JP4655690B2 - Automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device and computer readable program for automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic toll collection in-vehicle device mounted on an automobile and a computer-readable program for the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device in order to automatically collect tolls by radio communication at a tollgate on an expressway.

  In recent years, automatic toll collection systems at toll gates have been utilized as measures for eliminating congestion on toll roads such as expressways. In order to use the system, it is necessary to mount a dedicated device (Electronic Toll Collection System: ETC in-vehicle device) in the automobile and insert an IC card for charge collection into the device. There is little need to remove the IC card from the ETC in-vehicle device when it passes through the entrance gate of the toll gate and does not stop until the exit gate, but in the case of stopping for a break or meal in the service area etc. Therefore, it is necessary to remove the IC card from the ETC in-vehicle device so as not to be stolen.

  In addition, like a prepaid card for a bus or subway, a driver often carries a plurality of IC cards for toll collection. For this reason, once the IC card is taken out from the ETC in-vehicle device, it may be near the exit gate of the toll gate and it may not be clear which IC card was used. If you insert another IC card by mistake, you will not be able to collect the appropriate fee and may cause traffic jam at the toll booth.

  In order to solve such a situation, after passing the toll gate entrance, turning off the ETC in-vehicle device and taking out the IC card, the IC card is prevented from being erroneously inserted until the toll gate exit. As a technique, a technique for warning an erroneous insertion of an IC card is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

In this technology, in the ETC in-vehicle device, the discrimination information of the inserted IC card is recorded, and when the IC card is inserted again, the recorded toll gate entrance information and discrimination information are checked. Thus, when another IC card is inserted based on the discrimination information of the IC card inserted again, the user is warned of an erroneous insertion.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-102582 (abstract)

  However, the above prior art has the following problems. If the IC card reinserted between the entrance and exit of the toll gate is different from the IC card inserted at the time of passing through the entrance, the user is only warned that the IC card is different. For this reason, the correct IC card cannot be specified, and when many IC cards are carried, it is necessary to insert each IC card one by one and try until no warning is output.

  When inserting many IC cards at the exit of the toll booth, the user tends to panic, even if the automatic toll collection system is adopted to solve the congestion, congestion is troublesome at the exit, and congestion is induced, Or in the worst case, there is a risk of an accident.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an automatic fee-collecting in-vehicle device and a computer for automatic fee-collecting in-vehicle devices that make it easy to insert a correct IC card even once the IC card is removed. An object is to provide a readable program.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an IC card detection means for detecting insertion of a toll collection IC card, a discrimination information storage means for storing discrimination information for discriminating an IC card, and a user Identification information storage means for storing identification information that is settable information, passage information determination means for determining whether or not there is passage information that has detected passage through a toll gate, and if there is passage information, an IC IC card determination means for determining whether or not the discrimination information for discriminating the card matches the discrimination information of the IC card when passing through the entrance of the toll gate, and if the discrimination information does not match, the discrimination information when passing through the entrance An automatic toll collecting on-vehicle apparatus having identification information output means for outputting identification information of the IC card possessed is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above invention, the identification information includes a card company name of the IC card or color information of the IC card, and the identification information output means includes the card company name of the IC card or the IC card. The automatic toll collection in-vehicle device outputs the color information as audio information or visual information .

In addition to the previous invention, another present invention further includes identification information registration means for arbitrarily determining and registering identification information by the user, and the identification information output means is provided when the identification information is not registered. The automatic toll collection vehicle-mounted device that outputs information for warning of erroneous insertion preset in advance .

In addition to the previous invention, another present invention has a registration prompt output means for performing an output for prompting registration when the identification information is unregistered, and an identification information receiving means for receiving an input of the identification information. It is an automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device.

