JP6959017B2 - Toll collection device, toll collection system, toll collection method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a toll collection device, a toll collection system, a toll collection method, and a program.

On toll roads in the disaster area, tolls for disaster dispatch vehicles (police vehicles, SDF vehicles, vehicles used for volunteer activities, etc.) dispatched to perform relief and restoration work in the disaster area, vehicles of the victims, etc. Discount measures (free measures) may be taken. In order to determine the applicability of such discount measures, information on users subject to the discount measures, sections used on toll roads, etc. is registered in advance, and the information registered at the tollhouse on the toll road is recorded. A system for confirming a certificate or the like has been studied (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-186503

Certificates for receiving discounts may be different for each administrative agency such as local governments and police stations. When a plurality of different certificates are used in this way, the burden on the tollhouse collector to confirm the certificate increases, and the time required for confirmation may increase.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and provides a toll collection device, a toll collection system, a toll collection method, and a program capable of quickly and easily performing a process of applying a discount.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the toll collection device (10) provided at the tollhouse of the toll road is recorded on the certification medium (T1) and can identify the user who uses the toll road. The identification information acquisition unit (141) that acquires the information and the permission information indicating the user who has been permitted to apply the discount to the toll road toll in advance, and acquires the permission information associated with the identification information. The permission information acquisition unit (142) is provided, and the discount determination unit (143) that performs processing for applying the discount to the user indicated in the permission information is provided.
By having such a configuration, the toll collection device acquires the permission information of the user by reading the identification information recorded on the certification medium by the identification information acquisition unit, and applies the discount to the user. Can be processed quickly and easily.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the toll collection device according to the above aspect further includes an operation reception unit (110) for receiving an operation by a collector who collects the toll from the user, and determines the discount. The unit determines whether or not to apply the discount to the user based on the operation of the recipient received through the operation reception unit.
With such a configuration, the discount determination unit can determine whether or not to apply the discount to the user based on the result of the receipt performing the operation through the operation reception unit. At this time, the recipient can perform an operation for applying the discount to the user while confirming the permission information. Therefore, even if the administrative agency that permits the application of the discount measure differs for each user, the recipient can quickly and easily confirm and operate by referring to the permission information.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the toll collection device according to the above aspect further includes a feature information acquisition unit (150) for acquiring the feature information of the user, and the discount determination unit is the feature information. If the user shown in the above matches the user shown in the permission information, it is decided to apply the discount to the user.
With such a configuration, the toll collection device can automatically determine whether or not the discount can be applied based on the feature information and the permission information in the discount determination unit. For this reason, discount measures can be applied even to the toll collection equipment where the collector is not resident, and the cost of having the collector stationed can be reduced.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the toll collection device according to the above aspect, when the discount determination unit determines to apply the discount, the information included in the permission information and the discount is applied. A permission information update unit (145) that performs a process of reducing the permission number information indicating the number of times to be performed is further provided.
By having such a configuration, the toll collection device can limit the number of times the discount is applied to each user based on the permission information. As a result, it becomes possible for an administrative agency that permits the application of discount measures to change the number of discount measures for each user.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the toll collection system (1) is a higher-level server communicably connected to the toll collection device (10) according to any one of the above aspects and the toll collection device. And (20), the higher-level server has a permission information storage unit (210) that stores a plurality of the permission information.
By having such a configuration, the toll collection system can collect the permission information about a large number of users in the permission information storage unit of the upper server.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the toll collection system according to the above aspect, the toll collection device is the upper rank among the plurality of permission information stored in the permission information storage unit of the upper server. The permission information storage unit (130) for storing the permission information transmitted from the server is further provided, and the permission information acquisition unit of the toll collection device is the permission information associated with the identification information from the permission information storage unit. To get.
By having such a configuration, at least a part of the permission information stored in the permission information storage unit of the upper server is stored in the permission information storage unit of the toll collection device, and the permission information can be acquired. The department acquires permission information from the permission information storage unit. Therefore, the permission information acquisition unit of the toll collection device can acquire the permission information more quickly than communicating with the upper server to acquire the permission information. As a result, the toll collection device can speed up the process for applying the discount.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the toll collection system according to the above aspect, the permission information acquisition unit of the toll collection device is associated with the identification information from the permission information storage unit of the upper server. Acquire the permission information.
With such a configuration, when the permission information is added or changed, it is only necessary to update the permission information recorded in the permission information storage unit of the upper server, so that the maintenance of the permission information becomes easy. Further, the toll collection device can improve the accuracy of the process for applying the discount by referring to the latest permission information stored in the permission information storage unit of the upper server.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the toll collection system (1) is recorded on a certification medium (T1) and is an identification information acquisition unit (141) that acquires identification information that can identify a user using a toll road. ), The permission information acquisition unit (142) that obtains the permission information associated with the identification information, which is the permission information indicating the user who has been permitted to apply the discount to the toll road toll in advance. A discount determination unit (143) that performs processing for applying the discount to the user indicated in the permission information is provided.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the toll collection method includes an identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information recorded on a certification medium (T1) and identifiable as a user using a toll road, and the toll road. Permit information indicating a user who has been permitted to apply a discount to the toll fee in advance, and is a permission information acquisition step for acquiring the permission information associated with the identification information, and the user shown in the permission information. On the other hand, it has a discount determination step for performing processing for applying the discount.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the program for operating the computer of the toll collection device (10) provided at the toll road toll road records the computer on the certification medium (T1) and records the computer on the toll road. Identification information acquisition unit (141) that acquires identification information that can identify the user who uses the toll road, which is permission information indicating a user who has been permitted to apply a discount to the toll road toll road in advance. It functions as a permission information acquisition unit (142) that acquires permission information associated with the information, and a discount determination unit (143) that performs processing for applying the discount to the user shown in the permission information. ..

