JP3664848B2 - Toll calculator - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a toll calculation device for calculating a toll amount of a passing vehicle at an exit toll gate in a toll road network in which vehicles can continuously travel on a plurality of toll roads each having a different toll system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As is well known, on toll roads, a toll ticket that records the entrance information indicating the entrance toll gate is given to the passing vehicle at the entrance toll gate, and the entrance information recorded on the toll ticket at the exit toll gate A toll collection system that collects tolls based on this is used.
[0003]
And the pass ticket used in such a system is a magnetic card provided with a magnetic stripe, and it is possible to perform automatic processing by a machine by magnetically recording entrance information and the like. Yes.
[0004]
Now, the toll is generally determined according to the toll distance, and at the exit toll gate, the toll amount is uniquely determined based on the entrance toll gate. Therefore, conventionally, for each exit toll gate, a toll table indicating the toll amount is prepared in association with each entrance toll gate, and the toll table is searched based on the entrance information read from the toll ticket. By doing so, the amount of toll is required.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, there are cases where toll roads, which have different toll systems, are connected to each other due to differences in business operators, etc., thereby forming a toll road network. In some cases, the toll is collected in a lump so that it is possible to continuously travel between the toll roads.
[0006]
In this case, if the toll table as described above is used, all the data in the toll table must be updated even if the fee is revised only for some toll roads. The work was very time-consuming.
[0007]
Further, when the vehicle type classification in the toll system is different for each toll road, the toll table has to be created according to the toll road having a large number of vehicle type classifications, and the data amount of the toll table has increased.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object of the present invention is toll charges that can reduce the amount of data in the toll charge table and can be easily managed. To provide a computing device.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention calculates a toll amount for passing vehicles at an exit toll gate in a toll road network in which vehicles can continuously travel on a plurality of toll roads each having a different toll system. In the toll calculation device, the entry position to each of the toll roads that pass to reach the exit from the entrance toll gate in association with each of the entrance toll gates through which the vehicle passing through the exit toll gate can pass Is provided for each of the plurality of toll roads, for example, a settlement table such as a checkout table, and is associated with the entry position to the toll road to the corresponding exit toll gate A second table indicating the toll amount, for example, a toll table for the A road and a toll table for the B road, and the vehicle that has arrived at the corresponding exit toll gate An entrance determination means for determining an entrance toll gate that has passed, and an individual on each toll road based on each entrance position associated in the first table with respect to the entrance toll gate determined by the entrance determination means An individual toll amount determining means for determining the toll amount from the second table, and a toll amount for calculating the toll amount as a total value of the toll amount on each toll road determined by the individual toll amount determining means. And a toll amount notifying means for notifying a toll collector of the toll amount calculated by the toll amount calculating means.
[0010]
By taking such means, the toll road determined by the entrance toll gate determined by the entrance determination means is differentiated into each toll road part based on the first table, and for each toll road part from the second table. The individual toll amount is determined. Then, the total toll amount is obtained as the sum of the individual toll amount for each toll road portion. In this way, the total toll is calculated based on the second table prepared individually for each toll road.
[0011]
The present invention further includes individual toll amount notifying means for notifying the individual toll collector of the individual toll amount on each toll road determined by the individual toll amount determining means.
By taking such a means, the individual toll amount for each toll road portion is notified to the receiver, which helps to collect them individually.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a main configuration of an exit toll terminal device configured using the toll calculator according to the present embodiment.
[0013]
This exit toll gate terminal device gives a toll ticket magnetically recording predetermined toll ticket information including entrance information indicating the entrance toll gate to the toll vehicle at the entrance toll gate, and the toll ticket at the exit toll gate It is used at an exit toll gate on a toll road where a toll collection system that collects tolls based on the toll ticket information recorded on the toll road is used.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 1, the exit toll terminal device includes a transport unit 1, a magnetic card reading unit 2, a magnetic card writing unit 3, a printing unit 4, a display unit 5, an operation unit 6, a memory unit 7, and a control unit 8. The magnetic card reading unit 1, magnetic card writing unit 2, printing unit 3, display unit 4, transport unit 5, clock unit 6 and memory unit 7 are each connected to the control unit 8.
[0015]
The transport unit 1 includes, for example, a transport belt for transporting a pass ticket, a motor for driving the transport belt, and the like, and transports the pass ticket inserted for processing along a predetermined transport path.
[0016]
The magnetic card reading unit 2 has, for example, a magnetic reading head disposed so as to face the transport path of the pass ticket, and reads pass ticket information magnetically recorded on the pass ticket. Then, the magnetic card reading unit 2 gives the read pass ticket information to the control unit 8.
