JP2020135201A - Cashless settlement method for toll road, computer, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To solve the problems existing at a number of roads where ETC cannot be introduced because introduction and maintenance costs of ETC are expensive, and therefore, toll collection is conducted using manned toll gates or automatic adjustment machines, in which the problems include occurrence of labor costs arising from toll collection using manned toll gates at the toll roads, and further, occurrence of traffic congestion resulting from the necessity to temporarily stop passing vehicles at the toll gate, and the necessity to temporarily stop passing vehicles also at unmanned automatic adjustment machines in order to conduct a payment operation using the adjustment machine.SOLUTION: A license plate of a passing vehicle is imaged and analyzed at an exit/entrance of a toll road in order to retrieve the corresponding credit card data by using a computing system. Further, on the basis of credit card data associated with the license plate, a toll is settled and paid without using cash or a card.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to toll road cashless payment methods, computers, and programs.

In recent years, the penetration rate of ETC (Electronic Toll Collection System) has become extremely high, and along with this, the introduction of ETC is progressing at toll gates on toll roads operated by private road operators. On the other hand, since ETC is expensive to install and maintain, there are many roads that cannot introduce ETC and collect tolls by manned or automatic checkout machines.

However, manned toll collection requires labor costs and traffic vehicles must be temporarily stopped at the toll booth, causing traffic congestion. In addition, although the automatic payment machine is unmanned, it still needs to be suspended due to the payment operation for the payment machine. Furthermore, if the toll changes depending on the toll road, it is necessary to issue a toll ticket (entrance ticket) at the entrance of the toll road to prove which entrance you entered from, and you also need to stop temporarily at that time. .. In some cases, toll tickets are also issued by manned persons.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to photograph and analyze the license plate of a passing vehicle at the entrance and exit of a toll road by using a computing system, and search for the corresponding credit card data. It is to settle and settle cash and cardless tolls based on the credit card data associated with the license plate. In addition, in this document, "credit card" is used as a term including other payment means such as a prepaid card and a debit card.

One aspect of the present invention is a computer-executed method, wherein the method is:
A step in which the computer analyzes an image of a license plate of a passing vehicle taken by a first photographing camera at a first point and obtains a first vehicle number of the passing vehicle.
A step in which the computer acquires credit card data based on the first vehicle number.
A step in which the computer creates settlement data in which the first vehicle number and the acquired credit card data are associated with each other.
A step in which the computer analyzes an image of the license plate of the passing vehicle taken by the second photographing camera at the second point and obtains the second vehicle number of the passing vehicle.
A step in which the computer acquires the settlement data based on the second vehicle number, and
A step in which the computer creates settlement data for toll charges from the first point to the second point based on the settlement data.
The computer includes a step of transmitting the created payment data to the computer of the credit card company.

In addition, the above method
A step of deriving the toll based on the first identifier uniquely indicating the first point and the second identifier uniquely indicating the second point is further provided, and the first identifier and the said The second identifier is characterized in that it is received from the first photographing camera and the second photographing camera, respectively.

Furthermore, the above method
In response to the acquisition of the settlement data, the step further includes a step of transmitting a bar opening instruction to the exit opening / closing bar of the lane through which the passing vehicle is going to pass at the second point.

In addition, the above method
It is characterized by further comprising a step of transmitting a payment instruction to the settlement machine at the second point in response to the failure to acquire the settlement data.

Then, in the above method,
The checkout machine that has received the payment instruction is characterized in that when making a payment by credit card, the payment is accepted only by the credit card associated with the second vehicle number.

Another aspect of the present invention is a computer program for causing a computer to execute the method.

Yet another aspect of the present invention is a computer, wherein the computer is a computer.
The image of the license plate of the passing vehicle taken by the first photographing camera at the first point is analyzed, and the first vehicle number of the passing vehicle is acquired.
Acquire credit card data based on the first vehicle number,
Create the settlement data associated with the first vehicle number and the acquired credit card data,
The image of the license plate of the passing vehicle taken by the second photographing camera at the second point is analyzed, and the second vehicle number of the passing vehicle is acquired.
Based on the second vehicle number, the settlement data is acquired, and
Based on the settlement data, settlement data for toll charges from the first point to the second point is created.
It is characterized in that it is configured to transmit the created payment data to the computer of the credit card company.

