KR100831111B1 - Expressway fare collecting system using RF cards - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a toll road toll system using a prepaid or postpaid or debit RF card.

Toll road toll collection system of the present invention is RF card 100 by communicating with the RF card terminal in a wireless manner for transmitting and receiving information on the transportation fee or road use fee payment; The vehicle of each toll gate on the toll road to read the card information wirelessly from the RF card presented by the vehicle driver or installed in the vehicle to determine the transaction and to light the toll gate information, the entry time information and the model information on the approved RF card. An entrance RF card terminal 200 installed at a proper height for each vehicle type on the entry side; Collecting the toll gate information, the entry time information, the vehicle model information and the card information from the RF card presented by the vehicle driver or installed in the vehicle, and collecting the road usage fee by deferred payment or debit or electronic money according to the predetermined fare table for each vehicle type. An outgoing RF card terminal 300 installed at a proper height for each vehicle model in the outgoing toll gate of the toll road; An entry and counting computer (400) that collects check-in information of vehicles entering toll roads coming from a number of entrance RF card terminals and provides B / L information for approval of post-paid RF card transactions coming from the center computer to each entry RF card terminal (400). ); A counting and counting computer 500 which aggregates and processes toll information on RF card-based toll roads used by a plurality of outbound RF card terminals; Center computer that provides credit card number information of each RF card issuer and B / L information generated by collecting the renewal information to the counting computer and calculates the toll collection information from the counting computer. 600).

The present invention system can reduce the toll collection time of the toll road to facilitate the traffic flow, and can prevent the waste of resources caused by the issue of a single-use pass, and can collect the traffic volume information of the road in real time. It can be used efficiently.

Toll road, toll gate, RF card, RF card terminal, electronic money

Description

Expressway fare collecting system using RF cards

1 is a conceptual diagram of the system of the present invention.

2 is an example of building a vehicle check-in facility for each entry lane of the system of the present invention.

3 is another example of construction of the vehicle check-in facility for each entry lane of the system of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of a system of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram of the incoming RF card terminal applied to the system of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram of an exiting RF card terminal applied to the system of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating an entry vehicle check-in operation of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of collecting a basic section fare when checking in at an entrance vehicle of the present invention system.

※ Explanation of symbols about main part of drawing ※

10: CPU 12: SAM Block

12-1,12-2: SAM 13: RF Modulation Demodulation Module

14: ANT 15: Debit card charge collection module

16: prepaid card fee collection module 17: postpaid card fee collection module

18: B / L Module 19: Price Table DB                 

100,100-1,100-2: RF card 200,200-1: Entry RF card terminal

201,202: antenna and display unit 210: entrance display device

220: entrance sound generating device 230,230-1: entrance first vehicle sensor

231,232: sensor unit 240: second vehicle sensor

250,250-1: Pass ticket issuing device 251,252: Issuing department

300: exit RF card terminal 310: exit display device

320: exit display sound generating device 330: exit first vehicle sensor

340: second vehicle sensor 350: charge storage booth terminal

400: entry and exit computer 500: entry and exit computer

600: center computer

The present invention relates to a toll road toll system using an RF card that allows a vehicle driver using a toll road such as a highway to pay a toll on the toll road using an RF prepaid card, a postpaid card, and a debit card. will be.

As is well known, in a closed toll road including a highway, a vehicle driver may be issued a magnetic pass from a disposable pass issue machine installed at each entrance of the toll gate when entering the toll road.

In the magnetic stripe of the pass, information such as the time when the vehicle passed the gate (the ticketing time) and the ticketing toll gate code number (or name) is recorded magnetically, and the driver of the vehicle arrives at the destination toll gate. When presenting the ticket, the manager leads the corresponding ticket information to the magnetic card reader so that the calculated fee is displayed on the front price indicator so that the driver can pay the road fee displayed on the price indicator.

The existing pass is made of a highly rigid paper material with a certain degree of flexibility. The toll gate unique code information and entry time are recorded in the magnetic stripe area of the surface, and a separate printing device is used on the ground of the pass. Ticketing information such as time is recorded.

Therefore, since the right of passage applied to the current closed euro road cannot be reused, the consumption of raw materials is indeed a huge amount.

According to the statistics of the Korea Expressway Corporation, the number of toll road traffic in 1999 was reported to be 92.141 million vehicles, so if the cost of issuance is 20-30 won per ticket, the amount of billions worth of annual one-way passes will be issued. It can be seen as a cost.

In particular, when collecting toll roads such as expressways, it relies solely on manual work by toll collectors, which may lead to miscalculations. .

