JP2006004355A - Charge discount system and onboard machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that a charge discount system for a disabled person etc. cannot be used with ease in a charge acceptance system such as an ETC or unattended parking due to a complicated use procedure and processing and the structure of its system from viewpoints of prevention etc. of spoofing of a disabled person etc. <P>SOLUTION: An IC card 9 where discount information, frequency of use etc. of a disabled person etc. are stored in internal memory and a card reader/writer 2 which reads or writes information on the IC card 9 are combined to conventional automatic charge acceptance systems. The use of an IC card as a certificate will prevent fraudulent activities such as spoofing, as the forgery of the IC card is comparatively hard. By installation of an IC card reader on a charge acceptance device, discount charge can be easily calculated by coupling discount information with a regular fee. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a charge discount system using a data carrier such as an IC (Integrated Circuit) card and a reader / writer capable of reading and writing information of the data carrier.

  A conventional automatic fee collection system such as ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) on a toll road is a system for paying the usage fee for the facility unattended and / or automatically from an IC card or the like.

For example, at the time of automatic payment of the above ETC, if you want to receive a discount for disabled persons, you must apply in advance at the municipal welfare office, etc., and pre-register the boarding number and valid discount period in the disability certificate In addition, by separately registering the in-vehicle device, a discount on the fee can be received only in the case of a combination of the ETC card containing the information of the disabled person and the applied in-vehicle device (for example, patent document) 1). That is, fee processing is performed using one ETC card that can be discounted in advance.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-175784

  However, in the conventional system for paying charges, even if the person owns discount information etc. for persons with disabilities etc., the combination of the on-board device and IC card that has been registered in advance for the purpose of preventing impersonation etc. Only available in In addition, discount information is not taken into account in an automatic toll collection device in unattended parking or the like.

  The present invention reads information on a data carrier, which is relatively difficult to forge, such as an IC card used for settlement, and an IC card having discount information, with a reader / writer connected to the vehicle-mounted device itself or the vehicle-mounted device. An object of the present invention is to provide a system that transmits information to an automatic fee collection device and executes fee collection processing in consideration of the presence or absence of discount information.

  The toll collection system of the present invention is a toll collection system comprising a vehicle-mounted device that has a wireless communication function and is mounted on a vehicle, and a fee-collecting device that performs wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device. The vehicle-mounted device has a plurality of insertion portions for inserting a first information record carrier having a payment function and a second information record carrier storing specific discount information. Information acquired from the information record carrier and the second information record carrier is transmitted to the toll collection device, and the toll collection device performs toll collection processing based on the information received from the vehicle-mounted device. .

  In addition, the toll collection system of the present invention includes a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and mounted on a vehicle, an information record carrier reading device mounted on the vehicle and communicating with the vehicle-mounted device, and wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device. A toll collection system comprising a toll collection device to perform, wherein the vehicle-mounted device has an insertion section for inserting a first information record carrier having a payment function owned by a user, and the information reading The apparatus has an insertion unit for inserting a second information record carrier storing specific discount information, and the vehicle-mounted device receives the information acquired from the first information record carrier and the information reader. Information acquired from the second information record carrier is transmitted to the toll collection device, and the toll collection device performs toll collection processing based on the information received from the on-vehicle device.

  Further, the on-vehicle device of the present invention is an on-vehicle device that performs wireless communication with a toll collection device that executes toll collection processing and is mounted on a vehicle, and the on-vehicle device has a payment function owned by a user. A plurality of insertion portions for inserting a first information record carrier having a second information record carrier storing specific discount information, and the first information record carrier and the second information record Information acquired from the carrier is transmitted to the toll collection device that executes toll collection processing based on this information.

  Further, the on-vehicle device of the present invention is an on-vehicle device that performs wireless communication with a toll collection device that executes toll collection processing and is mounted on a vehicle, and the on-vehicle device has a payment function owned by a user. A first information record carrier having an insertion portion, and an information reading device connection portion having an insertion portion for inserting a second information record carrier storing specific discount information. The information acquired from one information record carrier and the information acquired from the second information record carrier via the information reading device are transmitted to the toll collection device that executes toll collection processing based on these information To do.

  As described above, according to the charge collection system of the present invention, the charge collection process is performed using an IC card having a settlement function and an IC card having discount information, so that it is determined in advance as in the past. The discount processing can be performed using each IC card having different discount information.

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

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a toll collection system in the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, 1 is a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and mounted on a vehicle, 2 is a vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle and connected to the vehicle-mounted device 1, and information on a contact type IC card which is an example of an information record carrier A card reader / writer 3 for reading is a roadside antenna for performing wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device 1, 4 is a roadside control device for controlling the roadside antenna 3 and communicating with the vehicle-mounted device 1 via the roadside antenna 3, 5 is a roadside This is a fee collection device that calculates a fee based on information transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 1 via the control device 4.