According to the toll collection device, the toll collection system, the toll collection method, and the program according to the present invention, the process of applying the discount can be performed quickly and easily.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the charge collection system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the charge collection system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of permission information which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of the charge collecting apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration of the charge collecting device and the upper server which concerns on 1st Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the toll collection system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

(overall structure)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a toll collection system according to the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the toll collection system 1 includes a toll collection device 10 provided in the toll collection facility 1A and an upper server 20 provided in a place (remote location) different from the toll collection facility 1A. There is.
The toll collection facility 1A is provided at the exit tollhouse of the toll road and is a facility for collecting tolls from the vehicle A traveling on the toll road. On a toll road that collects tolls at the entrance, the toll collection facility 1A may be provided at the entrance tollhouse.

On the roadside of the lane L of the toll collection facility 1A, a manned booth 11 in which a toll collector is stationed is installed. The toll collector operates the toll collection device 10 installed in the manned booth 11 to collect the toll for the vehicle A that has arrived at the toll collection facility 1A. At this time, when the toll collector inserts the toll collection device 10 received from the driver or the like of the vehicle A into the toll collection device 10, the toll collection device 10 uses the information (entrance information, etc.) recorded in the toll collection device, the vehicle type of the vehicle A, and the like. Calculate the toll based on.
In addition, when the collector possesses the certification medium T1 certifying that the driver or the like of the vehicle A is permitted to apply the discount measures, he / she receives the certification medium T1 and uses the toll collection device 10. The process of reading the certification medium T1 is performed through the process. When the discount measure can be applied, the toll collection device 10 performs a process of subtracting the amount of money according to the predetermined discount rate from the toll.
In this embodiment, a mode in which the toll is made free (the discount rate is 100%) as a discount measure will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, different discount rates may be applied depending on the user as a discount measure.

The host server 20 is communicably connected to the toll collection device 10 via the network NW.
In this embodiment, a person who wishes to apply the discount measures needs to apply to the administrative agency in advance for the section and period of the toll road to be used. When the application for the discount measure is approved, the approved application contents are recorded in the upper server 20 as the permission information.

(Functional configuration of toll collection device)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the toll collection system according to the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 2, the toll collection device 10 includes a medium reading unit 100, a touch panel 110 (operation receiving unit), a communication unit 120, a permission information storage unit 130, a control unit 140, and a feature information acquisition unit 150. And have.

The medium reading unit 100 reads the information related to the application of the discount measure from the certification medium T1 received by the recipient. The medium reading unit 100 outputs the read information to the control unit 140 (described later).
In the present embodiment, the certification medium T1 is a card on which a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) is printed. The medium reading unit 100 is a scanner capable of reading a two-dimensional code, and when the recipient holds the two-dimensional code printed on the certification medium T1 over the medium reading unit 100, the information recorded as the two-dimensional code is read. Be done.

The touch panel 110 is a display monitor having a touch sensor, and is a user interface that displays various information related to the application of discount measures and accepts a touch operation by a recipient.

The communication unit 120 transmits and receives various information related to the application of the discount measure to and from the upper server 20. The details of the upper server 20 will be described later.

