by wireless communication and performs toll collection processing, is in charge of the toll collection processing on the vehicle side, and generates toll processing data including toll information. A vehicle-mounted device that has print means 740 for receiving print data and printing the data, and storage means 714 for storing toll data generated based on the toll-in processing data,
The fare calculation means 730 calculates the fare according to the traveling distance and the traveling state, acquires the generated fare data in response to the print request signal, reads the toll data from the storage means 714, and prints these data. And print data output means 710a for outputting as data.

According to the vehicle mounting apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention, the print data output means 710a stores the toll data generated based on the toll processing data. And obtains the fare data from the fare calculation means 730 in response to the print request signal, reads out the toll data from the storage means 714, outputs these data as print data, and the printing means 740 Is printed.

An automatic toll collection system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, as shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. 1 (b), is a vehicle mounted device with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system of the present invention. The print data output means 710a has a summing means for summing the fare data and the toll data to generate sum data, and outputs the sum data as print data. It is characterized by the following.

According to the vehicle-mounted apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention, the print data output means 710a sums the fare data and the toll data by the summing means and outputs the print data. Output as
The printing means 740 prints this.

An on-vehicle device with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system of the present invention according to claim 6 is, as shown in the basic configuration diagram of FIG. 1B, an automatic toll collection system according to claim 5. The printing means 740 is characterized in that the printing means 740 is a printer that issues a taxi receipt on which the taxi fare is printed.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the printing means 740 is a printer for issuing a taxi receipt on which the taxi fare is printed. Therefore, since the receipt issuing printer normally provided in a taxi can be used as it is without any improvement, the cost of purchasing the printer can be reduced when the present invention is installed in a taxi.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a vehicle-mounted device with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system of the present invention. The on-vehicle device 201 shown in FIG. 2 is mounted on the vehicle side of a toll automatic collection system in which a toll gate and a passing vehicle exchange data by wireless communication and automatically set a toll. The toll collection process performed on the side is basically the same as the conventional one.

Reference numeral 202 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) for controlling the entire on-vehicle apparatus 201, a collection processing function for performing toll collection processing, and a print data output for receiving data from the collection processing unit and generating and outputting print data. Has functions. The toll collection function is a vehicle toll collection process in a toll collection system in which a toll gate and a vehicle passing therethrough exchange data by wireless communication and automatically perform a toll collection process. It is responsible for generating toll collection data including toll information. The details of the collection processing data will be described later with reference to FIG. The print data output function is for generating and outputting print data relating to toll information based on the toll collection processing data. 20
A wireless communication unit 3 includes a modulation / demodulation circuit and performs wireless communication with a toll gate via an antenna 204 normally fixed on a dashboard, and is connected to the CPU 202. 20
Reference numeral 5 denotes a non-volatile memory which is normally fixed on a dashboard and holds a vehicle ID which is an identification number unique to the vehicle, and vehicle type information indicating a vehicle type of the vehicle according to a toll system of a toll road. , CPU 202.
A read-only memory (ROM) 206 stores a control program of the CPU 202 and the like. 207 is C
It is a readable and writable memory (RAM) that is connected to the PU 202 and stores the tollgate side and the toll collection processing result, print data, and the like.

Reference numeral 208 denotes a display unit constituted by a liquid crystal display for displaying various information displays, operation guides, and the like.
Reference numeral 9 denotes an operation unit including a plurality of buttons and a numeric keypad for inputting a card ID and the like for use authentication of the IC card 211.
A processing unit that reads and writes the card 211, and these are connected to the CPU 202. Also IC
The card 211 includes electronic cash information (in the case of advance payment: prepaid), which is information on the balance of cash prepaid to pay a toll through a bank or the like, and balance information on tolls that can be settled later by automatic debit from a bank account or the like. (In the case of postpaid: postpaid), and the accompanying card ID and the like are written in advance. The IC card 211 includes a CPU for overall control, a ROM for storing a control program and the like, and a RAM for storing billing information and the like. 212
Reference numeral denotes a printer interface that forms an input / output port that outputs print data related to the fee collection process from the CPU 202 to the printer 213 and receives a print request signal from the printer 213 and supplies the print request signal to the CPU 202. The printer 213 receives print data from the CPU 202 via the interface 212 and prints it.

