JP2006338299A - Vehicle dimension confirmation system, vehicle dimension-confirming information reader, vehicle dimension-confirming information reception processor and portable transmission circuit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle dimension confirmation system capable of smoothly confirming a vehicle dimension at the time of an embarkation procedure. <P>SOLUTION: In this vehicle dimension confirmation system, a portable transmission circuit 40 transmitting and storing vehicle dimension information is integrated with a vehicular key 20, and the vehicle dimension information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit 40 is read by the use of an information reader 110 installed in a window for the embarkation procedure to confirm the vehicle dimension. Thereby, it is not necessary to prepare a vehicle inspection certificate for the confirmation of the vehicle dimension. The portable transmission circuit 40 is integrated with the vehicular key 20, and it is thought that a driver performing the embarkation procedure almost always carries the vehicular key 20 with one, so that it is thought that the preparation of the portable transmission circuit 40 integrated with the vehicular key 20 is rarely forgotten to smoothly confirm the vehicle dimension. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for checking vehicle dimensions in order to determine boarding fees according to vehicle dimensions in a boarding procedure for vehicles.

  When a vehicle is to be boarded on a ferry together with a person, the necessary information such as the total length and width of the vehicle is entered on a predetermined form, and then the form is submitted to the ferry boarding procedure window. Then, the counter charges a predetermined boarding fee based on the total length and full width of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as vehicle dimensions) described on the paper. Is the vehicle dimensions on the paper correct? Since it was necessary to confirm whether or not, it was requested to submit a car verification along with a form filled in with the necessary information.

  In this way, vehicle boarding procedures require vehicle verification in order to confirm the vehicle dimensions that are the basis for determining boarding fees, but without knowing or forgetting this, vehicle verification at the window There are many people who do not bring their own. In this case, since vehicle verification is returned to the vehicle, vehicle dimensions cannot be confirmed smoothly. Further, when the vehicle verification is not stored in the vehicle, it is necessary for an attendant to measure the vehicle size, and therefore, it takes time to confirm the vehicle size.

Here, in recent years, automatic fee collection systems (ETC systems) have become widespread (for example, Patent Document 1). Therefore, using this ETC system, a signal receiving device similar to that installed at the toll gate on the toll road is installed at the ferry boarding stand or at the entrance of the ferry to automatically It may be possible to collect a fee.
JP 2003-109054 A

  However, at present, the ETC system is not used by all drivers, and drivers who have not yet used the ETC system need to purchase ETC in-vehicle devices and take credit card procedures. There is a problem of becoming. Therefore, at present, it is difficult to omit the procedure of checking the vehicle dimensions at the window and charging a fee according to the vehicle dimensions. Therefore, it is desirable to simplify the procedure for checking vehicle dimensions at the window.

  The present invention has been made based on this situation, and the object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle dimension confirmation system capable of smoothly confirming vehicle dimensions during boarding procedures, and an information reading device used in the system, An object is to provide an information reception processing device and a portable transmission circuit.

  In order to achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 is a vehicle dimension confirmation system for determining a boarding fee corresponding to a vehicle dimension at the time of boarding the vehicle, and is integrated with the key of the vehicle. A portable transmission circuit in which vehicle dimension information of the vehicle is stored so as to be transmitted; and installed at a window for boarding procedures; receives vehicle dimension information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit; and outputs the vehicle dimension information And an information reading device.

  As described above, if the vehicle dimensions are confirmed by reading the vehicle dimension information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit using the information reading device, the vehicle verification is performed for confirming the vehicle dimensions as in the past. It is no longer necessary to prepare, and the portable transmission circuit is integrated with the key of the vehicle, and it is considered that the driver who carries out boarding procedures carries the key in most cases, so it is integrated with the key. Since it is considered that it is rare to forget to prepare the portable transmission circuit, the vehicle dimensions can be confirmed smoothly.

