JPH03202993A - Fee collection machine for toll road - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify operations and to reduce cost without using both a magnetic card and a magnetic stripe card by providing processing means to discriminate the kind of the magnetic card according to data read from the magnetic card and to execute respective processings such as the collection of a fee, start of work and separate payment processing, etc., corresponding to the result of this discrimination. CONSTITUTION:A fee collection machine is composed of a magnetic card processor 3 to execute the start of work and separate payment processing, etc., pass ticket processor 1, receipt issue machine 2 and control part 11 to control the magnetic card processor 3. The magnetic card or various magnetic cards for collection staff, maintenance staff, work and separate payment constituted of the same form as this magnetic card are received and the data of those cards are read. According to these read data, the kind of the magnetic card is discriminated and corresponding to the result of this discrimination, the respective processings such as the collection of the fee, start of work and separate payment processings are executed. Thus, the operations can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to a toll collector for a white toll road that collects tolls on a toll road.

(Prior Art) At toll gates (booths) on toll roads, tolls are calculated from passes handed by users, and the calculated tolls are collected in cash from the users.

Furthermore, recently, instead of collecting charges in cash, it has been put into practical use that payments are made using prepaid cards to which a predetermined amount of money can be used in advance. In this case, a magnetic card processing machine is installed that processes prepaid cards, that is, magnetic cards whose entire back surface is a magnetic writing section.

In addition, there is a card for collectors inserted by the collection staff when they start using the toll collection machine at each booth, a card for maintenance staff for maintenance staff who perform maintenance processing, and a card for business use handed out by cleaning staff for cleaning vehicles. The start of work, separate payment processing, etc. are performed by inserting a separate payment card, which is used by a frequently used company such as a land transportation company to pay charges in bulk later. In this case, each card is a magnetic stripe card, and data indicating the type of card is encoded on each card, and a magnetic stripe card processing machine is installed to read the magnetic stripe of each card.

Therefore, since magnetic cards and magnetic stripe cards are used together, the operation is complicated, and separate magnetic card processing machines and magnetic stripe card processing machines are required.
The disadvantage is that the cost is high.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, since magnetic cards and magnetic stripe cards are used together, the operation is complicated, and separate magnetic card processing machines and magnetic stripe card processing machines are required. An object of the present invention is to provide a toll collector for a toll road, which eliminates the disadvantage of high cost, simplifies operation, and reduces costs.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The toll collector of the present invention collects tolls from vehicles passing through the toll road from a magnetic card to which amount information is attached. A reading means for accepting the above-mentioned magnetic card, or a magnetic card for collection staff, maintenance staff, business use, and separate delivery, configured in the same format as this magnetic card, and reading the data on those cards; This system consists of a discriminating means for discriminating the type of magnetic card based on the data read by the discriminating means, and a processing means for collecting fees, starting work, and performing separate payment processing τ according to the discrimination results of the discriminating means. be.

(Function) The present invention collects tolls from vehicles passing through a toll road using a magnetic card to which amount information is attached in advance. It accepts magnetic cards for employees, maintenance personnel, business use, and separately paid cards, reads the data on those cards, determines the type of magnetic card from the read data, and collects fees according to the results of this determination. It is designed to perform various processes such as starting work and processing separate payments.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show an example of the configuration of a toll collector installed at the exit of a toll road according to the present invention. That is, the ticket processing machine 1 performs exit processing such as toll calculation by inserting the toll ticket (allocated in advance according to the population) received by the collector from the driver of the vehicle into the toll ticket insertion slot 6; A receipt issuing machine 2 that issues a receipt corresponding to the receipt from the receipt issuing lower, a magnetic card (prepaid card) received by the collector from the driver of the vehicle, a receipt for the collector, maintenance staff, business use, and separate payment. magnetic card magnetic card persimmon population 8
A magnetic card processing machine 3 that performs processing corresponding to the type of magnetic card by inserting it into the card, that is, starting work, separate payment processing, etc., as well as each of the above-mentioned pass processing machines 1, receipt issuing machine 2, and magnetic cards. It is constituted by a control section 11 that controls the processing machine 3.

The collector's card is a magnetic card inserted by the collector when starting to use the toll collection machine, the maintenance worker's card is a magnetic card of the maintenance worker who performs maintenance processing, and the business card is a magnetic card inserted by the collector when starting to use the toll collection machine. A separate payment card is a magnetic card that is handed out by the cleaning staff of a vehicle used for transportation, and a separate payment card is a magnetic card used by a frequently used company, such as a land transportation company, to pay the charges all at once.

Each of the above-mentioned magnetic cards is of a common type in which the entire back surface is a magnetic recording section, and data indicating the type of the card, etc. is recorded on each card.

The above-mentioned toll ticket processing machine 1 includes a display section 4 that displays toll fees, etc.
, an operation panel 5 for inputting various conditions, and a transport mechanism 1 for receiving the ticket inserted from the ticket insertion slot 6 and ejecting the accepted ticket to the ticket insertion slot 6.
3. A drive circuit 12 that drives the transport mechanism 13; a magnetic head 15 that reads magnetic data such as entrance information as passage information from the pass accepted by the transport mechanism 13;
, and a reader/writer control section 14 that causes the magnetic head 15 to read the magnetic data of the ticket.

The receipt issuing machine 2 includes a transport mechanism 17 that takes out a receipt from a stacker (not shown) and issues it from a receipt issuing lower;
It is comprised of a drive circuit 16 that drives this transport mechanism 17, one print section that prints the receipt contents on the receipt transported by the transport mechanism 17, and a drive circuit 18 that drives this one print section.