In the above-described configuration, the CPU 202 generates print data relating to toll information based on toll collection processing data, and the printer 213 receiving the print data issues a usage certificate. As described above, since the use book including the data on the toll information is printed, the toll book which cannot be obtained by the conventional toll automatic collection system can be easily obtained in the vehicle. As a result, there is no hindrance to the settlement process and the like. In addition, since the certificate can be obtained while in the car, the trouble is eliminated.

Next, referring to FIGS. 2, 3 (a) and 3 (b), the automatic printing and the manual
Processing performed between the PU 202 and the printer 213 will be described. FIG. 3A is a flowchart showing processing performed between the vehicle-mounted device and the printer in FIG. 2 during automatic printing. FIG. 3B is a flowchart showing processing performed between the in-vehicle device and the printer in FIG. 2 at the time of manual printing. In the automatic printing shown in FIG. 3A, when the printer switch is turned on and printing is possible, step S1 is executed.
When the toll collection process is completed by the CPU 202 in step 01, the CPU 202 generates print data shown in FIG. 5A or 5B described later from data in the format shown in FIG. The data buffer of the RAM 7 is updated with the contents of the print data of this time. Note that the CPU 202 attaches an identification number unique to each print data to the print data when updating the buffer. In step S103, the CPU 202 transmits the generated print data to the printer interface 1.
2 to the printer 213. Step S10
In step S1, the printer 213 receiving the notification in step S4
At 05, printing of the printing shown in FIG. 6A or FIG. In this automatic printing, it is not always necessary to print the number of issued sheets 602. The above-described processing of FIG. 3A corresponds to the first output unit of the present invention.

In the manual printing shown in FIG. 3B, when the print request print switch provided in the printer 213 is pressed in step S201, the printer 213 sends the print data request to the CPU in step S202.
Output to 202 side. The CPU 202 that has detected this request in step S203 reads out the print data stored in the data buffer of the RAM 7 in step S204, and sends this to the printer 213 as print data in step S205. CPU2
Numeral 02 attaches frequency information indicating the number of times the print data having the same identification number is read from the buffer to the print data. Upon receiving the print data in step S206, the printer 213 receives the print data in step S20.
At step 7, the printing of the use book shown in FIG. 6A or FIG. The above-described processing of FIG. 3B corresponds to the second output unit of the present invention.

As described above, during automatic printing, print data is printed when it is generated. Further, at the time of manual printing, print data is read from a buffer of the RAM 7 in response to a print request signal, and the read print data is output to a printer together with the number of issued papers and printed. As described above, since the print data is output to the printer when it is generated, that is, each time the vehicle passes through the tollgate, the toll ticket is automatically printed and issued, which hinders the driving of the vehicle when the toll ticket is issued. Never come. Also, even if printing fails due to running out of printing paper etc. during the above automatic printing,
By manually issuing a print request, the traffic data stored and held in the buffer can be read out, and the printer can be issued again with the usage document, so that the above-mentioned usage document can be obtained more reliably.

In the above embodiment, the print request is issued by the print switch on the printer, but this switch may be provided on the vehicle-mounted device. The printer may have a buffer for storing the print data.

FIG. 4 shows the state of the CPU shown in FIG.
This is the data format of the received signal obtained internally.
This data is obtained in real time from the toll-processing unit of the above-mentioned in-vehicle device every time the vehicle passes through a toll booth such as an entrance and an exit in the case of a general expressway and an entrance in the case of a metropolitan expressway. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 401 denotes data type information, which indicates whether it is ETC or freight transportation, which conforms to protocol standards. Reference numeral 402 denotes data length information, and reference numeral 403 denotes detailed type information, which is information indicating the type of information, for example, a general expressway, an entrance or an exit, and a metropolitan expressway without exit information. 404 and 405 are information indicating a regular toll and a discount toll, respectively, and 406 is information indicating a tollgate number. Reference numeral 407 denotes information indicating a tollgate name, which is composed of type information indicating whether the subsequent name is a kanji code or a JIS code and name information represented by a kanji code or a JIS code. 408 is vehicle type information indicating whether the vehicle is large or small, 409 is the vehicle number, and 410 is the passing time YYYY
(Year) MM (month) HH (hour) Information indicating mm (minute). Reference numeral 411 denotes card information such as a user code which can specify a person or a corporation from which a fee is to be deducted. Note that various control bits, check bits, and the like are omitted in the figure.