[0017]
The magnetic card writing unit 3 has, for example, a magnetic recording head disposed facing the transport path of the passing ticket, and passes information such as management information relating to fee collection under the instruction of the control unit 8, for example. Magnetically record the ticket.
[0018]
The printing unit 4 has, for example, a print head disposed opposite to the transportation path of the pass ticket. For example, information such as management information regarding toll collection is given to the pass ticket under the instruction of the control unit 8. Print visually.
[0019]
The display unit 5 uses a liquid crystal display, for example, and visually displays various information to be notified to the toll collector (the staff at the exit toll gate) under the control of the control unit 8.
[0020]
The operation unit 6 includes, for example, a touch panel or a key switch arranged on the display screen of the display unit 5 and accepts various instruction operations by the receiver. Then, the operation unit 6 notifies the control unit 8 of the contents of the received instruction operation.
[0021]
The memory unit 7 uses, for example, a RAM, and stores data necessary for the control unit 8 to perform various processes and data generated by performing various processes. The memory unit 7 stores an accumulation table 71, an A road toll table 72, and a B road toll table 73, which will be described later.
[0022]
The control unit 8 is configured mainly with a microprocessor, for example, and realizes various functions as an exit tollgate terminal device by comprehensively controlling each unit of the exit tollgate terminal device. The control unit 8 includes an entrance determination unit 81, an individual toll amount determination unit 82, a total toll amount calculation unit 83, a total toll amount display, in addition to known general control units in the exit toll terminal device. The control means 84 and the individual toll amount display control means 85 are realized by software processing.
[0023]
Here, the entrance determination means 81 performs processing for determining the entrance toll gate where the current processing target vehicle enters the toll road based on the entrance information included in the pass ticket information given from the magnetic card reader 2. It is. The individual toll amount determining means 82 refers to each table stored in the memory unit 8 as appropriate, and the toll amount for each toll road (the A road and the B road in this embodiment) for the current processing target vehicle. Is determined as the individual toll amount. The total toll amount calculation means 83 performs a process of calculating the total toll amount to be collected for the current processing target vehicle based on each individual toll amount determined by the individual toll amount determination means 82. . The total toll amount display control means 84 performs a process for displaying the total toll amount calculated by the total toll amount calculating means 83 so as to notify the receiver. The individual toll amount display control means 85 performs a process for displaying the individual toll amount determined by the individual toll amount determining means 82 so as to notify the receiptee as necessary. .
[0024]
Next, the operation of the exit toll gate terminal device configured as described above will be described.
First, the exit toll terminal device is applied by connecting two toll roads A and B as schematically shown in FIG. 2, and the two toll roads are simply connected. Assume that the toll road network allows continuous travel with a single pass and that the exit toll gate where the exit toll terminal device is installed is indicated by the symbol O in FIG. Accordingly, a plurality of entrance toll gates IA (IA-1, IA-2... IA-m) belonging to the A road and upstream of the exit toll gate O where the exit toll gate terminal device is installed, There are a plurality of entrance toll gates IB (IB-1, IB-2... IB-n) belonging to the B road.
[0025]
Therefore, as the settlement table 71, the entrance toll gate number assigned to each of the above entrance toll gates (here, “001” to “499” are entered for the entrance toll gate IA, and “ 501 ”to“ 599 ”is arbitrarily assigned), and the vehicle traveling from the entrance toll gate to the exit toll gate O corresponds to a position where the vehicle enters the A road and the B road respectively. A table as shown in FIG. 3 is set in which the entrance toll gate numbers of the entrance toll gates (hereinafter referred to as A road search toll gate number and B road search toll gate number) are associated. In this checkout table 71, the entry position to the B road when continuously traveling from the A road to the B road is a connection point between the A road and the B road. Assuming that a toll IC exists, the entrance toll gate number of this virtual entrance toll gate IC is set to “500” and this is set as the B road search toll gate number. If the vehicle cannot travel on the A road, the A road search toll gate number is set to “000”.
[0026]
On the other hand, the toll table 72 for the A road is associated with each entrance toll gate number of each entrance toll gate IA on the A road and the vehicle type classification (in this case, nine vehicle types) from the corresponding toll gate to the connection point. A table as shown in FIG. 3 showing tolls relating to vehicles of the corresponding vehicle type is set in advance.