The feature information acquisition unit 150 acquires the feature information of the user.
The feature information includes, for example, license plate information (plate size, plate color scheme, license plate number, etc.) that can identify vehicle A, vehicle length, vehicle height, number of axles, etc. that can identify vehicle type of vehicle A. show. In addition, the feature information indicates information such as a name, a user ID, an age, a gender, and an affiliation written on a user's identification card or the like.
The feature information acquisition unit 150 is a device for acquiring feature information. For example, a license plate reader that reads license plate information by performing predetermined image processing on an image taken by a camera, and trampling by a tire of vehicle A. It is a tread board or the like that outputs a detection signal that can detect and detect the number of axles. Further, the feature information acquisition unit 150 is a camera or the like that captures an image such as an identification card and displays it on the touch panel 110 of the toll collection device 10.
The feature information acquisition unit 150 displays the acquired feature information on the touch panel 110.

The permission information storage unit 130 stores the permission information transmitted from the upper server 20 via the communication unit 120.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of permission information according to the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 3, the permission information is "identification information" that can identify a user who is permitted to apply the discount measure, and "entrance IC and exit IC" indicating the section of the toll road used by the user. Includes "use section information" and "expiration date information" indicating the expiration date for which discount measures are applied.
In the present embodiment, the user includes the driver of the vehicle A and the like, and at least one of the vehicles A. Therefore, the "identification information" of the user includes at least one of "user identification information" that can identify the driver and the like of the vehicle A and "vehicle identification information" that can identify the vehicle A. The "user identification information" is, for example, the name of the driver of the vehicle A, the user ID, or the like, and is information that can be identified by an identification card or the like. In addition, the "user identification information" may include age, gender, affiliation, and the like. The "vehicle identification information" is, for example, the vehicle number (license plate number) of the vehicle A. As a result, the administrative agency can register "vehicle identification information" as identification information for, for example, disaster victims, and permit the application of discount measures only to the registered vehicles. In addition, the administrative agency registers "user identification information" as identification information for workers (police officers, SDF personnel, etc.) for performing relief, restoration, etc., and only for registered workers. It is possible to permit the application of discount measures. As a result, even if the worker uses a different vehicle depending on the work, the discount measure can be applied.
Further, the permission information may include "permission number information" indicating the number of times the discount measure can be applied instead of "expiration date information", or "expiration date information" and "permission number information". Both may be included. The number of times of "permission number information" is reduced each time the discount measure is applied, and if the number of times is 1 or more, it is determined that the discount measure can be applied. For example, the police, the vehicles of the Self-Defense Forces, etc. are permitted to apply the discount measures a predetermined number of times in advance, and these vehicles travel on the toll road at the discounted toll (free) until the permitted number of times information becomes "0". Allow to do.
Further, when a different discount rate is applied depending on the user as a discount measure, the permission information may include "discount rate information" indicating the discount rate set for each user.

The control unit 140 has an identification information acquisition unit 141, a permission information acquisition unit 142, a discount determination unit 143, a toll charge determination unit 144, and a permission information update unit 145.
The identification information acquisition unit 141 acquires identification information (“user identification information” and “vehicle identification information”) that can identify the user of the discount measure from the information read by the medium reading unit 100.

The permission information acquisition unit 142 acquires the permission information associated with the "identification information" acquired by the identification information acquisition unit 141. Specifically, the permission information acquisition unit 142 searches and acquires the permission information stored in the permission information storage unit 130 using the "identification information" as a key.
The permission information acquisition unit 142 displays the acquired permission information on the touch panel 110 and outputs it to the discount determination unit 143.

