JPH08138095A - Expressway toll collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent a congested state according to toll collecting work from occurring by surely collecting the toll of an expressway from the driver of a vehicle without stopping the vehicle at a toll collecting spot. CONSTITUTION: The vehicle 12 of a driver not carrying a coupon ticket with use frequency among the vehicles 12 leaving from a toll road 9 to a general road 10 is guided to a route B side, and it is permitted to leave from a route F to the general road 10 after collecting the fee by a manned system, and also, the vehicle 12 of the driver carrying the coupon ticket with use frequency is guided to a route A side, and the vehicle 12 from which the toll can be collected is permitted to leave from routes C, E to the general road 10 after collecting the fee by an unmanned and non-stopping system, and also, at this time, when no toll could be collected, the vehicle 12 is guided to a route D, and it is permitted to leave form the route F to the general road 10 after collation of the toll by the manned system.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a highway toll collection system installed at a toll collection point on a highway to collect highway tolls from users of the highway.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In toll roads such as expressways, toll collection points are set up at each entrance and each exit of toll roads, and toll road usage fees are collected by one of the following payment methods. I am trying to do it.

(A) Cash (B) Pre-sold pass ticket (C) Prepaid card such as highway card (D) Wireless IC card, credit card, etc. owned by each individual (E) Miscellaneous tickets such as preferential tickets and residence tickets (F) Others (emergency vehicles, cash grace vehicles, etc.)

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional highway toll collection method, after the vehicle is temporarily stopped at the toll collection points provided at the entrances and exits of the expressway. , (A) to (F) described above
By either of the above methods, the toll collector in the toll collection room (booth) of the toll collection place collects the fee.
At a toll collection point with a large amount of traffic, there is a problem that the toll collection work takes too much time and traffic congestion occurs before the toll collection point.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention can reliably collect a highway toll from the driver of the vehicle without stopping the vehicle at the toll collection point, which results in traffic congestion associated with the toll collection work. It is an object of the present invention to provide a highway toll collection system that can prevent the occurrence of such problems.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a highway toll collection system according to claim 1 in which a vehicle leaving a toll road to a general road or a vehicle leaving a toll road to enter a toll road. When passing, check whether this vehicle has a toll collection card, and if you have a toll collection card, read the contents and collect the fee and the unmanned toll collection device and this unmanned toll collection device The toll road from the toll road to the toll road and the toll road from the toll road to the toll road and the unmanned toll collection device part. When the vehicle is a vehicle that has been able to collect the toll, the vehicle is passed to lead the toll road to the general road or from the ordinary road to the toll road, and the unmanned toll collecting device is provided. When vehicles passing minute is a vehicle that can not collect fees, and comprising the guiding apparatus and for collect fees lead the vehicle to the manned toll office.

Further, in the expressway toll collection system according to claim 2, in the expressway toll collection system according to claim 1, the charge collecting card is a prepay card having a magnetic stripe, a wireless IC card having a unique number, It is characterized in that it is one of the ID cards in which a unique number is written.

[0008]

In the above structure, in the expressway toll collection system according to claim 1, when a vehicle leaving the toll road on the ordinary road or a vehicle entering the toll road from the toll road passes by the unmanned toll collecting device, the vehicle is charged. Check if you have a collection card, and when you have a toll collection card, read the contents and collect the fee, then charge this vehicle with a guidance device from toll road to ordinary road or from ordinary road If you can not lead to the road and collect the toll, the guidance device will guide this vehicle to the manned toll collection point and collect the toll, then from the toll road to the general road,
Alternatively, by guiding the road from an ordinary road to a toll road, the driver of the vehicle can collect the toll on the expressway without stopping the vehicle at the toll collection point, so that congestion does not occur due to the toll collection work. To

Further, in the expressway toll collection system according to claim 2, in the expressway toll collection system according to claim 1, as the charge collecting card, a prepay card having a magnetic stripe or a wireless IC card having a unique number is used. By using any of the ID cards with a unique number written on them, you can reliably collect the toll on the expressway from the driver of the vehicle without stopping the vehicle at the toll collection point, thereby collecting the toll Make sure there is no traffic congestion associated with work.

