JPS6084698A - Illegal passage preventor for toll road - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an illegal traffic prevention device V that detects illegal traffic at an exit gate on a toll road that forms a loop such as a bypass.
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Toll roads, especially expressways, generally collect different tolls depending on the type of vehicle and the section used. The conventional fraud prevention method is that when issuing a pass at an entrance toll gate, the time of issuance is printed and magnetically recorded, and when paying at the exit toll gate, the time required from the entrance to the exit is checked. If an abnormally long time is required by comparing the elapsed time and the standard travel section time, a method is used to point out this problem, but generally speaking, toll roads have a median strip. , complete climbing lane,
The outbound lanes are separated.

Independently, by using the above method, most cases of fraud by passersby can be prevented.

However, for example, as shown in Figure 1, there is a bypass 111 between route I and route II that connects both routes.

In the case where a loop is formed with a bypass ■ As an example of fraud by a passerby, a vehicle enters from the B tollgate and travels on Route 1 (/J up lane)-1.

The vehicle then travels on the up lane 11-■ of route ■ via the bypass (l), waits at service area 8A, and meets another vehicle that is entering from P toll plaza and exiting to Q toll plaza. Even though I exchanged the baggage of the vehicle and left the C tollgate after traveling on the bypass ■ and the outbound car ml-2 of the route I, the ticket does not have any history of passing through the bypass ■, route ■, and bypass ■, so I am not on the route. I could only charge the toll corresponding to the distance between B tollgate and C tollgate, and I was able to determine that there was fraud to some extent by checking the IMl difference when entering from the tollgate entrance and exiting from the tollgate exit. However, the evidence is weak, and delays can occur due to parking, traffic stoppages, and other reasons, so it cannot be said to be an absolute method to prevent fraud.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances.

The purpose is to provide a device that accurately and effectively detects illegal traffic at an exit gate and collects appropriate tolls corresponding to the travel section of two passersby.

That is, two features of the present invention are that a ticket processing machine is provided at the entrance gate to issue a ticket with toll information, entry time details, etc. recorded.

An image processing device is installed in the middle of the route to capture images and license plates of passing vehicles and transmit the captured information to the image processing device of the control center, and at the exit gate, the recorded information of the above-mentioned pass is read and the information of each passing vehicle is read. An image reproducing device is provided which compares the traveling time with a standard time of a predetermined traveling segment and receives a signal from the image processing device and reproduces the traffic history information of the passing vehicle when the traveling time exceeds the mark tl, D time. This is a device to prevent unauthorized traffic on the South Toll Road, which is a toll road in the southern part of Japan, and can reliably detect unauthorized use of vehicles passing through the loop by checking whether or not a toll road within the loop has been used.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to illustrative embodiments. Figure 1 shows a plan view of the toll road. In the figure, I and ■ are routes, l-1 indicates the upstream of route I, and ■-2 indicates the downstream of route I.

1-1 indicates the uphill route on the route (■), and 11-2 indicates the downhill route on the route (2). ■ and ■ are bypasses connecting route 1 and route ■. The toll plazas for A, 13, O, and Did routes ■, and the toll plazas P and Q for line H, each have an entrance gate and an exit gate. 8A
indicates the service area, where illegal activities such as baggage exchange and two-way exchanges are carried out. X is a checkpoint set in the middle of Route H, which constantly transmits image information of passing vehicles to control center Y via fiber optic cables and the like. Y indicates a control center, which receives image information from checkpoint X and sends it to each tollgate W as necessary. Figure 2 is an enlargement of the valley toll road. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system for preventing fraud at the fare 01, checkpoints, and control center. A, B, O and I)
1':1. The tollgate located on route ■ in Figure 1 is shown, and the tollgates P9i P and Q, equivalent to A, B, O, and D, are omitted. X indicates a checkpoint set in the middle of Route H in Figure 1. Y indicates the control center in FIG. 21a Id Each toll r Jr entrance gate installed at the entrance gate [484].

