KR100572401B1 - Road toll collection system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a toll collection system and a collection method of a toll road. The toll collection system of the present invention, the first detection means for generating the first location information by detecting the vehicle entering the predetermined first gate to enter the road, the first location information is located in the predetermined section of the vehicle The first photographing means for photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate the first image, detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, recognizing the characters in the license plate to generate the vehicle number, and including the vehicle number. A ticketing device including a control means for outputting the traffic information, and a ticket issuing unit for recording and outputting the traffic information in the traffic ticket; And second sensing means for detecting the vehicle entering the predetermined second gate to generate second location information, and photographing the license plate of the vehicle when the second location information indicates that the vehicle is located in the predetermined section. Second photographing means for generating a second image, and detecting the position of the license plate in the second image, recognizing characters in the license plate to generate a vehicle number, and comparing the generated vehicle number with the vehicle number read from the pass, And a fare settlement device including fare settlement means for calculating a road use fare in accordance with the traffic information read from the pass.

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Road toll collection system and method {System and method for collecting toll fee}

1A is a diagram showing the configuration of a toll collection system according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 1B is a detailed block diagram showing the construction of a toll card issuing means according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1C is a detailed block diagram showing the construction of the toll settlement means according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is also.

2 is a flowchart for explaining a toll collection method according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3A is a diagram showing the configuration of a toll collection system according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3B is a detailed block diagram showing the construction of the pass card issuing means according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4A is a detailed block diagram showing the construction of a toll card issuing means according to the third preferred embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4B is a detailed block diagram showing the construction of the toll payment means according to the third preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is also.

The present invention relates to a toll road toll collection system and collection method. Specifically, in the present invention, by inputting predetermined information into a toll card of a toll road such as a highway, the section that is exchanged and exchanged at the point where the up and down lines of the toll road meet on a toll card issued to collect the toll fee is changed. A road toll collection system and method can be used to prevent a person from escaping a normal fee. Although the present invention is applicable to all toll road toll collection systems and methods, the following describes a case where the toll collection system and method of the present invention is applied to a highway for convenience of description.

Currently, all highways issue a toll card at the freeway entrance and return the toll card at the exit to settle the fare. At this time, the information recorded in the traffic card includes the traffic card serial number, the toll gate number entered the highway, and the highway entry time. The highway pass card is issued one by one to every vehicle entering the highway, and the vehicle pays the return card when the vehicle leaves the highway.

In this process, the current system does not implement a procedure to determine whether the vehicle that is issued a pass card and the vehicle that pays the fare is the same vehicle, so that some malicious drivers pass each other at the point where the ascending and descending lines meet each other. In the case of arriving at a destination by exchanging a card, the toll card eventually exits through the same toll gate or the adjacent toll gate that issued the toll card, so that there is a problem that considerable highway tolls are eliminated.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a road toll collection system, which can solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of toll collection, which can solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

In the toll collection system of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, the first sensing means for generating a first position information by detecting that the vehicle enters a predetermined first gate to enter the road, the first position information In the case of indicating that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section, the first photographing means for photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a first image, detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, and recognizing a character in the license plate to determine the vehicle number. A ticket issuing device including: a control means for generating and outputting traffic information including a vehicle number, a ticket serial number, and a toll gate unique number; and a ticket issuing unit for recording and outputting the traffic information on the ticket; And second sensing means for detecting that the vehicle enters a predetermined second gate to advance from the road and generating second position information, wherein the second position information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section. A second photographing means for photographing the license plate of the vehicle and generating a second image, and detecting a position of the license plate in the second image, recognizing characters in the license plate to generate a vehicle number, and reading the vehicle number and the right of passage And a fare settlement device comprising fare settlement means for comparing the numbers and calculating the road usage fee according to the traffic information read from the pass.

In addition, the control means of the above-described toll collection system, the background separation unit for detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, and separates the characters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; A character recognition unit for outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying a character to a character recognition pattern; And a traffic information generation unit for outputting traffic information including the recognized vehicle number, the traffic ticket serial number, and the toll gate unique number.

In addition, the charge settlement means of the above-described toll collection system, the background separation unit for detecting the position of the license plate in the second image, and separates the characters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; A character recognition unit for outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying a character to a character recognition pattern; A reading unit that reads the traffic information including the vehicle number from the traffic ticket; A comparator for comparing the vehicle number input from the character recognition unit with the vehicle number input from the reading unit to generate an approval signal; And when receiving the approval signal, it is preferable to include a fare calculation unit for calculating the toll using the toll information.

On the other hand, in another toll collection system of the present invention for achieving the technical problem of the present invention described above, the first photographing means and the second photographing means of the above-described toll collection system, is installed in front of the predetermined section is installed on the front of the vehicle Forward photographing means for photographing the license plate and generating a front image; And rear photographing means installed at a rear of the predetermined section and photographing a license plate installed at the rear of the vehicle to generate a rear image.

Further, in this case, the control means of the above system includes: a background separator for detecting the position of the license plate in the front image and the rear image and separating the characters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; A character recognition unit for outputting the recognized first front vehicle number and first rear vehicle number by applying a character to a character recognition pattern; A comparison unit configured to generate a comparison result of comparing the first front vehicle number and the first rear vehicle number; And if the comparison result indicates that the two vehicle numbers are the same, the traffic information including the same vehicle number and the serial number of the pass is output to the pass issuer, and if the comparison result indicates that both vehicle numbers are not the same, the vehicle number is not included. It is preferable to include a traffic information generation unit for outputting the traffic information to the pass issuer.

Further, in this case, the fee settlement means of the above system includes: a background separator for detecting the position of the license plate in the second front image and the second rear image of the second image and separating the characters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; A character recognition unit for outputting a recognized second front vehicle number and second rear vehicle number by applying a character to a character recognition pattern; A reading unit that reads the traffic information from the traffic right; When the vehicle information is included in the traffic information input from the reading unit, the traffic information is output when the vehicle number is matched with the second front vehicle number and the second rear vehicle number, and the serial number serial number is output when the vehicle number is not included. Comparing unit; A transceiving unit which receives the serial number and transmits the serial number to the central management server and receives and outputs the first front image and the first rear image stored in association with the serial number from the central management server; And displaying a first front image and a first rear image together with the second front image and the second rear image to the user, and calculating a toll fee according to the user's input value and the traffic information.

On the other hand, the toll collection method of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, (a) detecting the vehicle enters a predetermined first gate to enter the road to generate the first location information, (b) If the first location information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section, photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a first image, (c) detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, and displaying characters in the license plate. Recognizing to generate a vehicle number, outputting the traffic information including the vehicle number, the traffic ticket serial number, and the toll gate unique number, and (d) recording and outputting the traffic information on the traffic ticket; And (e) detecting that the vehicle enters a predetermined second gate to enter the road and generating second location information, and (f) the second location information indicates that the vehicle is located in the predetermined section. Photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a second image, and (g) detecting the position of the license plate in the second image, recognizing a character in the license plate to generate a vehicle number, and from the generated vehicle number and pass And comparing the vehicle number read out, and calculating the road use fee according to the traffic information read from the pass.

