JP3602595B2 - Toll collection system on toll roads - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention has a function of, for example, collecting a toll from a vehicle having a wireless card passing through a toll road, and correcting the order of the processing caused by passing the vehicle in the entrance lane of the entrance tollgate. Related to toll collection system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a toll road toll collection system, for a vehicle entering a main line of a toll road, entry data (tollgate identification number, vehicle type, time, etc. ) Is recorded, and at the exit of another tollgate connected to the tollgate at the entrance and the toll road, the entrance data of the tollgate issued at the tollgate at the entrance indicates that the tollgate The toll fee is calculated using the terminal device provided at the exit of No. 1, and the toll fee is collected.
[0003]
As a form of payment of this fee, cash, a stored fair card (prepaid card) as a prepaid card, a postpaid credit card, a separate payment plate, or the like is used.
[0004]
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as a measure to alleviate congestion, a toll collection system has been developed that can use a wireless card to wirelessly process the transfer of toll tickets and the collection of tolls without the intervention of an attendant.
[0005]
However, when a wireless card as described above can be used, a toll collection system in which vehicles equipped with the wireless card and vehicles not equipped with the current wireless card are operated is operated.
[0006]
In this case, it is determined whether the vehicle sequentially entering the entrance lane (lane) is a vehicle equipped with a wireless card or a vehicle not equipped with a wireless card, and according to the determination result, a processing request corresponding to each is determined. In the order of the stored processing requests, the entrance data is stored by exchanging data with the wireless card for the vehicle equipped with the wireless card, or the toll ticket storing the entrance data for the vehicle not equipped with the wireless card. Is issued.
[0007]
However, in such an entrance lane, there is a disadvantage that a difference in order may occur between a vehicle equipped with a wireless card and a vehicle using a toll ticket.
For example, when a vehicle equipped with a wireless card is behind (vehicle behind) a vehicle using a toll ticket at the head (front vehicle), if the rear vehicle overtakes the preceding vehicle in the entrance lane, for example, If the rear car is a motorcycle (single car) that does not have a wireless card, and a rear car is not equipped with a wireless card, a passport will not be issued for the motorcycle. In response to an instruction to issue a toll ticket, an attendant goes to the location of the automatic toll issuing machine and issues a toll to the motorcycle using the automatic toll issuing machine.
[0008]
Also, at this time, since the processing request for the ordinary car equipped with the overtaken wireless card has been deleted, a pass ticket must be issued to the ordinary car which is originally a wireless card vehicle. There was a problem.
[0009]
Therefore, at the entrance lane of a toll road where a vehicle equipped with a wireless card and a vehicle not equipped with the current wireless card are mixed, the vehicle equipped with the preceding wireless card is replaced with the current wireless card within the entrance lane. There is a demand for a device that can easily correct the processing order when a vehicle not equipped has passed.
[0010]
In addition, in the entrance lane of a toll road in which vehicles equipped with a plurality of wireless cards are mixed, in the case of the entrance lane, if the vehicle behind the vehicle ahead of the preceding vehicle, the processing order can be easily corrected. Is required.
[0011]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, at the entrance lane of a toll road where a vehicle equipped with a wireless card and a vehicle not equipped with a wireless card are mixed, a vehicle equipped with a preceding wireless card is installed in the entrance lane. If a vehicle without a wireless card is overtaken, a vehicle that can easily correct the processing order is required, and there are vehicles with a wireless card and vehicles without a current wireless card. It is an object of the present invention to provide a toll road toll collection system that can easily correct the processing order in the case of overtaking.
[0012]
Further, as described above, in the entrance lane of a toll road in which vehicles equipped with a plurality of wireless cards are mixed, in the entrance lane, when a later vehicle overtakes a preceding vehicle, the processing order is changed. It is an object to provide a toll road toll collection system that can easily correct the processing order when a preceding vehicle has overtaken a preceding vehicle, which is easily demanded. .
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The toll collection system for a toll road according to the present invention includes:wirelessmachineVehicles equipped withYouIn an entry lane on a toll road that performs processing corresponding to each vehicle, the entry laneProvided on the vehicle entry side ofSequential approachYouVehicle radioContains ID information stored in the deviceRead dataWireless receptionMeans and thisWireless receptionBy means of dataRecievedProcessing for each vehicle in orderData with ID informationA storage unit for storing the ID information, provided at the exit of the entrance lane, and receiving the ID information;machineEntry data toWireless communication to transmit wirelesslyMeans,For wireless devices mounted on vehicles that exit sequentially from the entrance lane, use the above wireless transmission meansStored in the storage meansProcessing dataProcessing means for transmitting;Comparing means for comparing whether or not the ID information of the processing data to be transmitted by the processing means matches the ID information received by the wireless communication means; A control unit for comparing with other ID information stored in the storage means to search for the same processing data; and the processing means, wherein the control means replaces the processing data compared by the comparison means by the wireless communication means. Means for transmitting processing data by the unit.
