JPH05282510A - Toll collecting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate an illegal action due to the exchange of a passing ticket by automatically paying a passing toll without temporarily stopping a vehicle at an entrance tollgate and an exit tollgate, thereby attaining an unmanned system at the entrance tollgate and the exit tollgate. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with an entrance device 1 detecting the vehicle 6 entering a toll road 5 and collecting data on the vehicle 6, an exit lamp way device 2 detecting the vehicle 6 leaving from the toll road 5, a central device 4 calculating the toll for the vehicle 6 based on data on the vehicle 6 detected by the exit lamp way device 2 and an exit device 3 collecting the toll obtained by the central device 4 by an advance payment system or a deferred payment system from the vehicle 6 leaving from the toll road 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[Object of the Invention]

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toll collection system used on toll roads such as expressways.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In a toll road such as a highway, in the case of a uniform toll section, the user temporarily stops the vehicle at the entrance toll gate and pays the toll with cash or coupon ticket, prepaid card, etc. Pass by.

When the fare varies depending on the type of vehicle or the section of traffic, etc., the user temporarily stops the vehicle at the entrance toll and receives a toll ticket, then passes through the road and exits at the tollgate. Then, the vehicle is stopped again, and the toll calculated according to the information of the toll ticket, for example, the information on the entrance toll gate, the vehicle type, etc. is paid with cash or a coupon ticket, a prepaid card or the like.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional toll collection system, the vehicle must be temporarily stopped at the entrance toll gate or the exit toll gate in order to pay the toll. There was a problem that time was lost due to stopping and traffic congestion was likely to occur at the entrance toll booth and exit toll booth.

[0006] In addition, since it is necessary to provide a person who passes a toll ticket or collects a toll at the entrance toll booth or the exit toll booth, the entrance toll booth or the exit toll booth cannot be unmanned. was there.

In addition, even if there is a fraudulent act of exchanging the toll ticket received at each entrance toll gate in a parking area or the like to reduce the toll of each other, the toll collection system described above does not There was a problem that I could not find it.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention can pay a toll at an entrance toll gate or an exit toll gate without temporarily stopping a vehicle, thereby achieving an unmanned entrance toll gate or exit toll gate. As well as
The purpose is to provide a toll collection system that can eliminate fraudulent acts such as exchanging toll tickets. [Constitution of Invention]

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a toll collection system according to the present invention comprises an entrance device for detecting a vehicle entering a place where a fee is charged and collecting data on the vehicle. A departure detection device that detects the vehicle leaving the paying place, and a fee calculation device that calculates a fee for the vehicle based on data regarding the vehicle detected by the departure detection device, The vehicle is characterized by further comprising: an exit device that collects a charge obtained by the charge calculation device from the vehicle leaving the paying place by a prepaid system or a postpaid system.

[0010]

In the above structure, when the entrance device detects a car entering a place where there is a charge and collects data, and then the departure detection device detects the departure of the car, the charge is set. The calculating device calculates the charge for the car from the data on the car, and the exit device collects the charge from the car by a prepaid method or a postpaid method.

[0011]

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a charge collecting system according to the present invention.

The toll collection system shown in this figure comprises an entrance device 1, an exit rampway device 2, an exit device 3, a central device 4, and an on-vehicle device 7. After the entering vehicle 6 is identified, when the exit rampway device 2 and the exit device 3 detect the vehicle 6 exiting from the toll road 5, the toll of this vehicle 6 is calculated and the receipt person is allowed to collect it directly. Or, it is automatically withdrawn from the prepaid card set in the vehicle 6.

The vehicle-mounted device 7 is provided with a wireless IC card 17 and a terminal 8, and communicates with the entrance device 1 and the exit device 3 by radio to transmit card data and receive information necessary for passage. And memorize it and pay the toll with a prepaid card.

The wireless IC card 17 includes a processing circuit for performing various processes and a communication device for wirelessly communicating with an external device. The wireless IC card 17 wirelessly communicates with the entrance device 1 and the exit device 3 to store card data. It transmits, receives and stores information required for traffic, and receives toll data and supplies it to the terminal 8.

