JP2006107202A - Toll collection system and toll collection method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stabilize wireless processing of toll collection and reliably collect a correct toll depending on an actual vehicle type on a flat rate toll road or the like. <P>SOLUTION: In a toll collection system, on a toll collection machine 7 installed in a tollbooth 9, an operator (collector) can perform, for example, a button operation via an operator display/operation part 6 to specify and input a visually identified vehicle type. A lane control device 5, if detecting that a vehicle type different from a vehicle type identified by an automatic vehicle type identification device 2 is specified and input via the operator display/operation part 6, activates an antenna part corresponding to the specified and input vehicle type out of a plurality of antenna parts of contactless IC card R/W units 10 and 11, and deactivates an antenna part in a position corresponding to the vehicle type identified by the automatic vehicle type identification device 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a toll collection system and a toll collection method for collecting a toll on a toll road using, for example, a prepaid non-contact IC card.

In recent years, the ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) system, which has been introduced mainly at tollgates on major toll roads, is a contact-type system in which contract information is recorded for in-vehicle devices mounted on vehicles as mobile communication devices. By inserting an IC card and wirelessly communicating with the vehicle-mounted device and the roadside antenna installed at the toll booth, the charging information including the toll is recorded on both the computer connected to the roadside antenna and the IC card. System.
Also, today, as an automatic toll collection system that does not use the on-vehicle device described above, a non-contact IC card system that uses a non-contact IC card with a wireless communication function is in the development stage for practical use ( For example, see Patent Document 1).

  In a non-contact IC card system, a passenger in a vehicle reaches out from the passenger seat and brings the non-contact IC card close to (holds over) the reader / writer on the road side, so that the reader / writer and the non-contact IC card Wireless communication related to toll collection is performed. Therefore, in the non-contact IC card system, in addition to ordinary passenger cars, motorcycles, left-hand drive cars, heavy trucks, and other vehicles such as motorcycles can be accessed from both sides of the toll booth lane. A plurality of reader / writers are installed at different positions and heights from the road surface.

Specifically, when a contactless IC card system is applied to a toll road with a toll-toll system, for example, at the entrance, a vehicle type determination process is performed from actual information including the appearance of the vehicle by a vehicle type determination device. The vehicle type information is recorded on the non-contact IC card together with the entrance information including the entrance gate number. At the exit, toll collection processing is performed based on the vehicle type information and entrance information read from the non-contact IC card.
In addition, when the contactless IC card system is applied to a toll road with a uniform toll system that collects a fixed toll on either the entrance or exit of the toll road, the type of car is identified at either the entrance or exit toll gate. The apparatus executes a vehicle type discrimination process from actual vehicle information, calculates a fee according to the automatically determined vehicle type, and performs a fee collection process.
Japanese Patent No. 3165505

Here, when the contactless IC card system is applied to the above-mentioned toll road of the flat fee system, there are the following problems.
In other words, in the case of a toll road toll system where each of the entrance and exit of the toll road is a checkpoint, considering the possibility of misclassification due to the car type discrimination process at the entrance, re-confirm the car type at the exit. If there is an error in the discrimination, the vehicle type can be corrected. However, in the case of a flat fee system, even if an error occurs in the vehicle type discrimination process that is performed only on one of the entrances or exits of the toll road, no useful technique has been found to correct this. As a result, there is a problem that collection of an incorrect toll that does not correspond to the actual vehicle type may occur.

  Further, in the non-contact IC card system, in order to avoid mutual interference of electromagnetic waves emitted from a plurality of reader / writers installed at different positions on the roadside of the toll gate, the position corresponding to the vehicle type that is automatically determined Generally, control for driving only the reader / writer is required. However, if an error occurs in the determination of the vehicle type, a reader / writer at an incorrect position that does not correspond to the vehicle type of the vehicle is driven. Therefore, in the above-mentioned flat fee system that makes it difficult to correct misidentification of the vehicle type, a situation where the reader / writer in the wrong position that does not correspond to the seat position of the passenger holding the non-contact IC card in the vehicle is driven. Many things are expected to occur. In this case, wireless processing for toll collection will be hindered.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and can perform wireless processing related to toll collection on a toll road with a uniform toll system in a stable manner and according to the actual vehicle type. It is an object of the present invention to provide a toll collection system and a toll collection method that can reliably collect regular tolls.

