JP2011191947A - Toll collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toll collection system capable of easily determining a toll even if toll roads managed by different operation companies are connected. <P>SOLUTION: Exit information ExA1 from an exit gate 10-1 of a toll road A is converted to the entrance information EnB2 of a toll road B in a processor 20. Then, in the processor 20, first entrance-exit information is prepared using the entrance information EnB2 and exit information ExB1 from an exit gate 30-1, and the toll of the toll road B is determined. Also, entrance information EnA1 from an entrance gate 10-2 of the toll road A is converted to the exit information ExB2 of the toll road B in the processor 20. Then, in the processor 20, second entrance-exit information is prepared using the entrance information ExB1 from an entrance gate 30-2 and the exit information ExB2, and the toll of the toll road B is determined. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a toll collection system that collects tolls from vehicles using toll roads such as expressways.

  ETC (Electronic) is a technology that automatically collects tolls on toll roads without stopping the vehicles by communicating between roadside equipment installed at toll road tolls and on-board equipment mounted on vehicles. Toll Collection) exists (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ETC was developed to reduce the cost required to collect tolls and to alleviate the frequent traffic congestion at toll booths.

  By the way, there are places where toll roads operated by different operating companies are joined. When collecting the tolls of the toll roads joined in this way by ETC, it is necessary to determine the toll for each operating company, so there is a problem that the process for determining the toll is complicated .

JP 2009-251826 A

  As described above, when toll roads operated by different operating companies are joined, there is a problem that processing for determining a toll is complicated.

  The present invention has been made for the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a toll collection system capable of easily determining tolls even when toll roads operated by different operating companies are joined. There is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, the toll collection system according to the present invention leaves the first toll road, enters the second toll road joined to the first toll road, and then enters the second toll road. In a toll collection system that collects a toll for the second toll road from a vehicle leaving the road, the second toll road is installed on the first toll road and exits from the first toll road. A first exit-side device for creating first exit information in the first data format adopted by the first toll road when a vehicle entering the vehicle passes, and installed on the second toll road A second exit-side device for creating second exit information in a second data format adopted on the second toll road when a vehicle exiting from the second toll road passes, Convert the exit information of 1 into the data format of 2 above, A conversion unit for the entrance information of the second toll road, the entrance information from the conversion unit, based on said second outlet information, and a charge determination section for determining the toll.

  In the toll collection system with the above configuration, the first exit information from the first toll road exit side device is converted into the second toll road entrance information. And entrance-exit information is created using the entrance information and the second exit information, and the toll for the second toll road is determined. As a result, the toll for the second toll road can be determined without complicated processing.

  In the toll collection system according to the present invention, a toll for the second toll road from a vehicle that leaves the first toll road and enters the second toll road joined to the first toll road. In the toll collection system that collects the vehicle, when a vehicle that is installed on the first toll road and leaves the first toll road and enters the second toll road passes through the first toll road, An exit side device that creates exit information in the first data format adopted, and converts the exit information into a second data format adopted in the second toll road, and the entrance of the second toll road A recording unit for recording information, a uniform toll for the second toll road, and conversion information for converting a toll determining element on the first toll road to a toll determining element on the second toll road According to the entrance information. Te, comprising a charge determination unit configured to determine the toll based on the uniform toll and the conversion information.

  In the toll collection system having the above configuration, the exit information of the first toll road is converted into the entrance information of the second toll road, and the toll determining element on the first toll road is changed to the toll determining element on the second toll road. Convert. Thereby, even if the toll road A and the toll road B have different fee determining factors, for example, the vehicle type discrimination method and the discount time, the toll on the second toll road can be accurately determined. It becomes possible.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a toll collection system that can easily determine a toll even when toll roads operated by different operating companies are joined.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the fee collection system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the exit gate of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the fee collection system of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the process part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the vehicle type table recorded on the recording part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the charge table recorded on the recording part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the discount table recorded on the recording part of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the other function structure of the fee collection system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the process part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the fee collection system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the fee collection system of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a fee collection system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a toll collection system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the toll road A operated by the first operating company and the toll road B operated by the second operating company are joined by a broken line portion. An exit gate 10-1 and an entrance gate 10-2 are provided in the vicinity of the junction on the toll road A. The exit gate 10-1 and the entrance gate 10-2 are connected to the processing apparatus 20. At this time, the exit gate 10-1, the entrance gate 10-2, and the processing device 20 are all devices in the toll road A, and input / output signals in accordance with the first data format.

