JP2002208049A - Road pricing method and its system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a road pricing method and its system capable of applying to a wide range area having a plurality of inflow roads. SOLUTION: This road pricing method comprises a license plate reading step (15) for reading each vehicle identification number of vehicles passing through a prescribed area, a vehicle checking step (15) for checking whether or not the read vehicle identification number is of the vehicle whose entry into the prescribed area is admitted, and a charging claiming means (17) for promoting the claim of charging to the owner of the violating vehicle when the read vehicle identification number is not of a permitted vehicle.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a road pricing method and a system for charging a vehicle for entering a predetermined area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A road pricing system is a system in which a fee is charged for entering a certain area in order to suppress the traffic volume of automobiles. Various systems have already been introduced and implemented overseas. I have.

In Singapore, ASL (Area Licensin)
g Scheme). This system designates approximately 500 hectares of the central business district as a restricted area for inflow of automobiles, and provides a paid city center inflow permit (ALS) to vehicles that enter the restricted area during peak hours on weekdays in the morning. And monitoring of non-mobile vehicles is a visual response of police officers.

In Norway, TRS (Toll Ring
System). This system sets a cordon line (regulation line) to include a range of about 5 km radius from the center of the city, installs a tollgate on the road that crosses this line, and crosses this to the city center Tolls are collected from incoming vehicles, and each toll booth has an automatic lane (automatic toll collection system) in addition to a toll collection lane and a coin insertion lane.

[0005]

In Japan, not only congestion countermeasures but also environmental pollution countermeasures by automobiles, including the effect of securing financial resources for road maintenance, etc.
This road pricing method has attracted attention as a means of traffic management.

However, when trying to introduce a road pricing system in a Japanese city, there is a high possibility that even if the overseas system is adopted as it is, it will be difficult to operate it.

[0007] The ALS system in Singapore requires a large amount of cost, such as the necessity of arranging police officers in regulated areas. If implemented in a Japanese city, for example, Tokyo, the regulated area could be much larger. Therefore, there is a problem in arranging monitoring personnel for monitoring at key points, but if it is difficult to secure sufficient monitoring personnel, the system itself will not be effective.

[0008] In the Norwegian TRS system, the above-mentioned problem is solved in order to collect tolls that are also monitored at the toll booth, but this system is applicable to all vehicles that flow across the regulation line. First, it is assumed that the roads flowing into the center are limited. If there are many inflow roads, as in Japanese cities, it is difficult to set up tollgates on all of them. Further, even if a toll booth is provided and the toll is collected, if this causes traffic congestion, it is against the original purpose.

[0009] Further, since all of the above-mentioned overseas systems uniformly collect fees, when special operations such as excluding the application of a specific vehicle are performed,
These methods cannot be applied as they are.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and is a road pricing system applicable to a wide area having a large number of inflow roads. It is an object to provide a method and a system thereof.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a license plate reading step for reading a vehicle number of a vehicle passing in a predetermined area, and a permission vehicle in which the read vehicle number is permitted to enter the predetermined area. A vehicle investigation step for investigating whether or not the vehicle number is a vehicle number; and, if the read vehicle number is not the permitted vehicle number, a billing request to urge the owner of the offending vehicle to bill. And a road pricing method comprising:

[0012] The present invention also provides the road pricing method according to the above invention, wherein the number of the vehicle permitted to enter the predetermined area by an organization that operates and manages the road pricing system is registered as the permitted vehicle. A road pricing method comprising a registration step and a tollgate permitted vehicle registration step of registering, as the permitted vehicle, a vehicle number of a vehicle that has paid a predetermined fee at a tollgate provided at an entrance to the predetermined area.

[0013] In the road pricing method according to the present invention, the license plate reading step may include an image processing information receiving step of receiving a vehicle number of the vehicle read by image processing, and a communication means between the vehicle and the vehicle. And a communication information receiving step of receiving the vehicle number transmitted by the vehicle.

According to the present invention, in the road pricing method according to the above invention, in the charging step, the violation information including a date and a place where the violation was caused to the owner of the offending vehicle and a breakdown of the charging are described. A road pricing method comprising a bill sending step for prompting the sending of a bill.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a data processing device for performing a support operation of the charging process including identification of a vehicle to be charged, and a vehicle connected to the data processing device via a communication line and passing through the predetermined area. A user information terminal owned by a user who wishes to connect to the data processing device via the communication line, and is installed in the predetermined area and reads a vehicle number of a vehicle passing through the predetermined area. A license plate reading device, which is connected to the data processing device through the communication line and reads a vehicle number of a vehicle installed at a tollgate that collects a fee for a vehicle entering the predetermined area and passing through the tollgate. This is a road pricing system including a tollgate license plate reader.