The magnetic card processing machine 3 receives a magnetic card inserted from the magnetic card slot 8 into its interior, and drives a transport mechanism 21 for discharging the accepted magnetic card to the magnetic card slot 8. a magnetic head 23 that reads magnetic data such as the remaining amount as amount information and the type of card from the magnetic card accepted by the transport mechanism 21, and writes magnetic data such as the remaining amount to be updated; It is constituted by a reader/writer control section 22 that reads or writes magnetic data on the magnetic card using the magnetic helad 23.

Next, in the above configuration, regarding the magnetic card acceptance operation at the toll collector exit of the H toll road, the first
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in the figure. For example, a collection worker or a maintenance worker now uses the operation panel 5 to instruct the start of work. Next, the magnetic card is inserted into the magnetic card insertion slot 8 by a collection staff or maintenance staff. The magnetic card inserted into the magnetic card insertion n8 is transferred to the transport mechanism 21
The magnetic head 23 reads magnetic data indicating the card type, etc., and outputs it to the control section 11. Next, when the control unit 11 determines that the inserted magnetic card is a maintenance personnel card, it reads a maintenance program from a memory (not shown) and performs maintenance personnel processing in accordance with this program. Further, if the control unit 11 determines that the inserted magnetic card is neither a collector's card nor a maintenance worker's card, it ends the process.

Further, if the control unit 11 determines that the inserted magnetic card is a collector's card, the collector corresponding to the collector's card starts working, and the ticket is sent to T! 7
There will be a waiting state for customers.

(7) In such a waiting state, if the driver (passenger) of a passing vehicle hands over a magnetic card and a pass, the collector inserts the magnetic card into the magnetic card slot 8 and passes the pass. Insert the ticket into the pass ticket insertion slot 6.Then, the magnetic card inserted into the magnetic card insertion slot 8 is transferred to the transport mechanism 2.
1, the magnetic head 23 reads magnetic data indicating the card type, remaining amount, etc., and the control unit 11
Output to. Further, the pass inserted into the pass ticket insertion slot 6 is transported by the transport mechanism 13, magnetic data such as person information is read by the magnetic head 15, and the reading result is output to the control section 11. Thereby, the control section 11 calculates the toll based on the entrance information read by the magnetic head 15, and displays the toll on the display section 4.

Further, when the control unit 11 determines that the inserted magnetic card is a magnetic card by a customer, the magnetic head 2
Compare the remaining amount read by step 3 with the above toll,
Calculate the balance on your magnetic card.

As a result of this balance calculation, if there is a remaining amount, the control unit 11 uses the magnetic head 23 to rewrite the remaining amount on the magnetic card with a new remaining amount, and ejects the magnetic card from the magnetic card issuing slot 8. In addition, the control unit 11 uses the transport mechanism 17 to transfer the stacker (not shown) to the stacker (not shown).
The receipt is taken out and conveyed, and during this conveyance, the printing unit 19 prints the above-mentioned receipt amount, and then the receipt is issued from the receipt issuing lower part. Thereby, the collector returns the magnetic card and receipt from which the toll has been deducted to the driver of the vehicle, and the process ends.

In addition, when a magnetic card is handed over by a cleaner of a cleaning vehicle while the collector is waiting, the collector inserts the magnetic card into the magnetic card insertion slot 8. Then, the magnetic card inserted into the magnetic card slot 8 is transported by the transport mechanism 21, and magnetic data indicating the type of card is read by the magnetic head 23 and output to the control section 11. The control unit 11 determines that the inserted magnetic card is a magnetic card for cleaning staff, and performs business processing to confirm the passage of the cleaning staff through the city.

Further, while the collector is waiting, if a magnetic card is handed over by a city driver of a frequently used company such as a land transportation company, the collector inserts the magnetic card into the magnetic card insertion slot 8. Then, the magnetic card inserted into the magnetic card persimmon population 8 is transported by the transport mechanism 21,
Magnetic data indicating the type of card is read by the magnetic head 23 and output to the control section 11 . The control unit 11 determines that the inserted magnetic card is a separate payment magnetic card, and executes separate payment processing. In this separate payment process, the toll obtained by reading the passed ticket in the same manner as described above is stored in a memory (not shown) as the separate payment amount.

As mentioned above, this is the same type of magnetic card that customers use to handle the collection staff, maintenance staff, business, and separate payment cards that were previously handled as magnetic stripe cards at toll gates on toll roads. By replacing it with , only one type of card can be handled, which simplifies the operation, and requires only one card processing machine, thereby reducing costs.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a toll collector for toll roads that can simplify operation and reduce costs.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining the operation, FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the toll collector for the H toll road, and FIG. The figure is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a toll collector for a toll road. 1... Passport processing machine, 2... Receipt issuing machine, 3...
-Magnetic card processing machine, 5...operation panel, 8...magnetic card insertion slot, 11...control unit, 23...to magnetic field.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a toll road toll collection machine that collects tolls from vehicles passing through the toll road using a magnetic card to which amount information is attached in advance, A reading means for accepting magnetic cards for collection staff, for maintenance staff, for business use, and for separate payment, and reading the data on those cards; and a discriminating means for determining the type of magnetic card from the data read by the reading means. A toll collection machine for a toll road, comprising: a processing means for collecting tolls, starting work, processing separate payment, etc. according to the determination result of the discriminating means.