According to the present invention, a computing system is used to photograph and analyze the license plate of a passing vehicle at the entrance and exit of a toll road, search for credit card data associated with the license plate, and based on the credit card data. You can settle and settle tolls with cash and cardless. Further, the system according to the present invention has a very low introduction and maintenance cost on the private road operator side as compared with ETC, and does not require the purchase or installation of a special device on the driver side.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the configuration example of the management server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the entrance toll gate processing which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the exit toll gate processing which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data stored in the card data storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data stored in the settlement data storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data stored in the settlement data storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the management server 100 has an entrance front NP photographing camera 101, an entrance opening / closing bar 102, an exit front NP photographing camera 103, an exit opening / closing bar 104, a checkout machine 105, and a card via a network 110 (for example, the Internet). It is configured to communicate with the company server 106. Although the management server 100 is represented as one server computer in FIG. 1, it can also be constructed as a distributed computing system using a plurality of server computers.

The management server 100 is the main server computer in the present invention and is managed by a private road operator. The management server 100 may be a cloud computer provided by a company other than a private road operator. The function of the management server 100 will be described later.

The front entrance NP camera 101 and the front exit NP camera 103 are camera devices for detecting passing vehicles entering the entrance toll gate and the exit toll gate and photographing the license plate, respectively. The NP photographing camera 101 in front of the entrance and the NP photographing camera 103 in front of the exit are installed in each lane of each tollgate, and photograph the license plates of passing vehicles entering each lane. Further, the entrance front NP photographing camera 101 and the exit front NP photographing camera 103 transmit the photographed license plate image to the management server 100. In addition, NP is an abbreviation for "license plate".

The entrance opening / closing bar 102 and the exit opening / closing bar 104 control the passage of passing vehicles at the entrance tollgate and the exit tollgate, respectively. The entrance opening / closing bar 102 and the exit opening / closing bar 104 are also installed in each lane of each tollgate. The entrance opening / closing bar 102 and the exit opening / closing bar 104 may include an audio output device and a display device for notifying the driver. Further, the entrance opening / closing bar 102 may be provided with a ticket issuing machine (not shown) for issuing a toll ticket. Further, the exit opening / closing bar 104 may be provided with a payment machine 105 for payment of parking fees and an input / output device for selecting a credit card to be used. Regarding the positional relationship between the entrance opening / closing bar 102 and the exit opening / closing bar 104 and the entrance front NP photographing camera 101 and the exit front NP photographing camera 103, the photographing camera is installed in front of the opening / closing bar. As a result, it is possible to determine whether or not to pass a passing vehicle based on the photographed license plate, and control the opening / closing bar based on the determination result. For example, the exit opening / closing bar 104 is controlled to close the bar when cash payment is required and open the bar in response to successful payment of tolls. In another embodiment of the present invention, the entrance opening / closing bar 102 and the exit opening / closing bar 104 may not be installed. In this case, cash payments will be manned by employees of private road operators. In the case of manned support, the toll is displayed via the employee terminal by connecting the employee terminal (not shown) used by the employee to the network 110 and communicating with the management server 100. Or you can issue a receipt.

The checkout machine 105 is attached to the exit opening / closing bar 104 at the exit tollgate, and includes a CPU, a memory, an input / output device, and a display device (display). The checkout machine 105 can prompt the driver of the passing vehicle to pay the toll when payment in cash is required. In addition, the payment machine 105 accepts payment by cash or credit card, and when the toll is paid normally, notifies the management server 100 or the exit opening / closing bar 104 to that effect or issues a receipt. Can be done. The checkout machine 105 may be integrated with the outlet opening / closing bar 104.

The credit card company server 106 is a server computer managed by a credit card company. The card company server 106 executes the payment process based on the payment data received from the management server 100.

Next, the configuration of the management server 100 in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the management server 100. In FIG. 2, the management server 100 includes a CPU 110, a RAM 111, an input device 112, an output device 113, a communication control device 114, and a storage device 116, which are connected to each other via the system bus 115. The storage device 116 is composed of a non-volatile storage medium (ROM, HDD, etc.), and has a program storage area for storing software programs related to the processing of the present invention and a data storage area for storing data handled by the software program. I have. Each processing unit 120 to 123 in the program storage area is realized by an independent software program, its routines, components, and the like, and is stored in the storage device 116. Each of the processing units 120 to 123 is called from the storage device 116 by the CPU 110 when the program is executed and expanded in the work area of the RAM 111 to realize each function while appropriately accessing a database or the like.