Another aspect of the present invention is an automatic fee collection method executed by an automatic fee collection in-vehicle apparatus, which includes an IC card detection step for detecting insertion of a fee collection IC card, and discrimination information for discriminating an IC card. A discriminating information storing step for storing the discriminating information, an identifying information storing step for storing discriminating information that can be set by the user, and passing information for discriminating whether or not there is passing information for detecting passage through the entrance of the toll gate An IC card determination step for determining whether or not the determination information for determining the IC card matches the determination information for the IC card when passing through the entrance of the toll gate when there is the determination information; If the information does not match, the automatic fee collection method includes an identification information output step of outputting identification information of an IC card having identification information when passing through the entrance.

In another aspect of the present invention, an IC card detection step for detecting insertion of a toll collection IC card, a discrimination information storage step for storing discrimination information for discriminating an IC card, and a user setting An identification information storage step for storing identification information that is possible information, a passage information determination step for determining whether or not there is passage information that has detected passage through a toll gate, and an IC card if there is passage information. If the discriminating information does not match the discriminating information for discriminating whether or not the discriminating information for discriminating matches the discriminating information for the IC card when passing through the entrance of the toll gate, And an identification information output step for outputting identification information of the IC card possessed.

  According to the present invention, even after the IC card is taken out from the apparatus after passing through the toll gate entrance, the correct IC card can be easily inserted.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a computer-readable program for an automatic fee collection in-vehicle device and an automatic fee collection in-vehicle device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the automatic toll collecting in-vehicle apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device 1 mainly includes an antenna 10, a wireless unit 11, an IC card mounting unit 12, a storage unit 13, a nonvolatile memory 14, a control unit 15, an operation unit 16, and a speaker 17. The display unit 18 and the interface unit 19 are included.

  The antenna 10 is a part that transmits and receives radio waves. The wireless unit 11 is a part that performs bidirectional wireless communication with the roadside antenna of the toll gate under the control of the control unit 15. The IC card mounting unit 12 is a part for mounting an IC card for paying a fee corresponding to ETC. The IC card mounting unit 12 serves as an IC card detection unit that detects insertion of an IC card and a reinsertion detection unit that detects reinsertion of the IC card after passing through the entrance of the toll gate and before passing through the exit of the toll gate.

  The storage unit 13 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a flash memory, or the like. The storage unit 13 stores a control program for the control unit 15 to be described later. The first embodiment of the computer-readable program for the automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device according to the present invention is stored in the storage unit 13. Specifically, the storage unit 13 is a program readable by a computer (in this case, the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device 1), and an IC card detection means for detecting insertion of a toll collection IC card in the computer. A discriminating information acquiring unit for acquiring discriminating information for discriminating the inserted IC card, a discriminating information registration presence / absence discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not the acquired discriminating information has already been registered, and the acquired discriminating information A first identification information registration presence / absence determination unit for determining whether or not identification information is arbitrarily determined by a user to identify an IC card; When the identification information of the IC card is unregistered, a registration prompting output means for performing an output for prompting registration, an identification information receiving means for receiving input of the identification information, and an entrance of the toll gate And passage recognition means for distinguishing each passage when passing through the exit, re-insertion detection means for detecting re-insertion of the IC card after passing through the entrance of the toll gate and before passing through the exit of the toll gate, and inserted at the entrance The information match determination means for comparing whether or not the two information matches by comparing the determination information of the detected IC card with the determination information of the IC card reinserted between the entrance and the exit, and the information does not match In this case, the second identification information registration presence / absence judging means for judging whether or not the identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance is registered, and when the identification information is registered, the IC card Automatic toll collection that functions as an erroneous insertion information output means for outputting information notifying the erroneous insertion of the IC card without using the identification information when the information for erroneous insertion is output and the identification information is not registered置用 computer readable program is stored.

  The non-volatile memory 14 is a memory for recording information even when the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device 1 is turned off. The non-volatile memory 14 records passage information indicating that the vehicle has passed through the entrance and exit of the toll gate and the IC card itself. It is a part that can record and hold discrimination information used for discrimination of an IC card, identification information arbitrarily determined by a user (for example, a driver) in association with the IC card in order to specify the IC card.