  The operation of the fee collection system configured as described above will be described.

  Vehicle type information and the like are written in advance in the vehicle-mounted device 1 mounted on the vehicle, and for example, passage route information and billing information are written when passing through a toll gate on an expressway. And in this onboard equipment 1, although not shown in figure, the insertion part which can insert a contact-type IC card, the contact terminal for reading information from IC of IC card, and the calculating part which analyzes the information which the contact terminal read Etc., and the IC card 6 shown in FIG. 2 can be attached and detached. The IC card 6 has a pass ticket function, and in the internal memory, in advance, an ID (Identification) number (not shown), payment account information 7 for road fee payment, road use contract information 8, etc. Has been written.

  Further, the card reader / writer 2 connected to the vehicle-mounted device 1 is inserted with the IC card 9 shown in FIG. 3 different from the IC card 6 shown in FIG. It is. The IC card 9 has a certificate function indicating that it is a person with a disability, etc., and a certification ID 10 for proving that it is a person with a disability and the number of uses 11 are written in the internal memory. ing. The card reader / writer 2 can write information such as the number of times of use to the IC card 9 when passing through a toll gate on an expressway, for example.

  On the other hand, the toll gate includes a roadside antenna 3 that is a communication device in addition to an entrance / exit gate, a roadside radio control device 4 that communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 1 via the roadside antenna 3, and a roadside radio control unit 4 A fee collection device 5 that collects a fee based on information received from the vehicle-mounted device 1 is provided.

  Next, fee collection processing in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, the vehicle-mounted device 1 to which the IC card 6 is mounted and the non-contact reader / writer 2 to which the IC card 9 is mounted are provided on the vehicle side, and the roadside antenna 3, the roadside wireless control device 4, and the fee collection device 5. Are provided on the road side, and toll collection processing is performed by communicating between the vehicle side and the road side.

  In addition, a driver and one passenger are in the vehicle, the driver has an IC card 6 having a settlement function and a pass ticket function, and the passenger is a disabled person. Possesses an IC card 9 having a certificate function indicating that it is a person with a disability, etc., inserts the IC card 6 possessed by the driver into the insertion portion of the vehicle-mounted device 1, and the IC card possessed by the passenger The case where 9 is inserted in the insertion part of the card reader / writer 2 and passes on the highway will be described.

  When the vehicle passes through the pay facility, the IC card 6 is mounted on the vehicle-mounted device 1 in advance. When the vehicle passes through the entrance toll gate with the on-vehicle device 1 mounted, the entrance information and the like are transmitted from the road-side radio control device 4 to the on-vehicle device 1 using the road-side antenna 3. The vehicle-mounted device 1 stores the received entrance information, approach time, etc. in its own internal memory and also records it in the IC card 6.

  When the vehicle reaches the intended exit toll gate, the vehicle-mounted device 1 reads the payment account information 7 and the road use contract information 8 stored in the IC card 6 and passes the entrance information stored in itself. The information is transmitted to the roadside radio control apparatus 4 through the roadside antenna 3 together with the information.

  Thereafter, the roadside wireless control device 4 confirms the presence / absence of discount information on the disabled person or the like by communicating with the card reader / writer 2 connected to the vehicle-mounted device 1 via the vehicle-mounted device 1. When the IC card 9 is present in the insertion portion of the card reader / writer 2 and discount information due to being a disabled person is stored, the vehicle-mounted device 1 acquires the discount information from the card reader / writer 2 to the roadside. Transmit to the wireless control device 4 side. The roadside wireless control device 4 inputs information received from the vehicle-mounted device 1 to the toll collection device 5. The toll collection device 5 incorporates a CPU (not shown), and a calculation program stored in advance in this CPU is executed in the execution area, so that it is based on the received route information, road usage contract information, usage time, etc. A normal charge 14 is calculated. Further, the fee collection device 5 determines whether there is discount information, and if the information exists, calculates the discount fee 15 in consideration of the discount information. The discount fee 15 is also calculated by executing a discount calculation calculation program stored in the CPU in the calculation area. The discount rate is stored in advance in a memory in the fee collection device 5.

  Then, the toll collection device 5 transmits to the vehicle-mounted device 1 information regarding the toll fee and the number of times of use processed through the roadside radio control device 4 and the roadside antenna 3, and the fee collection processing to the IC card 6 or the IC card 9 is added to the number of times of use. In this way, the toll collection process can be executed, and the vehicle can pass through the toll gate non-stop.

  In the case where the passengers are different and each passenger has an IC card 9 with a different discount state, a certain passenger rides and the IC card 9 possessed by the passenger is taken into contactless reader / writer. By inserting into the insertion portion 2 and collecting the fee, the passenger can receive a discount that matches the passenger's discount status.

