JP2012181742A - Ic card payment system for car park - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an IC card payment system for a car park, that is configured by combining an IC prepaid card with an ETC on-vehicle unit or the like, allows payment of a parking fee to be carried out with the IC prepaid card without making a stop at an exit, and prevents congestion and a traffic jam from occurring.SOLUTION: An IC card payment system for a car park performs payment processing by transmitting and receiving data by utilizing wireless communication between an ETC on-vehicle unit 22 mounted on a vehicle and a DSRC communicating unit 36 inside a fee adjustment machine 32 at the car park. The ETC on-vehicle unit comprises: an IC card mounting part 24 for mounting an IC prepaid card 26; a reader-writer 23B for performing reading and writing with respect to the IC prepaid card; and processing means (IC chip 22-1) for giving instructions on reading out information or writing information with respect to the IC prepaid card, through the reader-writer, when data is transmitted and received between the ETC on-vehicle unit and the DSRC communicating unit inside the fee adjustment machine, transmitting a processing result to the DSRC communicating unit, and receiving a notification on payment completion from the DSRC communicating unit.

Description

  The present invention relates to an IC card payment system for parking lots, and in particular, when a vehicle equipped with an ETC on-board unit or an ITS on-board unit is to pay for a parking fee in a parking lot, the prepaid non-contact type is used by using the ETC on-board unit. The present invention relates to an IC card settlement system for a parking lot that can settle a parking fee by using an IC card.

  Currently, when a car is parked after being parked in a pay parking lot and the car is settled by a prepaid non-contact IC card with a payment machine at the parking lot exit, the card touch part of the payment machine It is necessary to touch the IC card. For this reason, the user must stop the car at the place where the checkout machine is installed at the exit of the parking lot and take the necessary actions for the checkout, which takes time and effort, causing congestion and stagnation. ing. On the other hand, in the toll collection system for toll expressways, ETC on-board devices are currently used to reduce congestion at the entrance and exit of the expressway. According to an automobile equipped with this ETC on-board device, it is not necessary to stop at the entrance and exit, but a credit-type contact IC card (so-called “ETC card”. Credit card payment can be performed using a credit card "(in this case, including a credit card having no IC chip). However, according to the current ETC in-vehicle device or the more advanced general ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) in-vehicle device, it is currently designed so that only an IC credit card can be used. A payment function using a contact IC card (hereinafter referred to as “IC prepaid card”) is not added, and therefore, payment using the IC prepaid card is not possible.

  Note that DSRC (spot communication) is used as a wireless communication system for both the ETC on-board unit and the ITS on-board unit. This “DSRC (spot communication)” is a two-way wireless communication system using the 5.8 GHz band for a short range (several meters to 30 m) between the roadside device and the vehicle-mounted device. Yes, it enables two-way information exchange between automobiles and roads.

Further, as a parking lot management or settlement system related to the present invention, techniques described in the following Patent Documents 1 to 3 are conventionally known.
The parking lot management system according to Patent Document 1 is a parking lot management device having an entry / exit management function using wireless communication, which allows a non-step passage when entering and exiting and allows a discount service when using the facility It has the composition which becomes. Specifically, the vehicle side is equipped with an in-vehicle device communication means and an IC card (information carrier, credit card), and performs wireless communication between the on-vehicle device on the vehicle side and a wireless communication unit installed at the entrance of a parking lot or the like. The parking lot side is configured to issue a parking ticket in which predetermined information is recorded by a ticketing processing unit in the middle of the parking lot, and to perform a parking fee settlement process based on pre-settlement. . The IC card used is a credit card.
The settlement system according to Patent Document 2 is a system that performs settlement using wireless communication while confirming the user's intention to use, and the roadside connected to the vehicle-mounted device in which the IC card is detachable and the parking lot management device A configuration for performing wireless communication with a device and confirming a user's intention regarding settlement of a parking fee is disclosed. According to this payment system, a configuration is described in which the ID (unique information) of the mounted IC card is transmitted by in-vehicle communication, and payment is made at the server. Furthermore, in this payment system, the IC card and the prepaid card are distinguished, and in addition to the payment of the parking fee by the IC card mounted on the vehicle-mounted device, the payment of the parking fee by the prepaid card is also mentioned depending on the conditions. However, payment using a prepaid card is not performed using an on-vehicle device.
The parking lot system according to Patent Document 3 transmits information purchased at a store using an IC card based on the vehicle-mounted device communication, thereby performing a discount calculation and making a settlement with a settlement machine.