In addition, step (c) of the above-described toll collection method may include detecting a position of the license plate in the first image and separating characters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; Outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying a character to a character recognition pattern; And outputting traffic information including the recognized vehicle number, the traffic ticket serial number, and the toll gate unique number.

Further, step (g) of the above-described toll collection method may include: (g1) detecting the position of the license plate in the second image and separating the letters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; (g2) outputting the recognized vehicle number by applying the character to the character recognition pattern; (g3) reading the traffic information including the vehicle number from the traffic right; (g4) generating a grant signal by comparing the vehicle number recognized in (g2) with the vehicle number read in (g3); And (g5) if the approval signal is input, calculating a toll using the toll information.

On the other hand, in the other toll collection method of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, step (b) and (f), the vehicle license plate installed on the front of the vehicle using the front photographing means installed in the front of the predetermined section It is preferable to generate a front image, and to generate a rear image by photographing a vehicle license plate installed at the rear of the vehicle using a rear photographing means installed at a rear of a predetermined section.

Also, in this case, step (c) of the above-described toll collection method compares the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, so that both vehicle numbers are the same. It is preferable to include the vehicle number in the traffic information and output it.

Also, in this case, step (g) of the above-described toll collection method may include: the second front vehicle number recognized from the front image, the second rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and the vehicle number read from the pass. In this case, it is desirable to calculate the fare according to the traffic information.

Another toll collection system of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, the first sensing means for generating a first location information by detecting the vehicle entering a predetermined first gate to enter the road, the first location information The first photographing means for photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a first image, detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, recognizing a character in the license plate, Traffic information generating means for outputting traffic information including a vehicle number and a toll gate unique number, and receiving payment information from a traffic card of a vehicle driver, verifying validity, and passing the traffic information to a traffic card at a predetermined frequency. A traffic information recording device including first wireless transmission and reception means for transmitting and recording the data; And second sensing means for detecting that the vehicle enters a predetermined second gate to advance from the road and generating second position information, wherein the second position information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section. Second photographing means for photographing the license plate of the license plate and generating a second image; second radio transmitting / receiving means for reading passage information and payment information from the traffic card using a predetermined radio frequency, detecting the position of the license plate in the second image; A recognition means for generating a vehicle number by recognizing characters in the license plate, comparing the generated vehicle number with the vehicle number included in the traffic information, and outputting the approval information; and when receiving the approval information, the road according to the traffic information. And a charge settlement device including a charge settlement means for calculating a usage fee and paying a road use fee using payment information.

In addition, the traffic card used in the above-described toll collection system includes an antenna for generating induced power by radio waves received from the first and second transmitting and receiving means, and transmitting and receiving payment information and traffic information signals; An RF interface unit for converting induced power to a predetermined level, and for demodulating and demodulating payment information and passage information at a predetermined frequency; And a storage unit for storing payment information and passage information.

In addition, the traffic card reads the payment information from the storage unit according to the payment information request signal inputted from the first wireless transceiver and outputs it to the RF interface unit, and transmits the payment information according to the traffic information request signal inputted from the second wireless transceiver. And a control unit for outputting passage information to the RF interface unit.

In addition, the first wireless transmission and reception means of the above-mentioned toll collection system includes: an RF interface unit for demodulating and outputting payment information received from a traffic card, modulating the traffic information at a predetermined frequency, and outputting the traffic information to the traffic card; A database including payment information and an identifier indicating validity thereof; And a control unit for querying the demodulated payment information in a database to determine validity of the payment information and outputting the passage information to the RF interface unit when the payment information is valid.

In addition, the traffic information generating means of the above-mentioned toll collection system includes: a background separator for detecting the position of the license plate in the first image and separating the characters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; A character recognition unit for outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying a character to a character recognition pattern; And a traffic information generation unit for outputting traffic information including the recognized vehicle number and the toll gate unique number.

In addition, the second wireless transmission and reception means of the above-mentioned toll collection system transmits the traffic information request signal to the traffic card, receives the traffic information and payment information from the traffic card, and outputs the vehicle number of the traffic information to the comparison means, Traffic information other than the payment information and the vehicle information is preferably output to the fare settlement means.

In addition, the fee settlement means of the above-mentioned fee collection system transmits the usage fee and payment information calculated according to the traffic information to a predetermined payment server, receives the payment approval signal and the current month's payment amount information from the server and displays it to the user. And, it is preferable to output the payment amount information of the current month to the second wireless transmission and reception means, the second wireless transmission and reception means to transmit and store the input payment amount information of the current month to the traffic card.

On the other hand, the first photographing means and the second photographing means of the above-mentioned toll collection system, front photographing means which is installed in front of the predetermined section to photograph the license plate installed on the front of the vehicle to generate a front image; And rear photographing means installed at the rear of the predetermined section and photographing the license plate installed at the rear of the vehicle to generate a rear image.

In addition, when the above-described toll collection system includes the first photographing means and the second photographing means, the passage information generating means includes a first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and a first rear vehicle recognized from the rear image. When the numbers are compared and both vehicle numbers are the same, it is preferable to include the vehicle numbers in the traffic information and output them.

In addition, when the above-described toll collection system includes the first photographing means and the second photographing means, the toll settlement means includes a second front vehicle number recognized from the front image and a second rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image. , And when the vehicle number input from the second radio transceiver is the same, it is preferable to calculate the fare according to the traffic information.

In addition, when the above-described toll collection system includes the first photographing means and the second photographing means, the passage information generating means includes a first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and a first rear vehicle recognized from the rear image. When the numbers are compared and the two vehicle numbers do not match, it is preferable to include the vehicle numbers in the traffic information together with the identifier indicating the image where the vehicle numbers are recognized and output them.

In addition, when the above-described toll collection system includes the first photographing means and the second photographing means, the toll settlement means includes a first front vehicle number and a first rear vehicle number received from the traffic card through the second radio transceiver. When the second vehicle number read out from the front image and the second rear vehicle number read from the rear image respectively coincide, it is preferable to calculate the fare according to the traffic information.

On the other hand, another toll collection method of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, (a) detects that the vehicle enters a predetermined first gate in order to enter the road, photographing the license plate of the vehicle to capture the first image Generating (b) detecting a position of the license plate in the first image, generating a vehicle number by recognizing characters in the license plate, and generating traffic information including the vehicle number and the toll gate number, (c) the vehicle Generating induced power to the traffic card presented by the driver of the vehicle, and checking the validity of the payment information received from the traffic card; and (d) if the payment information is valid, transmitting and storing the traffic information to the traffic card. Pass information recording process comprising a; And (e) detecting that the vehicle enters a predetermined second gate to enter the road, photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a second image, and (f) detecting the position of the license plate in the second image. Generating a vehicle number by recognizing characters in the license plate; and (g) generating induced power to the traffic card presented by the driver of the vehicle, receiving traffic information and payment information including the vehicle number from the traffic card, Comparing the vehicle number included in the information with the vehicle number generated in step (f), and (h) if both vehicle numbers are determined to be the same, calculating the usage fee according to the traffic information, and using the payment information according to the payment information. It includes a charge settlement process comprising the step of paying.

In addition, steps (a) and (e) of the above-described toll collection method may generate first position information or second position information by detecting that the vehicle enters the first gate or the second gate to enter the road, respectively. And generating a first image or a second image by photographing a license plate of the vehicle when the first position information or the second position information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section.