[0014]
The toll collection system for a toll road according to the present invention includes:wirelessmachineVehicle and wirelessmachineVehicles that are not equipped withYouIn the entrance lane on a toll road that performs processing corresponding to each vehicle,machineOf vehicles equipped with or wirelessmachineDetecting means for detecting the entry of a vehicle not equipped with a vehicle, storage means for storing a process corresponding to the detection result by the detecting means corresponding to each vehicle, and issuing a toll ticket provided with entrance data Issuing means, and radio of the vehiclemachineWriting means for writing entrance data into the storage means, and issuing processing of a toll ticket by the issuing means, or wireless communication of entrance data by the writing means, in the order of processing stored in the storage means.machinePerform write processing toFirstProcessing means, and wireless communication of entrance data by the writing means by the first processing means.machineIf the issuance of the above-mentioned passport is instructed when performing the writing process to theWhile displaying the contents for each of a plurality of processing orders stored in the storage means,wirelessmachineWireless by vehicle withoutmachineTo report the passing of vehicles equipped withSecond processing meansWhen,According to the display and notification by the second processing means,Instructing means for instructing the exchange of the order of the processing stored in the storage means, and in accordance with the instruction of the instructing means, an exchanging means for exchanging the order of the processing stored in the storage means,And a third processing means for issuing a passport by the issuing means based on the replacement by the replacement means.
[0019]
[Action]
The present invention relates to a vehicle which performs a process corresponding to each vehicle at an entrance lane on a toll road where a vehicle equipped with a wireless device enters, wherein the vehicles sequentially entering by a wireless receiving means provided on the vehicle entrance side of the entrance lane. The data including the ID information stored in the wireless device is read, and the processing data for each vehicle in the order in which the data is received by the wireless receiving means is stored in the storage means together with the ID information in the storage means. The wireless communication unit provided receives the ID information and wirelessly transmits entrance data to the wireless device of the vehicle, and transmits the wireless transmission unit to a wireless device mounted on the vehicle that sequentially exits from the entrance lane. The processing data stored in the storage means is transmitted using the ID information of the processing data to be transmitted and received by the wireless communication means. If the compared ID information does not match, as a result of the comparison, the ID information is compared with other ID information stored in the storage means to search for matching processing data. The searched processing data is transmitted by the wireless communication means instead of the processed data compared by the comparing means.
[0020]
【Example】
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show an example of the configuration of an entrance tollgate in a toll road toll collection system.
[0021]
That is, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the terminal device 1 is provided on the entrance lane 10 of the tollgate at the entrance of the toll road.
This terminal device 1 confirms that the vehicle C without the wireless card M that has entered the entrance lane 10 and the wireless card M that has entered the entrance lane 10 are mounted, but that the wireless card M is correct (ID code Issue of a toll ticket P in which entrance data (tollgate identification number, vehicle type, time, etc.) is recorded for the vehicle C which could not be used by the confirmation of the use of the toll gate (automatic toll ticket issuing function). ) Or, by wirelessly exchanging data with the wireless card M with respect to the vehicle C equipped with the wireless card M that has entered the entrance lane 10, and confirming that the wireless card M is correct. The toll ticket P is not issued by recording the entrance information (tollgate identification number, vehicle type, time, etc.). A monitoring device 2 is connected to the terminal device 1.
[0022]
The terminal device 1 is provided across the entrance lane 10, detects a vehicle C entering the entrance lane 10, and detects a height of the vehicle C, a vehicle height detector 11, and the entrance lane 10. The number-of-axles wheel number detecting device buried in the road surface of No. 10 and having a function of detecting a pressed position by passing of the vehicle C, and detecting the number of axles and the tire width of the vehicle C detected by the vehicle height detector 11 12, the height of the vehicle C detected by the vehicle height detector 11, the number of axles and the tire width of the vehicle C measured by the axle number of wheels detecting device 12, and a license plate number from an image processor 24 described later. Accordingly, a vehicle type determination unit 13 that determines the vehicle type is provided at a stage subsequent to the vehicle height detector 11 and captures an image of a license plate number (vehicle number) of the vehicle C detected by the vehicle height detector 11. Device 14, a wireless communication zone Sa near the vehicle height detector 11, a first wireless antenna 15 for exchanging data with the wireless card M of the vehicle C, a toll ticket issuing unit for issuing a toll ticket P 16. Vehicle detectors 17 and 18 provided at the subsequent stage of the toll ticket issuing unit 16 to detect the start (exit) of the vehicle C from the entrance lane 10, and set a wireless communication zone Sb near the vehicle detector 17. The second wireless antenna 19 for exchanging data with the wireless card M of the vehicle C is connected to the first wireless antenna 15 and mounted on the vehicle C using the first wireless antenna 15. A wireless card reader / writer 20 serving as a transmission / reception unit for reading or writing data from / to the wireless card M, connected to the second wireless antenna 19, and connected to the second wireless antenna 1 , A wireless card reader / writer 21 as a transmission / reception unit for reading / writing data from / to a wireless card M mounted on the vehicle C, a control unit 22 for controlling the entire terminal device 1, and the monitoring device 2, an image processor 24 for processing the image from the imager 14 to read the registration number of the vehicle C, and a memory 25 for storing various processing contents.
[0023]
The control unit 22 is timed by a vehicle type as a determination result from the vehicle type determination unit 13, an entrance tollgate number and an entrance lane number as tollgate identification numbers stored in a memory (not shown), and a clock (not shown). Based on the current date and time as the current time, magnetic information including a vehicle type, an entrance tollgate number, an entrance lane number, an entry date, an entry time, and a serial number is generated for the toll ticket P to be issued. For the issued toll ticket P, print information including a vehicle type, an entrance tollgate number, an entrance lane number, an entrance date, an entrance time, and a serial number is generated.