  The control unit 15 is a part that controls the processing operation of the automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device 1 and mainly includes a central processing unit (CPU). The control unit 15 includes determination information acquisition means for acquiring determination information associated with the IC card, determination information registration presence / absence determination means for determining whether the acquired determination information is already registered, and the acquired determination information. A discriminating information registering means for registering the discriminating information when not registered, a first discriminating information registration presence / absence discriminating means for discriminating whether or not identification information is arbitrarily determined by the user for identifying the IC card, When the identification information of the IC card is unregistered, the registration prompting output means for performing the registration prompting output, the identification information receiving means for receiving the input of the identification information, and the passage at the entrance and exit of the toll gate are distinguished. The pass recognition means to recognize, the discrimination information of the IC card inserted at the entrance, and the discrimination information of the IC card re-inserted between the entrance and the exit are compared. Information matching determination means for determining whether the identification information is registered, second identification information registration presence / absence determination means for determining whether or not the identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance is registered, and the identification information is registered. If there is no registration of the identification information, information notifying the erroneous insertion of the IC card is output without using the identification information. It also serves as erroneous insertion information output means.

  The operation unit 16 is an operation part for a user to input information, and includes various keys. The speaker 17 is a part that outputs sounds such as warning sounds and messages. The display unit 18 is a part that performs warning display, message display, lighting, and blinking. The speaker 17 and the display unit 18 serve as both erroneous insertion information output means and registration prompt output means. Although the automatic toll collecting in-vehicle apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes the speaker 17 and the display unit 18, it does not necessarily have to include these. Even if the automatic toll collecting in-car device 1 itself does not have either the speaker 17 or the display unit 18, it is possible to output sound or display using the speaker or display unit mounted on the car navigation or car stereo. It is. The interface unit 19 is a part serving as a data interface between the operation unit 16 and the speaker 17 or the display unit 18.

  2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the flow of processing operations of the automatic toll collection in-vehicle apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

  When the user operates a power key (not shown) in the operation unit 16, the power is turned on (step S1). When the user inserts the IC card into the IC card mounting unit 12, the IC card is accepted (step S2). Next, it is determined whether or not the identification information of the inserted IC card exists in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S3). As a result, when there is no discrimination information, the discrimination information of the IC card is automatically registered (step S4). Here, the discrimination information is information unique to the IC card recorded on the IC card. On the other hand, if the determination information exists, it is subsequently determined whether or not there is an IC card insertion history (step S5).

  As a result of the determination in step S5, if there is an insertion history, it is determined whether or not the identification information of the IC card is registered in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S6). Here, the identification information is information that the user can arbitrarily determine in order to identify the IC card, such as the card company name of the IC card and the color of the card. If there is no insertion history in the determination in step S5, or if the identification information is not registered in the determination in step S6, a registration guide for prompting registration of the identification information is output (step S7). It does not matter whether this output is sound or display. Whether or not to register identification information for this output is left to the discretion of the user. Next, if it passes through the entrance of the toll gate, the passage is detected and recorded as passage information in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S8). After step S8, the process is continued (step S9).

  After that, before reaching the exit of the toll gate, the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device 1 is turned off once, and when the user operates the power key (not shown) in the operation unit 16 again, the power is turned on. (Step S10). Further, when the user inserts the IC card into the IC card mounting unit 12, the IC card is accepted (step S11). Next, it is determined whether or not the discrimination information of the inserted IC card exists in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S12). As a result, when there is no discrimination information, the discrimination information of the IC card is automatically registered (step S13). On the other hand, when the discrimination information exists, the latest usage details information is read (step S14). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is entrance passage information indicating that it has passed through the entrance of the toll gate in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S15).

