JPH08212400A - Separate type on-vehicle machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To apply an on-vehicle machine for toll road which collects toll by radio to any card by separating the on-vehicle machine and card. CONSTITUTION: The on-vehicle machine main body 1 has a CPU 2, a transmitter receiver 3, a modulator 4, a demodulator 6, amplifiers 4 and 6, a switch 8, an antenna 9, an R/W circuit 11, a battery 12, a card kind discriminating circuit 16, a card connection part 17, etc. The IC card 20 is inserted into the card connection part 17 and connected, and has a CPU 21, a read-only memory 22, a work memory 23, and an I/F circuit 24. Since the ID information from the IC card 20 is sent to the on-vehicle machine main body 1, the card kind discriminating circuit 16 discriminates the kind of the card, and a communication with the ground side is made through the antenna by a communication system matching with the card 20, a diverse card 20 can be utilized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a separation type vehicle-mounted device for collecting tolls by radio on a toll road.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a toll road toll collection system, a vehicle is equipped with an in-vehicle device as a system that does not require the delivery of cash at a toll booth, the ID information is recorded in the in-vehicle device, and wireless communication is performed with the on-road device. A system has been developed that is equipped with a non-contact IC card or the like to collect a fee. For example, in FIG.
An example is shown in. 31 is a vehicle detection device, 32 is a toll collection device, 33 is a vehicle, 34 is a vehicle-mounted device, 35 is a start detection device, 36 is a data processing device, and 41 is a roadside device.

The vehicle detection device 31 is composed of vehicle separators 38 and 39 for separating the vehicles 33 one by one, and an axis number detector 40 for detecting the number of axes of the vehicle 33. Vehicle detection device 3
1 sends these detection signals to the fee collection device 32. The road device 41 is provided with an antenna 42. The antenna 42 receives a radio wave from the vehicle-mounted device 34 of the vehicle 33, reads the ID information written in the vehicle-mounted device 34, and transmits the ID information to the fee collection device 32.

The fee collection device 32 is composed of a booth collection machine 43 and a receipt issuing machine 44. By pressing a push button for each vehicle type provided on the booth collection machine 43, the receipt issuing machine 44 issues a receipt. To do. The start detection device 35 includes vehicle separators 45 and 46 that detect passage of the vehicle 43 and the vehicle 33.
And the number of axes detector 47 for detecting the number of axes, and detects the completion of the start of the passing vehicle 33 and returns the system to the original state.

The data processing device 36 collectively records the processing data of the vehicle-mounted device 34, the processing data processed by the booth receiver 43, and the like. The charge indicator 48 displays the charge amount of the vehicle processed by the booth collection device 43, and
The balance of the prepaid card used in and the remaining number of times are displayed.

[0006] The start guide signal light 49 notifies the vehicle 34 carrying the vehicle-mounted device 34 whether or not the vehicle can pass. The start warning light 50 is a vehicle 3 carrying the vehicle-mounted device 34.
No. 3, a warning is issued at the time of card reading failure. The surveillance television camera 51 captures an image of the vehicle 33 when the card reading fails.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the vehicle-mounted device 34 used in such a fee collection system. In the figure, 61 is C
PU, 62 is a communication circuit, 63 is an antenna, 64 is a read-only memory, 65 is a readable / writable memory, 66 is a battery, and 67 is a changeover switch. In the in-vehicle device having such a configuration, the read-only memory 64 stores fixed ID information corresponding to the post-payment system and fixed ID information corresponding to the prepayment system of the fee, and the CPU 61 is switched by the changeover switch 67. Are selected and read out. The fixed ID information includes information for determining the type of payment system and information for charging according to the vehicle type of each vehicle. The fixed ID information corresponding to the post-payment system further includes information on an account such as a bank for paying the toll.