The terminal 8 displays a processing circuit for performing various processes, a prepaid card processing unit for reading and writing prepaid cards, a toll, etc.
An output device for printing is provided, and the data of the prepaid card set in response to a request from the wireless IC card 14 is read and supplied to the wireless IC card 14, or this wireless IC card is read. Based on the deduction data supplied from 14, the toll is deducted from the prepaid card, the toll is displayed, or printed out.

The entrance device 1 is equipped with a license plate reader 10, a wireless IC card reader / writer 11 and a controller 12, and a vehicle 6 entering the toll road 5 through an unmanned entrance toll gate 13 Of the license plate and vehicle type, check whether or not the vehicle 6 is equipped with the wireless IC card 14, and check the wireless IC card 1
Check whether 4 is an available card, and send the result of each check and the result of reading the license plate to the central unit 4.

The license plate reader 10 analyzes a TV camera installed adjacent to the road in front of the unmanned entrance toll gate 13 and the contents photographed by this TV camera to analyze the road in front of the unmanned entrance toll gate 13. An image processing circuit for recognizing the number and vehicle type of the vehicle 6 passing through and entering the toll road 5 is provided, and the vehicle 6 passing through the road in front of the unmanned entrance toll gate 13 and entering the toll road 5 The number and the vehicle type are recognized and the recognition result is sent to the central unit 4.

The wireless IC card reader / writer 1
1 is equipped with a transceiver and the like installed adjacent to the road in front of the unmanned entrance toll gate 13, and the unmanned entrance toll gate 13 is provided.
A wireless IC card 1 is sent to the vehicle 6 by transmitting an inquiry signal to the vehicle 6 passing through the preceding road and entering the toll road 5.
4 is mounted, and when the vehicle 6 is equipped with the wireless IC card 14, the card data is taken in, necessary information is written in the wireless IC card 14, and each of these communication is performed. The contents are sent to the central device 4.

The controller 12 is provided with an arithmetic circuit for performing various arithmetic operations, a communication circuit for performing communication processing, etc., and based on a control signal from the central unit 4, the license plate reader 10 and the wireless IC card.・ Reader / Writer 1
1 to recognize the number and vehicle type of the vehicle 6 passing through the road in front of the unmanned entrance toll gate 13 and entering the toll road 5, checking whether or not the wireless IC card 14 is installed, The card data stored in the IC card 14 can be read, and the wireless IC card 14 can be read.
Let me write necessary information to.

The exit rampway device 2 is equipped with a license plate reader 15 provided on the exit rampway 9 of the toll road 5, and the number of the vehicle 6 exiting from the toll road 5 and entering the exit rampway 9 The vehicle type is recognized and the recognition result is sent to the central unit 4.

The exit device 3 includes a license plate reader 16, a wireless IC card processor 17, and a controller 18.
And the gate 19, and after recognizing the number and the vehicle type of the vehicle 6 passing through the front of the exit toll gate 20 on the general road, the information supplied from the central unit 4 is searched based on the recognition result. To obtain the toll and then withdraw it from the prepaid card set in the vehicle 6 or close the gate 19 and contact the toll collector to collect the toll directly from the driver of the vehicle 6. To do.

The license plate reader 16 analyzes the TV camera installed adjacent to the road in front of the exit toll booth 20 and the contents photographed by the TV camera to recognize the license number and vehicle type of the vehicle 6. It is equipped with a processing circuit and the like, and recognizes the number and the vehicle type of the vehicle 6 that is about to pass through the road in front of the exit toll gate 20 and exits on the general road, and supplies the recognition result to the controller 18.

The wireless IC card processor 17 is equipped with a transceiver and the like installed adjacent to the road in front of the exit toll booth 20, and passes through the road in front of the exit toll booth 20 to become a general road. The controller 18 of the vehicle 6 that is about to leave
The toll data is transmitted to the wireless IC card 14 of the vehicle 6 instructed by, and the toll is deducted from the prepaid card set in the terminal 8 of the vehicle 6.

Further, when the gate 19 receives a close signal from the controller 18, the gate 6 is turned off and the vehicle 6 is closed.
To stop.

The controller 18 is provided with an arithmetic circuit for performing various arithmetic operations, a communication circuit for performing communication processing, and the like, and based on a control signal from the central unit 4, the license plate reader 16 and the wireless IC card. The processor 17 is controlled to read the number and vehicle type of the vehicle 6 that is going to pass through the road in front of the exit toll gate 20 and go out on the general road, or to communicate with the wireless IC card 14 to deduct the toll. In addition, the gate 19 is closed and the toll collector is contacted to collect the toll directly from the driver of the vehicle 6.