In addition, step (b) of the above-described toll collection method may include detecting a position of the license plate in the first image and separating characters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; Outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying a character to a character recognition pattern; And outputting traffic information including the recognized vehicle number and the tollgate unique number.

On the other hand, step (a) and (e) of the toll collection method described above, by using the front photographing means installed in the front of the direction in which the vehicle enters by taking a license plate installed on the front of the vehicle to generate a front image, A rear image is generated by photographing a vehicle license plate installed on a rear side of a vehicle by using a rear photographing means installed at a rear side of a vehicle in a traveling direction, and the first image and the second image include a front image and a rear image.

Further, when the front image and the rear image are generated, step (b) compares the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, so that both vehicle numbers are the same. In this case, it is preferable to include the vehicle number in the traffic information and output it.

Further, when the front image and the rear image are generated, step (h) includes a second front vehicle number recognized from the front image, a second rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and a vehicle number received from the traffic card. In the same case, it is preferable to calculate the fee according to the traffic information.

In addition, in the case where the front image and the rear image are generated, step (b) compares the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image so that both vehicle numbers do not match. If not, it is preferable to include the vehicle numbers in the traffic information together with the identifier indicating the image in which the vehicle number is recognized and output them.

Further, in the case where the front image and the rear image are generated, step (h) includes the first front vehicle number and the first rear vehicle number read from the right of passage from the second front vehicle number and the rear image read from the front image. In the case of coinciding with the respectively read second rear vehicle number, it is preferable to calculate the fare according to the traffic information.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a road toll collection system and method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1A is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a toll collection system according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a toll collection method according to the first embodiment.

The toll collection system of the present invention is issued with a toll card (hereinafter referred to as "pass") for entering a vehicle on a toll road (hereinafter, referred to as a highway), or tollgates that settle a fare to enter from the highway. It is preferably installed in.

The present invention largely comprises a ticket issuing device for issuing a ticket when the vehicle enters the highway, and a fare settlement device for calculating the fare when the vehicle enters the highway. In addition, the ticket issuing device recognizes the sensing means 100 for detecting the entry of the vehicle, the photographing means 300 for photographing the vehicle number, and the photographed vehicle number, and passes the traffic information including the recognized vehicle number to the passage right. A means of issuing a right to record and issue a ticket to the vehicle driver.

In addition, the fare settlement apparatus recognizes the vehicle number from the sensing means 100 for detecting the entry of the vehicle, the photographing means 300 for photographing the vehicle number, and the photographed image, and compares it with the vehicle number read out from the pass, And a fee settlement means 500 for charging a fee according to the traffic information. Therefore, the functions of the sensing means 100 and the photographing means 300 of the toll ticketing device are the same as the functions of the sensing means 100 and the photographing means 300 of the toll payment device, and thus, will be described with reference to one drawing.

Referring to FIGS. 1A and 2, a toll collection system and a collection method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, when a vehicle enters a highway toll gate and the vehicle is located in a section suitable for photographing the license plate 200. The sensing means 100 detects this, generates a predetermined signal, and outputs the predetermined signal to the photographing means 300 (S210). At this time, the sensing means 100 is preferably implemented as a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure transmitted to the ground when the vehicle wheels are located in a predetermined section according to the position of the vehicle wheels, in addition to the photographing means 300 Infrared sensor or ultrasonic sensor that is mounted on the same gate and detects the position of the vehicle is also applicable.

When the photographing means 300 receives a signal indicating that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section from the sensing means 100, the photographing means 300 photographs an image so that the license plate 200 of the vehicle can be recognized (S212). The photographing means 300 is preferably embodied as a commonly used CCD camera, and is preferably installed at a gate bar fixed at a predetermined position of the toll gate, or fixedly installed at a predetermined position from the ground. Alternatively, the rear plate is installed to photograph the license plate 200 of the vehicle or the license plate 200 of the vehicle installed on the rear of the vehicle. FIG. 1A illustrates a case in which the vehicle license plate 200 installed in the front of the vehicle is photographed by installing the photographing means 300 in front of the vehicle.

The image photographed by the photographing means 300 is input to the passage right issuing means 400, and the passage right issuing means 400 recognizes the number of the vehicle and issues the right of passage as described above. As a technique for recognizing a character from an image, various methods are already known, and those skilled in the art will recognize that such various character recognition methods can be applied to the present invention. Therefore, hereinafter, the simplest character recognition method will be briefly described, and it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the character recognition method described below.

Referring to FIG. 1B, which is a detailed block diagram showing the structure of the ticket issuing means 400, the ticket issuing means 400 includes a controller and a ticket issuer 418, and the controller is a background separator 410. , A character recognition unit 412, and a passage information generation unit 416.

The photographed image input from the photographing means 300 is input to the background separator 410, and the background separator 410 detects a typical color (for example, green) used as a background of the license plate 200 in the input image. The character part included in the detected background is separated from the background and output to the character recognition unit 412. The character recognition unit 412 recognizes the character by applying the character portion input from the background separator 410 to the character recognition pattern and outputs the character to the passage information generation unit 416 (S214).

In addition to the vehicle number input from the character recognition unit 412, the traffic information generation unit 416 includes a traffic ticket serial number indicating the issued traffic right, a unique number indicating a corresponding toll gate entering the highway, a corresponding vehicle model, and a highway entry time. Generate and output the traffic information including (S216).

The traffic right issuing unit 418 records the traffic information on the magnetic tape of the traffic right and issues it to the driver of the vehicle (S218).

On the other hand, when the vehicle that has completed driving on the highway enters the toll gate to advance from the highway, the vehicle is detected in the same manner as in the above-described steps S210 and S212 (S220), and the number of images taken by taking the number of the vehicle is charged. It outputs to the settlement means 500 (S222).

Referring to FIG. 1C, which is a detailed block diagram of the toll setter 500, the toll setter 500 includes a background separator 510, a character recognizer 512, a reader 516, a comparer 514, And a rate calculator 518.

The captured image is recognized by the background separator 510 and the character recognition unit 512 in the same manner as the above-described step S214, and the vehicle number generated as a result of the recognition is output to the comparison unit 514 (S224).

On the other hand, the vehicle driver inputs the traffic ticket issued when entering the highway to the reading unit 516, the reading unit 516 reads the traffic information recorded in the traffic ticket, and outputs the traffic vehicle number to the comparison unit 514, The outside traffic information (toll gate unique number, highway entry time, vehicle model information, etc.) is output to the fare calculation unit 518 (S226).

The comparison unit 514 compares the vehicle number input from the character recognition unit 512 and the vehicle number input from the reading unit 516, and if the numbers are not the same, the user unit (not shown) used by the cashier. The vehicle number read out from the right of passage and the recognized vehicle number are displayed to be inconsistent so as to take a predetermined action (S228).

On the other hand, if both numbers are the same, the comparator 514 outputs a signal indicating that the numbers are identical to the toll calculator 518, and the toll calculator 518 passes the traffic input from the reader 516. The highway toll is calculated using the information (S230).

