CN111899355A - Automobile fee payment system and method capable of barrier-free access - Google Patents

Abstract

The car fee payment method that can enter and exit without barriers, based on license plate recognition technology and wireless Internet technology, realizes the binding of parking lots, highways, etc. with the registered account of a specific payer in a third party, avoiding on-site payment, so as to realize the car in the parking lot, The barrier-free entry and exit of highways and other entrances and exits improves the traffic efficiency of cars. Through the present invention, the payment of fees is advanced from the export to the period from import to export, and the payment is changed from a point of time to a period of time. Although the final payment is still being exported, the final payment is only an electronic signal at this time, and its time is very short. This is of great significance for reducing exit congestion and achieving barrier-free entry and exit of vehicles.

Description

System and method for paying car fee with barrier-free entry and exit

technical field

The present invention relates to Internet payment technology.

Background technique

The payment of car fees involves parking lots, highways, etc. The common feature is that there are imports and exports. Cars need to be registered by "card pickup" at the import, and "swiped by card" to pay at the exit. In the existing car fee payment system, "card" is a very important technical means. In the present invention, the "card" is an obstacle to the import and export of automobiles. The so-called barrier-free entry and exit refers to the abolition of "card pickup" and "card swipe" operations at import and export.

Generally speaking, "card" can be divided into "secondary card" and "non-secondary card", "secondary card" is valid for the current period, and "non-secondary card" is valid for the current month or year. It is necessary to "take the card" at the import, and too many users of "secondary card" will cause import congestion. At the exit, regardless of the "secondary card" and "non-secondary card" users need to stop and "swipe the card", therefore, exit congestion often occurs. At the exit, it always takes a certain amount of time to park and "swipe the card". In this way, when the traffic has a peak, there are almost no "non-secondary card" users, and a large number of "secondary card" users need to pay on the spot, if multiple cars need to leave at the same time The exit will be congested.

In the existing technology mode, to reduce the congestion at the import and export, and replace the "card", license plate recognition or radio frequency technology can be used. The use of license plate recognition and radio frequency technology can realize the functions of car registration at import and settlement at export. However, in the payment link after settlement, the wireless radio frequency device attached to the credit card reading device can be bound with the payment account of a specific payer, thereby realizing off-site payment. For license plate recognition, since there is no interaction function with the car, the account binding information of a specific payer cannot be obtained, and off-site payment cannot be realized, so the cash payment link at the exit of the car cannot be eliminated. Thus, there will still be exit congestion. Under the premise of establishing a database in advance and having a user list, the application of license plate recognition instead of "card" can allow users in the user list to be released, and users outside the user list are prohibited from entering. When the number of users outside the user list is much larger than the number of users in the user list, the method of distinguishing users inside and outside the user list will cause a large number of users to be banned by the system, which is obviously not feasible.

The use of wireless radio frequency equipment to attach a credit card reading device to achieve binding with a specific payer's payment account requires that the payer must have a credit card. Various Internet accounts registered on a specific website cannot be read by such devices, which limits the application scope of such devices and technologies.

To sum up, there are license plate recognition and radio frequency technology to replace the "card" to realize the barrier-free entry and exit of the car. Technically, to use license plate recognition instead of "cards" to achieve barrier-free entry and exit of automobiles, it is necessary to solve the wireless interaction with automobiles, realize the binding with the payment account of a specific payer, and avoid the on-site payment of automobiles at the exit.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention proposes a new automobile fee payment system and method, which can be based on license plate recognition technology and wireless Internet technology to realize the binding of parking lots, highways, etc. with the registered account of a specific payer in a third party, avoiding on-site payment, thereby Realize the barrier-free entry and exit of cars at the entrance and exit of parking lots, highways, etc., and improve the traffic efficiency of cars.