[0027]
Further, as the toll table 73 for the B road, the virtual entrance toll gate IC and the entrance toll gate number of each entrance toll gate IB on the B road and the vehicle type classification (here, five types of vehicles) are associated with the corresponding entrance. A table as shown in FIG. 4 showing the toll relating to the vehicle of the corresponding vehicle type from the toll gate to the exit toll gate O is set.
[0028]
Now, in response to the insertion of the pass ticket, the control unit 8 performs the toll collection support process for the vehicle to which the pass ticket has been given in the procedure shown in FIG.
That is, the control unit 8 first causes the conveyance unit 1 to convey the inserted passage ticket, and causes the magnetic card reading unit 2 to read the passage ticket information, and receives the passage ticket information from the magnetic card reading unit 2. (Step ST1), the entrance toll gate number included in this toll ticket information is extracted (step ST2). Note that the processing of step ST1 and step ST2 is performed by the entrance determination means 81.
[0029]
Next, the control unit 8 determines the A road search toll gate number and the B road search toll gate number associated with the entrance toll gate number with reference to the settlement table 71 (step ST3). Then, the A road search toll gate number determined here is searched from the A road toll table 72 (step ST4). Subsequently, the control unit 8 extracts the vehicle type information included in the toll ticket information received in step ST1 (step ST5), and searches the vehicle type indicated by the vehicle type information from the A road toll table 72 (step ST6). And the control part 8 shows the vehicle type information contained in the A road search toll gate number determined in step ST3 and the toll ticket information in the A road toll table 72 based on the search results in step ST4 and step ST6. The toll amount associated with both of the vehicle types is taken out as an individual toll amount relating to the A road (step ST7), and is temporarily stored in the memory unit 7 (step ST8).
[0030]
Thereafter, the control unit 8 takes out the individual toll amount relating to the road B by the same procedure as the processing of the above-described steps ST4 to ST8, and temporarily stores it in the memory unit 7 (steps ST9 to ST13). The processes in steps ST4 to ST13 described above are performed by the individual toll amount determining means 82.
[0031]
Then, the control unit 8 adds up the individual toll amounts for both the A road and the B road stored in the memory unit 7 (step ST14), and displays the sum as a total toll amount on the display unit 5 (step ST15). . Note that the process of step ST14 is performed by the total toll amount calculation means 83, and the process of step ST15 is performed by the total toll amount display control means 84, respectively.
[0032]
With the total toll amount displayed in this way, the control unit 8 waits for a toll collection operation or an instruction to perform divided collection by the toll collector (step ST16 and step ST17).
[0033]
Here, for example, when a fee collection operation such as designation of cash collection or insertion of a prepaid card into a card processing machine (not shown) is performed, a fee corresponding to the content of the fee collection operation The collection operation is performed by a known procedure (step ST18). The amount to be collected at this time is the total toll fee.
[0034]
On the other hand, when the control unit 8 is in the standby state of step ST16 and step ST17, for example, when an instruction to perform division collection is made by an instruction operation such as pressing a division button set in the operation unit 6, the control unit 8 8, the individual toll amount display control means 85 causes the display unit 5 to display the individual toll amount for the A road (step ST19), and in accordance with the contents of the toll collection operation performed by the receiver in that state. The fee collection operation is performed according to a known procedure (step ST20). The amount to be collected at this time is the individual toll amount for the A road.
[0035]
Subsequently, the control unit 8 causes the individual toll amount display control means 85 to display the individual toll amount relating to the B road on the display unit 5 (step ST21), and then the toll collection operation performed by the toll collector in that state. A fee collection operation according to the contents is performed by a known procedure (step ST18). The amount to be collected at this time is the individual toll amount for the B road.
[0036]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the toll section determined from the entrance toll gate is prepared with the settlement table 71 that can be separated into the A road portion and the B road portion, and only the toll fee for the A road is shown. A road toll table 72 for A road and a road toll table 73 for B road showing only the toll relating to the B road are prepared. Then, the entrance toll gate is determined from the toll ticket information recorded on the toll ticket given to the vehicle that has arrived at the exit toll gate, and the toll section from the entrance toll gate is determined based on the settlement table 71 as the A road portion. After separating into the B road portion, the individual toll amount for the A road portion of the toll section is obtained from the A road toll table 72, and the individual toll amount for the B road portion is obtained for the B road toll table 73. Respectively, and the total toll amount is calculated as the sum of these values.
[0037]
In this way, the toll table is separate for A road and B road, so even if the toll is revised on either toll road, the toll has been revised. Since only the toll table corresponding to the toll road needs to be updated, the amount of information that needs to be updated is small, and the work for that is simplified.