  Note that the information reading device outputs the read vehicle dimension information, but the output here may be output to a display device or the like, or the fee is automatically charged based on the read vehicle dimension information. May be output to an arithmetic processing unit for determining

  Here, preferably, as described in claim 2, vehicle identification information is also stored in the portable transmission circuit, and a transmission circuit in which vehicle identification information is stored in the vehicle is provided so that portable transmission is possible. When the vehicle identification information from the circuit and the vehicle identification information from the vehicle are collated, as a result of correspondence, the vehicle dimension information stored in the portable transmission circuit is output.

  That is, the invention described in claim 2 is a vehicle dimension confirmation system for determining a boarding fee corresponding to a vehicle dimension at the time of boarding the vehicle, and is integrated with the key of the vehicle, and the vehicle of the vehicle A portable transmission circuit in which dimension information and vehicle identification information are stored so as to be transmitted, and the vehicle dimension information and vehicle identification information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit are installed at the boarding procedure window, and the vehicle An information reading device that outputs dimensional information and vehicle identification information, a vehicle-side transmission circuit that is provided in the vehicle and stores the vehicle identification information of the vehicle in a transmittable manner, and vehicle identification information transmitted from the vehicle-side transmission circuit Receiving device, vehicle identification information received by the receiving device and vehicle identification information output from the information reading device, and The output means for outputting the vehicle dimension information read by the information reading device when it is determined by the combining means that the vehicle identification information received by the receiving device corresponds to the vehicle identification information output from the information reading device. It is characterized by including.

  In this way, even if the person who performs the boarding procedure at the window submits the portable transmission circuit storing the vehicle dimension information of a vehicle smaller than the vehicle actually boarded to the window, Since it is determined that the vehicle identification information from the portable transmission circuit read by the reading device does not correspond to the vehicle identification information from the vehicle received by the receiving device, it is possible to prevent falsification of fares.

  In addition, Claim 3 is an information reading apparatus for vehicle dimension confirmation that can be used in Claim 1, and substantially corresponds to the information reading apparatus of Claim 1, and Claim 4 is used in Claim 2. An information reception processing device for vehicle dimension confirmation, which substantially corresponds to the configuration of the configuration of claim 2 excluding the portable transmission circuit. The information reading device according to claim 3 and the information reception processing device according to claim 4 are devices on the ferry company side in the vehicle dimension confirmation system according to claim 1 or 2.

  On the other hand, claims 5 and 6 are portable transmission circuits that can be used in claims 1 and 2, respectively, and are passenger-side devices in the vehicle dimension confirmation system of claim 1 or claim 2.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a vehicle dimension confirmation system 10 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a vehicle key, which includes a housing part 22 and a key part 24. Inside the housing portion 22 are housed a keyless entry transmission circuit 30 and a portable transmission circuit 40 for transmitting vehicle dimension information and vehicle identification information. The housing 22 is provided with a keyless entry switch (hereinafter simply referred to as a switch) 50.

  The vehicle dimension confirmation system 10 includes a portable transmission circuit 40 housed in the housing portion 22 of the vehicle key 20, an electronic license plate 70 that is attached to a vehicle number plate 60 and transmits vehicle identification information, and these portable transmissions. The information reception processing device 100 is configured to receive and process information from the circuit 40 and the electronic license plate 70.

  The information reception processing device 100 is a device on the ferry company side owned by the ferry company, and includes an information reading device 110, a receiving device 120, an arithmetic processing device 130, and a display device 140.

  The information reading device 110 is installed at a boarding procedure window and receives vehicle dimension information and vehicle identification information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit 40 housed in the housing portion 22 of the vehicle key 20 ( And read the vehicle dimension information and the vehicle identification information to the arithmetic processing unit 130. The information reading device 110 may be either a handy type or a stationary type.

  The receiving device 120 is installed at the gate 200 of the boarding waiting place, and receives the vehicle identification information transmitted from the electronic license plate 70. Then, the received vehicle identification information is output to arithmetic processing unit 130.

  The arithmetic processing unit 130 is a microcomputer including a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like (not shown), and executes arithmetic processing shown in FIG. 5 to be described later according to a program stored in the ROM. The display device 140 is a so-called display, and a CRT, a liquid crystal display, or the like can be used.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of the keyless entry transmission circuit 30. The keyless entry transmission circuit 30 has a memory 32 in which a command signal for switching a locked state and an unlocked state of the vehicle door is stored, a transmission circuit 34, an antenna 35, and a switch 50 according to the operation of the switch 50. A CPU 36 that reads out a command signal stored in the memory 32 and outputs the command signal to the transmission circuit 34, and a cell type battery 38 that supplies power to the memory 32, the transmission circuit 34, and the CPU 38 are provided.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the portable transmission circuit 40. The portable transmission circuit 40 has the same configuration as a passive RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag, and includes an IC chip 42 and an antenna 44 in which vehicle dimension information and vehicle number information are stored. The vehicle dimension information is a vehicle dimension required for boarding procedures, and means the total length of the vehicle and the total width of the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle height information may be included. Further, the vehicle number information is vehicle-specific information corresponding to the vehicle identification information, and means license plate information. The process of writing the vehicle dimension information and the vehicle number information in the IC chip 42 is performed at the land transport station in each region, as in the vehicle verification and license plate delivery procedures, and is a dedicated write installed at the land transport station. It is written by the device. Thus, by writing information with the dedicated writing device installed in the Land Transport Bureau, it is possible to prevent falsification of the information and forgery of the IC chip 42, and a crime deterrent effect can be expected.

  Since the portable transmission circuit 40 is a passive type, the information reading device 110 installed at the boarding procedure window can irradiate the portable transmission device 40 with electromagnetic waves, and current flows through the antenna 44 due to the electromagnetic waves. Thus, the vehicle dimension information and the vehicle identification information stored in the IC chip 42 are transmitted.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic license plate 70. The electronic license plate 70 functions as a vehicle-side transmission circuit, and includes an antenna 71, a radio unit 72 that receives a reception signal via the antenna 71, and transmits a transmission signal, and a microcomputer. The control unit 73 that instructs the wireless unit 72 to transmit and receive, the memory 74 that stores vehicle number information that is vehicle identification information, a battery, and the like, are included in the wireless unit 72, the control unit 73, and the memory 74. The power supply unit 75 supplies power. Note that the vehicle number information is written to the memory 74 by a dedicated writing device installed in the land transportation station in each region, as is the case of writing the information to the IC chip 42.

  Next, operation | movement of the vehicle dimension confirmation system 10 of this embodiment is demonstrated with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, steps S300 to S310 and S330 to S360 represent the operation of the arithmetic processing device 130, and step S320 represents the operation of the information reading device 110.

  Step S300 is a process of determining whether or not the electronic license plate 70 is located in a communication area where communication with the receiving device 120 is possible. Specifically, the receiving device 120 transmits a calling signal at regular intervals, the vehicle on which the electronic license plate 70 is mounted approaches the gate 200 of the boarding waiting place, and the control unit of the electronic license plate 70 When 73 receives the calling signal via the antenna 71 and the radio unit 72, the control unit 73 causes a reply signal to be transmitted from the radio unit 72 via the antenna 71. When the reply signal is received by the receiving device 120, the receiving device 120 supplies the reply signal to the arithmetic processing device 130. Step S300 is a determination as to whether or not this reply signal has been supplied.

  If the reply signal is not supplied, the determination in step S300 is continued. On the other hand, when the reply signal is supplied, it is determined that the electronic license plate 70 is located in the communication area, and processing for reading the vehicle number information from the electronic license plate 70 is executed (step S310).

  Specifically, first, a request signal for requesting vehicle number information is transmitted from the receiving device 120. When this request signal is received by the wireless unit 72 via the antenna 71 of the electronic license plate 70 and supplied to the control unit 73, the control unit 73 calls the vehicle number information from the memory 74, and the vehicle number information is transmitted to the wireless unit. 72 through the antenna 71. The vehicle number information transmitted in this way is received by the receiving device 120 and supplied to the arithmetic and control device 130.

