JP7313233B2 - Fee calculation system, fee calculation method, fee calculation device, information processing device, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a fee calculation system, a fee calculation method, a fee calculation device, an information processing device, and a program.

Patent Literature 1 discloses an automatic toll collection system comprising an automatic toll collection machine provided on an island provided along a lane of a tollgate and a two-dimensional code recognition means. The automatic toll collection machine includes a first imaging device and a settlement device operated by a user and used to settle a toll for the toll road. A two-dimensional code recognition means recognizes the data encoded in the two-dimensional code from the imaged image when it is detected that the two-dimensional code printed on the receipt certifying the payment of the toll for the toll road at another tollgate is imaged in the imaged image imaged by the first imaging device.

JP 2015-088004 A

By the way, it is required to improve the reliability of the calculation of the toll when the vehicle exits from the exit gate.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its main purpose is to provide a charge calculation system, a charge calculation method, a charge calculation device, an information processing device, and a program capable of improving the reliability of charge calculation.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a toll calculation system according to one aspect of the present invention includes an entrance camera that captures an image of a vehicle entering at an entrance gate; an entrance data generation unit that generates entrance data of the vehicle that enters at the entrance gate; a storage unit that stores the entrance data in association with identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the entrance camera; an exit camera that captures the image of the vehicle leaving at the exit gate; and a first calculation unit for calculating a fee based on the admission data obtained from the storage unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll calculation method in which an image of a vehicle entering at an entrance gate is captured by an entrance camera, entry data of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate is generated, the entry data is stored in a storage unit in association with identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the entrance camera, an image of the vehicle exiting at the exit gate is captured by an exit camera, and the entrance data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the exit camera is acquired from the storage unit, and acquired from the storage unit. A fee is calculated based on the entered admission data.

A toll calculation device according to another aspect of the present invention includes an entrance data acquisition unit that acquires the entrance data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the exit camera that captures the vehicle exiting at the exit gate from a storage unit that stores the entrance data of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate in association with the identification data of the vehicle that is read from the image captured by the entrance camera that captures the image of the vehicle that is exiting at the entrance gate; And prepare.

Further, a program according to another aspect of the present invention includes an entrance data acquisition unit that acquires the entrance data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the exit camera that captures the vehicle exiting at the exit gate from a storage unit that stores the entrance data of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate in association with the identification data of the vehicle that is read from the image captured by the entrance camera that captures the image of the vehicle that is exiting at the entrance gate; to function as a computer.

Further, an information processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention includes a storage processing unit that stores entry data of a vehicle entering at an entrance gate in association with identification data of the vehicle read from an image captured by an entrance camera that captures an image of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate in a storage unit, and a reading unit that reads the entry data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from an image captured by an exit camera that captures an image of the vehicle exiting at the exit gate from the storage unit, and transmits the entry data to a fee calculation device.

Further, the program according to another aspect of the present invention causes the computer to function as a storage processing unit that stores, in a storage unit, entry data of a vehicle entering at an entrance gate in association with identification data of the vehicle read from an image taken by an entrance camera that takes an image of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate, and a reading unit that reads from the storage unit the entry data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from an image taken by an exit camera that takes an image of the vehicle exiting at the exit gate, and transmits the entry data to a fare calculation device.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the reliability of charge calculation.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the charge calculation system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a passing ticket. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a management database; 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a charge calculation system according to a first embodiment; FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the specific structural example of a charge calculation part. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of procedures implemented in a management server and a ticket issuing machine in the fee calculation method according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing an example of procedures implemented in a management server and a payment machine in the fee calculation method according to the first embodiment; FIG. 10 is a flow diagram showing a specific procedure example of fee calculation processing; It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the charge calculation system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the specific structural example of a charge calculation part. FIG. 10 is a flow diagram showing an example of procedures implemented in a management server and a payment machine in a fee calculation method according to the second embodiment; It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the charge calculation system which concerns on a modification.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a charge calculation system 100 according to an embodiment. The toll calculation system 100 is a system for calculating the toll for the vehicle VH to use the toll road TR.

A fee calculation system 100 includes a management server 1 , a database 2 , a ticket issuing machine 3 , and a payment machine 4 . The management server 1, the ticket issuing machine 3, and the payment machine 4 are connected to the communication network NW and can communicate with each other.