In FIG. 2, the NP analysis processing unit 120, the customer search processing unit 121, the settlement processing unit 122, and the settlement processing unit 123 are shown as the processing units 120 to 123. The functions of these processing units 120 to 123 will be described later.

The data storage area in the storage device 116 of FIG. 2 includes a card data storage unit 130, a settlement data storage unit 131, and a settlement data storage unit 132.

Next, the data (FIGS. 5 to 7) stored in the storage units 130 to 132 of the storage device 116 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing card data d500. The card data d500 is data related to the credit card of a customer who has contracted with a credit card company, and is stored in the card data storage unit 130.

The card data d500 includes a "card number" d501 that uniquely indicates a credit card, a "card name" d502 that indicates the name of a customer who has contracted with a credit card company, and an "expiration year" that indicates the expiration date of the credit card. "D503 and" expiration month "d504," security code "d505 indicating the credit card security code, and" registered vehicle number 1 "d506 to" registered vehicle number "uniquely indicating the vehicle registered in advance in association with the credit card. 3 ”d508 and the like can be stored. The details will be described below.

The card data d500 is master data created by the credit card company when a credit card contract is made between the customer and the credit card company. "Registered vehicle number 1" d506 to "Registered vehicle number 3" d508 are vehicle numbers associated with a credit card, and are registered in advance upon application from the customer. It should be noted that the registration and change of the linked vehicle number can also be performed by the customer himself / herself accessing the dedicated application via a customer terminal (not shown) such as a mobile phone. Further, although FIG. 5 shows that up to three vehicles can be registered with one credit card, the number of registered vehicles can be increased or decreased by increasing or decreasing the data items. Further, in another embodiment, a plurality of credit cards can be registered for one vehicle, and the customer can select a "normally used credit card" via the customer terminal. In this case, a record for the registered credit card is created in the card data d500, and a new data item such as a "normal use flag" is added so that the "normal use credit card" can be identified. .. Here, the "normally used credit card" is a card used for credit card payment by license plate.

Next, the settlement data d600 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the settlement data d600. The settlement data d600 is data related to the settlement of toll road tolls, and is stored in the settlement data storage unit 131.

The settlement data d600 includes a "vehicle number" d601 indicating the vehicle number of a passing vehicle using a toll road, an "entrance ID" d602 and an "entrance lane ID" d603, which uniquely indicate the entrance tollgate and its lane, respectively. The "entrance passage date and time" d604, which indicates the date and time of passing through the entrance tollgate, the "exit ID" d605 and "exit lane ID" d606, which uniquely indicate the passed exit tollgate and its lane, and the date and time of passing through the exit tollgate. It is possible to store the "exit passage date and time" d607, and the "related card number" d608 indicating the credit card number associated with the vehicle number. The details will be described below.

The settlement data d600 is transaction data created by the management server 100 after the license plate of the passing vehicle is photographed by the NP photographing camera 101 in front of the entrance installed at the entrance tollgate. The "vehicle number" d601 stores the vehicle number acquired by the management server 100 analyzing the license plate image taken by the NP photographing camera 101 in front of the entrance. The "entrance lane ID" d603 and the "exit lane ID" d606 are data items for indicating which lane the vehicle has passed through when there are a plurality of lanes in one tollgate. Therefore, if there is only one lane in one tollgate, the data item itself is unnecessary. The "entrance passage date and time" d604 and the "exit passage date and time" d607 store, for example, the system date and time of the management server 100 when the license plate image is received from the entrance front NP shooting camera 101 and the exit front NP shooting camera 103, respectively. To. Alternatively, the management server 100 may receive and store the date and time when the image was taken from the NP shooting camera 101 in front of the entrance and the NP shooting camera 103 in front of the exit. Further, since the exit ID "d605", the "exit lane ID" d606, and the "exit passage date and time" d607 are data items updated after the vehicle has passed the exit tollgate, they are data items immediately after the settlement data d600 is created (that is,). , Immediately after the vehicle has passed the entrance tollgate), as shown in FIG. 6, nothing is stored. The "related card number" d608 stores the credit card number associated with the "vehicle number" d601 and is associated with the "card number" d501 in the card data d500.

