JPS6341111B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a toll collection device for a toll road.

[Conventional technology]

Many toll roads with multiple sections use toll systems based on vehicle type and section used. On toll roads with this kind of toll system, a toll ticket is issued to passing vehicles at the toll gate entrance, which records the information necessary for toll calculation, such as the toll gate number, date, time, and vehicle type.
The toll ticket is received at the exit of the toll gate, the above information recorded on the toll ticket is read, and the toll fee is calculated based on this read information and the toll is collected.

However, some users are collaborating with each other to falsify the travel zones and thereby falsify the toll fees, which has become a problem.

Examples of user fraud on toll roads include the following: For example, two people whose destination is close to each other's departure point make an agreement in advance, meet in a parking area between the sections they are using, exchange passes, and go to a toll gate other than the one where the pass was issued. This involves getting off at the nearest toll gate and falsifying the section of traffic.

In order to prevent such fraud by users, for example, as seen in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 52-26900,
Image information such as the license plate of the vehicle that entered the tollgate entrance is magnetically recorded on a magnetic card-type ticket for the toll road, and the image information such as the license plate of the vehicle that entered the tollgate entrance is recorded and handed to the passenger of the vehicle, i.e., the user, and the user is given the main pass at the tollgate exit. After receiving the ticket and running it through a ticket verification machine, the toll collector visually checks the reproduced image information and confirms that it is the same vehicle as the passing vehicle. A system has been proposed that can determine whether the

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By magnetically recording the image information of the vehicle in this way, it is possible to reliably confirm whether or not the vehicle is the same as the vehicle to which the ticket was issued, which is extremely effective. However, the data formats of image information and character information (character code) required for fee calculation are completely different. On the other hand, with a magnetic card pass, the dimensions of the ticket, the position of the magnetic recording section, and the print recording position are also fixed, and in general, the magnetic recording section of a magnetic card pass is designed to record information necessary for fare calculation, etc. Since it is standardized, there are problems in terms of recording capacity, and
There are problems with data compatibility with conventional systems. This is done by arranging multiple magnetic stripes, which are magnetic recording units, in parallel and increasing the number of magnetic stripes. Information related to conventional charge calculations is recorded on the magnetic stripes in the conventional position, and image information is recorded on the additional magnetic stripes. It can be solved.

However, what has been proposed so far is a system for recording image information, not a system for issuing a pass ticket. Therefore, when trying to prevent fraud by recording image information, it is necessary to magnetically record the image information on the ticket issued by the ticket issuing machine again using the image recording system described above. (1) It takes too long to issue a pass at the tollgate entrance.

(2) The magnetic stripe portion of the pass will occupy a larger proportion of the entire pass, reducing the space required for printing on the pass.

Other issues remain.

In particular, point (1) causes congestion at the entrance toll gate, which is a serious problem in terms of user service.
Regarding point (2), various items are printed on the pass ticket using areas other than the areas occupied by the print recording section and the magnetic recording section, and adding a magnetic stripe will make printing for such matters easier. Since the space is reduced, there is a limit even when adding a magnetic stripe, which leads to the problem that it is difficult to secure enough space to record a large amount of image information.

Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to record the necessary information including the image information of the vehicle for which the ticket is issued in a short time, to issue the ticket in a short time, and to secure a sufficient printing area. An object of the present invention is to provide a toll collection device for a toll road that can secure a sufficient magnetic stripe section for recording image information.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. In other words, there is a pass ticket with magnetic recording parts formed on both sides of a magnetic card, a detection device installed at the entrance of the toll gate that detects the entry of a vehicle and outputs a detection signal, and a detection device placed on the road surface that detects the wheel pressure caused by the wheel pressure. means for generating vehicle information by using the detection information from the stepboard device during the generation period of the detection signal; and a photographing means operated by the detection signal to take an image of the vehicle and obtain image information. a means for storing the toll ticket; a conveying mechanism for taking out the toll ticket from the storing portion and sending the toll ticket to the issuing port according to a ticket issuing command; Image information obtained by the magnetic recording section writing head arranged to correspond to the magnetic recording section on each side and the photographing means is temporarily stored, and in response to a ticket issuing command, this image information is transferred to the magnetic recording section on one side of the ticket. An image processing control unit is applied to the recording head for writing, and upon receiving the vehicle type identification information, issues a ticket issuing command, and also outputs information including at least the information necessary for toll calculation from this vehicle type identification information to the other side of the ticket. It consists of a pass ticket issuing machine having a control section for supplying information to a magnetic recording section writing head.

[Function] In this configuration, magnetic recording sections are formed on both sides of the magnetic card in the pass ticket, and one is used for recording image information and the other is used for recording information related to fare calculation. Then, such a ticket is stored in the storage section of the ticket issuing machine.

When a vehicle enters, a detection device installed at the toll gate entrance detects this and outputs a detection signal. At the same time, a treadle device on the road generates wheel information based on the tread pressure of the wheels, and vehicle type information is generated from this information. Further, a photographing means is operated by the detection signal to photograph an image of the incoming vehicle, and provides the photographed image to the image processing control section. As a result, the image processing control section temporarily stores the image information from the photographing means. Upon receiving the vehicle type information, the control section of the ticket issuing machine issues a ticket issuing command, and in response to this ticket issuing command, the transport mechanism takes out the ticket from the storage section and sends the ticket to the issuing port. A magnetic recording section writing head is disposed on the ticket conveyance path of the transportation mechanism so as to correspond to the magnetic recording section on each side of the ticket, and the magnetic processing control section is configured to write the temporary magnetic recording section according to the ticket issuing command. The stored image information is read out and applied to a magnetic recording head on one side of the ticket. Further, the control section receives the vehicle type discrimination information and supplies information including at least information necessary for fare calculation out of the vehicle type discrimination information to the magnetic recording section writing head on the other side of the ticket. As a result, during this transportation process, the pass ticket sent along the transportation route to the issuing port has image information stored in the magnetic recording section on one side, and information necessary for fare calculation on the magnetic recording section on the other side. It will be recorded and published.

Therefore, according to the present invention, necessary information including image information of the vehicle to which a passing ticket is issued can be recorded and issued in a short time. In addition, since the pass ticket has an additional magnetic recording section on the back side, the front side can have the exact same layout as a conventional magnetic card type pass ticket, so even after securing a sufficient printing area,
A sufficient magnetic recording section for recording image information can also be secured.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a layout diagram of an entrance toll gate showing the configuration of an entrance system of the present invention which records image information such as a vehicle license plate on a toll road ticket and automatically issues the ticket. 11, 12, 1 in the diagram
3 is a vehicle type discrimination device. Of these, reference numerals 11 and 12 are vehicle separator/shutter devices installed opposite to each other across the vehicle traffic road 110. For example, a plurality of phototubes are provided, and an optical axis formed by the phototubes crosses the road surface. At the same time, when the optical axis of the phototube suddenly breaks, the passage of the passing vehicle 20 is optically detected. The image information of the passing vehicle 20 photographed by the television camera 19 for photographing the vehicle image is sent to the automatic ticket issuing machine 14.
It has a function to send out. Reference numeral 13 denotes a known treadle device installed on the vehicle traffic road surface at the location where the vehicle separator/shutter devices 11 and 12 are installed. This system uses changes in resistance values to determine whether the passing vehicle 20 is moving forward or backward, and to measure the tread of the passing vehicle 20. The vehicle separator and shutter devices 11 and 12 include an automatic ticket issuing machine 14 for determining the type of vehicle 20 passing through the vehicle.
It has a function to send vehicle model information to. Further, the automatic ticket issuing machine 14 automatically issues to the passerby a ticket 2 on which image information that can identify the vehicle such as the license plate part in the image, vehicle type information, toll gate information, etc. are written. . Automatic ticket issuing machine 1
4 has an entrance lane control function that controls the automatic ticket issuing machine 14. Further, the television camera 19 is installed facing the traffic lane, that is, facing the vehicle traffic path, at an angle that emphasizes and displays the front image of the passing vehicle 20, especially the license plate.
Reference numerals 16, 17, and 18 are start detection devices installed downstream of the vehicle type discrimination device, which have the same configuration as 11, 12, and 13 that constitute the vehicle type discrimination device, and detect the passage of passing vehicles 20. To detect.

That is, 16 and 17 are vehicle separators constructed using phototubes or the like, and 18 is a step board device. A vehicle separator 1 that is arranged and faces the vehicle as it passes through.
When the optical path between 6 and 17 is interrupted, the passing of a vehicle and the passing period of one vehicle are detected.
The footboard device 18 is installed on the road surface of the vehicle passageway 110 between the vehicle separators 16 and 17 along the transverse direction thereof, and detects the front and back of the vehicle by the detection output of the footboard device 18 during the vehicle detection period by the vehicle separators 16 and 17. It is also used to control the automatic ticket issuing machine 14 so that it can detect the progress of a vehicle, detect the completion of passing a vehicle, and issue a ticket to the next vehicle when the vehicle has completed passing.

The automatic ticket issuing machine 14 is installed on an island between the vehicle type discrimination device and the start detection device, and is designed to adjust the driver's seat according to vehicle types with different driver seat heights, such as large cars, small trucks, passenger cars, etc. Issuing ports are provided at height positions where it is easier to take out the pass 2, and the pass ticket 2 is issued from the issuance ports at the height position set according to the vehicle type discriminated by the detection output of the vehicle type discriminating device.

Figure 2 shows the shape of the magnetic card-type pass that is applied to this toll collection system.
indicates the front side, and b indicates the back side. As shown in the figure, magnetic stripes 2-1 and 2 are on the front and back of the card, respectively.
-2 is provided. Vehicle type information and toll gate information are written in the magnetic stripe section 2-1 on the front side, and vehicle image information is written in the magnetic stripe section 2-2 on the back side. In this way, the magnetic recording section of this ticket is added using the back side of the ticket, so the front side can have the exact same layout as the conventional magnetic card type ticket.
Therefore, not only can a sufficient printing area be secured, but also a sufficient magnetic recording section for recording image information can be secured.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the entrance of this toll collection system. As shown in the figure, from 11 to 1 of the vehicle separator and shutter devices 11 and 12
2, a vehicle passage detection signal a and a shutter passage detection signal d are sent, and a vehicle forward/reverse signal and a wheel width signal b are sent from the footplate device 13 to the vehicle separator/shutter device 12. The vehicle separator and shutter device 12 sends a vehicle type discrimination signal c and a vehicle passage detection signal e to the automatic ticket issuing machine 14. The television camera 19 sends an image information signal f to the automatic ticket issuing machine 14. 15, 31, 32, 3
3 is a component device on the automatic ticket issuing machine 14 side;
Of these, 31 is an entrance lane control device that receives the above-mentioned signals a to f, and 32 is this entrance lane control device 31.
Automatic ticket issuing machine 14 from the signal obtained through
This is an automatic ticket issuing machine control unit that performs various controls.
33 is an image processing control unit that processes image data. 15 is a data transmission interface circuit, which is a circuit that sends data from the automatic ticket issuing machine 14 to a data processing device 35 that aggregates necessary data.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the mechanism of the automatic ticket issuing machine 14. In the figure, 120 is a housing, 124 is a ticket hopper, and a plurality of unused magnetic card type tickets 2 are stored therein. A lifting mechanism 124a is provided at the bottom of the ticket hopper 124 for pushing the ticket 2 upward, and a feed-out roller 125 is provided at the upper side of the ticket hopper 124 for taking out the tickets 2 one after another. It is provided. 1
Reference numeral 26 denotes a well-known gate claw for preventing double-feeding, which peels off and feeds out only one ticket when two or more tickets are fed out by the feeding roller 125, and a guide serving as a ticket feeding guide plate. 12
The amount of protrusion of the gate pawl 126 is set so that the gap between the gate pawl 126 and the gate pawl 126 is at least the thickness of one pass ticket 2 and no more than the thickness of two passes. It is made so that it can be done. 128' is the pass ticket 2 sent out through this gate claw 126.
A guide 127 is a conveyor belt mechanism consisting of a belt and a pulley for holding the belt disposed close to the guide 128'. The pass ticket 2 is pinched and sent to the pass ticket 2. Further, the conveyor belt mechanism 127 is constantly rotationally driven by a motor (not shown).

129 is a main conveyance section provided downstream of the conveyance belt mechanism 127. This main conveyance section 1
29 is constituted by a belt 129' that is in contact with the circumferential surface of the disk-shaped conveyance drum D and is movably supported by being stretched around a pulley P.

The pass ticket 2 sent into the main conveyance section 129 by the drive of the conveyance belt mechanism 127 is partially held between the belt 129' and the conveyance drum D.
Along with these rotations, it is sent downstream. Note that the main conveyance section 129 is driven by a motor (not shown).

121, 121', 121'' are magnetic heads for writing or reading necessary information on the magnetic recording section (magnetic stripe section) 2-1 on the front side of the pass ticket 2, They are provided in order close to the ticket transport path. Among these, 121' is a write head for writing, and 121, 121'' is a read head for reading. Pad rollers for pressing the magnetic recording section 2-1 of the pass ticket onto these magnetic heads 121, 121', 121'' are not shown here.1
21W is the magnetic stripe section 2 on the back side of the pass.
2 is a magnetic head for magnetically recording image information.

Reference numeral 122 denotes a print head that prints necessary information in the margin area, which is the print zone of the pass ticket 2, and in the case of this embodiment, the conveyance drum D also serves as a print platen. Although not shown, a photosensor for positioning is provided near the pass ticket entrance side of the transport drum D for photoelectrically detecting the pass ticket and for determining the timing of magnetic recording and printing of the pass ticket 2.

Reference numeral 138 is a flapper for switching the conveyance route of the ticket in the main conveyance section 129, and reference numeral 144 is a storage hopper for storing the unnecessary ticket guided by the flapper 138. 13
0 and 137 are conveyor belts for conveying passes, which are supported by being stretched around pulleys, respectively. 1
Reference numerals 41, 141', and 141'' are lower, middle, and upper ticket issuing ports provided at low, middle, high, and different height positions to match the height of the driver's seat for each vehicle type.

The conveyor belt 130 is connected to the main conveyor section 12
It is stretched from the position of the flapper 138 on the outlet side of the ticket outlet 9 to the direction of the lower ticket issuing port 141 and near the height of the middle ticket issuing port 141', and is guided by the flapper 138 to The pass ticket is guided from the delivery port side of the transport section 129. Ticket issuing port 141 in the lower position
Up to the direction part, the conveyor belts 131, 131', 1
31'' is also provided close to the conveyor belt 130 up to the height of the pass ticket issuing port 141' in the middle position, with this as the branching position. A switching flapper 139 for changing the conveyance path is provided at the exit of the conveyance path, and when this flapper 139 is closed toward the conveyance belt 130, the conveyed pass ticket 2 is transferred to the terminal conveyance path. In the direction of the lower pass ticket issuing gate 141, which is the route,
When the flapper 139 is open, the flapper 139 guides the conveyor belt 130 and conveys it toward the middle and upper ticket issuing ports 141' and 141''. The side is bent into a pass ticket issuing port 141' at the middle position (middle stage), and a conveyor belt 135 is attached to this bent part.
are arranged to form a terminal conveyance path to the middle ticket issuing port 141'. Further, a flapper 140 for switching the conveyance route is provided at a branch position from the terminal conveyance route, and this flapper 14
0 is closed on the conveyor belt 130 side, the ticket is branched by this flapper 140 to the conveyor belt 135 side, which is the terminal conveyance path, and when the flapper 140 is open, the pass ticket is branched to the conveyor belt 135 side.
6,137 side. conveyor belt 136,
Reference numeral 137 is for bringing the ticket sent from the conveyor belt 130 to the high-position ticket issuing port 141''.

A terminal conveyance path consisting of conveyor belts 132, 133 is provided on the low-position (lower) side of the ticket issuing port 141 to guide the ticket branched by the flapper 140, and furthermore, each ticket issuing port 141,
Passage ticket temporary holding mechanisms 142, 142', 142'' are provided at portions 141', 141''. These temporary holding mechanisms 142, 142', and 142'' are each composed of a pair of belts placed close to each other and passed around pulleys, etc., and the pass ticket is held between the belts and fed out to the pass ticket issuing port. , that is,
“Ticketing” and “temporary hold” and ticket issuing gate 1
41, 141', 141'' for storing collected pass tickets. The conveyor belts 130 to 137 are constantly driven by a drive motor (not shown).

Next, the details of the temporary holding mechanisms 142, 142', 142'' will be explained.The temporary holding mechanism 142 of the pass ticket issuing port 141 in the lowermost position will be explained as an example, and the others have the same structure and function. Therefore, the explanation will be omitted.

The temporary holding mechanism includes two conveyor belts V ₁ and V ₂ ,
It is composed of photosensors PS ₁ and PS ₂ , which are photoelectric detection elements for detecting passes, provided near both ends of the sensor.
Conveyor belts V ₁ and V ₂ are main conveyor section 1 (not shown)
29 and the conveyance path formed by the conveyor belts 130 to 137 are independently driven by motors that are independent from each other.

However, it is controlled reversibly. In addition, the conveyor belt
As shown in the figure, V ₂ has a structure that opens and closes in two positions, indicated by a solid line and a dotted line, with the center of rotation of the belt pulley at the issuing port as the center of rotation. In the ticket waiting state, the belt is stopped and is in the "open" state shown by the solid line.
When the pass ticket 2 is fed from the conveyor belts 132 and 133 and the photosensor _P1 detects this ( _P1 is set slightly inside the conveyor belts _V1 and _V2 ),
The conveyor belt V ₂ is driven to the dotted line position, that is, the "closed" position, and the conveyor belts V ₁ and V ₂ are rotated in the normal direction to pass the ticket 2.
into the ticket issuing slot 141. The payout length is controlled by photosensor _P2 . When pulling back, the conveyor belts V ₁ and V ₂ are kept "closed", reversed, stopped, and held. When the rotation is further reversed, the ticket 2 is stored in the hopper 143. At this time, the ticket 2 is guided to the hopper passage by pressing the conveyor belt _V2 to the dotted line position. In addition to the above-mentioned functions, _two photosensors P1 are arranged in the direction of travel of the ticket 2 to detect "withdrawal" or "pullback" of the ticket 2 from the timing of these switchings.

Note that the flappers 138, 139, and 140 are driven by solenoids, but the solenoids are not shown.

The main conveyance section 129 has a configuration in which a write head 121w is added in order to magnetically record image information on the magnetic stripe section 2-2 on the back side of the ticket 2. Necessary information can be recorded simultaneously on each magnetic stripe section.

This part is shown in more detail in FIG. 5, so it will be explained with reference to FIG. D in the figure is a conveyor drum, which rotates clockwise by the action of a conveyor belt not shown in the figure.
and the transport drum D, and runs on the circumferential surface of the transport drum D. 121, 121'' is a reading head, 121' is a writing head, and the pass ticket 2
This is for writing the necessary information. PL1,
PL2 and PL3 are pad rollers. 121W is a write head for writing image information, and PL4 is a pad roller for this write head. 12
1W, 121 to 121'', and PL1 to PL4 are arranged on the same line with respect to the transportation direction of the ticket.

In addition, conveyor drum D and 121~121'', PL1
~The relationship with PL4 is 121~ as shown in Figure 5.
121'', PL4 is on the outer periphery of the conveyance drum D,
1W, PL1 to PL3 are arranged on the inner circumference of the conveyance drum D.

Reference numeral 122 denotes a printing head, which is used to print necessary items in the margins of the ticket 2. 12
2a is an ink ribbon attached to the main print head 122. In addition, the conveyance drum D and the print head 12
2. The ink ribbon 122a is arranged so as to be printed at a predetermined position when the pass 2 passes the outer periphery of the transport drum D. L1, L2
is a ticket conveyance path, which is a conveyance path on which the ticket 2 is conveyed by a conveyor belt not shown in this figure.

FIG. 6 shows a detailed block diagram of the image processing control section 33, which is roughly divided into an image digital processing section 5A, an image writing section 5B, and an image reproduction section 5C.

19 is the television camera; 11 and 12 are the vehicle separator/shutter devices. 51 is a shutter circuit, which serves as a vehicle separator/shutter device 1
Upon receiving the vehicle passing detection signal e from 1 and 12,
A trigger signal is sent to the D conversion circuit 52. A/D
The conversion circuit 52 digitizes the analog signal from the television camera 19.

An image memory circuit 55 stores image data of one screen (frame image) of the television, and stores a gradated digital signal from the A/D conversion circuit 52. 53 is a synchronizing signal generation circuit that generates a scanning signal for image input from a TV camera; 54 is a feature in the image from the TV camera that allows identification of the vehicle, such as a license plate portion of the vehicle, and has a fixed location; This is a zone setting circuit that sends a control signal to the image memory circuit 55 to cut out only a portion, that is, a predetermined area of the screen. 511 is a buffer memory for temporarily storing the image data extracted from the image memory circuit 55; 512 is a modulation circuit for recording the image data on the pass ticket 2;
For example, it is an FM modulation circuit (frequency modulation circuit).

A drive circuit 513 writes by applying a signal modulated by a modulation circuit 512 via a buffer memory 511 to a write head coil 514 to drive it.

515 is an image reading buffer memory circuit for one screen of the television, and 516 is an image reading timing generation circuit that generates a signal for reading the image data on the image reading buffer memory circuit 515 and reproducing it as an image on the monitor television. 517 converts the digitized image signal into an analog image signal h
This is a D/A conversion circuit that converts The analog image signal h is sent to the monitor television 112 and reproduced and displayed.

Next, the operation of this device having the above configuration will be explained.

Now, the passing vehicle 20 approaches the installation location of the vehicle type discrimination device consisting of the vehicle separator and shutter devices 11 and 12 and the treadle device 13, and when it completes passing, information on the number of axles and wheel width detected by the treadle device 13 The vehicle type signal c based on the automatic ticket issuing machine 14
The information is sent to the entrance lane control device 31 of the vehicle. At the same time, the television camera 19 is operated by the outputs of the vehicle separator/shutter devices 11 and 12, and the trigger signal from the shutter circuit 51 of the image processing section 33 shown in FIG. Image data of the vehicle is stored. Further, by the function of the zone setting circuit 54 described above, an image of a preset area of the screen is cut out and stored in the buffer memory 511.
is stored in The automatic ticket issuing machine 14 receives the signals c from the 11, 12, and 13 forming the vehicle type discrimination device at the entrance lane control device 31, and issues the ticket together with the vehicle type information to the automatic ticket issuing machine control section 32. issue a command.

Based on this ticket issuing command, the automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 3
2 operates to generate a control output, which first drives the roller 125. and,
One pass ticket 2 is fed out from the hopper 124 by this roller 125. The paid-out pass ticket 2 is sent to a drum conveyance section 129 via a conveyor belt mechanism 127 that is constantly driven. While the fed pass ticket 2 is being fed by the drum conveying section 129, the magnetic stripe section 2-1 of the pass ticket 2 comes into contact with the reading head 121.
The recorded contents are read out. The read contents are then sent to the automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 32, where it is checked whether the ticket has been used or not. The automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 32 reads out the previously given vehicle model information of the vehicle, controls the magnetic recording of this information along with the entrance toll gate number and passing date and time information, and creates the magnetic stripe on the ticket 2. Have 2-1 record it. Then, while the magnetic stripe 2-1 of the ticket 2 passes through the reading head 121'' and comes into contact with the reading head 121'', the recorded contents of the magnetic stripe 2-1 are read out, and the automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 32, and it is checked whether it has been recorded correctly. If the information is recorded correctly, the control unit 32 outputs a command to print and record necessary information similar to the magnetically recorded information, and the pass ticket 2 is transferred to the print head 122.
While passing through the position, the head 122 records the necessary information in the blank space for printing.
Further, in parallel with the magnetic recording on the front side, image data from the buffer memory 511 is recorded in the magnetic stripe section 2-2 on the back side of the ticket 2 by the image processing control unit 33 operated by the command from the automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 32. The aforementioned modulation circuit 512 and drive circuit 51
3. Recorded by the action of the write head 121W. If a series of records and checking of the contents are performed normally, the automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 32 controls the conveyance route selection by the flapper 138 to the conveyor belt 13.
Since the printing is controlled to be on the 0 and 131 side, the printed pass ticket 2 is sent between the conveyor belts 130 and 131 by the flapper 138.

On the other hand, as a result of reading by the reading head 121, it is found that the reading head 121'' has been used.
If there is an error in the recorded content as a result of reading, a message to that effect is printed in the margin area that is the printing zone, and the conveyance route selection by the flapper 138 is set to the stacker 144 side, and the pass ticket 2 is It is stored in the stacker 144. The pass ticket 2 fed onto the conveyor belts 130, 131 is selected by a flapper 139 for a conveyance route according to the vehicle type, and is sent along the selected conveyance route to the intended ticket issuing port.

In the case of this embodiment, there are three levels of ticket issuing ports: upper, middle, and lower. The issuing port in the lower position is 141 for small-sized cars, the issuing port in the middle position is 141' for medium-sized cars, and the issuing port in the upper position is for medium-sized cars. 141″ is compatible with large vehicles,
The issued ticket is made easy to take from the driver's seat, but since this vehicle type corresponds to the shape and height of the vehicle, it does not necessarily have to match the vehicle type of the toll system.

Therefore, if the setting is made in this manner, the flappers 139 and 140 are switched to send the ticket to the issuing port at the optimum height according to the vehicle type memory contents of the automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 32, and the conveyance route is changed. Make a choice.

Therefore, as a result of this control, if it is a small car, the flapper will maintain the solid line position, and the pass ticket 2 will remain on the conveyor belt 1.
32, 133 and guided to the temporary holding mechanism 412. Also, if you have a medium or large vehicle, please use Flatspa 13.
9 is switched to the dotted line position, the pass ticket 2 is fed between the conveyor belts 130 and 134, and is conveyed upward in the figure, and the conveyance route is again selected at the flapper 140 position.

If the vehicle is a medium-sized vehicle, the flapper 140 is held at the solid line position, and after being sent to the conveyor belts 134, 135, it is conveyed to the temporary holding mechanism 142' of the issuing port 141' in the middle position; Ba,
The flapper 140 is switched to the dotted line position, held between the conveyor belts 136, 136', and 137, and sent to the temporary holding mechanism 142'' of the issuing port 141'' in the upper position.

Pass ticket 2 sent to temporary holding mechanism 142
The conveyor belt V ₂ driven by the rising signal of the photosensor P ₁ that detected the pass ticket 2 is closed to the dotted line position, and at the same time is driven in forward rotation, so that the pass ticket 2 is sent to the issuing port 141 and issued. It is extended to the outside from the opening 141 by a certain length and then stopped. When the issued ticket 2 is taken out by the driver, it is detected by the photo sensor _P2 , and the detection output is sent to the automatic ticket issuing machine control section 32 to notify that the ticket has been "taken out". In this state, when the start detection device detects forward passing of the vehicle, the detected "forward" signal is sent to the automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 32.
Then, for the first time, the control section 32 resets its own memory for storing "sampling" information, clears the stored contents of the vehicle type, and waits for the next vehicle to enter. When the user wants to monitor the image recorded on the pass 2, it can be displayed on the monitor television 122.

When the next vehicle enters the waiting state, if the vehicle type information of the following vehicle has already been given and stored,
Immediately after reading this, the next ticket issuing operation begins. During,
The operation for the issuing port in the upper position is also controlled in a similar manner depending on the vehicle type. The reason for waiting to issue a ticket for the following vehicle after the completion of the ticket extraction until the departure of the vehicle is detected is to prevent the preceding vehicle from running away with the ticket of the following vehicle.

Next, a case where the vehicle entering the gate makes an abnormal movement will be explained.

One of these is the forced entry of vehicles. In other words, even though the pass ticket 2 is issued at the issuing gate,
This is a case where the vehicle starts moving without taking out the ticket 2.

In this case, if a following vehicle pulls out the ticket, the system will become confused, so it is necessary to automatically pull back the ticket 2 and collect it. In this case, the ticket 2
is issued and a sampling signal is not obtained, a forward signal is sent from the start detection device to the automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 3.
2, and it can be immediately determined that the vehicle has not been picked up. Therefore, in this case,
The automatic ticket issuing machine control unit 32 issues a "recovery" command, collects the ticket to the hopper, and enters a state of waiting for the next ticket issue.

In this way, magnetic stripes are provided on the front and back of the pass, and one side is used for toll collection data.
The other side was used for image data, and the necessary data was recorded simultaneously on both magnetic stripes, so the automatic ticket issuing machine
In the same issuance process, it becomes possible to write the information and image information necessary for toll collection operations on the pass ticket.
Passenger tickets with image information recorded to prevent fraud can now be issued in a short time, making it possible to prevent fraud without compromising user service. Since it is used by adding it to the back side of the ticket, it can maintain compatibility with conventional ones, and has the advantage of not narrowing the printing space on the front side.
In addition, in a single issuance process, information and image information necessary for toll collection operations can be written on the pass ticket, and it is also possible to prevent users from stealing passes from other vehicles. Automatic issuance will also enable unmanned entry operations.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope of the gist thereof, and the recorded image of the pass ticket can be reproduced by any known reproduction method. This can be done by means.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the necessary information including the image information of the vehicle for which the ticket is issued can be recorded in a short time and the ticket can be issued, and a sufficient printing area can be secured. It is possible to provide a toll collection device for a toll road that can secure a sufficient magnetic stripe section for recording image information.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an input system showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of a pass ticket used in the present invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the device of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the mechanical part of the automatic ticket issuing machine, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the main conveyance section of the device, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the image processing section of the device. 2... Passport ticket, 2-1, 2-2... Magnetic stripe section, 5A... Image digital processing section, 5B... Image writing section, 5C... Image reproducing section, 11, 12... Vehicle separator and shutter device, 13, 18...Treadboard device, 1
4...Automatic ticket issuing machine, 16, 17...Vehicle separator, 19...TV camera, 31...Entrance lane control device, 32...Automatic ticket issuing machine control section, 33...Image processing control section, 121', 121W... write head.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pass ticket with magnetic recording sections formed on both sides of a magnetic card, a detection device installed at the entrance to the toll gate that detects the entry of a vehicle and outputs a detection signal, and a detection device placed on the road surface that detects wheel information based on the pressure of the wheels. means for generating vehicle model information using detection information from the stepboard device during the generation period of the detection signal; and a photographing means operated by the detection signal to take an image of the vehicle and obtain image information. and a storage section in which the pass ticket is stored, a transport mechanism that takes out the pass ticket from the storage section and sends the pass ticket to the issuing port according to a ticket issuing command, and a transport mechanism provided on the pass ticket transport route of the transport mechanism, and each of the pass tickets. A magnetic recording section writing head arranged to correspond to the magnetic recording section on one side of the ticket temporarily stores the image information obtained by the photographing means, and in response to a ticket issuing command, this image information is transferred to the magnetic recording section on one side of the ticket. The image processing control unit receives the vehicle type identification information and issues a ticketing command to the writing head, and at the same time sends information including at least the information necessary for toll calculation from the vehicle type identification information to the magnetic field on the other side of the ticket. 1. A toll road toll collection device comprising: a toll ticket issuing machine having a control unit that supplies information to a recording head;