JP2002175549A - Method and device for toll adjustment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a regular toll should be paid even when it takes a longer time than usual to travel at a normally determined travel speed owing to congestion caused by a traffic accident, natural congestion, etc. SOLUTION: At an entrance and an exit of a toll road, the license number of a passing vehicle is detected and whether the travel section of the passing vehicle is congested is detected in a database together with the license number and detection time; and a discount toll is computed from the storage contents according to how much the travel time of the travel section is longer than the travel time needed to travel at the prescribed speed and whether traffic congestion is caused during the travel, and displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toll payment method and a toll payment device for adjusting a toll on a toll road.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When traveling on a toll road, if the toll road has a fixed toll, the toll is paid at the entrance of the toll road. Also, if the toll varies depending on the mileage, receive a toll at the entrance of the toll road, pass the toll to the collector at the exit, know the traveling section from this toll, pay the toll prescribed in advance I have.

[0003]

Conventional toll payments on toll roads are performed as described above, and therefore, the travel time is usually determined by the traffic congestion or natural traffic congestion caused by the accident. Even if it takes longer than the time required for running, there is a problem that a fixed fee must always be paid.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and discounts the toll when the traveling time is longer than the time required for traveling at a normally-determined traveling speed due to traffic congestion. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a toll payment method and a toll payment device for determining an appropriate toll.

[0005]

A toll settlement method according to the present invention detects a car number of an approaching vehicle at an entrance of a toll road, and stores the car number and the detection time in a database of an information management center. A storage step, a second storage step of detecting occurrence of congestion in a traveling section of an incoming vehicle and storing the occurrence and time of occurrence of the congestion in a database; A third storage step of storing the number and the detection time in the database; and a time required for the traveling time in the traveling section from the entry to the exit of the vehicle entering the toll road when the vehicle travels at the specified speed based on the stored contents. On the other hand, a display step for calculating and displaying a discounted toll based on how long it takes to travel and whether there is congestion during traveling.

In the toll settlement method according to the present invention, a vehicle number of an approaching vehicle is detected at an entrance of a rest area provided in the middle of a toll road, and the vehicle number and the detection time are stored in a database of an information management center. A fourth storage step, a fifth storage step of detecting the vehicle number of the approaching vehicle at the exit of the rest area and storing the vehicle number and the detection time in a database, and contents stored in the fourth storage step and the fifth storage step The actual travel time is calculated by subtracting the rest time in the rest area calculated based on the travel time in the travel section from the approach of the car entering the toll road to the advance, and the actual travel time is calculated based on the travel time. This is for performing calculations.

[0007] In the toll settlement method according to the present invention, the display of the toll is displayed on a display in the vehicle compartment.

[0008] The toll settlement method according to the present invention includes a display step of displaying the presence or absence of traffic congestion at the entrance of a toll road, and a car entering a toll road regardless of whether or not the traffic congestion is displayed. When the traffic jam display is not performed at the time, an application different from the discount for a car entering is performed.

The toll settlement device according to the present invention detects the vehicle number of the approaching vehicle by communication means at the entrance of the toll road and transmits the vehicle number and the detection time to the information management center. An entrance vehicle number reading device that stores in a database, a traffic jam occurrence detecting means that detects the occurrence of traffic jam in a traveling section of an incoming vehicle, and stores the occurrence and time of occurrence of the traffic jam in a database; An exit vehicle number reading device that detects the vehicle number of the advancing vehicle by a communication means and stores the vehicle number and the detection time in a database, and, based on the stored contents, from the entry of the vehicle entering the toll road to the exit. The discounted travel time depends on how long it takes for the travel time in the travel section at the specified speed to travel at the specified speed, and whether there is congestion during the travel. Is obtained by an arithmetic means of the information management center to display performs an operation of gold.

A toll settlement apparatus according to the present invention detects a car number of an approaching vehicle at an entrance of a rest area provided in the middle of a toll road, and stores the car number and the detection time in a database. No. reading device, a rest area exit car number reading device for detecting the car number of the entering vehicle at the exit of the rest area and storing the car number and the detection time in a database, a rest area entrance car number reading apparatus, and a rest area The actual travel time is calculated by subtracting the rest time in the rest area obtained based on the stored contents of the exit vehicle number reading device from the travel time in the travel section from the entry of the car entering the toll road to the exit, And a calculating means of an information management center for calculating and displaying the discounted toll based on the travel time.

