JP2005309656A - Onboard unit for automatic charge collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an onboard unit for automatic charge collection system which is satisfactory in the operability and visibility of a card. <P>SOLUTION: In this onboard unit for automatic charge collection system where an onboard unit body 3 is fixed to an overhead console 20 mounted with a map lamp, the unit body 3 is arranged in a recess 21 of the overhead console 20, and a card insertion port is formed on the face of the unit body 3 exposed from the overhead console 20 at the upper front slanting position of a crew, and an insertion direction P of the IC card 12 of the card insertion port is set as an upper slanting direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an on-vehicle device for an automatic toll collection system (Electronic Toll Collection) mounted on a vehicle for communicating information such as toll collection on a toll road or the like.

  As this type of conventional on-board device for an automatic fee collection system, there is one shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  As shown in FIG. 9, the on-board device 100 for an automatic toll collection system includes an antenna 103 fixed to a stay 102 of an interior mirror 101 and an on-vehicle device body 105 mounted on an overhead console 104 on the ceiling of the vehicle interior. The antenna 103 and the vehicle-mounted device main body 105 are connected via an antenna line 106. The vehicle-mounted device main body 105 includes a radio unit 107a having a receiving unit, a transmitting unit, a demodulating unit, a vehicle-mounted control unit unit 107 having a control unit 107b for performing signal processing control thereof, a display unit 108a, an operation unit 108b, and the like. The human machine interface unit 108 and the IC card 110 are configured to be detachable, and an IC card interface unit 109 having an interface function of the IC card 110 is configured.

The in-vehicle control unit 107 is disposed in the recess 104 a of the overhead console 104 and is fixed by screws 111. The human machine interface unit 108 and the IC card interface unit 109 are disposed on a lid 112 that opens and closes the recess 104 a of the overhead console 104. The lid 112 changes between the closed position and the open position by rotating in the R direction around the support shaft 113. In the closed position of the lid 112 shown in FIG. 10, the display unit 108a and the operation unit 108b of the human machine interface unit 108 are exposed in the vehicle interior, and in the opened position of the lid 112 shown in FIG. The card insertion slot 109a is exposed in the passenger compartment, and the IC card 110 can be inserted and removed.
JP 2001-175899 A

  However, in the conventional on-board device 100 for an automatic toll collection system, when the lid 112 is in the closed position, the card insertion slot 109a is hidden from the passenger compartment and the passenger cannot see. Therefore, in order to insert / remove the IC card 110 or confirm the presence / absence of card insertion, the lid 112 must be in the open position, and the operability and visibility of the IC card 110 are poor. Further, since the IC card 110 is inserted / withdrawn in a direction perpendicular to the sight line direction of the occupant, there is a problem that the operability is poor in this respect.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide an on-vehicle device for an automatic fee collection system with good operability and visibility of a card.

  The invention of claim 1 is a vehicle-mounted device for an automatic toll collection system in which a vehicle-mounted device main body is fixed to an overhead console to which a map lamp is mounted. The vehicle-mounted device surface exposed from the overhead console and an occupant A card insertion slot is provided at an obliquely upper front position, and the card insertion direction of the card insertion slot is set obliquely upward.

  In this in-vehicle device for an automatic toll collection system, when the occupant turns his face up slightly, the card insertion slot can be seen, and the card insertion direction is substantially along the sight line direction of the occupant.

  The invention of claim 2 is the on-board device for the automatic toll collection system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is on the surface of the on-vehicle device body exposed from the overhead console and at a position adjacent to the card insertion slot. Is provided.

  In this on-vehicle device for automatic toll collection system, the display contents of the display unit and the presence / absence of card insertion can be visually checked simultaneously.

  The invention of claim 3 is the vehicle-mounted device for an automatic toll collection system according to claim 2, characterized in that the display unit is arranged with the display surface obliquely downward with respect to the vertical direction. .

  In this on-board device for automatic toll collection system, the display surface can be visually observed when the occupant turns his face slightly upward.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the occupant turns his face slightly upward, the card insertion slot can be seen, and the card insertion direction is a direction substantially along the sight line direction of the occupant. Therefore, it is easy to insert or remove the card into the card insertion slot, and it is easy to check whether or not the card is inserted.

  According to invention of Claim 2, the display content of a display part and the presence or absence of card insertion can be visually observed simultaneously. Therefore, it is possible to easily acquire or recognize information and the situation regarding the vehicle-mounted device main body.

  According to invention of Claim 3, when a passenger | crew turns a face a little upwards, a display surface can be visually observed. Therefore, the display surface can be easily seen.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the mounting operation of the vehicle-mounted device body, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the vehicle-mounted device body mounted in the recess of the overhead console, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof, FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof, FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. It is a schematic circuit block diagram of an onboard equipment. In the figure, the arrow FR indicates the vehicle forward direction, and the arrow UP indicates the vehicle upward direction.

  As shown in FIG.7 and FIG.8, the onboard equipment 1 for automatic toll collection systems is comprised from the antenna part 2 and the onboard equipment main body 3 connected to this antenna part 2 via the antenna line (not shown). Has been. The antenna unit 2 is fixed to a vehicle part that can easily transmit and receive radio waves to and from a roadside antenna (not shown), and transmits and receives radio waves to and from the roadside antenna.

  The in-vehicle device body 3 is covered with a housing 4 and includes a wireless unit 5, a power source / control unit 6, a human machine interface unit 7, and an IC card socket unit 8. The radio unit 5 is disposed in the housing 4 and includes a receiving unit that receives a reception signal from the antenna unit 2, a transmission unit that outputs a transmission signal to the antenna unit 2, a demodulation unit that demodulates the reception signal, and the like. ing. The power supply / control unit 6 is disposed in the housing 4 and supplies power input from the outside to each part as desired power supply contents and performs signal processing control of each part. The human machine interface unit 7 is a part for transmitting information to an operator or inputting a command from the operator, and includes a display unit 10, an operation switch 11 serving as an operation unit, and the like. The IC card socket unit 8 has an interface function of the IC card 12 that is a card, and includes a card insertion slot 13 into which the IC card 12 is attached and detached, and an eject button 19 that ejects the IC card 12.

  On the other hand, an overhead console 20 in which a map lamp, a room lamp, and the like are provided is provided on the ceiling of the vehicle interior. The overhead console 20 is formed with a recess 21 opened downward, and the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is mounted in the recess 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the housing 4 of the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is made of a synthetic resin. 15 and 16 are projected. The lock protrusion 14 is provided at a location where a part of the housing 4 is cut out, and is provided so as to be retractable inward by elastic deformation. One lock pin 15 is provided on a side surface not having a notch, and is provided so as not to be retracted by elastic deformation. The other lock pin 16 is provided at a position where a part of the housing 4 is cut out, and is provided so as to be retractable inward by elastic deformation.

  On the other hand, on the inner surface of the recess 21 of the overhead console 20, a lock hole 22 for locking the lock projection 14 and lock holes 23, 24 for locking the left and right lock pins 15, 16 are formed. The vehicle-mounted device body 3 is locked at three locations. That is, the lock protrusions 14 and the lock pins 15 and 16 on the in-vehicle device body side and the lock holes 22, 23 and 24 of the overhead console 20 lock the on-vehicle device body 3 inserted to the mounting position to the overhead console 20. 17. Each lock hole 22, 23, 24 penetrates the outer surface of the overhead console 20 so that a tool or the like can be inserted therein. That is, the lock means 17 is configured to be released by an operation from the passenger compartment side of the overhead console 20.

  In addition, the rear part of the upper surface of the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is set one step lower, and one connector portion 18 is provided at the one step lower portion. In the vicinity of the recess 21 of the overhead console 20, the other connector portion 25 which is the counterpart is provided, and this other connector portion 25 is a console side substrate 30 which performs electrical wiring such as a map lamp (not shown). It is fixed to. Both connector parts 18 and 25 are set to positions where the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is fitted to each other when the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is inserted to the mounting position of the recess 21 of the overhead console 20. Accordingly, both the connector portions 18 and 25 are electrically connected simultaneously with the installation of the vehicle-mounted device body 3 on the overhead console 20. Both connector portions 18 and 25 are provided with guide means (not shown) including guide grooves and guide protrusions, so that the guide means can be easily and smoothly fitted at appropriate positions. It has become like this.

  When the in-vehicle device body 3 is mounted in the recess 21 of the overhead console 20, the card insertion slot 13 is disposed at the front of the on-vehicle device body 3 exposed from the overhead console 20, that is, at a front position obliquely above the occupant. ing. Similarly to the display surface 10a, the card insertion slot 13 is arranged obliquely downward with respect to the vertical direction. Thereby, the card insertion direction P (shown in FIG. 7) of the card insertion slot 13 is set obliquely upward. The card insertion direction P indicates that the map lamp surface of the overhead console 20 does not get in the way when the occupant inserts or pulls out the IC card 12, and the IC card socket 8 interferes with the vehicle ceiling or map lamp. The direction is set so as not to.

  In addition, the display unit 10 and the operation switch 11 are disposed in front of the vehicle-mounted device body 3 exposed from the overhead console 20, that is, at a front position obliquely above the occupant and adjacent to the card insertion slot 13. . The display surface 10a and the operation switch 11 of the display unit 10 are disposed obliquely downward with respect to the vertical direction.