[0010]

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

Expressway toll collection system 1 shown in this figure
Is an unmanned / unstopped fare processing device 2, a license plate automatic reading device 3, a vehicle number display plate 4, a vehicle guidance device 5, a fare processing device 6, a traffic control device 7, and a data processing device 8. It is equipped with, and toll road 9 to general road 10
For vehicles 12 of drivers who do not have the frequency coupon ticket 11 (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 3) among the vehicles 12 appearing in No. 1, lead to Route B side and collect the toll by manned vehicles, and then from Route F. Regarding the vehicle 12 of the driver who leaves the vehicle on the general road 10 and has the wireless IC card and the frequency-converted coupon ticket 11, after leading the vehicle to the route A side and collecting the fare unmanned and without stopping, Route 12 for the vehicle 12 for which the charge was collected,
If the vehicle E is driven to the general road 10 and the fee is not collected at this time, the vehicle 12 is guided to the route D, and the fee is collected by a manned person, and then the vehicle F is driven to the general road 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 is provided with a rectangular case 13 installed on the shoulder of the route A, and a central portion of the front surface of the case 13. When a vehicle 12 passing through a vehicle has a wireless IC card (not shown) mounted, this wireless IC
Sensor 14 for wireless IC card that wirelessly communicates with the card
And a card read / writer 15 which is provided on the lower front center of the case 13 and through which the frequency ticket 11 is passed by a driver of a normal vehicle among vehicles 12 passing through the front of the case 13. And a vehicle 1 which is provided on the front center upper side of the case 13 and passes through the front surface of the case 13.
Of the two, the card read / writer 16 through which the frequency-converted coupon ticket 11 is passed by a driver in a large vehicle, and the card read / writer 15 provided on the front center upper side of the case 13 , 16 when the count ticket 11 is passed, the remaining number indicator 17 for displaying the remaining number, and the wireless IC card sensor 14, each card provided inside the case 13. Lead / writer 1
5, a charge processing unit 18 for performing control processing for the remaining number display 17, communication processing for the traffic control device 7, and charge collection processing.

When the vehicle 12 passing through the route A has a wireless IC card mounted thereon, the wireless IC card sensor 14 communicates with the wireless IC card,
A command to collect a charge from the account of the owner of this wireless IC card is generated, and this command is transmitted to a central processing unit (not shown) installed in a monitoring room or the like, and the processing result is described above. It is transmitted to the traffic control device 7. Further, when the driver of the vehicle 12 passing through the route A has the number-of-times ticket 11, the driver on the vehicle 12 is assigned to one of the card readers / writers 15 and 16 as the number of points. When passing through the coupon ticket 11, the charge is collected from the coupon ticket 11, the remaining frequency is displayed on the remaining number display 17, and the collection result is transmitted to the traffic control device 7.

In this case, the count coupon 11 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a paper substrate 19 formed of a rectangular paper or plastic, printed characters 20 such as “XX drive road” or “normal 100-time ticket” printed on the paper substrate 19, and the paper. A magnetic stripe 21 formed on a substrate 19 and recorded on the magnetic stripe 21 when the card reader / writer 15 or 16 is passed by a driver of the vehicle 12 or the like. The remaining frequency is read and the remaining frequency is updated.

The license plate automatic reading device 3 is a rectangular case installed on the general road 10 side of the unmanned / unstopped fare processing device 2 on the shoulder of the route A, and the like. A TV camera provided in the center of the front surface for photographing the license plate of the vehicle 12 passing through the front surface of the case, and a license plate image provided by the TV camera provided in the case for image processing to obtain the license number. A recognition unit for recognizing and a communication unit provided in the case for transmitting the number of the vehicle 12 obtained by the recognition unit to the traffic control device 7 are provided.

Then, the vehicle 12 that has passed in front of the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 has not been able to pay the prescribed fee, that is, the vehicle 12 or frequency that does not carry a valid wireless IC card. It is a vehicle 12 in which the number of remaining redemption tickets 11 is insufficient, and when this is detected by the traffic control device 7 and a photographing command is output, the license plate of the vehicle 12 passing through the route A is photographed. The number of the vehicle 12 is recognized, and the recognition result is transmitted to the traffic control device 7.

