JPS6380384A - Toll processing system for toll road - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] 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 a toll processing system on a toll road.

<Prior Art> With the expansion and enhancement of road maintenance in recent years, the total distance of toll roads has increased rapidly, and the degree of use of toll roads has also continued to increase due to the private car boom.

By the way, when using a toll road, you must pay a toll according to a preset toll system, but as the usage of toll roads increases as mentioned above, the time required to pay tolls will be shortened. This is an important issue in terms of preventing traffic congestion near tollgates. For this reason, currently, in addition to the usual cash payment method in which users pay tolls at toll gates, there are also separate payment methods. This separate payment process is a method in which the customer simply presents a predetermined separate payment card, such as a magnetic card, at the toll counter, and then pays in full at a later date. In particular, the separate payment process is a useful system for those who frequently use toll roads because they do not have to pay each time they use them.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) (1) In the case of separate payment processing mentioned above, it is certainly possible to process payments in a shorter time and in the dark compared to cash processing. Since it is necessary to process the passes handed at the entrance of Road d, it takes at least 10 seconds or more per vehicle, which is not sufficient to solve the above-mentioned problem. Therefore, there is a strong need for measures that can further reduce the time required for payment processing. In particular, it would be effective to apply the high functionality of portable media such as IC cards, which have become popular in recent years, to the separate payment card.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a toll processing system for toll roads that can speed up processing regarding toll road usage fees.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a toll road user with a function to transmit and receive wireless signals and to store necessary information. a portable medium disposed at an entrance of a toll road and having a function of transmitting and receiving wireless signals, and reading information stored in the portable medium as a wireless signal and transmitting information based on the information. an entrance processing means for transmitting and storing predetermined information required for toll calculation as a wireless signal to the portable medium after confirming the validity of the use of the toll road by the holder of the portable medium; and an entrance processing means arranged at the exit of the toll road; It is equipped with the ability to transmit and receive wireless signals, reads the information stored in the portable medium as a wireless signal, and based on this information confirms the validity of the use of the toll road by the holder of the portable medium. The gist of the present invention is to have an exit processing means for later calculating the toll.

(Function) In the toll processing system for toll roads according to the present invention, a so-called separate payment card is configured as a portable medium having a wireless communication function, and necessary processing is performed by exchanging wireless signals at the entrance and exit of the toll road. By making it possible to
Eliminated exchanges between separate payment cards and pass tickets with staff.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using the drawings.

Figures 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the toll processing system for toll roads according to the present invention, and Figures 1 and 2 show the arrangement of system equipment at the entrance and exit of the toll road, respectively. , 3 and 4 are diagrams showing the schematic configuration of the separate payment card 1 and processing devices provided at the entrance and exit of a toll road, respectively.

In FIG. 1, numeral 3 is a vehicle that has just entered the entrance gate to use the public road. Antenna 5 transmits and receives wireless signals (hereinafter simply referred to as "transmission/reception") with the separately paid card 1 present in the vehicle 3. An antenna 7 exchanges information with the separately paid card 1 via this antenna 5. This is an inlet processing device that performs predetermined inlet processing through the entrance. In addition, this entrance processing device 7
The structure includes an entrance processing unit 71 that performs predetermined processing between the entrance processing unit 71 and a ticket issuing machine 72 that is driven and controlled based on the processing result of the processing unit 71 and issues a ticket.

In FIG. 2, the vehicle 3 and antenna 5 are the same as in FIG. 1, and the vehicle 3 has just finished using the toll road and has reached the exit gate to exit onto the general road. 9 is a separately paid card 1 via the antenna 5.
This is an exit processing device that performs predetermined exit processing through exchanging information with. The exit processing device 9 includes an exit processing section 91 that performs predetermined processing with the separate payment card 1, and a statement sheet issuing machine 92 that is driven and controlled based on the processing result of the processing section 91 and issues a usage statement sheet. The configuration has the following.

By the way, the separately paid card 1 constitutes a portable medium, and an IC card or the like that is always carried by the user can be applied, and has a configuration as shown in FIG. 3. That is, this separately paid card 1 has a transmitting antenna 11 and a receiving antenna 13 for transmitting and receiving wireless signals to and from antennas 5 provided at the entrance and exit of a toll road.