  If the result of determination in step S15 is that there is no such information, processing proceeds to step S20. On the other hand, if there is such information, the discrimination information of the inserted IC card is read out, and it is judged whether or not it matches the latest discrimination information read in step S14 (step S16). . As a result, if they match, the process proceeds to step S20. On the other hand, if they do not match, it is determined whether correct IC card identification information having the latest determination information is registered (step S17). As a result, if the identification information is not registered, a warning that the IC card is erroneously inserted is output using the preset contents (step S18). On the other hand, if the identification information is registered, a warning that the IC card is erroneously inserted is output using the registered identification information (step S19). Thereafter, the processing is continued (step S20).

  FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams showing a specific example of the above-described processing. FIG. 4A shows a process until it passes through the toll gate, and FIG. 4B shows a process until it passes through the toll gate.

  An example in which a user who drives a car owns three types of IC cards of red, blue, and yellow will be described. The user turns on the automatic toll collection in-vehicle apparatus 1 mounted on the automobile 20 and inserts a red IC card. As a result, the discrimination information of the red IC card is automatically registered. Further, the user uses the operation key of the operation unit 16 to input “red card” as identification information and perform registration. Thereafter, the automobile 20 passes through the entrance 21 of the toll gate, and the passing information is recorded in the automatic toll collection on-vehicle apparatus 1.

  The user stops the automobile 20 in the service area on the way, and turns off the automatic toll collection in-vehicle apparatus 1. After several hours, the user starts the automobile 20 again and turns on the automatic toll collection on-vehicle apparatus 1. Subsequently, the user erroneously inserts a blue IC card. The automatic toll collecting in-vehicle apparatus 1 confirms that the discrimination information is inconsistent, and uses the red IC card identification information (information “red card”) to output a voice “Please insert a red card” into the speaker 17. Output from. As a result, the user can take out the blue IC card and insert the red IC card again. Thereafter, the automobile 20 passes through the exit 22 of the toll gate. Thereby, fee collection is executed correctly.

  As described above, when the identification information of the IC card is registered at the time of passing through the entrance of the toll gate, the user is warned of erroneous insertion of the IC card based on the identification information. Even if it is inserted incorrectly, the correct IC card can be inserted immediately. In addition, when there is no registration of identification information, information indicating that there is no identification information is output using preset contents, so that the user should register the identification information from the next time. Aroused.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the computer-readable program for the automatic fee collection in-vehicle apparatus and the automatic fee collection in-vehicle apparatus according to the present invention will be described.

  The configuration of the automatic fee collection in-vehicle device according to the second embodiment is common to the configuration of the automatic fee collection in-vehicle device 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Further, the flow up to the time of passing through the entrance of the toll gate in the flow of the processing operation of the automatic toll collection on-vehicle apparatus according to the second embodiment is the same as the flowchart shown in FIG. Therefore, this will not be repeated for redundant explanations. Moreover, the same code | symbol used in 1st Embodiment is used about a common structure.

  The IC card mounting unit 12 is an IC card detection unit. Further, the control unit 15 includes a determination information acquisition unit that acquires determination information for determining the inserted IC card, and a determination information registration presence / absence determination unit that determines whether the acquired determination information is already registered. When the acquired discrimination information is unregistered, discrimination information registration means for registering the discrimination information, and first identification information for discriminating whether or not the identification information arbitrarily determined by the user for identifying the IC card is registered A registration presence / absence judging means, a registration prompting output means for outputting registration prompting when the identification information of the IC card is unregistered, an identification information receiving means for accepting input of the identification information, an entrance and an exit of the toll gate Pass recognition means that distinguishes each pass when passing, and identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance when the power is turned on after the entrance of the toll gate and before the exit of the toll gate When the identification information reading means for reading the information and the identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance are registered, an output prompting the insertion of the IC card is performed based on the read identification information, and the identification information is registered. If not, it also serves as card insertion prompt output means for outputting information indicating that the identification information is not registered. Further, the speaker 17 and the display unit 18 serve as both card insertion prompt output means and registration prompt output means.