According to the present invention, in the road pricing system according to the present invention, the data processing device accepts a prior application for passing a vehicle through the predetermined area and uses the vehicle number of the vehicle as an entry-permitted vehicle. A pre-permission registration unit for registering, a special vehicle registration unit for registering a vehicle number of a vehicle which is not always restricted to travel in the predetermined area as an entry-permitted vehicle, and traveling in the predetermined area only on a predetermined day A special permission condition registration unit for registering the conditions of unrestricted entry-permitted vehicles; a tollgate vehicle registration unit for registering the vehicle number read by the tollgate number plate reader as an entry-permitted vehicle; Violating vehicle that registers a vehicle that is not the entry-permitted vehicle among the vehicle numbers read by the reading device as a violating vehicle A recording unit, a road pricing system comprising a charging processing unit which outputs an instruction for prompting to perform billing for billing the owner of the violation vehicle.

[0017]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a road pricing system according to the present invention.

The present road pricing system comprises a data processing device 1, an AVI license plate reader 2, an IC license plate reader 3, and a tollgate which are installed in a load pricing center owned by an organization that operates and manages a road pricing system. It comprises a device 4, a user information terminal 5, a user communication and communication device 6, a specific person information terminal 7, and a vehicle number database 8.

The AVI license plate reading device 2 reads a vehicle number of a vehicle by image processing. The AVI license plate reading device 2 is provided with image photographing devices 2a arranged at various places in a regulation target area, and photographed by the image photographing device 2. The image processing device 2b extracts a vehicle number from an image of a license plate and transmits the vehicle number and the image to the data processing device 1.

Similarly, IC number plate readers 3 are arranged in various places in the regulated area, and a vehicle information receiver 3b for receiving vehicle information including a vehicle number from an IC chip 3a incorporated in the license plate, and a vehicle information receiver 3b. And a vehicle information transmitting device 3c for transmitting vehicle information including a number to the data processing device 1 in a predetermined format.

The tollgate device 4 is a license plate reader installed at the tollgate provided at the entrance of the main inflow road to the regulated area. The sensing device 4a of each of the above-mentioned readers and the vehicle And a processing transmitting device 4b for extracting and transmitting the number.

The user information terminal 5 is an information terminal owned by a user who has previously requested to travel through the restricted area. Here, the user refers to a person who exchanges information with the data processing device 1 via the user information terminal 5, and includes not only natural persons but also corporations, and persons who are planning to pass. Not only those who are involved in road pricing at toll booths are also included.

The user communication communication device 6 is a communication communication device such as a telephone and a facsimile owned by the user, and the user has the same definition as described above.

The specific person information terminal 7 is an information terminal owned by a person having a special relationship with the operation result of the present road pricing system. Here, the specific person includes a police and a local government.

The vehicle number database 8 is a database storing personal information on the owner of the vehicle having the vehicle number. The personal information can be obtained by explicitly inquiring the vehicle number from the data processing device 1.

Next, a specific configuration and a specific operation of the data processing device 1 used in the load pricing system will be sequentially described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the data processing device 1.

The data processing device 1 includes a communication line 10 used for transmitting and receiving information to and from each of the above-described devices and terminals (not shown), and an input / output device for inputting and outputting information to and from the data processing device 1. Terminal 11 is connected. And
The data processing device 1 includes an input / output control unit 1 for performing various types of information exchange between the communication line 10 and the input / output terminal 11.
2 are provided.

The data processing apparatus 1 further includes a pre-permission application section 13 for receiving and processing a pre-permission application from a user, and stores information on vehicles specially permitted to travel in the restricted area. A special permission unit 14 for accepting, a reading processing unit 15 for extracting and registering offending vehicles that are not permitted to pass from vehicles passing through the restricted area, and registering a vehicle number that has entered the restricted area from the tollgate The vehicle includes a toll booth vehicle registration unit 16, a billing unit 17 for calculating and billing a fee for a vehicle, and a memory unit 20 storing various data for performing these processes.

The data processing apparatus 1 is provided with a specific vehicle section 19 as a function for utilizing the license plate reading function possessed by the present road pricing system, in addition to the above-described processing functions relating to the road pricing.

