JPH07320101A - Passing ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a pass ticket issuing device which allows a driver of a vehicle entering the vehicle to easily and surely receive the issued pass ticket regardless of the position of the driver's seat. [Composition] When the approaching vehicle detector 8 detects an approaching vehicle, C
The PU 41 takes in the projection information on the vehicle side by reading the output of the optical sensor device 3 for detecting a passing vehicle at regular intervals, determines the vehicle type based on this projection information, and detects the vehicle height. The ticket issuing unit 32 issues a pass ticket according to the determined vehicle type and discharges the pass ticket to the discharge port stopped at the reference position on the ticket transport path. Also, the driver of the vehicle
If necessary, the touch panel 24 is used to indicate the position of the discharge port. The CPU 41 calculates the position of the outlet based on the detected vehicle height, and moves the position of the outlet according to the calculated position and the instructed position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for automatically issuing a ticket to an ingress vehicle (automobile) at an entrance gate of a toll road such as a highway.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a ticket issuing device of this type, the height of a vehicle entering the vehicle (hereinafter simply referred to as vehicle height) is detected at the entrance gate of a toll road, and the ticket is automatically issued. After issuing the ticket, the issued pass ticket will be discharged to the outlet with the height closest to the detected vehicle height among the outlets with three different heights (high, medium and low). There is something.

[0003]

However, in general, the height of the driver's seat of a vehicle (automobile) is not always proportional to the vehicle height. For example, when the vehicle height is high and the driver's seat is low. For a certain vehicle, the pass ticket is ejected to a high outlet, and it is difficult to take the pass ticket because it is located away from the driver's seat.

Further, in the conventional ticket issuing device, the height of the exit of the issued ticket is fixed in three stages, so that in the case of a vehicle having a driver's seat at each intermediate position, the driver cannot force it. You have to reach out and take a pass, and you are likely to drop your pass.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device which allows a driver of an entering vehicle to easily and surely receive the issued ticket regardless of the position of the driver's seat. And

[0006]

A pass ticket issuing device according to the present invention is a device for issuing a pass ticket to an incoming vehicle and a vertical direction for holding the pass ticket issued by the issuing means. A movable holding means, a detecting means for detecting the height of the vehicle, and a moving means for moving the position of the holding means according to the height of the vehicle detected by the detecting means. There is.

Further, the pass ticket issuing device of the present invention is movable in the vertical direction for holding the pass ticket issued by the issuing means and the issue means for issuing a pass ticket to the vehicle entering. The holding means, the instruction means for instructing the position of the holding means, and the moving means for moving the position of the holding means according to the instruction content of the instructing means.

Further, the pass ticket issuing device of the present invention is capable of moving in the vertical direction, which holds the pass ticket issued by the issue means and the issue means for issuing a pass ticket to an approaching vehicle. The holding means, the instruction means for instructing the position of the holding means, the detecting means for detecting the height of the vehicle, the height of the vehicle detected by the detecting means, and the instruction content of the instructing means. Accordingly, there is provided a moving means for moving the position of the holding means.

Further, the pass ticket issuing device of the present invention receives issuing and holding means for issuing a pass ticket to an incoming vehicle and a pass ticket issued by the issuing means at a preset reference position. Holding means movable in the vertical direction, and detection means for detecting the height of the vehicle,
First moving means for moving the position of the holding means according to the height of the vehicle detected by the detecting means, and a pass ticket held by the holding means after the movement by the first moving means And a second moving means for moving the holding means to the reference position when removed.

[0010]

[Function] The exit (holding means) of the issued ticket is moved to a position corresponding to the vehicle height of the entering vehicle. Further, the outlet of the issued toll ticket is moved to a position according to the driver's instruction. Thus, for example, even if the discharge port is moved to a position away from the driver's seat due to the vehicle height, the discharge port can be moved to a position where the driver can easily take it by the driver's operation. Further, since the position of the outlet can be arbitrarily moved, it can be applied to any driver's seat and can prevent the passage ticket from falling. Therefore, the driver of the approaching vehicle can easily and surely receive the issued pass ticket regardless of the position of the driver's seat. Also,
Since the passage ticket can be received smoothly, for example, the congestion of the vehicle at the entrance gate can be alleviated.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows an arrangement example of the ticket issuing device according to the present embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a travel path at an entrance gate of a toll gate on a toll road, for example, and a vehicle (automobile) 2 entering the entrance gate travels in a direction indicated by an arrow. An optical sensor device 3 for determining the vehicle type and detecting the vehicle height of the vehicle 2 by obtaining the projection information of the side surface of the approaching vehicle 2 is installed on the side portion of the traveling path 1. The optical sensor device 3 is composed of a large number of optical sensors.