The discount determination unit 143 determines the application of the discount measure based on the permission information acquired by the permission information acquisition unit 142 and the operation of the recipient.
Specifically, the discount determination unit 143 includes "identification information" and "use section information" of the permission information, and the user's identification information (vehicle number of vehicle A, name written on the user's identification card, etc.). Etc.) and the traveling section (the section from the entrance tollhouse recorded on the toll ticket to the exit tollhouse where the toll collection facility 1A is provided) are collected via the touch panel 110. Accept from members. If the traveling section of the vehicle A is included in the range of the "utilized section information" recorded in the certification medium T1, it is determined that the traveling sections match. That is, the vehicle A may get on and off from the entrance tollhouse and the exit tollhouse on the way as long as it is within the range of the traveling section. Further, the discount determination unit 143 receives the operation of selecting whether or not the permission information is valid based on the "expiration date information" or the "permission count information" included in the permission information via the touch panel 110. Accept from.
When the discount determination unit 143 receives an operation indicating that "it matches the permission information" and an operation indicating that "the expiration date or the number of times of permission is valid", the discount determination unit 143 determines that the discount measure is applied. At this time, the discount determination unit 143 determines the discount rate (or discount amount) applied to the user. In the present embodiment, "100%" is set in advance as the discount rate, but in other embodiments, the discount rate may be determined based on the "discount rate information" included in the permission information.
On the other hand, when the discount determination unit 143 accepts an operation indicating that "the permission information does not match" or an operation indicating that "the permission information is not valid", the discount determination unit 143 determines that the discount measure is not applied. At this time, when the discount determination unit 143 does not include a part of the traveling section of the vehicle A in the range of the "utilizing section information" recorded in the certification medium T1, the discount determining unit 143 has "used section information" in the traveling section of the vehicle A. It is decided that the discount measures will be applied only to the sections included in the range included in ", and the discount measures will not be applied to the other sections.
The discount determination unit 143 may determine whether or not the expiration date has passed based on the current date and time and the "expiration date information". Further, the discount determination unit 143 may determine whether or not the number of times the discount measure can be applied is 1 or more based on the "permission number information". The discount determination unit 143 may display the determination result of "expiration date information" or "permission count information" on the touch panel 110 to support the determination of the recipient, or the expiration date has passed or the discount measure is taken. If the applicable number of times is 0, it may be determined that the permission information is not valid and it may be decided not to apply the discount measure. At this time, a message may be displayed on the touch panel 110 to prompt the recipient to confirm with the user. As a result, even if the permission information is incorrect, such as when the permission information stored in the permission information storage unit 130 is not updated to the latest state, the possibility of making a mistake in determining whether or not the discount measure can be applied is reduced. be able to.

The toll fare determination unit 144 calculates the toll based on the information recorded on the toll ticket, the vehicle type of the vehicle A, and the like. Further, when the discount determination unit 143 decides to apply the discount measure, the toll charge determination unit reduces the amount of the calculated toll according to the discount rate determined by the discount determination unit 143.

When the permission information update unit 145 includes "permission number information" in the permission information and the discount determination unit 143 decides to apply the discount measure, the number of times the discount measure is applied from the "permission number information" (1). Time) is reduced to update the permission information.
Further, when the permission information update unit 145 performs a process of reducing the "permission count information" of the permission information, the permission information updating unit 145 overwrites the updated permission information on the permission information storage unit 130, and the updated permission information is transmitted to the communication unit 120 via the communication unit 120. And sends it to the upper server 20. As a result, the permission information stored in the upper server 20 can be matched with the permission information stored in the permission information storage unit 130 of the toll collection device 10.

(Functional configuration of upper server)
As shown in FIG. 2, the host server 20 includes a communication unit 200, a permission information storage unit 210, and a CPU 220.

The communication unit 200 transmits and receives various information related to the application of the discount measure to and from the toll collection device 10. In the present embodiment, the communication unit 200 transmits / receives permission information between the toll collection device 10 and the host server 20.

The permission information storage unit 210 stores permission information regarding users who are permitted to apply for discount measures.

The CPU 220 has a permission information input unit 221, a permission information transmission unit 222, and a permission information update unit 223.
When the application for discount measures is permitted by the administrative agency, the permission information input unit 221 adds the permitted application contents as permission information to the permission information storage unit 210.

The permission information transmission unit 222 extracts at least a part of the permission information stored in the permission information storage unit 210 and transmits it to the toll collection device 10 via the communication unit 200.
For example, the permission information transmission unit 222 is related to the exit tollhouse where the toll collection device 10 is installed based on the "use section information" of the permission information (the section including the exit tollhouse is set as the use section information). The permission information is extracted and transmitted to the toll collection device 10. Further, the permission information transmission unit 222 may transmit all the permission information to the toll collection device 10. Further, the permission information transmission unit 222 may remove the permission information that has already been transmitted from the extracted permission information and transmit only the difference to the toll collection device 10.
The permission information transmission unit 222 may transmit the extracted permission information at a preset transmission timing (for example, 0:00 on each day), or the permission information storage unit 210 may receive new permission information. The added permission information may be sent each time a is added.

The permission information update unit 223 updates the existing permission information when the content of the permission information is changed.
In the present embodiment, when new permission information with updated "permission count information" is received from the toll collection device 10, permission information matching the "identification information" of the new permission information is searched from the permission information storage unit 210. At the same time, the process of replacing (updating) the existing permission information with the new permission information is performed.
In addition, when an application for renewal of the expiration date or renewal of the number of permits is newly approved, the permit information update unit 223 updates the permit information of the permit information storage unit 210 based on the permitted application contents. You may.