  In order to achieve the above object, the toll collection system of the present invention is installed at one of the entrance or exit of a toll road and collects a certain toll according to the type of vehicle traveling on the toll road. The vehicle type discriminating means for discriminating the vehicle type from actual information including the appearance of the vehicle entering the entrance or exit of the toll road, and the position corresponding to the vehicle type of the vehicle entering the entrance or exit of the toll road, respectively A plurality of wireless communication units that transmit and receive information on toll collection with a contactless IC card that has been installed and is in operation, and a vehicle type that has entered the entrance or exit of the toll road If the vehicle type designation means to be designated and the vehicle type different from the vehicle type identified by the vehicle type discrimination means are designated and input by the vehicle type designation means, While operating a wireless communication unit corresponding to the vehicle type, characterized by comprising a control means for stopping the operation of the wireless communication unit corresponding to the discriminated by the vehicle type discriminating unit models.

In this invention, even if an error occurs in the vehicle type that is automatically determined based on the actual information of the vehicle, for example, a staff member stationed at the entrance or exit of the toll road designates the vehicle type that has been reconfirmed by visual inspection or the like. By doing so, correction processing to the actual correct vehicle type becomes possible. That is, in the present invention, the designated input vehicle type is substantially prioritized over the automatically identified vehicle type, and among the plurality of installed wireless communication units, there is a wireless communication unit at a position corresponding to the designated input vehicle type. While operating, the operation of the wireless communication unit at the position corresponding to the automatically determined vehicle type is stopped.
Therefore, according to the present invention, of the plurality of wireless communication units, the wireless communication unit at the correct position corresponding to the seat position of the passenger who has the contactless IC card in the vehicle can be operated, and the toll collection is performed. It becomes possible to carry out wireless processing for a stable manner. Moreover, according to this invention, the regular toll according to the vehicle model of an actual vehicle can be collected reliably.

In addition, the toll collection system of the present invention further includes a notifying unit for notifying that a wireless communication unit corresponding to the vehicle type specified by the vehicle type specifying unit is available.
That is, according to the present invention, among the plurality of installed wireless communication units, the vehicle-side user can clearly grasp the target wireless communication unit to which the non-contact IC card is to be brought close (over). It is possible to improve convenience and to improve the efficiency of fee collection processing.

Furthermore, in the toll collection system of the present invention, the vehicle type designation means is disposed at a place for toll collection for an attendant to visually judge the vehicle type, and the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination unit is included in the place. Vehicle type notifying means for notifying information to be shown is provided.
In other words, according to the present invention, for example, a clerk stationed at the entrance or exit of the toll road can easily grasp the situation in which an error has occurred in the automatically determined vehicle type, so in this case the actual correctness in this case The correction process for the vehicle type can be performed reliably and promptly.

  Further, the toll collection method of the present invention is a toll collection method in a toll collection system that is installed at one of the entrance or exit of a toll road and collects a certain toll according to the type of vehicle traveling on the toll road. The vehicle type determining means determines the vehicle type from actual information including the appearance of the vehicle that has entered the entrance or exit of the toll road, and the vehicle type specifying means specifies the vehicle type of the vehicle that has entered the entrance or exit of the toll road. And when the vehicle type different from the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination unit is specified by the vehicle type specification unit, the control device operates the wireless communication unit corresponding to the specified vehicle type while the vehicle type determination And a step of stopping the operation of the wireless communication unit corresponding to the vehicle type determined by the means.

Furthermore, the toll collection method of the present invention further includes a step of notifying means that the wireless communication unit corresponding to the designated vehicle type is available.
In addition, the toll collection method of the present invention includes a step of notifying the vehicle type notifying means of the information indicating the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determining means to a place for fee collection where a staff member who visually determines the vehicle type stays. It is characterized by.