So far, the toll collection system and method according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention have been described. Hereinafter, a toll collection system and method according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, in order to solve the problem that the license plate of the vehicle is damaged or the recognition rate of the vehicle number is lowered due to an error in the system, both the license plate installed at the front of the vehicle and the license plate installed at the rear of the vehicle are photographed. . If the vehicle number recognized from each photographed image is the same, one vehicle number is recorded in the pass, and if the vehicle number is different, each recognized vehicle number is obtained from a captured image of a portion (front or rear) of the vehicle. An identifier indicating whether it is a recognized vehicle number is recorded in the pass along with the vehicle number.

The configuration of the system according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3A is that the photographing means comprises a front photographing means 300a for photographing the front of the vehicle and a rear photographing means 300b for photographing the rear of the vehicle. 1A and similar functions thereof, the following description will be given with reference to FIG. 3B showing the configuration of the right to issue means 400 according to the second embodiment. Explain.

An image of photographing the front license plate 200a of the vehicle and the image of photographing the rear license plate 200b of the vehicle are input to the background separator 420 from the photographing means 300a and 300b, and the background separator 420 and the text. The recognition unit 422 outputs the vehicle number of each image to the comparison unit 424 through the process of step S214 of the first embodiment described above.

The comparison unit 424 examines whether the input front vehicle number and the rear vehicle number are the same, and outputs the same one vehicle number to the traffic information generation unit if they are identical. Each vehicle number is output to the traffic information generation unit together with an identifier indicating which number is recognized in the captured image. However, in this case, various modifications are possible. For example, when two recognized vehicle numbers are different from each other, and when the order of output to the traffic information generation unit and the order of recording the traffic ticket are determined in advance, an identifier is not generated separately. Two vehicle numbers are output in the order set in.

The traffic information generation unit 426 uses the one vehicle number or the identifier entered, or the front vehicle number and the rear vehicle number of the vehicle, which are input together with the identifier or in a predetermined order, as in the case of the first embodiment described above. (Tollgate's unique number, toll pass serial number, etc.) is output to the pass issuer, and the pass issuer records the entered pass information on the magnetic tape and issues it to the driver of the vehicle.

On the other hand, in the configuration of the fare settlement device according to the second embodiment, the photographing means 300a and 300b are positioned at the front and the rear of the vehicle in order to photograph the vehicle number in front and rear of the toll gate entry vehicle, as in the case of the toll ticket issuing device. Except that each is installed, the configuration is substantially similar to that of the billing apparatus of the first embodiment. Therefore, with reference to FIG. 1C, the fare settlement device of the second embodiment will be described mainly with a configuration different from that of the first embodiment.

The charge settlement apparatus of the second embodiment detects the vehicle in the same manner as the steps S220 and S222 of the first embodiment, photographs the license plates installed on the front and the rear of the vehicle, and outputs them to the background separator 510, respectively. The background separator 5100 and the character recognition unit 512 perform the same processing on each image as the step S224 of the first embodiment, and compare the vehicle number recognized in each image to the comparison unit 514. Output

On the other hand, the reading unit 516 reads the traffic ticket input from the driver of the vehicle, outputs the information corresponding to the vehicle number of the traffic information to the comparison unit 514, and outputs the other traffic information to the fare calculation unit 518 do.

The comparing unit 514 first determines how many vehicle numbers are input from the reading unit. That is, when two vehicle numbers are input from the reading unit 516, this is a case where there is a possibility that the vehicle number was not properly recognized due to the damage of the license plate or the system error at the time of issuance of the pass. In this case, the vehicle number in front of the vehicle and the vehicle number in the rear of the vehicle read out from the right of passage using the identifier or in the input order are compared with the front vehicle number and rear vehicle number respectively input from the character recognition unit 512, respectively. In this case, the fare calculation unit 518 outputs an approval signal for determining that the vehicle recorded in the pass is the vehicle that has entered the toll gate, and calculates the fare.

However, if any of the comparison result between the front vehicle number and the comparison result between the rear vehicle number is inconsistent with each other, this is because the vehicle recorded in the pass is not the vehicle currently entering the toll gate. Check (not shown) for follow up.

The second preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described so far. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications are possible to the second embodiment described above.

For example, when the vehicle numbers inputted to the comparator 424 of the pass issuing device are different according to the setting of the system, it is determined whether each vehicle number is a vehicle number that conforms to the vehicle number regulation, and among the input vehicle numbers. If one is a vehicle number that violates the vehicle number regulation (for example, when the vehicle number includes a special character such as "?"), Only the vehicle number conforming to the vehicle number regulation can be recorded and used in the pass. Even when the front vehicle number and the rear vehicle number input from the character recognition unit 512 to the comparison unit 514 are different from each other, the above-described method may be adopted to compare the vehicle number input from the reading unit.

Hereinafter, a toll collection system according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. The toll collection system according to the third embodiment is similar in configuration to the above-described second embodiment in that the vehicle number is recognized from respective images photographing the front and rear vehicle license plates of the vehicle, but the recognized front vehicle If the number and the rear vehicle number are different, the recognized vehicle number is not recorded in the pass, but the captured image is transmitted to the central management server, and the fare settlement device downloads and compares the recorded image recorded on the central management server. The problem caused by the misunderstanding was solved. Since the configuration related to vehicle detection and image capturing is the same as in the above-described second embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted, and the right to issue means of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4A.

Referring to FIG. 4A, an image photographing a front license plate and an image photographing a rear license plate are input to a background separator 430 and a transceiver. Meanwhile, the background separator 430 and the character recognizer 432 generate a front vehicle number and a rear vehicle number from the input images, and output the generated vehicle number to the comparison unit 434. The comparison unit 434 compares both vehicle numbers. Compares whether they are equal.

As a result of the comparison, if it is determined that both vehicle numbers match, the same vehicle number is output to the traffic information generation unit 436 as in the second embodiment, and the vehicle information generation unit passes the traffic information including the vehicle number. It outputs to the issuing unit 438, and issues the right of passage in which the traffic information is recorded to the driver of the vehicle.

However, if both vehicle numbers do not match as a result of the comparison, the comparison unit 434 outputs that the numbers do not match to the traffic information generation unit 436, and the traffic information generation unit 436 generates the serial number of the generated traffic ticket. It outputs to the transmitter 440, and outputs the passage information to the passage right issuing unit 438. However, at this time, the vehicle information is not included in the traffic information output to the traffic ticket issuing unit 438. Meanwhile, the transmitting unit 440, which receives the serial number of the right of passage, transmits the front photographed image and the rear photographed image of the vehicle, which have been input in time, to the central management server through a predetermined wired / wireless communication network together with the serial number, and the central management server receives The recorded video in association with the serial number of the pass.

Referring to FIG. 4B illustrating the configuration of the toll settlement means according to the third embodiment, the process of the toll settlement means will be described. Similarly to the second embodiment, the front and rear images of the vehicle are separated from the background separator 530. The vehicle number is generated through the background separator 530 and the character recognition unit 532 and output to the comparator 534 together with the captured images. In addition, the reading unit 536 reads the vehicle traffic information from the traffic right and outputs it to the comparing unit 534.

On the other hand, the comparison unit 534 checks whether the vehicle number is input from the reading unit 536, and if it is input, compares with the vehicle number input from the character recognition unit 532 and matches the fare calculation unit 538. To calculate the fare.