  The storage unit 13 stores a control program of the control unit 15 and the like. A second embodiment of the computer-readable program for the automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device according to the present invention is stored in the storage unit 13. Specifically, the storage unit 13 is a program that can be read by a computer (in this case, the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device 1), and an IC card detection unit that detects insertion of a toll collection IC card in the computer. A determination information acquisition unit for acquiring determination information for determining the inserted IC card, a determination information registration presence / absence determination unit for determining whether or not the acquired determination information is already registered, and the acquired determination Discriminating information registration means for registering discriminating information when the information is unregistered, and first discriminating information registration presence / absence discriminating means for discriminating whether or not identification information is arbitrarily determined by the user to identify the IC card; When the identification information of the IC card is not registered, a registration prompting output means for outputting registration prompting, an identification information receiving means for receiving input of the identification information, And passage recognition means for distinguishing each passage when passing through the exit, and identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance when the power is turned on after passing through the entrance of the toll gate and before passing the exit of the toll gate When the identification information reading means for reading the information and the identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance are registered, an output prompting the insertion of the IC card is performed based on the read identification information, and the identification information is registered. If not, a computer-readable program for an automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device that functions as card insertion prompt output means for outputting information indicating that the identification information is unregistered is stored.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing operations of the automatic toll collection vehicle-mounted device 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention between the toll gate entrance and the toll gate exit. The flow of processing up to the toll gate entrance is the same as the flow of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  Before reaching the exit of the toll gate, the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device 1 is turned off once, and when the user operates the power key (not shown) in the operation unit 16 again, the power is turned on (step S21). Subsequently, the latest usage details information is read (step S22). Next, it is determined whether or not there is entrance passage information indicating that it has passed through the entrance of the toll gate in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S23). As a result, if there is no such information, the process proceeds to step S27. On the other hand, if there is such information, it is subsequently determined whether correct IC card identification information having the latest discrimination information is registered (step S24). As a result, if the identification information is not registered, a warning that there is no identification information is output using the preset contents (step S25). On the other hand, if the identification information is registered, the registered identification information is used to output an instruction to insert a correct card (step S26). Thereafter, the processing is continued (step S27).

  FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams showing a specific example of the above-described processing. FIG. 6A shows a process until it passes through the toll gate, and FIG. 6B shows a process until it passes through the toll gate.

  An example in which a user who drives a car owns three types of IC cards of red, blue, and yellow will be described. The user turns on the automatic toll collection in-vehicle apparatus 1 mounted on the automobile 20 and inserts a red IC card. As a result, the discrimination information of the red IC card is automatically registered. Further, the user uses the operation key of the operation unit 16 to input “red card” as identification information and perform registration. Thereafter, the automobile 20 passes through the entrance 21 of the toll gate, and the passing information is recorded in the automatic toll collection on-vehicle apparatus 1.

  The user stops the automobile 20 in the service area on the way, and turns off the automatic toll collection in-vehicle apparatus 1. After several hours, the user starts the automobile 20 again and turns on the automatic toll collection on-vehicle apparatus 1. Then, the automatic fee collection in-vehicle device 1 reads identification information related to the IC card of the latest history. That is, the information “red card” is read out. Next, the automatic toll collection in-vehicle apparatus 1 instructs “Please insert a red card”. As a result, the user can insert a red IC card without hesitation. Thereafter, the automobile 20 passes through the exit 22 of the toll gate. Thereby, fee collection is executed correctly.

  As described above, when the identification information of the IC card is registered at the time of passing through the entrance of the toll gate, the correct IC card is instructed based on the identification information. The correct IC card can be inserted in In addition, when there is no registration of identification information, information indicating that there is no identification information is output using preset contents, so that the user should register the identification information from the next time. Aroused.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the computer-readable program for the automatic fee collection in-vehicle apparatus and the automatic fee collection in-vehicle apparatus according to the present invention will be described.

  The configuration of the automatic fee collection in-vehicle device according to the third embodiment is common to the configuration of the automatic fee collection in-vehicle device 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Also, the flow up to the point of passage through the toll gate in the processing operation flow of the automatic toll collection vehicle-mounted device according to the third embodiment is the same as the flowchart shown in FIG. Therefore, this will not be repeated for redundant explanations. Moreover, the same code | symbol used in 1st Embodiment is used about a common structure.