(Processing flow of toll collection device)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the toll collection device according to the first embodiment.
Hereinafter, the flow of the charge collection process performed by the charge collection device 10 when the user possesses the certification medium T1 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the collector receives the certification medium T1 from the driver or the like of the vehicle A and holds it over the medium reading unit 100. Then, the identification information acquisition unit 141 acquires the identification information recorded on the certification medium T1 based on the information read by the medium reading unit 100 (step S101).
In the following example, it is assumed that "vehicle identification information (vehicle number)" is recorded as "identification information" in the permission information.

Next, the permission information acquisition unit 142 searches and acquires the permission information associated with the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit 141 from the permission information storage unit 130 (step S102).
Then, the permission information acquisition unit 142 displays the acquired permission information on the touch panel 110.

Next, the discount determination unit 143 performs an operation of selecting whether or not the "identification information" and "use section information" of the permission information and the user's identification information and the traveling section match, via the touch panel 110. Accept from the recipient (step S103).
Specifically, the recipient determines whether or not the "vehicle identification information (vehicle number)" displayed on the touch panel 110 matches the vehicle number written on the license plate of the vehicle A. At this time, the recipient may visually check the license plate of the vehicle A, or may check it by comparing it with the feature information displayed on the touch panel 110.
In addition, the collector displayed on the touch panel 110 the travel section in which the vehicle A actually traveled (the section from the entrance tollhouse recorded on the toll ticket to the exit tollhouse where the toll collection facility 1A was provided). It is determined whether or not the section matches the section indicated by the "used section information" (or the traveling section is included in the section indicated by the "used section information").
When the recipient determines that the vehicle number of vehicle A matches the "identification information" and the traveling section matches the "use section information", the discount determination unit 143 receives the "permission information" from the recipient via the touch panel 110. An operation indicating "match" is accepted (step S103: YES). Then, the discount determination unit 143 proceeds to step S104.
On the other hand, when the recipient determines that at least one of the "identification information" and the "use section information" does not match, the discount determination unit 143 determines that the recipient "does not match the permission information" via the touch panel 110. The operation shown is accepted (step S103: NO). Then, the discount determination unit 143 determines not to apply the discount measure, and proceeds to step S107.
If "user identification information (name, etc.)" is recorded as "identification information" of the permission information, the recipient confirms the identification card, etc. presented by the user and "user identification". It may be determined whether or not the "information" and the user's information match.

Next, the discount determination unit 143 determines whether or not the "expiration date information" or "permission count information" included in the permission information is valid based on the "expiration date information" or "permission count information" of the permission information. The operation of selecting is received from the recipient via the touch panel 110 (step S104).
Specifically, when the current date and time is within the expiration date indicated by the "expiration date information", or when the number of times of the "permission count information" is 1 or more, the discount determination unit 143 receives the touch panel 110 from the recipient. The operation indicating that "permission information is valid" is accepted via (step S103: YES). Then, the discount determination unit 143 proceeds to the next step 105.
On the other hand, if the current date and time has passed the expiration date indicated by the "expiration date information", or if the number of times of the "permission number information" is 0, the discount determination unit 143 will be sent from the recipient via the touch panel 110. An operation indicating that "permission information is not valid" is accepted (step S103: NO). Then, the discount determination unit 143 determines not to apply the discount measure, and proceeds to step S107.

Next, when the discount determination unit 143 receives an operation indicating that "the permission information matches" from the recipient and an operation indicating that "the permission information is valid" (step S104: YES). And step S103: YES), it is decided to apply the discount measure (step S105).
Then, the discount determination unit 143 determines the discount rate (or discount amount) applied to the user. In the present embodiment, "100%" is set in advance as the discount rate, but in other embodiments, the discount rate may be determined based on the "discount rate information" included in the permission information.

Next, when the permission information includes the "permission number information", the permission information update unit 145 updates the permission information by subtracting the number of times the discount measure is applied (once) from the "permission number information" (step). S106). Further, the permission information updating unit 145 overwrites the updated permission information on the permission information storage unit 130, and transmits the updated permission information to the upper server 20 via the communication unit 120.
If the permission information does not include the "permission number information", the permission information update unit 145 omits the process.

Next, when the discount determination unit 143 decides to apply the discount, the toll determination unit 144 calculates the toll based on the information recorded on the toll ticket, the vehicle type determined from the characteristic information of the vehicle A, and the like. The toll to be collected from the user is determined by subtracting the amount corresponding to the discount rate determined by the discount determination unit 143 from the charge (step S107).
Further, when the discount determination unit 143 determines that the discount is not applied, the toll determination unit 144 determines the calculated toll as the toll to be collected from the user (step S107).
When the toll collection process for the user is completed based on the toll determined by the toll collector, the toll collection device 10 ends the process.