  The next step S320 is processing of the information reading device 110 installed at the boarding window. The information reading device 110 outputs a predetermined output electromagnetic wave from an electromagnetic wave output unit (not shown), and when the vehicle key 20 is brought close to the electromagnetic wave output unit, the portable transmission circuit 40 accommodated in the vehicle key 20. The vehicle number information and the vehicle dimension information are transmitted from, and the vehicle number information and the vehicle dimension information are received by the information reading device 110. Then, the information reading device 110 outputs the received vehicle number information and vehicle dimension information to the arithmetic processing device 130.

  When the vehicle number information and the vehicle dimension information are supplied from the information reading device 110, the arithmetic processing device 130 executes step S330 corresponding to the collating means. In step S330, vehicle number information from the information reading device 110 (that is, vehicle number information from the vehicle key 20) and vehicle number information from the receiving device 120 (that is, vehicle number information from the electronic license plate 70) are collated. Then, it is determined whether or not both are located.

  If the determination in step S330 is negative, a message indicating that the collation results are inconsistent is displayed on the display device 140, and the process ends (step S340).

  On the other hand, if the determination in step S330 is affirmed, the vehicle dimension information obtained in step S320 can be considered to be that of the vehicle waiting at the boarding place, so steps S350 and S360 are executed. To do. Step S350 corresponds to output means, and displays the vehicle dimension information obtained in step S320 on the display device 140. An attendant may determine the boarding fee from the vehicle dimension information displayed here, but in this embodiment, step S360 is further executed. In step S360, the boarding fee is determined from the vehicle dimension information obtained in step S320 by referring to the database in which the vehicle dimensions stored in the arithmetic processing unit 130 are associated with the boarding fee, and the boarding fee thus determined is determined. Is displayed on the display device 140. The person in charge of the window charges the boarding applicant with the boarding fee displayed on the display device 140.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment described above, the vehicle dimensions are confirmed by reading the vehicle dimension information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit 40 using the information reading device 110. There is no need to prepare vehicle verification for confirmation. The portable transmission circuit 40 is integrated with the vehicle key 20 by being housed in the vehicle key 20, and in most cases, the driver who carries out the boarding procedure carries the vehicle key 20. Therefore, it is considered that the portable transmission circuit 40 integrated with the vehicle key 20 is less likely to be forgotten, so that the vehicle dimensions can be confirmed smoothly.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, even if the person who performs the boarding procedure at the window submits the portable transmission circuit 40 in which the vehicle dimension information of a vehicle smaller than the vehicle actually boarded is stored to the window, the step is performed. In S330 (collation means), it is determined that the vehicle number information from the portable transmission circuit 40 read by the information reading device 110 does not correspond to the vehicle number information from the vehicle received by the receiving device 120. It is possible to prevent cheating.

  Note that when the boarding fee is displayed in step S360 as in the present embodiment, the vehicle dimension description column may be omitted from the boarding application form. In that case, the boarding procedure becomes easier. Also, when the attendant determines the boarding fee by looking at the vehicle dimensions displayed in step S350, the vehicle dimension description column may be omitted from the boarding application form.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The following embodiment is also contained in the technical scope of this invention, and also the summary other than the following is also included. Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the portable transmission circuit 40 is integrated with the vehicle key 20 by being housed in the housing portion 22 of the vehicle key 20. It may be integrated with the vehicle key 20 by being connected.

  Moreover, although the portable transmission circuit 40 of the above-described embodiment is a passive transmission circuit, an active type that requires power supply from a battery to transmit information may be used. When the portable transmission circuit is an active type, when the battery 38 for the keyless entry transmission circuit 30 is built in the housing portion 22 as in the above-described embodiment, the battery 38 is transmitted for the keyless entry. It may be shared with the circuit 30. Further, by storing the vehicle dimension information and the vehicle identification information in the memory 32 in the keyless entry transmission circuit 30, not only the battery 38 but also the circuit may be shared with the keyless entry transmission circuit 30.

  In the above-described embodiment, the vehicle number information is used as the vehicle identification information. However, the vehicle body number may be used as the vehicle identification information. Further, it is not necessary to use the same vehicle identification information on the portable transmission circuit 40 and the vehicle side, vehicle number information may be used as vehicle identification information on one side, and vehicle body number may be used on the other side as vehicle identification information. . Thus, when different types of vehicle identification information are used for the portable transmission circuit 40 and the vehicle side, a correspondence database that associates both is stored in the arithmetic processing unit 130, and the portable database is referred to by referring to the correspondence database. It may be determined whether the vehicle identification information from the transmission circuit 40 corresponds to the vehicle identification information from the vehicle.