FIG. 5A is a data format showing an example of print data. This format can be used, for example, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway where fees are collected at the entrance. Reference numeral 501 denotes a data identification number unique to the in-vehicle device, which is incremented by one when the print data is updated, and is also an identification number unique to each data. 502 is read number information indicating the number of times print data having the same identification number is read from the buffer;
Reference numeral 503 denotes toll information indicating the collected toll, which is obtained from the regular fee 404 and the discount fee information 405 in the format shown in FIG. 504, 505, 50
6 and 507 are tollgate name, vehicle type, date, and vehicle number information, respectively, which are obtained from tollgate name information 407, vehicle type information 408, passage time information 410, and vehicle number information 409 in the same format in FIG.

FIG. 5B is a data format showing another example of print data. In this format, use section information is also added to the above-described format of FIG. 5A, so that the format can be used for general expressways such as the Tomei and Chuo Expressways where the toll is collected at the exit. Reference numeral 501 denotes a data identification number unique to the in-vehicle device, which is incremented by one when the print data is updated, and is also an identification number unique to each data. 502 is read number information indicating the number of times print data having the same identification number is read from the buffer;
Reference numeral 503 denotes toll information indicating the collected toll, which is obtained from the regular fee 404 and the discount fee information 405 in the format shown in FIG. 504, 505, 50
6 and 507 are tollgate name, vehicle type, date, and vehicle number information, respectively. Tollgate name information 407, vehicle type information 408, passage time information 410, and vehicle number information 409 in the format of FIG. Respectively. Reference numeral 508 denotes use section information, which is obtained from the tollgate name information 407 in the format of FIG. 4 output at the entrance and exit tollgates.

FIG. 6A shows an example of a utilization note according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This example can be applied to a type in which tolls are collected at the entrance, such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, and corresponds to the data format shown in FIG. Reference numeral 601 denotes a data identification number, and 602 denotes the number of issued cards. These 60
Reference numerals 1 and 602 correspond to information 501 and 502 of the data format shown in FIG. However,
The number of issued sheets 602 is basically not printed at the time of automatic printing, but is printed at the time of manually triggering to prevent abuse. Reference numeral 603 denotes a toll indicating the collected toll, which corresponds to the toll information 503 in the data format shown in FIG. 604, 605, 606 and 607 are tollgate names, vehicle types, dates and vehicle numbers, respectively, and the tollgate name information 50 in the data format of FIG.
4, vehicle type information 505, date information 506, and vehicle number information 507, respectively.

FIG. 6B shows another example of a use book according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This example can be applied to a type in which tolls are collected at an exit, such as a general expressway.
This corresponds to the data format of (b). 6
01 is the data identification number, and 602 is the number of issued cards. These 601 and 602 correspond to the data formats 501 and 502 shown in FIG. Here, the number of issued sheets 602 is basically not printed during automatic printing, but is printed to prevent abuse when a manual trigger is applied. Reference numeral 603 denotes a toll indicating the collected toll, which corresponds to the toll information 503 in the data format shown in FIG. 604, 6
05, 606 and 607 are tollgate name, vehicle type, date and vehicle number, respectively, corresponding to tollgate name information 504, vehicle type information 505, date information 506 and vehicle number information 507 in the data format of FIG. . Also 6
08 is a use section, which corresponds to use section information 508 of the data format shown in FIG.

