KR100458814B1 - Method for collecting toll at toll gate and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for installing a plurality of toll gates at predetermined intervals on a road and calculating a toll fee to be paid by a vehicle at each toll gate on a toll road to which a fee is applied according to an open fare method. It detects the vehicle entering the current toll gate, checks the information on the toll gate that the vehicle has passed by referring to the driving information stored in the vehicle, and then pays the toll for a predetermined reference time before arriving at the current toll gate. If there is a toll gate, the discount rate is applied according to the number of toll gates that have passed, and in the case of the open toll collection method, when a vehicle uses the expressway continuously, it solves the customer's dissatisfaction by discounting or exempting tolls by a certain amount. Can be achieved.

Description

Method for collecting toll at toll gate and apparatus therefor}

The present invention relates to a method for automatically collecting a toll on a toll road and a device therefor, and more particularly, to install a plurality of toll gates at predetermined intervals on a road, and to install a vehicle at each toll gate on a toll road to which a fee is applied according to an open toll method. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for calculating and collecting the toll payable.

The open fare system on toll roads is mainly applied to high-speed roads around the city. It is a flat fare method where a vehicle (Paul Gate) is installed in the middle of the highway, and the vehicle pays a fixed fee as it passes through the booth. . In contrast, paying a fare based on the distance traveled is called a closed fare system. In the case of the open fare method, as described above, a uniform fee is applied to all the toll gates.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for variably calculating and collecting a toll in consideration of a situation in which a vehicle uses a toll road in a toll road to which an open toll collection method is applied.

Figure 1 shows the configuration of the automatic toll collection device according to the present invention.

2A and 2B illustrate a toll calculation method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of applying a linked discount rate in a toll gate.

4 shows an example of vehicle information stored in the vehicle onboarder.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calculating a toll fee in a toll gate installed in a toll gate.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calculating a toll in a vehicle passing through a toll gate.

Toll calculation method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the vehicle is to pay at each of the toll gates of the toll road toll is applied according to the open fare system by installing a plurality of toll gates at predetermined intervals on the road A method of calculating a toll, comprising: (a) detecting a vehicle entering a current toll gate; (b) confirming information on the toll gate from which the vehicle passed by referring to the driving information stored in the vehicle; (c) checking whether the user has passed another toll gate for a predetermined reference time before arriving at the current toll gate; (d) applying the normal rate if it has not passed another toll gate; And (e) if there is at least one toll gate paid and passed through the toll, applying the associated discount rate according to the number of toll gates passed therethrough.

Another toll calculation method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method of calculating the toll fee to be paid by the vehicle passing through the toll gate installed on the toll road to which the toll is applied according to the open toll method, (a Checking information regarding the current toll gate at which the vehicle arrived; (b) confirming information on the toll gate from which the vehicle passed by referring to the driving information stored in the vehicle; (c) checking whether the other toll gate has been passed during the predetermined reference time before the current toll gate; (d) applying the normal rate if it has not passed another toll gate; (e) if there is at least one toll gate paid and passed the toll, then applying the associated discount rate according to the number of toll gates passed; And (f) calculating the applied toll.

Toll collection device according to the present invention for achieving the above object is to install a plurality of toll gates at predetermined intervals on the road to be paid by the vehicle at each of the toll gates of the toll road to which the charge is applied according to the open fare method An apparatus for calculating and collecting a toll, the apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to detect a vehicle entering a current toll gate and to check information about the toll gate through which the vehicle has passed by referring to driving information stored in the vehicle; Check if you have passed other toll gates for a certain reference time before you arrive at the current toll gate, and if you have not passed another toll gate, apply the normal fare and if there is at least one toll gate that has passed through the toll A controller for applying an associated discount rate according to the number of toll gates passed; And a transmission unit for transmitting to the vehicle information on the toll applied in the controller.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 1 shows the configuration of the automatic toll collection device according to the present invention. The toll collector 11 is installed at the toll gate, and the vehicle on-board machine 15 is installed inside the vehicle, and they transmit and receive data by wireless communication. When the vehicle passes through the toll gate, the wireless communication module 16 of the on-board vehicle 15 and the wireless communication module 13 of the toll collector 11 communicate with each other to exchange information and settle a fee.