  In the above-described embodiment, the electronic license plate 70 functions as a vehicle-side transmission circuit. However, an ETC in-vehicle device may function as a vehicle-side transmission circuit.

  In the above-described embodiment, the vehicle number information obtained from the vehicle is collated with the vehicle number information from the portable transmission circuit 40 (step S330), but such a collation process is not necessarily executed. Absent. If the verification process is not executed, there is a possibility that the fare can be deceived by submitting to the window the portable transmission circuit 40 in which the vehicle dimensions of the vehicle different from the vehicle actually boarded are stored. Because it is possible that the fare can be deceived by submitting a vehicle verification for a vehicle that is different from the vehicle actually boarded even in the procedure at the conventional window, the same procedure as before can be performed without executing the verification process. To a certain extent, the reliability for checking the vehicle dimensions is ensured.

1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a vehicle dimension confirmation system 10 of the present invention. 2 is a diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a keyless entry transmission circuit 30. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a portable transmission circuit 40. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic license plate 70. FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the action | operation of the vehicle dimension confirmation system 10 of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10: Vehicle dimension confirmation system 20: Vehicle key 40: Portable transmission circuit 70: Electronic license plate (vehicle side transmission circuit)
100: Information reception processing device 110: Information reading device 120: Reception device S330: Collation means S350: Output means

Claims (6)

A vehicle dimension confirmation system for determining a boarding fee according to a vehicle dimension at the time of boarding a vehicle,
A portable transmission circuit that is integrated with the vehicle key and in which vehicle dimension information of the vehicle is stored in a transmittable manner;
An information reading device installed at a boarding procedure window, receiving vehicle size information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit, and outputting the vehicle size information. A vehicle dimension confirmation system for determining a boarding fee according to a vehicle dimension at the time of boarding a vehicle,
A portable transmission circuit that is integrated with the vehicle key, and stores vehicle dimension information and vehicle identification information of the vehicle in a transmittable manner;
An information reading device installed at the boarding procedure window, receiving vehicle dimension information and vehicle identification information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit, and outputting the vehicle dimension information and vehicle identification information;
A vehicle-side transmission circuit that is provided in the vehicle and stores the vehicle identification information of the vehicle in a transmittable manner;
A receiving device for receiving the vehicle identification information transmitted from the vehicle-side transmission circuit;
Collation means for collating the vehicle identification information received by the receiving device with the vehicle identification information output from the information reading device;
The output for outputting the vehicle dimension information read by the information reading device when the collating means determines that the vehicle identification information received by the receiving device corresponds to the vehicle identification information output from the information reading device. And a vehicle dimension confirmation system.   In order to determine the boarding fee according to the vehicle dimensions during the boarding procedure of the vehicle, it is installed at the boarding procedure window and reads the vehicle dimension information transmitted from the portable transmission circuit integrated with the vehicle key An information reading device for vehicle dimension confirmation that outputs the vehicle dimension information. An information reading device that reads vehicle dimension information and vehicle identification information transmitted from a portable transmission circuit integrated with a vehicle key, and outputs the vehicle dimension information and vehicle identification information;
A receiving device for receiving vehicle identification information transmitted from a vehicle-side transmission circuit provided in the vehicle;
Collation means for collating the vehicle identification information received by the receiving device with the vehicle identification information output from the information reading device;
The output for outputting the vehicle dimension information read by the information reading device when the collating means determines that the vehicle identification information received by the receiving device corresponds to the vehicle identification information output from the information reading device. And an information reception processing device for vehicle dimension confirmation.   A portable transmission circuit in which vehicle dimension information is stored so as to be transmitted and integrated with a vehicle key.   6. The portable transmission circuit according to claim 5, wherein in addition to the vehicle dimension information, vehicle identification information is stored so as to be transmitted.

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