The pre-permission application section 13 receives and processes the permission application transmitted directly from the user information terminal 5 to the data processing device 13a.
And a prior application manual input unit 13b for performing a process when the operator of the load pricing center manually inputs a permission application by telephone or facsimile from the user communication device 6 to the data processing device 1.

The special permission unit 14 includes a special vehicle registration unit 14a for registering welfare-related vehicles, public transportation, and the like as vehicles not to be charged, and other vehicles which are not charged for a particular day. A special permission condition registration unit 14b is provided for registering a vehicle as a vehicle.

Further, the reading processing unit 15 includes an AVI reading processing unit 15a for extracting and registering the offending vehicle from the vehicle numbers read by the AVI number plate reading device 2,
And an IC number reading processor 15b for extracting and registering the offending vehicle from the vehicle numbers read by the C number plate reading device 3.

Further, the specific vehicle unit 19 is provided with a specific vehicle registration unit 19a for registering a specific vehicle number and a specific vehicle processing unit 19b for processing information on the specific vehicle.

The memory unit 20 includes a special vehicle data memory 20a storing a vehicle number of a special vehicle, etc., a permitted vehicle data memory 20b storing a vehicle number which is not regarded as a violating vehicle due to a prior application, etc., an owner of the violating vehicle. Violator identification data memory 20 storing request data for
c, an image information data memory 20d for storing information such as images read by each license plate reader, and a charging condition data memory 20e for storing conditions for calculating charges in the charging process.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sequence diagram showing an information transfer procedure between the user information terminal 5 and the data processing device 1 when a prior permission application is made to the road pricing system.

When the user wishes to apply for permission for traffic in advance, when the user accesses the data processing apparatus 1 through the communication line 10, the pre-application internet section 13a is activated and the pre-application screen 25 shown in FIG. It is displayed (S1).
The user selects a date or a period for which permission is to be applied in the pre-permission application screen 25 in the selection field 26, fills in the date input field 27, and clicks the send button 28 to send the data to the data processing device 1. (S2).

The pre-application internet section 13a calculates the pre-application fee from the transmitted data and displays the detailed information input screen 30 shown in FIG. 5 (S3). The user confirms the displayed application date or period and the fee, and if the content is satisfactory, enters the information in the vehicle number input field 31, credit company name field 32, credit card number field 33, and sends the data by pressing the send button 3.
Click 5 to return the information (S4).

The pre-application Internet section 13a checks the returned information, and if there is no problem, stores the input vehicle number, credit card number, and the like in the permitted vehicle data memory 20b, and receives the information from the user shown in FIG. Message screen 40 indicating that the license application has been accepted (S
5).

Since the vehicle number of the user has been registered as a permitted vehicle by the above procedure, the user can use the car on the day or period of application to travel through the restricted area.

Although the pre-application fee in the present embodiment is calculated based on a date or a period, the present invention is not limited to this, and the pre-application fee is calculated based on the vehicle type, the displacement, the year, etc. Is also good.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the present embodiment in which a user directly applies a permission using the user information terminal 5, and the user can apply for a prior permission at a dealer.

If the user wishes to apply for permission for traffic in advance, he / she applies for a permission application at a predetermined handling place. In this case, there is no particular condition for the handling office, but it is desirable that it is a public institution for the purpose of road pricing system.

The operator of the handling office uses the user information terminal 5 arranged there to perform an application for a prior permission in the above-described manner, but the detailed information input screen 30 shown in FIG. 31 and input into the dealer number field 34 and click the send button 35 to return the information. After confirming that the message screen 40 of the acceptance of the permission application shown in FIG. 6 was displayed, the user paid a predetermined fee to the handling office, and the handling office specified the application date or period in exchange for the fee. Give your permit. This permit is displayed on the front of the car on the day to indicate that it is a permitted car.

The user can use the user communication device 6 to apply for a prior permission to the load pricing center where the data processing device 1 is installed.

The person in charge of the road pricing center uses the input / output terminal 11 arranged there to make the data processing device 1
Perform pre-permission application for. Data processing device 1
Then, the advance application manual input 13b is activated to receive the user's vehicle number, credit card number, and the like in the manner described above, and if the data check is normal, the vehicle number is registered as a permitted vehicle.

Next, a method for registering a special permission vehicle will be described.

The special permission vehicles are vehicles that are not charged and other vehicles such as welfare-related vehicles and vehicles of public transportation, and are vehicles that are not charged for a particular day.

Among them, the person in charge of the road pricing center inputs the welfare-related vehicles and the vehicles of public transportation from the data processing device 1. The reason for manually inputting is to provide a step of confirming before registration at the road pricing center instead of registering unconditionally because special vehicles are always treated to be exempted from the fee.