[0024]
The control unit 22 transmits / receives data to / from the wireless card M mounted on the vehicle C using the wireless card reader / writer 20 and the first wireless antenna 15, so that the wireless card M of the vehicle C The stored ID (recognition) number, vehicle type data such as the number of axles, a license plate number, and the like are read, and whether or not the wireless card M is correct is determined based on the read contents. The issuance of the toll ticket P by the issuing unit 16 is stopped, and the identification number and time of the tollgate as entrance data, that is, the entrance tollgate number, the entrance lane number, the entrance date, and the entrance time are transmitted to the wireless card M. To remember.
[0025]
The control unit 22 uses the processing request management table 25a of the memory 25 to correspond to the processing order and the vehicle type as the determination result from the vehicle type determination unit 13 as shown in FIGS. For the vehicle C on which the wireless card M is mounted, the ID (recognition) number, vehicle type, and license plate number read from the wireless card M of the vehicle C as data indicating the mounting, and the entrance tollgate as fixed data The number, the entrance lane number, the date of entry, and the entry time are stored. Data indicating that the vehicle C is not equipped with the wireless card M, the number plate number, the entrance tollgate number as fixed data, and the entrance The lane number, date of entry, and entry time are stored.
[0026]
The control unit 22 determines whether or not the vehicle type data such as the number of axes read from the wireless card M of the vehicle C matches the vehicle type as the determination result from the vehicle type determination unit 13. As a result, flag data indicating whether or not the vehicle types match is stored in the processing request management table 25a of the memory 25 in correspondence with the ID (recognition) number.
[0027]
In addition, the control unit 22 transmits and receives data to and from the wireless card M mounted on the vehicle C using the wireless card reader / writer 21 and the second wireless antenna 19, thereby controlling the wireless card M of the vehicle C. The stored ID number is read, and the vehicle type as the determination result from the vehicle type determination unit 13 as the entrance data stored in the processing request management table 25a of the memory 25 corresponding to this ID number, and the determined vehicle type The flag data indicating whether the vehicle type read from the corresponding wireless card M matches the vehicle type is transmitted to the wireless card M and stored.
[0028]
The passport issuing unit 16 includes a magnetic recording unit 16a that magnetically records (encodes) the same magnetic information on the magnetic recording unit (not shown) of the passport P to be issued, and a print area of the passport P to be issued. (Not shown) a printing unit 16b for printing print information, an issue button 16c for issuing a toll ticket P operated by a passenger of the vehicle C, and a microphone for making a telephone call with a staff member of the monitoring device 2 16d and a speaker 16e.
[0029]
As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring device 2 includes an interface 31 connected to the terminal device 1, an operation panel 32 operated by a clerk and displaying monitoring contents, a passport issuing unit 16 of the terminal device 1. A microphone 33, a speaker 34, and a control unit 35 that controls the entire monitoring device 2 can communicate with a user (a vehicle occupant).
[0030]
As shown in FIG. 6, the operation panel 32 includes a processing order for each processing request in the terminal device 1, a vehicle type, an ID number as wireless card information, a vehicle type, and other information (number of axes, entrance tollgate number, A display section 41 for displaying an entrance lane number, an entry date, an entrance time, a license plate number), mode setting keys 42 and 42 for setting a maintenance mode and the like, and a processing request displayed on the display section 41 for each processing request. The start key 43 for instructing the start of the change of the processing order, the end key 44 for instructing the end of the change, the change key 45 for instructing the change of the processing order, and the cursor C displayed in the processing order on the display unit 41 are displayed. It is composed of a moving key 46 for moving upward, a moving key 47 for moving the cursor C displayed in the processing order on the display section 41 downward, and a vehicle type setting key 48,. . The contents displayed on the display unit 41 correspond to the contents stored in the processing request management table 25a in the memory 25 of the terminal device 1.
[0031]
For example, when exchanging the processing order “1” and “4”, first, the start key 43 is input. Then, the cursor C is displayed on the processing order “1”. In this state, the replacement key 45 is input. Next, the display of the cursor C is moved to the processing order “4” by inputting the movement key 47. In this state, the replacement key 45 is input. Thereby, the display content corresponding to the processing order “1” and the display content corresponding to the processing order “4” are switched. Next, when the end key 44 is input to instruct the end of the change, the display of the cursor C disappears, and the replacement process ends.
[0032]
The contents of the replacement processing are supplied from the control unit 35 to the control unit 22 of the terminal device 1 via the interfaces 31 and 23, and the order of the processing requests stored in the processing request management table 25a of the memory 25 is changed. It has been replaced.