An object of the present invention is to enable a vehicle driver using a toll road, such as a highway, to pay a road fee using an existing RF traffic card, thereby making it possible to efficiently collect tolls, speed up settlement processing, and collect traffic volume information. It is to provide a toll road toll system using RF card that will provide a basis for generating traffic control information.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a toll road tolling system using an RF card that allows payment of a toll road fee with any RF traffic card such as credit card, debit card, and electronic money.

Toll road toll collection system of the present invention for achieving the above object is an RF card to communicate with the RF card terminal in a wireless manner and transmit and receive information on the payment of traffic or road usage fee, the vehicle driver presented or installed in the vehicle The card information is read wirelessly from the RF card to determine whether or not to make a transaction, and the toll gate information, entry time information, and vehicle type information are written on the toll gate of the toll road at the appropriate height for each vehicle type in order to light the approved RF card. After reading the entrance toll gate information, the entry time information, the vehicle model information and the card information from the entry RF card terminal and the RF card presented or installed in the vehicle, the road usage fee is deferred or debited according to the predetermined fare table for each vehicle type. Or appropriate to vehicle type to exit toll gate of toll road to collect by electronic money It collects check-in information of the entry RF card terminal installed at the height and the toll road entry vehicles coming from a plurality of entry RF card terminals and collects the B / L information for the post-paid RF card transaction approval from the center computer. An entry and aggregation computer provided to the card terminal, an entry and aggregation computer that collects and collects the toll collection information of a vehicle using a RF card-based toll road coming from a number of exiting RF card terminals, and credit card number information of each RF card issuer. And a center computer for providing the B / L information generated by collecting the updated information to the entry aggregation computer and processing the toll collection information collected from the exit aggregation computer.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of the system of the present invention, in which each entry RF card terminal 200 is installed at one side of each lane at the entry side of the toll road, and a single-use pass ticket issuing device 250 is located a few meters behind the entry RF card terminal. Indicates that is installed.

In addition, it is shown that the exit RF card terminal 300 is installed in front of the storage booth for each lane on the exit side of the toll road.

2 shows an arrangement of vehicle check-in facilities for each entry lane of the system of the present invention.

As referred to herein, the first vehicle sensor 230 is installed at the entrance of each toll road and the entrance RF card terminal 200 is installed after the installation position of the first vehicle sensor. After the installation position of the card terminal, the entrance second vehicle sensor 240 is installed, and finally, the ticket issuing device 250 is installed.

An optical sensor, a load sensor, a magnetic field sensor, etc. may be used as the entrance first and second vehicle sensors 230 and 240.

Vehicle entry and vehicle model information by the entry first vehicle sensor 230 and vehicle detection information by the entry second vehicle sensor 240 are connected to the entry RF card terminal 200 and connected to the entry RF card terminal. Whether the RF card is successfully accessed and the transaction is approved, and the output of the entrance RF card terminal 200 generated by the vehicle detection signal of the second vehicle sensor 240 is connected to the pass ticket issuing device 250 for issuing a single pass. Connect to be provided as an issue control signal.

The control signal of the entrance RF card terminal 200 provided to the pass ticket issuing device 250 is an entrance check-in ticket issuance signal for a single-use toll road, and the RF card access and transaction approval confirmation signal of the entry RF card terminal 200 and the second signal. It is made by the combination of the vehicle detection signal of the vehicle sensor 240, and is designed to give priority to the access and transaction approval information of the RF card, so that the second vehicle when the RF card transaction approval confirmation signal falls from the incoming RF card terminal. The vehicle detection signal by the sensor is ignored (disabled).

The reason for introducing the first and second vehicle sensors 230 and 240 together with the RF card terminal and the pass ticket issuing device at the entrance of the toll road is that the RF card 100 of the vehicle driver who wants to use the toll road is normally accessed and checked in. This is to check whether this is done, and if it is not possible to check in toll road entry is to issue the existing one-time pass through the pass ticket issuing device (250).

In addition, in order to facilitate check-in of the toll road for each vehicle type with a different fee system, the antenna part and the display part of the RF card terminal are designed to be dual dual type, and the ticket issuing device is also issued to the issuing part. It can be provided in double and installed.

3 shows the arrangement of the vehicle check-in facility for each of the dual type entrance lanes.

As described above, the entry first vehicle sensor 230-1 differentiates and positions the installation positions of the sensor units 231 and 232 so as to recognize the type of the passing vehicle. Accordingly, the entry RF card terminal ( The antenna and display units 201 and 202 of 200-1 are also arranged to be appropriate for the height of the driver's seat for each vehicle type.