  In addition, an exit gate 30-1 and an entrance gate 30-2 are provided in the interchanges IC1 and IC2 of the toll road B, respectively. The exit gate 30-1 and the entrance gate 30-2 are connected to the processing apparatus 40. At this time, the exit gate 30-1, the entrance gate 30-2, and the processing device 40 are all devices on the toll road B, and input / output signals in accordance with the second data format. The processing device 20 and the processing device 40 are connected via a network NW.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the exit gate 10-1 includes a gantry 101-1, which is installed across the lane, and an ETC of the vehicle V1 which is fixed to the upper part of the gantry 101-1, and passes through a predetermined area on the lane. Roadside radio 102-1 that performs radio communication with the vehicle-mounted device, vehicle detectors 103-1 to 105-1 that detect the passage of the vehicle, and a start controller 106- that performs open / close control of the passage gate 107-1. 1 and a roadside device 108-1 that controls these and connects to the processing device 20. The entrance gates 10-2 and 30-2 and the exit gate 30-1 have the same configuration as the exit gate 10-1.

  The exit gate 10-1 outputs the exit information ExA1 of the toll road A of the vehicle V1 from the roadside device 108-1 to the processing device 20 when the vehicle V1 passes through the exit gate 10-1. Here, the exit information ExA1 relates to the gate ID and passage date information of the entrance gate (not shown) of the toll road A, the gate ID and passage date information of the exit gate 10-1, and the vehicle type of the vehicle V1. Information and the like. The vehicle type information determined on the toll road A is unique to the toll road A. Further, the exit information ExA1 is created in accordance with the first data format adopted on the toll road A.

  The exit gate 30-1 outputs the exit information ExB1 of the toll road B of the vehicle V1 from the roadside device 308-1 to the processing device 40 when the vehicle V1 passes through the exit gate 30-1. Here, the exit information ExB1 includes information on the gate ID and passage date and time of the exit gate 30-1, information on the vehicle type of the vehicle V1, and the like. Note that the vehicle type information determined on the toll road B is unique to the toll road B. The exit information ExB1 is created in accordance with the second data format adopted on the toll road B.

  The entrance gate 30-2 outputs the entrance information EnB1 of the toll road B of the vehicle V1 from the roadside device 308-2 to the processing device 40 when the vehicle V1 passes through the entrance gate 30-2. Here, the entrance information EnB1 includes information on the gate ID and passage date and time of the entrance gate 30-2, information on the vehicle type of the vehicle V1, and the like. At this time, the entrance information EnB1 is created in accordance with the second data format adopted on the toll road B.

  When the vehicle V1 passes through the entrance gate 10-2, the entrance gate 10-2 writes the gate ID of the entrance gate 10-2 and information on the passage date and time in the ETC on-vehicle device. The information written in the ETC on-vehicle device is read when the vehicle V1 passes through another exit gate (not shown) of the toll road A and is used when determining the toll for the toll road A. Further, the entrance gate 10-2 outputs the entrance information EnA1 of the toll road A of the vehicle V1 from the roadside device 108-2 to the processing device 20 when the vehicle V1 passes through the entrance gate 10-2. Here, the entrance information EnA1 includes information on the gate ID and passage date and time of the entrance gate 10-2, information on the vehicle type of the vehicle V1, and the like. At this time, the entrance information EnA1 is created in accordance with the first data format adopted on the toll road A.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the fee collection system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the processing device 40 includes a receiving unit 41 and a connection interface (I / F) 42.

  The receiving unit 41 is connected to the exit gate 30-1 and receives the exit information ExB1 from the exit gate 30-1. The receiving unit 41 outputs the received exit information ExB1 to the processing device 20 via the connection interface 42 and the network NW.