As described above, when a manual instruction is given, the data identification number information 601 and the number of issued sheets 602 are printed on the use book, and both information 601 and 602
Thus, the number of times the same use book has been issued can be known, and misuse can be prevented.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the vehicle mounted device having a printing function of the automatic toll collection system of the present invention. In FIG. 7, a control box 710 is connected to a taxi meter 720 normally attached to a dashboard for displaying a taxi fare, and an external meter 730 for displaying a taxi fare according to a tax system specific to a taxi company. Have been. The external meter 730 is electrically connected to the taxi meter 720 via the control box 710, and receives fare data and business information from the taxi meter 720. The external meter 730 has an electrically erasable / rewritable read-only memory (EEPROM) inside, and includes a basic charge as a basis for calculating a fare,
Basic charge system data that defines an extra charge at midnight and early morning and the like, and basic program data that defines a formula for calculating a fare based on the basic charge system data and the like are stored.
The external meter 730 calculates and displays a taxi fare according to a taxi company-specific fare system in accordance with the fare data from the taxi meter 720 and the fare data stored in the above-mentioned EEPROM, and displays the calculated taxi fare on demand. Supply to control box. In addition, the control box 710 receives a print data from the control box 710 and receives a receipt indicating the fee displayed on the external meter 730 or the control box 7.
The printer 740 that issues a receipt or the like in which the fee calculated in step 10 is described, and the in-vehicle device 75 that performs toll collection processing
0 is connected. The on-vehicle device 750 is mounted on the vehicle side of a toll automatic collection system that automatically exchanges data between the tollgate and the passing vehicle by wireless communication and automatically performs a toll. The charge collection process is basically the same as the conventional one. In-vehicle device 750
Outputs the toll collection processing data relating to the toll generated by the toll collection unit through the input / output port 750a. The taxi meter 720, the external meter 730, and the printer 740 can be used as they are.

The control box 710 includes a read-only memory (ROM) 711 and a central processing unit (CP).
U) 712, electrically erasable / rewritable read-only memory (EEPROM) 713, readable / writable memory (RAM) 714, and interface unit 7
15 is comprised. The ROM 711 stores programs, fixed data, and the like. CPU 712 is RO
It operates according to a control program stored in advance in M711. Also, the CPU 712 obtains the fare data obtained from the external meter 730 in response to the print request signal from the printer 740, reads the toll data from the RAM 714, and outputs or obtains these data as print data. And a print data output unit 712a that adds the read fare data and the read toll data and outputs the sum as print data. Various types of data stored in the EEPROM 713 are held for a predetermined period of time by power supplied from a backup battery (not shown) when power supply is cut off. RAM7
Reference numeral 14 includes various storage areas including a buffer for storing various data generated in the course of the processing of the CPU 712 and toll data generated based on toll processing data from the vehicle-mounted device. The interface unit 715 is a taxi meter interface (hereinafter abbreviated as I / F) 7 to which the taxi meter 720 is connected.
15a, an external meter I / F 715b to which the external meter 730 is connected, a printer I / F 715c to which the printer 740 is connected, and an in-vehicle device I / F 715d to which the in-vehicle device 750 is connected. ing.

Next, referring to FIGS. 7, 8A and 8B, a description will be given of processing performed between the vehicle-mounted device, the control box, the printer, and the external meter during automatic printing and manual printing. I do. FIG. 8A shows the state of FIG.
5 is a flowchart showing processing performed between the in-vehicle device, control box, and printer. FIG.
7B is a flowchart illustrating processing performed between the external meter, the control box, and the printer in FIG. 7 during manual printing. In the case of the automatic printing shown in FIG. 8A, the vehicle-mounted device controls the toll-in processing data in the format shown in FIG. 4 via the input / output port 750a immediately after the charge processing is completed in step S301 in step S302. Send to box 710. In step S303, control box 7
In step S304, the print data 10 shown in FIG. 5A or FIG. 5B is generated, and the data buffer of the RAM 714 is updated with the print data. Then, in step S305, the print data is sent to the printer 740 via the printer interface 715c. In step S 306, the printer that has received the notification in FIG.
The printing of the usage certificate shown in FIG. 6A or FIG. However, the data number information and the issued number information are not always necessary here.

As described above, since the print data is output to the printer when it is generated, that is, the use book is automatically issued every time the vehicle passes through the toll gate, so that the driving of the car is hindered when the use book is issued. Never come.