  Next, a procedure for attaching the vehicle-mounted device body 3 to the overhead console 20 will be briefly described. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is positioned directly below the recess 21 with respect to the overhead console 20 fixed to the ceiling of the vehicle interior. Then, the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is moved upward and inserted into the recess 21. In this insertion process, the lock projection 14 of the vehicle-mounted device body 3 and both lock pins 15 and 16 interfere with the inner wall of the recess 21, but the lock projection 14 and the other lock pin 16 are on the inner surface side of the housing 4. Insertion is allowed by elastic deformation. When the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is inserted to the mounting position, the lock projection 14 is in the position facing the lock hole 22 and the lock pins 15 and 16 are facing the lock holes 23 and 24, respectively. Then, the lock projection 14 and the other lock pin 16 are elastically restored and deformed so that the lock projection 14 is engaged with the lock hole 22 and the lock pins 15 and 16 are engaged with the lock holes 23 and 24, respectively. The means 17 is locked.

  Moreover, in the insertion process of this onboard equipment main body 3, the one connector part 18 of the onboard equipment main body 3 and the other connector part 25 of the overhead console 20 will be in a connection state. Thereby, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 7, the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is mounted on the overhead console 20, and the mounting operation of the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is completed.

  Further, when the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is removed from the overhead console 20 for maintenance or inspection, a tool is inserted into the lock holes 22 and 24 from the outside of the overhead console 20 (vehicle interior side) to One lock pin 16 is unlocked. If the vehicle-mounted device body 3 is pulled out from the recess 21 in the unlocked state, the vehicle-mounted device body 3 can be removed from the overhead console 20.

  As described above, in the onboard device 1 for the automatic toll collection system, the card insertion port 13 is provided on the surface of the onboard device main body 3 exposed from the overhead console 20 and at a front position obliquely above the occupant. Since the card insertion direction P of 13 is set obliquely upward, the card insertion slot 13 can be seen when the occupant turns his face slightly upward, and the card insertion direction P is substantially along the sight line direction of the occupant. is there. Therefore, the IC card 12 can be easily inserted into or removed from the card insertion slot 13, and the presence / absence of card insertion can be easily confirmed.

  In this embodiment, the card insertion direction P of the card insertion slot 12 is set in such a direction that the map lamp surface of the overhead console 20 does not get in the way when the occupant inserts or pulls out the IC card 12. The operability of the card 1 is further improved.

  In this embodiment, the card insertion direction P of the card insertion slot 13 is set in such a direction that the IC card socket portion 8 does not interfere with the vehicle ceiling, map lamp, or the like, so that the IC card can be saved while saving space. 12 operability and confirmation are improved.

  In this embodiment, since the display unit 10 is provided on the surface of the vehicle-mounted device body 3 exposed from the overhead console 20 and adjacent to the card insertion slot 13, the display contents of the display unit 10 and the IC card are displayed. The presence / absence of 12 insertions can be simultaneously observed. For this reason, the information and the situation regarding the vehicle-mounted device main body 3 can be easily acquired or recognized.

  In this embodiment, since the display unit 10 is arranged with the display surface 10a obliquely downward with respect to the vertical direction, the display surface 10a can be visually observed when the occupant turns his face slightly upward. Therefore, the display surface 10a can be easily seen.

It is a figure which shows one Embodiment of this invention and demonstrates mounting operation | work of an onboard equipment main body. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the vehicle-mounted device main body mounted in the recess of the overhead console according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front view of the vehicle-mounted device main body mounted in the recess of the overhead console according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the vehicle-mounted device main body mounted in the recess of the overhead console according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a right side view of the vehicle-mounted device main body mounted in the recess of the overhead console according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a left side view of the vehicle-mounted device main body mounted in the recess of the overhead console according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3. 1 is a schematic circuit block diagram of an in-vehicle device for an automatic fee collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the mounting state of the vehicle equipment main body of a prior art example. It is a perspective view of the onboard equipment main body when the lid | cover of a prior art example exists in a obstruction | occlusion position. It is a perspective view of the onboard equipment main body in case the cover of a prior art example exists in an open position.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Onboard equipment for automatic fee collection systems 3 Onboard equipment main body 10 Display part 10a Display surface 12 IC card (card)
13 Card insertion slot 20 Overhead console 21 Recess

Claims (3)

In the on-board unit for automatic toll collection system, where the on-board unit body is fixed to the overhead console where the map lamp is installed,
A card insertion slot is provided on the surface of the in-vehicle device body exposed from the overhead console and at a front position obliquely above the occupant, and the card insertion direction of the card insertion slot is set obliquely upward. An in-vehicle device for an automatic toll collection system. An on-vehicle device for an automatic fee collection system according to claim 1,
An on-board device for an automatic toll collection system, wherein a display unit is provided on the surface of the on-vehicle device body exposed from the overhead console and at a position adjacent to the card insertion slot. An in-vehicle device for an automatic fee collection system according to claim 2,
The in-vehicle device for an automatic toll collection system, wherein the display unit is arranged with a display surface obliquely downward with respect to a vertical direction.

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