  As described above, according to the present invention, on a toll road with a uniform toll system, wireless processing related to toll collection can be performed in a stable manner, and a regular toll according to the actual vehicle type is reliably collected. be able to.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a toll collection system according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 (a) is a non-contact IC card R / W for a right-hand drive vehicle provided in the toll collection system of FIG. 2B is an external view of a non-contact IC card R / W unit for a left-hand drive vehicle, and FIG. 3 is a non-contact IC card R of FIGS. 2A and 2B. It is a figure which shows the structure of the non-contact IC card in which radio | wireless communication is performed between / W units.

As shown in FIG. 1, the toll collection system of this embodiment is installed at either the entrance or exit of a toll road, and is fixedly determined from a vehicle that has entered the entrance or exit according to the vehicle type. It is an automatic toll collection system (open system) with a toll system that collects tolls.
That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the toll collection system includes a vehicle detection device 1, a vehicle type discrimination device 2 as vehicle type discrimination means, and non-contact IC card R / W (reader / writer) units 10, 11. A toll collector 7 and a data collection PC (personal computer) 8 installed in a toll booth 9 where an attendant (acceptor) is stationed, and a lane control device 5 for comprehensively controlling these devices. Have. The lane control device 5 is connected to a host device such as a host computer via a communication line.

  The vehicle approach detection device 1 detects the vehicle A that has entered the lane (lane) at the entrance (or exit) of the toll road using, for example, an optical sensor, and when the vehicle is detected, the vehicle detection signal is sent to the lane control device 5. To send. The vehicle type discrimination device 2 automatically discriminates the vehicle type from actual information including the appearance of the vehicle detected by the vehicle approach detection device 1. That is, the vehicle type determination device 2 determines the vehicle type from the number of axes, vehicle height, vehicle length, etc. of the vehicle A. Here, the vehicle type determination device 2 may be configured to include a license plate reading device that images the number plate of the vehicle A and identifies the vehicle type of the vehicle based on the image. The vehicle type is a type of vehicle classified on the toll road management side for toll collection, such as large, large special, medium, small, and light vehicles.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the non-contact IC card R / W units 10 and 11 include antenna units 12a, 12b, 12c and 12d, user indicators 14a and 14b, 14c and 14d are mainly provided. A plurality of antenna units 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d as wireless communication units are respectively installed at positions corresponding to the vehicle types of vehicles entering the entrance (or exit) of the toll road and approached during operation, which will be described later. Billing information relating to the collection of tolls and the like is transmitted and received to and from the contactless IC card 20.
As shown in FIG. 2A, the non-contact IC card R / W unit 10 for a right-hand drive vehicle temporarily stops the vehicle A that has entered the lane, and the passenger of the vehicle A reaches out from the window. It is arranged at the position of the roadside part that reaches the vehicle (right side in the vehicle traveling direction). The non-contact IC card R / W unit 10 includes at least one non-contact IC card 20 that is a wireless prepaid IC card (in this case, the upper, middle, and lower three stages in the vertical direction from the lane). 3), the card information is acquired from the non-contact IC card 20 by wireless communication when the antenna parts 12a, 12b, and 12c are provided within a predetermined range, and charges are collected when the card information is normal. Is recorded on the non-contact IC card 20 by wireless communication (non-contact). Within the predetermined range is, for example, a range within several tens of cm. Note that the approaching includes actions such as touching (contact) or holding (proximity).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the non-contact IC card R / W unit 10 has a rod-shaped casing 15 standing on the right side of the lane. The casing 15 is provided with the antenna units 12a, 12b, and 12c and user displays 14a, 14b, and 14c that are paired with the antenna units at the upper, middle, and lower levels, respectively. The upper antenna unit 12a and the display unit 14a correspond to a vehicle in which a seat (driver's seat of a vehicle) such as a large vehicle or a bus is relatively high. The middle antenna portion 12b and the display portion 14b correspond to a vehicle having a height such as a one-box car. The lower antenna portion 12c and the display 14c correspond to a vehicle in which the seat is relatively low, such as a passenger car, a light vehicle, and a motorcycle. The user indicators 14a, 14b, and 14c light up, blink, or display a message when the card processing function (wireless communication function) of the antenna units 12a, 12b, and 12c selected by the lane control device 5 is valid. The message is, for example, “Please hold the contactless IC card over this position”, “Please wait for a while until the previous vehicle is processed”, and so on.