A modulation circuit 15 that modulates the transmission information in a predetermined method is connected to the transmission antenna 11 via an amplifier 17, and a demodulation circuit 19 that demodulates the reception information is connected to the reception antenna 13 via an amplification detector. 21. Furthermore, these modulation circuit 15 and demodulation circuit 19 are connected via a bus 23 to a control section 25 consisting of a CPU. The control unit 25 controls the overall operation of the separately paid card 1, and in particular supplies necessary information for transmission and reception to the modulation circuit 15 or the demodulation circuit 19 as necessary.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 27 denotes an information memory consisting of a RAM that temporarily stores various information, particularly information regarding, for example, the entrance at which the vehicle enters the toll road. Further, 29 is an oscillator that supplies a timing signal for modulation to the modulation circuit 15. Furthermore, 31
is a battery for driving the card built into the separate card 1.

On the other hand, the entrance processing section 11 and the exit processing section 91 in the entrance processing section @7 and the exit processing device 9, respectively, have substantially the same hardware configuration as shown in FIG. The only difference is the flow. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 35 denotes a switch that switches the signal path to the antenna 5 according to the transmission and reception of wireless signals between the separately paid card 1 and the antenna 5, and when transmitting, the amplifier 3
The transmitting signal from the modulation circuit 39 is passed through the antenna 5 via the antenna 7, and the received signal from the antenna 5 is supplied to the demodulation circuit 43 via the amplification detector 41 during reception. These three modulation circuits and demodulation circuit 43 are connected to the control section 33 via a bus 45. The control unit 33
It controls the operation of the entire device as will be described later, and in particular supplies necessary information for transmission and reception to the modulation circuit 39 or the demodulation circuit 43 as necessary. In addition, in Fig. 4,
47 is a main memory consisting of ROM and RAM for storing various necessary information; 4 is an interface for the pass ticket issuing machine 72 or statement sheet issuing machine 92; and 55 is a power supply built into the device.

Further, 57 is an oscillator that supplies a timing signal for modulation to the modulation circuit 39.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained using the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 shows a processing flowchart of the control section (hereinafter referred to as "entrance control section") 33 of the entrance processing device 7, and FIG. This is a processing flowchart.

During its operation, the entrance control section 33 controls the modulation circuit 39. at predetermined time intervals. Amplifier 37. A wireless signal (readout signal) for reading the separate payment card 1 is output from the antenna 5 on the route of the switching device 35.In this situation, the driver who has the separate payment card 1 to use the toll road When vehicle 3 enters the entrance gate, the previous readout signal is sent to separately paid card 1.
The signal is received by the receiving antenna 13 provided at the.

In response to receiving this readout signal, the control unit 25 in the separately paid card 1 transmits the necessary proof information stored in advance for legitimately using the toll passage to the transmitting antenna 11 via the demodulation circuit 15 and the amplifier 17. Output from.

The entrance control unit 33 transmits the certification information transmitted from the separately paid card 1 to the antenna 5. Switcher 35. Amplified detector 41. It is read through the demodulation circuit 43 and confirms that the vehicle 3 that is about to use the toll road has arrived, and also determines based on the proof information whether or not this separate payment card 1 can legitimately apply separate payment processing of tolls. (Step 100.11)
0).

As a result, if the separate payment card 1 is valid, the entrance control unit 33 will be able to calculate the toll road exit fee that should be recorded on the toll ticket, such as the entry interchange name, entry time, fw Information such as the size of 3 (entrance information)
is supplied to the separately paid card 1 as a wireless signal via the antenna 5 and stored in the information memory 27 (step 12o).

On the other hand, if the ticket is invalid due to the expiration date, etc., the entrance control unit 33 will issue a ticket by driving the ticket issuing machine 72 to perform normal cash processing at the exit gate of the toll road. .