At the time of manual printing shown in FIG. 8B, when a print request print switch provided on the printer is pressed on the printer side in step S401, a print data request is sent to the control box 710 side in step S402. Output. The control box 710 that has detected this request in step S403 proceeds to step S404.
Outputs the request for the fare data to the external meter side. The external meter 730 that has detected this request in step S405 displays the currently calculated fare in step S4.
At 06, it is sent to the control box 710 side. Upon detecting the fare data in step S407, the CPU 712 determines in step S408 that the RAM 14
Of received data stored and held in the data buffer. Further, the CPU 712 sums the fare data and the collection data in S409, and proceeds to step S410.
The sum data is sent to the printer 740 as print data shown in FIG. Step S
The printer 74 that has received the print data at 411
In step S412, printing of a receipt shown in FIG. The processing of FIG. 8B corresponds to the print data output means of claims 4 and 5.

FIG. 9 shows the format of print data output from the print data output unit of the control box 710 during manual printing shown in FIG. 8B. This format can be used for receipts for tolls collected from passengers when getting off a taxi. Reference numeral 901 denotes the fare information obtained from the taxi meter. Reference numeral 902 denotes toll information indicating the collected toll, which is obtained from the regular fee 404 and the discount fee information 405 in the format of the collection processing data shown in FIG. 903 is the total amount of the fare and the toll obtained from the information of 901 and 902. Date information and vehicle number information 904 and 905 are obtained from the fee information 404 (or 405) and the information vehicle number information 409 in the data format of FIG.
Reference numeral 906 denotes a vehicle number, which is, for example, a door number of a taxi vehicle, which can be obtained from an external meter as in the related art.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a receipt printed using the data format of FIG. This print example corresponds to a taxi receipt, and is obtained by pressing the print switch of the printer when getting off the vehicle. The print content corresponds to the data format shown in FIG. 10
Reference numeral 1 denotes a fare, which corresponds to the fare 901 in the data format shown in FIG. Reference numeral 102 denotes a toll, that is, a reimbursement paid by a taxi crew member, and corresponds to the toll information 902 in the data format shown in FIG. Reference numeral 103 denotes the total amount of the fare 101 and the advance payment 102, and the total amount information 9 in the data format shown in FIG.
03. Reference numerals 104 and 105 denote a date and a vehicle number that issued the receipt, respectively, and correspond to the date information 904 and the vehicle number information 905 in the data format of FIG. Reference numeral 106 denotes a vehicle number indicating a taxi door number or the like, which corresponds to the vehicle number 906 in the data format shown in FIG.

As described above, a receipt on which the fare and the toll are printed is obtained at the time of printing request. Therefore, there is no need to manually write in the advance payment column when the passenger gets off the vehicle as in the related art. Don't worry about typing mistakes. In addition, fare 1
Since a printed receipt is also printed with the total fee 103 including the 01 and the toll 102, the trouble of summing up the fare and the toll for the toll when the passenger gets off the vehicle as in the related art can be omitted. You do not have to worry about calculation errors or entry errors. Further, as the printer for issuing the above-mentioned receipt, the printer for issuing a taxi receipt normally installed in a taxi is used as it is. Since the receipt printer normally provided in a taxi can be used without any modification, the cost of purchasing the printer can be reduced when the present invention is installed in a taxi.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the printer is not modified at all, and the present invention is applicable to any other system having a vehicle-mounted printer. For example, a truck data collection system is basically composed of an input terminal for inputting operation data, an external storage device for recording the data, a printer for printing data, and a control box to which these are connected. The present invention can also be applied to a system.

[0043]

According to the vehicle-mounted apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention,
Since the data relating to the toll information is printed, a toll usage book that could not be obtained by the conventional toll automatic collection system can be easily obtained in the vehicle. As a result, there is no hindrance to the settlement process and the like. In addition, since the certificate can be obtained while in the car, the trouble is eliminated. Further, since the first output means 202a outputs the print data to the printing means 213 when the print data is generated, that is, each time the vehicle passes through the tollgate, a toll ticket is automatically issued. It does not hinder driving.

According to the vehicle-mounted apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the second aspect of the present invention, a printing request is issued even if printing fails due to running out of printing paper during the printing. The second output means 20
2b can read the traffic data held in the storage means 206 and print it again from the printing means 213, so that in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, an effect that the usage certificate can be obtained more reliably There is.

According to the on-vehicle apparatus with the printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the number of times of reading is described on the use book, and how many times the same use book is used. You can see how many times it was issued. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the receipt can be reissued, but the unauthorized reissue can also be performed. However, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the number of issued same use books can be immediately recognized to prevent misuse. Is obtained in addition to the effects of the first and second aspects of the present invention.