  On the other hand, the non-contact IC card R / W unit 11 for the left-hand drive vehicle, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), is located on the road side portion substantially opposite to the non-contact IC card R / W unit 10 across the lane ( IC card 6 which is arranged on the left side of the vehicle traveling direction) and is held over the position of at least one antenna portion 12a provided for the driver of the left-hand drive vehicle (in this case, one at the height of the lower position). The card information is acquired from the non-contact IC card 20 by wireless communication, and when the card information is normal, the information regarding toll collection is recorded on the non-contact IC card 20 by wireless communication (non-contact). In detail, the non-contact IC card R / W unit 11 has a rod-like housing portion 18 erected on the roadside portion on the left side of the lane. The housing portion 18 includes the antenna portion 12d and the user display at a position that is substantially the same height as the lower antenna portion 12c and the display portion 14c of the non-contact IC card R / W unit 10 and that faces the lane. A container 14d is provided. The antenna portion 12d is disposed at a position that the driver of the left-hand drive vehicle reaches by reaching out from the window. The user indicator 14d lights up, blinks, or displays a message when the card processing function (wireless communication function) of the antenna unit antenna unit 12d is valid.

  Here, as described above, the plurality of antenna units 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d that function as reader / writer antennas of the non-contact IC card 20 are respectively installed at positions corresponding to the vehicle type of the vehicle A. Among these, the antenna unit selectively driven by the lane control device 5 can wirelessly communicate with the non-contact IC card 20 that is approached during the operation.

As shown in FIG. 3, a non-contact IC card 20 used in this toll collection system includes an IC chip as a wireless tag provided on a base material inside the card, including a flash memory 21 and an MPU 23, and a base material. And a non-contact type IC antenna 22 formed on the peripheral edge of the card by patterning the conductor (printed wiring of copper foil or the like).
The flash memory 21 stores card individual information (fixed information) such as a card ID number, and variable information such as prepaid amount (remaining amount) information and usage history information. The usage history information includes vehicle information such as a license plate number of the vehicle and vehicle type information of the determined vehicle. The memory stores software that operates the MPU 23. A card ID number for each card is printed on the card surface so that the IC card can be visually identified. The antenna 22 is for performing wireless communication with the non-contact IC card R / W units 10 and 11, and performs communication by receiving radio waves transmitted from the antenna portions of these units. Here, in the present embodiment, radio waves having a frequency of, for example, 13.56 MHz are communicated between the units and the non-contact IC card 20.

  The lane control device 5 acquires information on the IC card 6 through the non-contact IC card R / W units 10 and 11 and performs processing related to toll collection, as well as the vehicle approach detection device 1, the vehicle type determination device 2, and the non-contact Control of roadside devices such as the IC card R / W units 10 and 11 is performed. The lane control device 5 is connected to such a roadside device through a communication line, acquires information from each device, for example, stops the wireless communication operation of the non-contact IC card R / W units 10 and 11 Control is performed to enter a state of waiting for reception, or to individually activate the antenna units 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d of the non-contact IC card R / W units 10 and 11 to execute wireless communication operations. The storage device included in the lane control device 5 stores a control program for performing processing relating to the non-contact IC card 20 and the vehicle A, and controlling each device or roadside device in the toll booth 9. Further, the lane control device 5 calculates a toll (use fee) according to the vehicle type of the vehicle and performs toll collection processing. The fee collection device 7 is a device for performing cash processing and card processing for fee collection. Further, the toll collector 7 is provided with a guidance display such as notification information for the staff and a staff display operation section 6 for the staff to perform an input operation. The data collection PC 8 is a terminal for performing transmission of table data to the lane control device 5, siphoning and summing up processing result data and log data, and the like.

Next, a description will be given of the vehicle type correction function for the erroneous determination provided in the toll collection system of the present embodiment when the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination device 2 is different from the actual vehicle type of the vehicle.
In other words, the toll collection device 7 that is disposed in the toll booth 9 where the attendant can visually determine the vehicle type, that is, the toll collector 7 is disposed by the attendant (acceptor) through the attendant display operation unit 6. For example, it is possible to specify and input a vehicle type by performing a button operation or the like. When the lane control device 5 detects that a vehicle type different from the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination device 2 has been designated and input through the clerk display operation unit 6, the non-contact IC card R / W unit 10, 11 Among the plurality of antenna units 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d included in the vehicle type, one of the antenna units corresponding to the designated vehicle type is operated, while the vehicle type determined (misidentified) by the vehicle type determining device 2 The operation of the antenna unit at the corresponding position is stopped (control so as not to operate).

