Patent ID: 6040785
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
A mixed lock-type toll collecting system, comprising:an on-board unit for installation in a vehicle for toll collection at a toll gate of a toll road;an entrance lane device for installation at an entrance lane of said toll gate of the toll road for transmitting entrance information to the vehicle entering the entrance lane;an exit lane device for installation at an exit lane of said toll gate of the toll road for collecting a toll from the vehicle exiting the exit lane;a central control device for controlling said entrance lane device and said exit lane device for toll collection from the vehicle entering the entrance lane and exiting the exit lane of the toll road;said entrance lane device comprising a first radio communicator performing radio communication with said on-board unit when installed in the vehicle which enters the entrance lane and transmitting the entrance information to said on-board unit when installed in the vehicle which enters the entrance lane when radio communication with the vehicle can be performed, and including a pass issuer issuing a pass to a driver of a vehicle when radio communication with the vehicle cannot be performed; andsaid exit lane device comprising a second radio communicator performing radio communication with said on-board unit when installed in the vehicle upon exiting and collecting the toll, when radio communication with the vehicle can be performed; anda manned exit lane device for installation collecting the toll in accordance with the pass issued to the driver of the vehicle, when radio communication with the vehicle can not be performed.