Enter the toll gate No. R for the toll ticket, and enter at 1:09 a.m. on the 1st of the month.

Entrance information such as the shape of the vehicle, license plate, etc. and image information are magnetically recorded or printed and linked to a single image reproduction device 212, which is controlled by an entrance lane control device 22a. 21
Reference numeral 13 is an exit ticket processing machine installed at the exit of the toll gate, which records exit information and reads the entrance information of a ticket.

The image and number plate information of the vehicle caught in the time difference check are inquired into the image reproducing device 212 by a key press by the collector.

22a is the signal exchange and operation tl of the entrance passing outside processing machine 21n.
Il! 221+ is an entrance lane control device that performs control and sends necessary information to the data processing unit 23.

This is an exit lane control device that sends/receives signals and controls the operation of the ticket processing machine 21b for the exit 1 river, and also sends necessary information to the data processing device 23. The data processing device @, 2B is installed at each toll gate, and the data is sent from the entrance ticket processing machine 21a and the exit ticket processing machine 21b via the artificial vehicle collision control system 22a and the exit lane control system 22b. In addition to collecting data and creating various reports for various comparisons, MODEM also collects data on the total number of vehicles passing through the area and traffic volume.
24 is a MODEM (modulation and demodulation) device that transmits the processed data of the data processing device 23 (installed at the toll gate) online to the data processing device 26 of the control center Y. Said M
A MODEM (modulation/demodulation) device is installed in the control center Y to demodulate the data of the data processing device 23 that has been modulated by the oDEM (g post-modulation) device 24. 26
is a data processing device that is installed in the control center y and creates various reported diseases using the data sent from the data processing device 28 of each tollgate. 27 is a TV camera installed at Checkpoint X.

It is mounted at an angle that makes it easy to see the vehicle's license plate in a position overlooking the traffic lane. 28 is a Nyasota device installed at checkpoint +j[IiI sends an image signal to the image transmission device 29. Reference numeral 29 denotes an image transmission device, which transmits information of passing vehicles 1irI11' to the image reproduction device 210 of the control center Y.
# is for sending information.

210 is an image processing device installed in the control center Y, and from the image information of the image transmission device 29,
The license plate of the vehicle is encoded and the stored information from the image information storage device 211 is read and sent to each tollgate A.
, B, C, and I), the image information of the vehicle passing through the checkpoint X is transmitted as necessary to the image reproducing device 212 using, for example, an optical fiber cable. 21+ is
An image information storage device installed in control center Y stores image information of vehicles passing through checkpoint X. Reference numeral 212 denotes an image reproducing device installed at 1fC of each tollgate, which displays the image signal and license plate information of the vehicle that has been transmitted from the image processing device 210 of the control center V in response to the inquiry signal from the exit ticket processing machine 21b. It is. 218 is each fee 7191
'A, It, C! It is a TV camera that shows a vehicle approaching the gate near the H no L1 gate, and 2
14 is a shutter device of the television camera 218;
Only when the vehicle approaches the set position of the television camera 21B, the television camera 218 is driven and image information is sent to the second image processing device 215. The image processing device 215 reads the license plate etc. from the image signal of the television camera 218, codes it, and sends it to the entrance ticket processing machine 21a.
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FIG. 4 is an internal sectional view showing the schematic structure of the entrance ticket processing machine and the exit ticket processing machine. Figure 5 shows the front side of the ticket, Figure 6 shows the back side of the ticket, and Table 1 shows the items recorded on the ticket and the number of digits when issuing the ticket and confirming the exit. be.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 81 denotes a ticket insertion slot into which a ticket collector receives a ticket from a passerby at the fare exit.

32 is a conveyance path F8 which is inserted from the pass ticket insertion slot 31, and the conveyance drum 38i, l pass is moved 7 times. 3
4 is the entrance information of the pass (Muro interchange number 1 type January 1st 9:01am, ~ serial number etc. will be referred to as the entrance information below)
This is a reading head that cuts off the image recorded on the magnetic stripe section zb on the back section e of the pass and the coated license plate. 35, the entrance ticket processing machine 21a writes the input "j information to the magnetic stripe part zb of the surface Za of the ticket, and the exit ticket processing machine 21b writes the exit information (output [j]
” Interchange number, [11, 2nd of the month.