Next, the settlement data d700 will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing payment data d700. The payment data d700 is data related to credit card payment when a toll road toll is paid using a credit card, and is stored in the payment data storage unit 132.

The payment data d700 includes a "use card number" d701 that uniquely indicates the credit card used, a "member store ID" d702 that uniquely indicates a member store that uses the credit card (here, for example, a private road operator). It is possible to store the "usage date" d703 indicating the date when the credit card is used, the "usage amount" d704 indicating the amount of money used by the credit card, and the like. The details will be described below.

The payment data d700 is transaction data created by the management server 100 after paying the toll fee using a credit card. The "use date" d703 stores, for example, the system date and time of the management server 100 when the payment data d700 is created. Further, the "usage amount" d704 stores the toll road toll derived based on the settlement data d600.

Next, the entrance tollgate processing of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the data of FIGS. 5 and 6. This process starts when a passing vehicle enters the lane at the entrance toll gate of the toll road, and the license plate is photographed by the NP camera 101 in front of the entrance, and the license plate is analyzed and linked with a credit card. It is a thing. Further, in the case of an entrance tollgate where the entrance opening / closing bar 102 is installed, the entrance opening / closing bar 102 is also controlled in this process.

First, the entrance front NP photographing camera 101 detects a passing vehicle entering the entrance tollgate, photographs a license plate (step 300), and transmits the photographed license plate image to the management server 100 (step 301). In addition to the license plate, the passing vehicle can be photographed by the NP camera 101 in front of the entrance, and the vehicle image can be transmitted to the management server 100 to analyze the vehicle image and specify the vehicle type and vehicle color. Thereby, by matching the license plate, the vehicle type and the vehicle color with the stolen vehicle data (not shown) registered in advance, the stolen vehicle can be found and the police can be notified.

Next, when the NP analysis processing unit 120 of the management server 100 receives the license plate image transmitted from the NP photographing camera 101 in front of the entrance (step 302), the NP analysis processing unit 120 analyzes the license plate image (step 303). The license plate image is analyzed by a general AI (artificial intelligence) image analysis technique, and the vehicle number can be obtained by this.

Next, the customer search processing unit 121 of the management server 100 searches the card data storage unit 130 using the vehicle number acquired in step 303 as a search key, and acquires the card data d500 (step 304). More specifically, the vehicle number acquired in step 303 is used as a search key to search for "registered vehicle number 1" d506 to "registered vehicle number 3" d508 in the card data d500, and match any of the data items. Get a record.

Next, the customer search processing unit 121 determines whether or not the customer's credit card is a valid card based on the card data d500 acquired in step 304 (step 305). Specifically, it is determined by comparing with the system date of the management server 100 whether or not the acquired "expiration date" d503 and "expiration month" d504 indicate whether the date is within the expiration date. .. In addition, when multiple credit cards are registered for one vehicle, whether or not the "normal use credit card" exists and is a valid card by using the above-mentioned "normal use flag". Is determined. In another embodiment, the card validity can be confirmed by transmitting the authorization data (data of 0 yen) to the card company server 106. As a result, it is possible to confirm the effectiveness in more detail in real time, such as whether or not the payment is within the card limit. When real-time processing on the card company server 106 is difficult due to network conditions or the like, the validity may be confirmed based on the local data (for example, card data d500) possessed by the card company server 106. The local data can be periodically updated with the latest data on the card company server 106.

If it is determined in step 305 that the card is not a valid card, the process proceeds to No route, and the customer search processing unit 121 transmits a toll ticket issuance instruction to the entrance opening / closing bar 102 (step 306). Even if the card data d500 cannot be acquired in step 304, the process proceeds to the No route in step 305. In the case of the No route, the toll fee cannot be settled by credit card, so the toll ticket is issued by the ticket issuing machine provided in the entrance opening / closing bar 102. When the driver of the passing vehicle receives the toll ticket, the entrance opening / closing bar 102 opens the bar and passes the passing vehicle. The toll ticket indicates from which entrance you entered, and you can use the toll ticket to pay the toll at the exit toll booth.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 305 that the card is "valid", the process proceeds to the Yes route, and the settlement processing unit 122 of the management server 100 transmits a bar opening instruction to the entrance opening / closing bar 102 (step 307). The entrance opening / closing bar 102 that has received the bar opening instruction opens the bar and passes a passing vehicle. In another embodiment, the entrance opening / closing bar 102 may not be installed. In this case, step 307 is not executed (step 307 itself does not have to exist), and the next step 308 is executed.