That is, the optical sensor device 3 is installed in the traveling path 1
One light emitting portion 4 arranged on one side and a light receiving portion 5 arranged on the other side portion of the traveling path 1 facing the light emitting portion 4.
The vehicle 2 passes between the light emitting unit 4 and the light receiving unit 5. In this case, the positions of the light emitting unit 4 and the light receiving unit 5 are set so as to face the side surface of the traveling vehicle 2.

The light emitting section 4 is, for example, a line light source in which a large number of light emitting elements 6, ... (Not shown) are linearly arranged in a vertical direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the vehicle 2. Further, the light receiving section 5 is a line formed by linearly arranging a plurality of light receiving elements 7, ... Corresponding to the respective light emitting elements 6, ... Of the light emitting section 4 in a vertical direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the vehicle 2. It is a sensor.

An approaching vehicle detector 8 for optically detecting an approaching vehicle 2 is provided in the vicinity of the light emitting portion 4 and the light receiving portion 5 of the optical sensor device 3 in the front side with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle 2.
Is provided. The approaching vehicle detector 8 includes a light projector 9 and a light receiver 10.

On the front side of the optical sensor device 3 with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle 2, a pass ticket issuing device 11 for issuing a pass ticket to the approaching vehicle 2 is installed on the right side of the road 1. There is.

A starting vehicle detector 12 for optically detecting the started vehicle 2 is provided on the front side of the pass ticket issuing device 11 with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle 2. The starting vehicle detector 12 includes a light projector 13 and a light receiver 14.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the external configuration of the pass ticket issuing device 11. That is, the main body 21 is formed in a vertically long shape, and its height corresponds to, for example, the height of the vehicle with the highest vehicle height. The front surface of the main body 21 is provided with a holding means for holding the issued ticket P, that is, a discharge port 22 for discharging the issued ticket P in this embodiment. The discharge port 22 is movable in the vertical direction along a moving path 23 formed in the front surface of the main body 21 in the vertical direction (vertical direction). Further, the discharge port 22 is normally stopped at the reference position with the central portion of the moving path 23 in the vertical direction as a reference position, and moves vertically based on this reference position. .

On one side of the moving path 23, the moving path 23
A touch panel 24 with a built-in touch sensor is provided as an instructing means for instructing the position of the discharge port 22 along the line, and the driver of the vehicle 2 touches a desired position on the touch panel 24 to cause the discharge port 22 The position can be designated to the touched position.

FIG. 4 schematically shows the internal construction of the pass ticket issuing device 11. That is, a guide path 25 for guiding the pass ticket P is formed in the discharge port 22, and a holding roller pair 26 for holding the pass ticket P is provided in the guide path 25. Further, a ticket detector 27 (see FIG. 5) that optically detects whether or not the ejected passing ticket P is taken out is provided in the ejection port 22.

The main body 2 corresponding to the moving path 23 of the discharge port 22
A pair of endless belts 30 stretched at a predetermined interval between pulleys 28 and 29 that are rotationally driven by a motor (not shown) is provided in the end 1. A discharge port 22 is provided in the middle of the endless belt 30. It is fixed. As a result, the discharge port 22 is moved by the endless belt 30.

A reference position detector 31 for optically detecting that the discharge port 22 is located at the reference position is provided near the discharge port 22 stopped at the reference position, as shown in FIG. Has been.

A ticket issuing unit 32 for issuing a pass ticket P is provided in the main body 21 corresponding to the outlet 22 stopped at the reference position.
Is provided and receives and conveys the passing ticket P issued by the ticket issuing unit 32, and the guide path 2 of the outlet 22 is provided.
A ticket conveying path 33 that is driven by a motor (not shown) to be fed into the inside 5 is provided. Although not shown in the drawings, the ticket issuing unit 32 supplies an original ticket one by one, a printing unit that prints an original ticket using a thermal head or the like, and a printed ticket. It is a well-known one including a magnetic encoding unit for recording magnetic data on a magnetic recording unit formed on the back surface of the original ticket.