  The receiving unit 41 is connected to the entrance gate 30-2 and receives entrance information EnB1 from the entrance gate 30-2. The receiving unit 41 outputs the received entrance information EnB1 to the processing device 20 via the connection interface 42 and the network NW.

  In FIG. 3, the processing device 20 includes a reception unit 21, a format conversion unit 22, a processing unit 23, a recording unit 24, and a connection interface 25.

  The receiving unit 21 is connected to the exit gate 10-1, and receives the exit information ExA1 from the exit gate 10-1. The receiving unit 21 outputs the received exit information ExA1 to the format converting unit 22. The receiving unit 21 is connected to the entrance gate 10-2 and receives entrance information EnA1 from the entrance gate 10-2. The receiving unit 21 outputs the received entrance information EnA1 to the format converting unit 22.

  The format conversion unit 22 converts the data format of the exit information ExA1 from the reception unit 21 into the second data format used on the toll road B, and outputs it to the processing unit 23 as the entrance information EnB2 of the toll road B. Further, the format conversion unit 22 converts the data format of the entrance information EnA1 from the reception unit 21 into the second data format used on the toll road B, and outputs it to the processing unit 23 as exit information ExB2 on the toll road B To do.

  The connection interface 25 is connected to the network NW, and outputs the exit information ExB1 or the entrance information EnB1 from the processing device 40 to the processing unit 23.

  The processing unit 23 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) made of, for example, a microprocessor, and has the functions shown in FIG. That is, the processing unit 23 includes a determination unit 231 and a fee determination unit 232.

  The determination unit 231 receives the entrance information EnB2 from the format conversion unit 22 and the exit information ExB1 from the connection interface 25. The determination unit 231 determines the entrance and exit of the toll road B from the entrance information EnB2 and the exit information ExB1, and creates first entrance-exit information. Here, the first entrance-exit information includes the entrance point and the exit point, the passage date and time of the entrance gate, the passage date and time of the exit gate, and the like.

  Further, the determination unit 231 receives the exit information ExB2 from the format conversion unit 22 and the entrance information EnB1 from the connection interface 25. The determination unit 231 determines the entrance and exit of the toll road B from the entrance information EnB1 and the exit information ExB2, and creates second entrance-exit information. Here, the second entrance-exit information includes the entrance point and the exit point, the passage date and time of the entrance gate, the passage date and time of the exit gate, and the like.

  The fee determining unit 232 receives the first or second entry / exit information created by the determining unit 231, refers to the recording unit 24, and determines the toll for the toll road B of the vehicle V <b> 1. In the recording unit 24, a toll road B charge table and conversion information for converting a toll road A charge determining element into a toll road B charge determining element are recorded in advance. Here, the fee table shows a distance fee from the entrance point to the exit point on the toll road B. The fee determining element is an element used when the fee determining unit 232 determines the toll, and includes a vehicle type, a discount time and a discount amount of the toll, and the like. The conversion information includes a vehicle type table indicating the correspondence between the vehicle type on the toll road A and the vehicle type on the toll road B, and a discount table indicating the correspondence between the discount time on the toll road A and the discount time on the toll road B. The determined toll is collected from the vehicle V1.

  Next, the toll determination process by the toll collection system configured as described above will be specifically described. At this time, for example, the vehicle type table shown in FIG. 5, the charge table shown in FIG. 6, and the discount table shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, only the charge table for ordinary vehicles is shown, but the recording unit 24 is also provided with the same charge table for large vehicles and light vehicles, and can be applied in the same manner as ordinary vehicles. It is.

  First, the case where the vehicle V1 moves from the toll road A to the toll road B will be described as an example.

  When the vehicle V1 passes through the exit gate 10-1, the exit gate 10-1 outputs the exit information ExA1 of the toll road A to the processing device 20. Here, the exit information ExA1 is created in accordance with the first data format, and the gate ID of the exit gate 10-1 and information on the passage date and time: XX year XX month XX day 3:00 Minutes and vehicle type information: Includes medium-sized vehicles.