Next, the settlement processing unit 122 creates the settlement data d600 (step 308) and stores it in the settlement data storage unit 131 (step 309). More specifically, the "vehicle number" d601 of the settlement data d600 is the vehicle number acquired in step 303, and the "entrance ID" d602 and the "entrance lane ID" d603 are the entrance toll gates and their lanes that have passed. Each ID shown in the above, the "entrance passage date and time" d604 stores the system date and time of the management server 100, and the "related card number" d608 stores the "card number" d501 acquired in step 304. Each ID uniquely indicating the passed entrance tollgate and its lane can be received from the entrance front NP photographing camera 101 together with the reception of the license plate image in step 302. This makes it possible to determine which lane the passing vehicle has passed through. In addition, each ID can be received as metadata of the license plate image, for example. At this stage, of course, nothing is stored in the "exit ID" d605, the "exit lane ID" d606, and the "exit passage date and time" d607 of the settlement data d600. Further, even when it is determined in step 305 that the card is not valid and the vehicle proceeds to the No route, the settlement data d600 may be created in order to record the passing vehicle passing through the entrance tollgate. In this case, nothing is stored in the "related card number" d608. After step 309, this process ends.

Next, the exit tollgate processing of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 and the data of FIGS. 6 and 7. This process starts when a passing vehicle enters the lane at the exit toll gate of the toll road, the license plate is photographed by the NP camera 103 in front of the exit, the license plate is analyzed, the corresponding settlement data is acquired and updated, and It performs payment processing and the like.

First, the NP photographing camera 103 in front of the exit of the management server 100 detects a passing vehicle entering the exit tollgate, photographs a license plate (step 400), and transmits the photographed license plate image to the management server 100 (). Step 401).

Next, when the NP analysis processing unit 120 of the management server 100 receives the license plate image transmitted from the NP photographing camera 103 in front of the exit (step 402), the NP analysis processing unit 120 analyzes the license plate image (step 403). Steps 400 to 403 are the same as steps 300 to 303 in FIG.

Next, the settlement processing unit 122 of the management server 100 searches the settlement data storage unit 131 using the vehicle number acquired by the analysis in step 403 as a search key, and acquires the settlement data d600 (step 404). More specifically, using the vehicle number acquired in step 403 as a search key, the "vehicle number" d601 in the settlement data d600 is searched, and a matching record is acquired.

If the settlement data d600 cannot be acquired in step 404, the process proceeds to the No route of step 405, and the settlement processing unit 122 transmits a payment instruction to the exit opening / closing bar 104 (step 406). The No route is a route when the settlement data d600 is not generated and cannot be acquired, that is, when the No route in step 305 is taken in the entrance tollgate processing of FIG. In this case, the exit opening / closing bar 104 is not opened, and the driver of the passing vehicle is urged to pay the toll by the provided checkout machine. By inserting the toll ticket received by the driver at the entrance toll booth into the checkout machine, the checkout machine calculates the toll and informs the driver of the toll by voice output or display. When the toll is paid, the exit opening / closing bar 104 opens the bar and passes the passing vehicle. When manned support is used instead of payment by the payment machine, it is possible to display the fact that payment is required and the toll fee on the employee terminal used by the employee instead of the payment machine. The toll fee may be paid in cash, or by credit card or code payment via a smartphone app. When paying with a credit card, it is possible to accept payment only with the credit card associated with the vehicle number obtained by the analysis in step 403. As a result, for example, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use such as paying the toll of a private car with a company card. It should be noted that such a method of preventing unauthorized use can be applied by photographing the license plate even when paying at a gas station.

