JPS61270194A - Pass card - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a traffic card that can store at least image information such as vehicle license plates that can identify traffic facts.

[Technical Background of the Invention and Problems Therewith] Conventionally, punch cards and magnetic cards have been used as passes on toll roads that have toll schedules corresponding to traffic sections, for example. However, there are cases in which the toll ticket received at the toll collection gate is exchanged for a shorter toll ticket for another travel section within that travel section, and an incorrect toll is paid at the toll collection gate at the destination. In order to prevent these frauds, in order to store information that identifies the fact of the vehicle's passage, such as the image of the vehicle's license plate, its toll collection gate number, and the date when it passed through the toll collection gate,
Conventional punch cards, magnetic cards, etc. have a problem in that they cannot prevent fraudulent acts because of insufficient storage capacity.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and includes information for identifying the fact of passage, such as an image of a vehicle's license plate, the number of a toll collection gate, the date of passing through this toll collection gate, and the like. The purpose is to provide a transit card that can store the time as information.

[Summary of the Invention] The summary of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a toll road that stores information for paying tolls.
The present invention is characterized by comprising a storage means for storing at least image information for specifying the fact that a vehicle is passing as an electric signal, and an information input/output means for writing or reading the image information into or from the storage means.

[Embodiment J of the Invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a pass card according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the reference numeral 1 indicates a substrate, which is made of plastic or the like and formed into a card shape. This card 1 inputs and outputs information for identifying the fact of passage (hereinafter referred to as specific information), such as an image of the vehicle number, the number of the toll collection gate, the date of passing through the toll collection gate, etc. as an electrical signal. For external connection, which is a possible input/output method? ! A memory device 2 consisting of, for example, an integrated circuit (ROM or RAM) capable of storing electrical signals input and output from the electrode 4 and the external connection electrode, and a backup battery for retaining the memory of the memory device 2. 3 and a storage unit 5, which is a storage means.

FIG. 2 shows a case in which toll collection processing is performed using the toll card of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 21 indicates a toll collection gate, for example, a gate installed at a toll road interchange. A booth 22 is arranged at this gate 21, and furthermore, a photographing device, for example, a television camera 23, is installed in front of this booth 22 to take a photograph of a vehicle that has stopped to receive a pass card near this booth 22. There is. This television camera 23 is adapted to photograph, for example, the license plate of a vehicle. Further, a detector (not shown) simultaneously detects the number of axles, width, and height of the vehicle as vehicle information. Inside this booth 22, an entrance processing terminal 24 as shown in FIG. Issue processing will be performed.

The entrance processing terminal 24 is connected to the vehicle driver and the booth 2.
The issuance process of the pass card is carried out with the staff in the office. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, a pass card insertion slot 31 provided on the upper side of the housing 30 for inserting a pass card and storing external information on the pass card;
Information stored on the inserted pass card, for example, the license plate of the vehicle as seen by the television camera 23.

An attendant display section 32 displays vehicle information, the number of this booth 22, the current time at the time of storage on this passage card, etc., and information displayed on the attendant display section on the passage card inserted into this entrance processing terminal 1124. and a write button 33 for inputting information.

In the above system, the vehicle first enters gate 2.
1 and stops at the side of the booth 22, the staff member inside the booth 22 inserts the pass card placed inside the booth into the pass card insertion slot 31 of the entrance processing terminal 24. When the pass card is inserted, the entrance processing terminal 24 displays information to be written on the pass card on the staff display section 32, such as image information of the vehicle license plate, vehicle information, number 2 of the booth 22, date and time. When the staff member presses the write button 33, the information displayed on the staff display section 32 is written into the inserted pass card. The staff member hands the driver a toll card containing this information, and the driver then hands it to the staff member at the exit-side toll collection gate and pays the toll. .

The toll collection gate on the exit side has almost the same configuration as the toll collection gate on the entrance side, except that an exit processing terminal 44 shown in FIG. 4 is installed in place of the entrance processing terminal 124. That's a thing.

