KR20090016477A - In-vehicle device - Google Patents

Abstract

An in-vehicle device capable of preventing the occurrence of a situation where an IC card is not set in the device when the vehicle passes a tollbooth of a toll road etc. The in-vehicle device is mounted in the vehicle (1) and communicates information on a toll, between itself and a toll communication device placed at a tollbooth (2) of a toll area. The in-vehicle device has an IC card insertion section where an IC card is inserted. When it is detected that the vehicle has entered a confirmation zone (B) provided before the toll communication device, the in-vehicle device determines whether the IC card is inserted in the IC card insertion section, and when not inserted, the in-vehicle device advises the fact.

Description

Car Mount {IN-VEHICLE DEVICE}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a charging communication device that is mounted on a vehicle and collects tolls such as toll roads, and a vehicle mounter that receives information on toll collection by radio.

In recent years, as a countermeasure to alleviate traffic congestion, air pollution, etc. due to excessive entry of cars into the center of a large city, a charging target area is provided in an urban area, and a certain amount of charging is performed for a vehicle entering the charging target area. So-called road pricing has been realized.

In this road pricing, a gantry provided with a wireless communication device for charging is provided at each entrance and exit of the charging target area. In addition, it is obliged to mount a vehicle mounter on a vehicle entering the charging target region. When the vehicle enters the charging target region through the gantry, the information necessary for charging is performed between the wireless communication device for charging and the onboard vehicle, and charging processing for the vehicle is performed by electronic means (for example, See, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-323648.

In addition, as a system for automatically collecting road fees, an ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) system is known. This ETC system enables automatic collection of charges by performing wireless communication between roadside radios installed in toll stations and onboard vehicles mounted on vehicles in toll roads.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2003-323648 (Fig. 11)

By the way, in the automatic toll collection system as described above, automatic charge collection is realized by recording charging information on an IC card inserted in the onboard vehicle. Since this IC card can be taken out and inserted from the onboard unit so that it can be used in a plurality of vehicles, it may be forgotten to insert the IC card when the card is taken out from the onboard unit at the time of getting off, There was a problem that automatic collection was not possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle payload which can avoid a situation that an IC card is not inserted when a vehicle passes through a toll booth such as a toll road.

In order to solve the said subject, this invention employ | adopts the following means.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an on-vehicle device which is mounted on a vehicle and receives information on billing between at least one of an entrance and an exit of a billing target area or a billing communication device provided at a tollgate on a toll road. A card interface for receiving information between a card for billing storing information about billing, and a zone entry detecting means for detecting entry into a confirmation zone provided in front of the billing communication device. And judging means for judging whether or not the card for billing and the card interface are connected in a communicable state when detecting that the card has entered the confirmation zone, and the card for billing and the card interface communicate. When not connected in a possible state, the on-vehicle device is provided with a notification means for notifying the effect.

According to the first aspect, if it is detected by the zone entry detecting means that the confirmation zone provided in front of the charging communication device is entered, is the card for billing and the interface for the card connected in a state capable of communicating? Is determined by the determining means, and the effect is notified when the charging card and the card interface are not connected in a communicable state. Thereby, the user of the vehicle can grasp that the card for billing is not available before entering the billing target area or the toll road of the toll road. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation in which information cannot be written on the card for billing or the information cannot be read from the card for billing.

The card for billing may be any card as long as it is a card used for billing processing, such as a prepaid card or an IC card. The billing card may be any of a contactless card and a contact card.

Examples of the charging target region include an area where a certain road use fee is collected, such as road pricing, and an area where a fee based on use time is collected, such as a paid parking lot.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an on-vehicle device which is mounted on a vehicle and receives information on billing between at least one of an entrance and an exit of a billing subject area or a billing communication device provided at a tollgate of a toll road. A memory for registering a card interface for receiving information between a card for billing storing information about billing, and the positional information of a reference position set around an installation position of the billing communication device. A device, distance calculation means for calculating a distance from the positional information of the reference position and its positional information to the reference position, and when the distance is within a predetermined range, the card for billing and the interface for the card communicate. Judging means for judging whether or not the connection is made in a possible state; the card for billing and the card interface; If that is not connected in a communicable state, and the vehicle-mounted device comprising a notification means for notifying to that effect.

