KR20030060837A - The system and the method charge to a toll of an express highway - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for charging a high way toll and a method thereof are provided to make traffic flow smooth by confirming the numbers of cars and names of driver passing through the toll gate at real time. CONSTITUTION: A car confirming section(10) is installed at an entrance or an exit of a toll gate, and confirms the numbers of cars passing through the toll gate. A mobile enterpriser server(30) obtains and provides the number of a mobile phone(20) of a driver of a car passing through the toll gate by confirming a location of the mobile phone(20). A toll charge server(40) receives a signal from the car confirming section(10) and a signal from the mobile enterpriser server(30), and determines a high way toll. An illuminator controls brightness around the toll gate. A camera device picks-up a front surface of a car entering the toll gate.

Description

The highway toll collection system and collection method {THE SYSTEM AND THE METHOD CHARGE TO A TOLL OF AN EXPRESS HIGHWAY}

The present invention relates to a highway toll collection system and a method for collecting the same, more specifically, to reduce congestion and hassle of vehicle operation due to off-line toll payment during highway traffic using a location-based service and a camera device of a mobile phone. The present invention relates to a highway toll collection system which can be used and a method of collecting the same.

In general, a method of collecting highway tolls is performed by hand through a gate installed at each toll gate.

Due to the above problems, users are dissatisfied due to excessive traffic of toll gates and severe congestion due to the increase of vehicles, and workers who collect tolls also have occupational diseases caused by currency exchange, storage, receipts, etc. This situation is deteriorating health.

Recently, the development of a system or apparatus for electronically paying expressway tolls is being progressed, but it is extremely rare to commercialize tolls. Toll collection systems using expressway toll cards such as hi-pass and ITS have been developed.

However, since such a method requires the installation of expensive terminals in each vehicle, general vehicle drivers have a problem in purchasing, and in the case of renting free of charge, the operator has a problem that the initial burden is large. In particular, since expensive terminals must be installed in both the user group that uses the highway every day and the user group that uses only a few times of the year, a huge financial waste occurs.

In particular, in the case of weekends and holidays, due to enormous congestion, there are problems such as huge fuel expenditure, waste of time, and increased dissatisfaction, and there is a problem that the national competitiveness may be lost due to the increase in logistics costs of companies.

As a result, high-pass users continue to study because the fact that they pass through the gate does not need to reduce the speed of the vehicle and gives considerable satisfaction.

According to the related arts, the Korean Utility Model Registration No. 248,213, 'Vehicle onboard for electronic toll collection' includes a wireless signal for transmitting and receiving wireless signals including an antenna for transmitting / receiving a signal for electronic toll collection. Processing unit; A communication controller configured to be physically separated from the wireless processor and to generate a digital signal including information for confirming the collection of the electronic toll fee passing through the toll road by receiving a signal from the wireless processor; And a connection unit connecting the wireless processing unit and the communication control unit that are physically separated by a predetermined cable to transfer an electrical signal between the wireless processing unit and the communication control unit. It is.

On the other hand, in the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2001-99728 'gate device, vehicle loading device, the vehicle loading device setup method, fee collection method and entrance and exit determination method' that the gate device is equipped with a vehicle loading device having a wireless communication function A gate device for determining the entrance and exit of a vehicle with a wireless tag having stored therein vehicle specific data is disclosed. The gate device wirelessly communicates with a wireless tag to acquire vehicle-specific data and wirelessly communicates with a vehicle-mounted device. Acquiring the onboard equipment data stored in the onboard equipment and the IC card data set on the onboard equipment are disclosed.

However, the highway toll collection method using such a device has a lot of problems in the commercialization because it is not only necessary to install a special equipment in the vehicle device, but also the method of later collecting the fee processed online.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of which is to check the number of the vehicle passing through the gate and the occupant in real time by passing through the gate without having to reduce the speed of the vehicle at the toll gate It is to provide a highway toll collection system that can solve the congestion.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the vehicle identification unit for obtaining the vehicle number of the vehicle installed and passed through the toll gate entrance and exit, the mobile phone carried by the driver, and location-based services ( LBS) using the mobile operator server to obtain and provide the mobile phone number of the vehicle driver passing through the toll gate by confirming the location of the mobile phone, the toll gate passing through the vehicle identification unit and the mobile operator server installed in each toll gate It provides a highway toll collection system that includes a toll collection server that determines the charge of highway tolls by receiving information about the vehicle.

