JP2006018730A - Method for activating service area of express highway - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for activating a service area of an express highway, which leads to the increased attraction of the service area for users of not only the express highway but also a general road by utilizing an automatic toll collection system. <P>SOLUTION: Part of a usage fee by use of commercial facilities in the service area 10 is returned to an IC card of an in-vehicle device of the automatic toll collection system, whereby the use of the service area 10 leads to the promotion of use of the commercial facilities 1A-1C in the service area in addition to reduction in the toll of the express highway 20. Further, part or all of an admission fee collected at an ETC gate 3 of the automatic toll collection system at the time of entering the service area 10 from a general road 30 to use the commercial facilities 1A-1C in the service area 10 which is a psychological disorder at the time of entering can be covered by the return from the commercial facilities 1A-1C. Thus, the service area can be made attractive for users of not only the express highway 20 but also the general road 30, leading to the activation of the service area. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an activation method for activating a service area installed on an expressway using an automatic fee collection system.

  Various methods for promoting the spread of the automatic toll collection system users by giving various benefits have been performed. As a related technique, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses that an ETC gate is not installed in a toll gate on a highway. In the case where both of the ETC gates are provided, a step of receiving notification data indicating that the ETC gate is used from the member's in-vehicle device, and a table for storing in advance the states of the ETC gate and the non-ETC gate provided in each toll gate To determine whether the member preferentially uses the ETC gate, and when the member preferentially uses the ETC gate, the usage status and points of the ETC gate A step of converting the received data into the points with reference to a table preliminarily stored in relation to A point reduction method comprising: converting a converted point into the electronic money with reference to a table in which the relationship of the name is stored in advance; and transferring the converted electronic money to an account for each member Is disclosed.

JP 2002-324151 A

  However, the conventional ETC dissemination method described in Patent Document 1 does not directly activate the service area installed on the expressway even if it leads to an increase in ETC users. It was. In particular, it will be possible to enter the service area from the general road in the near future, and in order to secure users from the general road, it is necessary to make the service area attractive to the user. Conversion is indispensable.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems as described above, and utilizes the automatic toll collection system to provide a highway service that leads to an attractive service area not only for highways but also for general road users. It is intended to provide an area activation method.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. In other words, the method for activating a service area of an expressway according to the present invention includes a service area in an expressway provided with an automatic toll collection system that inserts an IC card into a vehicle-mounted device and settles a toll road toll using the IC card. A part of the usage fee is refunded from the commercial facility to the IC card held by the user for a user who has paid a usage fee for the commercial facility. To do.

  The refund is provided in a service area when the user brings in advertising means related to the commercial facility and uses the commercial facility.

  According to the method for activating a highway service area according to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, for highway users, the use of the service area can reduce the toll on the highway, thereby allowing commercial use within the service area. Although it leads to further promotion of use of the facility, when using a commercial facility in the service area from a general road, it is collected by the automatic fee collection system when entering the service area, and it is one of the entrance fees that will be a psychological obstacle to entrance. Part or all can be covered by refunds from commercial facilities, and it becomes an attractive service area not only for expressways but also for users of ordinary roads, leading to activation.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 2, the commercial facility side can also obtain the exposure effect by the advertisement, which is attractive for the commercial facility, which is preferable.

  BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The best embodiment according to the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a service area of an expressway according to the present invention. The service area 10 is installed in the vicinity of the expressway 20 and can enter and exit from the expressway 20 through the ramp way L1. The highway 20 is provided with an automatic toll collection system (hereinafter referred to as ETC) in a toll gate (not shown). Further, in the vicinity of the service area 10, a general road 30, which is a national road, is connected, and a ramp way L <b> 2 that can enter and exit the service area 10 from the general road 30 is provided. The ramp way L2 is provided with an ETC gate so that an entrance fee from the general road 30 to the service area 10 or a toll on the expressway 20 is collected.

  In the service area 10, there are a parking space 2 and a commercial facility around it, such as a restaurant 1A, a fast food restaurant 1B, an aquarium 1C, etc., and a car C entering the service area 10 from the rampway L1 or L2. The driver or passenger of the vehicle pays a usage fee to use the commercial facilities 1A to 1C after parking the automobile C in the parking space 2.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a method for activating a service area of an expressway according to the present invention. First, the driver or passenger of the car C parked in the parking space 2 pulls out the IC card from the ETC on-board unit (A). Next, the driver or passenger of the car C using the commercial facility brings the extracted IC card to the commercial facility, uses one of the commercial facilities 1A to 1C (B), and pays the usage fee. An IC card is submitted to the checkout department of any of the commercial facilities 1A to 1C used at the time (C). In the payment device of any of the commercial facilities 1A to 1C used, the IC card is passed through the device when the usage fee is settled (D), and a refund record is written on the IC card (E). By inserting it into the container (F), it will be applied (G) when the next toll or entrance fee is paid.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a modification of the method for activating a highway service area according to the present invention. In (i), as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the driver or passenger of the car C entering the service area 10 from the ramp way L1 or L2 parks the car C in the parking space 2, The facilities 1A to 1C are used by paying a usage fee, but in the vicinity of the parking space 2, an advertising means 4 which is an advertisement flyer related to any of the commercial facilities 1A to 1C is placed. (B) shows the details, but an advertisement for a restaurant XX, which is a commercial facility 1A, is described, and a description about ETC fee discount is provided on a part of the page. By bringing such advertising means 4 to the related commercial facility 1A and presenting it at the time of payment, the toll fee and the entrance fee are refunded, so that the commercial facility 1A has an exposure effect and an effect of promoting use. It can be an advantageous method for commercial facilities.

It is a top view which shows an example of the service area of the highway concerning this invention. It is a flowchart which shows one Embodiment of the activation method of the service area of the expressway concerning this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a deformation | transformation of the activation method of the service area of the highway concerning this invention.

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1 Commercial Facility 2 Parking Space 3 ETC Gate 4 Advertising Means 10 Service Area 20 Highway 30 General Road

Claims (2)

For users who use a commercial facility in the service area by paying a usage fee on an expressway equipped with an automatic toll collection system that inserts an IC card into the vehicle-mounted device and pays the toll road toll using the IC card A method for activating a highway service area, wherein a part of the usage fee is refunded from the commercial facility to the IC card held by the user. The expressway service according to claim 1, wherein the refund is provided when the user brings in an advertising means related to the commercial facility and uses the commercial facility. How to activate the area.

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