(Hardware configuration of toll collection device and upper server)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the toll collection device and the host server according to the first embodiment.
Hereinafter, the hardware configuration of the toll collection device 10 and the upper server 20 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The computer 900 includes a CPU 901, a main storage device 902, an auxiliary storage device 903, an input / output interface 904, and a communication interface 905.
The toll collection device 10 and the host server 20 described above are mounted on different computers 900. Then, the operations of the respective parts of the toll collection device 10 and the upper server 20 described above are stored in the auxiliary storage device 903 of each computer 900 in the form of a program. The CPU 901 (control unit 140 of the toll collection device 10 and CPU 220 of the host server 20) reads the program from the auxiliary storage device 903, expands it to the main storage device 902, and executes the above processing according to the program. Further, the CPU 901 secures a storage area (permission information storage unit 130 of the toll collection device 10 and permission information storage unit 210 of the upper server 20) for storing permission information in the main storage device 902 according to the program. Further, the CPU 901 secures a storage area for storing the data being processed in the auxiliary storage device 903 according to the program.
The computer 900 is connected to the external storage device 910 via the input / output interface 904, and the storage area may be secured in the external storage device 910. Further, the computer 900 is connected to the external storage device 920 via the communication interface 905, and the storage area may be reserved in the external storage device 920.

In at least one embodiment, the auxiliary storage device 903 is an example of a non-temporary tangible medium. Other examples of non-temporary tangible media include magnetic disks, magneto-optical disks, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, semiconductor memories, etc. connected via the input / output interface 904. When this program is distributed to the computer 900 via a communication line, the distributed computer 900 may expand the program to the main storage device 902 and execute the above processing.

Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions. Further, the program may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that realizes the above-mentioned function in combination with another program already stored in the auxiliary storage device 903.

(Action effect)
As described above, the toll collecting device 10 according to the present embodiment has the identification information acquisition unit 141 that is recorded on the certification medium T1 and acquires the identification information that can identify the user who uses the toll road, and the passage of the toll road. Discount for the permission information acquisition unit 142, which is permission information indicating a user who has been permitted to apply the discount to the charge in advance and acquires the permission information associated with the identification information, and the user shown in the permission information. 143, and a discount determination unit 143, which performs processing for applying the above.
With such a configuration, the toll collection device 10 acquires the user's permission information by reading the identification information recorded on the certification medium T1 by the identification information acquisition unit 141, and gives the user a discount. The process for application can be performed quickly and easily.

Further, the toll collection device 10 further includes a touch panel 110 (operation reception unit) that accepts operations by a collection member who collects tolls from the user, and the discount determination unit 143 operates the collection member received via the touch panel 110. Determine whether or not to apply the discount to the user based on.
With such a configuration, the discount determination unit 143 can determine whether or not to apply the discount to the user based on the result of the recipient performing the operation via the touch panel 110. At this time, the recipient can perform an operation for applying the discount to the user while checking the permission information displayed on the touch panel 110. Therefore, even if the administrative organs that permit the application for discount measures are different, the recipient can quickly and easily confirm and operate by referring to the permission information.

Further, when the discount determination unit 143 determines that the discount is applied, the toll collection device 10 performs a process of reducing the permission number information indicating the number of times the discount is applied, which is the information included in the permission information. An update unit 145 is further provided.
By having such a configuration, the toll collection device 10 can limit the number of times the discount is applied to each user based on the permission information. As a result, it becomes possible for an administrative agency that permits the application of discount measures to change the number of discount measures for each user. For example, by setting the number of permits according to the contents of work such as relief and restoration of the disaster area, the number of times the discount measures are applied can be controlled by the administrative agency.