  The IC card mounting unit 12 is an IC card detection unit. Further, the control unit 15 includes a determination information acquisition unit that acquires determination information for determining the inserted IC card, and a determination information registration presence / absence determination unit that determines whether the acquired determination information is already registered. When the acquired discrimination information is unregistered, discrimination information registration means for registering the discrimination information, and first identification information for discriminating whether or not the identification information arbitrarily determined by the user for identifying the IC card is registered A registration presence / absence judging means, a registration prompting output means for outputting registration prompting when the identification information of the IC card is unregistered, an identification information receiving means for accepting input of the identification information, an entrance and an exit of the toll gate Pass recognition means that distinguishes each pass when passing, and an IC card that determines the presence or absence of an IC card when the power is turned on after passing the entrance of the toll gate and before passing the exit of the toll gate As a result of determining the presence or absence of the IC card as a result of the determination, the second identification information reading means for reading the identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance when there is no IC card, and the IC card inserted at the entrance When the identification information is registered, the card insertion prompting output means for performing an output for prompting the insertion of the IC card based on the read identification information, and the entrance when the IC card is present as a result of determining the presence or absence of the IC card Comparing information of the IC card inserted in step 1 and the information of determination of the IC card reinserted between the entrance and the exit to determine whether or not both pieces of information match, If the two information do not match, the second identification information registration presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not the identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance is registered, and when the identification information is registered, Erroneous insertion information output means for outputting information notifying the erroneous insertion of the IC card based on the different information, and outputting information notifying the erroneous insertion of the IC card without using the identification information when the identification information is not registered; Doubles as Further, the speaker 17 and the display unit 18 serve as a card insertion prompt output unit, a registration prompt output unit, and an erroneous insertion information output unit.

  The storage unit 13 stores a control program of the control unit 15 and the like. A third embodiment of the computer-readable program for the automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device according to the present invention is stored in the storage unit 13. Specifically, the storage unit 13 is a program that can be read by a computer (in this case, the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device 1), and an IC card detection unit that detects insertion of a toll collection IC card in the computer. A determination information acquisition unit for acquiring determination information for determining the inserted IC card, a determination information registration presence / absence determination unit for determining whether or not the acquired determination information is already registered, and the acquired determination Discriminating information registration means for registering discriminating information when the information is unregistered, and first discriminating information registration presence / absence discriminating means for discriminating whether or not identification information is arbitrarily determined by the user to identify the IC card; When the identification information of the IC card is not registered, a registration prompting output means for outputting registration prompting, an identification information receiving means for receiving input of the identification information, And passage recognition means for distinguishing each passage when passing through the exit, and presence / absence determination of an IC card when the power is turned on after passing through the entrance of the toll gate and before passing through the exit of the toll gate And the second identification information reading means for reading the identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance when there is no IC card as a result of the discrimination by the means and the IC card presence / absence discrimination means, and the IC card inserted at the entrance When there is an IC card as a result of the determination by the card insertion prompt output means for outputting the IC card insertion based on the read identification information and the IC card presence / absence determination means when the identification information is registered If the discrimination information of the IC card inserted at the entrance is compared with the discrimination information of the IC card re-inserted between the entrance and the exit, whether the information matches Information identification determination means for determining whether or not there is a second identification information registration presence / absence determination means for determining whether or not the identification information of the IC card inserted at the entrance is registered when the two information do not match, and the identification information is registered A computer-readable program for an automatic toll collection in-vehicle device that functions as an erroneous insertion information output means for outputting information notifying the erroneous insertion of an IC card based on the identification information.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing operations of the automatic toll collection vehicle-mounted device 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention between the toll gate entrance and the toll gate exit. The flow of processing up to the toll gate entrance is the same as the flow of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  Before reaching the exit of the toll gate, the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device 1 is turned off once, and when the user operates the power key (not shown) in the operation unit 16 again, the power is turned on (step S31). Subsequently, the presence / absence of an IC card is determined (step S32). As a result, when there is no IC card, the latest usage details information is read (step S33). Next, it is determined whether or not there is entrance passage information indicating that it has passed through the toll gate entrance in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S34). As a result, if there is no such information, the process proceeds to step S38. On the other hand, if there is such information, it is subsequently determined whether correct IC card identification information having the latest discrimination information is registered (step S35). As a result, if the identification information is not registered, a warning that there is no identification information is output using the preset contents (step S36). On the other hand, if the identification information is registered, an output for instructing correct card insertion is made using the registered identification information (step S37). Thereafter, the processing is continued (step S38).