On the other hand, if the settlement data d600 can be acquired in step 404, the process proceeds to the Yes route of step 405, and the payment processing unit 123 of the management server 100 transmits a bar opening instruction to the exit opening / closing bar 104 (step 407). Upon receiving the bar opening instruction, the exit opening / closing bar 104 opens the bar and passes a passing vehicle. In another embodiment, the exit opening / closing bar 104 may not be installed. In this case, step 407 is not executed (step 407 itself does not have to exist), and the next step 408 is executed.

Next, the settlement processing unit 123 updates the settlement data d600 stored in the settlement data storage unit 131 (step 408). More specifically, the settlement data d600 "exit ID" d605 and "exit lane ID" d606 are IDs uniquely indicating the passed exit tollgate and its lane, and the "exit passing date and time" d607 is the management server 100. Stores the system date and time of each. Each ID uniquely indicating the passed exit tollgate and its lane can be received from the exit front NP photographing camera 103 together with the reception of the number plate image in step 402.

Next, the settlement processing unit 123 creates the settlement data d700 based on the settlement data d600 (step 409) and stores it in the settlement data storage unit 132 (step 410). More specifically, the "use card number" d701 is the "related card number" d608, the "merchant ID" d702 is the identifier of the payee of the toll such as a private road operator, and the "use date" d703 is "use date" d703. The toll is stored in the date and time portion of the exit passage date and time d607 and the usage amount d704, respectively. When the toll varies depending on the toll, the toll can be determined by the "entrance ID" d602 and the "exit ID" d605, so that the corresponding toll is derived. For example, using the "entrance ID" d602 and the "exit ID" d605 as search keys, the toll master (not shown) is searched and the corresponding toll is acquired. The created payment data d700 is transmitted to the card company server 106 by the payment processing unit 123 (step 411). After step 411, this process ends, after which the credit card payment process based on the payment data d700 is executed by the card company server 106. In addition, since the credit card company can be identified by the first 6 digits of the "use card number" d701, which is the credit card number, the destination of the payment data d700 is determined by the "use card number" d701, and an appropriate credit card is used. The payment data d700 can be transmitted to the company card company server 106.

As described above, according to the present invention, the computing system is used to photograph and analyze the license plate of a passing vehicle at the entrance and exit of a toll road, search for the corresponding credit card data, and the credit card data associated with the license plate. Based on, you can settle and settle tolls with cash and cardless.

Claims (7)

A step in which the computer analyzes the image of the license plate of the passing vehicle taken by the first photographing camera at the first point and obtains the first vehicle number of the passing vehicle.
A step in which the computer acquires credit card data based on the first vehicle number.
A step in which the computer creates settlement data in which the first vehicle number and the acquired credit card data are associated with each other.
A step in which the computer analyzes an image of the license plate of the passing vehicle taken by the second photographing camera at the second point and obtains the second vehicle number of the passing vehicle.
A step in which the computer acquires the settlement data based on the second vehicle number, and
A step in which the computer creates settlement data for toll charges from the first point to the second point based on the settlement data.
A method characterized in that the computer comprises a step of transmitting the created payment data to a computer of a credit card company. A step of deriving the toll based on the first identifier uniquely indicating the first point and the second identifier uniquely indicating the second point is further provided, and the first identifier and the said The method according to claim 1, wherein the second identifier is received from the first photographing camera and the second photographing camera, respectively. The claim further comprises a step of transmitting a bar opening instruction to the exit opening / closing bar of the lane through which the passing vehicle is passing at the second point in response to the acquisition of the settlement data. Item 2. The method according to item 1 or 2. The method according to claim 3, further comprising a step of transmitting a payment instruction to the settlement machine at the second point in response to the failure to acquire the settlement data. The claim is characterized in that the payment machine that has received the payment instruction is configured to accept payment only by the credit card associated with the second vehicle number when making payment by credit card. The method according to 4. A computer program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The image of the license plate of the passing vehicle taken by the first photographing camera at the first point is analyzed, and the first vehicle number of the passing vehicle is acquired.
Acquire credit card data based on the first vehicle number,
Create the settlement data associated with the first vehicle number and the acquired credit card data,
The image of the license plate of the passing vehicle taken by the second photographing camera at the second point is analyzed, and the second vehicle number of the passing vehicle is acquired.
Based on the second vehicle number, the settlement data is acquired, and
Based on the settlement data, settlement data for toll charges from the first point to the second point is created.
A computer characterized in that it is configured to send the created payment data to a computer of a credit card company.

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