  As described above, the toll collection process is performed using the IC card 6 having the settlement function and the IC card 9 having the discount information, so that the discount can be performed only with the IC card determined in advance as in the past. The discount processing is not limited to the fact that it cannot be received, and discount processing can be performed using each IC card 9 having different discount information.

  In the present embodiment, the contact type card reader / writer 2 is used to process information from the IC card 9, but a non-contact type reader / writer may be used. The on-vehicle device 1 may be a non-contact type IC card that can be read and written.

  In the present embodiment, the vehicle-mounted device 1 and the card reader / writer 2 have been described as being of the type in which the IC card 6 or the IC card 9 is inserted, but may be of the type in which the IC card is placed. However, the insertion type is desirable from the viewpoint of the stability of holding the IC card.

  In this embodiment, an example is shown in which toll collection is performed using two IC cards, IC card 6 and IC card 9. However, in-vehicle device 1 and card reader / writer 2 are inserted with a plurality of IC cards simultaneously. The number of IC cards 9 to be inserted may be increased, and fee collection may be performed based on three or more IC cards. The calculation of the charge, the calculation of the discount charge, and the communication with the roadside wireless control device 4 in this case are the same as in the above embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the vehicle-mounted device 1 and the card reader / writer 2 are provided and one IC card is inserted is shown. However, the vehicle-mounted device 1 has a structure in which a plurality of insertion portions are provided, and the card reader / writer is provided. Even if 2 is not provided, the IC card 6 and the IC card 9 may be inserted into the vehicle-mounted device 1.

  The toll collection system of the present invention can easily collect tolls taking into account discount information for persons with disabilities and the like, and is therefore useful as a toll collection system in toll facilities such as expressways and parking lots.

The figure which shows schematic structure of the fee collection system in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows schematic structure of the IC card used by inserting in the onboard equipment in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows schematic structure of the IC card inserted and used for the card reader / writer in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the operation | movement process between the onboard equipment in the embodiment of this invention, the apparatus of the toll gate side, etc.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 OBE 2 Card reader / writer 3 Roadside antenna 4 Roadside radio control device 5 Toll collection device 6 IC card 7 Payment account information 8 Road use contract information 9 IC card 10 Certification ID
11 Number of times of use 14 Regular charge 15 Discounted charge

Claims (9)

A toll collection system comprising a vehicle-mounted device that has a wireless communication function and is mounted on a vehicle, and a fee collection device that performs wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device,
The vehicle-mounted device has a plurality of insertion portions for inserting a first information record carrier having a payment function owned by a user and a second information record carrier storing specific discount information,
The vehicle-mounted device transmits information acquired from the first information record carrier and the second information record carrier to the toll collection device,
The toll collection system is a toll collection system for executing toll collection processing based on information received from the vehicle-mounted device. A toll collection system comprising a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and mounted on a vehicle, an information record carrier reading device mounted on the vehicle and communicating with the vehicle-mounted device, and a fee collection device performing wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device Because
The vehicle-mounted device has an insertion part for inserting a first information record carrier having a payment function owned by the user,
The information reading apparatus has an insertion part for inserting a second information record carrier storing specific discount information,
The vehicle-mounted device transmits the information acquired from the first information record carrier and the information acquired from the second information record carrier via the information reader to the toll collection device,
The toll collection system is a toll collection system for executing toll collection processing based on information received from the vehicle-mounted device. The toll collection system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second information record carrier is an information record carrier owned by a passenger. The information record carrier is a non-contact type IC card and / or a contact type IC card, and the information reading device is a non-contact type IC card reader and / or a contact type IC card reader. Toll collection system. The fee collection system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the discount information is discount information for a disabled person or the like. A vehicle-mounted device that performs wireless communication with a toll collection device that performs toll collection processing and is mounted on a vehicle,
The vehicle-mounted device has a plurality of insertion portions for inserting a first information record carrier having a payment function owned by a user and a second information record carrier storing specific discount information,
A vehicle-mounted device that transmits information acquired from the first information record carrier and the second information record carrier to the toll collection device that executes toll collection processing based on this information. A vehicle-mounted device that performs wireless communication with a toll collection device that performs toll collection processing and is mounted on a vehicle,
The in-vehicle device is an insertion portion for inserting a first information record carrier having a payment function owned by a user;
A connection part of an information reader having an insertion part for inserting a second information record carrier storing specific discount information,
The toll collection device that performs toll collection processing on the information acquired from the first information record carrier and the information acquired from the second information record carrier via the information reading device based on these information Onboard equipment to send to. The on-vehicle device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the second information record carrier is an information record carrier owned by a passenger. The information record carrier is a non-contact type IC card and / or a contact type IC card, and the information reading device is a non-contact type IC card reader and / or a contact type IC card reader. In-vehicle device.

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