  The vehicle V1 travels on the toll road B and leaves the toll road B from the exit gate 30-1. The exit gate 30-1 outputs the exit information ExB1 of the toll road B to the processing device 40 when the vehicle V1 passes. Here, the exit information ExB1 is created according to the second data format, and the gate ID of the exit gate 30-1 and the information on the passage date and time: XX year XX month XX day 6:00 Minutes and vehicle type information: Includes regular vehicles.

  The processing device 40 receives the exit information ExB1 by the receiving unit 41 and outputs it to the processing device 20 from the connection interface 42 via the network NW.

  The processing device 20 receives the exit information ExA1 by the receiving unit 21 and converts the information to the entrance information EnB2 according to the second data format by the format converting unit 22.

  The processing unit 23 uses the determination unit 231 to create first entry / exit information on the toll road B from the input information EnB2 and the exit information ExB1. For example, the determination unit 231 determines the point a1 from the gate ID of the exit gate 10-1, and determines the point a3 from the gate ID of the exit gate 30-1. Then, the judging unit 231 determines that “entrance: point a1 (XX year XX month XX day 3:00), exit: point a3 (XX year XX month XX day 6:00), vehicle type: 1st entrance-exit information of “normal vehicle” is created. The charge determination unit 232 sets the first entrance-exit information “entrance: point a1 (XX year XX month XX day 3:00), exit: point a3 (XX year XX month XX day 6:00 00 minutes), “vehicle type: normal vehicle” is received, and a charge of 1,500 yen between point a1 and point a3 is obtained with reference to the charge table of FIG. Then, the fee determining unit 232 refers to the discount table in FIG. 7 and determines that the passage date and time is subject to fee discount. The toll determination unit 232 determines the toll on the toll road B as 750 yen considering a discount for 1,500 yen.

  Next, a case where the vehicle V1 moves from the toll road B to the toll road A will be described as an example.

  When the vehicle V1 passes through the entrance gate 30-2, the entrance gate 30-2 outputs the entrance information EnB1 of the toll road B to the processing device 40. Here, the entrance information EnB1 is created in accordance with the second data format, and the gate ID of the exit gate 30-2 and information on the passage date and time: XX year XX month XX day 23:00 Minutes and vehicle type information: including ordinary cars.

  The vehicle V1 travels on the toll road B and moves to the toll road A from the entrance gate 10-2. The exit gate 10-2 outputs the entrance information EnA1 of the toll road A to the processing device 20 when the vehicle V1 passes. Here, the entrance information EnA1 is created in accordance with the first data format, and the gate ID of the exit gate 10-2 and information on the passage date and time: XX year XX month XX day 2:00 Minute and vehicle type information: medium-sized vehicles.

  The processing device 40 receives the entrance information EnB1 by the receiving unit 41 and outputs it to the processing device 20 from the connection interface 42 via the network NW.

  The processing device 20 receives the entrance information EnA1 by the receiving unit 21, and converts it into exit information ExB2 in accordance with the second data format by the format converting unit 22.

  The processing unit 23 uses the determination unit 231 to create second entry / exit information on the toll road B from the input information EnB1 and the exit information ExB2. For example, the determination unit 231 determines the point a3 from the gate ID of the entrance gate 30-2 and determines the point a1 from the gate ID of the entrance gate 10-2. Then, the determination unit 231 determines that “entrance: point a3 (XX year XX month XX day 23:00), exit: point a1 (XX year XX month XX day 2:00), vehicle type: 2nd entrance-exit information of “normal vehicle” is created. The charge determination unit 232 sets the second entrance-exit information “entrance: point a3 (XX year XX month XX day 23:00), exit: point a1 (XX year XX month XX day 2:00 00 minutes), “vehicle type: normal vehicle” is received, and the charge between the point a3 and the point a1 is determined as 1,500 yen with reference to the charge table in FIG. Then, the fee determining unit 232 refers to the discount table in FIG. 7 and determines that the fee is to be discounted. The toll determination unit 232 determines the toll on the toll road B as 750 yen considering a discount for 1,500 yen.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the exit information ExA1 from the exit gate 10-1 of the toll road A is converted into the entrance information EnB2 of the toll road B by the processing device 20. Then, the processing device 20 creates first entrance-exit information using the entrance information EnB2 and the exit information ExB1, and determines the toll for the toll road B. Further, the entrance information EnA1 from the entrance gate 10-2 of the toll road A is converted into exit information ExB2 of the toll road B by the processing device 20. Then, the processing device 20 uses the entrance information ExB1 and the exit information ExB2 to create second entrance / exit information and determine the toll for the toll road B. This makes it possible to determine the toll for the toll road B without complicated processing.