At this time, according to an additional feature of the present invention, the vehicle identification unit is a lighting device for maintaining the brightness around the toll gate above the reference to easily obtain the vehicle number of the vehicle passing through the toll gate, and the vehicle entering the toll gate A first camera device for photographing the front surface, a second camera device for photographing the rear surface of the vehicle passing through the toll gate, and controlling the illumination device by sensing the brightness of the surroundings and photographing from the first and second camera devices It is preferable to include a microcomputer to receive the received image to obtain a vehicle number through image analysis, and a transmission device for providing the vehicle number obtained according to the control signal of the microcomputer to the toll collection server.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a first process of registering and storing a vehicle number and a mobile phone number provided from a driver of a vehicle; A second step of obtaining a mobile phone number of a vehicle driver passing through a toll gate by receiving a signal provided through a mobile phone location based service (LBS) from a mobile operator server; A third process of acquiring a vehicle number through image analysis by photographing the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle passing through the toll gate; A fourth step of determining highway toll charges using location information of entrance and exit toll gates in the second and third processes; And it provides a highway toll collection method comprising a fifth process of proceeding to settle the highway toll determined in the fourth process.

At this time, according to an additional feature of the present invention, it is preferable to acquire the moving point of the mobile phone at a plurality of points in order to increase the reliability of the confirmation of the vehicle driver passing through the toll gate.

In addition, according to another additional feature of the present invention, in the third process, in order to increase the accuracy of passing through the toll gate of the vehicle, it is preferable to take an image of the vehicle at two or more positions when capturing the front and rear images of the vehicle. .

In addition, according to another additional feature of the present invention, the fifth process preferably comprises the step of transmitting the payment information SMS (SMS) to the driver's mobile phone.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a vehicle identification unit installed at an inlet and an outlet of a toll gate in a system for implementing the present invention. FIG.

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process of charging and collecting a highway toll according to the present invention.

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10: vehicle identification unit 11: lighting device

12: first camera device 13: second camera device

14: microcomputer 15: transmission device

20: mobile phone 30: mobile operator server

40: toll collection server

With reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the highway toll collection system and its collection method according to the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for implementing the present invention, Figure 2 is a block schematically showing the configuration of a vehicle identification unit installed in the inlet and outlet of the toll gate in the system for implementing the present invention 3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process of charging and collecting a highway toll according to the present invention.

1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a vehicle identification unit for acquiring a vehicle number of a vehicle passing through the toll gate inlet and outlet, and 20 denotes a general driver. 30 indicates a mobile operator server that obtains and provides a mobile phone number of a vehicle driver passing through a toll gate by identifying a location of the mobile phone 20 using a location based service (LBS). Represents a toll collection server to determine the charge of the highway toll by receiving a signal from the vehicle identification unit 10 and the mobile operator server 30 installed in each toll gate.

The mobile phone 20 is not limited to a general mobile phone, but may be applied to all mobile devices including a PDA.

At this time, the vehicle identification unit 10 has a configuration as shown in Figure 2, reference numeral 11 is to maintain the brightness around the toll gate above the reference so that the vehicle number of the vehicle passing through the toll gate can be easily obtained. 12 represents a first camera apparatus for photographing a front surface of a vehicle entering a toll gate, and 13 represents a second camera apparatus for photographing a rear surface of a vehicle passing through a toll gate.

In addition, reference numeral 14 controls the lighting device 11 by sensing the brightness of the surroundings, and receives the image taken from the first and second camera devices 12 and 13 to obtain a vehicle number through image analysis. 15 shows a transmission device for providing the vehicle number acquired according to the control signal of the microcomputer 14 to the toll collection server 40. FIG.

The process of charging and collecting the highway toll through the highway toll collection system of the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

First, the driver of the vehicle provides a vehicle number and a mobile phone number of the vehicle he drives in advance. As such, the vehicle number and the mobile phone number provided from the driver of the vehicle are registered and stored in the toll collection server (see step S11).

In this case, the driver providing the above information may provide additional information such as new highway setting information and communication information to the mobile phone 20 to provide a short message service (SMS) (see step S12).

After the above process, the mobile operator server 30 continuously tracks the location of the mobile phone 20 through the mobile phone location based service (LBS), and if the toll gate is recognized, the information is recalled. Toll collection server 40 will be provided. As a result, the toll collection server 40 receives a signal provided from the mobile operator server 30 to obtain a mobile phone number of the vehicle driver passing through the toll gate. (See step S13.) In this case, the vehicle driver passing through the toll gate. It is desirable to obtain the mobile phone's moving point at multiple points in order to increase the reliability of the confirmation.

Meanwhile, in the vehicle identification unit 10 installed at the entrance and exit toll gates, the first and second camera devices 12 and 13 operate according to the control signal of the microcomputer 14, and the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle continuously entering. Take an image (see step S14), obtain the vehicle number through the image analysis in the microcomputer 14 (see step S15), and with the vehicle number to the toll collection server 40 through the transmission device 15 Toll gate location information is provided. (Refer to step S16.) The location information of the toll gate is used by assigning a unique number to each toll gate.

In order to increase the accuracy of passing through the toll gate of the vehicle in step S14, when photographing the front and rear images of the vehicle, photographing the image of the vehicle at two or more positions (refer to reference numerals a, b, c, and d of FIG. Preferably, the operation of the lighting device 11 is determined according to the control signal of the microcomputer 14 in the fog and night. According to the operation of the lighting device 11 as described above it is possible to increase the camera recognition rate.

In the above operation, when the vehicle enters in order to increase the accuracy of passing through the toll gate of the vehicle, the sign "Please drive along the lane" may be installed at the position a of FIG.

By repeating the process of step S13 to step S16 (see reference numeral R in FIG. 3), the location information of the entrance toll gate and the exit toll gate of each vehicle is confirmed, and the toll charge is determined using the location information. See step S17)

When the billing is determined by the above process, the payment information is transmitted to the driver's mobile phone so that the driver can check it (see step 18).

Thereafter, the payment of the highway toll is performed (see step S19). The payment can be added to the bill of the mobile phone 20 or charged, or the driver's credit card payment or bank account debit payment can be used.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims. For example, in the above description, a case of recognizing a toll gate passage using the obtained mobile phone number and vehicle number has been described as an example. However, the present invention may be performed even with only one of them.

The highway toll collection system of the present invention configured and operated as described above and the method of collecting the same can be passed without having to reduce the speed of the vehicle when passing through the toll gate, thereby eliminating congestion at the toll gate, thereby reducing complaints of highway users. It has an effect.

In addition, it is possible to reduce the logistics costs of each company, thereby securing the national competitiveness and the competitiveness of the company.

In addition, by applying the present invention it is possible to find the location of each vehicle it is easy to find the crime vehicle, stolen vehicle and tax unpaid vehicle.

Claims (6)

Installed through the toll gate entrance and exit, the vehicle identification unit to obtain the vehicle number of the passing vehicle, the mobile phone carried by the driver, and the location-based service (LBS) to check the location of the mobile phone to pass through the toll gate A mobile operator server for acquiring and providing a mobile phone number of a vehicle driver, and a toll collection server for determining the charge of the highway toll by receiving information signals about the toll gate passing vehicle from the vehicle identification unit and the mobile operator server installed at each toll gate. Highway toll collection system, characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 1, The vehicle identification unit includes a lighting device that maintains the brightness around the toll gate at a reference level or higher so that the vehicle number of the vehicle passing through the toll gate is easily exceeded, a first camera device for photographing the front surface of the vehicle entering the toll gate; The second camera device for photographing the rear side of the vehicle passing through the toll gate, and controlling the illumination device by sensing the brightness of the surroundings, and receives the image taken from the first and second camera devices through the image analysis Highway toll collection system, characterized in that it comprises a transmission device for providing a microcomputer and a vehicle number obtained according to the control signal of the microcomputer to the toll collection server. Registering and storing a vehicle number and a mobile phone number provided from a driver of the vehicle; A second step of obtaining a mobile phone number of a vehicle driver passing through a toll gate by receiving a signal provided through a mobile phone location based service (LBS) from a mobile operator server; A third process of acquiring a vehicle number through image analysis by photographing the front and rear surfaces of the vehicle passing through the toll gate; A fourth step of determining highway toll charges using location information of entrance and exit toll gates in the second and third processes; And Highway toll collection method comprising the fifth process of proceeding with the settlement of the highway toll determined in the fourth process. The method of claim 3, wherein In the second process, the toll collection method, characterized in that to obtain a moving point of the mobile phone at a plurality of points in order to increase the reliability of the confirmation of the vehicle driver passing through the toll gate. The method of claim 3, wherein In the third process, to collect the image of the vehicle at two or more locations when the front and rear image of the vehicle in order to increase the accuracy of passing through the toll gate of the vehicle. The method of claim 3, wherein The fifth process comprises the step of transmitting the payment information to the driver's mobile phone short message service (SMS) characterized in that it comprises a.