In addition, the ticket issuing device 250-1 also arranges the issuing units 251 and 252 so as to be appropriate for the height of the driver's seat for each vehicle type.

4 is a block diagram of a system of the present invention.

As referred to herein, the entrance RF card terminal 200 that exchanges data with the RF card 100 includes a vehicle from the entrance first and second vehicle sensors 230 and 240 disposed at a predetermined distance to one side of the entrance of the toll road. The detection signal and vehicle model information are inputted.

In addition, the entry RF card terminal 200 is connected to a pass ticket issuing device 250, an entry display device 210, and an entrance display sound generating device 220 which perform a pass issue operation according to an internal processing control command of the terminal. .

According to the control output of the RF card terminal, the entrance display device 210 may display balance information when the use card is a prepaid RF card, and display total amount of money information for a predetermined period when the post card is a postpaid RF card. In addition, access information and transaction approval additional information of the RF card may be displayed.

Since the entrance RF card terminal 200 should be installed in each entry lane of the toll road, the number thereof is determined according to the entry lane of the toll gate, and the check-in information and the fee-receipt information of the RF card 100 by them (open toll road fee). At the time of collection or at the time of collection of the basic section usage fee in a closed type), the aggregation computer 400 is aggregated.

At this time, in the case of the fee collection method in which the basic fee is collected at the time of check-in of the RF card and the collection fee is deducted by the collection fee, partial accounting and settlement will be performed at the entry computer.

On the other hand, in the exit RF card terminal 300 for collecting the charge through the data communication with the RF card 100 of the vehicle driver using the toll road, the exit display device 310 for displaying the amount of the collection and the display sound indication The device 320 is connected, and the toll information collected by the terminal for each exit lane is sent to the counting computer 500 to be aggregated, and the toll road collection results collected by the toll collector of the toll collection booth are booths. In the toll booth terminal 350 therein, the input is collected manually by the toll collector and sent to the exit counting computer 500.

The first and second vehicle sensors 330 and 340 are installed at the front and the rear of the exit RF card terminal 300, respectively, so that the first vehicle sensor 330 recognizes the type of vehicle. The secondary vehicle sensor 340 generates toll collection information for informing the toll collector in the toll booth whether the fee is collected by the exiting RF card terminal.                     

The toll collection information collected for each toll gate in the entry and exit aggregation computers 400 and 500 is sent to the center computer 600 again. In addition, the center computer 600 is updated from time to time by updating the DB card number information of the post-paid RF card, that is, the credit card of the RF credit card collected from each card issuer, the B / L information generated in this way, especially the entry computer Connect to send to the computer.

5 shows a specific internal block configuration of the entrance RF card terminal 200.

The block configuration of the RF card terminal includes a device capable of connecting multiple RF cards including prepaid, postpaid, and debit multiplely. A radio wave signal for activating the RF cards 100-1 and 100-2. And an antenna 14 for sequentially receiving the chip serial number information and the card information from the RF card, and demodulating the RF signal received by the antenna into digital information and converting the digital kit value information generated by the SAM1,2 into RF. When the RF modulation demodulation module 13 modulating the signal and the RF chip serial number information from the RF card side are transmitted and sent, they are sent to SAM1 through the UART to generate a secure access kit value. When accessing the memory area of the RF card is attempted and the memory area is accessed, the card number information or balance information stored in the memory area is read and then the corresponding RF card is read. Perform wireless payment collection routine for the card usage according to the payment method, and if the memory area of the RF card is not accessed with the security access kit value by SAM1, select SAM2 to access the memory area of the RF card with the security access kit value generated here. By using the CPU 10 performing wireless payment and the chip serial number of the accessed RF card to a unique internal operation algorithm, a plurality of SAM1,2 ( 12-1 and 12-2, and are connected between the SAM unit and the CPU, and each SAM1, 2 in the SAM unit is sequentially 1: 1 to the CPU under the control of the CPU. UART 11 to be connected is included.

Here, the RF card 100-1, 100-2 may be a prepaid card or a postpaid card (or debit card), each having a different payment method, and a prepaid card may be a bus card and a postpaid card may be a credit card. have.

In addition, the CPU 10 includes the above-described entrance display device 210 and the display sound generating device 220, the debit card charge collection module 15, the prepaid card charge collection module 16, and the postpaid card charge collection module 17. ) Is connected, the B / L module 18 for applying to the deferred card fee collection module 17 is connected. The B / L (list of bad credit card numbers) information in the B / L module 18 is updated by update information provided from the center computer 600 at regular intervals.

