JP3679909B2 - Toll collection system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a toll road toll collection system that collects tolls on toll roads using an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle and an IC card having a payment function and a pass ticket function used by being inserted into the on-vehicle device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, as an automatic toll collection system for toll roads, a vehicle equipped with a vehicle-mounted device with a wireless communication function is installed, and when the vehicle passes through a toll gate, the on-vehicle device and the ground-side equipment installed at the toll gate A system has been developed that performs automatic toll collection processing of tolls by wireless communication between them, allowing the vehicle to pass through the toll gate non-stop.
[0003]
FIG. 12 shows an outline of the non-stop automatic toll collection system. As shown in the figure, a vehicle 1 traveling on a toll road is equipped with an in-vehicle device 2 having a wireless communication function. In the vehicle-mounted device 2, vehicle type information, money amount information, and the like are written in advance, and passage route information, billing information, and the like are written when passing through the toll gate. The on-vehicle device 2 can be attached and detached with an IC card having a charge payment function. In this IC card, an ID number is written in the post-payment method, and money amount information is written in the pre-payment method, and the money amount information is rewritten in accordance with the billing process in the pre-payment method.
[0004]
On the other hand, at the toll gate, a roadside antenna 5 that transmits and receives signals to and from ground-side equipment such as the vehicle-mounted device 2 at an entrance gate and an exit gate, and a roadside communication device 6 that performs communication via the roadside antenna 5. A road-side processing device 7 for processing data transmitted to and received from the vehicle-mounted device 2 is provided.
[0005]
When the vehicle 1 equipped with the on-vehicle device 2 passes through the toll gate, the toll collection process can be automatically performed by wireless communication between the on-vehicle device 2 and the ground side equipment, and the toll gate is non-stop. Can pass through.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above toll road automatic toll collection system, if there are no wireless communication facilities at some entrance toll gates, exit toll gates or check barrier toll gates on the main road, only IC cards are available at those toll gates It is planned to use the process. In such a case, a vehicle traveling on the road will pass through a toll gate where wireless communication equipment is installed and a toll gate where it is not installed, from the entrance to the exit of the vehicle. It is necessary to be able to carry out the process normally.
[0007]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. When the toll gate where the wireless communication equipment is installed and the toll gate which is not installed are mixed, the check in the entrance toll gate or the road is performed. Fees that allow you to reliably perform wireless communication processing combined with on-board devices at the check barrier toll gate or exit toll gate, or processing only with the IC card, even if processing with only the IC card at the barrier toll gate The purpose is to provide a collection system.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a toll road toll collection system using an IC card having a wireless communication function and an on-board device mounted on a vehicle and a payment function and a passport function that can be used by being inserted into the on-vehicle device.
In the entrance toll gate and check barrier toll gate with wireless communication facilities, the route information is written to the on-board device and IC card by wireless communication with the on-vehicle device, and in the entrance toll gate and check barrier toll gate without wireless communication facilities. The route information is directly written to the IC card by the terminal, and when the IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, the traffic route information recorded on the IC card is read into the vehicle-mounted device, and the vehicle-mounted device or IC card is read at the exit toll gate. The toll collection process is performed by reading the recorded travel route information.
[0009]
The present invention also relates to a toll road toll collection system using an IC card having a wireless communication function and an on-board device mounted on a vehicle and a payment function and a passport function that can be used by being inserted into the on-vehicle device. ,
When the IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, the entrance information and barrier passage information recorded on the IC card are read into the vehicle-mounted device,
At the entrance toll gate with wireless communication equipment, the entrance information is recorded on the IC card through the on-board unit and the on-board unit by wireless communication.