Further, the central unit 4 comprises a communication unit 25, a database 26 and a computer 27, and based on the respective data supplied from the inlet unit 1, the outlet ramp way unit 2 and the outlet unit 3. After calculating the toll of the vehicle 6 exiting from the toll road 5, the exit device 3 deducts the toll from the prepaid card set in the vehicle 6, closes the gate 19, and informs the toll collector. The toll is collected directly from the driver of the vehicle 6.

The communication device 25 is equipped with a high-speed communication circuit and the like, and takes in each data output from the entrance device 1 and the exit ramp way device 2 and supplies it to the computer 27, or the computer 27. When the toll data or the like is output from the device, the toll data is captured and supplied to the exit device 3.

The database 26 is composed of a large-capacity storage device, and data output from the computer 27, such as invalid wireless IC card data and entrance toll name data of each vehicle 6, Each data such as a vehicle type name is stored, or each stored data is read out and supplied to the computer 27.

The computer 27 communicates with the entrance device 1 and the exit rampway device 2 and the exit device 3 through the communication device 25, stores data in the database 26, and stores data from the database 26. While reading the data, the toll of the vehicle 6 exiting from the toll road 5 is calculated based on each data supplied from the entrance device 1, the exit rampway device 2, and the exit device 3, and then the exit device 3 is used to calculate the toll. You can deduct the toll from the prepaid card set in
The gate 19 is closed and the toll collector is contacted to collect the toll from the driver of the vehicle 6 directly.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS.

First, if the vehicle 6 passes in front of the entrance toll gate 13 as shown in FIG. 2, the wireless IC card of the entrance device 1
The reader / writer 11 operates to wirelessly issue an inquiry signal to the vehicle 6.

A wireless IC card 14 is attached to the vehicle 6.
If no response signal is transmitted from the vehicle 6 within a fixed time after the wireless IC card reader / writer 11 issues an inquiry signal, the wireless IC card
The reader / writer 11 has a wireless IC card 14 on the vehicle 6.
Is generated and is output to the central unit 4.

Further, the vehicle 6 has a wireless IC card 14 mounted therein, and the vehicle 6 can be used within a certain time after the question signal is issued.
When the card data is transmitted from the wireless IC card 14, the wireless IC card reader / writer 11 takes in the card data and outputs it to the central device 4 (step ST1).

Further, in parallel with this operation, the license plate reader 10 operates to photograph the vehicle 6, recognize its number and vehicle type, generate data corresponding to the recognition result, and generate the data corresponding to the central unit. Output to step 4 (step ST
2).

On the other hand, when the computer 27 of the central unit 4 is supplied with the presence / absence of the wireless IC card 14 and the card data from the wireless IC card reader / writer 11 of the entrance unit 1 through the communication unit 25, Based on the presence or absence of the wireless IC card in the information supplied from the wireless IC card reader / writer 11, it is checked whether or not the vehicle 6 is equipped with the wireless IC card 14 (step ST3),
If this is installed, the database 26 is searched based on the card data in the information to check whether the wireless IC card 14 installed in the vehicle 6 is invalid (step ST4). If the card 14 is not an invalid wireless IC card, the wireless IC card 14
The number, vehicle type, and entrance toll gate name supplied from the license plate reader 10 of the entrance device 1 are stored in the database together with the card data (step S).
T5).

Further, the wireless IC card of the entrance device 1
If there is no wireless IC card in the information supplied from the reader / writer 11, if there is no wireless IC card (step ST
3), the computer 27 treats the vehicle 6 as an illegally-passing vehicle, and records its number, vehicle type, and entrance fee expulsion in the database 2
6 (step ST6).

Further, the wireless IC card of the entrance device 1
If the card data in the information supplied from the reader / writer 11 is registered as invalid card data in the database 26, the computer 27 regards the vehicle 6 as an invalid card vehicle and identifies its number, vehicle type, and entrance toll gate name. The data is stored in the database 26 (step ST7).

