AUTOMATIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM WITHOUT REQUIRING VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION UNIT
First Claim
1. An automatic toll collection system comprising:
- a number plate reading unit configured to take a picture of a vehicle which enters a traffic lane in a toll gate and to extract exit number plate information from an area in the picture where a number plate is taken;
a medium reading unit configured to read vehicle type information and number plate information from a recording medium provided from a vehicle in the traffic lane;
a checking unit configured to check a matching of the exit number plate information and the number plate information; and
a calculation unit configured to calculate a toll based on the vehicle type information when a result of the matching is matched.
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Abstract
An automatic toll collection system has: a camera for taking a picture of a vehicle which enters a traffic lane of a toll gate; a reading unit for reading vehicle type information and number plate information from a recording medium provided from the vehicle in the traffic lane; a matching unit for checking a matching of information regarding a number plate from the picture and the number plate information; and a calculation unit for calculating a toll based on the vehicle type information when a result of the checking is matched. When the result of the checking is not matched, a request to prompting an input of vehicle type information is issued to a clerk in the toll gate. By these construction, a automatic toll collection system which enables a prevention of misjudge of vehicle type by simple equipment.
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8 Claims
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1. An automatic toll collection system comprising:
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a number plate reading unit configured to take a picture of a vehicle which enters a traffic lane in a toll gate and to extract exit number plate information from an area in the picture where a number plate is taken; a medium reading unit configured to read vehicle type information and number plate information from a recording medium provided from a vehicle in the traffic lane; a checking unit configured to check a matching of the exit number plate information and the number plate information; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a toll based on the vehicle type information when a result of the matching is matched. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An automatic toll collection system comprising:
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a medium recording unit configured to read a vehicle type history information including information of vehicle type used to calculate a toll in each of a plurality of past passages from a recording medium; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a toll by using information of vehicle type recorded in the vehicle type history information when the vehicle type history information satisfies a predetermined condition. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. (canceled)
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