  Further, information indicating the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination device 2 is displayed as notification information on the attendant display operation unit 6 of the toll collector 7. As a result, the clerk can easily grasp the situation in which an error has occurred in the automatically determined vehicle type, and the correction process to the actual correct vehicle type in this case can be performed reliably and promptly. In addition, this configuration can prevent fraudulent actions by users who attempt to pass through the toll booth, for example, in the toll collection process that is calculated lower than the prescribed toll due to misidentification of the vehicle type. It becomes.

  The user indicators 14 a, 14 b, 14 c, and 14 d that can notify the passengers of the vehicle A of whether to pass or not and the result of communication with the non-contact IC card 20 can be specified by the vehicle type designated and input through the clerk display operation unit 6. The fact that the antenna unit at the corresponding position is available is notified, that is, visually displayed. As a result, the user on the vehicle side can clearly grasp the antenna unit to which the non-contact IC card is to be brought close (over) from among the plurality of installed antenna units, thereby improving convenience and charge collection processing. Efficiency can be improved. In addition, with this configuration, even if the clerk is not aware of the notification information indicating the misclassification of the vehicle type displayed on the clerk display operation unit 6, the user on the vehicle side who has grasped the misclassification through the user display indicates this to the clerk. By telling, you can receive and process at the correct toll.

Next, fee collection processing by the fee collection system of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 4 is based on the operation of the lane control device 5.
First, the lane control device 5 detects in advance whether or not the vehicle type discrimination device 2 is out of order (S101). When a failure of the vehicle type discriminating apparatus 2 is detected (YES in S101), the car type discriminating apparatus 2 is disconnected from the toll collection system itself by setting a control program (application) or the like. Thereby, every time the vehicle enters the lane of the entrance (or exit) of the toll road, only the designation input (through the clerk display operation unit 6) of the vehicle type visually determined by the clerk is valid (S102).

On the other hand, when it is confirmed that a failure of the vehicle type discriminating apparatus 2 is not detected and operates normally (NO in S101), the vehicle detection apparatus 1 and the car type discriminating apparatus 2 are controlled by the lane control device 5, and the toll road Detection of entry of the vehicle A to the entrance (or exit) of the vehicle and discrimination of the vehicle type are performed (S103). Accordingly, among the plurality of antenna units 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d, the activation of the antenna unit corresponding to the vehicle type and the use permission display on the user display paired with the antenna unit (the antenna unit is operating) Is displayed) (S104). Thereafter, the lane control device 5 performs a detection process as to whether or not there is a vehicle type change operation through the clerk display operation unit 6 by the clerk (S105). When the vehicle type change operation is not detected (NO in S105), a fee collection process is performed by wireless communication between the activated antenna unit and the contactless IC card 20 held over the antenna unit (S106).
On the other hand, when the vehicle type change operation is detected (YES in S105), the lane control device 5 stops the antenna unit activated before the vehicle type change operation (S107) and is designated and input through the clerk display operation unit 6 The antenna unit corresponding to the vehicle type is activated, and a use permission display is performed on the user display device paired with the antenna unit (S108). At this time, at the same time, it is notified through the user display that the antenna unit activated before the vehicle type changing operation is not usable. Thereafter, fee collection processing by wireless communication is performed between the antenna unit newly activated by the designation input and the non-contact IC card 20 held in the antenna unit (S109).

  Thus, in the toll collection system of the present embodiment, even if an error has occurred in the vehicle type automatically determined based on the actual information of the vehicle, for example, the staff stationed at the entrance (or exit) of the toll road is By specifying and inputting the vehicle type reconfirmed by visual observation or the like through the staff display operation unit 6 of the toll collector 7, the correction process to the actual correct vehicle type can be performed. That is, in this toll collection system, the designated input vehicle type is substantially prioritized over the automatically identified vehicle type, and among the plurality of installed antenna units 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, the designated input vehicle type is selected. The antenna portion at the corresponding position is operated, and the operation of the antenna portion at the position corresponding to the automatically determined vehicle type is stopped.