The automobile fee payment system of the present invention includes:

Card taking device, import deceleration device and ground sense, import camera, entrance gate, control computer, exit deceleration device and ground sense, exit camera, card swiping device, exit gate, mobile phone, server, and the above-mentioned card taking device, deceleration device Equipment such as ground sense, cameras, road gates, and card swiping devices play a role under the control of the control computer. They are used for parking lots, highways, etc. to charge car owners. The control computer is also responsible for regularly exchanging information with the server; the above mobile phone is a A program running on a smartphone, which is provided by a third party. To run this program, it first requires the owner of the mobile phone, i.e., the car owner, to bind the license plate of the car with the registered account of the third party. Regularly compare the car information with the server; the above server is a service program established by a third party on the Internet, and its function is to provide fund transfer services for car owners and parking lots, highways, etc.;

The method of realizing fee payment is:

1. The car decelerates through the imported deceleration device, triggers the sense of the ground, and controls the computer to recognize the license plate of the car through the imported camera and collect the information. For the car that fails to recognize the license plate of the car, it is required to take the card through the card fetching device. After the license plate is recognized or the card is retrieved, The entrance gate is open and cars enter;

2. For the car whose license plate is successfully recognized, the control computer uploads the license plate and entry information to the server, and the server updates the car information table containing the license plate and entry information in real time;

3. After the car owner opens the mobile phone program, if there is a car license plate bound to the car owner's registered account in the real-time car information table of the server, the car owner will be notified, and the car owner will decide whether to authorize the deduction accordingly. The program running on the server is fed back to the server;

4. During the regular information exchange between the control computer and the server, the control computer can obtain the deduction authorization of the car owner in real time;

5. When the car leaves, the car decelerates through the exit deceleration device, triggers the ground sense, and the control computer recognizes the car license plate and collects the information through the exit camera;

6. For the identification of the car without the license plate, it is directly transferred to the manual charging link, and the on-site credit card charging is carried out;

7. For a car with a license plate identified, by comparing it with the deduction authorization obtained from the server, the control computer can identify whether the car needs to be paid on-site. For cars without a deduction authorization, it will be transferred to the manual charging link. If the information is sent out, the on-site charging will be performed. Otherwise, the incoming information, outgoing information and deduction will be directly uploaded to the server in real time, and the automatic deduction will be realized from the owner's registered account of the third party through the server;

8. The relevant deduction information will also be immediately obtained by the program running on the mobile phone through the regular information exchange with the server;

9. The exit gate opens and the car leaves.

the above,

1. Import information refers to import time, import geographical location identification, etc.;

2. The export information refers to the export time, export geographical location identification, etc.

In the above method for realizing fee payment, the owner of the vehicle may not open the mobile phone program, which is regarded as unauthorized deduction in the server, parking lot, and highway control computer.

In the present invention, license plate recognition is a key technology, through which a car can be uniquely identified, and a "card" can be replaced by identification, so as to achieve barrier-free entry and exit of the car. The license plate has different regulations in each country, but the identification technology tends to be mature and can be applied to the present invention. The applicant of the present invention has proposed the "Image Five-valued Simplification Method" (Patent 200910104557.9) and the "Three-valued Image-Based License Plate Positioning Method" (Patent Application No. 201010623754.4) proposed by the applicant of the present invention, and has given the implementation of the present invention involving the license plate recognition technology. an instance of .

If the license plate is incorrectly recognized, the uploaded license plate will be wrong, and the car information table related to the license plate stored on the server will be incorrect. However, because the license plate is "dirty" or affected by complex lighting, the license plate recognition results may be wrong. Therefore, it is necessary to use the license plate recognition technology and supplemented by manual error correction.

As far as the timeliness of license plate recognition is concerned, the recognition of imported car images does not require too strong timeliness. Basically, it will not take less than one minute for a car to enter and leave. From the perspective of existing license plate recognition technology, most license plate recognition can realize license plate recognition at the millisecond level. Therefore, it can take a long enough time to recognize imported car images. , the same vehicle can acquire multiple consecutive images with slightly different shooting angles for identification. This is beneficial to improve the accuracy of license plate recognition. For the recognition of exported car images, since there are already imported car image recognition results, it can be compared with the imported car image recognition results, which is more conducive to the recognition of exported car images.

