JPH11185079A - Charge collecting system at toll road - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charge collecting system at a toll road capable of surely detecting change of combination of on-vehicle equipment with an IC card in the road and to achieve a great effect in prevention of illegality. SOLUTION: In the charge collecting system for a distant road in which the on-vehicle equipment with a radio communication function and mounted on a vehicle and the IC card with a payment function and a passage ticket function to be used by being inserted into the on-vehicle equipment are used, ID information is given to the IC card 30 and the ID information of the IC card 30 being inserted into the on-vehicle equipment 20 at the moment of time is recorded at a toll gate at an entrance. And the ID information recorded in a data buffer DB of the on-vehicle equipment 20 at the toll gate at the entrance and the ID information of the IC card 30 being inserted into the on- vehicle equipment 20 at the moment of time are read, compared, collated with each other at a toll gate at a check barrier or the toll gate at the entrance and if no coincidence exists between the pieces of ID information, the combination of the on-vehicle 20 with the IC card 30 is judged to be changed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle and an IC card having a payment function and a toll ticket function used by being inserted into the on-vehicle device, for toll collection on a toll road. It relates to a road toll collection system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as an automatic toll collection system for toll roads, a vehicle is equipped with a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function.
When a vehicle passes through a tollgate, wireless communication is performed between the on-board unit and the ground-side equipment installed at the tollgate to perform automatic toll collection processing. A system has been developed that allows the passage of traffic.

FIG. 8 schematically shows the above-mentioned non-stop automatic toll collection system. As shown in the figure,
A vehicle 1 running on a toll road is equipped with an on-vehicle device 2 having a wireless communication function. Vehicle type information, amount information, and the like are written in advance in the on-vehicle device 2, and traffic route information, billing information, and the like are written when passing through a tollgate. The in-vehicle device 2 is an I-type device having a fee payment function.
The C card can be removed. In this IC card, an ID number is written in the post-payment method, and money amount information is written in the pre-payment method. In the pre-payment method, the money amount information is rewritten according to the billing process.

On the other hand, at a tollgate, a roadside antenna 5 for transmitting / receiving a signal to / from a ground-side facility, for example, the on-vehicle device 2 at an entrance gate, an exit gate, etc., and a roadside for communicating via the roadside antenna 5. A communication device 6, a roadside processing device 7 for processing data transmitted and received with the vehicle-mounted device 2, and the like are provided.

[0005] The vehicle 1 equipped with the on-vehicle device 2 can automatically perform toll collection processing by radio communication between the on-vehicle device 2 and the ground equipment when passing through the toll booth.
You can pass through tollgates without stopping.

[0006]

In the above toll collection system for a long distance road, a user can change the combination of the vehicle-mounted device and the IC card on the road. For this reason, by exchanging the IC cards between the two vehicles on the road, it is possible to make a fraudulent operation, such as passing the entrance tollgate at a low price.

[0007] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to reliably detect a change in the combination of the vehicle-mounted device and the IC card on the road, and to exert a great effect in preventing fraud. The purpose is to provide a road toll collection system.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and an IC card having a payment function and a passport function which can be inserted into and used in the vehicle-mounted device. In the toll collection system for distance roads,
The ID information of the IC card currently inserted into the vehicle-mounted device at the entrance tollgate is recorded in the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card ID information recorded in the vehicle-mounted device at the entrance tollgate at the check barrier or the exit tollgate The roadside device reads the ID information of the IC card inserted in the vehicle-mounted device through the vehicle-mounted device at that time, and detects a change in the combination of the vehicle-mounted device and the IC card on the road by comparing and comparing the ID information. I do.

A second aspect of the present invention is a toll on a distance road using an on-board device having a wireless communication function and an IC card having a payment function and a passport function which can be inserted and used in the on-vehicle device. In the toll collection system, when passing through an entrance tollgate, the ID information of an IC card inserted in the vehicle-mounted device is recorded in the vehicle-mounted device, and when the vehicle passes through a check barrier or an exit tollgate, the vehicle-mounted device is The IC card ID information recorded at the entrance tollgate is compared with the ID information of the IC card inserted at that time, and the IC on the road is compared.
It is characterized by detecting card exchange.