The readable / writable memory 65 rewritably stores the balance amount, payment history and the like, and these information is read by the CPU 61. The CPU 61 performs wireless communication with the antenna 42 of the on-road unit 41 via the communication circuit 62 and the antenna 63, and upon request of the on-road unit 41, the read-only memory 6
4. Read information such as fixed ID information, balance, payment account, etc. from the readable / writable memory 65 and transmit it. On the other hand, the roadside device 41 determines from the fixed ID information received from the vehicle-mounted device 34 whether the vehicle is compatible with the prepaid system or the postpaid system, and the charging information is sent to the vehicle-mounted device 34 according to the payment method. To send. This billing information includes billing charges,
It includes information such as time of passage, place of passage, etc.

Further, the CPU 61 stores the billing information received from the roadside device 41 via the communication circuit 62 and the antenna 63 in the readable / writable memory 65 as a billing history and, in the case of the prepaid system, the billing fee from the balance. Pull away.
In the case of the post-payment method, the roadside device 41 transmits the billing information to the center computer and deducts it from the account of a predetermined financial institution.

[0010]

In the above-mentioned fee collection system, the read-only memory 64 of the vehicle-mounted device has the post-payment system,
The fixed ID information of the prepaid method is stored, read by the CPU 61, and wirelessly communicates with the roadside antenna 42. In the case of the postpaid method, the fee is deducted from the account of the financial institution registered in the in-vehicle device. For example, since the charge is deducted from the balance amount set in the read / write only memory 65 of the vehicle-mounted device, it is possible to support both the post-payment method and the prepaid method.

However, in such an in-vehicle device, the memory is incorporated in the in-vehicle device main body. In addition, there are various types of cards that correspond to memory for actual fee collection, and for example, (1) bank card, (2) credit card, (3) disposable (prepaid card), (4) commuter pass, etc. are considered. To be As a vehicle-mounted device capable of processing such various cards, a separate-type vehicle-mounted device in which the memory part can be replaced by a card system is being considered, and the applicant has filed such an application. The separable vehicle-mounted device must be able to support various card communication protocols, different writing and reading methods.

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a separation type vehicle-mounted device which is a separation type vehicle-mounted device and which has a function of judging the type of a card in the vehicle-mounted device and is capable of dealing with a variety of cards. Has an aim.

[0013]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, according to the present invention, an on-vehicle device main body having a wireless communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from a roadside device, a discriminating portion for discriminating a card type, and a card connecting portion is provided. A separation type vehicle-mounted device having a memory for recording and including an IC card connected to a card connection unit of the vehicle-mounted device main body.

That is, according to the present invention, wireless communication means, communication protocol, writing, and reading, which is mounted on a vehicle and transmits and receives data such as ID information and toll collection information to and from a roadside device installed at the entrance of a toll road Card of the vehicle-mounted device, which has a main body of the vehicle-mounted device having a discriminating unit and a card connecting unit for discriminating different types of cards, and a memory for recording data such as the ID information and fee collection information. There is provided a separation type vehicle-mounted device characterized by comprising an IC card which is connected to a connection unit and sends data from the memory to the wireless communication means via the determination unit.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the IC card is inserted into the card connection portion of the in-vehicle apparatus main body by such means, the connection is detected by the in-vehicle apparatus side when the connection is made, and the inquiry signal of the IC card is sent from the in-vehicle apparatus main body. The IC card sends an ID number in response to the inquiry signal. On the in-vehicle device main body side, the discriminating unit checks the validity of the card from the ID number, and when the validity is confirmed, the card type is determined from the communication protocol method, and the IC card information is temporarily stored in the in-vehicle device main body. The card determined by the card determination unit is determined to be a bank card, a credit card, a prepaid card, a commuter pass, or the like, a communication method suitable for this IC card is selected, and a fee settlement process with the on-road antenna is performed.

The charge settlement process is performed by the wireless communication means between the vehicle-mounted device main body and the roadside device as in the conventional case. The in-vehicle device body responds to the inquiry from the roadside device,
D information, balance data, etc. is sent, and the roadside machine receives it,
The charge settlement is calculated on the ground side, the charge settlement data is transmitted from the roadside device by radio waves, received by the wireless communication means of the in-vehicle unit, the on-vehicle side updates the fee data, and the IC card is connected via the card connection unit. The balance and the history data are recorded in the memory of the IC card.