JP 2005-352611 A JP 2005-141633 A JP 2001-155200 A

In recent years, apart from IC credit cards, IC prepaid cards have been distributed and widely used as transportation IC cards provided by operating organizations of public transportation such as railways and buses. Therefore, in recent years, payment of parking fees at parking lots using ETC in-vehicle devices mounted on vehicles such as automobiles, etc., and also using IC prepaid cards for transportation that have been used very frequently. It is highly desirable to be able to.
Further, in the parking lot management and settlement system described in Patent Documents 1 to 3, a method of settlement of parking fee based on wireless communication of an in-vehicle device equipped with an IC card is disclosed, but it is used in the in-vehicle device. The IC card is a credit card, not a prepaid card. Therefore, in the prior art, a highly practical parking fee settlement system configured by combining an in-vehicle communication terminal such as an ETC in-vehicle device or an ITS in-vehicle device and an IC prepaid card has not been proposed.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to combine an in-vehicle communication terminal of an ETC in-vehicle device or an ITS in-vehicle device with an IC prepaid card, and the IC prepaid card without stopping once at the settlement machine at the exit of the parking lot. It is an object of the present invention to provide an IC card payment system for a parking lot that can easily and quickly settle a parking fee and can prevent congestion and traffic jams.

  In order to achieve the above object, a parking lot IC card settlement system according to the present invention is configured as follows.

  A first parking lot IC card settlement system (corresponding to claim 1) is a short-range wireless communication between an in-vehicle communication terminal equipped in a vehicle and a communication device in a processing device installed at a gate of the parking lot. Is a parking lot IC card payment system that performs payment processing by sending and receiving data using an IC, and an in-vehicle communication terminal includes an IC card mounting portion for mounting an IC prepaid card, and an IC prepaid mounted on the IC card mounting portion. Communication device for reading / writing information to / from IC prepaid card via reader / writer and transmitting / receiving data between reader / writer for reading / writing to card and communication device in processing device And processing means for receiving a notification of completion of payment from the communication device.

  In the above-mentioned IC card payment system for parking lots, a combination of an in-vehicle communication terminal such as a conventional ETC on-board device and a prepaid non-contact type IC card for railways, which has been widely used in recent years, The parking fee can be settled using short-range wireless communication, and the parking fee can be paid by decelerating without stopping at the entrance / exit gate of the parking lot.

  The second IC card settlement system for parking lot (corresponding to claim 2) is preferably characterized in that, in the above configuration, the in-vehicle communication terminal is an ETC in-vehicle device or an ITS in-vehicle device.

  In the third parking lot IC card settlement system (corresponding to claim 3), preferably, the in-vehicle communication terminal includes another reader / writer for reading and writing the attached IC credit card. And

  In a fourth parking lot IC card settlement system (corresponding to claim 4), the processing device is preferably a payment machine installed at an exit gate of the parking lot.

  In a fifth parking lot IC card settlement system (corresponding to claim 5), preferably, the communication device is a DSRC communicator.

  According to the present invention, an in-vehicle communication terminal such as an ETC in-vehicle device or an ITS in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle moving body such as an automobile is provided with a card mounting unit and a reader / writer for an IC prepaid card, and the IC prepaid card is further provided. Since application software that reads and writes required information is provided, it is possible to construct an IC card payment system for parking lots that can settle parking fees for parking lots by combining ETC on-board devices and IC prepaid cards. The parking fee can be settled easily and quickly with an IC prepaid card without temporarily stopping the car etc. at the exit of the parking lot, preventing congestion and congestion at the entrance and exit of the parking lot, and highly practical An IC card payment system for parking can be realized.