[0011] A toll settlement device according to the present invention includes a display device for displaying the presence or absence of congestion at the entrance of a toll road;
The calculation means of the information management center that applies differently from the discount for the car that entered when the traffic congestion was not displayed when entering the toll road regardless of the traffic congestion display It is provided with.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a toll road for explaining Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG.
A toll road having an entrance 3 and an exit 3, a vehicle number reading device 4 provided at the entrance 2 for reading the vehicle number of the approaching vehicle 5, and a vehicle number reading device 6 provided at the exit 3 for reading the vehicle number of the advancing vehicle 5. As the vehicle number reading devices 4 and 6, for example, a non-stop automatic toll collection system (hereinafter, referred to as ETC) is used.
Reference numeral 8 denotes an information management center having an arithmetic unit 9 and a database 10. The arithmetic unit 9 includes data 4a and 6a sent from the vehicle number reading units 4 and 6, and data sent from the police and the road public corporation. a is stored in the database 10, the toll calculation process is performed based on these data, and the result is stored.

FIG. 2 is a table showing the stored contents of the database 10, and includes the date, the entry time / exit time of the toll road, the required traveling time, the prescribed traveling time, the excess time, the presence or absence of traffic congestion, the discount rate, the toll, and the like. Remember.

Next, the operation will be described. When a car 5 enters from the entrance 2 of the toll road 1, a transmission / reception device (not shown) provided in the vehicle number reading device 4 and a transmission / reception device (not shown) mounted on the approaching vehicle 5 use an ETC. By the same communication as described above, the car number and approach time of approaching car 5 are read,
The read data is immediately sent to the information management center 8 and stored in the database 10. When the entering vehicle 5 travels at the specified speed and reaches the exit 3, the transmission / reception device (not shown) mounted on the vehicle 5 and the transmission / reception device provided in the vehicle number reading device 6 installed at the exit 3 again. (Not shown), the vehicle number and the advance time of the vehicle 5 that has entered are read, and the read data is immediately sent to the database 10 and stored.

The information management center 8 immediately calculates the toll based on the data stored in the database 10, and provides the calculated toll in the cabin of the car 5 via the transmitting / receiving device provided in the car number reading device 6. It is displayed on the display 11 as shown in FIG.

In this case, if traffic congestion occurs in the traveling section of the car 5 and it takes more time to pass through the traffic congestion section 7 than when traveling at a specified speed, the discount rate due to the traffic congestion is reduced. The discounted toll due to traffic congestion and the discounted toll are added to the regular toll and displayed on the display 11. Payment of the displayed traffic amount is paid directly to a staff member when leaving the gate, as is the case with the current situation, or based on a statement sent at regular intervals. The discount rate may be uniform for each expressway, or may be changed according to the length of traffic.

Embodiment 2 FIG. In the first embodiment, the traveling time of the traveling section takes longer than when traveling at the specified speed,
The toll is discounted on the basis of the traffic congestion in the traveling section during the traveling, but in this case, the rest area such as a parking area (PA) and a service area (SA) in the traveling section. The rest time in is also converted to the traffic jam time.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, vehicle number reading devices 21 and 22 by ETC are installed at the entrance and the exit of a rest area such as a parking area and a service area, respectively. Number reading device 2
The vehicle number and the entry time of the vehicle 5 that have entered by the same communication as the ETC between the transmission / reception devices (not shown) provided in the first and second devices 22 and the transceiver (not shown) mounted on the vehicle 5. Is read, and the read data is immediately sent to the information management center 8 and stored in the database 10. FIG. 5 shows the storage contents of the database 10 in this case. In addition to the storage contents of the database 10 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the entry time, the entry time to the rest area, and the rest time are additionally stored. You.