It is a write head that writes information (hereinafter referred to as exit information) on the surface Za of the ticket into the magnetic stripe section zb of the surface Za of the pass, and is operated in conjunction with the data processing device 23. 36 is a reading head for checking the convolution contents of the entrance information or exit information that has been shuffled by the combining head 35;
A determination is made as to whether or not there is a defect including fl+edge magnetism 1.

87, 88, 89 and 40 are read heads 84. Writing Heno) 85.

Read head 86. 115.

Reference numeral 810 denotes a ribbon cartridge containing ink for the wire dot printer 3]1, and the wire dot printer 311 prints exit information as much as entrance information on the ticket. 312 indicates the sorting process of the pass tickets sorted by M and f4j in the increase head 36, and the ticket processing machine 21b selects whether the pass ticket is defective due to a writing error or is a used pass ticket at the exit J pile. If available, stacker section 313 of jM line ticket storage box
In case of defective pass ticket 21b, 11 pass tickets are discharged to exit 814. 313a is the stacker part of the pass ticket storage box for storing unused one-loaf tickets; 313b is the stacker part of the pass ticket storage box for storing defective passes and used passes; Indicates the outlet. Reference numeral 815 denotes a write head that writes the image signal from the image processing device 215 installed at the toll gate entrance and the coded license plate number onto the magnetic stripe section zbK on the back side Ze of the pass.

316 is a conveyor belt that conveys the pass ticket by holding it with the conveyor drum 33; 317 is a conveyor belt; 816 is a boob that rotates; and 7318 is the pass ticket processing machine 21a.
This figure shows the control section of the exit ticket processing machine 21b. Za is the grass on the surface of the ticket shown in Figure 4, and zb is 1
This is the magnetic stripe section on the surface Za, Zc is the entrance information printing section, and Zd is the exit information printing section. Ze is the back side of the pass, and zr is the magnetic stripe portion of the back side Ze.

Next, we will explain how the device works to prevent illegal traffic with the above structure, by recording image information of the vehicle on a single ticket at the entrance to a tollgate, and on a single ticket (an example of a method in which image information is not recorded). I will explain about it.

First, the operation of a method for recording image information of a vehicle on a pass ticket at the entrance to a toll gate will be explained. The vehicle passing now is B shown in Figure 1.
Assume that you enter the entrance of a toll booth.

When the TV camera 218 at the B toll gate is located, the shutter device 214 drives the TV camera 213 to take an image of the vehicle, and also sends the captured image and license plate image (words) to the image processing device 215. The image processing device @215 reads the characteristics of the vehicle, encodes the license plate, and sends it to the entrance ticket processing machine 21 as 5 image information.
Send to a 11'Jzu. At this point, the pass ticket is sent out from the bottom part 313a of the pass ticket storage box of the entrance pass ticket processing machine 21B to the conveyance drum 33 by the drive of a feed roller (not shown), and during the conveyance, the back side Ze of the pass ticket shown in FIG. A write head 815 writes the characteristics of the vehicle and coded numbers into the magnetic stripe part zb of the magnetic stripe zb. Entrance information shown in Table 1 is still written by the writing head 35 in the stripe section ZIIK on the surface Za of the pass. The information written in the magnetic stripe part Z13 is immediately read, and the contents are combined into the head 36V (-therefore, the contents are combined, and a judgment is made as to whether it is a good pass or a car. , 91] If a ticket has a defective magnetic writing, it will be determined as a defective ticket and will be sorted out/<31
2 ``Move'' color 1 ticket storage box stacker part 5ta
Guided by b, it is collected.・Written ticket is 1 ticket 11183
0314 and handed over to the driver. Even if it is fully automatic without an attendant (either Nagisa or himself), he will pull out a 1-go ticket.Passengers with a real ticket should also drive in the up lane 1-1 of Route 1 shown in Figure 1. Irashinokui Kusu 111tj Ite road &! [enter 1, service 1 Noah F) A in f1j
Nu- changes his luggage and goes to C charge @ n-dong (1. To get there, he enters the bypass ■ and reaches the boonik point X set up on the way. Check 71 Bind When 75 vehicles arrive at 911, the television camera 27 is driven by the camera device 28, which is comprised of an ultrasonic vehicle detection device and the like.