  Therefore, according to the toll collection system according to the present embodiment, the toll can be easily determined even when toll roads operated by different operating companies are joined.

  According to the toll collection system according to the present embodiment, the toll for toll road B can be determined without providing the entrance gate for toll road B at the junction between toll road A and toll road B. Therefore, it is possible to determine the toll of the toll road B without performing a large-scale repair work.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing another functional configuration of the fee collection system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 8, the processing device 50 includes a receiving unit 51 and a connection interface 52.

  The receiving unit 51 is connected to the exit gate 10-1, and receives the exit information ExA1 from the exit gate 10-1. The receiving unit 51 outputs the received exit information ExA1 to the processing device 60 via the connection interface 52 and the network NW.

  The receiving unit 51 is connected to the entrance gate 10-2 and receives entrance information EnA1 from the entrance gate 10-2. The receiving unit 51 outputs the received entrance information EnA1 to the processing device 60 via the connection interface 52 and the network NW.

  In FIG. 8, the processing device 60 includes a receiving unit 61, a processing unit 62, a connection interface 63, a format conversion unit 64, and a recording unit 65.

  The receiving unit 61 is connected to the exit gate 30-1 and receives the exit information ExB1 from the exit gate 30-1. The receiving unit 61 outputs the received exit information ExB1 to the processing unit 62. The receiving unit 61 is connected to the entrance gate 30-2 and receives entrance information EnB1 from the entrance gate 30-2. The receiving unit 61 outputs the received entrance information EnB1 to the processing unit 62.

  The connection interface 63 is connected to the network NW, and outputs the exit information ExA1 or the entrance information EnA1 from the processing device 50 to the format conversion unit 64.

  The format conversion unit 64 converts the data format of the exit information ExA1 from the connection interface 63 into a second data format used on the toll road B, and sets it as entrance information EnB2 on the toll road B. The format conversion unit 64 outputs the entrance information EnB2 to the processing unit 62. Further, the format converter 64 converts the data format of the entrance information EnA1 from the connection interface 63 into the second data format used on the toll road B, and sets it as exit information ExB2 on the toll road B. The format conversion unit 64 outputs the exit information ExB2 to the processing unit 62.

  The processing unit 62 has the function shown in FIG. That is, the processing unit 62 includes a determination unit 621 and a fee determination unit 622.

  The determination unit 621 receives the entrance information EnB2 from the format conversion unit 64 and the exit information ExB1 from the reception unit 61. The determination unit 621 determines the entrance and exit of the toll road B from the entrance information EnB2 and the exit information ExB1, and creates third entrance-exit information.

  Further, the determination unit 621 receives the exit information ExB2 from the format conversion unit 64 and the entrance information EnB1 from the reception unit 61. The determination unit 621 determines the entrance and exit of the toll road B from the entrance information EnB1 and the exit information ExB2, and creates fourth entrance-exit information.

  The toll determination unit 622 receives the third or fourth entry / exit information from the determination unit 621, refers to the recording unit 65, and determines the toll for the toll road B of the vehicle V1. In the recording unit 65, a toll road B toll table, vehicle type table, and discount table are recorded in advance. The determined toll is collected from the vehicle V1.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the exit information ExA1 from the exit gate 10-1 of the toll road A is converted into the entrance information EnB2 of the toll road B by the processing device 60. Then, the processing device 60 creates first entrance-exit information using the entrance information EnB2 and the exit information ExB1, and determines the toll for the toll road B. Further, the entrance information EnA1 from the entrance gate 10-2 of the toll road A is converted into exit information ExB2 of the toll road B by the processing device 60. Then, the processing device 60 creates second entrance / exit information using the entrance information ExB1 and the exit information ExB2, and determines the toll for the toll road B. This makes it possible to determine the toll for the toll road B without complicated processing.