At the entrance toll gate without wireless communication facilities, the entrance information is recorded directly on the IC card by the IC card terminal,
At the check barrier toll booth on the road with wireless communication facilities, the barrier passing information is additionally recorded on the IC card through the on-board unit and the on-board unit,
At the check barrier toll booth without wireless communication facilities, the information passing through the barrier is directly recorded on the IC card by the IC card terminal,
At the exit toll booth with wireless communication facilities, the toll collection process is performed by reading the traffic route information of the vehicle through the vehicle-mounted device by wireless communication,
In an exit toll booth without wireless communication facilities, the toll collection process is performed by reading the route information of the vehicle from the IC card directly by the IC card terminal.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The present invention relates to a toll road toll collection system using an IC card having a wireless communication function and an on-board device mounted (fixed) on a vehicle and a payment function and a pass ticket function that can be used by being inserted into the on-vehicle device. Regardless of the presence or absence of wireless communication equipment at the entrance toll booth and the check barrier toll booth in the road, the toll gate records the route information on the IC card, that is, the entrance information and generally a plurality of the check barrier passage information, By reading the traffic route information recorded on the IC card when the IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, reading the correct traffic route information of the vehicle at the exit toll gate regardless of the presence or absence of wireless communication facilities It is possible to collect charges with an IC card.
[0011]
Hereinafter, the configuration of a roadside device installed at a toll gate, an IC card terminal, an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle, and an IC card used by being inserted into the on-vehicle device will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a roadside machine 10 installed at a toll gate.
[0012]
The roadside machine 10 is installed at a toll gate, that is, an entrance toll gate having a wireless communication facility, a check barrier toll gate, and an exit toll gate, and performs processing according to each toll gate. As shown in FIG. 1, the roadside unit 10 includes an antenna 11, a wireless communication unit 12 having a wireless communication function, and a control unit 13 having a CPU for transmitting and receiving data. Transmit and receive data wirelessly.
[0013]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the IC card terminal 20 installed at an entrance toll gate, a check barrier toll gate, and an exit toll gate without wireless communication facilities. The IC card terminal 20 includes a control unit 21 including a CPU, an IC card interface unit 22, an IC card storage unit 23, and an operation / display unit 24. By inserting the IC card 40 into the IC card storage unit 23, Data contents of the IC card 40 can be read and data can be recorded on the IC card 40.
[0014]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the vehicle-mounted device 30 mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle-mounted device 30 includes a control unit 31 having a CPU for transmitting and receiving data, a wireless communication unit 32, an antenna 33, an IC card interface (I / F) unit 34, an IC card storage unit 35, and a display unit 36. Data can be transmitted / received to / from the roadside device 10, and data contents of the IC card 40 stored in the IC card storage unit 35 can be read and written. The control unit 31 generally has a plurality of data (information) buffers DB for reading and writing the contents of the IC card 40.
[0015]
The IC card 40 is constituted by a one-chip CPU as shown in FIG. 4 and includes a plurality of internal memories 41 and 42 formed of a nonvolatile memory. The internal memory 41 stores entrance information, generally travel route information such as a plurality of barrier passage information, and the other internal memory 42 stores information necessary for payment. Information necessary for this payment includes a payment ID (account number) in the post-payment method, and a remaining amount in the pre-payment method.
[0016]
Next, a specific operation example of the present invention will be described.
[1. Processing when user inserts IC card into vehicle-mounted device]
When the user inserts the IC card 40 into the vehicle-mounted device 30 shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle-mounted device 30 receives the payment information recorded in the internal memories 41 and 42 in the IC card 40 as shown in FIG. Information (entrance information and check barrier passage information) is transferred to and held in the data buffer DB of the vehicle-mounted device 30 so that communication processing with the roadside device 10 is possible. Note that the data in the IC card 40 held by the vehicle-mounted device 30 until then is lost. In addition, the entrance information and check barrier passage information in the IC card 40 may not be recorded. In this case, only existing information is read.
[0017]
[2. Processing at the entrance toll gate with wireless communication facilities]
When the vehicle passes through the entrance toll gate, the roadside machine 10 detects the passing vehicle and transmits entrance information to the vehicle-mounted device 30. When the vehicle-mounted device 30 receives the entrance information, as shown in FIG. 6, it erases the past route information in the vehicle-mounted device 30, that is, the route information constituted by the entrance information and generally a plurality of check barrier passage information, The entrance information is recorded in the data buffer DB of the vehicle-mounted device 30. After the communication is completed, the past passage route information recorded in the IC card 40 is deleted, and the entrance information received from the roadside device 10 is recorded in the IC card 40. To do.
[0018]
When the IC card 40 is not inserted in the vehicle-mounted device 30, the vehicle-mounted device 30 does not perform communication processing with the roadside device 10 or only notifies the roadside device 10 that there is no IC card 40. Therefore, the roadside machine 10 does not perform the above processing.
[0019]
[3. Processing at the entrance toll gate without wireless communication facilities]
When a vehicle passes through an entrance toll gate without wireless communication facilities, the user takes out the IC card 40 from the in-vehicle device 30 and passes it to the toll collector at the entrance toll gate, and the tolerant inserts the IC card 40 into the IC card terminal. To do.
[0020]
When there is no receipt person at the entrance toll gate, the user inserts the IC card 40 into the IC card terminal 20.
When the IC card 40 is inserted, the IC card terminal 20 includes a past route information in the IC card 40, that is, a route constituted by entrance information and generally a plurality of check barrier passage information as shown in FIG. The information is erased and the entrance information is recorded on the IC card 40.
[0021]
[4. Processing at a check barrier toll gate with wireless communication facilities]
When the check barrier toll booth detects the passage of the vehicle, as shown in FIG. 7, the traffic route information from the entrance toll booth to reach the check barrier toll booth is read from the vehicle-mounted device 30 to check the traffic route. Thereafter, the check barrier passage information is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 30.
[0022]
The in-vehicle device 30 additionally records the check barrier passage information in the data buffer DB, and additionally records the check barrier passage information in the IC card 40 after the communication is completed.
[0023]
When the IC card 40 is not inserted in the vehicle-mounted device 30, the vehicle-mounted device 30 does not perform communication processing with the roadside device 10 or only notifies the roadside device 10 that there is no IC card 40. Therefore, the roadside machine 10 does not perform the above processing.
[0024]
[5. Processing at a check barrier toll booth without wireless communication facilities]
When a vehicle passes through a check barrier toll booth where no wireless communication facility is installed, the user takes out the IC card 40 from the vehicle-mounted device 30 and passes it to the check barrier toll collector. Insert into the IC card terminal 20. Further, when there is no receipt person at the check barrier toll gate, the user inserts the IC card 40 into the IC card terminal 20. When the IC card 40 is inserted, the IC card terminal 20 reads the route information from the entrance toll gate to reach the check barrier toll gate as shown in FIG. Then, the check barrier passage information is additionally recorded in the IC card 40.
[0025]
[6. Processing at exit toll booth with wireless communication facilities]
When the roadside machine 10 at the exit toll gate detects the passage of the vehicle, as shown in FIG. 9, it reads the payment information from the vehicle-mounted device 30 and the traffic route information from the entrance toll gate to reach the exit, and checks the traffic path. After that, the toll to the exit is calculated from the separately acquired vehicle type information and toll route information, and billing processing is performed according to the payment information.
[0026]
In the case of the post-payment method, if the ID in the payment information is acquired, post-billing is possible without performing special processing for the vehicle-mounted device 30 and the IC card 40.
On the other hand, in the prepayment method with the remaining amount in the IC card 40, the on-board device 30 sends the toll calculated to the roadside device 10 to the on-vehicle device 30 so that the on-vehicle device 30 pays the remaining amount to the IC card 40 after the communication ends. Tolls are collected by performing the withdrawal process.
[0027]
There are several methods for obtaining the vehicle type information as described below. (1) A method in which the vehicle type of the vehicle is recorded in advance in the vehicle-mounted device 30 and is read at the exit toll gate.
[0028]
(2) A method in which the vehicle type is measured at the entrance toll gate by roadside equipment, and the vehicle type is recorded in the entrance information and read at the exit toll gate.
(3) A method of determining and inputting the vehicle type by a person or roadside equipment at the exit toll gate.
[0029]
[7. Processing at exit toll booth without wireless communication facilities]
At an exit toll gate without wireless communication facilities, a user takes out the IC card 40 from the vehicle-mounted device 30, and a user or a receiver inserts the IC card 40 into the IC card terminal 20. When the IC card 40 is inserted, the IC card terminal 20 reads the payment information from the IC card 40 and the traffic route information from the entrance toll gate to the exit as shown in FIG. After that, the toll to the exit is calculated from the separately acquired vehicle type information and toll route information, and billing processing is performed according to the payment information.
[0030]
In the case of the post-payment method, if an ID in the payment information is acquired, post-billing can be performed without performing special processing on the IC card 40.