In particular, as described above, the B / L module 18 is installed only in the entry aggregation computer 400 and installs the communication network in a plurality of entry RF card terminals, unlike the installation method for each entrance RF card terminal of the toll road. Can be designed to share.

6 is a detailed internal block diagram of the exit RF card terminal 300, which is similar to the above configuration of the entrance RF card terminal 200. Referring to FIG.

The difference is that the usage fee table DB 19 containing the usage fee information for each vehicle type according to the usage distance is connected to the CPU 10.                     

In actual operation, all the toll gate offices of the toll roads have access roads and access roads, and some of them are operated in a variable way of entry and exit. Therefore, the entry RF card terminal 200 and the exit RF card terminal 300 are operated. Integrating can be efficient.

Therefore, the entry / exit integrated terminal will include both the B / L module 18 and the rate table DB 19 in addition to the common components of the entry RF card terminal and the exit RF card terminal.

Referring to the operation of the present invention system configured as described above in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, when vehicle type information of the entry vehicle is detected by the entry first vehicle sensor 230 installed at the forefront of the toll gate entry lane of a toll road such as a highway, the information is input to the entry first vehicle. It is provided to the entrance RF card terminal 200 which is installed at the rear end of the vehicle sensor.

The entrance vehicle passing through the installation position of the entrance first vehicle sensor 230 reaches the entrance RF card terminal 200 and is approached to or attached to the vehicle by an electromagnetic field radiated from the antenna unit of the RF terminal. When the RF card 100 is activated and the access RF card terminal accesses the corresponding RF card and the transaction approval drops, the current toll gate information and entry time information are written to the memory area of the approved RF card 100. .

The entrance RF card terminal 200 is appropriately installed at the driver's seat height of the vehicle to pass through each designated lane for each vehicle type, and when the approval of the toll collection transaction of the RF card-based toll road is dropped, the entry into the second vehicle sensor 240. By disregarding the vehicle entrance detection signal by the vehicle, issuance of the single-use pass is prohibited for the pass issue device 250.

If the entry RF card terminal 200 does not obtain an RF card transaction approval or access to the RF card is not possible or does not possess an RF card for paying a toll road fee, the entry RF card terminal 200 ) Determines that it is a condition for issuance of a single-use pass using the vehicle detection signal of the second vehicle sensor 240, and commands the issuance device 250 to issue a single-use pass for the vehicle.

The definition of the right to issue the above is relatively simple. For example, upon approval of the transaction of the RF card 100 by the entrance RF card terminal 200, the second vehicle sensor is entered for a predetermined time (the vehicle driving the toll gate ramp at the installation position of the entrance RF card terminal 200). By only disregarding the vehicle detection signal of the entry second vehicle sensor 240, only the average time it takes to reach the installation position of 240, for vehicles entering without RF card transaction approval after the predetermined time has elapsed Immediately the entrance RF card terminal 200 can be recognized to issue a single pass.

More accurate and quicker RF card transaction approval vehicle determination is received from the incoming RF card terminal 200, the vehicle detection signal of the entrance 1, 2 vehicle sensors (230, 240), the transaction of the RF card 100 by the RF card terminal The operation can be performed on the approval information. That is, if a vehicle detection signal comes from the entry second vehicle sensor 240 in a state in which the vehicle entry is detected by the entry first vehicle sensor 230 and there is no transaction approval in the RF card terminal, the vehicle issuance device ( It is easy to find out that it is a condition of issuance of a right of passage.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of an entrance facility that allows to collect toll road charges according to vehicle types in one access lane.

Here, the sensor units 231 and 232 of the entry first vehicle sensor 230-1 sense and classify the vehicle types (for example, small vehicles and large vehicles) of the toll road entering vehicle, and the sensor units 231 and 232. The antenna and display units 201 and 202 of the entrance RF card terminal 200-1 are selected according to the vehicle model sensing information of the vehicle, and the RF card 100 mounted on the vehicle or presented by the driver of the vehicle is selected from the antenna and the display unit ( 201, 202) is accessed to determine whether to approve the transaction for payment of the RF card-based toll road fee and check in.