FIG. 1 is a traffic ticket issuing device 1 according to the present embodiment.
1 shows the configuration of 1. That is, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 41 is responsible for overall control, and includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 42 and an RA for storing various data.
M (random access memory) 43 are respectively connected. The ROM 42 is a control program of the CPU 41 and reference information for vehicle type discrimination (for example, a reference pattern indicating the entire vehicle, the front end portion of the vehicle, and the rear end portion of the vehicle).
Are remembered.

The CPU 41 has the approaching vehicle detector 8,
Starting vehicle detector 12, optical sensor device 3, ticket detector 2
7, the reference position detector 31, and the touch panel 24 are interfaces 44, 45, 46, 47, 4 respectively.
It is connected via 8, 49.

The CPU 41 is connected to the original ticket supply section 50, the printing section 51, and the magnetic encoding section 52 which constitute the ticket issuing section 32. Also, CPU4
1, a ticket transport control unit 54 that drives and controls a motor 53 that drives the ticket transport path 33, a ticket transport control unit 56 that drives and controls a motor 55 that drives the pulleys 28 and 29, and a host computer (not shown). And a transmission control unit 57 for transmitting and receiving data via a communication line.

Next, the operation of such a structure will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. When the vehicle 2 entering the entrance gate passes the approaching vehicle detector 8 and the optical sensor device 3, the CPU 41 first determines the vehicle type. That is, when the vehicle 2 passes between the light emitting portion 4 and the light receiving portion 5 of the optical sensor device 3, the CPU
41 reads the light-dark state of each light-receiving element 7, ... Of the light-receiving part 5 according to the kind of vehicle 2 at fixed time intervals, and temporarily stores that information in the RAM 43 to obtain the projection information of the side surface of the vehicle 2. .

Next, the CPU 41 uses the projection information fetched in the RAM 43 as input information (input pattern) in the ROM.
By performing pattern matching processing with reference information (reference pattern) of a vehicle that is registered (stored) in advance in 42 and calculating the degree of similarity, the reference information with the highest degree of similarity is obtained. To determine.

Further, the CPU 41, after discriminating the vehicle type,
The height (vehicle height) of the vehicle 2 is determined (detected) based on the projection information taken into the RAM 43. In this case, since the projection information of the side surface of the vehicle 2 is stored in the RAM 43, the vehicle height can be easily determined by, for example, measuring the highest portion of the projection information in the vertical direction.

Next, the CPU 41 performs ticket issuing processing according to the determined vehicle type. That is, the printing information of the pass ticket is created based on the vehicle type information and sent to the ticket issuing unit 32, so that the printing unit 51 prints the face of the original ticket supplied from the original ticket supply unit 50. The magnetic encoder 52 records predetermined magnetic information. Then, a ticket ejection process is performed.

That is, by driving the ticket conveying path 33, the passing ticket P issued by the ticket issuing unit 32 is transferred to the ticket conveying path 3
3 is fed, conveyed, and fed into the guide path 25 of the discharge port 22. The passed ticket P is held by the holding roller pair 26 in a state in which the leading end portion thereof projects to the outside.

Next, the CPU 41 calculates the position (height) of the discharge port 22 according to the vehicle type determined as described above, and drives the discharge port movement control unit 56 according to the calculated height. As a result, the discharge port 22 is moved to a predetermined position according to the vehicle height. The process of calculating the position of the discharge port 22 does not necessarily have to be performed here, but may be performed after the vehicle height detection process that was performed previously.

Next, the CPU 41 determines whether or not there is an input from the touch panel 24, and when there is an input, moves the discharge port 22 to a position according to the input information. That is, when the discharge port 22 is set at a position corresponding to the vehicle height but is away from the driver's seat of the vehicle 2, the driver is likely to take the pass P on the touch panel 24. The position of the outlet 22 is designated by touching the corresponding portion. The instructed position information is sent to the CPU 41 via the interface 49. CP
U41 drives the discharge port movement control unit 56 according to the position information from the touch panel 24 to move the discharge port 22 to the position corresponding to the position information.