Due to such a separate type on-vehicle device, various cards such as bank cards, credit cards, prepaid cards, commuter passes, etc. having different communication protocols, writing and reading methods are commonly used. It can be used with one in-vehicle device.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a separation type vehicle-mounted device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a main body of an in-vehicle device, and inside thereof is a CPU 2, a transceiver 3, a modulator 4, an amplifier 5, a demodulator 6, an amplifier 7, a switching device 8, an antenna 9, a display unit 10, a read / write (R / W). ) Circuit 1
1, battery 12, working memory 13, read-only memory 1
4, an IC card memory 15, a card type discriminating circuit 16, which is a feature of the present invention, and a card connecting section 17.

The IC card 20 is of a separable type, and when it is inserted into the card connection portion 17 of the vehicle body 1, the I / F circuit 24 of the IC card 20 is connected to the read / write circuit 11 and the battery 12. It is a thing. Furthermore, C
A PU 21, a read-only memory 22, and a work memory 23 are provided.

In the separation type vehicle-mounted device having such a structure,
When the IC card 20 is inserted into the card connection part 17 of the in-vehicle apparatus body 1, power is supplied from the battery 12 to the IC card 20, and the IC card 20 enters an operating state, and the CPU 1 of the in-vehicle apparatus body 1 causes the IC card 20 to read the R / W circuit 11 An inquiry signal is output via. When the CPU 21 of the IC card 20 receives this signal via the I / F circuit 24, in response to this signal, it retrieves the ID number stored in the read-only memory 22 and sends it to the vehicle-mounted device through the I / F circuit 24. The work memory 23 is used for inputting / outputting information to / from the IC card 20.
In the in-vehicle device body 1, the CPU 2 receives this from the R / W circuit 11, judges the validity of the card, and determines the card type discrimination circuit 1
Send to 6 to determine the type of card. The card type discrimination circuit 16 checks the communication protocol system to determine whether it is a prepaid system or a postpaid system (prepaid card). When the card type is checked and the IC card information is confirmed, the IC card information is temporarily stored in the work memory 13 and prepared for communication with the roadside antenna.

FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart of the vehicle-mounted device. In FIG. 2, the insertion of the IC card 20 is detected in S1. If the inquiry signal is output from the vehicle-mounted device 1 to the IC card 20 in S2 and the inquiry about the ID number stored in the read-only memory 22 of the IC card 20 is sent in S3, I
Send the D number to the in-vehicle device body 1. In S4, the validity of the vehicle-mounted device body 1 is checked from the ID number. If valid, the ID number is taken in as a valid card in S5, the communication protocol method is checked in S6, and the type is determined.

As a result of the type judgment, if it is a prepaid system, S7
If the post-payment method, the process proceeds to S8-4. In S7, the card is checked. If it is a commuter pass, S8-1, if it is a commuter pass (prepaid), S8-2, if it is a bank card, go to S8-3, and if it is checked by S6, it is S8- 4, the information is stored in the memory of the corresponding vehicle-mounted device, and the payment process is performed in S9. On the other hand, if the result of the check in S4 is invalid, S10.
In step S11, it is determined that the card is invalid, and in step S11, the card is discharged.

Since the settlement process in S9 is as described in the above-mentioned conventional example, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, but an inquiry signal is issued from the antenna 42 of the on-road unit 41, and in response, an ID number is sent from the vehicle-mounted unit 1. Then, the type is determined as described above, and in the fee processing, the fee collection device 33 on the roadside performs the billing processing, the billing information is sent from the antenna 42 to the in-vehicle apparatus body 1, and the in-vehicle apparatus body 1 Information is stored in the memory.

Transmission and reception of these signals in the vehicle-mounted device body 1 are shown in FIG.
In the circuit shown in FIG.
Alternatively, the in-vehicle device information is taken out from the read-only memory 14 or the working memory 13, modulated by the modulator 4 from the transmission / reception circuit 3, amplified by the amplifier 5, and the switching device 8 is set to the transmission mode from the antenna 9 to the roadside antenna 42. To transmit radio waves.

