JPS62121592A - Terminal for toll road - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an improvement in a terminal installed at a gate provided on a main line of a toll road and applied to determining validity/invalidity of a toll ticket.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, a toll collection system on a toll road issues a ticket at the entrance gate that records the vehicle type used, Muro Gate Number 1, date, hour, and minutes of passing, etc., and reads the various information recorded on the ticket at the exit gate. The system calculates the toll based on the type of vehicle used and the entrance gate number, and also determines whether the ticket is valid or invalid by taking into account the date, time, and minute of passage through the entrance gate. Therefore, it was possible to pass illegally by exchanging passes or forging passes.

By the way, the same toll ticket is not limited to being used for all sections of the toll road, and there are sections where a toll ticket consisting of a magnetic card and a toll ticket consisting of a punch card are used together. In this case, a gate for exchanging passes is provided at the junction between the magnetic card use section and the punch card use section. Therefore, during this period, when exchanging tickets at the gate, magnetic card tickets are checked mechanically, and punch card tickets are visually checked to prevent unauthorized use of tickets. Since the intended purpose of the gate is the exchange of passes;
In either case, it was only a simple check to see if the ticket was valid, and it was insufficient to prevent illegal traffic.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, on current toll roads, a system has not been established to accurately determine whether a pass is valid or invalid between the entrance gate and the exit gate. For this reason, it was not possible to reliably detect illegally passing vehicles, and the number of illegally passing vehicles continued to increase. Therefore, the present invention has been developed to highly accurately determine the validity/invalidity of passes on toll roads. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a toll road terminal capable of detecting illegally passing vehicles with high reliability and reducing the number of illegally passing vehicles.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention is characterized by taking the following measures in order to solve the above problems and achieve the objectives. That is, a toll ticket reading unit is installed at one or more gates provided in the middle of a toll road, and reads information recorded on a toll ticket issued at an entrance gate of the toll road, etc.; a storage unit that stores gate number information that specifies the entrance gate or intermediate gate and information on the permissible inter-gate passage time from each of the gates to the intergate gate; A search means for searching for gate number information that matches the entrance gate number information read by the pass ticket reading unit or the gate number information for the last time passed through, and a search between the gates corresponding to the gate number information searched by the search means. Ticket determination for determining whether or not the toll ticket is valid based on permissible travel time information and entrance gate passing time information read by the toll ticket reading unit or gate passing time information during the last time passing through. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a ticket writing section that records the gate number and gate passing time on the ticket when the ticket is determined to be valid by the ticket determining means.

(Function) By taking such measures, the travel time from the time when a passing vehicle passes through the entrance gate or the previous gate until it reaches the said gate is within the predetermined permissible travel time. If it is within the allowable travel time, it is determined to be a valid ticket, and if it exceeds the allowable travel time, it is determined to be an invalid ticket.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a control device that controls the entire function of the wood, including a conveyance control section 2, a magnetic card reading section 3, and a magnetic card reading section 3.
．． Memory section 41 Clock section 5° Magnetic card 8 Including section 6. The printing section 71 and the display section 8 are connected. The conveyance control section 2 controls the conveyance operation of the pass within the machine. The magnetic card reading section 3 reads information recorded on the magnetic stripe section of the pass, and the read information is stored in the data buffer 9 of the memory section 4. The memory unit 4 stores gate number information for identifying each entrance gate of a toll road and a gate for preventing unauthorized traffic (hereinafter referred to as a barrier) provided in the middle of the toll road, and also stores navigation information. From each entry gate or barrier to the barrier where the principal is installed (
It has a table 10 that stores information on the allowable time for passage between gates up to the gate (hereinafter referred to as the own barrier). Note that the allowable time for passing between gates is set to the time required when the vehicle travels the distance at the lowest speed assuming the worst traffic conditions.

On the other hand, the clock section 5 counts the current time. The magnetic card writing section 6 and the printing section 7 record predetermined information on the pass ticket.The magnetic card writing section 6 performs magnetic recording on the magnetic stripe section, and the printing section 7 records predetermined information on the pass ticket.
7] It is designed to record the print on the calligraphy section. The display section 8 mainly displays the determination result as to whether the pass ticket is valid or not.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the general structure of the same embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a pass ticket insertion slot, and the pass ticket inserted from this pass ticket slot 11 as shown by the arrow in the figure is transferred to a transport drum 12 and a transport belt 13 whose drive is controlled by the transport control section 2. transported by. A reading head 1 operated by the magnetic card reading section 3
Various information recorded on the magnetic stripe section is read by the magnetic card writing section 6, and predetermined information is magnetically recorded on the magnetic stripe section by the write head 15, which is operated by the magnetic card writing section 6. After the valid pass ticket is printed on the printing unit by the printer head 16, the valid pass ticket is transferred to the pass ticket outlet 18 by the action of the flapper 17, which is driven and controlled by the conveyance control unit 2.
The invalid pass ticket is then ejected to the outside and stored in a stacker 19.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the print format of the pass 20. The pass 20 consists of a magnetic stripe section 21 where magnetic recording is performed and a printing section 22 where printing is performed, and the printing section 22 has entrance gate information (
The entrance information print head mA prints the vehicle type, entrance gate number, month/date/hour/minute of entry, collector number, serial number, etc., and the exit gate information (vehicle type, exit gate number, exit date/minute, etc.).
Exit information printing that prints hours, minutes, collector number, serial number, etc. f! 4jaB and barrier information (barrier number.

1st to print the date, hour, minute) for transit. A second barrier information printing area CI, 02 is provided.

On the other hand, when a pass ticket is issued at the entrance gate, the magnetic stripe section 21 magnetically records the vehicle type, entrance gate number, entrance gate entry date, and entrance gate entry time, as shown in FIG. When passing, as shown in the same figure (b),
Vehicle type, entrance gate number.

Along with the date and month of entering the entrance gate, the time and date of passing through the barrier are magnetically recorded instead of the time of entering the entrance gate, and the barrier number and date and month of passing through the barrier are also magnetically recorded.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. As shown in Fig. 5, only one barrier G is provided between the entry log-1-1 and the exit gate O in the toll passageway R where magnetic card passes are used, and this machine uses this barrier. (Own barrier) shall be installed at G.

When a vehicle passing through the toll passage stops at its own barrier G, a collector at the own barrier G receives a toll ticket 20 from the user of the passing vehicle and inserts it into a toll ticket insertion slot 21.

Then, the pass 20 is transferred to the transport drum 11. It is conveyed by the action of the ill transport belt 12, and various information magnetically recorded on the magnetic stripe portion 21 is read by the reading head 14.

After the read information is stored in the data buffer 9 of the memory section 4, the table 10 is searched for predetermined information. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, gate number information that matches the entrance gate number information N that specifies the entrance gate I is searched from among the gate number information N1 to Nm registered in the gate number storage area P of the table 10. be done. Now, if the entrance gate number information N is registered as, for example, gate number information Nx, then the entrance gate number information is determined based on the month, date, hour, and minute information at the time of entering the entrance gate and the current month, date, hour, and minute information Do given from the clock section 5. Gate■
The passage time T (Do-D) from to the own barrier G is highlighted, and the passage time T (Do-D) is stored in the allowable inter-gate passage time storage area Q of the table 10 in correspondence with this passage time T and the gate number information NX. The allowable time Tx is compared and verified.

As a result, if the travel time T is within the permissible travel time Tx, this ticket 20 is determined to be a valid ticket,
The write head 15 magnetically records the barrier number No. of the own barrier G and the time of passing through the own barrier (current month, day, hour, minute) as determined by the clock section 5 in a predetermined area of the magnetic stripe section 21 . In addition, the first barrier information printing area C1 of the printing unit 22
Also, the own barrier number Na and the time of passing through the own barrier (current month, day, hour, and minute) are printed and recorded by the printer head 16, which is rotatable in a direction perpendicular to the pass ticket conveyance direction.

Thereafter, the valid ticket 20 is discharged out of the machine from the ticket outlet 18 by the action of the flapper 17, and the collector hands the ticket 20 to the user of the passing vehicle.

On the other hand, if the gate number information that matches the entrance gate number information N stored in the data buffer 9 cannot be searched in the gate number storage area P of the table 10, or if the passage time T takes longer than the allowable passage time Tx. If so, the pass 20 is determined to be an invalid pass. This invalid ticket 20 is then sent to the flapper 17 without being recorded in any way.
The ticket is stored in the stacker 19 by the action of , and at this time, the display section 8 displays that the ticket has been determined to be invalid. As a result, the collector investigates whether or not the user of the invalid ticket is passing illegally.

As described above, in this embodiment, the travel time T from the entrance gate I to the own barrier G of a vehicle using a pass ticket is determined, and whether this travel time T is within the preset allowable travel time Tx for the corresponding section? Whether the pass ticket 20 is valid or invalid is determined depending on whether the pass ticket 20 is not valid or not.

The above permissible travel time 'lx is the time when the relevant section is traveled under the worst conditions and at the lowest speed, so if the vehicle is traveling normally, it will take longer than this permissible time Tx to travel through the relevant section. is unthinkable at first. Therefore, if the pass 20 is determined to be invalid, there is a high possibility that it has been used fraudulently, so by investigating the invalid pass user, it is possible to reliably detect fraudulent vehicles.
It is possible to reduce the number of illegally passing vehicles.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

For example, in the embodiment described above, the case where only one barrier is provided within a toll road section has been described, but it goes without saying that a plurality of barriers may be provided. In this case, table 1
In addition to the entrance gate number information, barrier number information that identifies each barrier is stored in o, and the allowable time for passage from each entrance gate or each barrier to the own barrier is set corresponding to these number information. There is. Then, it is determined whether the pass 20 is valid or invalid based on information regarding the entrance gate or barrier that the user passed through immediately before the current barrier. In addition, in this embodiment, the barrier information storage area [C1, C
Since only two barriers are not provided, only a maximum of two pieces of barrier information can be printed and recorded, but from the standpoint of preventing unauthorized passage, there is no particular problem as only magnetic recording is required. This problem can be easily solved by increasing the middle lfl area or by making overwriting possible. It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, the present invention is provided at one or more gates provided in the middle of a toll road, and is recorded on a toll ticket issued at the entrance gate of the toll road. a pass ticket reading section for reading information; a storage section for storing gate number information for identifying the entrance gate or intermediate gate; and information for permissible inter-gate passage time from each gate to the inter-gate; a search means for searching for Go 1 to number information that matches the entrance gate number information read by the pass ticket reader or the gate number information passed through immediately before, from among the gate number information that has been read; The pass is valid based on the permissible inter-gate passage time information corresponding to the retrieved gate number information and the entrance gate passing time information read by the pass ticket reading unit or the passing gate passing time information immediately before passing. a pass ticket determining means for determining whether or not the pass ticket is valid; and a pass ticket writing for recording the relevant Goo 11 number and gate passing time on the pass ticket when it is determined by the pass ticket determining means that it is valid. It is equipped with a section.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the passing time from the time when the passing vehicle passes through the entrance gate or the immediately preceding gate until it reaches the said intermediate gate is within a predetermined permissible passage time, is determined to be a valid toll ticket, and if the above-mentioned allowable travel time is exceeded, it is determined to be an invalid toll ticket. Therefore, it is possible to highly accurately determine whether a toll ticket is valid or invalid on a toll road. It is possible to provide a toll road terminal device that can detect illegally passing vehicles with high reliability and can reduce the number of illegally passing vehicles.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 6 are diagrams for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic structure, and FIG. A diagram showing the printing format of a pass ticket, FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b) are diagrams showing the recording format of the magnetic stripe section, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation, and FIG. 6 is a memory section. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Control device, 2...Transportation control part, 3...Magnetic card reading part, 4...Memory part, 5...Clock part,
6... Magnetic card writing section, 7... Printing section, 8...
・Display section, 9...data buffer? , 10... table, 11... pass ticket insertion slot, 12... conveyance drum,
13... Conveyor belt, 14... Reading head, 15
...Writing head, 16...Printer head, 17
...Flapper, 18...Ticket exit, 19...
Stacker, 20... Passport ticket, 21... Magnetic stripe section, 22... Print section. Applicant Sub-Agent Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] a toll ticket reading unit installed at one or more gates provided in the middle of a toll road passageway, and reading information recorded on a toll ticket issued at an entrance gate of the toll road, and the entrance; A storage unit that stores gate number information that specifies a gate or intermediate gate, and information on the permissible inter-gate passage time from each gate to the intergate gate; a search means for searching for gate number information that matches the entrance gate number information read by the reading unit or the gate number information during the previous pass; and inter-gate traffic permission corresponding to the gate number information searched by the search means. Ticket determining means for determining whether or not the ticket is valid based on time information and entrance gate passing time information read by the ticket reading section or gate passing time information during the last pass; , a toll road terminal comprising: a toll ticket writing unit that records the gate number and gate passage time on the toll ticket when it is determined to be valid by the toll ticket determining means; .