The toll collector 11 is provided at each toll gate installed at a predetermined interval on the road, and calculates and collects a toll fee to be paid by a vehicle passing through the toll gate of the toll road to which the fee is applied according to the open fare method. can do. The wireless communication module 13 detects a vehicle entering the current toll gate, receives driving information from the vehicle mounting unit 15 installed in the vehicle, checks the information about the toll gate from which the vehicle has passed, and tolls to be paid by the vehicle. Information about is transmitted to the vehicle onboard (15). The TG controller 12 calculates the toll of the vehicle currently passing by referring to the driving information of the vehicle and the like. That is, it checks whether the other toll gate has been passed during the predetermined reference time before arriving at the current toll gate, and if the other toll gate has not passed, the normal fare is applied and if there is at least one toll gate passed after paying the toll In this case, the associated discount rate shall apply according to the number of the toll gates. Specific details related to the toll calculation performed in the TG controller 12 will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings.

Typically, the vehicle mounting device 15 installed at the front of the vehicle operates so that the toll is automatically settled by exchanging information with the TG toll collector 11 by wireless communication. The wireless communication module 16 receives the information on the toll transmitted from the wireless communication module 13 of the toll collector 13 and transmits the driving information of the vehicle to the wireless communication module 13 of the toll collector 13. To send. The smart card 18 inserted into the card slot of the onboard vehicle 18 stores and updates various information necessary for bill settlement and payment. The vehicle controller 17 performs the fare settlement by referring to the information recorded in the smart card 18 according to the tolls transmitted from the toll collector 11 or according to the tolls calculated by itself. If the smart card is a prepaid card, it will be settled by deducting the toll from the amount remaining on the prepaid card.

4 shows an example of vehicle information stored in the vehicle onboarder. The vehicle information includes vehicle type information indicating a vehicle type, information indicating an exemption or discount rate of a toll, and a plurality of driving information regarding information related to driving on a toll road. All or part of the vehicle information may be stored in a smart card or stored in a memory unit of the vehicle controller.

Each driving information includes the contents related to the toll gate and fare settlement previously passed by the vehicle. The previous office information includes information indicating the fare system and direction of the business (tollgate) that has previously passed (any open, down, open, closed entrance, closed exit) and office number. The previous lane number means the lane number of the road where the toll gate previously passed is installed. In addition, it is used to check whether the time interval falls within the reference time by comparing the time passing through the current toll gate and the time passing through the previous toll gate, including information on the date and time passing through the previous toll gate. The information on the form of transfer collection includes information on the toll calculation method and payment method applied at the tollgate previously passed. In the case of the toll calculation method, for example, it includes information indicating whether the normal rate was paid or the linkage fee, and how many times the linkage rate was applied. In the case of a payment method, information indicating prepaid, postpaid, exempt, discounted, etc. is displayed.

2A and 2B illustrate a toll calculation method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2A, the A, B, and C toll gates 21, 22, and 23 are sequentially installed on the traveling road in the upward traveling direction of the road, and the D toll gate 24 is installed in the access road entering the traveling road. do. 2B shows that the F, G, and H toll gates 25, 26, and 27 are sequentially installed on the traveling path in the upward traveling direction of the road.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calculating a toll applied to a vehicle passing through the toll gate in the toll collector installed in the C toll gate 23 of FIG. 2A. In the toll gate, the toll collector shown in FIG. 1 is installed, and when the vehicle equipped with the on-board vehicle passes, the driving information stored in the vehicle is transmitted by wireless communication, and the toll gate is calculated for the current toll gate. Transfer to onboard vehicle. The on-vehicle vehicle receives and stores driving information related to the toll gate passage, and pays in advance or postpaid according to the fare information.

First, when the vehicle enters the C toll 23 (51), the vehicle receives driving information stored in the vehicle and reads it (52). Confirmation of vehicle entry can be confirmed by receiving a signal generated from the vehicle onboard of the vehicle or by separately installing a vehicle recognition wireless device in the toll gate.

The toll collector checks the driving information to determine whether the toll gate has passed through another toll gate for a predetermined reference period (for example, 4 hours) before the current toll gate arrival time (53). For example, if the current time is 2:00 pm and the time of the most recent passage through the toll gate is between 11 am and 1:00 pm on the same day, the vehicle may determine that the road is still running. However, since the vehicle's driving information is stored cumulatively every time it passes through the toll gate, data about the passage of the toll gate on the toll road a few days ago is also stored. However, the data in this case corresponds to the tollgate passing data before the reference time on the basis of the current time and is excluded from the linkage fee calculation.