[0033]
FIGS. 7, 8, and 9 show an example of the configuration of an exit tollgate in a toll road toll collection system.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9, the toll collection device 3 is provided on the exit lane 50 of the tollgate at the exit of the toll road. The toll collection device 3 reads entrance data (tollgate identification number, vehicle type, time, etc.) recorded in a toll ticket P received from a vehicle entering the exit lane 50, and passes through the read entrance data. The toll is calculated, and the validity of the toll ticket P is determined based on the entrance date of the read toll ticket P, the time to the exit based on the time, and the like. The calculated toll is collected from the passenger (driver) of the passing vehicle, and data is exchanged wirelessly with the wireless card M for the vehicle C equipped with the wireless card M that has entered the exit lane 50. If the wireless card M is confirmed to be correct based on the ID number, vehicle type data, and license plate number read from the wireless card M, the entrance tollgate number as the entrance data of the wireless card M, The toll is calculated based on the lane number, the entry date, the entry time, and the vehicle type data, and the validity of the vehicle C is determined based on the travel time to the exit based on the entry date, time, and the like. Is collected from the wireless card M of the passing vehicle C with respect to the calculated toll for the vehicle C for which the confirmation has been made. The toll collection device 3 is provided with a host computer 5 connected via a communication line 4.
[0034]
The toll collection device 3 is provided across the exit lane 50, a vehicle detector 51 for detecting the vehicle C entering the exit lane 50, and provided at a stage subsequent to the vehicle detector 51. , A wireless communication zone Sc is set near a booth 53 provided at a stage subsequent to the imager 52, and data is exchanged with the wireless card M of the vehicle C. , A vehicle detector 55 that is provided on the road surface of the exit lane 50 at the subsequent stage of the wireless antenna 54 and detects the vehicle C exiting (entering) from the exit lane 50, and received from a passenger of the passing vehicle C. Passport processing unit 56 that reads entrance data using passport P, ID card (separate payment plate) D used at the time of separate payment received from the passenger of passing vehicle C A separate payment plate processing unit 57 for reading an identification number (ID), a stored fair card processing unit 58 for processing a stored fair card S, and connected to the wireless antenna 16 and mounted on the vehicle C using the wireless antenna 54. A wireless card reader / writer 59 as a transmission / reception unit for reading or writing data to / from the wireless card M; a receipt issuing machine 60 for issuing a receipt; a control unit 61 for controlling the entire toll collection device 3; Operating unit 62, a display unit 63 for displaying various kinds of guidance for the collection staff, a memory 64 storing a toll for each entrance tollgate number, the host computer 5 and the communication line 4 Processing the image from the interface 65 connected to the camera and the image pickup device 52 to obtain the registration number of the vehicle C. It is constituted by the image processor 66 to take. The pass ticket processing unit 56, the separate payment plate processing unit 57, the stored fair card processing unit 58, the wireless card reader / writer 59, the receipt issuing machine 60, the image processing machine 66, the operation unit 62, and the display unit 63 are It is provided in the booth 53.
[0035]
In addition, a separate payment plate system is provided which has a function of paying a postpaid fee to a user who frequently uses a toll road and discounting according to the usage amount by using the separate payment plate D.
[0036]
The separate plate processing unit 57 includes a magnetic reading unit 57a that reads magnetic information recorded in the magnetic recording unit of the inserted separate plate D.
The passport processing unit 56 includes a magnetic reading unit 56a that reads magnetic information recorded on the magnetic recording unit of the inserted passport P, and a printing unit 56b that prints exit data on the passport P.
[0037]
The stored fair card processing unit 58 includes a magnetic reading unit 58a that reads magnetic information recorded on a magnetic recording unit of the inserted stored fair card S, and a writing unit that rewrites magnetic information recorded on the magnetic recording unit. 58b.
[0038]
The control section 61 reads from the memory 64 the toll corresponding to the entrance tollgate number in the entrance data.
That is, the control unit 61 displays the toll corresponding to the entrance tollgate number on the display unit 63.
[0039]
Between the wireless card M and the wireless card reader / writers 20 and 21 as the transmitting / receiving unit of the terminal device 1 or between the wireless card M and the wireless card reader / writer 59 as the transmitting / receiving unit of the fee collection device 3, respectively, Using the two wireless antennas 15, 19 and 54, data can be exchanged wirelessly in a non-contact state.
[0040]
The wireless card M is provided on a windshield (front window part) of the vehicle C. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, a CPU 70 as a control element for control, a control program, a preset wireless communication A data memory 71 in which a card identification (ID) number, vehicle type data indicating a vehicle type, a license plate number, a payable amount, a remaining amount, and usage contents including a date, a place, and a remaining amount for each use are recorded. , A transmission / reception switching unit 72 for switching between transmission and reception of data, receiving data from the first and second wireless antennas 15 and 19 of the terminal device 1 or the wireless antenna 54 of the toll collection device 3 and converting them into electric signals. Receiving section 73, a demodulating section 74 for demodulating a signal from the receiving section 73 and outputting the demodulated signal to the CPU 70 via the transmission / reception switching section 72, A modulation unit 75 for modulating the transmission data supplied from the transmission / reception switching unit 72 through the transmission / reception switching unit 72, and converting the data from the modulation unit 75 into radio waves to the first and second wireless antennas 15 and 19 of the terminal device 1 or The transmission section 76 is configured to transmit to the wireless antenna 54 of the toll collection device 3.
[0041]
The settlement of the toll by the wireless card M is performed by a payment method (prepayment, postpayment) set in advance by the wireless card M. In the above example, the payment is set in advance.
[0042]
In the case of prepayment, the charge amount is subtracted from the amount stored in the wireless card M in advance and recorded on the wireless card M again.
In the case of post-payment, payment (credit, account payment, etc.) is made by a payment means paired with the ID code.
[0043]
In the wireless card M, traffic settlement data (entrance, exit, fare, month, date and time, etc.) is re-recorded as the settlement information as a history.
Next, a process when the vehicle C enters a toll road in the above configuration will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS.
[0044]
That is, the vehicle C that has entered the entrance lane 10 is detected by the vehicle height detector 11, and the detection result is output to the control unit 22.
Further, the vehicle C that has entered the entrance lane 10 enters the wireless communication zone Sa with the windshield of the first wireless antenna 15. Then, the first wireless antenna 15 and the wireless card M can communicate with each other, and the ID number, vehicle type data, license plate number, and the like stored in the wireless card M of the vehicle C are stored in the first wireless antenna 16 and the wireless card M. The data is supplied to the control unit 22 via the reader / writer 20.
[0045]
Then, the control unit 22 determines whether or not the wireless card M is correct on the basis of the supplied ID number, vehicle type data, license plate number, and the like. And the fixed data as a part of the entrance data, that is, the entrance tollgate number, the entrance lane number, the date of entry, and the entry time are transmitted via the wireless card reader / writer 20 and the first wireless antenna 15 to the wireless communication. Send to card M. As a result, the data memory 71 of the wireless card M stores the entrance tollgate number, the entrance lane number, the entry date, and the entry time.
[0046]
The control unit 22 also includes data indicating the mounting of the wireless card M, ID numbers read from the wireless card M, vehicle type data, license plate numbers, and fixed data as part of the entrance data, that is, entrance tollgate numbers, The entrance lane number, the entry date, and the entry time are stored in association with the processing order 1 of the processing request management table 25a.
[0047]
The height of the vehicle C that has entered the entrance lane 10 is detected by the vehicle height detector 11, and the number of axes of the vehicle C is measured by the number-of-axles wheel number detecting device 12, and the detection results and the measurement results are as follows. It is supplied to the vehicle type discriminating unit 13. Further, when the vehicle C is detected by the vehicle height detector 11, the license plate number of the vehicle C captured by the image capturing device 14 is supplied to the image processor 24. Then, the image processor 24 extracts only the license plate number of the vehicle C from the captured image and supplies the license plate number to the vehicle type determination unit 13 and the control unit 22. Thus, the vehicle type determination unit 13 determines the vehicle type based on the height, the number of axes, the tire width, and the license plate number of the vehicle C and supplies the vehicle type to the control unit 22.
[0048]
As a result, the control unit 22 stores the license plate number supplied to the image processor 24 and the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination unit 13 in association with the processing order 1 of the processing request management table 25a. Further, the control unit 22 compares whether or not the vehicle type determined by the vehicle type determination unit 13 and the vehicle type data read from the wireless card M match, and indicates whether or not the vehicle type as the comparison result matches. The flag data is stored in correspondence with the processing order 1 of the processing request management table 25a.
[0049]
Further, the control unit 22 generates magnetic information and print information for the vehicle C including the result of the vehicle type determination. Next, the control unit 22 prepares for the passport issuing unit 16 to issue the passport P on which the entrance information is printed while magnetically recording the magnetic information.
[0050]
If the correct wireless card M has not been determined using the data from the wireless antenna 16 and the wireless card reader / writer 17 even if a predetermined time has elapsed since the entry of the vehicle C was detected, The prepared passport P is issued by the passport issuing unit 16. At this time, receipt of the pass ticket P may be guided by a display (not shown).
[0051]
As a result, the passenger of the approaching vehicle C without the wireless card M or the passenger of the approaching vehicle C with the wireless card M but not determined to be the correct wireless card M can be used. Receives the toll ticket P issued by, exits from the entrance lane 10, and enters the toll road.
[0052]
At this time, the control unit 22 checks with the vehicle detectors 17 and 18 that the entering vehicle C has exited from the entrance lane 10, and the processing for one vehicle is completed.
In addition, the approaching vehicle C, which is equipped with the wireless card M and is determined to be the correct wireless card M, passes through the entrance lane 10 as it is at a nonstop or slow speed and does not receive the toll ticket P, and the vehicle detector 17, Pass through 18.
[0053]
The windshield of the vehicle C passing through the vehicle detectors 17 and 18 enters the wireless communication zone Sb by the second wireless antenna 19. Then, the first wireless antenna 15 and the wireless card M are in a communicable state, and the ID number stored in the data memory 71 of the wireless card M of the vehicle C is changed to the first wireless antenna 16 and the controller 22 via the wireless card reader / writer 20.
[0054]
Then, the control unit 22 compares the supplied ID number with the ID number of the processing order 1 of the processing request management table 25a of the memory 25, and when the ID numbers match, the control unit 22 determines the vehicle type as the measurement result corresponding to the processing order 1. The flag data indicating whether or not the vehicle type matches the contents of the wireless card M is transmitted to the wireless card M via the wireless card reader / writer 20 and the first wireless antenna 15. Thus, the vehicle type and the flag data are stored in the data memory 71 of the wireless card M.
[0055]
Further, the control unit 22 deletes the stored contents of the processing order 1 of the processing request management table 25a, and sequentially advances and updates the remaining processing procedures.