Although the license plate recognition is of great significance in the present invention, the technical key in the present invention is not the license plate recognition, but the

1. Establish a third-party server, the server can accept car owners to register their mobile phones, and allow car owners to bind mobile phones to license plates.

2. Allow parking lots, highways, etc. to upload the license plate and entry information to the server, and request the owner to authorize automatic deduction to reduce exit congestion.

3. After the car owner starts the mobile phone program, the mobile phone can communicate with the server in real time based on the Internet, so that the car owner can know the toll deduction authorization request of the parking lot and expressway in real time.

4. As long as the car owner starts the mobile phone program before arriving at the exit, he can know the request for the authorization of the deduction.

5. If the car owner confirms the deduction authorization through the mobile phone, the parking lot and highway can be automatically screened, and the automatic deduction can be realized to reduce the exit congestion and achieve barrier-free entry and exit.

Therefore, in terms of obtaining the license plate, the present invention is not limited to the license plate recognition. The present invention provides an example of license plate recognition to illustrate that the present invention can be realized. Of course, compared with radio frequency technology, license plate recognition also means that it is easier to implement because it does not require additional equipment.

In the present invention, the account is an electronic payment method with a balance of prepaid funds opened by a car owner or a mobile phone holder in a third party. At the same time, parking lots, highways, etc. also have an electronic fund transfer relationship with the third party, which can realize the transfer of funds to the third party. Fund transfers for car owners or mobile phone holders. The problem here is that the transfer of funds must be secure, and the mobile-based programs must have secure registration and authentication mechanisms. Therefore, in order to realize the present invention, the registration and identity verification security of the mobile phone must be considered, otherwise, the present invention may be infeasible due to the risk of fund transfer.

The applicant of the present invention has filed a patent application for the security of mobile phone registration and identity verification, "Method for User Registration and Identity Verification through Mobile Phones on the Internet" (Patent Application No. 201110236464.9), which solves the problem of the security of third-party mobile phone registration and identity verification. Sexual issues. In "Methods for User Registration and Identity Verification via Mobile Phones on the Internet", the applicant specifically pointed out that the user password generated by the server during user registration is sent to the user through mobile phone text messages, and the password used by the user's mobile phone program for server authentication It is the encrypted form of the user password. At the same time, the password encryption can be either one-time encryption or two-time encryption. The password security of the second-time encryption is stronger than that of the first-time encryption. In this way, even if the hacker intercepts the data exchange between the mobile phone program and the server, it is impossible to obtain the original code of the user's password. Hackers can only restore the original code of the user's password through decryption. The user server transmits the user password to the user through SMS, and does not require user input. Therefore, the length and character complexity of the password can be increased, and the difficulty of password cracking can be increased, so that it is almost impossible to crack the password.

In the present invention, the so-called mobile phone generally refers to a mobile communication device with an Internet connection function. Since the mobile communication device itself is still in a period of rapid development, the CPU processing capability, memory, and operating system of the mobile communication device will continue to change, which is doomed that the security authentication mechanism of the mobile communication cannot be fixed. Therefore, with the development of mobile communication technology, the registration and authentication methods of mobile communication devices will also develop and change. As for the registration and identity verification issues involved in the present invention, it will ultimately comply with the requirements of the third party, and its core is to ensure the safety of user fund transfer.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

1. By replacing the "card" with license plate recognition, combined with the binding of mobile phones and license plates, on-site payment can be avoided, cars can enter and exit parking lots, highways, etc. without barriers, and the efficiency of car entry and exit can be improved. That is, the present invention proposes another barrier-free payment method for automobiles realized by license plate recognition in addition to the radio frequency technology, and realizes a new contactless payment in a simpler manner. As pointed out by the applicant of the present invention in the above-mentioned background art: regardless of the parking lot or highway, the car needs to be registered by "card pickup" at the entrance, and needs to be paid by "swipe card" at the exit. In the existing car fee payment system, "card" is a very important technical means. In the present invention, the "card" is an obstacle to the import and export of automobiles. The present invention achieves the abolition of "card pickup" at import and "swipe card" at export through technical means, and truly realizes very simple contactless payment.

2. Through the present invention, the payment of fees is advanced from export to the period from import to export, and the payment is changed from a point of time to a period of time. Although the final payment is still being exported, the final payment is only an electronic signal at this time, and its time is very short. This is of great significance for reducing exit congestion and achieving barrier-free entry and exit of vehicles.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the composition of the automobile fee payment system according to the present invention.

In the figure, 1 card pickup device, 2 inlet deceleration device and ground sensor, 3 inlet camera, 4 inlet barrier, 5 outlet deceleration device and ground sensor, 6 outlet camera, 7 card swiping device, 8 outlet barrier, 9 mobile phone, 10 server.

Detailed ways

The present invention provides a new automobile fee payment system and method. Through the method of the present invention, the barrier-free entry and exit of vehicles in parking lots and expressways is realized, and the efficiency of vehicle entry and exit is improved.

Taking the parking lot as an example, a specific implementation is:

1. The car owner drives into the parking lot, parks the car in the parking lot, and then leaves the parking lot. So far, the car owner does not need to perform any operations. However, under the control of the control computer, the parking lot has carried out the license plate recognition, and the license plate is uploaded to the server.

2. Car owners will naturally think of payment issues during the parking period or before they are ready to drive out of the parking lot. Therefore, when the car owner starts the mobile phone program, the mobile phone program needs to be downloaded and installed in advance. The owner binds the license plate according to the program requirements, and then the program automatically connects to the server. If the license plate bound by the car owner is consistent with the license plate uploaded by the parking lot, the mobile phone program will obtain the authorization request of the parking lot from the server, display it on the mobile phone screen, and notify the car owner through sound, vibration, etc. to decide whether or not to authorize. At the same time, the control computer of the parking lot has been regularly exchanging data with the server. Once the vehicle owner authorizes, the corresponding authorization instruction will be immediately informed by the control computer of the parking lot.

3. When the car owner drives out of the parking lot, because it has been authorized, the parking lot control computer will calculate the relevant parking fee, and automatically deduct the fee from the owner's bound account through the server. At the same time, the parking lot control computer will upload the information related to the parking lot, such as the parking lot overview, parking start time, parking end time, parking fee and other information to the server. The owner's mobile phone program can obtain this information in real time from the process of regularly exchanging information with the server. At this point, the owner can close the mobile phone program.

4. If the car owner does not start the mobile phone program during the entire parking process, or the balance of the car owner's bound account is insufficient, the parking payment will be restored to manual on-site payment.

The core idea of the present invention is: the parking lot management equipment such as the parking lot computer-controlled ground sense and deceleration device, camera, road gate, etc. obtains the parking information of the car in the parking lot, and the mobile phone is authorized online. Working together under the connection, the single-moment payment that is only performed after parking is extended to the parking period from the start of parking to the end of parking. The operation of parking payment can be carried out in a longer time range and more efficiently, ensuring the accessibility of cars in the parking lot. In and out, greatly improving the management efficiency of the parking lot.

Although there may be a license plate recognition method and a mobile phone registration and identity verification mechanism different from those of the applicant of the present invention, this is not essential. Therefore, using the parking lot management system and method of the present invention, simply changing the license plate recognition and mobile phone registration and identity verification mechanisms constitutes an infringement of the present invention.

On the other hand, in the given embodiment, the license plate recognition result will not be obtained for the car without the license plate installed or used in accordance with the regulations. The parking management and charging of such cars can be notified to the parking lot management personnel through the system alarm to transfer to manual processing, or return to the "card pickup" and "swipe card" methods. The proportion of the total number of such vehicles in the total number of vehicles in the parking lot cannot be too large, which does not affect the normal implementation of the present invention. Therefore, from another point of view, it is also possible not to use a card taking and swiping device in the present invention. However, it is also an infringement of the present invention to employ other concepts in common with the present invention without the use of a card pick-up and swipe device.