If the toll gate has not passed through the other toll gate during the predetermined reference period before the arrival of the toll gate (in case of ① of FIG. 2A), the new toll road is considered to be newly entered and the toll gate is calculated as the normal toll (normal rate) (54 ). On the contrary, if there has been at least one toll gate, the toll associated with it is calculated (55-58). First, it is checked whether the toll gate that passed immediately before is the access road toll gate 55 that pays the toll (55). If passing through the toll gate (D toll gate) and then passing through the toll gate (C toll gate) as the first process (in case of ② of FIG. 2A), the toll is exempted from the toll gate in the road (56). On the other hand, if the passage has passed through the toll gate, the number of passage toll gates which have passed so far for a predetermined reference time is confirmed (57), and the associated discount rate is applied according to the number (58).

In case of ③ of FIG. 2A, when the vehicle wants to pass through the C toll gate after passing through the B toll gate, the B toll gate pays the normal rate while the C toll gate applies the discount rate associated with the first connection. In case of ④ of FIG. 2A, when the vehicle wants to pass through the C toll gate after passing through the A and B toll gates, the normal rate is applied at the A toll gate and the first linked discount rate is applied to the B toll gate while the second linked discount is applied to the C toll gate. Fees apply.

3 is a view illustrating an example of applying a linked discount rate in a C toll gate, wherein a normal rate is determined according to a vehicle type, and a discount rate is applied according to the number of times of linkage. The discount width increases in proportion to the number of linked toll gates, and as the number of linked links increases, the discount amount can be made relatively small. For example, a one-time discount at the normal rate may apply a discount of 300 won, and a two-time discount may apply a discount of 200 won. In addition, the reference time (or effective time) for determining the reference of the time interval passing through the current toll gate and the previous toll gate may be defined differently in consideration of the interval and the number of associations between the toll gates. As shown in the table shown in FIG. 3, the fare information data for all cases where normal / linked / exempt fare is applicable based on the toll gate is stored in a database in advance, and the necessary data are directly read out according to the driving information read from the vehicle. Toll rates can be determined.

On the other hand, Figure 2b is a view for explaining the case of entering the road after exiting the progress road after passing through any one toll gate.

When the vehicle travels as ⑤, after the vehicle passes through the toll gate F 25 on the traveling path, the vehicle leaves the traveling road before the toll gate G 26 and then moves on the toll gate H 27 next. If it passes. As a result of reading the driving record recorded in the vehicle by the toll gate F 27, the toll gate G which has been passed just before the toll gate F but is currently installed just before the toll gate F is read. If it is determined not to pass, the toll gate F 27 is subject to the normal rate.

When the vehicle travels as ⑥, when the vehicle passes through the toll gate H 27 on the traveling path, then leaves the traveling road before the toll gate G 26 and then passes through the toll gate G 26 again. to be. In this case, the toll gate installed on the road is continuously passed. If the period from the time when passing through the toll gate H (27) to the time passing through the toll gate G (26) is within the standard time defined between the toll gates, the discount rate is linked. Otherwise, the normal rate will apply.

On the other hand, if the vehicle has passed through the toll gate in some progress before the vehicle arrives at the current toll gate, the normal fare is applied if the direction of travel of the vehicle passing through the toll gate is different from the direction in which the vehicle passes through the toll gate. For example, if the vehicle passes the toll gate F 25 in the ascending direction and the next toll gate is the toll gate G 26 in the ascending direction, since the driving direction is changed after the vehicle leaves the road, the normal fare is Apply.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calculating a toll in a vehicle passing through a toll gate. In the toll calculation method according to the present invention, as described with reference to FIG. 5, the toll gate installed in the toll gate receives the driving information of the vehicle, calculates the toll based on this, and transmits the toll information to the onboard vehicle, or FIG. 6 As shown in FIG. 2, it is possible to receive information about a toll gate currently passing through the onboard vehicle installed in the vehicle and calculate a toll for the current toll gate based on the information.