  On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S32 is that there is an IC card, the same processing as in steps S12 to S20 in FIG. 3 is performed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the identification information of the inserted IC card exists in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S39). As a result, when there is no discrimination information, the discrimination information of the IC card is automatically registered (step S40). On the other hand, when the discrimination information exists, the latest usage details information is read (step S41). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is entrance passage information indicating that it has passed through the entrance of the toll gate in the nonvolatile memory 14 (step S42).

  If the result of determination in step S42 is that there is no such information, processing proceeds to step S47. On the other hand, if there is such information, the discrimination information of the inserted IC card is read out, and it is judged whether or not it matches the latest discrimination information read in step S41 (step S43). . As a result, if they match, the process proceeds to step S47. On the other hand, if they do not match, it is determined whether or not correct IC card identification information having the latest determination information is registered (step S44). As a result, if the identification information is not registered, a warning that the IC card is erroneously inserted is output using the preset contents (step S45). On the other hand, if the identification information is registered, a warning that the IC card is erroneously inserted is output using the registered identification information (step S46). Thereafter, the processing is continued (step S47).

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, the computer-readable program for the automatic fee collection vehicle-mounted device and automatic fee collection vehicle-mounted device according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, Various modifications are possible.

  For example, in the above-described first embodiment, the process of step S18 shown in FIG. 3 may not be performed. That is, only when the identification information is registered, a warning based on the identification information may be performed, and when the identification information is not registered, no output may be performed. Similarly, in the above-described second embodiment, the process of step S25 shown in FIG. 5 may not be performed. That is, only when the identification information is registered, it is instructed to insert the correct IC card based on the identification information, and when the identification information is not registered, no output may be performed. Further, following step S7 in FIG. 2, a step of forcibly accepting registration of identification information may be provided. Further, in the above-described third embodiment, only when the identification information is registered without performing the process of step S45, a warning is made based on the identification information, and when the identification information is not registered. May not perform any output. Furthermore, if the process of step S36 is not performed and the identification information is not registered, no output may be performed.

  Further, the automatic fee collection in-vehicle apparatus 1 is provided with a medium insertion portion into which an information recording medium (CD-ROM or the like) can be inserted, and the computer-readable program for the automatic fee collection in-vehicle apparatus of the present invention is automatically collected. You may enable it to install in the apparatus 1. In addition, the automatic toll collection in-vehicle apparatus 1 itself is not provided with a medium insertion section, but the car navigation system or car audio provided with the medium insertion section is connected to the automatic toll collection in-vehicle apparatus 1 and stored in the information recording medium. A computer-readable program for the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device may be installed in the automatic toll collection in-vehicle device 1. Furthermore, a computer-readable program for automatic toll collection in-vehicle device may be downloaded from outside the vehicle, regardless of whether it is wired or wireless, and stored inside. Thus, the computer-readable program for the automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device of the present invention is distributed to the market in a state stored in the information recording medium, and can be used for the user. It can be used by a user via a communication line.

  The present invention can be used as an ETC vehicle-mounted device.

