JPH0863558A - Noncontact ic card device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a noncontact IC card device whereby an IC card with few residual amount is jointly used with the IC card with the sufficient residual amount. CONSTITUTION: The two IC cards 42a and 42b are inserted into IC card inserting parts 43a and 43b arranged at the adapter 41 of the noncontact IC card device 3 which is mounted on a vehicle. When the vehicle enters a tollgate, CPU 45 reads residual amount information, etc., from the IC card 42a with an IC card I/F circuit 44a and vehicle kind information, etc., from ROM 46 so as to transmit them to a charge receiving device at the outside of the adapter 41 with a communication circuit 47 and an antenna 48. CPU 45 compares returned charging information concerning the vehicle with residual amount information from the IC card 42a, reads residual information from the IC card 42b with the IC card I/F circuit 44b at the time of the deficiency of the residual amount and executes the subtraction processing of a charging toll by putting it together with residual amount information of the IC card 42a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a contactless IC card device used in toll collection facilities on toll roads.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional toll road toll collection system, there is a method in which a toll collector directly receives cash from a user at a tollgate or a method in which a user deposits cash into an automatic machine to collect tolls. Has been adopted. On the other hand, as a toll collection system that does not require delivery of tolls at the tollgate, there is a system using an in-vehicle device, that is, a contactless IC card device that records ID information and can wirelessly communicate with the outside. Being developed.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a toll road toll collection facility system using the non-contact type IC card. As shown in the figure, the vehicle 2 traveling on the road surface 1 does not come into contact with the vehicle 2.
The C card device 3 is mounted.

On the other hand, the vehicle detection device 4 is provided on the road surface 1.
Is provided. The vehicle detection device 4 includes vehicle separators 5 and 6 arranged on both sides of the road surface 1 and an axis number detector 7 embedded in the road surface 1. The vehicle detection device 4 is
The vehicle separators 5 and 6 separate and detect passing vehicles 2 one by one, and at the same time, the axis number detector 7 detects the number of axes of the vehicle 2 and sends a detection signal to the toll collection device 8. On the side of the road surface 1, a road machine 9 is installed behind the vehicle detection device 4. This roadside machine 9 is provided with a card antenna 10 for receiving radio waves from the non-contact IC card device 3. The roadside device 9 reads the ID information and the balance information transmitted from the non-contact IC card device 3,
It transmits to the fee collection device 8. In addition, the fee collection device 8 is
Booth receiver 11 that processes data such as the amount of charge for the vehicle 2
And a receipt issuing machine 12, and a booth receiving machine 1
By pressing a push button for each vehicle type provided in 1, the receipt issuance machine 12 issues a receipt.

The fee collection device 8 is connected to the data processing device 13. This data processing device 13
Records the data processed by the non-contact IC card device 3, the data processed by the booth collection device 11, and the like.
In addition, the fee display device 14 arranged next to the fee collection device 8
Displays the amount of charge for the vehicle 2 processed by the booth receiver 11, and displays the balance after the use of the prepaid card used in the non-contact IC card device 3 and the remaining number of times. Also,
Start guide signal light 15 disposed behind the charge indicator 14
Is for notifying the vehicle 2 equipped with the non-contact IC card device 3 whether or not the vehicle can pass, and is provided with a start warning lamp 16 for notifying a warning when the IC card is not properly read. Further, the start detection device 17 disposed on the road surface 1 behind the start guide signal light 15 includes vehicle separators 18 and 19 for detecting passage of the vehicle 2 and the number of axes for detecting the number of axes of the vehicle 2. The detector 20 and the detector 20 detect the completion of the start of the passing vehicle 2 and return the system to the original state. Note that the surveillance TV camera 21 installed behind the start detection device 17 is used when the IC card reading failure occurs.
To shoot.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of a conventional separation type non-contact IC card device 3. As shown in FIG.
The C card device 3 includes an adapter 31 and this adapter 31.
It is configured with an IC card 32 that is inserted into and removed from. Further, the adapter 31 includes a CPU 33, a ROM 34,
The communication circuit 35, the antenna 36, the IC card I / F (interface) circuit 37, the IC card insertion portion 38, and the battery 39 are fixedly installed in the vehicle 2. Also,
The ROM 34 stores a control program, vehicle type information and vehicle ID information, and the IC card 32 rewritably stores balance information, payment history information and the like. It should be noted that the IC card 32 is normally inserted in the IC card insertion section 38, and is taken out when updating the balance, the balance is updated, and the IC card 32 is inserted again in the IC card insertion section 38. It