When traffic congestion occurs in a traveling section having the parking area and the service area and takes longer than a prescribed traveling time, a rest time in the parking area and the service area is subtracted from the traveling time to obtain a regular traveling time. It is determined based on this time whether discounting due to traffic congestion is to be performed.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, discounts due to traffic congestion are based on pure running times obtained by eliminating resting times in resting areas such as parking areas and service areas that are not actually running. The effect is that the fee can be calculated.

Embodiment 3 At the entrance of the current toll road, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, traffic information on a toll road, such as construction information, accident information, traffic congestion information, etc., is displayed based on VICS information as a road traffic information communication system network. A display device 12 is provided. Therefore, together with the vehicle number and approach time of the approaching vehicle 5 read by communication between the transmitting / receiving device (not shown) provided in the vehicle number reading device 4 and the transceiver (not shown) mounted on the vehicle 5, As shown in FIG. 7, the presence or absence of traffic congestion at the time of entering a toll road is additionally stored in the storage contents of the database 10 in the first embodiment described in FIG.

With the display on the display device 12, a car entering a toll road while recognizing that traffic congestion is occurring in a section where the vehicle is to travel is delayed by the traffic congestion. No discount will be given to them. Or, even if it goes, the discount rate is reduced. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation where the user enters a congested toll road and promotes congestion.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, a car that has entered a toll road while knowing the occurrence of traffic congestion can also promote traffic congestion. In addition, there is an effect that the discount of the traffic volume is not performed, or even if the discount is performed, the discount rate is reduced.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the vehicle number of an approaching vehicle is detected at the entrance of a toll road, and the vehicle number and the detection time are stored in the database of the information management center. Detecting the occurrence of traffic congestion in the traveling section and storing it in the database, detecting the number of the car entering at the exit of the toll road, storing the vehicle number and the detection time in the database, based on the stored contents of these, Because it was configured to calculate and display the discounted toll, depending on how long the travel time in the travel section required to travel when traveling at the specified speed took, and whether there was congestion during that travel, If the traffic time is longer than when traveling at the specified speed due to traffic congestion, the fare is discounted from the normal fare, so that an appropriate toll is set according to the traffic time. There is.

According to the present invention, since the display of the toll is displayed on the indicator in the vehicle compartment, the driver can quickly and accurately recognize the toll.

According to the present invention, since the actual travel time is calculated by subtracting the rest time in the rest area from the travel time, the calculation of the discounted toll can be accurately performed based on the travel time. There is an effect that can be.

According to the present invention, a discount different from the discount for an approaching vehicle when there is no traffic congestion is applied to a car entering the toll road after a traffic congestion is displayed at the entrance of the toll road. With such a configuration, it is possible to avoid a situation that promotes traffic congestion, and it is possible to appropriately discount traffic congestion.

According to the present invention, the vehicle number is provided at the entrance and the exit of the toll road, the vehicle number of the vehicle is detected by the communication means between the vehicle and the vehicle, the vehicle number and the detection time are transmitted to the information management center, and the database is transmitted to the database. An entry vehicle number reading device and an exit vehicle number reading device for storing, and a congestion occurrence detecting means for detecting occurrence of congestion in a traveling section of an entering vehicle and storing the occurrence and time of occurrence of the congestion in a database. Based on how long it takes for the traveling time of the car entering the toll road in the traveling section to travel at the specified speed, and how much traffic congestion has occurred during the traveling, the information management center calculates Means for calculating the discounted toll, it is possible to provide a toll settlement device capable of appropriately setting a toll according to the travel time. There is an effect that.

According to the present invention, a rest area entrance car number reading apparatus for detecting the car number of a car entering at the entrance of a rest area provided on the way of a toll road and storing the car number and the detection time in a database. And a rest area exit car number reading device for detecting the car number of the car that has entered at the exit of the rest area and storing the car number and the detection time in a database. Based on the contents stored by the number reading device and the rest area exit vehicle number reading device, the rest time in the rest area is calculated and subtracted from the running time to calculate the actual running time. There is an effect that it is possible to obtain a toll payment device that can accurately calculate the discount toll based on the toll.