Further, the toll collection system 1 includes a toll collection device 10 according to the above-described embodiment, an upper server and 20 communicably connected to the toll collection device 10, and the upper server 20 stores a plurality of permission information. It has a permission information storage unit 210.
Further, the toll collection device 10 further has a permission information storage unit 130 that stores the permission information transmitted from the higher-level server among the plurality of permission information stored in the permission information storage unit 210 of the higher-level server 20. The permission information acquisition unit 142 of the collection device 10 acquires the permission information associated with the identification information from the permission information storage unit 130.
With such a configuration, the toll collection system 1 can collect permission information about a large number of users in the permission information storage unit 210 of the upper server 20.
Further, the permission information storage unit 130 of the toll collection device 10 stores at least a part of the permission information stored in the permission information storage unit 210 of the upper server 20, and the permission information acquisition unit 142 stores the permission information. The permission information is acquired from the permission information storage unit 130. Therefore, the permission information acquisition unit 142 of the toll collection device 10 can acquire the permission information more quickly than communicating with the upper server 20 to acquire the permission information. As a result, the toll collection device 10 can speed up the process for applying the discount.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, they are not limited to these as long as they do not deviate from the technical idea of the present invention, and some design changes and the like are possible.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the mode in which the discount application information transmitted from the upper server 20 is stored in the permission information storage unit 130 of the toll collection device 10 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the discount application information may be copied from a portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM or USB to the permission information storage unit 130. In this case, the upper server 20 may be omitted.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the mode in which the permission information acquisition unit 142 of the toll collection device 10 acquires the permission information from the permission information storage unit 130 has been described. However, in another embodiment, the permission information acquisition unit 142 may acquire the permission information associated with the identification information from the permission information storage unit 210 of the upper server 20 via the communication unit 120.
Specifically, the permission information acquisition unit 142 transmits "identification information" to the upper server via the communication unit 120. Then, the permission information transmission unit 222 of the upper server searches for the permission information stored in the permission information storage unit 210 using the "identification information" as a key. The permission information transmission unit 222 transmits the searched permission information to the toll collection device 10 via the communication unit 200. In this case, the toll collection device 10 may omit the permission information storage unit 130.
Further, in this modification, when the discount determination unit 143 includes the "permission number information" in the permission information and decides to apply the discount measure, the upper server 20 via the communication unit 120. Notify that the discount measures have been applied based on the permission information.
When the permission information update unit 223 of the upper server 20 receives the notification to which the discount measure is applied, the permission information matching the permission information used for applying the discount measure is extracted from the permission information storage unit 210, and the extracted permission is extracted. Update the permission information by subtracting the number of times the discount measure is applied (1 time) from the "permission number information" of the information. In this case, the toll collection device 10 may omit the permission information updating unit 145.
By having such a configuration, when the permission information is added or changed, it is only necessary to update the permission information recorded in the permission information storage unit 210 of the upper server 20, so that the maintenance of the permission information becomes easy. .. Further, the toll collection device 10 can improve the accuracy of the process for applying the discount by referring to the latest permission information stored in the permission information storage unit 210 of the upper server 20.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the mode in which the toll collection device 10 applies the discount measure based on the operation of the collector has been described. However, in this modification, the toll collection facility 10 may automatically determine whether or not the discount measure can be applied in the toll collection facility in which the collector is not resident.
In this case, the discount determination unit 143 of the toll collection device 10 gives a discount to the user when the user shown in the feature information acquired by the feature information acquisition unit 150 and the user shown in the permission information match. Decide to apply.
Specifically, for example, when the discount determination unit 143 of the toll collection device 10 matches the feature information (license plate information) acquired by the feature information acquisition unit 150 and the "vehicle identification information (vehicle number)", and , If the traveling section and the "use section information" match, it is judged that "matches the permission information". In addition, the discount determination unit 143 determines whether or not the "expiration date information" or the "permission count information" is valid. The discount determination unit 143 determines that the discount measure is applied when it is determined that "it matches the permission information" and "the expiration date information or the permission count information is valid".
With such a configuration, the toll collection device 10 can automatically determine whether or not the discount can be applied based on the feature information and the permission information in the discount determination unit 143. Therefore, it is possible to apply the discount measures even to the toll collection equipment in which the collection staff is not resident, and the cost of having the collection staff stationed can be reduced.
If it is necessary for the collector to confirm the identification card, etc., the toll collection device 10 will be installed at the tollhouse office located away from the toll collection equipment, and the collector stationed at the tollhouse office will be installed. May confirm the identification card or the like via the touch panel 110 of the toll collection device 10 and perform an operation as to whether or not the information matches the permission information. This also makes it possible to reduce the cost of having the collector stationed at the tollhouse facility.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the mode in which the identification information is recorded on the certification medium T1 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. In another embodiment, the identification information may be recorded on an IC card used in an electronic toll collection system (ETC: Electronic Toll Collection System (registered trademark), also referred to as “automatic toll collection system”). In this case, the identification information may be an on-board unit ID that can identify the on-board unit mounted on the vehicle A.
In this case, the toll collection device 10 is connected to various devices (not shown) capable of acquiring vehicle characteristic information of the vehicle A, which the electronic toll collection system has. Then, the discount determination unit 143 of the toll collection device 10 includes vehicle feature information (license plate information) and "vehicle identification information (vehicle number)" acquired by a device (for example, a license plate reading device) possessed by the electronic toll collection system. If they match, and if the traveling section recorded on the IC card and the "use section information" match, it is determined that "matches the permission information". In addition, the discount determination unit 143 determines whether or not the "expiration date information" or the "permission count information" is valid. The discount determination unit 143 determines that the discount measure is applied when it is determined that "it matches the permission information" and "the expiration date information or the permission count information is valid".
By having such a configuration, it becomes possible to execute the processing related to the discount measure even in the existing electronic toll collection system.