In FIG. 3, the vehicle 2 stops next to the toll collection device 8 after passing through the vehicle detection device 4 at the toll booth. When the vehicle detection device 4 detects passage of the vehicle 2, the toll collection device 8 starts communication with the non-contact IC card device 3 mounted on the vehicle 2 via the road machine 9. The CPU 33 shown in FIG. 4 performs wireless communication with the on-road machine 9 via the communication circuit 35 and the antenna 36, and obtains the balance information and the payment history information read from the IC card 32 and the ROM 34 according to a request from the on-road machine 9. The vehicle type information and the vehicle ID information are wirelessly output via the communication circuit 35 and the antenna 36. Next, the roadside device 9 receives the ID information and the like from the non-contact IC card device 3 and sends it to the toll collection device 8,
The charging information according to the vehicle type or the like determined by the fee collection device 8 is transmitted to the non-contact IC card device 3. Then C
The PU 33 stores the billing information received via the communication circuit 35 and the antenna 36 in the IC card 32 as a billing history, and also stores in the IC card 32 the balance obtained by subtracting the billing charge from the previous balance.

[0008]

In the conventional non-contact IC card device 3, when the balance information is read from the IC card 32, the user can check the charging fee at the toll gate on the toll road and the balance in the IC card 32. It may not be possible to predict the size relationship due to a tollgate that is not normally used and when the charging fee is calculated based on the usage distance. Despite the above-mentioned reasons that the user should not be penalized, the charging fee data included in the charging instruction transmitted from the roadside machine 9 at the toll gate of the toll road shown in FIG. 3 is the IC card. When the data of the balance recorded in 32 is exceeded, there is a problem that the license plate and the like of the vehicle 2 are photographed by the surveillance television camera 21.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, it is conceivable to dispose another antenna at the tollgate, that is, in front of the toll collection facility system to notify the charge fee data in advance, but the installation cost is high. There is a problem and it is not an appropriate measure.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, in which the user pays the charge and I at the toll gate of the toll road.
An object of the present invention is to provide a non-contact IC card device which can be used together with an IC card having a small balance and an IC card having a sufficient balance when the size relationship of the balance of the C card cannot be predicted.

[0011]

A first aspect of the present invention controls a plurality of IC card insertion sections installed in a vehicle and an IC card storing money amount information inserted into the plurality of IC card insertion sections. The CPU includes a CPU, a ROM that stores vehicle type information of the vehicle and a control program for the CPU, and the like, and wireless communication means for transmitting and receiving signals between the CPU and a roadside device provided on the road. Is characterized by performing a charging process for the plurality of IC cards in accordance with a charging command from the roadside device.

A second invention is an EEPROM for storing an IC card insertion portion installed in a vehicle and amount information recorded in the IC card inserted in the IC card insertion portion.
And C for controlling the EEPROM and controlling the IC card inserted in the IC card insertion section.
The CPU includes a PU, a ROM storing vehicle type information of the vehicle and a control program of the CPU, and the like, and wireless communication means for transmitting and receiving signals to and from a roadside device provided on the road.
The PU stores the balance data of the first IC card first inserted in the IC card insertion section in the EEPROM, adds the balance data of the second IC card inserted next, and adds the balance data to the above-mentioned roadside machine. The billing process is performed according to the billing command from the.

[0013]

[Action]

(First invention) When a vehicle enters a toll gate with one IC card inserted in each of a plurality of IC card insertion parts, a toll collection device connected to a road machine at the toll gate Communicates wirelessly with the CPU,
Reads out vehicle type information and vehicle ID information stored in the ROM, balance information stored in the first IC card among the plurality of IC cards, and transmits the information to the roadside machine. As a result, the charge information regarding the vehicle is determined in the charge collection device, and the charge information is transmitted to the CPU. When the CPU compares the balance information read from the first IC card with the billing information and determines that the balance is less than the billing charge, the CPU deducts the balance in the first IC card, and further deficit. The difference that is being made is removed from the second and subsequent IC cards.

By the above operation, a plurality of IC cards can be used together, so even if the first IC card does not meet the charging fee when the fee is paid, the second and subsequent IC cards will make the payment. can do. Further, it becomes possible to use up an IC card with a small balance.

(2nd invention) In the IC card insertion section, the first
The IC card is inserted, and the CPU reads the data stored in the first IC card automatically or by an external instruction and stores it in the EEPROM. Next, the first IC card is pulled out and the second IC card having a sufficient balance is inserted into the IC card insertion portion.

In this state, when the vehicle enters the toll booth, the toll collection device connected to the roadside machine at this toll booth communicates wirelessly with the CPU, and the CPU carries the vehicle type information stored in the ROM and the vehicle. ID information and data such as balance information stored in the EEPROM are read out and transmitted to the roadside machine. As a result, the charge information regarding the vehicle is determined in the charge collection device, and the charge information is transmitted to the CPU. The CPU compares the balance information read from the EEPROM with the billing information, and when it determines that the balance is less than the billing charge, it removes all the balance in the EEPROM,
Further, the remaining difference is removed from the second IC card inserted in the IC card insertion portion.

By the above operation, the first
Since the balance information of the IC card can be stored and the two IC cards can be used together, even if the charge cannot be paid only by the balance stored in the EEPROM, the second balance is sufficient. Payment can be done on behalf of the IC card. Also, the first balance is low
It becomes possible to use up the IC card of.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The toll road toll collection facility system in the embodiment described below has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a non-contact type IC card device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the non-contact IC card device 3 is inserted into and removed from an adapter 41 fixedly installed in the vehicle 2 and the adapter 41 so that balance information and payment history information can be rewritten. It is composed of portable IC cards 42a and 42b that are stored.

The IC cards 42a and 42b are the adapter 4
Two IC card insertion parts 43a and 43b arranged in
Respectively into the IC card I / F circuit 44a,
It is connected to the CPU 45 via 44b. This CPU4
5 is also connected to the ROM 46, performs communication processing with the roadside machine 9 through the communication circuit 47 for transmitting and receiving data, and the antenna 48 for performing wireless communication with the card antenna 10 shown in FIG. 3, and is stored in the ROM 46. Vehicle type information, vehicle ID information, IC cards 42a, 42b
The information stored in is transmitted to the roadside device 9. In addition, based on the billing information transmitted from the roadside device 9, the IC card 42
The charging process for a and 42b is also performed. Also, the above CP
U45 operates according to the control program stored in ROM46. As a means for supplying power to the adapter 41, there is mainly a battery 49 using a car battery or a battery. The communication circuit 47 and the antenna 48 in this embodiment act as wireless communication means.

The adapter 41 includes the IC card insertion portion 4
3a, 43b, IC card I / F circuits 44a, 44b,
CPU 45, ROM 46, communication circuit 47, antenna 4
8 and a battery 49.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
In FIG. 1, the two IC cards 42a and 42b are normally inserted in the IC card insertion portions 43a and 43b, respectively. In this state, as shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle 2 travels along the traveling direction along the traveling direction, passes through the vehicle detection device 4, and then stops beside the toll collection device 8. When the vehicle detection device 4 detects passage of the vehicle 2, the toll collection device 8 starts communication with the non-contact IC card device 3 mounted on the vehicle 2 via the roadside device 9. The CPU 45 in the adapter 41 includes the communication circuit 47 and the antenna 4
Wireless communication is performed with the on-road machine 9 via 8, and balance information and payment history information are read from the IC card 42a in accordance with a request from the on-road machine 9. In addition, the CPU 45 uses the ROM 4
The vehicle type information and the vehicle ID information are read from 6 and transmitted to the card antenna 10 provided on the roadside machine 9 via the communication circuit 47 and the antenna 48.

The roadside device 9 sends to the toll collection device 8 the balance information, the vehicle type information and the like from the non-contact IC card device 3 received via the card antenna 10. Next, in the booth collection device 11 in the charge collection device 8, the charging information according to the vehicle type such as the charging fee, the passing time, the passing place, etc. is obtained, and this charging information is sent to the roadside device 9 to be transmitted to the card antenna 1
0 to the adapter 41, the antenna 48,
It is sent to the CPU 45 via the communication circuit 47.