A management server 1 can access a database 2 . The database 2 is an example of a storage unit. The database 2 may be provided inside the management server 1 or may be provided outside the management server 1 and accessed through the communication network NW.

The ticket issuing machine 3 is provided at the entrance gate EN of the toll road TR. The ticket issuing machine 3 includes a code issuing section 31 that issues a pass ticket TC including a code image, and an entrance camera 32 that captures an image of a vehicle VH entering at an entrance gate EN. The code issuing unit 31 is, for example, a printer (not only a printing machine but also a printer that performs thermal recording on thermal paper or the like).

The fare adjustment machine 4 is provided at the exit gate EX of the toll road TR. The fare adjustment machine 4 includes a code reading section 41 for reading a code image included in the pass ticket TC, and an exit camera 42 for capturing an image of the vehicle VH exiting at the exit gate EX. The code reading unit 41 is, for example, a scanner.

Although not shown, the toll road TR includes a plurality of entrance gates EN and a plurality of exit gates EX. A ticket issuing machine 3 is provided at each of the plurality of entrance gates EN, and a fare adjustment machine 4 is provided at each of the plurality of exit gates EX.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a pass ticket TC. A code image CP is printed on the pass ticket TC. The code image CP is, for example, a QR code (registered trademark) image.

The code image CP is not limited to this, and may be an image of a two-dimensional code other than a QR code, or an image of a one-dimensional code such as a bar code.

The code image CP represents entrance data representing the entrance gate EN into which the vehicle VH entered and the entrance time, number data of the vehicle VH, vehicle type data of the vehicle VH, and the like.

The entry data, number data, vehicle type data, etc. of the same content as the code image CP may be printed on the pass ticket TC.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a management database included in the database 2. As shown in FIG. The management database includes fields of "No.", "Code Image", "Entrance Gate", "Entrance Time", "Vehicle Type Data", "Number Data", and "History Data".

The "code image" data represents the storage location of the code image CP. The "entrance gate" data represents the entrance gate EN into which the vehicle VH entered. The "entrance time" data represents the time when the vehicle VH entered the entrance gate EN. "Vehicle model data" represents the vehicle model of the vehicle VH. "Number data" represents the number of the vehicle VH. These data are obtained from the ticket issuing machine 3 .

"History data" indicates whether or not the code image CP has been used to calculate the fee.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the charge calculation system 100A according to the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the management server 1 corresponds to the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment, and the payment machine 4 corresponds to the fee calculation apparatus according to the embodiment.

The control unit 10 of the management server 1, the control unit 30 of the ticket issuing machine 3, and the control unit 40 of the payment machine 4 are computers including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a nonvolatile memory, an input/output interface, and the like. The CPU executes information processing according to a program loaded from ROM or nonvolatile memory to RAM.

The program may be supplied via an information storage medium such as an optical disk or memory card, or may be supplied via a communication network such as the Internet or LAN.

The control unit 30 of the ticket issuing machine 3 includes a character recognition unit 33 , a vehicle type determination unit 34 , an entrance data generation unit 35 and an encoder 36 . These functional units are realized by the CPU of the control unit 30 executing information processing according to programs.

The character recognition unit 33 reads the character string written on the license plate of the vehicle VH from the image captured by the entrance camera 32 . A number (vehicle number), a classification number, and the like are written on the license plate of the vehicle VH. Number data representing the number of vehicle VH is an example of vehicle identification data.

The vehicle type determination unit 34 determines the vehicle type of the vehicle VH from the classification number read by the character recognition unit 33 .

The entrance data generation unit 35 generates entrance data representing the entrance gate EN at which the vehicle VH entered and the entrance time at which the vehicle VH entered the entrance gate EN.

The encoder 36 encodes the number data read by the character recognition unit 33, the vehicle type data determined by the vehicle type determination unit 34, and the entrance data generated by the entrance data generation unit 35 to generate a code image CP. The generated code image CP is printed on the passing ticket TC by the code issuing unit 31 (thermally recorded when the passing ticket TC formed from thermal paper is used).

Further, the number data read by the character recognition unit 33, the vehicle type data determined by the vehicle type determination unit 34, the entrance data generated by the entrance data generation unit 35, and the code image CP generated by the encoder 36 are transmitted to the management server 1.