It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the automatic toll collection vehicle-mounted apparatus concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the processing operation of the automatic toll collection vehicle-mounted apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation flow of the automatic toll collecting on-vehicle apparatus after the power is turned on again after FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a series of processes shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, (A) shows progress until it passes a toll gate entrance, (B) shows progress until it passes a toll gate exit. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of processing operation of the automatic toll collection vehicle-mounted apparatus concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention between a toll gate exit to a toll gate exit. It is a figure which shows the specific example of a series of processes shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, (A) shows progress until it passes a toll gate entrance, (B) shows progress until it passes a toll gate exit. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of processing operation of the automatic toll collection vehicle-mounted apparatus concerning the 3rd Embodiment of this invention between a toll gate exit to a toll gate exit.

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1 Automatic fee collection in-vehicle device 12 IC card mounting part (IC card detection means, reinsertion detection means)
15 control unit (discrimination information acquisition means, discrimination information registration presence / absence discrimination means, discrimination information registration means, first identification information registration presence / absence discrimination means, registration prompt output means, identification information reception means, passage recognition means, information match discrimination means, (2) Identification information registration presence / absence determination means, erroneous insertion information output means, identification information read means, card insertion prompt output means, IC card presence / absence determination means, second identification information read means)
17 Speaker (Registration reminder output means, erroneous insertion information output means, card insertion reminder output means)
18 Display (Registration reminder output means, erroneous insertion information output means, card insertion reminder output means)

Claims (6)

IC card detection means for detecting insertion of an IC card for charge collection;
A determining information storage means for storing discrimination information for discriminating the IC card,
Identification information storage means for storing identification information which is information that can be set by the user;
Passage information discriminating means for discriminating whether or not there is passage information that has detected passage through the entrance of the toll gate;
IC card determination means for determining whether or not the determination information for determining the IC card matches the determination information of the IC card when passing through the entrance of the toll gate when there is the passage information;
If the discrimination information does not match, the identification information output means for outputting the identification information of the IC card having the discrimination information at the time of passing the entrance;
An automatic toll collecting on-vehicle apparatus characterized by comprising: The automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device according to claim 1,
The identification information includes a card company name of the IC card or color information of the IC card,
The identification information output means outputs the card company name of the IC card or the color information of the IC card as audio information or visual information.
An automatic toll collecting on-vehicle device characterized by the above. An automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device according to claim 1 or 2,
It further has an identification information registration means for arbitrarily determining and registering the identification information by a user,
It said identification information output means, wherein, when the identification information is not registered in advance preset erroneously outputting the information to alert the insert automatic toll collection vehicle apparatus you said. The automatic toll collecting in-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A registration prompt output means for performing an output prompting registration when the identification information is unregistered;
Identification information receiving means for receiving input of the identification information;
Automatic toll collection vehicle apparatus, comprising a. An automatic fee collection method executed by an automatic fee collection in-vehicle device,
An IC card detection step for detecting insertion of an IC card for toll collection;
A discrimination information storage step for storing discrimination information for discriminating the IC card;
An identification information storage step for storing identification information which is information that can be set by the user;
A passage information determination step for determining whether or not there is passage information that has detected passage through a toll gate;
An IC card determination step for determining whether or not the determination information for determining the IC card is the same as the determination information of the IC card when passing through the entrance of the toll gate when there is the passage information;
If the discrimination information does not match, an identification information output step for outputting the identification information of the IC card having the discrimination information at the time of passing through the entrance;
An automatic fee collection method characterized by comprising: On the computer,
An IC card detection step for detecting insertion of an IC card for toll collection;
A discrimination information storage step for storing discrimination information for discriminating the IC card;
An identification information storage step for storing identification information which is information that can be set by the user;
A passage information determination step for determining whether or not there is passage information that has detected passage through a toll gate;
An IC card determination step for determining whether or not the determination information for determining the IC card is the same as the determination information of the IC card when passing through the entrance of the toll gate when there is the passage information;
If the discrimination information does not match, an identification information output step for outputting the identification information of the IC card having the discrimination information at the time of passing through the entrance;
A program characterized by having executed.

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