The CPU 45 compares the balance information obtained from the IC card 42a with the sent billing information, and if it judges that the balance of the IC card 42a is less than the billing charge, Withdraw all balances. As a result of this, the CPU 4 is responsible for the remaining difference.
Reference numeral 5 indicates the balance information stored in the IC card 42b inserted in the IC card insertion portion 43b in the IC card I / I.
The difference is subtracted from the balance in the balance information that has been read out via the F circuit 44b. Next CPU
45 stores the above-mentioned charging information received from the on-road machine 9 as a charging history in the IC card 42b through the IC card I / F circuit 44b, and also the balance information as a result of subtraction processing of the above-mentioned difference charging fee. Stored in card 42b,
Update the data. It should be noted that the CPU 45 sends the IC card 42a via the IC card I / F circuit 44a,
Write information with zero balance.

After the above operation is completed, a receipt is issued to the user from the receipt issuing machine 12 in the toll collection device 8, and a signal indicating that the vehicle 2 is allowed to pass through is lighted at the start guide signal light 15. Vehicle 2 moves along the direction of travel,
After passing through the start detection device 17, the start detection device 17 detects the start of the vehicle 2 and the charge collection facility system in FIG. 3 returns to the initial state. Note that the monitoring TV camera 2 is
Vehicle 1 is not photographed by 1.

As described above, the two IC card insertion parts 4
3a, 43b and two IC card I / F circuits 44a, 4
4b is provided, and the CPU 45 compares the balance information of the IC card 42a with the billing information sent from the fee collection device 8 so that the subtraction process can be performed from the IC card 43b. Sometimes two I
The C cards 42a and 42b can be used together.
Therefore, even if the balance of the IC card 42a is less than the charge, the IC card 42b can be used for the payment without replacing the card, and the IC card 42a with a small balance can be used up. Furthermore, when the balance of the IC card 42a is less than the charging fee presented by the fee display device 14 shown in FIG. 3, the surveillance TV camera 21 does not photograph the license plate of the vehicle 2 and the user. Leads to a reduction in the number of penalties for.

In the non-contact IC card device of the first embodiment described above, two IC cards 42a and 42b can be used together.
By adding the F circuit to the adapter 41, it is possible to use three or more IC cards together.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a non-contact IC card device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The second embodiment has an EEPROM 50 for storing balance information stored in the IC card 42a. The connection configuration of the non-contact IC card device 3 of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is basically the same as that of the first embodiment, but the IC card insertion portion 4 provided in the adapter 41 is provided.
3 and one IC card I / F circuit 44.
Further, an EEPROM 50 is connected to the CPU 45, and the EEPROM 50 stores information in the IC card 42a which is first inserted into the IC card insertion section 43 under the control of the CPU 45. Also in this embodiment, the communication circuit 47 and the antenna 48 function as a wireless communication means.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
In FIG. 2, first, the IC card 42a is inserted into the IC card insertion portion 43. When the first IC card 42a is inserted, the CPU 45 reads the balance information and the payment history information stored in the IC card 42a via the IC card I / F circuit 44, either automatically or by an external instruction. It is stored in the EEPROM 50. This E
After the storage operation in the EPROM 50 is completed, the IC card 42a is pulled out from the IC card insertion portion 43, and the unused IC card 42b is inserted instead.

In the above-mentioned state, as shown in FIG. 3, when the vehicle 2 travels on the road surface 1 according to the traveling direction, passes through the vehicle detection device 4 and stops at a position beside the toll collection device 8, the toll collection device. 8 communicates with the non-contact IC card device 3 via the on-road device 9 as in the first embodiment. The CPU 45 in the adapter 41 reads out the vehicle type information of the vehicle 2 and the vehicle ID information stored in the ROM 46. Further, the CPU 45 accesses the EEPROM 50, reads the balance information and the payment history information corresponding to the IC card 42a, and together with the vehicle type information and the vehicle ID information, the roadside device 9 via the communication circuit 47 and the antenna 48.
To the card antenna 10 in. After that, in the booth receiver 11 in the same procedure as in the first embodiment,
After the billing information about the vehicle 2 is obtained, it is sent to the CPU 45.