The image of the vehicle and the license plate are captured and one image signal is transmitted to the image processing device rj:210 of the control center Y by the image transmission device 29. The image processing device 210 reads the characteristics of the vehicle and the license plate from the image signal, converts it into a license plate code, and stores it in the image information storage device 2.
11, it is stored that the vehicle has passed checkpoint X.

On the other hand, the vehicle that passed through checkpoint X.

Passing the bypass ■, driving on the outbound lane 1-2 of the route I, and entering the exit gate of the C tollgate, insert the ticket into the ticket insertion slot 81 of the exit ticket processing machine 21b, and the ticket conveyance path 82 is inserted. After that, the reading head 34 reads the entrance information of the strength stripe zb, the characteristics of one image, and the license plate from the magnetic stripe part zb on the back side.
The exit information is read by the magnetic stripe section Zd and sent to the write head 85 to write the exit information on the magnetic stripe section Zd. The exit bond is immediately read out by the reading υ head 36, and it is determined whether or not there is a magnetic 1-inclusion defect, for example, and if it is normal, the wire dot printer 311 also writes the necessary exit information on the printed part Zd on the surface Za. It is stored in the stacker section 8Llb of the one-way ticket storage box.

On the other hand, to check whether the time difference is within the standard time of a preset traffic section, at the time when the exit information is written in the 1-include head 35, the entrance information and exit information are sent to the data processing device 23 via the exit lane control device 22b. sent and judged. If it is within the standard time, for example, the display lamp installed in the exit ticket processing machine 21b will display normal status.9
If the 1-1 hour exceeds the standard time and is outside the appropriate time.

1. An excess is displayed on the display lamp of the exit ticket processing machine 21b, and an inquiry No. 48 is immediately sent to the image reproducing device 212 as to whether or not the checkpoint X has been passed, and the image processing device 210 of the control center Y The image information and license plate are queried from the image information storage device 211. If the vehicle has passed through checkpoint

Next, the operation of a method for not recording image information of a vehicle on a ticket at the entrance to a toll gate will be described.

Assume that a passing vehicle has now entered the entrance of toll plaza B shown in FIG.

The collector sweeps the entrance ticket processing machine 21a to send out the ticket from the hopper section 313a of the ticket storage box, and then the ticket is sent to the conveyance drum 83 by the drive of a feed roller (not shown). Entrance information shown in Table 1 is written by the write head 351rc on the magnetic stripe section zb of the front surface Za of the ticket shown in FIG. 5 during transportation. The information captured in the magnetic stripe part zb is immediately read out by the reading head 36 and the contents are collated to determine whether or not it is a defective ticket.For example, if the ticket has a defective magnetic stripe, it is considered a defective ticket. When the ticket is determined to be a person, the sorting flapper 312 is activated and the ticket is guided to the stacker section 813b of the pass ticket storage box and stored. If the ticket is not for a defective ticket, the wire dot printer att also writes necessary entrance information on the print area Zc on the front surface Za.

Passersby with this pass will drive in the up lane 1-1 of Route I shown in Figure 1, enter Route H via bypass ■, enter from P toll plaza at service area 8A, and exit to C toll plaza. 9) After exchanging luggage, etc., take the bypass (■) and arrive at the checkpoint (XKd) set up along the way to exit to the C tollgate. When the vehicle comes to the installation position of TV camera 27 at Checkpoint X.