According to the second aspect, when the vehicle is within a predetermined distance range from the charging communication device, it is determined by the determining means whether the charging card and the card interface are connected in a communicable state, and the charging card is determined. If the card interface and the card interface are not connected in a communicable state, the effect is notified. Thereby, the user of the vehicle can grasp that the card for billing is not available before entering the billing area of the billing target area or the toll road. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation in which information cannot be written on the card for billing or the information cannot be read from the card for billing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an on-vehicle device that is mounted on a vehicle and receives information on billing between at least one of an entrance and an exit of a billing subject area or a billing communication device provided at a tollgate on a toll road. And an IC card insertion section into which an IC card is inserted, zone entry detecting means for detecting entry into a confirmation zone provided in front of the charging communication device, and when entering into the confirmation zone is detected. Determining means for determining whether or not the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section, and a vehicle mounting apparatus including notification means for notifying that the IC card is not inserted in the IC card insertion section; to be.

According to the third aspect, when it is detected by the zone entry detecting means that the confirmation zone provided in front of the charging communication device is entered, whether or not the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section is determined by the determining means. If it is determined that the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion portion, the effect is notified. Thereby, the user of the vehicle can grasp that the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion section before entering the charging target area or the toll road of the toll road. As a result, it is possible to avoid the situation that the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion section at the toll booth or the like and thus the charge collection process cannot be performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a vehicle mounting apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and receives information on billing between at least one of an entrance and an exit of a billing subject area or a billing communication device provided at a tollgate on a toll road. An IC card insertion unit into which an IC card is inserted, a storage device in which position information of a reference position set around the installation position of the charging communication device is registered, position information of the reference position and magnetic position information Distance calculating means for calculating a distance from the reference position to the reference position, determining means for determining whether the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section when the distance is within a predetermined range, and the IC card is When it is not inserted into the said IC card insertion part, it is a vehicle mounting apparatus provided with the notification means which notifies it.

According to the fourth aspect, when the vehicle is within a predetermined distance range from the charging communication device, it is determined by the determining means whether the IC card is inserted into the IC card inserting portion, and the IC card inserting portion If not inserted into the message, the effect is notified. Thereby, the user of the vehicle can grasp that the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion section before entering the charging target area or the toll road of the toll road. As a result, it is possible to avoid the situation that the billing process cannot be performed because the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion section at the tollgate or the like.

In the on-vehicle device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, in the determining means, the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section when the distance is within a predetermined range and the distance tends to decrease. It is good also as a structure which determines whether it is inserted.

According to this configuration, the presence or absence of the insertion of the IC card is determined only when the vehicle is close to the charging communication device. As a result, when it is not necessary to perform the charging process using the IC card, such as when moving away from the charging communication device, unnecessary determination can be reduced.

In the on-vehicle device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the IC inserting portion is provided with insertion detecting means for mechanically detecting that the IC card is inserted, and the determining means is provided with the insertion detecting means. Thus, when the insertion of the IC card is detected and the information on the IC card is in a readable state, the IC card may be determined to be inserted into the IC card insertion section.

According to this structure, when the insertion of the IC card is detected by the insertion detecting means and the information of the IC card is in a readable state, it is determined that the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section. Whether or not the IC card is in a usable state can be determined with certainty.

The on-vehicle device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects may be configured to change the form of the notification in accordance with the distance to the reference position.

According to this configuration, the form of the notification is changed according to the distance to the charging communication device. For example, the closer to the charging communication device, the higher the level of notification. Can be ventilated. Also, the user can grasp the approximate distance to the charging communication device by this notification form.

In addition, each said structure can be combined in the possible range.

According to the present invention, when the vehicle passes through toll stations such as toll roads, the situation that the automatic collection of charges cannot be avoided can be avoided because no IC card is inserted in the onboard vehicle.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the billing subject area according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagram when the vicinity of the toll booth in the billing subject area is viewed from the shoulder side.

3 is a diagram for explaining the confirmation zone provided in front of the toll booth.

4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle-mounted device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the on-vehicle vehicle according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view for explaining the operation of the on-vehicle vehicle according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of the code]

1: vehicle

2: Tollgate

3: communication device for charging

5: first antenna

8: second antenna

20: vehicle mount

24: GPS receiver

25: storage device

26: control unit

27: communication unit

30: IC card insertion unit

31: IC card interface

32: insertion detection unit

A: Charging Area

B: confirmation zone

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, one Embodiment of the onboard vehicle which concerns on this invention is described with reference to drawings. In this embodiment, the case used for load pricing is demonstrated as an example.