A third aspect of the present invention is a toll for a distance to a highway using an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle having a wireless communication function and an IC card having a payment function and a passport function usable by being inserted into the on-vehicle device. In the toll collection system, when passing through an entrance tollgate, the ID information of the IC card inserted in the vehicle-mounted device is recorded in the vehicle-mounted device, and the user removes the IC card from the vehicle-mounted device on the distance road, and then re-examines. When the IC card is reinserted, the vehicle-mounted device compares the IC card ID information recorded at the entrance tollgate with the ID information of the inserted IC card at that time, and replaces the IC card on the road. Is detected.

A fourth aspect of the present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and an on-board device mounted on a vehicle, and a toll on a distance to a distance road using an IC card having a payment function and a passport function that can be used by being inserted into the vehicle-mounted device. In the toll collection system, when passing through an entrance tollgate, ID information of an IC card inserted into the on-vehicle device is recorded in the first data buffer and the second data buffer of the on-vehicle device. Every time a vehicle is inserted, the ID information of the IC card is read into a first data buffer. When the vehicle passes a check barrier or an exit tollgate, the vehicle-mounted device is recorded in the first and second data buffers. The present invention is characterized in that IC card ID information present is compared and collated to detect IC card exchange on a road.

A fifth aspect of the present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and an on-board device mounted on a vehicle, and a toll on a distance road using an IC card having a payment function and a passport function which can be inserted into the vehicle-mounted device and used. In the toll collection system, when passing through an entrance tollgate, ID information of an IC card inserted into the on-vehicle device is recorded in the first data buffer and the second data buffer of the on-vehicle device. The ID information of the IC card is read into the first data buffer each time the vehicle is inserted, and the first and second data buffers of the on-vehicle device are loaded by the roadside device when the vehicle passes the check barrier or the exit tollgate. Is read and compared and collated to detect the exchange of the IC card on the road.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention relates to an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle having a wireless communication function and a toll collection system for a long distance road using an IC card having a payment function and a pass ticket function usable by being inserted into the on-vehicle device. The ID information of the IC card currently inserted into the vehicle-mounted device at the tollgate is recorded in the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card ID information recorded in the vehicle-mounted device at the entrance tollgate at the check barrier or at the exit tollgate, and The IC inserted in the vehicle-mounted device at that time
The method is characterized in that the ID information of the card is read through the vehicle-mounted device and the change of the combination of the vehicle-mounted device and the IC card on the road is detected by comparing and collating.

The construction of a roadside machine installed at a tollgate, a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle, an IC card inserted into the vehicle-mounted device and the like will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a roadside device 10 installed at a tollgate.

The roadside units 10 are installed at toll gates, that is, at an entrance toll gate, a check barrier toll gate, and an exit toll gate having wireless communication equipment, and perform processing corresponding to each toll gate.
The roadside device 10 includes an antenna 11, a wireless communication unit 12 having a wireless communication function, and a control unit 13 having a CPU for transmitting and receiving data as shown in FIG. Transmits and receives data wirelessly.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the vehicle-mounted device 20 mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle-mounted device 20 includes a control unit 21 having a CPU for transmitting and receiving data, a wireless communication unit 22, an antenna 23, an IC card interface (I
/ F) unit 24, an IC card storage unit 25 and a display unit 26, which can transmit and receive data to and from the roadside device 10.
The data content of the card 30 can be read and written. The control unit 21 generally has a plurality of data buffer DBs for storing data (information) held by the vehicle-mounted device 20 and a plurality of data buffer DBs for reading and writing the contents of the IC card 30.

The IC card 30 comprises a single-chip CPU as shown in FIG. 3, and includes a plurality of internal memories 31 composed of nonvolatile memories. The internal memory 31 has information for identifying the IC card, that is, the IC card I.
D information, information necessary for payment, entrance information, and generally, passage route information such as a plurality of check barrier passage information are stored. The information required for the payment includes a payment ID (account number) in the postpaid method and a balance in the prepaid method.