On the other hand, in the prepayment method having the remaining amount in the IC card 40, the toll calculated by the IC card terminal 20 is transmitted to the IC card 40, and the IC card 40 performs a withdrawal process of the remaining amount after the communication is completed. Collect tolls at
[0031]
When the toll booth where the wireless communication equipment is installed and the toll booth not installed are mixed as described above, only the IC card is processed at the entrance toll gate or the check barrier toll gate in the road Even in the subsequent check barrier toll gate or exit toll gate, the wireless communication processing combined with the vehicle-mounted device or the processing with only the IC card can be accurately performed, and the correct toll collection processing can be performed.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the distance between the vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and the IC card having the payment function and the pass ticket function that can be inserted into the vehicle-mounted device and used. In the toll collection system for roads, the entrance toll gate with wireless communication facilities and the check barrier toll gate write the route information to the vehicle-mounted device and IC card by wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device, At the Check Barrier Tollgate, the route information is directly written to the IC card by the IC card terminal, and when the IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, the traffic route information recorded on the IC card is read into the vehicle-mounted device. Regardless of the presence or absence of wireless communication equipment at each toll gate, the correct toll route information of the vehicle is read at the exit toll gate, and the fee is based on the IC card. Receiving it can be reliably performed, it is possible to build a cheap toll collection system.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a roadside device of a toll collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an IC card terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vehicle-mounted device in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of recorded information of an IC card in the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a data flow when an IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device in the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data flow between a roadside device, an in-vehicle device, and an IC card at an entrance toll gate having the wireless communication facility of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data flow between the roadside device, the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card in a check barrier toll gate having the wireless communication facility of the embodiment.
FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing a data flow between the IC card terminal and the IC card in the check barrier toll gate without the wireless communication facility of the embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data flow between the roadside device, the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card at the exit toll gate having the wireless communication facility according to the embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a data flow between the roadside device, the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card at the exit toll gate without the wireless communication facility of the embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an exemplary view showing a data flow between the IC card terminal and the IC card at the entrance toll gate without the wireless communication facility of the embodiment.
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a conventional non-stop toll collection system.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Roadside machine 11 Antenna 12 Wireless communication part 13 Control part 20 IC card terminal 21 Control part 22 IC card interface part 23 IC card storage part 24 Operation / display part 30 Onboard equipment 31 Control part 32 Wireless communication part 33 Antenna 34 IC Card interface unit 35 IC card storage unit 36 Display unit 40 IC cards 41 and 42 Internal memory

Claims (2)

In a toll road toll collection system using an IC card having a wireless communication function and an on-board device mounted on a vehicle and a payment function and a passport function that can be used by being inserted into the on-vehicle device,
In the entrance toll gate and check barrier toll gate with wireless communication facilities, the route information is written to the on-board device and IC card by wireless communication with the on-vehicle device, and in the entrance toll gate and check barrier toll gate without wireless communication facilities. The route information is directly written to the IC card by the terminal, and when the IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, the traffic route information recorded on the IC card is read into the vehicle-mounted device, and the vehicle-mounted device or IC card is read at the exit toll gate. A toll collection system that reads toll information recorded and performs toll collection processing. In a toll road toll collection system using an IC card having a wireless communication function and an on-board device mounted on a vehicle and a payment function and a passport function that can be used by being inserted into the on-vehicle device,
When the IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, the entrance information and barrier passage information recorded on the IC card are read into the vehicle-mounted device,
At the entrance toll gate with wireless communication equipment, the entrance information is recorded on the IC card through the on-board unit and the on-board unit by wireless communication.
At the entrance toll gate without wireless communication facilities, the entrance information is recorded directly on the IC card by the IC card terminal,
At the check barrier toll booth on the road with wireless communication facilities, the barrier passing information is additionally recorded on the IC card through the on-board unit and the on-board unit,
At the check barrier toll booth without wireless communication facilities, the information passing through the barrier is directly recorded on the IC card by the IC card terminal,
At the exit toll booth with wireless communication facilities, the toll collection process is performed by reading the traffic route information of the vehicle through the vehicle-mounted device by wireless communication,
A toll collection system characterized in that at an exit toll booth without wireless communication facilities, a toll collection process is performed by reading information on a vehicle's passage from an IC card directly by an IC card terminal.

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