On the road surface of the route A, the vehicle number display plate 4 is the automatic license plate reading device 3
In addition, a display board installed so as to straddle the road surface on the side of the general road 10 and a communication unit that takes in a display signal transmitted from the traffic control device 7 and displays guidance contents and the like on the display board. The vehicle 12 is provided with a display signal transmitted from the traffic control device 7, and the vehicle 12 passing in front of the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 is defined by a wireless IC card or a coupon ticket 11. When the vehicle 12 has been able to pay the fare, the guide content is displayed, the vehicle 12 is guided to the routes C and E, and the general road 10 is exited. Further, the unmanned / uninterrupted fare processing device. When the vehicle 12 passing in front of 2 is the vehicle 12 that could not pay the prescribed fee with the wireless IC card or the frequency coupon ticket 11,
The number of the vehicle 12 to be guided and the contents of the guidance are displayed, and this is guided to the route D and guided to the charge processing device 6.

Further, the vehicle guiding device 5 includes a reverse L-shaped passage prohibition gate rotatably provided on a shoulder of a portion where a route A is branched into a route C and a route D, and from the passage control device 7. Based on the communication unit that captures the transmitted guidance signal and the content of the guidance signal that is captured by this communication unit,
And a gate control unit for rotating the passage-prohibiting gate to close the road surface on the route C side or the road surface on the route D side, and takes in a guidance signal transmitted from the traffic control device 7, On the basis of the vehicle 12 that has passed the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2, the vehicle 12 having a valid wireless IC card mounted thereon or the vehicle 12 that has been able to pay the prescribed charge with the frequency coupon ticket 11. At a certain time, the road surface on the route D side is closed by the passage-prohibiting gate, and the vehicle 12 passing through route A is guided to routes C and E,
The vehicle 12 that has exited the general road 10 and has passed the unmanned / unstopped fare processing device 2 does not have a valid wireless IC card, and the remaining count of the count ticket 11 is insufficient. If the vehicle 12 is a normal vehicle 12, the passage prohibition gate closes the road surface on the side of the route C, guides the vehicle 12 passing through the route A to the route D, and guides it to the fare processing device 6.

The fare processing device 6 includes a fare collection room (booth) installed on the road shoulder at the end of the route B, and collection data of the vehicle 12 for which the fare is collected by the fare collector in the booth. The input unit to be input and the collection data input to this input unit are input to the data processing device 8
When the vehicle 12 traveling on the route B or the vehicle 12 guided to the route B from the route D comes to the place where the booth is provided, the vehicle 12 is in the booth. The toll collector collects the toll from the driver of the vehicle 12 in cash. At this time, the charge collector operates the input unit to input collection data and the like, and the collection data is transmitted to the data processing device 8. Then, the vehicle 12 for which the fare collection has been completed is guided to the route F and exits on the general road 10.

Further, the traffic control device 7 includes the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2, the automatic license plate reading device 3,
A communication unit that communicates with the vehicle number display plate 4, the vehicle guidance device 5, and the data processing device 8, and an unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2, a license plate automatic reading device 3, and a vehicle number based on the communication contents of this communication unit. Display board 4, vehicle guidance device 5
And a data processing unit for performing processing for controlling the data processing and transmitting the processing result to the data processing device 8 through the communication unit. The unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 and the license plate automatic reading device. 3, the vehicle number display plate 4, the vehicle guidance device 5, and the data processing device 8 while communicating with these unmanned / unstopped fee processing device 2, license plate automatic reading device 3, vehicle number display plate 4, vehicle guidance device 5 The driver 12 of the vehicle 12 entering the route A side collects the fare to the general road 10 from the routes C and E after the fare is collected by the driver of the vehicle 12 entering the route A side without any driver. . Further, at this time, when the fare cannot be collected, the vehicle 12 is guided to the route D, and the fare is collected by a manned person, and then the vehicle is exited from the route F to the general road 10. In addition, in parallel with this operation, the collection contents of the vehicle 12 that has passed the route A are summarized, and this is used as collection data.
It is transmitted to the data processing device 8.