[First Embodiment]

As shown in Fig. 1, all the roads passing through the boundary of the charging target area A, which is the target area for road pricing, are used to collect road usage charges from the vehicle 1 entering the charging target area A. FIG. Tollgate 2 is installed. In this toll booth 2, the door-shaped support column is arrange | positioned over the traveling road in the boundary of the charging target area | region A. FIG. The billing communication device 3 is provided in this door-shaped support column corresponding to each travel lane.

The charging communication device 3 controls, for example, the first antenna 5, the camera 6, the vehicle detector 7 and the second antenna 8, and the control thereof, as shown in FIG. A device (not shown) etc. is comprised. The billing communication device 3 automatically collects road charges by receiving information on billing between the onboard vehicle mounted on the vehicle passing through the corresponding driving lane. In addition, the said structure is an example and the structure of the charging communication apparatus 3 is not specifically limited.

3, the confirmation zone B is provided in front of the toll booth 2 in each driving lane. This confirmation zone B is a zone for confirming whether the IC card (billing card) is inserted in the onboard vehicle mounted on the vehicle 1.

4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle mounting apparatus according to the present embodiment.

As shown in Fig. 4, the onboard device 20 acquires information on position information from a power supply circuit 23 connected to a vehicle power supply 21 and an internal battery 22, and a GPS satellite to detect a current position. Communication with a GPS receiver 24, a storage device 25 for storing a variety of information, a control unit 26, a first antenna 5, a second antenna 8, and the like of the charging communication device 3; ICs provided in the communication unit 27, the display unit 28, the notification unit 29 such as a buzzer, the LED, the IC card insertion unit 30 into which the IC card is inserted, and the IC card insertion unit 30 to be performed. The card interface 31 is provided as a main component. The IC card insertion section 30 is provided with an insertion detection section (insertion detection means) 32 which mechanically detects whether the IC card is normally inserted.

The IC card inserted into the IC card insertion section 30 is, for example, a contact type IC card, and contains an IC chip on which a flash memory, an MPU, or the like is mounted. The IC card stores not only card information such as a card ID number but also a balance, a history of use, and the like. The information recorded in the IC card can be read and written by the control unit 26 via the IC card interface 31.

In the vehicle mounter 20, the power supply circuit 23 mainly controls the voltage supplied from the vehicle power supply 21 to a voltage suitable for the vehicle mounter 20, and supplies the unit to the parts constituting the vehicle mounter 20. . The built-in battery 22 is provided so that even if the power supply from the vehicle power supply 21 is cut off, power enough to perform communication is secured. The memory device 25 stores map information of the confirmation zone B described above. In addition, the storage device 25 stores various information required for billing processing, such as vehicle information including vehicle owner information, vehicle model information, and the like, balance information read from an IC card, and card information.

The control unit 26 controls each unit, and the vehicle 1 determines the confirmation zone B based on the positional information from the GPS receiver 24 and the map information of the confirmation zone B stored in the storage device. Zone entry detection function (zone entry detection means) that detects the entry into the zone and a determination function (determination whether or not the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section) when detecting that the entry into the confirmation zone B is detected. Means).

The communication unit 27 is for receiving information by radio between the charging communication device 3.

The display unit 28 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or the like, and temporarily informs the user of the vehicle 1 of information on automatic collection such as a road fee by temporarily displaying a balance recorded on the IC card.

The notification unit 29 notifies, for example, that the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion unit 30 by the control unit 26 described above, thereby notifying the normal insertion of the IC card. To remind the user. For example, the notification part 29 is equipped with the buzzer which notifies by sound, the LED which notifies by a lighting etc., and the like.

The insertion detection unit 32 provided in the IC card insertion unit 30 includes a switch that is changed from an open state to a closed state by, for example, inserting an IC card. When the switch is detected to be in a closed state, the insertion detection unit 32 is inserted. A signal is output to the control unit 26.

In the vehicle-mounted device 20 having such a configuration, when the effect of the vehicle 1 entering the confirmation zone B is detected by the control unit 26, the control unit 26 determines that the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion unit. Check whether it is inserted into (30). Specifically, the control unit 26 determines that the IC card is inserted when the detection signal is input from the insertion detecting unit 32 and the information is read from the IC card, and displays a display for notifying the effect. 28).