When the vehicle enters the road and arrives at the toll gate while driving (61-63), the on-vehicle device checks the information about the toll gate currently passing through and the previously stored driving information (64). Information about the toll gate may be transmitted by wireless communication from a device such as a toll collector installed in the toll gate, and the driving information is stored in the onboard vehicle as information on the toll gate and tolls passed by the vehicle.

It is determined whether the current toll gate is a progress toll gate sequentially installed on the driving road or an access road toll gate in which the toll is to be paid while entering the driving road (65). If the current toll gate is not the driving toll gate but the access road toll gate, the normal fare is applied since the vehicle enters the driving road for the first time (66). When the current toll gate is the toll gate as the vehicle proceeds (65), the number of toll gates that have passed in the same traveling direction for a predetermined reference time before the vehicle arrives at the current toll gate is checked (67). If no toll gate has passed previously, the normal rate applies (66). If the previously passed toll gate was the ramp toll gate (68), the exemption fee applies to the current toll gate in conjunction with the fee paid at the ramp toll gate (69). On the other hand, if the toll gate previously passed was the toll gate in progress (68), the vehicle checks the number of the toll gates in succession while continuously passing the toll in the same traveling direction so far within the predetermined reference time (70) and the current toll gate In operation 71, the discount rate is applied in connection with the number of these toll gates.

When the toll is calculated in the manner described above, payment is made according to the amount information (for prepaid card) or credit information (for credit card) recorded on the smart card according to the fee (72). Then, driving information related to the passage of the toll gate is stored in the onboard memory and / or the smart card. The above process is repeated while the vehicle continues to run, and when the vehicle exits through the exit 74, the process ends. Even if you exit the exit, you may be subject to the discounted rate if you enter the same driving direction in the same driving direction and pass the next toll gate within a predetermined reference time from the time of passing the toll gate recently passed.

In FIG. 5, a program for performing a flow related to a toll calculator is installed in a toll collector in a toll gate, so that information about the toll gate provided in the toll collector itself (for example, information about toll gates before and after the toll gate, and toll information) Information about the toll gate based on the driving information (e.g., information about the toll gate previously passed, payment related information, etc.) received from the onboard vehicle, and the related information. The driving information is transmitted to the onboard vehicle, and the onboard vehicle stores the information and performs the settlement process.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 6, a program for performing a flow related to a toll calculator is provided in a vehicle onboard unit installed inside a vehicle, and includes information on toll gates transmitted from the toll collector (for example, information about toll gates before and after the present, Fare information for the toll gate is calculated based on the driving information stored in the onboard vehicle (e.g., information about the previously passed tollgate, payment related information, etc.) together with the fare information, linking information, etc. Will be performed. On the other hand, the fare information calculated by the vehicle onboard, driving information about the toll gate, payment information, etc. may be transmitted to the toll collector.

In addition to toll calculations as described above, consideration may be given to exemption or discount of tolls. If information indicating that the vehicle is exempt is displayed in the vehicle information stored in the onboard vehicle (see FIG. 4), the toll to be collected is zero. If the time the vehicle passes through the toll gate is in the discount zone, the normal fare minus the fare discounted by the discount zone is applied. If a discount rate (eg, a vehicle discount and / or a linked discount) is also applied during the discount period, it is preferable to use the lower of the two discount rates.

As described above, the fare calculation program can be selectively installed in the toll collector or vehicle onboard, and the fare settlement is preferably performed by a smart card detachable to the onboard vehicle.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, which are also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). It also includes. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

The best embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and specification above. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the vehicle continuously uses the highway in the open fare collection method, it is possible to solve the customer dissatisfaction and achieve the fair fare by discounting or exempting the toll price by a certain amount.

Claims (13)