Further, the data processing device 8 has a communication unit for taking in the collection data transmitted from the traffic control device 7 and the collection data transmitted from the toll processing device 6, and the collection data taken in by the communication unit. Is provided with a data processing unit for totalizing data, a storage unit for storing the totalized result, and a printing unit for outputting the processing result of the data processing unit as a form, and the like from the traffic control device 7 and the fee processing device 6. The transmitted collection data and the like are fetched, the collected data is totaled, the totalized result is output as a form, and the collected data is transmitted to the central processing unit installed in a monitoring room or the like.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. 1, the perspective view shown in FIG. 2, the plan view shown in FIG. 3, and FIGS.

<< Vehicles That Cannot Be Automatically Collected >> First, of the vehicles 12 appearing on the general road 10 from the toll road 9, the wireless I
The vehicle 12 that does not have the C card or the number-of-times ticket 11 is guided to the route B by a guide plate (not shown) provided on the toll road 9 as shown in FIG. 4A. , Is temporarily stopped at the place where the fee processing device 6 is provided.

Then, while the charge collector in the booth of the charge processing device 6 collects the charge in cash from the driver of the vehicle 12, the input unit is operated to collect the collected data and the like into the data processing device 8. The data is transmitted to and is processed.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the vehicle 1 for which the collection of charges has been completed by the toll collector in the booth.
2 is guided to the route F and set out on the general road 10.

<< Vehicles that can be automatically collected >> In addition, among the vehicles 12 that go out of the toll road 9 to the general road 10, the wireless IC
Driver's vehicle 1 with a card or a coupon ticket 11
2 is guided to the route A by the guide plate or the like provided on the toll road 9 as shown in FIG. 5A, and when passing through the unmanned / uninterrupted fare processing device 2, the unmanned / The non-stop charge processing device 2 checks whether or not the user has a wireless IC card.

When the vehicle 12 is equipped with a wireless IC card, the wireless IC card sensor 14 of the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 communicates with the wireless IC card, and the wireless IC card is communicated. A command to collect the charge from the card owner's account is generated and transmitted to a central processing unit (not shown) installed in a monitoring room or the like, and the processing result is sent to the traffic control device. It is transmitted to the data processing device 8 via 7 and is aggregated.

Further, the driver of the vehicle 12 passing in front of the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 has the number-of-times ticket 11, and the card reader / writer is operated by the driver on this vehicle 12. When the numbered coupon ticket 11 is passed through either 15 or 16, the card readers / writers 15 and 16 of the unmanned / uninterrupted fee processing device 2 read out the remaining frequencies of the numbered coupon ticket 11. If the remaining frequency is equal to or more than the specified fee, the fee is collected from the count ticket 11, the remaining frequency is displayed on the remaining number display device 17, and the collection result is passed through the traffic control device 7. , Data processing device 8
It is transmitted to and aggregated. At this time, if the remaining count of the count coupon 11 is less than the prescribed charge, the collection of the charge for the count coupon 11 is stopped and the collection result is transmitted to the traffic control device 7. .

Further, at this time, the vehicle 12 passing in front of the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 has not been able to pay the prescribed charge with the wireless IC card or the frequency coupon ticket 11, that is, the vehicle is valid. If the vehicle 12 does not have such a wireless IC card mounted thereon or the vehicle 12 has a shortage of the remaining count of the count ticket 11, the traffic control device 7 detects this and the license plate is based on the detection result. The automatic reading device 3 operates, the license plate of the vehicle 12 passing in front of the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 is photographed, and the number of the vehicle 12 is recognized,
The recognition result is transmitted to the traffic control device 7.

Then, the vehicle 12 passing in front of the unmanned / uninterrupted charge processing device 2 can collect the charge with the vehicle 12 having a valid wireless IC card or the frequency coupon ticket 11. If it is 12, a passage permission command is generated by the traffic control device 7 as shown in FIG. 5B, the vehicle number display board 4 is advanced to routes C and E, and the general road 1
A guide text instructing you to go to 0 is displayed,
The passage-prohibiting gate of the vehicle guidance device 5 closes the road surface on the side of the route D, guides the vehicle passing through the route A to the routes C and E, and leaves the road 10.