The control unit 10 of the management server 1 includes a storage processing unit 11 , a used determination unit 12 , a reading unit 13 and a history adding unit 14 . These functional units are realized by the CPU of the control unit 10 executing information processing according to programs.

The storage processing unit 11 stores the number data, the vehicle type data, the entry data, and the code image CP received from the ticket issuing machine 3 in the management database of the database 2 (see FIG. 3). In the management database, the entry data is stored in association with number data as vehicle identification data.

The used judgment unit 12 refers to the code images stored in the database 2 and judges whether or not the code image CP read from the pass ticket TC by the payment machine 4 has been used.

When receiving an acquisition request for admission data from the fare adjustment machine 4, the reading part 13 reads the admission data corresponding to the number data received together with the acquisition request (that is, the number data read from the image of the exit camera 42) from the management database and provides it to the fare adjustment machine 4. - 特許庁

The history adding unit 14 adds, in the management database, history data representing "used" to the code image CP used for calculating the charge.

The control unit 40 of the fare adjustment machine 4 includes a character recognition unit 43 , a vehicle type determination unit 44 , an entrance data acquisition unit 45 , a decoder 46 and a fee calculation unit 47 . These functional units are realized by the CPU of the control unit 40 executing information processing according to programs.

The character recognition unit 43 reads the character string written on the license plate of the vehicle VH from the image captured by the exit camera 42 . The vehicle type determination unit 44 determines the vehicle type of the vehicle VH from the classification number read by the character recognition unit 43 .

The admission data acquisition unit 45 transmits an admission data acquisition request to the management server 1 together with the number data read by the character recognition unit 43, and acquires the admission data associated with the number data in the management database of the database 2 (see FIG. 3) from the management server 1.

The decoder 46 decodes entry data and the like from the code image CP of the pass ticket TC read by the code reader 41 .

The charge calculation unit 47 calculates a charge based on the admission data acquired from the management server 1 by the admission data acquisition unit 45 and the admission data decoded from the code image CP by the decoder 46 .

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration example of the fee calculator 47. As shown in FIG. The fee calculator 47 includes a first calculator 51 , a second calculator 52 and a determination unit 53 .

When the entrance data is received from the entrance data acquisition part 45, the first calculation part 51 calculates the toll from the entrance gate EN to the exit gate EX based on the gate data representing the entrance gate EN included in the entrance data and the gate data representing the exit gate EX stored in the memory of the fare adjustment machine 4.

When the entrance data is received from the decoder 46, the second calculation part 52 calculates the toll from the entrance gate EN to the exit gate EX based on the gate data representing the entrance gate EN included in the entrance data and the gate data representing the exit gate EX stored in the memory of the fare adjustment machine 4. - 特許庁

The determination unit 53 determines whether or not the charge calculated by the first calculation unit 51 and the charge calculated by the second calculation unit 52 match.

In this example, the determining unit 53 compares the toll calculated based on the entry data acquired from the management server 1 and the toll calculated based on the entry data decoded from the code image CP. However, the number data of the vehicle VH acquired from the management server 1 and the number data of the vehicle VH decoded from the code image CP may be compared.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of procedures implemented by the management server 1 and the ticket issuing machine 3 in the fee calculation method according to the first embodiment. The control unit 10 of the management server 1 functions as a storage processing unit 11 by executing the processing shown in the figure according to a program.

The control unit 30 of the ticket issuing machine 3 functions as a character recognition unit 33, a vehicle type determination unit 34, an entrance data generation unit 35, and an encoder 36 by executing the processing shown in FIG.

First, the control unit 30 of the ticket issuing machine 3 acquires an image of the vehicle VH entering at the entrance gate EN from the entrance camera 32 (S31).

Next, the control unit 30 reads the number data and vehicle type data of the vehicle VH from the acquired image (S32; processing performed by the character recognition unit 33 and the vehicle type determination unit 34).

Next, the control unit 30 generates entrance data representing the entrance gate EN at which the vehicle VH entered and the entrance time at which the vehicle VH entered the entrance gate EN (S33; processing by the entrance data generation unit 35).

Next, the control unit 30 encodes the entry data, the number data, and the vehicle type data to generate the code image CP (S34; processing as the encoder 36).

Next, the control unit 30 causes the code issuing unit 31 to issue a passing ticket TC including the code image CP (S35).

Next, the control unit 30 transmits the entry data, number data, vehicle type data, and code image CP to the management server 1 (S36).