  Therefore, according to the toll collection system according to the present embodiment, the toll can be easily determined even when toll roads operated by different operating companies are joined.

  Note that the fee collection system according to the second embodiment is not limited to the one shown in FIG. For example, the format conversion unit 64 may be provided in the processing device 50.

[Third Embodiment]
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a fee collection system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the charge for the toll road B is a uniform charge regardless of the distance. In FIG. 10, the toll road A operated by the first operating company and the toll road B operated by the second operating company are joined by a broken line portion. An exit gate 10-1 and an entrance gate 10-2 are provided in the vicinity of the junction on the toll road A. The exit gate 10-1 and the entrance gate 10-2 are connected to the processing apparatus 70. At this time, the exit gate 10-1, the entrance gate 10-2, and the processing device 70 are all devices on the toll road A, and input / output signals in accordance with the first data format.

  The exit gate 10-1 and the entrance gate 10-2 have the same configuration as that of FIG. 2 in the first embodiment.

  The exit gate 10-1 outputs the exit information ExA1 of the toll road A of the vehicle V1 from the roadside device 108-1 to the processing device 20 when the vehicle V1 passes through the exit gate 10-1. Here, the exit information ExA1 relates to the gate ID and passage date information of the entrance gate (not shown) of the toll road A, the gate ID and passage date information of the exit gate 10-1, and the vehicle type of the vehicle V1. Information and the like. The vehicle type information determined on the toll road A is unique to the toll road A. Further, the exit information ExA1 is created in accordance with the first data format adopted on the toll road A.

  When the vehicle V1 passes through the entrance gate 10-2, the entrance gate 10-2 writes the gate ID of the entrance gate 10-2 and information on the passage date and time in the ETC on-vehicle device. The information written in the ETC on-vehicle device is read when the vehicle V1 passes through another exit gate (not shown) of the toll road A and is used when determining the toll for the toll road A. Further, the entrance gate 10-2 outputs the entrance information EnA1 of the toll road A of the vehicle V1 from the roadside device 108-2 to the processing device 70 when the vehicle V1 passes through the entrance gate 10-2. Here, the entrance information EnA1 includes information on the gate ID and passage date and time of the entrance gate 10-2, information on the vehicle type of the vehicle V1, and the like. At this time, the entrance information EnA1 is created in accordance with the first data format adopted on the toll road A.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a fee collection system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 11, the processing device 70 includes a receiving unit 71, a format converting unit 72, a fee determining unit 73, and a recording unit 74.

  The receiving unit 71 is connected to the exit gate 10-1, and receives the exit information ExA1 from the exit gate 10-1. The receiving unit 71 outputs the received exit information ExA1 to the format converting unit 72. The receiving unit 71 is connected to the entrance gate 10-2 and receives entrance information EnA1 from the entrance gate 10-2. The receiving unit 71 outputs the received entrance information EnA1 to the format converting unit 72.

  The format converting unit 72 converts the data format of the exit information ExA1 from the receiving unit 71 into the second data format used on the toll road B, and sets it as entrance information EnB2 on the toll road B. Further, the format conversion unit 72 converts the data format of the entrance information EnA1 from the reception unit 71 into the second data format used on the toll road B, and sets the exit information ExB2 on the toll road B. The format conversion unit 72 outputs the entrance information EnB2 or the exit information ExB2 to the fee determination unit 73.

  The fee determining unit 73 receives the entrance information EnB2 from the format converting unit 72, refers to the recording unit 74, and determines the toll for the toll road B of the vehicle V1. In the recording unit 74, the charge for the toll road B and conversion information for converting the toll determination element for the toll road A into the toll determination element for the toll road B are recorded in advance. Here, the charge determining element is an element used when the charge determining unit 73 determines the toll, and includes a vehicle type, a discount time and a discount amount of the toll, and the like. The conversion information includes a vehicle type table indicating the correspondence between the vehicle type on the toll road A and the vehicle type on the toll road B, the discount time on the toll road A, and the discount table indicating the correspondence between the discount time on the toll road B. .