If the entry RF card terminal 200-1 receives a vehicle detection signal from the entry second vehicle sensor 240, issuance of a single-use pass by the pass ticket issuing device 250-1 according to whether or not the vehicle passes through the current vehicle is approved. If the transaction is not approved by the RF card 100, the issuing unit (251, 252) according to the vehicle model identified by the vehicle detection signal of the first entering vehicle sensor (230-1). You can issue a pass through either.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 4, the entry RF card terminal 200 receives and processes both signals of the entry first and second vehicle sensors 230 and 240 or the single signal of the entry second vehicle sensor 240 to process and issue a pass ticket. It is determined whether or not issuance of a single-use pass ticket by the 250, and informs the driver of the determined matters through the entrance display device 210 and the entrance display sound generating device 220, the vehicle is the RF card (100) In case of failing to obtain a transaction approval using the driver, the driver is required to check in after receiving a one-time pass through the ticket issuing device installed at the end of the ramp.

The entrance display device 210 and the entrance display sound generating device 220 are the entrance RF card terminal (200, 200-1) so that the vehicle driver can easily check whether the check-in success of the RF card check with the naked eye and recognize by sound. In addition, there is provided another entrance display device for guiding the issuance of a one-time pass for the driver of a vehicle that fails to check-in to the toll road using the RF card 100 or enters the vehicle without the RF card 100 without permission. 2 can be installed independently between the vehicle input sensor 240 and the ticket issuing device (250,250-1).

When the entrance RF card terminal 200 checks in the RF card 100 of the entry vehicle, the RF card 100 may first collect a fee for the basic section of the toll road from the corresponding RF card 100. In this case, the exiting RF card terminal installed at the exit gate of the toll road may subtract the basic section fee collected from the calculated toll road fee and collect the remaining fee.

On the other hand, the toll road charges collected by the exit RF card terminal 300 is substantially similar to the entrance RF card terminal 200 of the entrance gate described above.

At the toll road exit side, the exit first vehicle sensor 340 is provided at the forefront of the exit lane, whereby the vehicle entry room and its vehicle type are detected.

When the vehicle and vehicle type detection signal of the exit first vehicle sensor 340 is input to the exit RF card terminal 300 installed at the rear end, the exit RF card terminal is an RF card 100 through an antenna and a display unit classified by vehicle type. Access the toll road access time information, access toll gate unique number information and vehicle model information and read.

The RF card information thus read is applied to the fee table stored in its memory to determine the fee to be collected. In this case, when the basic section charge collection method of the toll road is applied, the amount deducted by the amount of the collection fee from the usage fee is determined as the amount to be collected by the salesman.

When the determined amount of money is collected from the RF card 100, the collection amount information and the collection completion information are notified to the driver of the vehicle through the exit display device 310 and the exit display sound generating device 320.

If the toll road usage fee is not collected by the RF card 100 from the exiting RF card terminal 300, the vehicle of the exiting second vehicle sensor 340 installed at the rear end of the exiting RF card terminal 300 is used. Receives a detection signal and informs the driver of the vehicle of the RF card automatic collection failure through the exit display device 310 and the exit display sound generating device 320, and charges by manual labor to the collector of the charge storage booth. Guide to paying the settled and settled charges.

Since the entrance RF card terminal 200 and the exit RF card terminal 300 are installed in each of the toll gates and the exit lanes of each toll road, one toll gate office has a plurality of entry RF card terminals and a plurality of exit RF card terminals. The information collected at these entrance RF card terminals and collected and processed by the exit RF card terminal is provided to the entry and exit counting computer 400 and the exit and counting computer 500, respectively, to aggregate traffic volume and toll collection information. Is processed.

The entry and counting computer 400 and the exit and counting computer 500 are dualized in the drawing, but for convenience of explanation, in practice, each tollgate office will be unified and installed as a single computer that simultaneously performs exit and exit counting. Toll road usage status and toll collection information, which are aggregated by each of the entry and exit aggregation computers 400 and 500, are transmitted to the center computer 600 for settlement.

Meanwhile, the process of checking in the RF card 100 by the entrance RF card terminal 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

First, the antenna 14 in the incoming RF card terminal emits 13.56 MHz radio waves generated by the RF modulation / demodulation module 13. When the RF card 100-1 or 100-2 is approached within the radio wave radiating region (distance of several Cm to several meters from the antenna) of the antenna, the RF card is activated by the electromagnetic field of the radio wave and its own RF. The chip serial number information is RF-modulated and transmitted to the antenna 14 side.

The RF modulation signals of the RF chip serial numbers of the RF cards 100-1 and 100-2 received by the antenna 14 are demodulated by the RF demodulation module 13 and converted into digital information and then provided to the CPU 10.