It is a condition figure which shows the relationship between the entrance management machine in the entrance gate of a parking lot, and the ETC onboard equipment of a motor vehicle. It is a situation figure which shows the relationship between the account settlement machine in the exit gate of a parking lot, and the ETC on-board unit of a motor vehicle. It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of an entrance management machine, a payment machine, and a data center. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the IC card payment system for parking lots concerning this embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments (examples) of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  An embodiment of a parking lot IC card settlement system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 shows a situation diagram at the entrance gate of the parking lot, FIG. 2 shows a situation diagram at the exit gate of the parking lot, and FIG. 3 shows a settlement system based on information transmission / reception at the entrance gate and the exit gate in the parking lot. FIG. 4 shows the flow of processing.

  In FIG. 1, an entrance management machine 12 is installed at the entrance gate 11 of the pay parking lot 10. An entrance gate bar 13 that can be opened and closed is disposed at the entrance gate 11. Normally, the inlet gate bar 13 in the closed state is opened as shown by an arrow 15 by the operation of the driving device 14. The entrance management machine 12 includes a DSRC communication device 16, a controller 17, and a communication unit 18. The DSRC communicator 16 is a communication unit that communicates with the automobile 21 that is about to enter the parking lot 10 by short-range communication. The controller 17 inputs and processes the data received by the DSRC communicator 16, controls the operation of the driving device 14 based on the input information, and transmits necessary data via the communication unit 18 to be described later. The data center 41 has a function of transmitting and receiving data. In addition, although the entrance management machine 12 is further provided with a message display part, an input operation part, etc., those illustration are abbreviate | omitted in FIG.

  On the other hand, for the purpose of parking in the parking lot 10, on the side of the car (generally a vehicle) 21 that is about to pass (travel) without stopping the entrance gate 11 of the parking lot 10, the driver's seat of the vehicle An ETC vehicle-mounted device (or ITS vehicle-mounted device, generally a vehicle-mounted communication terminal) 22 having an antenna unit is mounted on the front board or the like. As shown in FIG. 3, the ETC on-vehicle device 22 normally includes an IC chip (microcomputer) 22-1 and a reader / writer (R / W) 23A dedicated to an IC credit card. However, the configuration of the ETC in-vehicle device 22 according to this embodiment additionally includes a reader / writer (R / W) 23B for an IC prepaid card. Therefore, either one of the IC credit card and the IC prepaid card can be inserted and attached to one card insertion hole of the IC card mounting portion 24 of the ETC on-vehicle device 22. When an IC credit card is attached to the IC card attachment unit 24, the IC credit card is read and written by the reader / writer 23A. When an IC prepaid card is mounted on the IC card mounting unit 24, the IC prepaid card is read and written by the reader / writer 23B.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the ETC vehicle-mounted device 22 further includes a DSRC communication function unit 25. The ETC in-vehicle device 22 uses the built-in DSRC communication function unit 25 based on DSRC (spot communication) wireless communication with an external DSRC communication device for card information and the like for reading and writing by the reader / writers 23A and 23B. It has a function to send and receive. In the case of the present embodiment, in the car 21, the parking fee for parking in the parking lot 10 is settled using the ETC on-board device 22 and the IC prepaid card, so the IC card mounting portion 24 of the ETC on-board device 22. For example, an IC prepaid card 26 for railway is mounted. When the car 21 equipped with the ETC on-board device 22 in this state comes to the front of the entrance gate 11 of the parking lot 10, between the DSRC communication device 16 of the entrance management device 12 and the DSRC communication function unit 25 of the ETC on-vehicle device 22. The entrance gate bar 13 is opened on condition that necessary information is transmitted and received and a required authorization process is performed, and the automobile 21 can enter the parking lot 10 without stopping.