[0038]
In addition, since the toll table is separate for A road and B road, the car type classification method is different for A road and B road, but a toll table corresponding to each car type is prepared. Therefore, the amount of information in the toll table does not become larger than necessary. As a result, the memory unit 7 can be used effectively, and the amount of information that must be updated when the toll is revised is reduced.
[0039]
Further, according to the present embodiment, the individual toll amount for the A road portion and the individual toll amount for the B road portion are respectively displayed as necessary, and can be collected separately. It is possible to easily cope with a payment form in which the toll for the road portion is paid by a prepaid card dedicated to the A road and the toll for the A portion is paid in cash.
[0040]
In addition, since the individual toll amount for the A road part and the individual toll amount for the B road part are clarified, when it is necessary to manage the income of both toll roads individually, information processing for that is easily performed It becomes possible.
[0041]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that the entrance toll gate is determined from the entrance toll gate number recorded in the toll ticket on the premise that the toll road network using the toll collection system using the toll ticket is used. When the application is applied to a toll road network using a non-stop toll collection system in which entrance information is written to the terminal of the user by wireless communication and the entrance information is read by wireless communication, it is read by wireless communication as described above. The entrance toll gate may be determined from the entrance information.
[0042]
Moreover, although the said embodiment illustrated what is used in the toll road network which consists of two toll roads of A road and B road, it can respond also to the toll road network which consists of three or more toll roads. .
In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
[0043]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, in the toll calculation device for calculating the toll amount of the passing vehicle at the exit toll gate in the toll road network in which the vehicles can continuously travel on a plurality of toll roads each having a different toll system, A first table showing entry positions to each of the toll roads that pass to reach the corresponding exit from the entrance toll gate in association with each of the entrance toll gates through which vehicles passing the exit toll gate can pass A second table that is provided for each of the plurality of toll roads and indicates a toll amount to the corresponding exit toll gate for the toll road in association with the entry position to the toll road; Entrance determination means for determining an entrance toll gate through which a vehicle arriving at the corresponding exit toll gate has passed, and the first table for the entrance toll gate determined by the entrance determination means The individual toll amount determining means for determining the individual toll amount on each toll road from the second table based on the respective entry positions associated with each other, and each toll determined by the individual toll amount determining means Toll amount calculation means for calculating the toll amount as a total value of the toll amount on the road, and the toll amount to be notified to the toll collector of the toll amount calculated by this toll amount calculation means Since the notification means is provided, the toll calculation device can reduce the data amount of the toll table and can easily manage the toll table.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a main configuration of an exit toll terminal device configured using a toll calculator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of a toll road network to which the exit toll gate terminal device shown in FIG. 1 is applied.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the contents of a settlement table 71 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the contents of a toll table for road A 72 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the contents of a toll charge table 73 for the B road in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit 8 related to a toll collection support process.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Conveyance part 2 ... Magnetic card reading part 3 ... Magnetic card writing part 4 ... Printing part 5 ... Display part 6 ... Operation part 7 ... Memory part 71 ... Integration table 72 ... Toll table for A road 73 ... For B road Toll table 8 ... Control unit 81 ... Entrance determination means 82 ... Individual toll amount determination means 83 ... Total toll amount calculation means 84 ... Total toll amount display control means 85 ... Individual toll amount display control means

Claims (2)

In a toll calculation device that calculates the toll amount of passing vehicles at an exit toll gate in a toll road network in which vehicles can continuously travel on a plurality of toll roads with different toll systems,
Corresponding to each of the entrance toll gates through which the vehicle passing through the exit toll gate can pass, the entry position to each of the toll roads to reach from the entrance toll gate to the exit toll gate is shown. The first table;
A second table that is provided for each of the plurality of toll roads and indicates a toll amount to the exit toll gate for the toll road in association with the entry position to the toll road;
Entrance determination means for determining an entrance toll gate through which the vehicle arriving at the exit toll gate has passed;
The individual toll for determining the individual toll amount on each toll road from the second table based on each entry position associated in the first table with the entrance toll gate determined by the entrance judging means Charge amount judgment means,
A toll amount calculating means for calculating a toll amount as a sum of individual toll amounts on each toll road determined by the individual toll amount determining means;
A toll calculation device comprising a toll amount notifying means for notifying a toll collector of the toll amount calculated by the toll amount calculating means.   The individual toll amount notifying means for notifying the individual toll collector on the toll road determined by the individual toll amount determining means to the toll collector, respectively. The toll calculator described.

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