However, when the vehicle number is not input from the reading unit 536, the license plate is damaged at the time of ticket issuance and the vehicle number is not recognized or there is an error in the system. The serial number of the passage right input from the unit 536 is transmitted to the central management server 600 through the wired / wireless communication network.

The central management server 600 inquires the serial number of the received toll ticket in the database, and transmits the captured image stored in association with the transmission / reception unit 537 through the wired / wireless communication module, and the transmission / reception unit 537 is received. The photographed image is transmitted to the fee calculator 538.

The fare calculator 538 displays the front and rear images of the vehicle at the time of entering the highway through the display unit (not shown) to the cashier, and calculates the fare using the traffic information according to the input of the cashier.

Hereinafter, a toll collection system according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5C. The fourth embodiment differs in that a contactless RF card (hereinafter referred to as a "transport card") is used instead of issuing a toll for toll collection. Therefore, in the first to third embodiments, the passage right issuing device and the passage right issuing means 400 are modified to be the passage information recording device and the passage information recording means 400, respectively.

5A is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a contactless transportation card 50 used in the toll collection system according to the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 5B is a record of the traffic information used in the toll collection system according to the fourth embodiment. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the toll settlement means 500 of the toll collection system according to the fourth embodiment.

Referring to Figure 5a, the contactless traffic card 50 used in the present invention is the RF interface 55, the antenna 51 formed of a plurality of windings around the traffic card connected to the RF interface, the controller 52, the first A storage unit 52 including a first storage unit 53 and a second storage unit 54 is included. At this time, the memory unit is preferably implemented as EEPROM.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 5B, the traffic information recording means 400 of the fourth embodiment includes the traffic information generating means 450 and the first wireless transmitting and receiving means 455, and the traffic information generating means 450 is described above. A background separator 451, a character recognition unit 452, and a traffic information generation unit 453 of the first to third embodiments, wherein the first wireless transmission / reception means 455 includes a control unit 456, an RF interface. Section 458, and a database (DB; 457).

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 5C, a billing apparatus of a fourth embodiment includes a comparison means including a background separator, a character recognition unit, and a comparison unit of the first to third embodiments, a second wireless transceiver, and a bill settlement unit. Include.

In the following, a fare settlement method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is further described with reference to FIG.

As described in the first to third embodiments, when the vehicle enters the highway toll gate and the vehicle is located in a section suitable for capturing the vehicle license plate 200, the sensing means 100 detects this to generate a predetermined signal. It outputs to the photographing means 300 (S610). At this time, the sensing means 100 is preferably implemented as a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure transmitted to the ground when the vehicle wheels are located in a predetermined section according to the position of the vehicle wheels, in addition to the photographing means 300 Infrared sensor or ultrasonic sensor that is mounted on the same gate and detects the position of the vehicle is also applicable.

When the photographing means 300 receives a signal indicating that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section from the sensing means 100, the photographing means 300 photographs an image to recognize the license plate 200 of the vehicle (S612). The photographing means 300 is preferably embodied as a commonly used CCD camera, and is preferably installed at a gate bar fixed at a predetermined position of the toll gate, or fixedly installed at a predetermined position from the ground. Alternatively, the rear plate is installed to photograph the license plate 200 of the vehicle or the license plate 200 of the vehicle installed on the rear of the vehicle.

The image photographed by the photographing means 300 is input to the traffic information recording means 400, and the background separator 451 of the traffic information recording means 400 is a formal that is used as the background of the license plate 200 in the input image. A color (for example, green) is detected, and a character part included in the detected background is separated from the background and output to the character recognition unit 452. The character recognition unit 452 recognizes the character by applying the character portion input from the background separator 451 to the character recognition pattern and outputs the character to the passage information generation unit 453 (S614).

In addition to the vehicle number input from the character recognition unit 452, the traffic information generation unit 453 generates traffic information including a unique number indicating a corresponding toll gate entering the highway, a corresponding vehicle type, and a highway entry time and the like. 456) (S616).

On the other hand, the RF interface unit 458 transmits a signal of a predetermined frequency to the traffic card 50 presented by the driver of the vehicle to supply power to the traffic card (S618). The RF signal radiated from the RF interface unit 458 of the first wireless transmission and reception means 455 is received by the antenna 51 of the traffic card 50 to generate a voltage by electromagnetic inductive coupling. The RF interface unit 55 of the traffic card 50 converts the induced voltage into a voltage of a predetermined level, and supplies it to the control unit 56 and the storage unit 52 to drive the control unit 56 and the storage unit 52. do.

The control unit 56 is driven to receive a payment information request signal input from the RF interface unit 55, read the payment information stored in the first storage unit 53, and determine a predetermined value in the RF interface unit 55. The signal is modulated by the frequency and transmitted to the first wireless transmission / reception means 455 of the traffic information recording means through the antenna 51, and the RF interface unit 458 receives payment information (S620). In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the payment information is preferably credit card information including a credit card number and expiration date.

The RF interface unit 458 of the first wireless transmission / reception means outputs the received payment information (credit card information) to the control unit 456, and the control unit 456 inquires the payment information in the database 457 (S622). . Specifically, when the input payment information is credit card information, the controller 456 inquires from the database 457 whether the credit card is valid. Although FIG. 5B illustrates that the credit card inquiry information is stored in the database 457, a person skilled in the art may recognize that the credit card inquiry information may be implemented as a terminal or a server storing predetermined credit card inquiry information.

If it is determined that the payment information is valid, the controller 456 modulates the traffic information input from the traffic information generator 453 to a predetermined frequency through the RF interface unit 458 and transmits it to the traffic card 50. The traffic card 50 demodulates the traffic information received through the antenna 51 in the RF interface unit 55 and outputs the demodulated information to the control unit 56. The control unit 56 outputs the input traffic information to the second storage unit. The data is stored in 54 (S624).

On the other hand, when the vehicle that has finished driving on the highway enters the toll gate in order to advance from the highway, the vehicle is detected in the same manner as the above-described step S610 (S650), and the image of the vehicle by taking the number of the vehicle is calculated by the fare settlement means 500 And outputs (S652).

The captured image is recognized by the background separator 510 and the character recognition unit 512 in the same manner as the above-described step S614, and the vehicle number generated as a result of the recognition is output to the comparison unit 514 (S654).

On the other hand, when the vehicle driver presents the traffic card 50 in which the traffic information is recorded when entering the highway to the second radio transceiver 556, the second radio transceiver 556 transmits a predetermined radio frequency signal to the traffic card 50. And transmits the power generated by the electromagnetic inductive coupling to the traffic card (S656).

The RF interface unit 55 of the traffic card 50 converts the induced voltage generated by the received electromagnetic waves into a voltage of a predetermined level to drive the control unit 56 and the storage unit 52, and the second wireless transceiver unit ( The traffic information and payment information request signal input from 556 is output to the controller 56. The control unit 56 reads the payment information from the first storage unit 53 in response to the entered traffic information and the payment request information, and reads the traffic information from the second storage unit 54 to the RF interface unit 55. The RF interface unit 55 modulates the information to a predetermined frequency and transmits the information to the second radio transceiver 556. The second radio transceiver 556 demodulates the received payment information and the traffic information. The demodulated passage information is output to the comparison unit 554, and the payment information including the credit card information and the information except for the vehicle number information is passed to the fare settlement unit 558. It is output (S658).