Thereafter, the control unit 22 checks with the vehicle detectors 17 and 18 that the entering vehicle C has exited from the entrance lane 10, and the processing for one vehicle is completed.
[0056]
When the supplied ID number does not match the ID number of the processing order 1, the control unit 22 determines the supplied ID number and the ID number of the processing order 2 or later in the processing request management table 25a of the memory 25. And the vehicle type as a measurement result corresponding to the matching processing order and flag data indicating whether or not the vehicle type matches the content of the wireless card M via the wireless card reader / writer 20 and the first wireless antenna 15. To the wireless card M. Thus, the vehicle type data and the flag data are stored in the data memory 71 of the wireless card M.
[0057]
Further, the control unit 22 deletes the storage contents of the corresponding processing order in the processing request management table 25a, and sequentially advances and updates the remaining processing procedures.
Thereafter, the control unit 22 checks with the vehicle detectors 17 and 18 that the entering vehicle C has exited from the entrance lane 10, and the processing for one vehicle is completed.
[0058]
For example, when a normal car having the wireless card M enters the entrance lane 10 first, and a motorcycle having the wireless card M later enters the entrance lane 10, the processing request management table 25a As shown in FIG. 5, processing procedure 1 corresponds to a normal vehicle, and processing procedure 2 corresponds to a motorcycle.
[0059]
In this state, if the motorcycle overtakes the ordinary car in the middle of the entrance lane 10, the motorcycle first reaches the wireless communication zone Sb of the second wireless antenna 19, but the wireless card M of the motorcycle By exchanging data with the control unit 22, vehicle type data and flag data corresponding to the processing procedure 2 are stored in the wireless card M.
[0060]
Then, the ordinary car arrives at the wireless communication zone Sb of the second wireless antenna 19, but at this time, since the content of the processing procedure 1 for the ordinary car remains unchanged, By exchanging data with the control unit 22, vehicle type data and flag data corresponding to the processing procedure 1 are stored in the wireless card M.
[0061]
As described above, even if the vehicle C on which the wireless card M is mounted overtakes the vehicle C on which another wireless card M is mounted in the entrance lane 10, the vehicle C is overtaken by the overtaken vehicle C. Both of the vehicles C can enter the toll road in a state where the corresponding vehicle type data is correctly stored in the wireless card M.
[0062]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a normal car as a vehicle C having the wireless card M mounted therein enters the entrance lane 10 first, and a motorcycle without the wireless card M is mounted later on the entrance lane 10. 4, the processing request management table 25a, as shown in FIG. 4, corresponds to the processing procedure 1 for a normal vehicle and the processing procedure 2 for a motorcycle.
[0063]
In this state, when the motorcycle overtakes the ordinary car in the middle of the entrance lane 10, the motorcycle arrives at the pass ticket issuing machine 16 first, and the pass ticket P for this motorcycle is Not issued. Therefore, the passenger of the motorcycle turns on the issue button 16c of the pass ticket issuing machine 16. When the issuance button 16c is turned on, the control unit 22 supplies the issuance instruction of the passport P and the contents stored in the processing request management table 25a of the memory 25 to the control unit 35 in the monitoring device 2 via the interfaces 23 and 31. I do. As a result, the control unit 35 displays the storage contents of the processing request management table 25a for each processing order on the display unit 41, and notifies the attendant by a not-shown alarm. Further, at this time, the microphone 16d and the speaker 16e of the toll ticket issuing machine 16 are connected to the microphone 33 and the speaker 34 of the monitoring device 2, and the passenger of the motorcycle on the toll ticket issuing machine 16 side and the staff of the monitoring device 2 communicate with each other. Can talk.
[0064]
In this state, the attendant listens to the circumstances of the motorcycle passenger on the side of the toll ticket issuing machine 16 and the contents of the processing procedure displayed on the display unit 41, and passes the order of the processing vehicles by passing the ordinary vehicle by the motorcycle. Check that the difference has occurred. That is, it is confirmed that the order of the processing procedures 1 and 2 shown in FIG. 4 has changed. After confirming this, the attendant uses the start key 43, the move key 47, the exchange key 45, and the end key 44 to exchange the processing procedures 1 and 2. The replaced content is supplied from the control unit 35 to the control unit 22 of the terminal device 1 via the interfaces 31 and 23. As a result, the control unit 22 changes the order of the processing requests 1 and 2 stored in the processing request management table 25a of the memory 25.
[0065]
As a result, first, the control unit 22 issues the pass ticket P (corresponding to the motorcycle) corresponding to the updated processing procedure 1 by the pass ticket issuing machine 16. The passenger of the motorcycle receives the issued toll ticket P, exits from the entrance lane 10, and enters the toll road. At this time, the control unit 22 deletes the stored contents of the processing procedure 1 in the processing request management table 25a, and updates the processing procedure 2 to the processing procedure 1.
[0066]
Next, the ordinary vehicle passed by the motorcycle reaches the wireless communication zone Sb of the second wireless antenna 19, and is updated by the exchange of data between the wireless card M of the ordinary vehicle and the control unit 22. Vehicle type data and flag data corresponding to the processing procedure 1 are stored in the wireless card M.