  The fee determining unit 73 receives the exit information ExB2 from the format converting unit 72, refers to the recording unit 74, and determines the toll for the toll road B of the vehicle V1. The determined toll is collected from the vehicle V1.

  Next, the toll determination process by the toll collection system configured as described above will be specifically described. At this time, the vehicle type table shown in FIG. 5, the toll road B flat fee, and the discount table shown in FIG. The flat fee for the toll road B is set for each vehicle type.

  First, the case where the vehicle V1 moves from the toll road A to the toll road B will be described as an example.

  When the vehicle V1 passes the exit gate 10-1, the exit gate 10-1 outputs the exit information ExA1 of the toll road A to the processing device 70. Here, the exit information ExA1 is created in accordance with the first data format, and the gate ID of the exit gate 10-1 and information on the passage date and time: XX year XX month XX day 3:00 Minutes and vehicle type information: Includes medium-sized vehicles.

  The processing device 70 receives the exit information ExA1 by the reception unit 71, and converts the entry information EnB2 in accordance with the second data format by the format conversion unit 22.

  The fee determining unit 73 receives the input information EnB2 (gate ID, passage date / time information: XX year XX month XX day 3:00, vehicle type: medium-sized vehicle), and refers to the vehicle type table in FIG. The vehicle type on toll road B is selected. The medium-sized vehicle on the toll road A is an ordinary vehicle on the toll road B according to the vehicle type table shown in FIG. In addition, the charge determining unit 73 sets a uniform charge for ordinary cars. Then, the fee determining unit 73 refers to the discount table in FIG. 7 and determines that the passage date / time: XX year XX month XX day 3:00 is the target of the fee discount. The toll determination unit 73 performs the discount shown in FIG. 7 from the uniform toll for ordinary cars, and determines the toll for the toll road B.

  Next, a case where the vehicle V1 moves from the toll road B to the toll road A will be described as an example.

  The vehicle V1 travels on the toll road B and moves to the toll road A from the entrance gate 10-2. When the vehicle V1 passes, the exit gate 10-2 outputs the entrance information EnA1 of the toll road A to the processing device 70. Here, the entrance information EnA1 is created in accordance with the first data format, and the gate ID of the exit gate 10-2 and information on the passage date and time: XX year XX month XX day 2:00 Minute and vehicle type information: medium-sized vehicles.

  The processing device 70 receives the entrance information EnA1 by the receiving unit 71, and converts it into exit information ExB2 in accordance with the second data format by the format converting unit 72.

  The fee determining unit 73 receives exit information ExB2 (gate ID, passage date / time information: XX year XX month XX day 2:00, vehicle type: medium-sized vehicle), and refers to the vehicle type table in FIG. The vehicle type on toll road B is selected. The medium-sized vehicle on the toll road A is an ordinary vehicle on the toll road B according to the vehicle type table shown in FIG. In addition, the charge determining unit 73 sets a uniform charge for ordinary cars. Then, the fee determining unit 73 refers to the discount table in FIG. 7 and determines that the date and time of passage: XX year XX month XX day is 2:00. The toll determination unit 73 performs the discount shown in FIG. 7 from the uniform toll for ordinary cars, and determines the toll for the toll road B.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the exit information of the toll road A is converted into the entrance information of the toll road B. Also, the entrance information of toll road A is converted into exit information of toll road B. At this time, the processing device 70 reads the vehicle type information of the toll road A into the vehicle type information of the toll road B. Thereby, even if the toll road A and the toll road B have different vehicle type determination methods, the toll on the toll road B can be accurately determined.

  In the third embodiment, the processing device 70 converts the discount time and discount amount of the toll on the toll road A into the discount time and discount amount of the toll on the toll road B. As a result, even when the toll road A and the toll road B have different toll discount times and discount amounts, the toll on the toll road B can be accurately determined.

  Therefore, according to the toll collection system according to the present embodiment, the toll can be easily determined even when toll roads operated by different operating companies are joined.

  In each of the above embodiments, the example in which the vehicle type, the discount time of the toll fee, and the discount amount are included in the fee determining element has been described. However, each of the above embodiments is not limited to this.