Further, the vehicle 12 that has passed in front of the unmanned / uninterrupted fee processing device 2 cannot collect the fee with the vehicle 12 that does not have a valid wireless IC card or the frequency coupon ticket 11. If the vehicle 12, (a) of FIG.
As shown in (b), the passage control device 7 generates a passage disapproval command, and a guide message for instructing to proceed to the route D and pay the fare at the booth is displayed on the vehicle number display board 4. The road surface on the side of the route C is closed by the passage-prohibiting gate of the vehicle guidance device 5, and the vehicle 12 passing through the route A is guided to the route D and guided to the fare processing device 6.

Then, the charge collector in the booth of the charge processing device 6 collects the charge in cash from the driver of the vehicle 12, and the input unit is operated to collect the collected data and the like into the data processing device 8. The data is transmitted to and is processed.

After this, the vehicle 12 for which the collection of charges has been completed by the toll collector in the booth is guided to the route F and exits on the general road 10.

As described above, in this embodiment, among the vehicles 12 that exit from the toll road 9 to the general road 10, the vehicle 12 of the driver who does not have the frequency ticket 11 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). Guides you to Route B, collects the charges by manned people, and then leaves Route F on general road 10,
As for the vehicle 12 of the driver who has the wireless IC card or the frequency-converted coupon ticket 11, the vehicle 12 is led to the route A side and the fee is collected after the driver collects the fee unattended and without stopping. If you leave the route C or E on the general road 10 and if you can not collect the fare at this time, guide this vehicle 12 to the route D, collect the fare by manned people, and then leave the route F on the general road 10. Since the vehicle is driven, the driver of the vehicle 12 can surely collect the toll of the highway without stopping the vehicle 12 at the toll collection point, and thereby, the congestion due to the toll collection work does not occur. You can

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the valid wireless IC card and the equalized coupon 11 in which the remaining number is recorded are used. However, these valid wireless IC card and the equalized coupon 11 are used. Other than the above, for example, a magnetic card (ID card) in which the unique number of each driver or vehicle 12 is recorded may be used to pay the expressway toll.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the toll road 9 collects the fee from the vehicle 12 that goes out to the general road 10. However, when the toll road 9 usage fee is fixed, When entering toll road 9 from general road 10,
The fee may be collected from the vehicle 12.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, in claims 1 and 2, it is possible to collect the toll of the expressway from the driver of the vehicle without stopping the vehicle at the toll collection point. As a result, it is possible to prevent the congestion caused by the charge collection work from occurring.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a highway toll collection system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a detailed configuration example of the unmanned / uninterrupted fee processing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a detailed configuration example of a coupon ticket used in the unmanned / uninterrupted fee processing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an operation example of the expressway toll collection system shown in FIG. 1.

5 is a schematic diagram showing an operation example of the expressway toll collection system shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram showing an operation example of the expressway toll collection system shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Expressway toll collection system 2 Unmanned / uninterrupted fee processing device (unmanned toll collection device) 3 License plate automatic reading device 4 Vehicle number display board (guidance device) 5 Vehicle guidance device (guidance device) 6 Fee processing device (manned fee Collection point 7 Traffic control device 8 Data processing device 9 Toll road 10 General road 11 Frequent coupon ticket (charge collection card, prepaid card) 12 Vehicle 13 Case 14 Wireless IC card sensor 15, 16 Card lead / writer 17 Remaining Number display 18 Charge processing unit 19 Paper substrate 20 Printed characters 21 Magnetic stripe

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] When a vehicle exiting a toll road from a toll road or a vehicle entering a toll road from a toll road passes by, it is checked whether this vehicle has a toll collection card, and when it has a toll collection card. , The unmanned toll collection device that reads the contents and collects the toll, and collects the toll from the vehicle that cannot collect the toll by this unmanned toll collection device, and passes the already collected toll vehicle,
When the vehicle passing through the manned toll collection point that leads from the toll road to the toll road or from the toll road to the toll road and the unmanned toll collection device is a vehicle that has been able to collect the toll, pass this vehicle and pay If the vehicle that leads from the road to the general road or from the general road to the toll road and passes through the unmanned toll collection device is a vehicle that cannot collect the toll, guide the vehicle to the manned toll collection point An expressway toll collection system, characterized by comprising: 2. The expressway toll collection system according to claim 1, wherein the toll collection card is a prepaid card having a magnetic stripe, a wireless IC card having a unique number, or an ID card having a unique number written therein. A toll collection system for expressways.