Next to the smart charging robot system put into use at the south bank toll station of Chongqing Shiyu (Shizhu to Chongqing) Expressway, the driver is scanning the code to pay the fee. Xinhuanet Yan Junyu photo

    Xinhuanet Chongqing, November 16 (Wang Longbo) When the vehicle enters the toll booth lane, the card collection system will automatically pop up. After completing the license plate recognition and fee payment, the system will automatically lift the pole to release the instructions. This year, such a smart toll robot system will be fully put into use in two expressway toll stations in Chongqing: Shiyu (Shizhu to Chongqing) and Chongqing to Guizhou.

    The intelligent toll robot system is mainly composed of intelligent toll robot, lane intelligent emergency terminal and cloud customer service system. "Compared with the traditional manual and self-service card receiving and issuing systems, the intelligent charging robot system has stronger capabilities of scene recognition, human-computer interaction and intelligent service, such as human-computer intercom, license recognition, vehicle secondary verification, and multi-mode self-service payment." Nie Yibin, the operator of Shiyan-Chongqing and Chongqing-Guizhou expressways and secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of China Merchants Highway Chongqing Company, said.

    It is understood that compared with the traditional charging method, the intelligent charging robot system will save half the time in passing efficiency, and the average time will be controlled within 10 seconds, which will help improve the passing efficiency of expressway toll stations, greatly reduce the waiting time for passing vehicles, and alleviate the congestion of toll stations.

The intelligent toll robot system is fully put into use in the south bank toll station of Chongqing Shiyu (Shizhu to Chongqing) Expressway. Xinhuanet Yan Junyu photo

    In recent years, the national expressway system has actively promoted the intelligent construction, and successively promoted measures such as canceling provincial boundary stations. The trend of "unmanned and fast traffic" in expressway toll collection has become a hot spot in the industry. "The smart charging robot system put into use on the two expressways of Shijie and Chongqing is suitable for all-weather scenarios such as ETC, MTC and mixed charging of the whole vehicle, and supports various payment methods such as ETC card swiping, WeChat and Alipay, providing a richer and more convenient electronic payment experience." Nie Yibin said.

    It is understood that after the intelligent toll robot system is put into use at the toll station, with the support of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and other technologies, when the vehicle enters the robot lane, the entrance toll robot will receive the vehicle information sent by the vehicle identification equipment and the license plate identification equipment, and make a secondary comparison and verification with the cloud vehicle library in the background, and automatically generate a CPC card. The driver only needs to press the button to operate the card. The export charging robot will prompt the vehicle owner to insert the CPC card into the card slot, automatically read the card information to calculate the fee and prompt the vehicle owner to scan the code to pay the fee. After the payment is successful, it will automatically lift the pole and release it. In the meantime, it can also print paper traffic invoices according to the vehicle owner’s needs. If the vehicle is an ETC vehicle, the system will automatically trade and lift the pole to release it.

    "In the next step, the smart toll robot system of Shijie and Chongqing expressways will continue to be upgraded, and the intelligent level of expressway operation will be continuously improved, bringing a better travel experience to car owners." Nie Yibin said.