As a registration procedure, first, a storage medium storing the vehicle number submitted by the owner of the vehicle is set in the input / output device 11 of the data processing device 1, and the special vehicle registration unit 14a is started. . The special vehicle registration unit 14a reads the vehicle number and the owner name from the set storage medium and registers them in the special vehicle data memory 20a. Then, a license is issued for these special vehicles as proof of registration.

[0051] The person in charge of the road pricing center also inputs to the data processing apparatus 1 other vehicles that are not to be charged. However, these vehicles are not registered with the vehicle numbers but are specially permitted vehicles. Enter the number condition. For example, an odd-numbered or even-numbered vehicle, a vehicle having a displacement of a predetermined value or less, and the like. These conditions are input in such a manner that a preset item is selected, and a condition of which area in the restricted area is to be applied can also be designated. In the data processing device 1, the special permission condition registration unit 14b is activated and stores these input data in the special vehicle data memory 20a.

Next, the operation of the road pricing system on the day of the vehicle inflow regulation day will be described.

The vehicles that pass through the regulated area are classified into those that pass through a tollgate provided at the entrance of the target area on the main road and those that enter the regulated area without passing through the tollgate.

Vehicles passing through a tollgate provided at the entrance of a regulated area of a main road are charged at the tollgate in principle. At this time, since a license stating the date of the day is given in exchange for the paid fee, posting the license on the front of the vehicle can avoid payment of the fee again on the day.

At this tollgate, a tollgate device 4 as a license plate reader is installed, and a sensing device 4a is provided.
And the vehicle number read by the processing transmission device 4b is extracted and transmitted to the data processing device 1. In the data processing device 1, the tollgate vehicle registration unit 16 is activated and registers the vehicle number of the vehicle that has paid the fee in the permitted vehicle data memory 20b.

At this time, the tollgate vehicle registration unit 16 checks whether the read vehicle number corresponds to any one of the vehicle for which the above-mentioned pre-permission application has been obtained, the special vehicle, or the vehicle which meets the special permission condition. Is displayed at the toll booth. If the vehicle is applicable, the tollgate collector passes the vehicle without collecting a fee.

Here, if the driver of the vehicle and the special vehicle which have obtained the application for the prior permission at the above-mentioned handling place is to post the above-mentioned prior permit on the front of the car, it is not necessary to pay the fee. To the tollgate collector.

The toll booth may be provided with an ETC (automatic toll road toll collection system). Car is ETC
When passing through the dedicated gate, the vehicle number is read by the tollgate device 4 and the above-mentioned verification is performed. If the vehicle is a pre-approved vehicle, a normal toll is collected. Collect tolls in regulated areas. And
If the vehicle is not a pre-authorized vehicle or the like, the vehicle number is registered in the permitted vehicle data memory 20b together with a statement that the fee has already been collected by ETC.

As described above, for vehicles passing through the tollgate provided at the entrance of the regulated area of the main road, the appropriate charging process is performed by the information communication between the tollgate device 4 and the data processing device 1.

Next, a description will be given of a process for a car that has entered a regulated area without any particular regulation.

A number plate reader of a car is installed everywhere in the regulated area.

The AVI number plate reading device 2 is a device for reading the vehicle number of a vehicle by image processing. When the image capturing device 2a detects a moving vehicle body in the field of view, the image capturing device 2a captures the image so that the vehicle body includes an image including a number plate, and transmits the image to the image processing device 2b, which is a higher-level processing device.

The image processing device 2b extracts the vehicle number from the image of the license plate photographed by the image photographing device 2 provided in the regulation target area, and extracts the vehicle number, the photographing date, the location, etc. Is transmitted to the data processing device 1. Note that the image processing apparatus 2b is provided with an identification code for identifying a small area obtained by further subdividing the regulated area. For this reason, the data processing apparatus 1 can grasp which area the information is collected.

The above-mentioned information transmitted from the AVI license plate reader 2 is activated by the AVI reader 15a of the data processor 1 and received.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the AVI reading processing section 15a.

First, the AVI reading processing section 15a checks whether the received information is within the regulation target area in terms of area and time, from the place and time at which the image was taken (S10). Next, it is determined whether or not the photographed vehicle number is a permitted vehicle number. Specifically, the special vehicle data memory 20a,
By searching the permitted vehicle data memory 20b, the special vehicle (S
11) If the vehicle corresponds to any of the special permission condition conforming vehicle (S12), the pre-permission application vehicle (S13) and the fee payment vehicle (S14), no processing is performed.