After that, as shown in FIG. 3, the license plate reader 15 of the exit rampway device 2 photographs the vehicle 6 passing through the exit rampway 9 to recognize its number and vehicle type, and this information is stored in the central unit. If the vehicle 6 is supplied (step ST10), the central unit 4 searches the database 26 on the basis of the number and the vehicle type to check whether the vehicle 6 is an illegally-passing vehicle or an invalid card vehicle, and at the entrance toll gate. After calculating the toll based on the name and the name of the exit toll gate corresponding to the exit rampway 9, the vehicle type, etc., if the vehicle 6 is an illegally-passing vehicle or an invalid card vehicle, data and gate indicating the toll A closing command is supplied to the exit device 3, and the vehicle 6
If is not an illegal toll vehicle or an invalid card vehicle, the toll fee is calculated based on the name of the entrance toll gate, the name of the exit toll gate corresponding to the exit rampway 9, the vehicle type, etc., and then the toll fee, vehicle type, and number are calculated. It is supplied to the outlet device 3 (step ST11).

When the license plate reader 10 photographs the vehicle 6 which is passing the front of the exit toll gate 20 and is about to enter the open road, the controller 18 of the exit device 3 recognizes its number and vehicle type. Based on the recognition result, the stored number and vehicle type are searched to check whether the gate closing command is issued to the vehicle 6 (step ST12). If this is issued, the gate 19 is checked. Is closed to stop the vehicle 6 (step ST13).

After that, the controller 18 displays the number of the vehicle 6 judged to be an illegally-passing vehicle or an invalid card vehicle, the name of the entrance toll gate, etc., and informs this to the toll collector. A toll is collected from the driver (step ST14).

If the gate closing command is not issued for the number and the vehicle type of the vehicle 6 photographed by the license plate reader 10 (step ST1).
2), the controller 18 controls the wireless IC processor 17 to transmit the toll data to the wireless IC card 14 mounted on the vehicle 6, and the toll is charged from the prepaid card set in the terminal 8. The amount indicated by the data is withdrawn (step ST15).

After that, the controller 18 of the exit device 3 sends the number and the vehicle type of the vehicle 6 to the central device 4 and deletes the data such as the entrance toll gate name and the toll data regarding the vehicle 6 that has left the general road. Let

As described above, in this embodiment, the data of the vehicle 6 that has entered the toll road 5 at the entrance toll gate 13 is collected, and when this vehicle 6 leaves the toll road 5 thereafter, it is detected. Since the toll is calculated and the toll is deducted from the prepaid card of the terminal 8 mounted on the vehicle 6, the toll can be passed at the entrance toll gate 13 and the exit toll gate 20 without pausing. Fees can be collected, which allows entrance toll booths 1
3 and the exit toll gate 20 can be unmanned, and fraudulent acts caused by exchanging a toll ticket can be eliminated.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the vehicle 6 passing through the toll road 5 exits the exit rampway 9, the license plate reader 15 is used to drive the vehicle 6.
The vehicle 6 detects the exit from the toll road 5 and calculates the toll, etc.
When passing through, the toll may be deducted from the prepaid card set in the terminal 8 mounted on the vehicle 6, or the gate 6 of the exit toll gate 20 may be closed to stop the vehicle 6. it can.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the toll is collected from the prepaid card, but the toll of each vehicle 6 is registered in the database 26,
The user of each vehicle 6 may be billed by a post-payment method.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the present invention has been described by taking the toll road 5 toll collection system as an example. However, the arranged vehicle search system and the parking lot toll collection system,
The present invention may be applied to a vehicle management system or the like.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to pay a toll at an entrance toll gate or an exit toll gate without temporarily stopping a car, and thereby, the entrance toll gate or the exit toll gate can be paid. It is possible to achieve unmanned operation and eliminate fraudulent acts caused by exchanging pass tickets.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a fee collection system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Entrance device 2 Exit detection device (exit ramp way device) 3 Exit device 4 Charge calculation device (central device) 5 Place where there is a charge (toll road) 6 cars

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An entrance device for detecting a car entering a paid place and collecting data on the car, and a departure detection for detecting the car leaving the paid place. A device, a charge calculation device that calculates a charge for the vehicle based on the data about the vehicle detected by the departure detection device, and a prepaid method or a postpaid method from the vehicle that departs from the place where the fee is paid. An exit device for collecting the charge obtained by the charge calculating device, and a charge collecting system comprising: