JPH0542035B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a toll collection device for toll roads using a cashless system, and particularly to improvements in unmanned toll booths.

[Conventional technology]

Toll collection devices on conventional toll roads are
As shown in the figure, at the toll plaza entrance gate, a toll collector issues a toll ticket 2 using a toll ticket processing machine 1,
This toll ticket 2 is handed over to the toll road user. The above user will receive the above toll ticket 2 at the tollbooth exit gate.
hand it to the toll collector. On the other hand, the toll collector passes this toll ticket 2 through the toll ticket processing machine 3, and the toll fee is automatically calculated from the toll gate entrance information and vehicle type information recorded in the toll ticket 2. Receive toll fees from users. As described above, in conventional toll collection devices, users must always bring cash, which is inconvenient.

Therefore, cashless systems using credit cards 4 are currently being introduced or planned for toll road toll collection devices. In the case of this cashless system, the user hands over the credit card 4 at the same time as the ticket 2 to the toll collector at the toll booth exit gate. On the other hand, the toll collector places the credit card 4 into a card reader attached to the ticket processing device 3 to read the balance information recorded on the credit card 4. Next, the toll ticket 2 is processed by the toll ticket processing device 3 to read the toll information, and separate toll payment processing is performed based on this toll information and the balance information.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in any of the above-mentioned toll collection devices, users of toll roads must always stop once at the entrance or exit gate of a toll plaza, which is very troublesome and causes traffic jams. Additionally, a toll collector must be on standby at each toll gate, which created problems in terms of labor and labor savings.

Therefore, the present invention reliably prevents fraudulent use of the credit card when tolls on a toll road are separately paid using a credit card, and also makes it possible for passing vehicles to temporarily stop when entering and exiting the toll road. To provide a toll collection device for a toll road that can automatically calculate the toll of a vehicle while traveling on the toll road and separately process the toll.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention records the user identification number and vehicle model information of the vehicle used as card check information on a credit card for separately processing tolls on toll roads, and The vehicle is equipped with an in-vehicle terminal device having means for reading and storing the above-mentioned credit card information and means for inputting and storing a user identification number. Further, a vehicle passage detection means is installed at a predetermined point on the toll road to detect the passage of a passing vehicle and to determine the type of vehicle. When the passage of a passing vehicle is detected by the vehicle passage detection means, a signal corresponding to the credit card information and user identification number input information stored in the in-vehicle terminal device is transmitted, and this transmission signal is transmitted to a predetermined time. It is received by a roadside device installed near the point. Then, the signal received by this roadside device is analyzed, the user identification number in the credit card information is compared with the user identification number input information, and the vehicle type information in the credit card information and the vehicle passing detection means are The authenticity of the credit card is determined by comparing and verifying the determined vehicle model information. As a result, if the credit card is determined to be a fake, a warning will be issued to the users of passing vehicles, and if the card is determined to be genuine, a toll fee will be calculated and paid separately. be.

[Function] With the toll road toll collection device configured as described above, when a passing vehicle passes a predetermined point on the toll road, the passing of the passing vehicle is detected by the vehicle passage detection means, and the vehicle type is detected. is determined. In addition, in response to the detection of a passing vehicle, a signal corresponding to the credit card information and user identification number input information is transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal device installed in the passing vehicle, and this transmission signal is set near a predetermined point. Received by roadside equipment. Then, the signal received by the roadside device is analyzed,
The user identification number in the credit card information and the user identification number input information are compared and verified, and the vehicle type information in the credit card information is compared and verified with the vehicle type information determined by the vehicle passing detection means. The authenticity of is determined.
As a result, if the credit card is determined to be a fake, a warning will be issued to the user of the passing vehicle, and if the credit card is determined to be genuine, the toll fee will be calculated and paid separately.

Therefore, since the vehicle model information of the vehicle used by the card holder is recorded on the credit card, even if the credit card is lost and someone else tries to use the lost credit card fraudulently, the other person cannot The vehicle type information of the vehicle being used does not match the vehicle type information on the credit card, making separate payment processing impossible. As a result, unauthorized use of credit cards is reliably prevented. In addition, if the credit card holder uses the credit card legitimately, the vehicle used by the credit card holder will automatically pay the toll while driving on the toll road without stopping when entering or exiting the toll road. Since the amount is calculated and paid separately, there is no need for toll gates.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of lane equipment and its surroundings in one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a passing vehicle 10 is traveling in a lane 11 in the direction of arrow A. Reference numeral 12 denotes a vehicle type discrimination device installed at a predetermined point on the toll road, and is composed of vehicle separators 13a and 13b each having a plurality of phototubes, and a treadle 14 for measuring the number of axles and wheel distance.
The vehicle separators 13a and 13b are connected to the passing vehicle 1.
0 is separated one by one and the passing of a vehicle is detected. Further, the axle number/wheel distance measuring step board 14 measures the number of axles and wheel distance (tread) of the passing vehicle 10 to determine the vehicle type while the detection signals from the vehicle separators 13a, 13b are present. be. 15
is a roadside device provided as a pair to the vehicle type identification device 12, and is connected to a first central processing device 16 installed at a toll road management office or the like so as to enable mutual data transmission. ing. The roadside device 15 is also connected to a second central processing device 17 and a terminal control device 18 installed on the side of an organization (corporate entity) B to which users of the toll road belong so as to be able to transmit data. There is. 19 is an in-vehicle terminal device mounted on the passing vehicle 10,
Data communication with the roadside device 15 is possible.

FIG. 2 shows the lane equipment and each central processing unit 16,
17 is a system diagram showing a connection state with 17. The roadside device 15 and the first central processing unit 16 are connected as follows. That is, roadside devices 15a to 15 installed at n predetermined points on the toll road.
n are connected to modem devices 22a to 22n of the central line concentrator 21 via branch devices 20a to 20n, respectively. Between the central line concentrator 21 and the first central processing unit 16, the signals from each modem device 22a to 22n are input to the first central processing unit 16, and the signals from the first central processing unit 16 are input to the first central processing unit 16. It is connected to send signals to each of the roadside devices 15a to 15n. Note that necessary information such as credit card information of passing vehicles 10 is stored in the first central processing unit 16.

On the other hand, the modem device 2 is connected to the roadside devices 15a to 15n and the second central processing unit 17 disposed on the enterprise B side via the branching devices 20a to 20n.
3, and the modem device 23 performs mutual signal transmission.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the external configuration of the vehicle-mounted terminal device 19. In FIG. 3, 30 is a housing of the terminal device. 31 is a credit card insertion slot, and as shown in FIG. number (user identification number),
A credit card 40 is inserted into the credit card 40, which has a portion D on which information (license plate number, vehicle type information, etc.) is recorded. 32 is a display device on which the usage history of the credit card 40 and the like are displayed. Reference numeral 33 denotes a keyboard through which toll road users enter their credit card PIN numbers. Reference numeral 34 denotes a driver's license insertion slot, and when the user does not input a personal identification number using the keyboard 33, the user inserts the driver's license from here and causes the driver's license reader to read the license number. Reference numeral 35 denotes a paper feeding section of the printing device, from which paper on which the usage history of the credit card 40 and the like are printed is fed out.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the vehicle-mounted terminal device 19. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 50 denotes a credit card reading section for reading information recorded on the magnetic stripe section 41 of the credit card 40 inserted through the credit card insertion slot 31, and is composed of a reading magnetic head 51 and a magnetic head pressing roller 52. has been done. The credit card information signal S1 read by the magnetic head 51 is amplified by an amplifier circuit 53, encoded by a decoder signal temporary storage circuit 54, and then temporarily stored. The credit card information signal S1 stored in the decoder signal temporary storage circuit 54 is a transmission request signal S2 received from the roadside device 15 by the receiving antenna 55, and sent to the decoder signal temporary storage circuit 54 via the sending circuit 56. It is set to be output when it is input to . The credit card information signal S1 is modulated by a modulation circuit 57 based on a signal from an oscillator 58, amplified by a power amplifier 59, and then transmitted from a transmitting antenna 60 and transmitted to the roadside device 15. It's summery.

In the figure, reference numeral 61 denotes a temporary password storage circuit, which stores the credit card password inputted from the keyboard 33, and stores the credit card password entered through the keyboard 33.
When the transmission request S2 is input from the terminal, the password signal S3 is output. The password signal S3 is modulated by a modulation circuit 62 based on a signal from an oscillator 63, amplified by a power amplifier 64, and then transmitted from the transmitting antenna 60.

In the figure, 65 is a license number reading unit that reads the license number recorded on the driver's license 66, and converts the signal from the reading sensor 67 consisting of an optical sensor, a sensor presser roller 68, and the reading sensor 67 into a numerical value. Number reading circuit 6 for obtaining license number
9. License number temporary storage circuit 70 that stores the license number obtained by the number reading circuit 69.
It is made up of. When the license number temporary storage circuit 70 receives the transmission request signal S2 from the sending circuit 56, it outputs the license number signal S4 to the modulation circuit 62. This license number signal S4 is modulated and amplified in the same way as the personal identification number signal S3, and then is transmitted from the transmitting antenna 60.

In the figure, reference numeral 71 denotes a usage history temporary storage circuit, which stores the usage history of credit card information based on the credit information signal S1 encoded in the decoder signal temporary storage circuit 54, and transmits it from the sending circuit 56. When the request signal S2 is input,
The printing device 72 and the display unit 32 are caused to print and display the usage history.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the roadside device 15. In the figure, reference numeral 73 denotes a receiving antenna provided in a part of the housing of the roadside device 15, which receives various signals transmitted from the transmitting antenna 60 of the vehicle-mounted terminal device 19. Of the signals received by the reception antenna 73, the credit card information signal S1 is amplified by the amplifier circuit 74, demodulated by the demodulation circuit 75, and sent to the decoder circuit 7.
After being decoded in step 6, it is input to an authenticity determination circuit 77. On the other hand, the personal identification number signal S3 or the license number signal S4 is inputted to the authenticity determination circuit 77 via the amplifier circuit 78, the demodulation circuit 79, and the decoder circuit 80. Further, a vehicle type information signal S5 is inputted to the authenticity determining circuit 77 from a vehicle type discriminating device control section 81 that controls the vehicle type discriminating device 12. In this manner, the authenticity determination circuit 77 compares the credit card information, PIN number, license number, and vehicle type information in a predetermined combination, and determines whether or not the used credit card 40 belongs to the toll road user. It is determined whether Here, even if the holder of the credit card 40 loses the card and someone else tries to use the lost credit card 40 fraudulently, the credit card 40 will not contain the model of the vehicle used by the card holder. Since the information is recorded, the vehicle type information of a vehicle used by another person does not match the vehicle type information in the credit card 40, and it is determined that the used credit card 40 does not belong to the toll road user. The output signal S6 of the authenticity determination circuit 77 is transmitted to the modem device 82.
The data is transmitted to the modem devices 22a to 22n and 23 of each of the central processing units 16 and 17. In the figure, 83 is an alarm signal generation circuit, and the authenticity determination circuit 77 determines that the credit card is a fake. If this occurs, an alarm signal S7 is issued. The alarm signal S7 is modulated by a modulation circuit 84 based on a signal transmitted from a transmitter 85, amplified by a power amplifier 86, and then sent to a transmitting antenna 8.
7 to the receiving antenna 55 of the in-vehicle terminal device 19.

In the figure, reference numeral 88 denotes a transmission request signal generating section, which generates the transmission request signal S2 when the vehicle type information is given from the vehicle type discriminator control section 81, and this transmission request signal S2 is transmitted to the modulation circuit 84 and the power amplifier 86. The signal is transmitted from the transmitting antenna 87 to the in-vehicle terminal device 19 via the transmitting antenna 87.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. Now, the passing vehicle 10 approaches the vehicle type discrimination device 12 of the lane equipment. At this time, the crew member of the passing vehicle 10, that is, the toll road user, uses the vehicle type discrimination device 12.
Before proceeding, the user inserts the credit card 40 into the credit card slot 31 of the vehicle-mounted terminal device 19 and inputs the credit card password using the keyboard 33. Then, in FIG. 5, the credit card information signal S1 and the password signal S3 are stored in the decoder signal temporary storage circuit 54 and the password temporary storage circuit 61, respectively.

Thereafter, the passing vehicle 10 is detected by the vehicle type discriminating device 12.
, the vehicle type information is sent from the vehicle type discriminator control section 81 to the transmission request signal generation section 88 in FIG. Then, the transmission request signal generation section 88 generates a transmission request signal S2, and this transmission request signal S2 is transmitted to the transmission antenna 8 of the roadside device 15.
It is transmitted from 7. When the transmission request signal S2 is received by the receiving antenna 55 of the terminal device 19,
Credit card information signal S1 and password signal S3 stored in the decoder signal temporary storage circuit 54 and password temporary storage circuit 61, respectively.
is transmitted from the transmitting antenna 60 to the receiving antenna 73 of the roadside device 15. Then, in the authenticity determination circuit 77 of the roadside device 15, the password information in the credit card information and the credit card password are compared and compared, and the vehicle type information in the credit card information and the vehicle type discrimination device are compared. The vehicle model information from the control unit 81 is compared and verified to determine whether the credit card 40 is genuine or not. If the credit card 40 is a fake, the alarm signal generating circuit 83 generates an alarm signal S7. The above alarm signal S7 is sent to the transmitting antenna 87
The message is sent to the on-vehicle terminal device 19, and a message to that effect is displayed on the display section 32.

On the other hand, if the credit card 40 is genuine, the credit card information signal S1 and the vehicle type information signal S5 are transmitted to the first central processing unit 16 and filed therein.

The operations described above are performed at each lane equipment installation location. Each time the vehicle passes through the lane equipment, a toll is calculated from the credit card information and vehicle type information stored in the first central processing unit 16, and the toll is automatically processed separately.

Thus, according to this embodiment, simply by installing the above-mentioned lane equipment at a predetermined point on a toll road, the toll for passing vehicles can be calculated and separately paid, so there is no need to provide toll gates at the entrance and exit of the toll road. It disappears, becomes powerless, and becomes unmanned.

Furthermore, since the roadside device 15 and the organization (corporate entity) B to which the user belongs are connected online,
By transmitting data between the roadside device 15 and the in-vehicle terminal device 19, the user and business entity B
It becomes possible to exchange information between

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when paying tolls on a toll road separately using a credit card, unauthorized use of the credit card can be reliably prevented, and even when a passing vehicle enters the toll road. Further, it is possible to provide a toll road toll collection device that can automatically calculate and separately pay the toll of a vehicle while driving on the toll road without stopping even when exiting the toll road.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 6 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of lane equipment and its surroundings, and Figure 2 is a state of connection between lane equipment and each central processing unit. 3 is a perspective view showing the external configuration of the in-vehicle terminal device, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of the credit card, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the in-vehicle terminal device, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the roadside device. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a conventional toll road toll collection system. 10...passing vehicle, 12...vehicle type identification device, 1
5... roadside device, 16... first central processing unit,
17...Second central processing unit, 19...In-vehicle terminal device, 40...Credit card.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A toll road toll collection device in which toll road tolls are separately paid using a credit card, comprising: an on-vehicle terminal device mounted on a passing vehicle; and an on-vehicle terminal device installed at a predetermined point on the toll road. and a roadside device installed in the vicinity of the predetermined point. means for reading credit card information on which vehicle model information is recorded; and a first means for storing the credit card information read by the means.
a storage means, a means for inputting the user identification number, a second storage means for storing information on the user identification number input by the means, and passage of the passing vehicle is detected by the vehicle type discrimination device. and signal transmitting means for transmitting a signal corresponding to the credit card information and user identification number information respectively stored in the first and second storage means, the roadside device comprising: a signal receiving means for receiving the signal transmitted by the signal transmitting means; and a signal receiving means for analyzing the signal received by the means and comparing and collating the user identification number in the credit card information with the user identification number information. and an authenticity determining means for determining the authenticity of the credit card by comparing and collating the vehicle type information in the credit card information and the vehicle type information determined by the vehicle type discriminating device; If the credit card is determined to be a fake, a warning is issued to the user of the passing vehicle, and if the credit card is determined to be genuine, a means is provided to calculate and separately pay the toll. Features of toll road toll collection device.