If the vehicle does not correspond to any of the above vehicles,
Violating vehicle identification data memory 2 to register as a violating vehicle
0c is searched to determine whether or not it has already been registered as a violating car (S15).

If the vehicle has not been registered as a violating vehicle, data relating to the violating vehicle is newly created and registered.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the offending vehicle data 45. The offending car data 45 is composed of a personal information section 46 for storing personal information such as the name of the owner of the offending car, a violation information section 47 for storing the date of the offense, and a charging breakdown section 48 showing the breakdown of charging. Have been.

First, the AVI reading processor 15a makes an inquiry by explicitly specifying the vehicle number in the vehicle number database 8 in order to create personal information in the offending vehicle data 45, and obtains the owner's name, address, and telephone number. Is received (S16).

Subsequently, the image information from the image processing device 2b is stored in the image information data memory 20d, and the storage date and the shooting date are stored in the violation information section of the offending vehicle data 45 (S17).

If the violation information has already been registered, it is checked whether or not the violation corresponds to an additional violation, for example, the vehicle is passing not only in one restricted area but also in another restricted area (S18). In the case of an additional violation, the d image information is further stored in the image information data memory 20d,
The shooting date, location, etc. are additionally stored in the violation information section of the offending vehicle data 45 together with the storage address (S19).

If the violation does not correspond to the additional violation, new information is not registered because the violation information has already been registered.

The IC number plate reader 3 is also AVI
Like the license plate reader 2, it is arranged at various places in the restricted area and transmits vehicle information including the vehicle number to the data processor 1 in a predetermined format.

In the data processing device 1, the IC number reading processing unit 15b is activated to receive the vehicle information and the like, check whether the vehicle is a violating vehicle, and perform processing such as registration if the vehicle is a violating vehicle. Is the AVI read processing unit 15a described above.
Is the same as the processing procedure described above.

However, since the information from the IC number plate reader 3 includes the personal information of the owner of the vehicle, there is no need to make another inquiry to the vehicle number database 8 and the image information is not required. This is different from the processing procedure of the AVI reading processing unit 15a in that it is not provided.

As described above, it is possible to perform a fair charging process even for a vehicle that has entered a regulated area without passing through a tollgate.

After the restricted time of the day is over, the charging processing section 17 is started to start the charging processing for the offending vehicle.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the accounting processing unit 17.

The billing processor 17 searches the offender identification data memory 20c to extract the offender data 45, and outputs the offense information 4
7, the charge amount is calculated.

First, the charging condition data memory 20e is searched to extract the charging condition data 50 shown in FIG. 10 (S
25). In the charging condition data 50, a restriction date 51 and a restriction time zone 52, which are target ranges of the restriction, are stored. Under this premise, charging conditions and charges for each charging condition are described.

The area condition 53 defines a fee for each area obtained by subdividing the regulated area. Therefore, when the user travels not only in the region A but also in the region D, the fee in the region D is added to the fee in the region A.

The time condition 54 defines a fee for each time zone obtained by subdividing the regulated time zone. Therefore, when the vehicle travels during a time period of heavy traffic congestion, it can be operated to charge a higher fee.

The displacement amount condition 55 determines a charge according to the displacement of the vehicle, and the charge of a vehicle having a large displacement can be set higher.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the violation information matches the charging condition for each charging condition (S26).

If the charge condition is met, the charge under that condition is added (S27). Then, the added breakdown (reason and amount) is entered in the billing breakdown section 48 in the offender data 45 (S28).

When the processing is completed for all the charging conditions (S29), in order to charge the offender, a bill in which the amount and the breakdown are described is output, and road pricing is performed so that the invoice is sent to the offender. Prompt the center staff (S
30).

Here, it is desirable that charging for the offender is treated as a penalty for the purpose of the road pricing system. Therefore, the fee to be paid by the offender is set higher than the fee collected at the advance application and at the tollgate.
In addition, regarding measures for nonpayers among violators,
It is necessary to operate it so as not to be unfair with the payer. Therefore, if necessary, the information on the offender is notified to the local government or police in the place where the offender lives through the specific person information terminal 7.

The present road pricing system can be applied to other embodiments.

For example, when there is a request from a public organization to provide information on a specific vehicle, the person in charge of the road pricing center inputs the vehicle number and the associated coping method into the data processing device 1 and the specific The vehicle registration unit 19a starts and registers the input vehicle number and the like in the special vehicle data memory 20a.