On the other hand, when the control unit 26 determines that the IC card is not inserted, the control unit 26 notifies the display unit 28 that the IC card is not inserted and operates the notification unit 29 so that the IC card inserts the IC card. The user is notified that the card is not inserted in the unit 30, and the IC card is urged to be inserted. As a result, the user can grasp that the IC card is not inserted.

As described above, according to the onboard vehicle 20 according to the present embodiment, the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion unit 30 in front of an entrance tollgate such as road pricing, and the IC card is checked. If the card is not inserted, the user is notified of the fact, and thus, the situation that the automatic collection of the charges cannot be prevented because the IC card is not inserted in the IC card inserting unit 30 at the entrance tollgate. have.

Further, by the notification, the user can grasp that the user enters the billing target area A when traveling in the state. As a result, for example, it is possible to prevent the wrong entry into the charging target area A. FIG. In this way, the notification by the notification unit 29 can be used not only for notifying that the IC card is inserted, but also for entering notification into the billing target area A. FIG.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the case where it is applied to the billing subject area A in road pricing has been described. For example, an IC card is used, such as an entrance gate and an exit gate of a toll road or a toll parking lot. It is possible to apply widely to the system in which the billing process is performed.

In addition, in this embodiment, when the detection signal was input from the insertion detection part 32, and when the data was read from the IC card, it detected that the IC card was inserted, but when one of these conditions is detected. The IC card may be detected as inserted into the card.

In addition, in the present embodiment, it has been detected that the confirmation zone has been entered based on the map information and the positional information by the GPS receiver. However, the detection method of whether or not the confirmation zone has been entered is not limited to this example, and other detection methods It may be used. For example, an antenna may be provided in the vicinity of the confirmation zone, and the detection of entry into the confirmation zone when the predetermined signal generated from the antenna is received.

In addition, the on-board mounter 20 according to the present embodiment has been described as having a built-in GPS receiver 24. Instead, the on-vehicle mounter 20 according to the present embodiment is connected to a mobile terminal apparatus having a GPS function, a car navigation system, or the like through an external terminal. The GPS function of the device may be used as the GPS receiver 24. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the GPS receiver 24, and other components may be connected via external terminals.

Second Embodiment

Next, the on-vehicle vehicle according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The on-vehicle machine 20 according to the present embodiment has the first embodiment described above in that the location information of each toll booth 2 is stored in the storage unit 25 instead of the map information of the confirmation zone B. Different. Hereinafter, the description common to the first embodiment of the in-vehicle vehicle according to the present embodiment will be omitted, and only different points will be described.

In the vehicle-mounted device 20 according to the present embodiment, when the control unit 26 grasps the present position (X, Y) of the vehicle based on the positional information acquired by the GPS receiver 24, the present position The location information (x0, y0), (x1, y1) of the tollgate stored in the storage unit 25 whether or not the location information of the tollgate 2 existing within the radius predetermined range from (X, Y) exists; … , based on (xn, yn).

As a result, when there is the tollgate 2 of the position information (x0, y0) existing within the predetermined distance range from the current position (X, Y) of the vehicle, the current position of the vehicle acquired by the GPS receiver 24 The distance between them is calculated based on (X, Y) and the position information (x0, y0) of the toll booth. If the distance between the two tends to decrease, it is judged whether or not the above-described IC card is inserted.

As described above, according to the on-board vehicle 20 according to the present embodiment, the toll booth 2 near the current position (X, Y) of the vehicle 1 is detected, and the distance from the toll booth 2 tends to decrease. In this case, it is determined that the vehicle 1 is traveling toward the toll booth 2, and the presence or absence of the insertion of the IC card is determined. As a result, it is possible to confirm the presence or absence of the insertion of the IC card only when the vehicle 1 enters the toll booth 2. As a result, when it is far from the toll booth 2, i.e., even if the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion section 30, it does not matter, the determination regarding the presence or absence of the insertion of the IC card is not performed. Unnecessary judgment processing can be reduced as much as possible.

In addition, in this embodiment, the form of the notification by the notification part 29 may be changed according to the distance from the said toll booth 2.