A method of calculating a toll fee to be paid by a vehicle at each toll gate of a toll road to which a toll is applied according to an open fare scheme by installing a plurality of toll gates at predetermined intervals on a road, (a) detecting a vehicle entering a current toll gate; (b) confirming information on the toll gate from which the vehicle passed by referring to the driving information stored in the vehicle; (c) checking whether the user has passed another toll gate for a predetermined reference time before arriving at the current toll gate; (d) applying the normal rate if it has not passed through another toll gate; And (e) If there have been other toll gates, check the number of toll gates that have passed so far, and apply the discounted toll rate by applying a predetermined discount rate according to the number of toll gates that have passed, If the tollgate that passed previously passes the toll gate as the access road toll gate, the associated exemption fee applies, If the vehicle has passed through the toll gate by any of the proceedings before arriving at the toll gate, but has not passed through the toll gate by the process installed just before the toll gate, the normal fare is applied. If the vehicle has passed through the toll gate before the current arrival at the toll gate, but the driving direction of the vehicle passing through the toll gate is different from the traveling direction when the vehicle passes through the toll gate, the normal rate is applied. Toll calculation method comprising a. The method of claim 1, and (f) transmitting the information about the applied toll to the vehicle. delete delete delete In the method of calculating the toll fee to be paid by a vehicle passing through a toll gate installed on a toll road to which the toll is applied according to the open fare method, (a) verifying information regarding a current toll gate at which the vehicle arrived; (b) confirming information on the toll gate from which the vehicle passed by referring to the driving information stored in the vehicle; (c) checking whether the other toll gate has been passed during the predetermined reference time before the current toll gate; (d) applying the normal rate if it has not passed through another toll gate; (e) If there have been other toll gates, check the number of toll gates that have passed so far, and apply the discounted toll rate by applying a predetermined discount rate according to the number of toll gates that have passed, If the toll gate that passed before the current toll gate passes the toll gate as the access road toll gate, the associated exemption fee is applied. After passing through the toll gate in any of the proceedings and passing through the toll gate next installed without passing through the toll gate in at least one continuously installed road in the direction of vehicle travel, the normal fare applies. Applying a normal fare when passing through the toll gate in a direction opposite to the vehicle traveling direction when passing through the toll gate after passing through the toll gate in any one of the steps; And Toll calculation method comprising the step of calculating the applied toll. delete The method of claim 6, wherein in step (e) If the time from the time when the passage passes through the toll gate in one of the proceedings to the time when the passage passes through the toll gate in the direction of the vehicle continuously installed exceeds the predetermined reference time, the toll is calculated. Way. delete delete In the device for installing a plurality of toll gates at predetermined intervals on the road to calculate and collect the tolls to be paid by the vehicle at each toll gate of the toll road to which the fee is applied according to the open fare method, A receiver which detects a vehicle entering a current toll gate and checks information on the toll gate through which the vehicle has passed by referring to driving information stored in the vehicle; Check if you have passed other toll gates for a certain reference time before you arrive at the current toll gate, and if you did not pass another toll gate, apply the normal fare, and if you have passed other toll gates, By checking the number of tolls, the discounted toll rate is applied by applying a predetermined discount rate according to the number of toll gates, If the toll gate previously passed pays the toll as an access toll gate, the associated exemption fee is applied, and the vehicle is installed just before the toll gate, although the vehicle has passed through the toll gate before any current arrival at the toll gate. If the vehicle does not pass through the toll gate, the normal fare is applied, and if the vehicle passes through the toll gate before the vehicle arrives at the current toll gate, the direction of the vehicle passing through the toll gate is to A controller which applies a normal fare if it is different from the traveling direction when passing; And Toll gate toll collection device, characterized in that it comprises a transmission unit for transmitting the information on the toll applied in the controller to the vehicle. In the vehicle mounting apparatus installed inside the vehicle and communicating with the toll collection device of the toll gate to set the toll fee when passing through the toll gate of the toll road, A card used to settle the toll; A wireless communication unit configured to receive information about the toll gate when the vehicle passes through the toll gate; And On the basis of the toll gate information, it is checked whether the other toll gate has been passed during the predetermined reference time before arriving at the current toll gate, and if the other toll gate has not passed, the normal rate is applied, and if the other toll gate has not passed the toll gate, If there are any toll gates that have passed so far, the discounted toll rate is applied by applying a predetermined discount rate according to the number of toll gates passed, If the toll gate previously passed pays the toll as an access toll gate, the associated exemption fee is applied, and the vehicle is installed just before the toll gate, although the vehicle has passed through the toll gate before any current arrival at the toll gate. If the vehicle does not pass through the toll gate, the normal fare is applied, and if the vehicle passes through the toll gate before the vehicle arrives at the current toll gate, the direction of the vehicle passing through the toll gate is to And a vehicle controller for calculating the toll on the card by applying a normal fare if it is different from the traveling direction when passing. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the method of any one of claims 1, 2, 6, and 8.