Claims (10)

1. Accessible car expense payment system who gets in and out, characterized by: the system comprises a camera, a control computer, a mobile phone and a server; the camera plays a role under the control of the control computer, is used for charging the car owner in a parking lot and a highway, and is also responsible for exchanging information with the server at regular time; the mobile phone is a program which can run on the smart phone and is provided by a third party; the parking lot and the expressway upload the license plate obtained by license plate recognition and the incoming information to a server to request the authorization of the vehicle owner for automatic fee deduction; after the car owner starts the mobile phone program, the mobile phone can communicate with the server in real time based on the internet, so that the car owner can know fee deduction authorization requests of a parking lot and a highway in real time; the fee deduction authorization request can be obtained as long as the owner starts the mobile phone program before arriving at the exit; at the exit, if the owner confirms the fee deduction authorization through the mobile phone, the parking lot and the highway can be automatically distinguished, so that the purpose of reducing the exit congestion by automatically deducting the fee is achieved.

2. The barrier-free automobile fare payment system according to claim 1, characterized in that: in terms of obtaining the license plate, the camera can be replaced by a wireless radio frequency device without being limited to license plate identification.

3. The barrier-free automobile fare payment system according to claim 1, characterized in that: the automatic deduction is realized by comparing with deduction authorization obtained from the server, controlling the computer to directly upload the incoming information, the outgoing information and the deduction to the server in real time, and realizing automatic deduction from a registered account number of a vehicle owner in a third party through the server.

4. The barrier-free automobile fare payment system according to claim 3, characterized in that:

(1) the entrance information refers to entrance time and an entrance geographical position identification;

(2) the information output indicates the time of the exit and the exit geographical position identification.

5. The method for paying the fee of the automobile capable of entering and exiting without barrier comprises the following steps:

(1) the control computer performs license plate recognition through the camera to obtain a license plate, and acquires information to allow the automobile to enter;

(2) for the automobile obtaining the license plate, the control computer uploads the license plate of the automobile and the incoming information to the server, and the server updates an automobile information table containing the license plate of the automobile and the incoming information in real time;

(3) after the mobile phone program is started by the vehicle owner, if the vehicle license plate bound with the vehicle owner registration account number is in the real-time vehicle information table of the server, the vehicle owner is informed, and the vehicle owner determines whether fee deduction authorization is carried out or not according to the fee deduction authorization, wherein the fee deduction authorization feeds back the program operated on the mobile phone to the server;

(4) in the information exchange process of the control computer and the server, the control computer can obtain the fee deduction authorization of the vehicle owner in real time;

(5) when the automobile drives away, the control computer performs license plate recognition through the camera to obtain a license plate and acquire information;

(6) for the vehicle with the license plate, the control computer can discriminate whether the vehicle needs on-site payment by comparing with the fee deduction authorization obtained from the server, and for the vehicle with the fee deduction authorization, the control computer directly uploads the incoming information, the outgoing information and the fee deduction to the server in real time, and automatic fee deduction is realized from the registered account number of the vehicle owner in a third party through the server;

the mobile phone program is provided by a third party.

6. The method for payment of automobile fee without barrier access as claimed in claim 5, wherein: in terms of obtaining the license plate, the camera can be replaced by a wireless radio frequency device without being limited to license plate identification.

7. The method for payment of automobile fee without barrier access as claimed in claim 5, wherein: when the control computer can not obtain the license plate, it is required to fetch the card at the entrance and pay the fee by swiping the card at the exit.

8. The method for payment of automobile fee without barrier access as claimed in claim 5, wherein: and for the automobile without fee deduction authorization, the manual charging link is switched.

9. The method for payment of automobile fee without barrier access as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the related fee deduction information when the automobile is driven away is also immediately obtained by the program running on the mobile phone through the timing information exchange with the server.

10. The method for payment of automobile fee without barrier access as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

(1) the entrance information refers to entrance time and an entrance geographical position identification;

(2) the information output indicates the time of the exit and the exit geographical position identification.

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