  Further, as a processing function based on the processing means (application software) incorporated in the IC chip 22-1 described above, an IC mounted on the IC card mounting unit 24 so that it can be read and written by the reader / writer 23B in the ETC vehicle-mounted device 22. In relation to the prepaid card, as will be described later, an IC prepaid card mounted in association with the reader / writer 23B is exchanged with the DSRC communication device of the device on the parking lot 10 side installed outside. It has functions of reading information or writing information, transmitting a processing result to the DSRC communication device, and receiving a payment completion notification from the DSRC communication device.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2, a settlement machine 32 is installed in the vicinity of the exit gate 31 of the pay parking lot 10. The exit gate 31 is provided with an exit gate bar 33 that can be freely opened and closed. The exit gate bar 33 which is normally closed is opened as indicated by an arrow 35 by the operation of the driving device 34. The checkout machine 32 includes a DSRC communication device 36, a controller 37, and a communication unit 38. The DSRC communicator 36 is a communication unit that communicates with the automobile 21 that is about to leave the parking lot 10 by short-range communication, like the DSRC communicator 16 described above. The controller 37 inputs and processes the data received by the DSRC communicator 36, controls the operation of the drive device 34 based on the input information, and sends necessary data to the data via the communication unit 38. It has a function of transmitting / receiving to / from the center 41. The checkout machine 32 is further provided with a message display unit, an input operation unit, and the like, but these are not shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, the configuration on the automobile 21 side is the same as the configuration described above. When the automobile 21 equipped with the ETC on-board device 22 with the IC prepaid card 26 attached comes to the front of the exit gate 31 of the parking lot 10, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the DSRC communicator 36 of the checkout machine 32 and the ETC On the condition that necessary information is transmitted to and received from the DSRC communication function unit 25 of the vehicle-mounted device 22 based on DSRC (spot communication) wireless communication, and the necessary authorization processing and settlement processing are performed, the exit gate bar 33 is opened, and the automobile 21 can go out of the parking lot 10 without stopping.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the entrance management machine 12 on the parking lot entrance side and the checkout machine 32 on the parking lot exit side are required to exchange data with the data center 41 via the respective communication units 18 and 38. It is connected so that it can communicate (information). The data center 41 has a well-known communication unit, and also has a management function unit for managing an IC card ID 41A of the IC prepaid card 26, an entry time / entry time management 41B, and a parking fee and charge remaining amount management 41C. Have.

  Next, the overall processing flow of the IC card settlement system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When the car 21 enters the pay parking lot 10, the DSRC communication function of the IC prepaid card 26 installed in the ETC vehicle-mounted device 22 of the car 21 is assigned to the DSRC communicator 16 of the entrance management machine 12. The part 25 transmits (step S101). The DSRC communication device 16 of the entrance management device 12 receives the IC card ID transmitted from the ETC on-vehicle device 22 of the automobile 21 (step S102). Thereafter, the entrance management machine 12 calculates the entrance time by the controller 17 (step S103), and further, based on the instruction of the controller 17, the IC card together with the entrance time information to the data center 41 via the communication unit 18. ID is transmitted (step S104). In the data center 41, the received IC card ID is confirmed based on the IC card ID management 41A, authenticated and held (step S105), and the entry time of the automobile 21 is held based on the entry time / entry time management 41B. (Step S106).

  At the stage where the above processing is completed, the controller 17 of the entrance management machine 12 controls the operation of the driving device 14 and opens the entrance gate bar 13. Processing steps related to this control are omitted in FIG. The automobile 21 proceeds into the parking lot 10 and performs parking.

  After that, when the parking state is completed and the car 21 enters the paid parking lot 10, the DSRC communication function unit 25 of the ETC on-board unit 22 of the car 21 sends the car 21 to the DSRC communicator 36 of the checkout machine 32. The IC card ID of the IC prepaid card 26 installed in the ETC vehicle-mounted device 22 is transmitted (step S201). The DSRC communicator 36 of the checkout machine 32 receives the IC card ID transmitted from the ETC vehicle-mounted device 22 of the automobile 21 (step S202). Thereafter, the checkout machine 32 calculates the entry time with the controller 37 (step S203), and further refers to the IC card ID with respect to the data center 41 via the communication unit 38 under the instruction of the controller 37. An inquiry message about the admission time is transmitted (step S204). The data center 41 receives the inquiry message and refers to the IC card ID to transmit the data related to the entry time of the automobile 21 to the settlement machine 32 side (step S205). When the payment machine 32 receives the data related to the entry time (step S206), the parking fee is calculated based on the entered entry time data and the previous entry time data (step S207).

  Thereafter, the monetary amount data of the parking fee is transmitted from the DSRC communicator 36 of the settlement machine 32 to the ETC in-vehicle device 22 (step S301). In the ETC in-vehicle device 32, a process of subtracting a point corresponding to the parking fee from the charged amount of the set IC prepaid card 26 is performed by the reading / writing function of the reader / writer 23B (step S302). By the subtraction process in step S302, the payment process for the parking fee of the automobile 21 is completed by the IC prepaid card 26. When the settlement process is completed, the controller 37 operates the drive device 34 to open the exit gate bar 33 (step S303). Since the exit gate bar 33 is opened, the automobile 21 can exit the exit gate 31 without stopping.