The exit processing terminal 44 is provided on the upper side of the casing 40, and includes a pass card insertion slot 41 for inserting a pass card and reading out stored information of the pass card, and information read out from the pass card. The license plate of the vehicle is inputted from the television camera 23 at the toll collection gate.

A staff display 8B42 that displays the toll from the entrance-side interest collection gate number to the exit-side toll collection station by comparing and collating the vehicle information, and the display 8B42 for each of these entrance and exit sides. Confirmation button 4 to compare and check the information of
3, a change storage section 45 for storing change, and a receipt issuing section 46 for issuing a receipt for the received cash.
It consists of

The entrance processing terminal t1124 and the exit processing terminal 44 are connected to a host computer or a local computer (not shown), and are used to check the number of vehicles passing through each toll collection gate, and - presence or absence of fraud. Make sure! i2! It can be controlled.

With the above configuration, first the vehicle is Goo 1-21.
When the vehicle enters the entrance and stops on the side of the booth 22 on the entrance side, the staff inside the booth displays the image of the vehicle's license plate taken by the television camera 23, the vehicle information,
The number of the booth 22, the current date and time, etc. are stored in the pass card inserted by the entrance processing terminal 24, and the pass card is handed to the driver of the vehicle. The driver who has received the toll card goes to any toll collection gate and hands the toll card containing the above information to the staff member in the booth 22 of the toll collection gate on the exit side. The clerk at the exit booth who has received the pass card inserts the pass card into the pass card insertion slot 41 of the exit processing terminal 44 and presses the confirmation button 43. When this confirmation button 43 is pressed, the license plate information and vehicle information from the TV camera 23 which is photographing the license plate of the vehicle parked on the side of this booth 22 and the inserted pass card are displayed. The exit processing terminal 44 compares the information with the stored information, and if the card is valid, the toll toll to the toll collection gate is displayed on the staff display section 42, and the toll is collected from the driver of the vehicle. The receipt is taken and a receipt is issued from the receipt issuing unit 46. In addition, if it is not a regular pass card, the above-mentioned staff display section 42
This is now displayed on the card, making it easy for people to know that it is not a valid JRkm card.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and can be implemented with various modifications within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the pass card was kept by the attendant and the pass card with information stored therein was handed over to the driver of the vehicle. It is also possible to ask frequent users to carry the toll collection gate.Furthermore, there is no need for an attendant to be present at each toll collection gate, and it is also possible to make it fully automatic using the toll card of the present invention. .

Further, the specific information may be not only a combination of a license plate and other information, but also a combination of information obtained by photographing the face of an attendant with an installed television camera, for example.

As mentioned above, traditional pass tickets such as punch cards,
Although it has not been possible to prevent fraudulent acts with 141-ki cards and the like due to insufficient storage capacity, it is possible to prevent such fraudulent acts with the pass card of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, the present invention enables exchange of a short ticket for another travel section within a travel section, which could not be prevented with conventional travel tickets such as punch cards and magnetic cards. ,
It is possible to prevent fraudulent acts such as paying an incorrect toll at the toll collection gate at the destination. Furthermore, up until now, you had to hand over a new pass each time you passed through the city, but with this pass card, you can now reuse it and use it continuously, so it is much better than a traditional pass. It is also possible to obtain an economical effect in that the cost equivalent to a ticket per trip is reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of the pass card of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of the toll collection device 1- on the entrance side and exit side, and Fig. 3 is an external perspective view of the entrance processing terminal 34. , FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of the exit processing terminal 44. 2.3... Storage means, 4... Input/output means.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a toll card that stores information for paying tolls on toll roads, a storage means stores at least image information for identifying the fact that a vehicle is passing as an electric signal, and the image information is stored in the storage means. A travel card characterized by having information input/output means for writing or reading information. (2) The pass card according to claim 1, wherein the storage means is constituted by an integrated circuit.