[0067]
As described above, even if the vehicle C on which the wireless card M is mounted overtakes the vehicle C on which the other wireless card M is not mounted in the entrance lane 10, It is possible to issue a toll ticket P and enter the toll road with the corresponding vehicle type data stored in the wireless card M of the overtaken vehicle C.
[0068]
Next, a process when the vehicle C enters a toll road in the above configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.
That is, when the vehicle C that has entered the exit lane 50 is detected by the vehicle detector 51, the license plate number of the vehicle C captured by the image pickup device 52 is supplied to the image processor 64. Then, the image processor 64 extracts only the license plate number of the vehicle C from the captured image and supplies the license plate number to the control unit 61.
[0069]
In addition, the passport P is handed to the collection staff in the booth 53 by the passenger of the vehicle C, and is inserted into the passport processing unit 56 by the collection staff. Thereby, the toll ticket processing unit 56 reads the entrance data (vehicle type, entrance tollgate number, entrance lane number, entrance date, entrance time) from the inserted toll ticket P by the magnetic reading unit 56a, and the control unit. Output to 61.
[0070]
As a result, the control unit 61 reads the toll corresponding to the entrance tollgate number in the entrance data from the memory 64 (by judging the section between the entrance and the exit).
As a result, the control unit 61 displays the toll corresponding to the entrance tollgate number on the display unit 63.
[0071]
When the toll displayed on the display unit 63 is paid by the passenger of the entering vehicle C by cash or the stored fair card S (the fee is received), the exit of the vehicle C from the toll road is permitted. Is done. In the case of the stored fair card S, the toll withdrawal processing is performed using the stored fair card processing unit 58.
[0072]
The passport P is collected after the exit data is printed by the passport processor 56.
As a method of paying the toll, a separate payment plate D may be used instead of cash or the stored fair card S.
[0073]
In this case, the separate delivery plate D is handed to the collection staff in the booth 53 instead of cash by the passenger of the passing vehicle C, and is inserted into the separate payment plate processing unit 57 by the collection staff. Then, the passport processing unit 56 reads the identification number (ID) from the inserted separate payment plate D and outputs it to the control unit 61.
[0074]
As a result, the control unit 61 of the fee collection device 3 transmits the identification number (ID) read from the separate payment plate D to the host computer 4 via the interface 65 and the communication line 4 as separate payment content. Then, when the identification number is supplied as separately-paid content, the host computer 5 checks the number against an invalid number registered in advance, confirms the validity of the number, and then, via the communication line 4 and the interface 65, checks the validity of the number. Data indicating permission to use the separate payment plate is transmitted to the control unit 61 of the fee collection device 3.
[0075]
At this time, the control unit 61 checks with the vehicle detector 55 that the entering vehicle C has exited from the exit lane 50, and the processing for one vehicle is completed.
The approaching vehicle C having the wireless card M mounted thereon and determined to be the correct wireless card M passes through the exit lane 50 as it is at a non-stop or slow speed, and exits from the toll road without receiving the toll ticket P. .
[0076]
That is, the windshield of the vehicle C that has traveled through the exit lane 50 enters the wireless communication zone Sc by the wireless antenna 54. Then, the ID (recognition) number, vehicle type data, license plate number, and entrance data (vehicle type, entrance tollgate number, entrance lane number, entrance date, entrance time) stored in the wireless card M of the vehicle C, Flag data or the like indicating vehicle type match is supplied to the control unit 61 via the wireless antenna 54 and the wireless card reader / writer 59. Then, the controller 61 determines whether or not the wireless card M is correct based on the supplied ID (recognition) number, vehicle type data, license plate number, and the like. If the license plate number supplied from the image processing machine 66 matches the license plate number, a toll is calculated from the entrance data (by determining the section between the entrance and the exit), and the admission date and time are calculated. The validity of the vehicle C is determined based on the travel time to the exit calculated based on the vehicle speed, and the calculated toll for the vehicle C whose validity has been confirmed is stored in the data memory 42 of the wireless card M of the passing vehicle C. Collect by rewriting the amount.
[0077]
Thereafter, the control unit 61 displays the registration number, the traffic content, the vehicle type, and the toll collection contents as the contents of the above processing on the display unit 63, and confirms the display contents to input a confirmation key (not shown). Adapt. At this time, when the data read from the wireless card M includes the flag data indicating the mismatch of the vehicle type, the control unit 61 determines that the vehicle type stored in the wireless card M is different from the vehicle type determined at the entrance. Is displayed on the display unit 63 to call attention to the collection staff.
[0078]
Thereafter, the reception staff in the booth 53 checks the display contents of the display unit 63 and turns on the confirmation key, thereby terminating the exit process for the approaching vehicle C equipped with the wireless card M.
[0079]
At this time, the control unit 61 checks with the vehicle detector 55 that the entering vehicle C has exited from the exit lane 50, and the processing for one vehicle is completed.
When the wireless card user makes a declaration, a use certificate can be issued by operating a button on the receipt issuing machine 60, but this button operation has the same meaning as the above-described confirmation button operation.
[0080]
If the license plate number obtained from the wireless card M does not match the license plate number supplied from the image processor 66 for the approaching vehicle C equipped with the wireless card M, the control unit Numeral 61 displays the current contents on the display unit 63, and the displayed contents are used as a response process by the collection staff.