When there is no input from the touch panel 24, the CPU 41 refers to the output state of the ticket detector 27 to determine whether or not the passing ticket P has been removed,
If it has not been extracted, the process returns to the input determination process from the touch panel.

When the pass ticket P is removed, the CPU 41
Returns the discharge port 22 to the reference position. That is, the CPU 4
When it is determined that the passing ticket P is pulled out by the output state of the ticket detector 27, 1 drives the ejection port movement control unit 56 to move the ejection port 22, and the reference position detector 31 causes the ejection port 22 to move. When is detected, the movement is stopped.

Next, the CPU 41 causes the starting vehicle detector 12
When it is detected that the vehicle 2 that has received the pass ticket P has started by referring to the output state of, the data relating to the issuance of the pass ticket P issued at this time is transmitted to the host computer via the transmission control unit 57, The process returns to the detection process for the next approaching vehicle.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the vehicle height of the approaching vehicle is detected, the discharge port is moved to the height (position) corresponding to the vehicle height, and at this time, the vehicle is separated from the driver's seat. Even if the discharge port is moved to the position, the discharge port can be moved to an arbitrary position that is easy for the driver to operate by operating the touch panel of the driver. In addition, since the outlet can be moved to any level, it is possible to handle the driver's seat at any height and prevent the passage ticket from falling.

Therefore, the driver of the approaching vehicle can easily and surely receive the issued ticket regardless of the position of the driver's seat. Further, since it is possible to smoothly receive the toll ticket, it is expected that the effect of alleviating the traffic congestion of the vehicle at the entrance gate at the toll gate of the toll road can be expected. In addition,
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0038]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the driver of a vehicle entering the vehicle can easily and surely receive the issued ticket regardless of the position of the driver's seat. A device can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a ticket issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an arrangement example of a ticket issuing device at an entrance gate of a toll gate on a toll road.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing an outer appearance configuration of a ticket issuing device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a pass ticket issuing device.

5 is an enlarged plan view seen from the direction of arrow AA in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the ticket issuing device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the ticket issuing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 …… Traveling road 2 …… Vehicle (automobile) 3 …… Optical sensor device 4 …… Light emitting part 5 …… Light receiving part 6 …… Light emitting element 7 …… Light receiving element 8 …… Incoming vehicle detector 11 …… Passing ticket Issuing device 12 ... Starting vehicle detector P ... Passing ticket 22 ... Ejecting port (holding means) 23 ... Movement path 24 ... Touch panel (instructing means) 26 ... Holding roller pair 27 ... Ticket detector 28, 29 ... Pulley 30 ... Endless belt 31 ... Reference position detector 32 ... Ticket issuing unit (issuing means) 33 ... Ticket transport path 41 ... CPU 42 ... ROM 43 ... RAM 50 ... Original ticket supply 51: printing unit 52: magnetic encoding unit 54: ticket transportation control unit 56: ejection port movement control unit

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An issuing unit for issuing a pass ticket to an approaching vehicle, a vertically movable holding unit for holding the pass ticket issued by the issuing unit, and a height of the vehicle. A pass ticket issuing device, comprising: a detecting unit that detects the position of the vehicle; and a moving unit that moves the position of the holding unit according to the height of the vehicle detected by the detecting unit. 2. An issuing means for issuing a pass ticket to an approaching vehicle, a vertically movable holding means for holding the pass ticket issued by the issuing means, and a position of the holding means. An apparatus for issuing a ticket, comprising: an instructing means for instructing the above, and a moving means for moving the position of the holding means in accordance with the instruction content of the instructing means. 3. An issuing means for issuing a pass ticket to an ingress vehicle, a vertically movable holding means for holding the pass ticket issued by the issuing means, and a position of the holding means. Indicating means for detecting the height of the vehicle, the height of the vehicle detected by the detecting means, and the position of the holding means depending on the instruction content of the indicating means A transportation ticket issuing device, comprising: 4. An issuance means for issuing a toll ticket to an approaching vehicle, and a vertically movable holder for receiving and holding the toll ticket issued by the issuance means at a preset reference position. Means, detecting means for detecting the height of the vehicle, first moving means for moving the position of the holding means according to the height of the vehicle detected by the detecting means, and the first movement After the movement by the means, when the pass ticket held by the holding means is removed, a second moving means for moving the holding means to the reference position is provided.