When the control unit 10 of the management server 1 receives the entry data, number data, vehicle type data, and code image CP from the ticket issuing machine 3 (S11), it stores them in the management database (see FIG. 3) of the database 2 (S12; processing as the storage processing unit 11).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of procedures implemented by the management server 1 and the payment machine 4 in the fee calculation method according to the first embodiment. The control unit 10 of the management server 1 functions as a used determination unit 12, a reading unit 13, and a history adding unit 14 by executing the processes shown in the figure according to a program.

The control unit 40 of the fare adjustment machine 4 functions as a character recognition unit 43, a vehicle type determination unit 44, an entrance data acquisition unit 45, a decoder 46, and a fare calculation unit 47 by executing the processes shown in the figure according to the program.

First, the control section 40 of the fare adjustment machine 4 reads the code image CP of the pass ticket TC by the code reading section 41 (S41).

Next, the control unit 40 decodes the entry data, the number data, and the vehicle type data from the read code image CP (S42; processing as the decoder 46).

Next, the control unit 40 acquires an image of the vehicle VH exiting at the exit gate EX from the exit camera 42 (S43).

Next, the control unit 40 reads out the number data and vehicle type data of the vehicle VH from the acquired image (S44; processing performed by the character recognition unit 43 and the vehicle type determination unit 44).

Next, control unit 40 determines whether or not the number data decoded from code image CP matches the number data read from the image captured by exit camera 42 (S45).

If the number data match (S45: YES), the control unit 40 transmits an entrance data acquisition request to the management server 1 together with the number data and the code image CP (S46; processing as the entrance data acquisition unit 45).

On the other hand, if the number data do not match (S45: NO), the control unit 40 terminates the process. At this time, a predetermined exception process such as notifying the control center may be performed.

When the control unit 10 of the management server 1 receives the request to acquire the admission data from the fare adjustment machine 4 together with the number data and the code image CP (S13), it determines whether the received code image CP is a used code image (S14; processing as the used determination unit 12).

Specifically, the control unit 10 performs pattern matching on whether or not the received code image CP matches each code image to which "used" history data is added in the management database (see FIG. 3).

If the received code image CP is a used code image (S14: YES), the control section 10 terminates the process. At this time, a predetermined exception process such as notifying the control center may be performed.

On the other hand, if the received code image CP is not a used code image (S14: NO), the control unit 10 reads the admission data corresponding to the number data received together with the admission data acquisition request from the management database (see FIG. 3), and transmits it to the fare adjustment machine 4 (S15; processing by the reading unit 13).

Further, the control unit 10 registers the code image CP received together with the request to acquire the admission data as used (S16). Specifically, control unit 10 changes the history data of the code image CP corresponding to the read admission data from "unused" to "used" in the management database.

Not limited to this, the used code image CP may be managed in a database separate from the management database.

When the control unit 40 of the fare adjustment machine 4 receives the admission data from the management server 1 (S47; processing as the admission data acquisition unit 45), it executes fee calculation processing (S48; processing as the fee calculation unit 47).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a specific procedure example of the fee calculation process S48. The control unit 40 functions as a first calculation unit 51, a second calculation unit 52, and a determination unit 53 by executing the processes shown in the figure according to a program.

First, the control unit 40 calculates the toll from the entrance gate EN to the exit gate EX using the entrance data from the management server 1 (S481; processing as the first calculation unit 51).

Next, the control unit 40 calculates the toll from the entrance gate EN to the exit gate EX using the entry data from the code image CP (S482; processing by the second calculation unit 52).

Next, the control unit 40 determines whether or not the charge calculated in S481 and the charge calculated in S482 match (S483).

If the two charges match (S483: YES), the control section 40 adopts the charges calculated in S481 and S482 as the correct one (S484).

On the other hand, if the two charges do not match (S483: NO), the control unit 40 terminates the process. At this time, a predetermined exception process such as notifying the control center may be performed.

When the charge calculation process S48 ends, the series of processes ends. At this time, a predetermined settlement process is performed using the calculated charge.

According to the embodiment described above, the admission data generated by the ticket issuing machine 3 is stored in the management server 1, and the admission data acquired from the management server 1 is used to calculate the toll by the fare adjustment machine 4. Therefore, it is possible to improve the reliability of the toll calculation.