Next, a specific operation example of the present invention will be described. [1. Processing when user inserts IC card into vehicle-mounted device] When the user inserts IC card 30 into vehicle-mounted device 20 shown in FIG. 2, vehicle-mounted device 20 has an internal structure as shown in FIG. The IC card ID information, payment information, and travel route information (entrance information and generally a plurality of check barrier passage information) recorded in the memory 31 are stored in the vehicle-mounted device 20.
Is transferred to and held in the data buffer DB, and the communication processing with the roadside device 10 becomes possible. Note that the data in the IC card 30 that the vehicle-mounted device 20 has stored up to that point is lost. At this time, the IC card ID information transferred to the data buffer DB represents the ID of the IC card 30 inserted in the vehicle-mounted device 20, and is called IC card ID1. This IC card ID1 is DB1 in the data buffer DB.
Is stored in In some cases, the entrance information and the check barrier passage information in the IC card 30 are not recorded. In that case, only the existing information is read.

[2. Processing at Entrance Tollgate] When a vehicle enters the entrance tollgate, the roadside device 10 detects the vehicle, wirelessly communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 20, and records it in DB1 in the data buffer DB of the vehicle-mounted device 20 as shown in FIG. The IC card ID 1 is read, and the IC card ID information and the entrance information are transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 20. The on-vehicle device 20 is the roadside device 1
When receiving the entrance information sent from 0, the vehicle-mounted device 20
Of the past, that is, entry information and entry information and generally, a plurality of check barrier entry information are deleted, the entry information is recorded in the data buffer DB of the vehicle-mounted device 20, and after the communication, the IC Card 30
In the past, and the entrance information received from the roadside device 10 is recorded in the IC card 30.

The vehicle-mounted device 20 stores the IC card ID information received from the roadside device 10 in the data buffer DB2.
It is held as card ID2 and represents IC card ID information when passing through the entrance tollgate.

When the IC card 30 is not inserted into the vehicle-mounted device 20, the vehicle-mounted device 20 does not perform communication processing with the roadside device 10 or notifies the roadside device 10 of a message indicating that there is no IC card 30. Therefore, the roadside device 10 does not perform the above processing.

[3. Processing at Check Barrier Tollgate] At the check barrier tollgate, when the passage of a vehicle is detected, as shown in FIG.
1 and the IC card ID2 recorded in the data buffer DB2 are read, and collation is performed to determine whether the two ID information match. ID
When the information matches, it is determined that the ID information is correct, the traffic route information from the entrance tollgate to the check barrier tollgate is read from the vehicle-mounted device 20, the traffic route is checked, and The check barrier passing information is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 20.

The in-vehicle device 20 additionally records the check barrier passage information in the data buffer DB, and additionally records the check barrier passage information in the IC card 30 after the end of the communication.

If the IC card ID1 and the IC card ID2 are compared with each other when it is determined that they do not match, the IC card used at the entrance tollgate is compared with another IC card on the road. Judge that it has been replaced. That is, if the IC card 30 is replaced on the road after passing through the entrance tollgate, when the IC card 30 is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device 20 as shown in FIG. The information is recorded in the data buffer DB1 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 as the IC card ID1. In this case, the rewriting of the IC card ID2 recorded in the data buffer DB2 is not performed, and the data buffer DB2
Is the ID of the IC card 30 when passing through the entrance tollgate
Information is held as IC card ID2. Therefore, if the IC card used at the entrance toll gate is
When the card is exchanged for a C card, it is detected as a mismatch when the IC card ID1 and the IC card ID2 are collated at the check barrier toll booth.

As described above, at the check barrier toll booth,
When the mismatch between the C card ID1 and the IC card ID2 is detected, it is determined that the combination of the vehicle-mounted device 20 and the IC card 30 has been changed, that is, the fraud has been performed, and the following measures are taken, for example. .