According to the present invention, a display device for displaying the presence or absence of traffic congestion at the entrance of the toll road is provided, and the calculating means of the information management center performs a traffic congestion on a car entering the toll road after the traffic congestion display is performed. The discount is not applied to the delay caused by the traffic, or a discount different from that for the approaching vehicle when the traffic jam is not displayed at the time of entry is configured, so that the discount for the traffic jam can be appropriately performed and In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to obtain a toll payment device capable of avoiding a situation that promotes traffic congestion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a storage state diagram of a database according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a display state diagram of an indicator in the vehicle compartment.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram illustrating a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a storage state diagram of a database according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram illustrating a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a storage state diagram of a database according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Toll road, 2 entrances, 3 exits, 4, 6, 21, 2
2 car number reading device, 5 cars, 7 traffic congestion section, 8 information management center, 9 computing device, 10 database.

Claims (7)

[Claims] A first storage step of detecting a vehicle number of a vehicle entering at an entrance of a toll road and storing the vehicle number and a detection time in a database of an information management center; A second storage step of detecting the occurrence of the traffic congestion and storing the occurrence and occurrence time of the congestion in the database; and detecting the number of the car entering at the exit of the toll road and storing the number and the detection time in the database. Based on the third storage step of storing and the storage content of the database, how much the travel time in the travel section from the approach of the car entering the toll road to the advance is required when the vehicle travels at the specified speed. A discount calculation processing step of calculating a discounted toll depending on whether it takes a long time or occurrence of traffic congestion during the travel, and a display means for displaying the calculation result. A toll payment method characterized by the following. 2. A method of detecting the number of a car that has entered at the entrance of a rest area provided in the middle of a toll road, and storing the number and the detection time in a database of an information management center.
A storage step, a fifth storage step of detecting a vehicle number of the vehicle entering at the exit of the rest area and storing the vehicle number and the detection time in the database, and storing the fourth storage step and the fifth storage step. The actual travel time is calculated by subtracting the rest time in the rest area determined based on the content from the travel time in the travel section from the entry of the car entering the toll road to the advance, and based on this travel time 2. A discount calculation process for calculating a discounted toll, and display means for displaying the calculation result.
The toll payment method described. 3. The toll settlement method according to claim 1, wherein the display of the toll is displayed on an indicator in the vehicle compartment. 4. A display step for displaying the presence or absence of traffic congestion at the entrance of a toll road, wherein no traffic congestion is displayed for a car entering a toll road regardless of whether the traffic congestion is displayed. 3. The toll payment method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an application different from a discount for a car entering the vehicle is performed. 5. An entrance vehicle number reading device for detecting a vehicle number of a vehicle entering at an entrance of a toll road and storing the vehicle number and a detection time in a database of an information management center; A traffic jam occurrence detecting means for detecting occurrence and storing the occurrence and time of occurrence of the traffic jam in the database, and detecting a car number of a car entering at an exit of the toll road and storing the car number and the detection time in the database; Exit vehicle number reading device, and based on the stored contents, how long it takes for the traveling time in the traveling section from entry to exit of the vehicle entering the toll road to travel when traveling at the specified speed. Or a calculation of a discounted toll depending on whether there is traffic congestion during the travel or not, and a toll settlement including display means for displaying the calculation result. apparatus. 6. A rest area entrance car number reading device for detecting a car number of a car that has entered at the entrance of a rest area provided in the middle of a toll road, and storing the car number and a detection time in a database. A rest area exit car number reader for detecting a car number of a car entering at the exit of the area and storing the car number and the detection time in the database; a rest area entrance car number reader and a rest area exit car number read The actual travel time is calculated by subtracting the rest time in the rest area calculated based on the storage content of the device from the travel time in the travel section from entry to exit of the car entering the toll road, 6. The toll settlement device according to claim 5, further comprising: discount calculation processing means for calculating a discounted toll based on the calculation, and display means for displaying the calculation result. 7. A display device for displaying the presence or absence of traffic congestion at the entrance of a toll road, and no traffic congestion display is performed at the time of entry for a car entering a toll road regardless of whether the traffic congestion display is being performed. 6. The toll settlement device according to claim 5, further comprising discount calculation processing means for applying a different application from the traffic congestion discount for a car that has entered.