In particular, in the charge calculation process S48 (see FIG. 8), it is determined whether or not the charge calculated using the admission data obtained from the management server 1 matches the charge calculated using the admission data read from the pass ticket TC, so it is possible to further improve the reliability of charge calculation.

In addition, by determining whether or not the number data read from the pass ticket TC and the number data read from the image of the exit camera 42 match or not, and furthermore, by acquiring the entry data associated with the number data from the management server 1, it is possible to prevent illegal use of the pass ticket TC by another vehicle.

In addition, history data representing "used" is given to the code image used for calculating the toll, and by determining whether or not the code image CP read by the adjustment machine 4 is a used code image, it is possible to prevent the illegal use of the used passing ticket TC and duplication of the passing ticket TC.

[Second embodiment]
A second embodiment will be described below. A detailed description may be omitted by assigning the same numbers to configurations or procedures that overlap with the above embodiment. In this embodiment, the management server 1 corresponds to both the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment and the charge calculation apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a charge calculation system 100B according to the second embodiment.

The control unit 40 of the fare adjustment machine 4 includes an exit data generation unit 48 in addition to a character recognition unit 43 , a vehicle type determination unit 44 and a decoder 46 . Note that the admission data acquisition unit 45 and the charge calculation unit 47 (see FIG. 4) are not included in the control unit 40. FIG.

The exit data generator 48 generates exit data representing the exit gate EX at which the vehicle VH exits and the exit time at which the vehicle VH exits from the exit gate EX.

The exit data generated by the exit data generation unit 48 is transmitted to the management server 1 together with the number data read from the image of the exit camera 42 by the character recognition unit 43 and the entry data read from the code image CP of the pass ticket TC by the decoder 46.

The control unit 10 of the management server 1 includes a charge calculation unit 15 in addition to a storage processing unit 11 , a used determination unit 12 , a reading unit 13 and a history adding unit 14 .

A fee calculation part 15 calculates a fee based on the entry data read from the database 2, the entry data read from the code image CP of the pass ticket TC by the payment machine 4, and the exit data generated by the payment machine 4.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration example of the fee calculator 15. As shown in FIG. The fee calculator 15 includes a first calculator 61 , a second calculator 62 and a determination unit 63 .

The first calculation unit 61 receives the entrance data read from the database 2 and the exit data generated by the exit data generation unit 48 of the fare adjustment machine 4, and calculates the toll from the entrance gate EN to the exit gate EX based on the gate data representing the entrance gate EN included in the entrance data and the gate data representing the exit gate EX included in the exit data.

When the second calculation unit 62 receives the entrance data read from the code image CP of the pass ticket TC by the code reading unit 41 of the fare adjustment machine 4 and the exit data generated by the exit data generation unit 48 of the fare adjustment machine 4, the second calculation unit 62 calculates the toll from the entrance gate EN to the exit gate EX based on the gate data representing the entrance gate EN included in the entrance data and the gate data representing the exit gate EX included in the exit data.

The determination unit 63 determines whether the charge calculated by the first calculation unit 61 and the charge calculated by the second calculation unit 62 match, and if they match, adopts the charge calculated by the calculation units 61 and 62 as correct.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of procedures implemented by the management server 1 and the payment machine 4 in the fee calculation method according to the second embodiment.

The control unit 10 of the management server 1 functions as a used determination unit 12, a reading unit 13, a history adding unit 14, and a charge calculating unit 15 by executing the processes shown in the figure according to a program.

The control unit 40 of the fare adjustment machine 4 functions as a character recognition unit 43, a vehicle type determination unit 44, a decoder 46, and an exit data generation unit 48 by executing the processing shown in FIG.

First, the control unit 40 of the fare adjustment machine 4 executes the processing of S41-S45. Since these steps are the same as S41-S45 (see FIG. 7) of the first embodiment, detailed description is omitted.

Next, the control unit 40 generates exit data representing the exit gate EX at which the vehicle VH exits and the exit time at which the vehicle VH exits the exit gate EX (S56; processing by the exit data generation unit 48).

Next, the control unit 40 transmits a charge data acquisition request to the management server 1 together with the number data, the entry data, the exit data, and the code image CP (S57).

When the control unit 10 of the management server 1 receives the fee data acquisition request from the payment machine 4 together with the number data, the entry data, the exit data, and the code image CP (S17), it determines whether or not the received code image CP is a used code image (S14).