  Therefore, according to the toll collection system of the present embodiment, among the plurality of antenna units, the antenna unit at the correct position corresponding to the seat position of the passenger carrying the non-contact IC card 20 in the vehicle can be operated. The wireless processing for toll collection can be performed in a stable manner. Further, according to this toll collection system, it is possible to reliably collect a regular toll according to the actual vehicle type.

  Although the present invention has been specifically described above by the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, a wireless contactless prepaid IC card is applied, but instead, for example, a wireless tag, a mobile phone (UIM [User Identity Module] card, SIM [Subscriber Identity Module] Mobile communication media that can be easily separated from the vehicle itself can also be applied.

The figure which shows the structure of the fee collection system of one embodiment which concerns on this invention. FIG. 2A is an external view of a non-contact IC card R / W unit for a right-hand drive car included in the toll collection system of FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a non-contact IC card R / W unit for a left-hand drive car. External view of W unit. The figure which shows the structure of the non-contact IC card in which radio | wireless communication is performed between the non-contact IC card R / W unit of Fig.2 (a) and FIG.2 (b). The flowchart which shows the charge collection process by the charge collection system of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vehicle detection apparatus, 2 ... Vehicle type discrimination | determination apparatus, 5 ... Lane control apparatus, 6 ... Personnel display operation part, 7 ... Toll collector, 8 ... Data collection PC (personal computer), 9 ... Toll booth, 10 , 11 ... Non-contact IC card R / W unit, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d ... Antenna part, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d ... User display, 20 ... Non-contact IC card, 22 ... Non-contact IC card Antenna, A ... Vehicle.

Claims (6)

In a toll collection system that is installed at one of the entrances or exits of a toll road and collects a certain toll according to the type of vehicle traveling on the toll road,
Vehicle type discriminating means for discriminating the vehicle type from actual information including the appearance of the vehicle that has entered the entrance or exit of the toll road;
A plurality of information related to the collection of tolls by wireless communication with a non-contact IC card installed at a position corresponding to the type of vehicle entering the entrance or exit of the toll road and approached during operation Wireless communication part of
Vehicle type designation means for designating and inputting the vehicle type of a vehicle that has entered the entrance or exit of the toll road;
When a vehicle type different from the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination unit is specified and input by the vehicle type specification unit, the wireless communication unit corresponding to the specified vehicle type is operated, while the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination unit is A toll collection system comprising control means for stopping operation of a corresponding wireless communication unit. In the fee collection system according to claim 1,
A toll collection system further comprising notification means for notifying that a wireless communication unit corresponding to the vehicle type designated by the vehicle type designation means is available. The toll collection system according to claim 1 or 2,
The vehicle type designation means is:
It is placed in a place for toll collection for the staff to judge the vehicle type visually,
A toll collection system characterized in that a vehicle type notifying unit for notifying information indicating the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determining unit is provided at the place. In the toll collection method in the toll collection system that is installed at one of the entrances or exits of the toll road and collects a certain toll according to the type of vehicle passing through the toll road,
The vehicle type determining means determining the vehicle type from actual information including the appearance of the vehicle that has entered the entrance or exit of the toll road; and
A vehicle type designation means designating a vehicle type of a vehicle that has entered the entrance or exit of the toll road;
When the vehicle type that is different from the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination unit is specified by the vehicle type specification unit, the control device operates the wireless communication unit corresponding to the specified vehicle type, and is determined by the vehicle type determination unit. And a step of stopping the operation of the wireless communication unit corresponding to the vehicle type. In the fee collection method according to claim 4,
A toll collection method further comprising a step of notifying means that a wireless communication unit corresponding to a designated vehicle type is available. In the charge collection method according to any one of claims 4 and 5,
A toll collection method comprising: a step of notifying a vehicle type notifying unit of information indicating the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determining unit to a toll collection place where a staff member who visually determines the vehicle type stays.

Images