  Between step S101 to step S106 and from step S201 to step S303, the automobile 21 can pass through the entrance gate 11 and the exit gate 31 while decelerating without stopping.

  The charge amount as a result of the subtraction is transmitted to the DSRC communication device 36 of the settlement machine 32 via the DSRC communication function unit 25 of the ETC on-vehicle device 32 (step S401). The checkout machine 32 further transmits the subtraction information (charge amount) of the IC prepaid card 26 to the data center 41 via the controller 37 and the communication unit 38 (step S402). In the data center 41, in association with the IC card ID of the IC prepaid card 26, the remaining amount of the IC prepaid card 26 is stored in the storage unit based on the parking charge and remaining charge management 41C (step S403).

In the above embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the entrance management machine 12 of the entrance gate 11 and the settlement machine 32 of the exit gate 31 have been described as separate machines, but they are configured by a single machine having an input management function and a settlement function. It is also possible.
In addition, a single reader / writer may be provided, and the single reader / writer may be configured to support both IC credit cards and IC prepaid cards.

Moreover, about the structure of the ETC onboard equipment (or ITS onboard equipment) 22, it can be changed as follows.
The IC card mounting portion 24 of the ETC on-vehicle device 22 is provided with a card insertion hole for an IC credit card and a card insertion hole for an IC prepaid card so that both the IC credit card and the IC prepaid card can be mounted. can do. In this case, based on the identification function of the application software, the IC credit card is used in a toll collection system on a toll highway, and the IC prepaid card is used in a parking fee settlement system in a toll parking lot 10.
Further, the IC credit card and the IC prepaid card can be formed as one IC card, and the one IC card can be used separately for a credit card or a prepaid card.

  The configurations, shapes, sizes, and arrangement relationships described in the above embodiments are merely schematically shown to the extent that the present invention can be understood and implemented. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the technical idea shown in the claims.

  The IC card payment system for parking lots according to the present invention combines an ETC on-board device and an IC prepaid card, performs payment of a parking fee with an IC prepaid card by short-range wireless communication, facilitates payment of the parking fee, It is used to eliminate congestion and traffic jams.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Parking lot 11 Entrance gate 12 Entrance management machine 13 Entrance gate bar 14 Drive apparatus 16 DSRC communication device 17 Controller 18 Communication part 21 Automobile (vehicle)
22 ETC vehicle-mounted device (vehicle communication terminal)
22-1 IC chip 23A reader / writer 23B reader / writer 24 IC card mounting unit 25 DSRC communication function unit 26 IC prepaid card 31 exit gate 32 settlement machine 33 exit gate 34 drive unit 36 DSRC communicator 37 controller 38 communication unit 41 data center 41A IC card ID management 41B Entrance time / participation time management 41C Parking fee and charge remaining management

Claims (5)

Parking lot IC card settlement system for performing settlement processing by transmitting and receiving data using short-range wireless communication between an in-vehicle communication terminal equipped in a vehicle and a communication device in a processing device installed at a gate of a parking lot In
The in-vehicle communication terminal is
An IC card mounting part for mounting an IC prepaid card;
A reader / writer that reads from and writes to the IC prepaid card mounted in the IC card mounting unit;
An instruction to read or write information to the IC prepaid card via the reader / writer, transmission of a processing result to the communication apparatus, and transmission / reception of the data to / from the communication apparatus in the processing device; and Processing means for receiving a notification of payment completion from the communication device;
An IC card settlement system for parking lots, comprising:   2. The IC card settlement system for parking lot according to claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle communication terminal is an ETC in-vehicle device or an ITS on-vehicle device.   The parking IC card settlement system according to claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle communication terminal includes another reader / writer that reads and writes an installed IC credit card.   The IC card settlement system for a parking lot according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the processing device is a payment machine installed at an exit gate of the parking lot.   The parking IC card settlement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the communication device is a DSRC communication device.

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