Next, the control unit 10 reads the admission data corresponding to the number data received together with the charge data acquisition request from the management database (see FIG. 3) (S18), and executes charge calculation processing (S19; processing as the charge calculation unit 15).

The charge calculation process S19 is the same as the charge calculation process S48 (see FIG. 8) of the first embodiment. Specifically, the control unit 10 calculates the charge based on the entry data read from the management database and the exit data received together with the charge data acquisition request (processing as the first calculation unit 61), calculates the charge based on the entry data and the exit data received together with the charge data acquisition request (processing as the second calculation unit 62), and determines whether or not the two charges match (processing as the determination unit 63).

Next, the control unit 10 transmits charge data representing the charge calculated in the charge calculation process S19 to the payment machine 4 (S20). The control unit 40 of the payment machine 4 receives the charge data from the management server 1 (S58). When the charge data is received, a series of processing ends. At this time, predetermined settlement processing is performed using the received charge data.

According to the above-described embodiment, the management server 1 obtains the entry data generated by the ticket issuing machine 3 and the exit data generated by the payment machine 4 to calculate the toll, so it is possible to improve the reliability of the toll calculation in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

[Modification]
Modifications will be described below. A detailed description may be omitted by assigning the same numbers to configurations or procedures that overlap with the above embodiment. In this modified example, the management server 1 corresponds to the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment, and the payment machine 4 corresponds to the fee calculation apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a charge calculation system 100C according to a modification.

The control unit 30 of the ticket issuing machine 3 includes a character recognition unit 33 , a vehicle type determination unit 34 , an entrance data generation unit 35 , an encoder 36 , and an encryption unit 37 .

The encryption unit 37 encrypts the entry data and the like to be transmitted to the management server 1 using the number data as a key. As a result, the management database (see FIG. 3) of the database 2 stores the entry data and the like in an encrypted state.

The control unit 40 of the fare adjustment machine 4 includes a decoding unit 49 in addition to a character recognition unit 43 , a vehicle type determination unit 44 , an admission data acquisition unit 45 , a decoder 46 and a toll calculation unit 47 .

The decryption unit 49 decrypts the encrypted entrance data and the like acquired from the management server 1 by the entrance data acquisition unit 45 using the number data read from the image captured by the exit camera 42 as a key. The decrypted admission data is used by the charge calculator 47 to calculate the charge.

According to the modified example described above, since the encrypted entry data and the like are stored in the database 2, it is possible to improve security in addition to improving the reliability of charge calculation.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art.

The toll calculation system 100 may be used to calculate a toll for not only the toll road TR but also for a parking lot, for example.

Further, the charge calculation system 100 may calculate a charge according to the length of stay from the time of entry to the time of exit, not limited to the charge between gates.

Further, the fee calculation system 100 may issue a code image CP to a terminal such as a smart phone at the ticket issuing machine 3 and read the code image CP from the terminal at the payment machine 4 .

1 management server, 10 control unit, 11 storage processing unit, 12 used determination unit, 13 reading unit, 14 history addition unit, 15 fee calculation unit, 2 database, 3 ticket issuing machine, 30 control unit, 31 code issuing unit, 32 entrance camera, 33 character recognition unit, 34 vehicle type determination unit, 35 admission data generation unit, 36 encoder, 37 encryption unit, 4 payment machine, 40 control unit, 41 code Reading unit 42 Exit camera 43 Character recognition unit 44 Vehicle type determination unit 45 Entrance data acquisition unit 46 Decoder 47 Toll calculation unit 48 Exit data generation unit 49 Decoding unit 51 First calculation unit 52 Second calculation unit 53 Judgment unit 61 First calculation unit 62 Second calculation unit 63 Judgment unit 100 Toll calculation system TC Pass ticket EN Entrance gate EX Exit gate TR toll road, VH vehicle, ED entrance data, CP code image