Next, when information is input from a license plate reader of a vehicle installed in the restricted area, the offending vehicle is extracted as described above. It is checked whether the vehicle number is a specific vehicle number, and if it is a specific vehicle, the specific vehicle processing unit 19
Start b.

The specific vehicle processing unit 19b reads the coping method stored in association with the specific vehicle, and, for example, stores information such as the place where the specific vehicle was photographed, the date, the time, and the video in accordance with the specific person information terminal. 7.

As described above, the present road pricing system can be widely applied.

[0093]

As described above, various effects are produced according to the present invention.

[0094] Since the system is configured to charge by reading the license plate of the vehicle, the vehicle entering the restricted area can be charged without causing traffic congestion.

Further, since a number of special toll booths for monitoring entry are provided, and it is not necessary to provide a large number of monitoring personnel, the cost can be reduced.

Further, in the present invention, no special equipment is required on the vehicle side, so that the present invention is highly feasible.

Furthermore, flexible charge setting can be performed by setting various charging conditions.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a road pricing system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a data processing device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sequence diagram showing an information transfer procedure between a user information terminal and a data processing device when a prior permission application is made to a road pricing system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a prior permission application screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed information input screen.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a message screen indicating that a permission application from a user has been received.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an AVI reading processing unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of violating vehicle data.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a charging processing unit.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of billing condition data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Data processing device 2 ... AVI number plate reader 3 ... IC number plate reader 4 ... Toll gate device 5 ... User information terminal 6 ... User communication contact device 10 ... Communication line 11 ... Input / output device 13 ... Prior permission Application section 14 Special permission section 15 Reading processing section 16 Tollgate vehicle registration section 17 Billing processing section

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A road pricing method for charging a vehicle entering a predetermined area, comprising: a license plate reading step of reading a vehicle number of a vehicle passing through the predetermined area; A vehicle inspection step for checking whether or not the vehicle number is a vehicle number of a vehicle permitted to enter the vehicle, and, if the vehicle number read is not the vehicle number, charging the owner of the offending vehicle. A billing step for prompting the user to make a request. 2. An application-permitted vehicle registration step of registering, as the permitted vehicle, a vehicle number for which an organization operating and managing a road pricing system is permitted to enter the predetermined area. And a tollgate permitted vehicle registration step of registering, as the permitted vehicle, a vehicle number of a vehicle that has paid a predetermined fee at a tollgate provided at an entrance to the predetermined area. Method. 3. The road pricing method according to claim 1, wherein the license plate reading step includes: receiving image processing information for receiving a vehicle number of the vehicle read by image processing; and communicating means with the vehicle. A communication information receiving step of receiving the vehicle number transmitted by the vehicle. 4. The road pricing method according to claim 1, wherein the billing step includes a date and a place where the owner of the violating vehicle is violated. A road pricing method, comprising: a bill sending step for prompting sending of a bill containing violation information and a breakdown of billing. 5. A road pricing system for supporting a charging process for a vehicle entering a predetermined area, a data processing device for performing a charging process support operation including identification of a vehicle to be charged, and a data processing device. And a user information terminal owned by a user who wishes to pass through the predetermined area by vehicle, and is connected to the data processing device via the communication line,
A license plate reader in a predetermined area, which is installed in the predetermined area and reads a vehicle number of a vehicle passing through the predetermined area, connected to the data processing device via the communication line,
Road pricing characterized by comprising: a tollgate number plate reading device installed at a tollgate that collects a fee for vehicles entering the predetermined area and reading a vehicle number of a vehicle passing through the tollgate. system. 6. The road pricing system according to claim 5, wherein the data processing device receives a prior application for passing a vehicle through the predetermined area and registers a vehicle number of the vehicle as an entry-permitted vehicle. A prior permission registration unit, a special vehicle registration unit that registers a vehicle number of a vehicle that is not always restricted to travel in the predetermined area as an entry-permitted vehicle, and that traffic in the predetermined area is not restricted only on a predetermined day. A special permission condition registering section for registering conditions of an entry-permitted vehicle; a tollgate vehicle registration section for registering a vehicle number read by the tollgate license plate reader as an entry-permitted vehicle; and the license plate reader within the predetermined area. A violating vehicle registration unit for registering, as a violating vehicle, a vehicle that is not the entry-permitted vehicle from among the vehicle numbers read in A charge processing unit for outputting an instruction to prompt the owner of the offending vehicle to make a bill for billing.