For example, the Yanota equipment W28 configured with an ultrasonic vehicle detection device or the like drives the television camera 27.

An image of the vehicle and a license plate are captured, and two image signals are transmitted to the image processing device 210 of the control center Y by the image transmission device 29. The image processing device 210 reads the characteristics of the vehicle and the number plate from the image signal, encodes the number plate, and stores the code in the image information storage device 2+1.
By sending the vehicle to checkpoint
Remember that you have passed.

On the other hand, the vehicle that passed through Chenok Point x is Nokui Bus■
After passing through, continue on the outbound lanes 1-2 of Route I until you reach the exit gate of C toll plaza.

When the ticket is inserted into the ticket insertion slot 31 of the exit ticket processing machine 21b, the entrance information on the magnetic stripe section zb is read by the reading head 34 on the ticket conveyor 32 and sent to the throat 35 for writing. The exit information shown in Table 1 is included in the magnetic stripe section Z'1. Immediately after the exit information is read out by the reading head 36, it is determined whether or not there is a magnetic writing defect, for example, and if it is normal, the wired gutter printer 811 also prints the necessary exit information onto the printed area Zd on the surface Za. Layered pass ticket storage table 1
(Example of recorded items and number of digits on pass ticket) Box stacker section 31
It is stored in 3b.

On the other hand, the writing head 35 checks whether the time difference is within the elongation rate time of the preset traffic section.
When N is inserted into the magnetic stripe section Z+), 2 population information and exit information are sent to the exit lane control device 1. ' 22b and is sent to the data processing device 23 for discrimination. If the passing time exceeds the standard time and is outside the proper time, a buzzer installed on the exit ticket processing machine 21b will notify the collector. Collection staff - Visually confirm the vehicle's plate number by the buzzer sound, then press a key on the exit ticket processing machine 211] 17 Image playback device 2] Check point l-
An inquiry is made as to whether or not X has been passed. image endogenous device id
2+2 is immediately referred to the image processing device '21O and the image information storage device 211 of the control center Y for the bar plate number. If the vehicle has passed the checkpoint, image information such as the license plate number of the vehicle will be displayed on the image reproduction device g:212 at the tollgate, allowing the user to confirm that the vehicle has just passed checkpoint X.

In other words, did the vehicle in question come from 8 interest rate plaza to interview C toll plaza?
8 From interest rate office Road #I + Bypass] 1゜Road & II,
Pass through the loop of bypass ■ and cross route I, Ct'-
The judgment of whether or not you have come to 4F1-91 is made by the TV camera 27 installed at checkpoint
8 captures one image and the license plate and sends it to image transmission device e2.
9, the image information is recorded via the image processing device 210 of the control center Y.
By making it 10, Chenokboi/1・X, in'
＋ 51〉Leave evidence behind and use the magnetic stripe part of the ticket to remove the vehicle that was caught in the one-second check at the exit of the tollgate.
Based on the image and license plate information written bK, the exit ticket processing machine 2111 automatically reproduces the Katazuka jt2]2
Either by checking the vehicle in question, or by hearing the buzzer of the Igo ticket 211), the collector visually presses the number play i-arrival number and compares it with the image display M212.
It is possible to obtain proof of passing through Checkpoint

2. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and based on the same song, but can be implemented with slight modifications within the scope of the gist thereof. For example, in the above embodiment, the case where exiting from the B tollgate to c * + inferior; I can't say enough good things about it.

As described in detail below, according to the present invention, 1) an image processing device □□ for capturing images of passing vehicles and nanobar plates and an image processing device are installed at the population gate of a toll road, and the JI ! 1
Image information and population information were recorded by the ticket processing machine]L1
A checkpoint consisting of an imaging device and an image transmission device that captures images of passing vehicles and license plates will be installed at some point within the loop on a toll road that forms a loop with multiple lanes. When the vehicle passes, the information is stored in the control center's information recorder tφ device, put online in the image reproducing device at the toll plaza, and the ticket processing machine at the exit gate processes the ticket with the population information recorded, and it is caught in the time difference check of the traveling section. Image f3 of the above-mentioned toll ticket of the vehicle that was purchased
4) By outputting the 1 image and the coded number play 1 to the main device, it is possible to check whether or not the toll road in the loop has been used, and to know if the passing vehicle is fraudulent. be.