For example, the shorter the distance from the toll booth 2, the more strongly the user is advised to insert the IC card. For example, when the notification part 29 is a buzzer, it is possible to raise a volume gradually, to shorten a space of a buzzer sound, or to take a form of these combinations. In the case where the notification unit 29 is an LED, the light emission amount may be gradually increased, the interval between blinks may be gradually shortened, or a combination thereof may be taken. As shown in Fig. 6, the distance from the toll booth 2 may be divided into several stages (in Fig. 6, divided into two stages), and notification may be performed according to each division.

In addition, in this embodiment, since the distance between the vehicle 1 and the toll booth 2 tends to decrease, it is judged that the vehicle 1 is directed to the toll booth 2, but in addition, it is used when heading to the toll booth 2. It may be considered to be a path. Specifically, the road in which the toll booth 2 is installed is stored in advance in the storage unit 25 in correspondence with the position information of each toll booth 2, and the distance between the vehicle 1 and the toll booth 2 is predetermined. When the vehicle 1 runs on a road corresponding to the toll booth 2, and the distance between the vehicle 1 and the toll booth 2 tends to decrease, the vehicle 1 causes the toll booth 2 to be reduced. You may decide to head. Thus, by considering the route toward the toll booth 2, for example, even when a plurality of roads intersect three-dimensionally in the vicinity of the toll booth, the road to the toll booth 2 is limited to the vehicle traveling. The presence or absence of the IC card can be determined.

In addition, in this embodiment, although the reference position was made into the installation position of the toll booth 2, you may use arbitrary positions around the installation position of the toll booth 2 as a reference position instead.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the contact type IC card has been described as an example, but a non-contact type IC card may be used instead.

Claims (7)

It is a vehicle mounter which is mounted on a vehicle and receives information on billing between at least one of the entrance and exit of a billing target area, or with a billing communication device installed in a toll booth of a toll road, An interface for the card for receiving information between the billing card storing information about the billing, Zone entry detecting means for detecting entry into a confirmation zone provided in front of the charging communication device; Judging means for judging whether or not the card for billing and the card interface are connected in a communicable state when it is detected that the entry into the confirmation zone is performed; And a notification means for notifying that the charging card and the card interface are not connected in a communicable state. It is a vehicle mounter which is mounted on a vehicle and receives information on billing between at least one of the entrance and exit of a billing target area, or with a billing communication device installed in a toll booth of a toll road, An interface for the card for receiving information between the billing card storing information about the billing, A storage device in which position information of a reference position set around an installation position of the charging communication device is registered; Distance calculating means for calculating a distance from the positional information of the reference position and its positional information to the reference position; Determination means for determining whether the billing card and the card interface are connected in a communicable state when the distance is within a predetermined range and the distance tends to decrease; And a notification means for notifying that the charging card and the card interface are not connected in a communicable state. It is a vehicle mounter which is mounted on a vehicle and receives information on billing between at least one of the entrance and exit of a billing target area, or with a billing communication device installed in a toll booth of a toll road, An IC card insertion unit into which an IC card is inserted, Zone entry detecting means for detecting entry into a confirmation zone provided in front of the charging communication device; Judging means for judging whether or not the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section when detecting that the confirmation zone has been entered; And a notification means for notifying that the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion portion. It is a vehicle mounter which is mounted on a vehicle and receives information on billing between at least one of the entrance and exit of a billing target area, or with a billing communication device installed in a toll booth of a toll road, An IC card insertion unit into which an IC card is inserted, A storage device in which position information of a reference position set around an installation position of the charging communication device is registered; Distance calculating means for calculating a distance from the positional information of the reference position and its positional information to the reference position; Determination means for determining whether or not the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section when the distance is within a predetermined range; And a notification means for notifying that the IC card is not inserted into the IC card insertion portion. 5. The vehicle mounting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said determining means determines whether or not said IC card is inserted in said IC card insertion section when said distance is within a predetermined range and said distance tends to decrease. The said IC insertion part is provided with the insertion detection means in any one of Claims 3-5 which detects mechanically that the said IC card is inserted, The judging means judges that the IC card is inserted into the IC card insertion section when the insertion of the IC card is detected by the insertion detecting means and the information of the IC card is in a readable state. Payload. 7. The onboard vehicle according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the form of the notification is changed in accordance with a distance to the reference position.

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