The inquiry signal and the settlement information from the on-road antenna 42 are received by the antenna 9, amplified by the amplifier 7, demodulated by the demodulator 6 and then received by the transceiver 3.
It enters the CPU 2 and is processed. When transmitting / receiving these pieces of information, the processing result of the information is temporarily held in the work memory 13 during the processing by the CPU 2, and is sent to the transceiver 3 or transferred inside the vehicle-mounted device via the CPU 2. The result of information transmission / reception is displayed on the display unit 10.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a communication sequence among the ground side, the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card. In the figure, when the IC card 20 is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device 1 in S1, the vehicle-mounted device body 1 detects the IC card 20. An inquiry signal is issued from the vehicle-mounted device body 1 in S2, the ID numbers are mutually collated in S3, and the ID number is sent to the vehicle-mounted device body 1. In S4, the validity of the card is mutually confirmed from the ID number of the card, and if it is valid, the card type discrimination circuit 16 of the vehicle-mounted device body 1 determines the card type in S5. When the type of the card 1 is confirmed, the card information is transmitted in S6, and the card information, that is, the ID number and the balance in the case of the prepaid method,
In the case of the post-payment method, the ID number, the account number, etc. are temporarily stored in the memory of the vehicle body.

Next, in S7, an inquiry signal is issued from the roadside antenna 42 on the ground side 70, and this inquiry signal is transmitted.
In step S8, in response to this, the ID number temporarily stored in the memory of the vehicle-mounted device 1 is transmitted to the antenna on the ground. In S9, the ground side 70 confirms the vehicle-mounted device body 1 and transmits a settlement request signal. When the in-vehicle apparatus main body 1 receives this request in S10, information such as the remaining amount and the deadline is transmitted in the case of the prepaid method, and the account number of the financial institution in the case of the postpaid method. In S11, the settlement fee is processed from this information on the ground side, and the settlement information is provided to the vehicle-mounted device 1
And the settlement processing is performed in the in-vehicle device body 1 in S12, and the result is transmitted to the ground side. In S13, the result such as the balance after settlement is sent to the IC card 20 and recorded in the memory of the IC card.

According to such an embodiment, the in-vehicle device 1 is separated into the in-vehicle device main body 1 and the IC card 20, and various IC cards are inserted into the card connecting portion 17 for use.
Since the IC card type discrimination circuit 16 is provided inside the device to judge the type of the card and perform communication processing, writing and reading suitable for the card, such as bank cards, credit cards, prepaid cards, commuter passes, etc. A variety of cards can be used by simply inserting them into the in-vehicle device main body 1, and one in-vehicle device can be used, and it is not necessary to have a plurality of in-vehicle devices.

[0029]

As described above in detail, in the present invention, the in-vehicle device main body having the wireless communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the roadside device, the discriminating portion for discriminating the kind of the card, and the card connecting portion. And has a memory for recording data,
Since the on-vehicle device is a separate type on-vehicle device that is connected to the card connection part of the on-vehicle device main body, the card can be replaced. Since the on-vehicle device main body has a discriminating portion, various cards such as bank cards can be used. , Credit cards, prepaid cards, commuter passes, and other cards with different communication methods can be discriminated according to their types, and charges can be collected by wireless communication, so that any card can be used without the need to replace the vehicle-mounted device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a separation type vehicle-mounted device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart of a separation type vehicle-mounted device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a communication sequence between a separation type vehicle-mounted device and a ground side according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional vehicle-mounted device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional toll collection system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 In-vehicle device body 2 CPU 3 Transmitter / receiver 4 Modulator 5 Amplifier 6 Demodulator 7 Amplifier 8 Switcher 9 Antenna 16 Card type discrimination circuit 17 Card connection section 20 IC card 21 CPU 22 Read only memory 24 I / F circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A wireless communication means, communication protocol, writing, reading, etc. for transmitting and receiving data such as ID information and toll collection information to and from a roadside device installed at the entrance of a toll road installed in a vehicle. An in-vehicle device main body having a discriminating unit for discriminating different card types and a card connecting unit,
An IC card that has a memory for recording data such as the ID information and fee collection information, is connected to a card connection unit of the vehicle-mounted device, and sends the data from the memory to the wireless communication unit via the determination unit. Separate type vehicle-mounted device characterized by consisting of