The CPU 45 compares the balance information corresponding to the IC card 42a obtained by accessing the EEPROM 50 with the sent billing information. CPU at this time
If 45 determines that the balance of the IC card 42a is less than the charge, the EEPROM 50 first
All the contents of the balance information in the above are cleared and subtraction processing is performed from the above-mentioned charging fee. As a result, the CPU 45 reads the balance information stored in the IC card 42b inserted in the IC card insertion unit 43 through the IC card I / F circuit 44 and reads out the remaining difference. Further, the difference is subtracted from the balance in the balance information. Next, the CPU 45 uses the above-mentioned charging information received from the on-road device 9 as a charging history to the IC card I / F circuit 44, IC
The data is updated by storing it in the IC card 42b via the card insertion unit 43, and also storing the balance information as a result of subtraction processing of the above-mentioned difference charge fee in the IC card 42b.

After the above operation is completed, when the vehicle 2 starts, the operation performed in the toll collection facility system shown in FIG. 3 is the same as in the first embodiment. As described above, the EEPROM 50 is provided, and this EEPROM
The balance information of the IC card 42a is transferred to the 50, and the CPU
45 makes it possible to perform subtraction processing by adding the balance information of the IC card 42a stored in the EEPROM 50 and the balance information of the IC card 42b.
The IC cards 42a and 42b can be used together. Therefore, even if the balance of the EEPROM 50 is less than the charge, the IC card 42b can be used for payment. Further, since the IC card 42b is used instead of the surveillance television camera 21, the license plate of the vehicle 2 is not photographed, which leads to a reduction in the number of penalties for the user.

In the second embodiment described above, I
Although it has been described that the data of only one C card 42a is transferred to the EEPROM 50, the remaining balance is small.
EEPROM50 data of multiple IC cards of one or more
It is also possible to move it to and use it, in this case,
This is the same as using three or more IC cards together.

[0036]

As described above, in the first invention, a plurality of IC card insertion sections are provided, and information can be written in and read from the plurality of IC cards under the control of the CPU, so that a plurality of ICs can be read. It becomes possible to use the card together. Therefore, even if the fee cannot be paid with one IC card, I
You can use the C card for payment. Further, an IC card with a small balance that does not satisfy the charging fee can be used up together with the second and subsequent IC cards.

In the second invention, an EEPROM is provided, and balance information of the first IC card stored in advance in the EEPROM under the control of the CPU and balance information of the next IC card inserted into the IC card insertion portion are stored. By making it possible to perform the subtraction process from the charging fee by adding, it becomes possible to use an IC card with a small balance and an IC card with a large balance in combination. Therefore, the above EE
Even if the charge cannot be paid only by the balance stored in the PROM, the payment can be performed by the next IC card inserted in the IC card insertion portion. Also,
An IC card with a small balance that does not meet the charging fee can be used up together with an IC card with a sufficient balance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a non-contact IC card device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a non-contact IC card device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a toll road toll collection facility system using a contactless IC card.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a non-contact IC card device in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Vehicle 3 Non-contact IC card device 8 Toll collection device 9 Roadside device 11 Booth collection device 41 Adapter 42a, 42b IC card 43, 43a, 43b IC card insertion part 44, 44a, 44b IC card I / F circuit 45 CPU 46 ROM 47 communication circuit 48 antenna 49 battery 50 EEPROM

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Masayuki Taii 1-1-1, Wadasaki-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Kobe Shipyard

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A CPU for controlling a plurality of IC card insertion parts installed in a vehicle and an IC card storing money amount information inserted into the plurality of IC card insertion parts.
And a ROM storing vehicle type information of the vehicle, a control program of the CPU, and the like, and wireless communication means for transmitting and receiving signals between the CPU and a roadside device provided on the road. A non-contact type IC card device, which performs a charging process for the plurality of IC cards according to a charging command from the roadside device. 2. An IC card insertion part installed in a vehicle,
An EEPROM for storing the amount of money information recorded in the IC card inserted in the IC card insertion section, and the EE
A CPU that controls the PROM and controls the IC card inserted in the IC card insertion portion, a ROM that stores vehicle type information of the vehicle, a control program of the CPU, and the like, and a roadside device and a signal provided on the road. And a wireless communication means for transmitting and receiving, wherein the CPU has the I
The balance information of the first IC card first inserted into the C card insertion section is stored in the EEPROM, and added to the balance information of the second IC card inserted next to charge from the above-mentioned roadside device. A non-contact IC card device characterized by performing billing processing according to an instruction.