Claims (13)

an entrance camera that captures images of vehicles entering at the entrance gate;
an entrance data generation unit that generates entrance data of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate;
a storage unit that stores the entry data in association with identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the entrance camera;
an exit camera that captures images of the vehicle exiting at the exit gate;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the storage unit the entry data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the exit camera;
a first calculation unit that calculates a fee based on the admission data acquired from the storage unit;
with
a code issuing unit that issues a code image representing the admission data at the entrance gate;
a code reading unit for reading the entrance data from the code image at the exit gate;
a second calculation unit that calculates a fee based on the admission data read from the code image;
a determination unit that determines whether the charge calculated by the first calculation unit and the charge calculated by the second calculation unit match;
further comprising
fee calculation system. further comprising a history adding unit that adds history data indicating that the code image used for charge calculation has been used,
The fee calculation system according to claim 1 . further comprising a used determination unit that determines whether the code image read by the code reading unit matches the code image to which the history data is attached;
The fee calculation system according to claim 2 . further comprising an encryption unit that encrypts the entrance data stored in the storage unit using, as a key, the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the entrance camera;
The fee calculation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . further comprising a decryption unit that decrypts the encrypted entry data using the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the exit camera as a key;
The fee calculation system according to claim 4 . The first calculation unit calculates a toll from the entrance gate to the exit gate based on gate data representing the entrance gate and gate data representing the exit gate included in the entrance data.
The fee calculation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . the identification data of the vehicle includes number data read from a license plate of the vehicle;
The fee calculation system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 . wherein the code image is a two-dimensional code;
The fee calculation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The vehicle entering at the entrance gate is imaged by the entrance camera,
An entry data generation unit generates entry data for the vehicle entering at the entrance gate,
storing the entry data in a storage unit in association with identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the entrance camera;
An image of the vehicle exiting at the exit gate is captured by an exit camera,
an acquisition unit acquires from the storage unit the entry data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the exit camera;
A first calculation unit calculates a fee based on the admission data acquired from the storage unit;
A fee calculation method ,
moreover,
A code issuing unit issues a code image representing the admission data at the entrance gate,
reading the entry data from the code image at the exit gate by a code reading unit;
calculating a fee by a second calculation unit based on the admission data read from the code image;
Determining whether the charge calculated by the first calculation unit and the charge calculated by the second calculation unit match by a determination unit;
Fee calculation method . an entrance data acquisition unit for acquiring the entrance data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the exit camera capturing the vehicle exiting at the exit gate from a storage unit storing the entrance data of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate in association with the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the entrance camera capturing the image of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate;
a first calculation unit that calculates a fee based on the admission data acquired from the storage unit;
a second calculation unit for calculating a fee based on the admission data read from a code image representing the admission data issued at the entrance gate;
a determination unit that determines whether the charge calculated by the first calculation unit and the charge calculated by the second calculation unit match;
A fee calculation device. an entrance data acquiring unit for acquiring the entrance data corresponding to the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the exit camera capturing the vehicle exiting at the exit gate from a storage unit storing the entrance data of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate in association with the identification data of the vehicle read from the image captured by the entrance camera capturing the vehicle entering at the entrance gate;
a first calculation unit that calculates a fee based on the admission data acquired from the storage unit;
a second calculation unit for calculating a fee based on the admission data read from a code image representing the admission data issued at the entrance gate;
a determination unit that determines whether the charge calculated by the first calculation unit and the charge calculated by the second calculation unit match;
A program that allows a computer to function as a a storage processing unit that associates entry data of a vehicle entering at an entrance gate with identification data of the vehicle read from an image captured by an entrance camera that captures the image of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate and stores the data in a storage unit;
a reading unit for reading from the storage unit the entry data corresponding to identification data of the vehicle read from an image captured by an exit camera that captures an image of the vehicle exiting at the exit gate;
a first calculation unit that calculates a fee based on the admission data acquired from the storage unit;
a second calculation unit for calculating a fee based on the admission data read from a code image representing the admission data issued at the entrance gate;
a determination unit that determines whether the charge calculated by the first calculation unit and the charge calculated by the second calculation unit match;
An information processing device. a storage processing unit that stores entry data of a vehicle entering at an entrance gate in a storage unit in association with identification data of the vehicle read from an image captured by an entrance camera that captures an image of the vehicle entering at the entrance gate;
a reading unit for reading from the storage unit the entry data corresponding to identification data of the vehicle read from an image captured by an exit camera that captures an image of the vehicle exiting at the exit gate;
a first calculation unit that calculates a fee based on the admission data acquired from the storage unit;
a second calculation unit for calculating a fee based on the admission data read from a code image representing the admission data issued at the entrance gate;
a determination unit that determines whether the charge calculated by the first calculation unit and the charge calculated by the second calculation unit match;
A program that allows a computer to function as a

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