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

10-1, 30-1 ... Exit gate 101-1 ... Gantry 102-1 ... Roadside radio devices 103-1 to 105-1 ... Vehicle detector 106-1 ... Starting controller 107-1 ... Passing gate 108-1 108-2, 308-1, 308-2 ... Roadside devices 10-2, 30-2 ... Entrance gates 20, 40, 50, 60, 70 ... Processing devices 21, 41, 51, 61, 71 ... Receiver 22, 64, 72 ... format conversion units 23, 62 ... processing units 231, 621 ... determination units 232, 622, 73 ... charge determination units 24, 65, 74 ... recording units 25, 42, 52, 63 ... connection I / F

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After leaving the first toll road and entering the second toll road joined with the first toll road, the toll for the second toll road from the vehicle leaving the second toll road In the toll collection system that collects
A first data format adopted on the first toll road when a vehicle that is installed on the first toll road and leaves the first toll road and enters the second toll road passes. A first exit side device for creating the first exit information of
The second exit information in the second data format adopted on the second toll road is created when a vehicle installed on the second toll road and leaving the second toll road passes. Two outlet side devices;
A conversion unit that converts the first exit information into the data format of the second to be entrance information of the second toll road;
A toll collection system comprising: a toll determination unit that determines the toll based on the entrance information from the conversion unit and the second exit information. In a toll collection system for collecting a toll on the first toll road from a vehicle entering the second toll road joined to the first toll road after entering the first toll road,
The first entrance information in the first data format adopted in the first toll road is created when a vehicle installed on the first toll road and entering the first toll road passes. 1 inlet side device;
A second data format adopted on the second toll road when a vehicle installed on the second toll road, exiting from the first toll road and entering the second toll road passes. A second entrance side device for creating the second entrance information of
A conversion unit that converts the second entrance information into the first data format and sets the exit information of the first toll road;
A toll collection system comprising: a toll determination unit that determines the toll based on the first entrance information from the conversion unit and the exit information. In a toll collection system that collects a toll for the second toll road from a vehicle that leaves the first toll road and enters the second toll road joined to the first toll road,
A first data format adopted on the first toll road when a vehicle that is installed on the first toll road and leaves the first toll road and enters the second toll road passes. An exit side device that creates exit information for
A conversion unit that converts the exit information into a second data format adopted by the second toll road, and sets the entrance information of the second toll road;
A recording unit for recording the uniform toll of the second toll road and conversion information for converting the fee determining element on the first toll road into the toll determining element on the second toll road;
A toll collection system comprising: a toll determination unit that determines the toll based on the uniform toll and the conversion information according to the entrance information. The fee determining element includes a vehicle type of the vehicle,
4. The toll collection system according to claim 3, wherein the conversion information includes information for converting a vehicle type on the first toll road into a vehicle type on the second toll road. The fee determining element includes a discount time and a discount amount of the uniform toll,
5. The conversion information according to claim 3, wherein the conversion information includes information for converting the discount time and discount amount on the first toll road into the discount time and discount amount on the second toll road. 6. Toll collection system described in Crab. In a toll collection system for collecting a toll on the first toll road from a vehicle that leaves the first toll road and enters the second toll road joined to the first toll road,
A first data format adopted on the second toll road when a vehicle that is installed on the second toll road and leaves the first toll road and enters the second toll road passes. An exit side device for creating the entrance information of
A conversion unit that converts the entrance information into a second data format adopted by the first toll road and sets the exit information of the first toll road;
A recording unit for recording the uniform toll of the first toll road and conversion information for converting the toll determining element on the second toll road into the toll determining element on the first toll road;
A toll collection system comprising: a toll determination unit that determines the toll based on the uniform toll and the conversion information according to the entrance information. The fee determining element includes a vehicle type of the vehicle,
7. The toll collection system according to claim 6, wherein the conversion information includes information for converting a vehicle type on the second toll road into a vehicle type on the first toll road. The fee determining element includes a discount time and a discount amount of the uniform toll,
8. The conversion information according to claim 6, wherein the conversion information includes information for converting the discount time and the discount amount on the second toll road into the discount time and the discount amount on the first toll road. Toll collection system described in Crab.

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