2) Toll road entry 1: An imaging device that issues a ticket with entrance information recorded using a toll road processing machine and captures images and license plates of vehicles passing on the toll road, which forms a loop with multiple military personnel. A checkpoint consisting of u and an image transmission device is set up somewhere in the loop, and when the vehicle passes, the image is sent to the image processing center V, and the 2 images are stored in the memory memory, f4. Kanedokoro image P)
The ticket processing machine at the exit gate processes the ticket with the entrance information recorded, and the ticket collector visually checks the number of the vehicle that is caught in the time difference check by the ticket processing machine's buzzer. By reading the plate and pressing a key on the ticket processing machine, the system queries the image information storage device in the control center and displays the stored image and license plate on the image reproducing device at the toll plaza.
By checking whether or not toll roads within the loop have been used illegally, it is possible to automatically detect illegal passage on advantageous roads at the exit toll gate, effectively preventing fraud. Therefore, it is possible to provide a device that can actually stop the situation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a flat IBJ diagram of a toll road that forms a loop that goes down in one embodiment of the present invention, a toll gate, a checkpoint, and a control center. Figure 2 (C) - Each toll A detailed map of the road, Figure 3 is a block diagram of the fraud prevention system consisting of tolls, checkpoints and control centers, Figure 4 is an outline of the ticket processing machine Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of the pass ticket printing and 0:f:lI-%! i: :
~--A plan view without showing the mat. 1-1 "Niri of Route I", I-2・Downbound of Route I, H-
1 Route II uphill, ll-2 road sign ■T'), Il
l Bypass, IV/Bypass, SA service area, ＼, B, C, I), I', Q...Tollgate, Processing machine, 2+11 ・Output "-1"
Ticket processing machine 22a Passenger 11 line control device 22b
Exit Φ ray control % Direct, 23 - Cheetah processing device, 2
4- M(M)EM device. 25 8ITJ1. )I boar 1 equipment, 26 data processing equipment, 27...TV camera, 28. 7 Yanota equipment, 2
9. Image transmission device, 210. Image processing device, 2+1
i1! II image information 1. replacement device, 212... image processing device, 213... television camera, 214... shutter device i, 215...-1 unit processing device, 81... pass ticket insertion slot, 82... pass ticket Conveyance path, 83... Conveyance drum, 34... Bladder removal head, 85... One-piece head, 36... Reading head, 87, 88° 39...
Bat roller, 310...ribbon cartridge. att... wire dot printer, 312... sorting flapper, 313a... hopper section, 818b... stacker section. 314... Passport ticket ejection port, 815... Writing head. 816... Conveyor belt, 817... Boo IJ, 81
8... Control unit, Za... Surface of pass ticket, zb...
Magnetic stripe section, Zc...Entrance information printing section, Zd
... Exit information printing section + Ze ... Back side of pass ticket,
zr... Riki stripe part. 5. For the correction of the procedure for preventing unauthorized traffic on a toll road. Man

Claims (1)

[Claims] A ticket processing machine is installed at the entrance gate to issue a ticket that records toll billing information, entry time information, etc., and images of passing vehicles and license plates are carried along the 9th route, and the same image information is transmitted. An image sensor Bt8M snow is installed to transmit data to the image processing device in the control center, and the recorded information of the above-mentioned pass is read at the exit gate, and the travel time of the passing vehicle is compared with the standard time of the predetermined travel category, and the travel time is determined to be the standard. An apparatus for preventing unauthorized traffic on a toll road, comprising: an image reproducing device which receives a signal from the image processing device and reproduces traffic history information of passing vehicles when the time limit is exceeded.