JPS6367713B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a toll road terminal device applied to prevent illegal traffic.

[Conventional technology]

As shown in Figure 1, a barrier is placed between two toll roads that use toll passes made of different media, such as magnetic cards and punch cards, to change from one toll road to the other. In conventional toll road terminals, which sometimes perform ticket conversion, when a toll road user passes through the barrier and changes from one toll road to another, a A terminal device reads data such as the interchange number and vehicle type recorded on the pass ticket submitted by the user, and simply records this data on the pass ticket made in the other medium as it is and sends it to the user as a new pass ticket. It was published in

In addition, in Fig. 1, one of 1, 2, 3, 4
indicates an entrance interchange that physically connects to the up lane, for example, on the road on the side that enters the barrier, and A, B, C, and D indicate the entrance interface that physically connects to the down lane that enters the barrier 4. Show change.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

With conventional toll road terminals, as mentioned above, when converting a toll ticket using the terminal installed at the barrier, data such as the interchange number and vehicle type recorded on the original toll ticket is used. For example, as shown in Figure 2, if a driver enters the down lane from Interchange A and exits Interchange 3, the user simply changes the record to the other medium's ticket and issues it to the user as a new ticket. For example, when a vehicle x leaving this lane and a vehicle Y entering the up lane from interchange 4 and exiting at interchange B exchange toll tickets with each other at the parking area P shown in the second figure, the vehicle Since the pass from vehicle Y given to X is a pass before passing the barrier, the pass remains unchanged, and vehicle Y enters the up lane from Interchange 4 and enters the next interchange. The route will be the same as the route exiting from 3, and you will only have to pay an extremely small fee. Also, vehicle X handed over to vehicle Y
Since vehicle In other words, the original ticket is restored, so vehicle Y enters the outbound lane from interchange A and exits from the next interchange B, taking the same route. It will be over. Conventional terminals were unable to check for unauthorized traffic.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a toll road terminal device that can easily detect a toll ticket that has been fraudulently exchanged as described above.

[Means for solving problems]

The toll road terminal according to the present invention is installed at a barrier that is placed between two toll roads that use different toll tickets, and converts the toll road when changing from one toll road to another toll road. a toll ticket reading unit that reads toll tickets issued at the entrance interchange of the toll road; and an interchange storage unit that stores all the numbers of each interchange provided in the middle of the toll road on the side that enters the barrier. , an interchange number comparing section that is connected to the pass ticket reading section and the interchange storage section and compares and verifies the interchange number of the pass ticket with the interchange number of the interchange storage section; and the interchange number comparison section. The present invention is characterized by comprising a ticket issuing unit that issues a new pass when the interchange numbers match.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, when a pass ticket is converted using a barrier terminal, the interchange number of the pass ticket is compared and checked in advance with the interchange number of the interchange storage section, and the interchange numbers are matched. A new pass will be issued when the time passes. Therefore, if the interchange numbers do not match, it is assumed that the card has been exchanged illegally, and an alarm or the like is generated.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.
3 and 4 are block diagrams showing the circuit configuration, respectively. FIG. 3 shows a toll machine for a magnetic card→punch card conversion lane, and FIG. 4 shows a toll machine for a punch card→magnetic card conversion lane.

First, in Fig. 3, 1 is a magnetic card reading section, 2 is a punch card issuing section that issues a punch card based on the information read by the magnetic card reading section 1, and 3 is a section in the middle of the passageway on the side that enters the barrier. Interchange storage section 4 stores the number of each interchange provided, that is, all interchange numbers of the magnetic card □ ticket; 4 indicates the interchange number read from the magnetic card by the magnetic card reading section 1 and interchange storage section 3; This is an interchange matching unit that sequentially matches each interchange number stored in the.

Next, in FIG. 4, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 3 indicate the same members as in FIG. . However, the interchange storage section 3 in FIG. 4 stores all interchange numbers of punch cards.

Since the functions and effects of these two types of toll machines are substantially the same, the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 will be described.

First, when a magnetic card ticket received from a user is inserted into the magnetic card reader 1, information such as the entrance interchange number and vehicle type recorded on the magnetic card is read, and this passing vehicle information is stored in the punch card. The punch card is sent to the ticket issuing section 2, and the punch card issuing section 2 waits for a ticket issuing command from the interchange matching section 4.

On the other hand, among the magnetic card reading information, the entrance interchange number is determined by the interchange verification unit 4.
The interchange matching unit 4 sequentially compares and matches the read entrance interchange number with the interchange number stored in the interchange storage unit 3, and by this comparison,
If the interchange matching unit 4 finds a matching interchange number, it is determined that the magnetic card is normal, and a ticket issuing command is issued to the punch card issuing unit 2. In response to this ticket issuing command, the punch card issuing unit 2 punches A card is issued and handed to the user. Here, if the interchange verification unit 4 cannot find a matching interchange number, it is assumed that the entrance interchange number recorded on the magnetic card is due to unauthorized card exchange, etc. , an alarm will be issued and the collection staff will be notified.

In that case, the ticket issuing command is not input to the punch card issuing section 2, so no punch card is issued.

The above is about Figure 3, but the 2nd figure in Figure 4
Substantially the same operation is performed in the embodiment.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, a toll road terminal device that can easily detect fraudulent use of a pass card is obtained, so the present invention is extremely useful industrially.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams showing the up lane and down lane of a toll road, respectively, and Figures 3 and 4 respectively show the present invention in a toll machine for a magnetic card → punch card conversion lane, and a punch card → magnetic card. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment and a second embodiment applied to a toll machine for conversion lanes. 1... Magnetic card reading section, 1'... Punch card reading section, 2... Punch card issuing section, 2'...
Magnetic card issuing unit, 3...interchange storage unit, 4...interchange verification unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A barrier is placed between two toll roads that use different toll tickets to convert the toll road when changing from one toll road to the other, and is installed at the entrance interchange of the toll road. a toll ticket reading unit that reads the issued toll ticket;
an interchange storage unit that stores all the numbers of each interchange provided in the middle of the road on the side that enters the barrier; an interchange number comparison section that compares the number with an interchange number in the interchange storage section; and a ticket issuing section that issues a new pass when the interchange number comparison section detects a match between the interchange numbers. A toll road terminal device characterized by: