Self-service payment equipment card collection device for highway toll station and control method thereof

Abstract

The application discloses a self-service toll payment equipment card collecting device for highway toll station and a control method thereof, and relates to the technical field of self-service toll payment equipment. The card collecting device comprises a card feeding bin, a card reading plate, a bad card box, a good card box and a guide assembly. The card feeding bin is provided with a card feeding window on the front face. The card reading plate can be moved to a sealing state, a card falling state and a card reading state. The card reading plate in the sealing state is arranged at the card feeding window and blocks the card feeding window. The card reading plate in the card reading state is arranged at the bottom of the card feeding bin and is used for receiving the CPC card fed from the card feeding window. In the card falling state, the card reading plate is arranged obliquely, and one side of the edge with a lower height of the card reading plate is provided with a card falling opening. The bad card box is arranged below the card falling opening and is used for receiving the bad card and foreign matters falling from the card falling opening. The guide assembly is arranged below the card falling opening. The guide assembly is used for guiding the good card into the good card box. The card can be collected without the driver getting off the vehicle, and the foreign matters can be automatically discharged.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of self-service payment equipment technology, and in particular to a card receiving device and its control method for a self-service payment equipment at a highway toll station. Background Technology

[0002] With the promotion of self-service payment equipment at highway toll stations, the equipment has undergone multiple product upgrades, but it still has structural inconsistencies, which lead to defects such as drivers having to get out of the car to insert cards, inability to automatically handle foreign objects, and high failure rates. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The purpose of this invention is to provide a card collection device and its control method for self-service payment equipment at highway toll stations, so as to solve the problems existing in the prior art. The device can collect cards without the driver having to get out of the vehicle and can automatically remove foreign objects.

[0004] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides the following solution:

[0005] This invention provides a card receiving device for a self-service toll payment machine at a highway toll station, comprising:

[0006] The card slot has a card insertion window on the front.

[0007] A card reader is movably disposed within the card slot. The card reader can be moved to a sealed state, a card-dropping state, and a card-reading state. In the sealed state, the card reader is positioned at the card slot and blocks the card slot. In the card-reading state, the card reader is positioned at the bottom of the card slot and is used to receive CPC cards inserted from the card slot; the card reader can read the CPC cards. In the card-dropping state, the card reader is tilted, and a card-dropping opening is formed on one side of the lower edge of the card reader.

[0008] A damaged card box is located below the card drop opening and is used to receive damaged cards and foreign objects falling from the card drop opening;

[0009] A good card box, located to one side of the bad card box and used to hold good cards; and

[0010] A guide component is disposed below the card drop slot; the guide component is used to guide the good card into the good card box.

[0011] Preferably, the guiding component includes a guide plate and a guide plate driving device. Under normal conditions, the guide plate is located on one side of the natural falling trajectory of the CPC card falling naturally from the card drop slot. When the card reader successfully reads the card, the control system automatically controls the guide plate driving device to move the guide plate to the natural falling trajectory and change the falling trajectory of the good card so that it enters the good card box.

[0012] Preferably, the guide plate is provided with multiple holes, and when the guide plate is in working state, the holes are located directly above the bad card box.

[0013] Preferably, a card-submitting auxiliary plate is provided on the outside of the card-submitting slot. The card-submitting auxiliary plate is driven by an auxiliary plate driving device. Normally, the card-submitting auxiliary plate is set vertically. When a card needs to be dispensed, the auxiliary plate driving device drives the card-submitting auxiliary plate to move to an inclined state, and the height of the card-submitting auxiliary plate increases in the direction away from the card-submitting window.

[0014] Preferably, one end of the card-submitting auxiliary plate is rotatably disposed about a horizontal axis near the bottom of the card-submitting window.

[0015] Preferably, the card reader is driven by a card reader drive device, which includes an arc-shaped rack, a first drive gear, and a first motor. The bottom of the card reader is rotatably mounted on a support frame. The arc-shaped rack is fixedly mounted at one end of the bottom of the card reader. The first drive gear is connected to the drive shaft of the first motor. The first drive gear and the arc-shaped rack mesh. The first motor drives the card reader to rotate within the card slot through the first drive gear and the arc-shaped rack.

[0016] Preferably, the device further includes a card receiving baffle and a card receiving baffle driving device. The top of the card receiving baffle is rotatably disposed. The card receiving baffle has two states: a card receiving state and a card dropping state. In the card receiving state, the card receiving baffle is in contact with one end of the card reading plate in the card reading state. In the card dropping state, the card receiving baffle and one end of the card reading plate in the card dropping state are spaced apart and form the card dropping opening. The card receiving baffle driving device drives the card receiving baffle to switch between the card dropping state and the card receiving state.

[0017] Preferably, the card receiving baffle driving device includes a torsion spring, a first paddle, and a second paddle; each side of the card receiving baffle is fixedly provided with an extension shaft, the extension shaft is rotatably connected to the card insertion compartment, the torsion spring is sleeved on the extension shaft and can provide the card receiving baffle with an upward flipping force; the first paddle is fixedly connected to the extension shaft, the arc-shaped rack is fixedly connected to a first rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the support frame, one end of the second paddle is fixedly mounted on the first rotating shaft, the second paddle and the first paddle work together, during the process of the card reader driving device driving the card reader to switch from the card reading state to the card dropping state, the second paddle can push the first paddle downward to rotate so that the second paddle finally reaches the card dropping state; in the card reading state, the end of the card reader near the card insertion window is in contact with the bottom of the card receiving baffle, and there is a buffer gap between the second paddle and the first paddle;

[0018] The auxiliary plate driving device includes a second driving gear and a second driven gear. The second driving gear is fixedly connected to the extension shaft, and the second driven gear is fixedly connected to the card-submitting auxiliary plate. When the extension shaft rotates, it drives the card-submitting auxiliary plate to rotate forward and backward through the second driving gear and the second driven gear.

[0019] The present invention also provides a control method for a card receiving device of a self-service payment equipment at a highway toll station, comprising:

[0020] When no vehicle is detected at the card insertion location, the control system controls the card reader to rotate to the sealed state;

[0021] When a vehicle is detected at the card insertion location, the control system controls the card reader to rotate to the card reading state;

[0022] After the card reading is completed, the control system controls the card reader to rotate upward by more than 50° and controls the guide component to move so that the CPC cards on the card reader slide into the card collection box in sequence after passing through the card drop slot and the guide component under their own gravity.

[0023] When card reading fails, the control system controls the card reader to rotate upward by more than 50° so that the CPC card on the card reader can fall freely into the bad card box under its own gravity through the card drop slot.

[0024] When card reading fails and a second reading is required, the control system controls the card reader to rotate upwards by 30° to 45° so that the card reader slides and changes position under its own gravity. After changing position, the control system controls the card reader to rotate downwards to restore it to a horizontal state for a second card reading.

[0025] Preferably, a card-dispensing auxiliary plate is provided on the outside of the card-dispensing slot. The card-dispensing auxiliary plate is driven by an auxiliary plate driving device. Normally, the card-dispensing auxiliary plate is set vertically. When a card needs to be dispensed, the auxiliary plate driving device drives the card-dispensing auxiliary plate to move to an inclined state. The height of the card-dispensing auxiliary plate increases along the direction away from the card-dispensing window.

[0026] When a vehicle is detected at the card-issuing location, the control system controls the card-issuing auxiliary plate to rotate to a tilted state;

[0027] When no vehicle is detected at the card-issuing location, the control system controls the card-issuing auxiliary plate to rotate to a vertical position.

[0028] The present invention achieves the following technical effects compared to the prior art:

[0029] The card slot window of this invention is located on the front of the card slot compartment, so that the driver can easily insert the CPC card into the card slot compartment for identification. In addition, the card reader in the sealed state covers the card slot window to prevent debris or flying birds from entering the card slot compartment. When the card reader flips from the card reading state to the sealed state, it can automatically push the debris out of the card slot compartment, realizing the function of automatically cleaning up debris. Attached Figure Description

[0030] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0031] Figure 1 An isometric view of the card receiving device of the self-service payment equipment at a highway toll station provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0032] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the guide component.

[0033] Figure 3 This is a structural schematic diagram of a card reader, a card reader driver, a card insertion auxiliary component, a card receiving baffle, and a card receiving baffle driver.

[0034] Figure 4 for Figure 3 A view from another direction;

[0035] Figure 5 This is a structural schematic diagram of the card reader and the card reader driver.

[0036] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the card receiving baffle and the card receiving baffle driving device;

[0037] Figure 7 This is a structural diagram of the card insertion auxiliary component, the card receiving baffle, and the card receiving baffle drive device;

[0038] Figure 8 A front sectional view of the card receiving device of the self-service payment equipment at a highway toll station provided in this embodiment of the invention, with the card reader in a sealed state and the guide plate in an inclined state.

[0039] Figure 9 This is a front sectional view of the device when the card reader is in card reading mode.

[0040] Figure 10 When the card reader plate flips up at an angle of more than 50° after successful card reading and the guide plate is in an inclined state; the front sectional view of the card receiving device of the self-service payment equipment for highway toll stations provided in this embodiment of the invention, in which the good card falls into the good card box;

[0041] Figure 11 When card reading fails, the card reader plate flips up at an angle exceeding 50° and the guide plate is in a vertical state; this is a front sectional view of the card collection device of the self-service payment equipment for highway toll stations provided in this embodiment of the invention. In this state, the faulty card falls into the faulty card box.

[0042] Figure 12 This is a schematic diagram of the device when the card reader is flipped up 35°.

[0043] It is important to note that: Figures 8-12 None of them showed a schematic diagram of the card-submitting auxiliary board's status.

[0044] In the diagram: 1-Card insertion compartment; 2-Card reader; 4-Guide assembly; 5-Damaged card box; 6-Good card box; 7-Card insertion auxiliary plate; 8-Card receiving baffle; 9-Guide plate; 13-Second motor; 14-Hole; 15-First motor; 16-First drive gear; 17-Arc rack; 18-Connecting rod; 19-First rotating shaft; 20-Extending shaft; 21-First paddle; 22-Second paddle; 23-Second drive gear; 24-Second driven gear; 25-Torsion spring. Detailed Implementation

[0045] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0046] To make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more apparent and understandable, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0047] First, some technical terms involved in the embodiments of this application will be introduced.

[0048] CPC card, short for Highway Composite Pass Card, is an electronic card used at highway toll stations.

[0049] To facilitate understanding, several examples from related technologies will be used for illustration.

[0050] First generation: Card-insertion self-service payment machine equipment. The card receiving mechanism uses a roller channel for card receiving. The driver needs to align the card with the card receiving slot and insert the CPC card into the channel to perform operations such as card reading, quotation, self-service payment, and invoice collection.

[0051] The second generation features a telescopic card reader. Based on the first generation, a screw telescopic mechanism is added to the card reader channel, allowing it to be extended closer to the driver for easier operation.

[0052] The third generation is the tray type. The tray type uses a drawer-shaped telescopic mechanism. The extended mechanism integrates a belt. After the driver throws the card onto the belt, the belt rolls and moves the CPC card to the card reading area, thus completing the subsequent self-service payment and invoice collection.

[0053] Fourth generation: Card-drop type. The card-drop type self-service payment device adopts a window-type card-dropping device. The card-dropping window is set on the front of the self-service device. The driver throws the card into the card-dropping window, and it automatically falls into the card reading area to complete the card reading self-service payment and other operations.

[0054] The above-mentioned fourth generation is the technical solution to be protected in this application. The following are several embodiments to illustrate the fourth generation card-operated self-service payment machine.

[0055] The following is combined Figures 1 to 12 The following describes embodiments of the present invention.

[0056] This invention provides a card receiving device for a self-service toll payment system at a highway toll station, comprising: a card slot 1, a card reader 2, a damaged card box 5, a good card box 6, and a guide assembly 4. The card slot 1 has a card insertion window on its front. The card reader 2 is movably disposed within the card slot 1, and can be moved to a sealed state, a card-dropping state, and a card-reading state. In the sealed state, the card reader 2 is positioned at the card insertion window and blocks it. In the card-reading state, the card reader 2 is positioned at the bottom of the card slot 1 and is used to receive CPC cards inserted through the card insertion window; the card reader 2 can read CPC cards. In the card-dropping state, the card reader 2 is tilted, and a card-dropping opening is constructed on one side of the lower edge of the card reader 2. The damaged card box 5 is located below the card-dropping opening and is used to receive damaged cards and foreign objects falling from the card-dropping opening. The good card box 6 is located on one side of the damaged card box 5 and is used to hold good cards. The guide assembly 4 is located below the card-dropping opening and is used to guide good cards into the good card box 6.

[0057] The card slot window of the present invention is located on the front of the card slot 1 so that the driver can easily insert the CPC card into the card slot 1 for identification. In addition, the card reader 2 in the sealed state covers the card slot window to prevent debris or flying birds from entering the card slot 1. When the card reader 2 flips from the card reading state to the sealed state, it can automatically push the debris out of the card slot 1, realizing the function of automatically cleaning up debris.

[0058] In some embodiments, the guide assembly 4 includes a guide plate 9 and a guide plate drive device. Normally, the guide plate 9 is located on one side of the natural falling trajectory of the CPC card that falls naturally from the card slot. When the card reader 2 successfully reads the card, the control system automatically controls the guide plate drive device to drive the guide plate 9 to move onto the natural falling trajectory and change the falling trajectory of the good card so that it enters the good card box 6.

[0059] This embodiment achieves the purpose of guiding good cards. It can be understood that when the card reader 2 fails to read the card, the control system will identify the card as a bad card, and then control the end of the card reader 2 away from the card drop slot to rotate upward so that the bad card on the card reader 2 slides into the card drop slot under its own gravity. The bad card falling from the card drop slot will naturally fall into the bad card box 5.

[0060] In some embodiments, the guide plate 9 is provided with a plurality of holes 14, and when the guide plate 9 is in the working state, the holes 14 are located directly above the bad card box 5.

[0061] In this embodiment, the drop-off slot can only accept objects of a certain size. The width of the drop-off slot is between 10mm and 20mm. This prevents foreign objects with a width greater than 20mm from falling through the drop-off slot. Therefore, only small-sized foreign objects fall through the drop-off slot. In order to separate small-sized foreign objects from good cards, the present invention provides the following embodiment.

[0062] In some embodiments, a card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 is provided on the outer side of the card slot. The card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 is driven by an auxiliary plate driving device. Normally, the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 is vertically set. When a card needs to be dispensed, the auxiliary plate driving device drives the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 to move to an inclined state, and the height of the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 increases in the direction away from the card-dispensing window. Specifically, one end of the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 is rotatably set around a horizontal axis near the bottom of the card-dispensing window.

[0063] In this embodiment, the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 serves to assist CPC cards in falling into the card-dispensing window, reducing the probability that CPC cards will not successfully fall into the card-dispensing compartment 1 due to insufficient dispensing force from the driver. In addition, when there is no need to dispense cards, i.e., under the aforementioned normal conditions, the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 is vertically set to reduce its outward extension length. Most importantly, the vertical setting of the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 can prevent it from affecting the card reader 2 in pushing debris outward.

[0064] In some embodiments, the card reader 2 is driven by a card reader drive device, which includes an arc-shaped rack 17, a first drive gear 16, and a first motor 15. The bottom of the card reader 2 is rotatably mounted on a support frame. An arc-shaped rack 17 is fixedly mounted at one end of the bottom of the card reader 2. The first drive gear 16 is connected to the drive shaft of the first motor 15. The first drive gear 16 and the arc-shaped rack 17 mesh. The first motor 15 drives the card reader 2 to rotate in the card slot 1 through the first drive gear 16 and the arc-shaped rack 17.

[0065] In some embodiments, the present invention further includes a card receiving baffle 8 and a card receiving baffle driving device. The top of the card receiving baffle 8 is rotatably disposed, and the card receiving baffle 8 has two states: a card receiving state and a card dropping state. In the card receiving state, the card receiving baffle 8 is in contact with one end of the card reading plate 2 in the card reading state. In the card dropping state, the card receiving baffle 8 and one end of the card reading plate 2 in the card dropping state are spaced apart and form a card dropping opening. The card receiving baffle driving device drives the card receiving baffle 8 to switch between the card dropping state and the card receiving state.