When the RF chip serial number information is input to the CPU 10, the CPU 10 recognizes the access of the RF card and selects the first SAM1 12-1 of the SAM unit 12 in the UART 11. After sending the control signal, it transmits the chip serial number of the currently read RF card to the SAM1 (12-1).

SAM1 (12-1) has a predetermined arithmetic program (algorithm). This algorithm is identical to the algorithm used for encoding RF cards by RF card issuer. Therefore, if the chip serial number of the RF card is input to SAM1, it is applied to its own calculation program and processed to generate a specific security connection kit value.

The generated security access kit value is converted into an RF signal in the RF modulation and demodulation module 13 and then transferred to the corresponding RF card 100-1 or 100-2 through the ANT 14.

The secure connection kit value received by the RF card 100-1 or 100-2 is digitized through a converter in the RF chip inside the card and then compared with a previously registered encoding value.

The RF card is a calculation algorithm unique to each issuer of the RF card. The RF card calculates and processes the chip serial number of the corresponding RF card and encodes the data generated as the secure access kit value of the RF card into the RF chip.

Therefore, if the security access kit value generated by the SAM1 matches the security access kit value of the RF card currently read from the terminal, the memory area of the RF card can be accessed, and the toll gate entry time information and the toll gate are defined in the predetermined area of the memory. Unique number, model information, etc. will be able to be recorded.

If the chip serial number of the RF card approaching the antenna part of the entrance RF card terminal 200 is obtained, the security connection kit value generated in the first SAM1 (12-1) of the SAM part 12 is the memory area of the corresponding RF card. If it is not a secure access kit value that can open and record data, the card issuer judges another card, and then creates a secure access kit value using the following SAM2 (12-2). Attempt to access the memory area of the access RF card.

This attempt is applied to all SAMs that make up the SAM part 12 in the RF card terminal until the memory area of the accessed RF card is accessed. It is regarded as a card of an unregistered issuer and an RF card can not be used through the entrance display device 210 or the like.

In this way, when the memory area of the RF card is accessed, the CPU 10 already knows whether the payment method of the accessed RF card is prepaid, debit or postpaid. This is because the CPU naturally knows which payment method issuing card issuer SAM accesses the RF card.

When the RF card is accessed, the CPU 10 determines whether payment of the toll road fee is possible for each payment method of the RF card. First, if the accessed RF card is a prepaid card, the electronic money stored in the memory area therein is determined. If the balance is read and the balance is more than the maximum section fee from the current toll gate, the transaction approval is issued. If the accessed RF card is a postpaid card, the card number of the RF card is inquired to the B / L module 18 to confirm that If only the authorized RF card is debit card access, if the access is debit card through the balance check of the account linked to the card number of the RF card to determine whether to approve the transaction.

In the case of the debit card transaction, in place of the inquiry of the account connected to the card number of the RF card, the debit B / L card number may be checked, and if it is a normal card, the transaction may be approved first and then the settlement process may be introduced.                     

In the case of the transaction approval for payment of the RF card-based usage fee at the entrance of the toll road, the basic fee from the current toll gate to the basic section is to be collected, as described above. 15, the prepaid RF card in the prepaid card fee collection module 16, and in the case of postpaid RF card in the postpaid card fee collection module 17, respectively, the amount corresponding to the basic section fee to the toll road access road It is automatically collected from the installed entrance RF card terminal 200.

Entering and counting computer 400 of the tollgate office collects the check-in information of the toll road entry vehicle and the basic section fee collection information uploaded from a number of entering RF card terminal 200, and aggregates and processes the center computer 600 In addition to the settlement of fare, traffic information can be analyzed here.

In addition, the center computer 600 collects bad credit card information from each card issuer to generate a B / L, and transmits the B / L to the entry aggregation computer 400 to transmit the B / L of the entry RF card terminal 200 to these aggregation computers. Update the data in module 18.

In contrast, the B / L module is installed in the entry aggregation computer 400 only after the B / L module 18 is not installed for each entry RF card terminal 200, and the updated B / L is downloaded from the center computer. In each RF card terminal 200, every time the RF card check-in at the entrance of the toll road, the B / L module of the entry aggregation computer can be credited of the postpaid card.

On the other hand, when a vehicle that checks in a toll road with an RF card approaches the exit lane to exit the destination toll gate, the exit first vehicle sensor 330 installed in front of the toll gate in the exit lane is the vehicle entry and the vehicle type. Is detected and the detection signal is transmitted to the CPU 10 of the exiting RF card terminal 300.

Accordingly, the CPU 10 determines the vehicle model and waits for the RF card approach to the antenna 14 of the RF card terminal, which is appropriate to the driver's seat height of the vehicle model.

The antenna 14 in the outgoing RF card terminal also emits 13.56 MHz radio waves generated by the RF modulation / demodulation module 13, similar to the incoming RF card terminal. When the RF card 100-1 or 100-2 approaches the radio wave radiation area of the antenna, the RF card is activated by the electromagnetic field of the radio wave to RF modulate its RF chip serial number information to the antenna 14. Send to the side.

The RF modulated signals of the RF chip serial numbers of the RF cards 100-1 and 100-2 received by the antenna 14 are demodulated by the RF demodulation module 13 and converted into digital information and then provided to the CPU 10.

When the RF chip serial number information is input to the CPU 10, the CPU 10 recognizes the access of the RF card and selects the first SAM1 12-1 of the SAM unit 12 in the UART 11. After sending the control signal, it transmits the chip serial number of the currently read RF card to the SAM1 (12-1).

SAM1 (12-1) has a predetermined arithmetic program (algorithm). This algorithm is identical to the algorithm used for encoding RF cards by RF card issuer. Therefore, if the chip serial number of the RF card is input to SAM1, it is applied to its own calculation program and processed to generate a specific security connection kit value.

The generated security access kit value is converted into an RF signal in the RF modulation and demodulation module 13 and then transferred to the corresponding RF card 100-1 or 100-2 through the ANT 14.

The secure connection kit value received by the RF card 100-1 or 100-2 is digitized through a converter in the RF chip inside the card and then compared with a previously registered encoding value.

The RF card is a calculation algorithm unique to each issuer of the RF card. The RF card calculates and processes the chip serial number of the corresponding RF card and encodes the data generated as the secure access kit value of the RF card into the RF chip.

Therefore, if the secure access kit value generated by the SAM1 matches the secure access kit value of the RF card currently read from the terminal, the memory area of the RF card can be accessed, and the check-in information, that is, the toll gate, is recorded in the memory. Entry time information, toll gate unique number information, vehicle model information, and the like can be read.

If the chip serial number of the RF card approaching the antenna part of the outgoing RF card terminal 300 is obtained, the security connection kit value generated in the first SAM1 (12-1) of the SAM part 12 is the memory area of the corresponding RF card. If it is not a secure access kit value that can open and record data, the card issuer judges the card as another, generate a secure access kit value using the following SAM2 (12-2), and then use the value again. Attempt to access the memory area of the access RF card.

This attempt is applied to all SAMs that make up the SAM part 12 in the RF card terminal until the memory area of the accessed RF card is accessed. It is regarded as a card of an unregistered issuer and indicates that the RF card cannot be used through the display device 310 or the like.                     

In this way, when the memory area of the RF card is accessed, the CPU 10 already knows whether the payment method of the accessed RF card is prepaid, debit or postpaid. This is because the CPU naturally knows which payment method issuing card issuer SAM accesses the RF card.

The CPU 10 determines the toll road use fee by inquiring the toll road check-in information read in this way to the fee table DB 19.

The fare table DB 19 is used as a table of charge tables for each section and type of vehicle determined for each toll gate of the toll road, and thus the toll road can be easily used by applying the toll gate unique number, the car model information, and the entry time information. You can extract the fee.

When the RF card memory area is accessed from the exiting RF card terminal 300, the CPU 10 in the terminal uses the prepaid card charge collection module 16 to store the electronics stored in the memory if the corresponding RF card is a prepaid card. Immediately withdraw the toll road fee calculated from the balance of money, and read the number of the RF card using the postpaid card fee collection module 17 or the debit card fee collection module 15 if it is a postpaid card or a debit card. The toll road fee calculated after B / L check or account balance inquiry will be collected by postpay or debit.

At this time, the beep sound indicating the normal payment is output through the exit display sound generating device 320, and through the exit display device 310, toll road usage fee information, balance information, total usage information, and the like.

On the other hand, if the access to the RF card is not allowed even by the final SAM, it is regarded as the card of the unregistered issuer, and the use of the corresponding RF card through the exit display device 310 and the exit display sound generating device 320 is impossible. Indicates a checkout failure.

The driver of the vehicle that fails to check out the RF card must pay the toll road fee directly in cash at the toll booth where the toll collector resides, and the storage information by the toll collector is issued by the toll booth terminal 350. It is input to the RF card terminal and transmitted to the exit counting computer 500.