(1) For example, a traffic light indicating whether or not a vehicle can pass is colored red, a circuit breaker is lowered to prohibit the vehicle from passing, and the toll is settled in cash. (2) The license plate information of the vehicle is photographed by a surveillance camera, and a toll is charged to the owner of the vehicle at a later date.

(3) The information that the fraud has been committed is recorded in the internal memory of the vehicle-mounted device 20, and the toll is paid in cash at the exit tollgate. When the IC card 30 is not inserted into the vehicle-mounted device 20, the vehicle-mounted device 20 does not perform communication processing with the roadside device 10 or only notifies the roadside device 10 of a message indicating that there is no IC card 30. Therefore, the roadside device 10 does not perform the above processing.

[4. Processing at Exit Tollgate] When the roadside device 10 at the exit tollgate detects passage of a vehicle, the roadside device 10 stores the data in the data buffer DB1 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 as shown in FIG.
The IC card ID1 and the IC card ID2 recorded in the DB2 are read, and collation is performed to determine whether or not the two ID information match. If the ID information matches, the vehicle information is sent from the vehicle-mounted device 20 to the payment information and the entrance tollgate. After reading the route information to reach the exit and checking the route, the toll to the exit is calculated from the separately acquired vehicle type information and the route information, and the charging process according to the payment information is performed. Do.

In the case of the post-payment method, if the ID in the payment information is obtained, post-claim can be made without performing any special processing on the vehicle-mounted device 20 and the IC card 30. On the other hand, in the prepayment method in which the balance is stored in the IC card 30, the toll calculated by the roadside device 10 is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 20, so that after the communication is completed, the vehicle-mounted device 20
The toll is collected by performing the remaining amount withdrawal process.

There are several methods for obtaining the vehicle type information as described below. (1) A method in which the type of the vehicle is recorded in advance on the vehicle-mounted device 20 and read at an exit tollgate.

(2) At the entrance tollgate, the vehicle type is measured by roadside equipment and the like, and the vehicle type is recorded in the entrance information,
How to read at the exit tollgate. (3) A method of determining and inputting a vehicle type by a person or a roadside device at an exit tollgate.

When the IC card 30 is not inserted into the vehicle-mounted device 20, the vehicle-mounted device 20 does not perform communication processing with the roadside device 10 or notifies the roadside device 10 of a message indicating that there is no IC card 30. Therefore, the roadside device 10 does not perform the above processing.

When the IC card ID1 and the IC card ID2 are compared with each other and it is determined that they do not match, if the IC card ID1 and the IC card ID2 are used at the entrance tollgate as described above.
It is determined that the C card has been exchanged for another IC card on the road, and a countermeasure against fraud is executed in the same manner as in the case of the check barrier tollgate.

As described above, the IC card is provided with ID information, the ID information of the IC card 30 inserted at that time is recorded in the vehicle-mounted device 20 at the entrance tollgate, and the ID information is recorded at the check barrier tollgate or the exit tollgate. The IC card ID information recorded in the vehicle-mounted device 20 at the entrance tollgate and the ID information of the IC card 30 inserted in the vehicle-mounted device 20 at that time are read through the vehicle-mounted device 20 and compared and collated. Can be detected that the combination of the vehicle-mounted device 20 and the IC card 30 has been changed, and illegality due to IC card exchange on the road can be prevented.

In the above embodiment, the IC card ID1 and the IC card ID2 recorded in the data buffers DB1 and DB2 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 are compared and collated in the roadside device 10 at the check barrier tollgate or the exit tollgate. However, the IC card ID1 and the IC
The card ID 2 is compared and collated, and the collation result is compared with the roadside device 10.
The notification may be sent to the side.

When the user once removes the IC card from the vehicle-mounted device on the distance road and inserts the IC card again, the IC card ID2 is already recorded in the vehicle-mounted device 20. The IC card ID1 and the IC card ID2 are compared and collated, and if they are different, it is possible to notify the user by displaying that the IC cards are different or the like.

[0037]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, an on-vehicle device having a wireless communication function and a payment function and a passport function which can be inserted into the on-vehicle device and used.
In a toll collection system for a long distance road using a C card, ID information is given to the IC card, and the ID information of the IC card inserted at that time in the vehicle-mounted device at the entrance tollgate is recorded, and the check barrier tollgate is provided. Or, at the exit tollgate, the IC card ID recorded on the vehicle-mounted device at the entrance tollgate
Since the information and the ID information of the IC card inserted into the vehicle-mounted device at that time are read and compared and compared,
It is possible to detect that the combination of the in-vehicle device and the IC card has been changed on the road, and it is possible to prevent fraud by replacing the IC card on the road.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a roadside device of a toll road toll collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the vehicle-mounted device in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing an example of recording information of an IC card in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a flow of data when the IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing a flow of data between the roadside device, the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card at the entrance tollgate of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing a flow of data between the roadside device, the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card at the check barrier tollgate of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing the flow of data between the roadside device, the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card at the exit tollgate of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a conventional non-stop toll collection system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Roadside apparatus 11 Antenna 12 Wireless communication part 13 Control part 20 Onboard equipment 21 Control part 22 Wireless communication part 23 Antenna 24 IC card interface part 25 IC card storage part 26 Display part 30 IC card 31 Internal memory

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A toll collection system for a to-distance road using an in-vehicle device having a wireless communication function and an IC card having a payment function and a toll ticket function that can be inserted and used in the in-vehicle device, The ID information of the IC card currently inserted into the vehicle-mounted device at the entrance tollgate is recorded in the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card ID information recorded in the vehicle-mounted device at the entrance tollgate at the check barrier or the exit tollgate The roadside device reads the ID information of the IC card inserted in the vehicle-mounted device through the vehicle-mounted device at that time, and detects a change in the combination of the vehicle-mounted device and the IC card on the road by comparing and comparing the ID information. Toll collection system for toll roads. 2. A toll collection system for a to-distance road using a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and an IC card having a payment function and a toll ticket function usable by being inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, IC that is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device when passing through the entrance tollgate
The ID information of the card is recorded in the vehicle-mounted device, and when the vehicle passes through the check barrier or the exit tollgate, the vehicle-mounted device records the IC card ID recorded at the entrance tollgate.
A toll collection system for a toll road, characterized in that information is compared with ID information of an IC card inserted at that time to detect replacement of an IC card on a road. 3. A toll collection system for a to-distance road using a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and an IC card having a payment function and a toll ticket function that can be inserted and used in the vehicle-mounted device, IC that is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device when passing through the entrance tollgate
The ID information of the card is recorded in the on-vehicle device, and when the user takes out the IC card from the on-vehicle device on the distance road and re-inserts the IC card again, the on-vehicle device is re-installed at the entrance tollgate at the entrance tollgate. A toll collection system for toll roads, characterized in that the recorded IC card ID information and the ID information of the IC card inserted at that time are compared and collated to detect replacement of the IC card on the road. 4. A toll collection system for a to-distance road using a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and an IC card having a payment function and a toll ticket function usable by being inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, IC that is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device when passing through the entrance tollgate
The ID information of the card is recorded in the first data buffer and the second data buffer of the vehicle-mounted device, and every time an IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, the ID information of the IC card is read into the first data buffer. When a vehicle passes through a check barrier or exit toll gate,
The vehicle-mounted device compares and checks the IC card ID information recorded in the first and second data buffers,
A toll collection system for toll roads, characterized by detecting replacement of a C card. 5. A toll collection system for a distance-to-distance road using a vehicle-mounted device having a wireless communication function and an IC card having a payment function and a toll ticket function usable by being inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, IC that is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device when passing through the entrance tollgate
The ID information of the card is recorded in the first data buffer and the second data buffer of the vehicle-mounted device, and every time an IC card is inserted into the vehicle-mounted device, the ID information of the IC card is read into the first data buffer. When a vehicle passes through a check barrier or exit toll gate,
A roadside device reads IC card ID information recorded in the first and second data buffers of the on-vehicle device, compares and compares the IC card ID information, and detects replacement of an IC card on a road, to detect a toll road. Toll collection system.