The comparator 554 compares the vehicle number recognized in the photographed image with the vehicle number received from the traffic card 50, as in the case of the first to third embodiments described above. If it is not the same, the charge settlement unit 558 outputs the disapproval signal to the display unit (not shown) of the charge settlement unit 558 so that the settlement agent can take further action (S660).

The fee settlement unit 558 receiving the approval signal calculates the highway use distance according to the toll gate unique number among the traffic information input from the second wireless transceiver 556, and calculates the road use fee according to the distance and the vehicle type. In addition, the calculated fee is transmitted to the payment server 700 together with the payment information input from the second wireless transceiver 556. The payment server 700 pays the fee using the received payment information (credit card number), and transmits the information about the fee that has been paid from the beginning of the month to the fee settlement unit 558 together with the payment approval information. (S662).

The rate settlement unit 558 receives the payment approval signal received from the payment server 700 and the information about the rate paid in the current month and displays the information to the user through a display unit (not shown). The information is transmitted to the traffic card 50 through the second wireless transceiver to be stored in the first storage unit 53 of the traffic card (S664).

So far, in the above-described first embodiment, the toll collection system and method according to the fourth embodiment, which achieves the above-described object of the present invention by recording the vehicle number on a traffic card, which is an RF card, instead of issuing a pass, has been described. . Accordingly, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the fare collection system and method of the second and third embodiments described above can also be modified by applying the traffic card of the present invention.

In the configuration of the toll collection system according to the second and third embodiments, the first wireless transmission / reception means 455 of FIG. 5B is replaced with other components in place of the toll issuers 428 and 438 of FIGS. 3B and 4A. The difference is that the second wireless transceiver 556 of FIG. 5C is combined with other components instead of the reader 536 of FIG. 4B, and the functions of the other components are similar, so the difference The second and third embodiments will be briefly described below.

After recording images of the front and rear license plates of the vehicle are input to the background separator 451 to separate the background and the characters of the license plate, the character portion is input to the character recognizer 452 and the character recognizer 452. Recognizes the input character portion and outputs the vehicle number to the comparison unit (not shown in Figure 5b).

The comparison unit compares the input front vehicle number with the rear vehicle number, and if both vehicle numbers match, outputs one matched vehicle number to the traffic information generation unit 453, and if not, each vehicle number is the front vehicle number. And the traffic information generation unit 453 together with an identifier indicating which of the rear vehicle number is indicated.

The traffic information generation unit 453 outputs the input vehicle number or traffic information including each vehicle number and an identifier to the controller 456.

The RF interface unit 458 receives the payment information from the transportation card 50 and outputs it to the control unit 456 as in the fourth embodiment, and the control unit 456 inquires the payment information from the DB 457 for validity. After checking, if valid, the traffic information input from the traffic information generation unit 453 is output to the traffic card 50 through the RF interface unit 458, and the traffic information is stored in the traffic card 50.

On the other hand, when the vehicle enters the toll gate to enter from the road, the photographing means photographs the license plate of the front and rear of the vehicle and inputs it to the background separator 550, and the background separator 550 and the character recognition unit 552. ) Generates a vehicle number from the captured image and outputs the vehicle number to the comparison unit 554.

In addition, the second wireless transceiver 556 transmits a payment information request signal to the traffic card 50, receives payment information and traffic information from the traffic card 50, and transmits information related to the vehicle number among the traffic information ( Vehicle number and identifier) are output to the comparator 554, and other traffic information and payment information are output to the fare payment section 558.

The comparison unit 554 compares the vehicle number inputted from the second wireless transceiver 556 with the vehicle number inputted from the character recognition unit 552, and sends an acknowledgment signal indicating that both numbers match to the fare settlement unit. Output to the fare settlement unit.

However, if the vehicle number input from the second radio transceiver 556 is the front vehicle number and the rear vehicle number input together with the identification number, the vehicle number input from the character recognition unit 552 and the front vehicle number and the rear vehicle number are different from each other. When the corresponding comparisons are made to match, an approval signal indicating that the vehicle numbers match is output to the toll settlement unit 558.

The charge settlement unit 558, which receives the approval signal indicating the matching of the vehicle number from the comparison unit 554, calculates the fare according to the traffic information input from the second wireless transceiver 556, and calculates the fare based on the information about the calculated fare. The payment information (preferably credit card information) is transmitted to the payment server 700 to pay the fee, and the payment approval information and the information about the total payment amount for the month are received from the payment server 700, and the second Transmitted and stored in the traffic card through the wireless transceiver 556.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

As described above, the present invention records the recognized vehicle number by photographing the license plate of the vehicle on the pass issued when entering the toll road, and again photographs the license plate of the vehicle when entering the toll road and the recognized vehicle number and By comparison, it is possible to prevent the act of escaping the toll road toll by exchanging the right to each other at an intermediate point of the road.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of further increasing the recognition rate of the vehicle number by photographing the license plate on the front and rear of the vehicle, and comparing the vehicle number recognized from the photographed front image and the rear image, and recording it in the pass.

In addition, the present invention can be used to record the payment information, such as the vehicle number and credit card information recognized from the photographed image on the traffic card, which is a non-contact RF card, it is possible to prevent the act of excluding the toll on the toll road Rather, it is effective to calculate and settle charges quickly.

Claims (46)