1 Charge collection system 10 Charge collection device 11 Manned booth 20 High-level server 100 Media reader 110 Touch panel (operation reception unit)
120 Communication unit 130 Permission information storage unit 140 Control unit 141 Identification information acquisition unit 142 Permission information acquisition unit 143 Discount determination unit 144 Toll charge determination unit 145 Permission information update unit 150 Feature information acquisition unit 200 Communication unit 210 Permission information storage unit 221 Permission Information input unit 222 Permit information transmission unit 223 Permit information update unit T1 Certification medium

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It is a toll collection device installed at a tollhouse on a toll road.
An identification information acquisition unit that is recorded on a certification medium and acquires identification information that can identify a user using the toll road, and an identification information acquisition unit.
Permit information indicating a user who has been permitted to apply a discount to the toll road toll in advance and usage section information indicating a section of the toll road used by the user, and is associated with the identification information. The permission information acquisition department that acquires the obtained permission information,
A discount determination unit that performs processing for applying the discount to the user indicated in the permission information only for the toll of the section included in the usage section information among the sections traveled by the user.
A toll collection device equipped with. Further provided with an operation reception unit that accepts operations by a collector who collects the toll from the user.
The discount determination unit determines whether or not to apply the discount to the user based on the operation of the recipient received through the operation reception unit.
The toll collection device according to claim 1. Further provided with a feature information acquisition unit for acquiring the feature information of the user,
The discount determination unit determines to apply the discount to the user when the user shown in the feature information and the user shown in the permission information match.
The toll collection device according to claim 1. When the discount determination unit decides to apply the discount, it further includes a permission information update unit that performs processing for reducing the permission number information indicating the number of times the discount is applied, which is information included in the permission information.
The toll collection device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The toll collection device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
It is equipped with a higher-level server that is communicably connected to the toll collection device.
The higher-level server has a permission information storage unit that stores a plurality of the permission information.
Toll collection system. The toll collection device further has a permission information storage unit that stores the permission information transmitted from the higher-level server among the plurality of permission information stored in the permission information storage unit of the higher-level server.
The permission information acquisition unit of the toll collection device acquires the permission information associated with the identification information from the permission information storage unit.
The toll collection system according to claim 5. The permission information acquisition unit of the toll collection device acquires the permission information associated with the identification information from the permission information storage unit of the higher-level server.
The toll collection system according to claim 5. The identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information that is recorded on the certification medium and can identify the user who uses the toll road,
Permit information indicating a user who has been permitted to apply a discount to the toll road toll in advance and usage section information indicating a section of the toll road used by the user, and is associated with the identification information. The permission information acquisition department that acquires the obtained permission information,
A discount determination unit that performs processing for applying the discount to the user indicated in the permission information only for the toll of the section included in the usage section information among the sections traveled by the user.
Toll collection system equipped with. An identification information acquisition step in which the toll collection device acquires identification information recorded on a certification medium and can identify a user using a toll road.
The toll collection device is permission information indicating a user who has been previously permitted to apply a discount to the toll road toll, and usage section information indicating a section of the toll road used by the user. , The permission information acquisition step for acquiring the permission information associated with the identification information, and
The toll collecting device performs a process for applying the discount to the user indicated in the permission information only to the toll of the section included in the usage section information among the sections traveled by the user. The discount decision step to be performed and
How to collect charges. A program that activates the computer of the toll collection device installed at the tollhouse on the toll road.
Identification information acquisition unit, which is recorded on a certification medium and acquires identification information that can identify the user who uses the toll road.
Permit information indicating a user who has been permitted to apply a discount to the toll road toll in advance and usage section information indicating a section of the toll road used by the user, and is associated with the identification information. Permission information acquisition department to acquire the obtained permission information,
A discount determination unit that performs processing for applying the discount to the user indicated in the permission information only for the toll of the section included in the usage section information among the sections traveled by the user.
A program that functions as.

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