[0081]
As described above, in the entrance lane 10, even if the order of processing is changed due to passing of the vehicle C, the order of processing is corrected based on the ID number of the wireless card M, or In this case, the order of processing is corrected in response to an attendant of the monitoring device based on an instruction to issue a pass ticket P from a passenger.
[0082]
Thereby, in the entrance lane of a toll road in which vehicles equipped with a plurality of wireless cards are mixed, the processing order can be easily corrected when a later vehicle has passed the preceding vehicle in the entrance lane. .
[0083]
Also, at the entrance lane of a toll road where vehicles equipped with a wireless card and vehicles not equipped with a wireless card are mixed, the vehicle equipped with the preceding wireless card is replaced with the current wireless card in the entrance lane. When a vehicle not mounted is overtaken, the processing order can be easily corrected, and the work load on the staff can be reduced.
[0084]
Further, by correcting the above processing order, entry data errors in the exit processing can be reduced.
Further, it is possible to display to the attendant at the exit that the vehicle type stored in the wireless card M is different from the vehicle type determined at the entrance, thereby calling attention to the attendant.
[0085]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, at the entrance lane of a toll road where a vehicle equipped with a wireless card and a vehicle not equipped with a wireless card are mixed, a vehicle equipped with a preceding wireless card is currently installed in the entrance lane. When a vehicle not equipped with the wireless card is overtaken, a toll road toll collection system that can easily correct the processing order can be provided.
[0086]
Also, in the entrance lane of a toll road in which vehicles equipped with a plurality of wireless cards are mixed, a toll that can easily correct the processing order when a later vehicle overtakes a preceding vehicle in the entrance lane. A road toll collection system can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a terminal device at an entrance tollgate in a toll road toll collection system for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a terminal device at an entrance tollgate in a toll road toll collection system.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a terminal device at an entrance tollgate in a toll road toll collection system.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a storage example of a processing request table.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a storage example of a processing request table.
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a configuration of an operation panel of the monitoring device.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a toll collection device at an exit tollgate in a toll road toll collection system;
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a toll collection device at an exit tollgate in a toll road toll collection system.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a toll collection device at an exit tollgate in a toll road toll collection system.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a wireless card.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining processing when a vehicle enters a toll road.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining processing when a vehicle enters a toll road.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining processing when a vehicle enters a toll road.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining processing when a vehicle leaves a toll road.
[Explanation of symbols]
C… Vehicle
M… Wireless card
P… Toll ticket
1. Terminal device
2. Monitoring device
11… Vehicle height detector
12: Number of shafts and wheels detection device
13 ... Vehicle type discriminator
14 ... Imaging device
15: First wireless antenna
16 ... passport processing unit
17, 18… Vehicle detector
19: second wireless antenna
20, 21… Wireless card reader / writer
22, 35 ... control unit
24 ... Image processing machine
25 ... Memory
25a: Processing request management table
32 Operation panel

Claims (2)

At the entrance lane in the toll road vehicle equipped with a wireless device you approach, the toll collection system in the toll road to perform a process corresponding to each vehicle,
Provided on the vehicle entry side of the inlet lane, and the wireless reception means for reading the data containing the ID information stored in the wireless device of the vehicle you sequentially enter,
Storage means for storing processing data for each vehicle in the order in which the data is received by the wireless receiving means together with ID information ;
A wireless communication unit that is provided at an exit of the entrance lane and receives the ID information and wirelessly transmits entrance data to the wireless device of the vehicle;
Processing means for transmitting processing data stored in the storage means using the wireless transmission means, for a wireless device mounted on a vehicle that sequentially exits from the entrance lane ,
Comparing means for comparing whether the ID information of the processing data to be transmitted by the processing means matches the ID information received by the wireless communication means,
When the result of the comparison by the comparing means does not match, the control unit compares the other ID information stored in the storage means and searches for matching processing data;
Means for transmitting the processing data by the control unit in place of the processing data compared by the comparing means by the wireless communication means,
A toll collection system on a toll road, comprising: At the entrance lane of a toll road and vehicles not equipped with vehicle and a wireless device equipped with wireless devices you enter mixed in toll collection system in the toll road to perform a process corresponding to each vehicle,
And detection means for detecting whether the entry of the vehicle that is not equipped with an entry or wireless device of a vehicle equipped with a wireless device,
Storage means for storing a process corresponding to the detection result by the detection means for each vehicle;
Issuing means for issuing a toll ticket to which entrance data is given;
Writing means for writing entrance data to the wireless device of the vehicle;
A first processing unit for performing a passport issuing process by the issuing unit or a process of writing entrance data to a wireless device by the writing unit in accordance with an order of processing stored in the storage unit;
When the issuance of the toll ticket is instructed when the first processing means writes the entrance data to the wireless device by the writing means, a plurality of processing orders stored in the storage means are provided. A second processing means for displaying the content of the vehicle and notifying the passing of the vehicle equipped with the wireless device by the vehicle not equipped with the wireless device ;
Instructing means for instructing to change the order of processing stored in the storage means in accordance with the display and notification by the second processing means ;
Switching means for changing the order of processing stored in the storage means in accordance with the instruction of the instruction means;
Third processing means for issuing a passport by the issuing means based on the replacement by the replacement means;
A toll collection system on a toll road, comprising:

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