As a system that collects tolls of vehicles entering and leaving a predetermined toll road, First sensing means for detecting a vehicle entering a predetermined first gate to enter a road and generating first location information; First photographing means for photographing the license plate of the vehicle and generating a first image when the first location information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section; A control means for detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, generating a vehicle number by recognizing characters in the license plate, and outputting traffic information including the vehicle number, a pass serial number, and a toll gate number; A ticket issuing device including a ticket issuer for recording and outputting the traffic information in the ticket; And Second sensing means for detecting the vehicle entering a predetermined second gate to advance from a road and generating second location information; Second photographing means for photographing the license plate of the vehicle and generating a second image when the second location information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section; and Detect the position of the license plate in the second image, generate a vehicle number by recognizing the characters in the license plate, compare the generated vehicle number with the vehicle number read from the pass, and read from the pass. Toll collection system, characterized in that it comprises a fare settlement device including a fare settlement means for calculating the road use fee in accordance with the traffic information. Claim 2 was abandoned when the setup registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1 wherein the control means A background separator for detecting a position of the license plate in the first image and separating characters of the license plate from a background of the license plate; A character recognition unit for outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying the character to a character recognition pattern; And And a traffic information generating unit for outputting traffic information including the recognized vehicle number, the traffic ticket serial number, and the toll gate unique number. Claim 3 was abandoned when the setup registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1, wherein the charge settlement means A background separator for detecting a position of the license plate in the second image and separating characters of the license plate from a background of the license plate; A character recognition unit for outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying the character to a character recognition pattern; A reading unit that reads the traffic information including the vehicle number from the traffic ticket; A comparator for comparing the vehicle number input from the character recognition unit with the vehicle number input from the reading unit to generate an approval signal; And And a fee calculator configured to calculate a toll fee using the toll information when the approval signal is input. The method of claim 1, wherein the first photographing means and the second photographing means Front photographing means installed in front of the predetermined section and photographing a vehicle license plate installed in front of the vehicle to generate a front image; And And a rear photographing means installed at a rear of the predetermined section and generating a rear image by photographing a vehicle license plate installed at a rear of the vehicle. The method of claim 4, wherein the control means Comparing the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image with the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and outputting the vehicle number included in the traffic information when both vehicle numbers are the same. Toll collection system. The method of claim 5, wherein the charge settlement means And when the second front vehicle number recognized from the front image, the second rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and the vehicle number read from the pass are the same, the fare is calculated according to the traffic information. Toll collection system. The method of claim 4, wherein the control means The first front vehicle number recognized from the front image is compared with the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and when the two vehicle numbers do not match, the vehicle number includes an identifier indicating the recognized image. And the vehicle number is included in the traffic information and output. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the rate settlement means The first front vehicle number and the first rear vehicle number read from the right of passage correspond to the second front vehicle number read from the front image and the second rear vehicle number read from the rear image, respectively; A toll collection system characterized by calculating a fee according to the information. The method of claim 4, wherein Further comprising a central management server for storing the front image and the rear image, The control means compares the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and when the two vehicle numbers are differently determined, the front image and the rear image are displayed. Toll collection system characterized in that the transmission to the central management server with the pass serial number and stored. The method of claim 9, If the vehicle number is not read from the pass, the fare settlement means transmits the serial number of the pass, read from the pass, to the central management server; The central management server toll collection system, characterized in that for transmitting the front and rear images stored in association with the serial number of the received right to the charge settlement means. Claim 11 was abandoned upon payment of a setup registration fee. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the rate settlement means And the first front image and the first rear image, together with the front image and the rear image photographed by the second photographing means, are displayed on a predetermined user terminal. The method of claim 9, wherein the control means A background separator which detects a position of the license plate in the front image and the rear image and separates characters of the license plate from a background of the license plate; A character recognition unit configured to output the recognized first front vehicle number and first rear vehicle number by applying the character to a character recognition pattern; A comparator configured to generate a comparison result of comparing the first front vehicle number and the first rear vehicle number; And If the comparison result indicates that both vehicle numbers are the same, the traffic information including the same vehicle number and the serial number of the pass is output to the toll ticket issuing unit, and if the comparison result indicates that both vehicle numbers are not the same, the vehicle Toll collection system, characterized in that it comprises a traffic information generation unit for outputting the traffic information that does not include a number to the pass ticket issuing unit. Claim 13 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. The method of claim 12, If the comparison result is not the same both vehicle number, toll collection system characterized in that it further comprises a transmitter for receiving the serial number and transmits the front image and the rear image to the central management server. Claim 14 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the fare settlement means A background separator detecting a position of the license plate in the second front image and the second rear image of the second image, and separating a character of the license plate from a background of the license plate; A character recognition unit configured to output the recognized second front vehicle number and second rear vehicle number by applying the character to a character recognition pattern; A reading unit that reads the traffic information from the traffic right; When the vehicle information is included in the traffic information input from the reading unit, the traffic information is output when the vehicle number is matched with the second front vehicle number and the second rear vehicle number, and when the vehicle number is not included, the traffic ticket is included. A comparator for outputting a serial number; A transceiver for receiving the serial number and transmitting the serial number to the central management server and receiving and outputting the first front image and the first rear image stored in association with the serial number from the central management server; And And a fee calculator configured to display the first front image and the first rear image together with the second front image and the second rear image to a user, and calculate a toll fee according to a user input value and the traffic information. Toll collection system. As a method of collecting a toll of a vehicle entering and leaving a predetermined toll road, (a) detecting a vehicle entering a predetermined first gate to enter a road and generating first location information, (b) photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a first image when the first location information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section; (c) detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, generating a vehicle number by recognizing characters in the license plate, and outputting traffic information including the vehicle number, the pass serial number, and the toll gate number; And (d) a ticketing process including the step of recording and outputting the passage information in the passage right; And (e) generating second location information by detecting that the vehicle enters a predetermined second gate to enter the road; (f) when the second location information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section, photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a second image; and (g) detecting the position of the license plate in the second image, generating a vehicle number by recognizing characters in the license plate, comparing the generated vehicle number with the vehicle number read from the pass, and matching the; And a fare settlement process comprising the step of calculating a road fare according to the toll information read from the toll. Claim 16 was abandoned upon payment of a setup registration fee. The method of claim 15, wherein step (c) Detecting a position of the license plate in the first image and separating characters of the license plate from a background of the license plate; Outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying the character to a character recognition pattern; And And outputting toll information including the recognized vehicle number, a toll serial number, and a tollgate unique number. Claim 17 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. The method of claim 15, wherein step (g) (g1) detecting the position of the license plate in the second image and separating the letters of the license plate from the background of the license plate; (g2) outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying the character to a character recognition pattern; (g3) reading the traffic information including the vehicle number from the traffic ticket; (g4) generating a grant signal by comparing the vehicle number recognized in step (g2) with the vehicle number read in step (g3); And (g5) when the approval signal is input, calculating a toll using the toll information. The method of claim 15, wherein step (b) and step (f) The vehicle is installed on the rear of the vehicle by photographing the license plate installed on the front of the vehicle using the front photographing means installed in front of the predetermined section, and using the rear photographing means installed on the rear of the predetermined section. Toll collection method characterized in that to generate a rear image by photographing the license plate. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein step (c) Comparing the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and outputting the vehicle number included in the traffic information when both vehicle numbers are the same. Toll collection method characterized by. Claim 20 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein step (g) And when the second front vehicle number recognized from the front image, the second rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and the vehicle number read from the pass are the same, the fare is calculated according to the traffic information. Toll collection method. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein step (c) The first front vehicle number recognized from the front image is compared with the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and when the two vehicle numbers do not match, the vehicle number includes an identifier indicating the recognized image. And the vehicle numbers are included in the traffic information and output. Claim 22 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. The method of claim 21, wherein step (g) The first front vehicle number and the first rear vehicle number read from the right of passage correspond to the second front vehicle number read from the front image and the second rear vehicle number read from the rear image, respectively; A toll collection method comprising calculating a fee according to the information. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein step (c) Comparing the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, when both vehicle numbers are determined differently, the front image and the rear image are compared with the pass right serial number. Toll collection method characterized in that the transmission to the predetermined central management server and stored together. The method of claim 23, wherein step (g) If the vehicle number is not read from the pass, the serial number of the pass read from the pass is transmitted to the central management server, and the front and rear images stored in the central management server are linked to the serial number of the pass. Toll collection method characterized in that the charge is received. As a system that collects tolls of vehicles entering and leaving a predetermined toll road, First sensing means for detecting a vehicle entering a predetermined first gate to enter a road and generating first location information; First photographing means for photographing the license plate of the vehicle and generating a first image when the first location information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section; Traffic information generating means for detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, generating a vehicle number by recognizing characters in the license plate, and outputting traffic information including the vehicle number and the toll gate number; A traffic information recording device including first wireless transmission and reception means for receiving payment information from a traffic card of a vehicle driver to verify validity, and transmitting and recording the traffic information to the traffic card at a predetermined frequency; And Second sensing means for detecting the vehicle entering a predetermined second gate to advance from a road and generating second location information; Second photographing means for photographing the license plate of the vehicle and generating a second image when the second location information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section; Second wireless transmission / reception means for reading traffic information and payment information from the traffic card using a predetermined radio frequency; Detects the position of the license plate in the second image, generates a vehicle number by recognizing the characters in the license plate, and compares the generated vehicle number with the vehicle number included in the traffic information and outputs approval information when they match. Comparing means, and  And a charge settlement device including a charge settlement means for calculating a road charge based on the traffic information and paying the road charge using the payment information when the approval information is received. Toll collection system. Claim 26 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. The card of claim 25, wherein the transportation card is An antenna for generating induced power by radio waves received from the first and second transmitting and receiving means, and transmitting and receiving the payment information and the traffic information signal; An RF interface unit for converting the induced power to a predetermined level and modulating and demodulating the payment information and the traffic information to a predetermined frequency; And Toll collection system characterized in that it comprises a storage unit for storing the payment information and the passage information. Claim 27 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 27. The card of claim 26, wherein the transportation card is The payment information is read from the storage unit according to the payment information request signal inputted from the first wireless transceiver and output to the RF interface unit, and the payment information according to the traffic information request signal inputted from the second wireless transceiver. And a control unit for outputting traffic information to the RF interface unit. Claim 28 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the first wireless transmission / reception means An RF interface unit for demodulating and outputting the payment information received from the traffic card, and modulating the traffic information at a predetermined frequency and outputting the modulated information to the traffic card; A database including payment information and an identifier indicating validity thereof; And And a control unit for querying the demodulated payment information in the database to determine validity of the payment information and outputting the passage information to the RF interface unit when the payment information is valid. Claim 29 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The means for generating traffic information according to claim 25, A background separator for detecting a position of the license plate in the first image and separating characters of the license plate from a background of the license plate; A character recognition unit for outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying the character to a character recognition pattern; And Toll collection system characterized in that it comprises a traffic information generation unit for outputting the traffic information including the recognized vehicle number and the toll gate unique number. 26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the second radio transmit / receive means Transmits a traffic information request signal to the traffic card, receives the traffic information and the payment information from the traffic card, and outputs a vehicle number of the traffic information to the comparison means; A toll collection system, characterized in that the passage information is output to the toll settlement means. 27. The method of claim 25, wherein the rate settlement means The fee calculated according to the traffic information and the payment information is transmitted to a predetermined payment server, receives a payment approval signal and payment amount information of the current month from the server and displays it to the user, and displays the payment amount information of the current month Output to the second wireless transmission and reception means, And the second wireless transmitting and receiving means transmits and stores the input payment amount information of the current month to the transportation card. The method of claim 25, wherein the first photographing means and the second photographing means Front photographing means installed in front of the predetermined section and photographing a vehicle license plate installed in front of the vehicle to generate a front image; And And a rear photographing means installed at a rear of the predetermined section and generating a rear image by photographing a vehicle license plate installed at a rear of the vehicle. 33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the traffic information generating means Comparing the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image with the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and outputting the vehicle number included in the traffic information when both vehicle numbers are the same. Toll collection system. Claim 34 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 34. The method of claim 33, wherein the rate settlement means When the second front vehicle number recognized from the front image, the second rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and the vehicle number input from the second wireless transceiver are the same, the fare is calculated according to the traffic information. Toll collection system, characterized in that. 33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the traffic information generating means The first front vehicle number recognized from the front image is compared with the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and when the two vehicle numbers do not match, the vehicle number includes an identifier indicating the recognized image. And the vehicle number is included in the traffic information and output. Claim 36 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the rate settlement means The first front vehicle number and the first rear vehicle number received from the traffic card through the second wireless transceiver may include a second front vehicle number read from the front image and a second rear vehicle number read from the rear image. And in each case, a fee is calculated according to the traffic information. Claim 37 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 37. The method of any one of claims 25 to 36, wherein the payment information is Toll collection system, characterized in that the credit card information including the vehicle driver's credit card number. As a method of collecting a toll of a vehicle entering and leaving a predetermined toll road, (a) detecting that the vehicle enters a predetermined first gate to enter the road, and photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a first image; (b) detecting the position of the license plate in the first image, generating a vehicle number by recognizing characters in the license plate, and generating traffic information including the vehicle number and the toll gate number; (c) generating induced power in the traffic card presented by the driver of the vehicle, and inquiring the validity of the payment information received from the traffic card; (d) a traffic information recording process, if the payment information is valid, transmitting and storing the traffic information to the traffic card; And (e) detecting that the vehicle enters a predetermined second gate to advance from the road, and photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate a second image; (f) detecting a position of the license plate in the second image, generating a vehicle number by recognizing a character in the license plate, (g) generating induction power to a traffic card presented by the driver of the vehicle, and receiving traffic information and payment information including the vehicle number from the traffic card, and including the vehicle number and (f) included in the traffic information; Comparing the vehicle numbers generated in the step, and (h) if it is determined that both vehicle numbers are the same, calculating a fee based on the traffic information, and including a fee settlement process comprising the step of paying the fee according to the payment information. Way. The method of claim 38, wherein steps (a) and (e) Generating first position information or second position information by detecting that the vehicle enters the first gate or the second gate to enter a road, and Photographing the license plate of the vehicle to generate the first image or the second image, respectively, when the first position information or the second position information indicates that the vehicle is located in a predetermined section. Toll collection method characterized in that. 40. The method of claim 39, wherein step (b)  Detecting a position of the license plate in the first image and separating characters of the license plate from a background of the license plate; Outputting a recognized vehicle number by applying the character to a character recognition pattern; And And outputting traffic information including the recognized vehicle number and the tollgate unique number. The method of claim 38, wherein step (a) and step (e) Photograph the vehicle license plate installed on the front of the vehicle using the front photographing means installed in the front of the vehicle entering direction to generate a front image, and using the rear photographing means installed behind the traveling direction of the vehicle Toll photographing method to generate a rear image by photographing the license plate installed in the rear, wherein the first image and the second image comprises the front image and the rear image. 42. The method of claim 41, wherein step (b) Comparing the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image with the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and outputting the vehicle number included in the traffic information when both vehicle numbers are the same. Toll collection method. Claim 43 was abandoned when the set registration fee was paid. 43. The method of claim 42, wherein (h) And when the second front vehicle number recognized from the front image, the second rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, and the vehicle number received from the traffic card are the same, the fare is calculated according to the traffic information. Toll collection method. 42. The method of claim 41, wherein step (b) Comparing the first front vehicle number recognized from the front image and the first rear vehicle number recognized from the rear image, if both vehicle numbers do not match, the vehicle number together with an identifier indicating the recognized image of the vehicle number. Toll collection method characterized in that the output including the traffic information. Claim 45 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein (h) The first front vehicle number and the first rear vehicle number read from the right of passage correspond to the second front vehicle number read from the front image and the second rear vehicle number read from the rear image, respectively; A toll collection method comprising calculating a fee according to the information. Claim 46 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 46. The method of any of claims 38-45, wherein the payment information is And credit card information including the vehicle driver's credit card number.

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