On the other hand, the exiting RF card terminal 300 when the vehicle detection signal is input from the exiting second vehicle sensor 340 in a state in which there is no check-out of any RF card after the vehicle detection signal input by the exiting first vehicle sensor 330. In this case, it is determined that the toll road use fee is directly received and guides to pay the toll road fee directly from the exit fee storage booth through the exit display device 310 and the exit display sound generating device 320.

7 is a flowchart illustrating an entry vehicle check-in operation of the system of the present invention.

As referred to herein, when there is vehicle entry in the state where the check-in system for toll collection on the toll road is initialized, the entry first vehicle sensor detects vehicle entry. At this time, if necessary, the types of vehicles having different usage fee systems may be detected together.

Following vehicle detection, the incoming RF card terminal attempts to access the RF card mounted on the entered vehicle or presented by the driver of the vehicle.

If the vehicle detection signal is displayed by the second vehicle sensor installed at the rear end of the entry RF card terminal in the absence of RF card access, the entry RF card terminal is regarded as failed check-in of the toll road of the RF card.

In addition, even when the RF card is accessed from the incoming RF card terminal, but the vehicle detection signal is input from the second vehicle sensor without receiving a transaction approval due to insufficient balance or bad credit information, the incoming RF card terminal receives the corresponding RF card. Toll road is considered a failed check-in.

If the check-in of the access road on the toll road fails, the entrance RF card terminal guides the RF card check-in failure notice and the issuance of a single pass through the display device and the sound generator installed behind the second vehicle sensor. Using the issuing device, issue a one-time pass to the vehicle driver who has not successfully checked in the RF card.

Unlike the above, if the transaction approval is reduced due to the check-in process of entering the toll road using the RF card in the entrance RF card terminal, the entrance RF card terminal ignores the vehicle detection signal by the entry second vehicle sensor and displays the display device and the display sound. After indicating the RF card check-in success through the generating device, the issuance of the pass by the pass issuing device installed behind the second vehicle sensor is prohibited.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a basic section charge collection process at the time of check-in of an entrance vehicle of the present invention system.

This is largely the same as the flow of FIG. 7 described above, except that, with the approval of the transaction allowing the payment of the toll road fee with the RF card, the base fee up to the minimum section is collected at the corresponding toll gate.

The basic section charge collection method using the RF card of the present invention has a high usefulness in an open toll road, and this can be applied to a post collection method of an open toll road fee.

As described above, the present invention can reduce the waste of resources due to the one-time pass issued for the collection of the toll on a toll road such as a highway or an automobile-only road.

In addition, the present invention can collect in real time any information related to the toll collection on the toll road, it is possible to easily secure the desired digital information in the terminal unit, aggregate computer unit without any manual work.

In addition, the present invention enables the traffic control center computer to collect usage information such as vehicle traffic, delay time, vehicle type, and driving time between toll gates in real time in the operation of toll roads, thereby speeding up appropriate measures. Based on this, new facilities can be expanded or the operation method can be optimized.

In addition, the present invention can avoid traffic jams in the vicinity of the toll gate when entering and exiting the toll road.

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An RF card 100 that communicates with the RF card terminal in a wireless manner and transmits and receives information about a traffic fee or a road fee; The vehicle of each toll gate on the toll road to read the card information wirelessly from the RF card presented by the vehicle driver or installed in the vehicle to determine the transaction and to light the toll gate information, the entry time information and the model information on the approved RF card. It is installed at the proper height for each type of vehicle on the entrance side and collects the basic fare for the minimum section from the current toll gate by the fare collection module suitable for the payment method of the debit card, prepaid card, and postpaid card. Entry RF card terminal 200; Collecting the toll gate information, the entry time information, the vehicle model information and the card information from the RF card presented by the vehicle driver or installed in the vehicle, and collecting the road usage fee by deferred payment or debit or electronic money according to the predetermined fare table for each vehicle type. An outgoing RF card terminal 300 installed at a proper height for each vehicle model in the outgoing toll gate of the toll road; An entry and counting computer (400) that collects check-in information of vehicles entering toll roads coming from a number of entrance RF card terminals and provides B / L information for approval of post-paid RF card transactions coming from the center computer to each entry RF card terminal (400). ); A counting and counting computer 500 which aggregates and processes toll information on RF card-based toll roads used by a plurality of outbound RF card terminals; The center computer (600) that provides the B / L information generated by collecting credit bad card number information of each RF card issuer and its renewal information to the entry aggregation computer and processes the toll collection information from the exit aggregation computer (600). Toll road toll system using RF card, characterized in that it comprises a). delete delete delete delete delete

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