According to the vehicle-mounted apparatus having a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention, a receipt on which the fare and the toll are printed can be obtained when necessary. Therefore, there is no need for the taxi driver to manually fill in the advance payment column when the passenger gets off the vehicle as in the related art. Don't worry about typing mistakes.

According to the vehicle-mounted apparatus having a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention described in claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 4, the total fare obtained by adding the fare and the toll together with the fare and toll is also obtained. Since the stated receipt is issued, the taxi driver does not need to add a fare and a toll toll when a passenger disembarks as before. You do not have to worry about calculation errors or entry errors.

According to the vehicle-mounted apparatus with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to the present invention as set forth in claim 6, in addition to the effects of the invention as set forth in claims 4 and 5, a taxi is normally provided with a receipt. Since the printer can be used without any modification, the cost of purchasing the printer can be reduced when the present invention is installed in a taxi.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a vehicle-mounted device with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a flowchart showing processing performed between the vehicle-mounted device and the printer in FIG. 2 during automatic printing. FIG. 3B is a flowchart illustrating processing performed between the vehicle-mounted device and the printer in FIG. 2 at the time of manual printing.

FIG. 4 is a data format of a reception processing signal.

FIG. 5A is a data format showing an example of print data. FIG. 5B is a data format showing another example of the print data.

FIG. 6A shows an example of a usage note according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6B is an example of another usage note according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of a vehicle-mounted device with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system of the present invention.

FIG. 8A is a flowchart illustrating processing performed between the vehicle-mounted device, the control box, and the printer in FIG. 7 during automatic printing. FIG. 8B is a flowchart showing processing performed between the external meter, control box, and printer in FIG. 7 at the time of manual printing.

FIG. 9 shows a format of print data output from a print data output unit of a control box at the time of manual printing shown in FIG. 8B.

FIG. 10 is an example of a receipt printed using the data format of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an example of a conventional taxi receipt.

[Explanation of symbols]

 201 In-vehicle device 202 CPU 203 Radio unit 204 Antenna 205 Non-volatile memory 206 ROM 207 RAM 208 Display unit 209 Operation unit 210 IC card processing unit 211 IC card 212 Printer interface 213 Printer 710 Control box 720 Taxi meter 730 External meter 740 Printer 750 Vehicle mounting apparatus

Claims (6)

[Claims] An automatic toll collection system for automatically exchanging data between a tollgate and a vehicle passing therethrough by wireless communication and automatically performing a toll collection process. A vehicle-mounted device that is in charge of processing and generates toll processing data including toll information; a printing unit that receives print data and prints the data; and generates print data related to toll information based on the toll processing data. And a print data output means having first output means for outputting the print data to the print means when the print data is generated. 2. The print data output means includes: storage means for storing and holding the print data; read print data from the storage means in response to a print request signal; and outputs the read print data to the print means. The vehicle-mounted device with a printing function of the toll automatic collection system according to claim 1, further comprising: a second output unit that performs the operation. 3. The print data output means, when the second output means outputs the print data to the print means in response to the print request signal, information on the number of times of reading the same data. The vehicle-mounted device with a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to claim 2, wherein the printing data including: 4. An automatic toll collection system for automatically exchanging data between a toll gate and a vehicle passing therethrough by wireless communication and automatically performing a toll collection process. In a vehicle-mounted device that is in charge of processing and generates toll processing data including toll information, a print unit that receives print data and prints the data, and stores toll data generated based on the toll processing data. A storage means, wherein the fare calculation means calculates and calculates the fare according to the traveling distance and the traveling state, acquires the fare data in response to the print request signal, and reads out the toll data from the storage means; And a print data output means for outputting the print data as print data; and a vehicle-mounted device with a print function of an automatic toll collection system, comprising: . 5. The print data output means includes a summing means for summing the fare data and the toll data to generate summed data, and outputs the summed data as print data. A vehicle-mounted device having a printing function of the automatic toll collection system according to claim 4. 6. The on-vehicle device with a printing function of a toll automatic collection system according to claim 5, wherein the printing means is a printer that issues a taxi receipt on which a taxi fare is printed.