Therefore, according to such processing at the entrance of a toll road, when separate payment processing is applied, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of issuing a toll ticket at the entrance and handing it to the driver, and it is possible to avoid the hassle of issuing a toll ticket at the entrance and handing it to the driver. In addition to making it possible to quickly enter the area, operational costs can be reduced.

Next, at the exit gate of the toll road, the exit control unit 33
is waiting for the vehicle 3 to arrive while outputting a readout signal in the same way as the entrance control unit 33, so when the vehicle 3 approaches the vicinity of the antenna 5 to exit the toll road, this wireless signal is sent to the separately paid card 1. will be received. In response to receiving this readout signal, the control unit 25 of the separate payment card 1 receives the information stored in the information memory 27, that is, the necessary certification information for legitimately using the toll road mentioned above, and the information at the entrance of the toll road. The stored entrance information required for fee calculation is output from the transmitting antenna 11 as a wireless signal.

The exit control unit 33 first confirms that the vehicle 3 has arrived from the image information transmitted and output from the separate payment code 1, and also certifies whether the separate payment card 7 can legitimately apply separate payment processing of the toll. Make an informed decision (step 200)
．． 210).

As a result, if the separate payment card 1 is valid, the exit control unit 33 calculates the fee based on the entrance information required for fee calculation in order to perform separate payment processing, stores detailed data for billing at a later date, and also stores detailed information for billing at a later date. Steps 230 and 240) of driving the sheet issuing machine 92 to issue a usage statement sheet.

Conversely, if the separate payment card 9 is not valid, normal cash processing will be performed (step 220).

Therefore, according to this kind of exit processing, the holder of a valid separate payment card can pass through the exit simply by receiving a usage statement sheet from the collection staff, and therefore can exit the toll road more quickly than before. , it becomes possible to effectively control the occurrence of traffic jams near toll gates.

In addition, in the process of the above-mentioned embodiment, the same cash process as before will be performed for vehicles that do not own the separate payment card 1.

In addition, although the above embodiment mainly describes the case of separate payment processing, it is also applicable to card system processing in which, for example, a separate payment card is used as a prepaid value ticket card using an electromagnetic wave medium and the amount is reduced each time it is used. It can be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the arrival of a vehicle at the entrance or exit is detected by information transmission from the separate payment card 1.
It may also be detected separately, for example, by an optical single tonometer. In other words, at the entrance to a toll road, it is necessary to write entrance information such as the weight and size of the vehicle on a separate payment card as information for toll calculation.
ffi has means for detecting the size, and these are used effectively.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, a so-called separately paid card is configured with a portable medium having a wireless communication function, and necessary processing can be performed by exchanging wireless signals at the entrance and exit of a toll road. By doing so, it is possible to speed up processing regarding toll road usage fees, as the exchange between separately paid cards and toll tickets with staff members is eliminated.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are diagrams showing a schematic configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are details of some components of the system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing the processing flow of the system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. 1...Separate payment card 3...Vehicle 5...Antenna 7...Entrance processing device 9...Exit processing device 11...Transmission antenna 13...Reception antenna 15...Modulation circuit 17.・1-width instrument
19... Demodulation circuit 21... Amplification detector 23
... Bus 25 ... Control section 27 ... Information memory 29 ... Oscillator 31 ... Battery 33
...Control unit 35...Switcher 37...Amplifier 39...Modulation circuit 41...Amplification detector 43...Demodulation circuit 45...Bus
47... Main memory 49... Interface 55... Power supply 57... Oscillator 71...
・Entrance processing section 72...Ticket issuing machine 91...
Exit processing department 92...Details sheet issued 1st set 2nd diagram also 1t to N (

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A portable medium carried by a toll road user and having at least the function of transmitting and receiving wireless signals and the function of storing necessary information; It has the function of transmitting and receiving signals, reads the information stored in the portable medium as a wireless signal, and calculates the toll after confirming the validity of the use of the toll road by the owner of the portable medium based on this information. an entrance processing means for transmitting and storing predetermined information required for a portable medium as a wireless signal; Toll processing on a toll road, comprising: an exit processing means that reads information as a wireless signal and calculates a toll after confirming the validity of the use of the toll road by the owner of the portable medium based on this information. system.