[0066] Understandably, in this embodiment, there is no card drop slot when the card is being received, which avoids the defect of the CPC card falling out of the card drop slot during the card receiving and reading stages. When the card reading is successful or unsuccessful, the control system controls the card reader 2 and the card receiving baffle 8 to switch states to construct a card drop slot, thereby realizing the card dropping.

[0067] Secondly, in this embodiment, due to the obstruction of the card receiving baffle 8, when the first card reading fails, the control system controls the card reader 2 to rotate upwards by 30°~45° so that the card reader 2 slides to the bottom and is in close contact with the card receiving baffle 8 under its own gravity, thus changing its position. After changing its position, the control system controls the card reader 2 to rotate downwards to return to a horizontal state for a second card reading. This embodiment can change the position of the CPC card to improve the success rate of card reading.

[0068] In some embodiments, the card receiving baffle drive device includes a torsion spring 25, a first lever 21, and a second lever 22; each side of the card receiving baffle 8 is fixedly provided with an extension shaft 20, which is rotatably connected to the card insertion compartment 1; the torsion spring 25 is sleeved on the extension shaft 20 and can provide the card receiving baffle 8 with an upward flipping force; the first lever 21 is fixedly connected to the extension shaft 20; the arc-shaped rack 17 is fixedly connected to the first rotating shaft 19, which is rotatably mounted on the support frame; one end of the second lever 22 is fixedly mounted on the first rotating shaft 19; the second lever 22 and the first lever 21 work together to drive the card reader drive device to read the card. During the process of switching from card reading mode to card dropping mode, the second lever 22 can push the first lever 21 downward to rotate so that the second lever 22 finally reaches the card dropping mode. When the card reader 2 is in card reading mode, the end near the card insertion window is in contact with the bottom of the card receiving baffle 8. There is a buffer gap between the second lever 22 and the first lever 21. This buffer gap ensures that when card reading is required to be reread, after the card reader 2 is flipped up at a certain angle (e.g., 35°), the card receiving baffle 8 is still in the card receiving mode to prevent the gap between the card receiving baffle 8 and the card reader 2 from being too large, causing unread cards to fall through the gap. For details, please compare. Figures 8-12 The card receiving baffle 8 and the card reader 2 are in a matching position.

[0069] The auxiliary plate driving device includes a second driving gear 23 and a second driven gear 24. The second driving gear 23 is fixedly connected to the extension shaft 20, and the second driven gear 24 is fixedly connected to the card-submitting auxiliary plate 7. When the extension shaft 20 rotates, it drives the card-submitting auxiliary plate 7 to rotate forward and backward through the second driving gear 23 and the second driven gear 24.

[0070] In this embodiment, the card insertion auxiliary plate 7, the card receiving baffle 8, and the card reading plate 2 share a single motor. The rotation angle is adjusted by regulating the transmission relationship between the three components, thereby achieving a one-to-one correspondence between the states of the card insertion auxiliary plate 7, the card receiving baffle 8, and the card reading plate 2. Specifically, when the card reading plate 2 is in the card reading state, the card receiving baffle 8 is in the card receiving state, and the card insertion auxiliary plate 7 is in the tilted card receiving state; when the card reading plate 2 is in the card dropping state, the card receiving baffle 8 is also in the card dropping state; when the card reading plate 2 is in the sealing state, the card insertion auxiliary plate 7 flips downward to a vertical state.

[0071] In some embodiments, the guide plate driving device includes a second motor 13 and a second transmission mechanism, wherein the second motor 13 drives the guide plate 9 to rotate through the second transmission mechanism.

[0072] The present invention also provides a control method for a card receiving device of a self-service payment equipment at a highway toll station, comprising:

[0073] When no vehicle is detected at the card insertion location, the control system controls the card reader 2 to rotate to the sealed state;

[0074] When a vehicle is detected at the card insertion location, the control system controls the card reader 2 to rotate to the card reading state;

[0075] After the card reading is completed, the control system controls the card reader 2 to rotate upward by more than 50° and controls the guide component 4 to move so that the CPC card on the card reader 2 slides into the card box 6 in sequence after passing through the card drop slot and the guide component 4 under its own gravity.

[0076] When card reading fails, the control system controls the card reader 2 to rotate upward by more than 50° so that the CPC card on the card reader 2 can fall freely into the bad card box 5 under its own gravity through the card drop slot.

[0077] When card reading fails and a second reading is required, the control system controls the card reader 2 to rotate upwards by 30°~45° so that the card reader 2 slides and changes position under its own gravity. After changing position, the control system controls the card reader 2 to rotate downwards to restore it to a horizontal state for a second card reading.

[0078] This embodiment possesses all the advantages of the card collection device for self-service payment equipment at highway toll stations described above, and will not be elaborated upon here.

[0079] In some embodiments, a card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 is provided on the outside of the card-dispensing slot. The card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 is driven by an auxiliary plate driving device. Normally, the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 is set vertically. When a card needs to be dispensed, the auxiliary plate driving device drives the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 to move to an inclined state. The height of the card-dispensing auxiliary plate 7 increases along the direction away from the card-dispensing window.

[0080] When a vehicle is detected at the card-issuing location, the control system controls the card-issuing auxiliary plate 7 to rotate to a tilted state;

[0081] When no vehicle is detected at the card-issuing position, the control system controls the card-issuing auxiliary plate 7 to rotate to a vertical position.

[0082] Specific examples have been used to illustrate the principles and implementation methods of this invention. The descriptions of the above embodiments are only for the purpose of helping to understand the method and core ideas of this invention. Furthermore, those skilled in the art will recognize that, based on the ideas of this invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation methods and application scope. Therefore, the content of this specification should not be construed as a limitation of this invention.

Claims

1. A card receiving device for a self-service toll payment system at a highway toll station, characterized in that: include: The card slot has a card insertion window on the front. A card reader is movably disposed within the card slot, and the card reader can be moved to a sealed state, a card dropping state, and a card reading state; in the sealed state, the card reader is disposed at the card slot window and blocks the card slot window; In the card reading state, the card reader is located at the bottom of the card slot and is used to receive CPC cards inserted from the card slot window; the card reader can read the CPC cards. In the card dropping state, the card reader is tilted, and a card dropping slot is formed on one side of the lower edge of the card reader. When the card reader flips from the card reading state to the sealed state, it can automatically push out debris from the card slot. A damaged card box is located below the card drop opening and is used to receive damaged cards and foreign objects falling from the card drop opening; A good card box, located to one side of the bad card box and used to hold good cards; and A guide assembly is disposed below the card drop slot; the guide assembly guides the good cards to the good card box; the guide assembly includes a guide plate and a guide plate driving device; the guide plate is provided with multiple holes, and when the guide plate is in working state, the holes are located directly above the bad card box; a card dispensing auxiliary plate is provided on the outside of the card drop slot, and the card dispensing auxiliary plate is driven by the auxiliary plate driving device. Normally, the card dispensing auxiliary plate is vertically set. When a card needs to be dispensed, the auxiliary plate driving device drives the card dispensing auxiliary plate to move to an inclined state, and the height of the card dispensing auxiliary plate increases in the direction away from the card dispensing window; The card reader is driven by a card reader drive device, which includes an arc-shaped rack, a first drive gear, and a first motor. The bottom of the card reader is rotatably mounted on a support frame. The arc-shaped rack is fixedly mounted at one end of the bottom of the card reader. The first drive gear is connected to the drive shaft of the first motor, and the first drive gear meshes with the arc-shaped rack. The first motor drives the card reader to rotate within the card slot through the first drive gear and the arc-shaped rack. The device also includes a card receiving baffle and a card receiving baffle drive device. The top of the card receiving baffle is rotatably mounted. The card receiving baffle has two states: a card receiving state and a card dropping state. In the card receiving state, the card receiving baffle is in contact with one end of the card reader in the card reading state. In the card dropping state, the card receiving baffle and one end of the card reader in the card dropping state are spaced apart and form a card dropping opening. The card receiving baffle drive device drives the card receiving baffle in the card dropping state... The card reader switches between the card reading state and the card receiving state. The card receiving baffle drive device includes a torsion spring, a first paddle, and a second paddle. Each side of the card receiving baffle has a fixed extension shaft, which is rotatably connected to the card insertion compartment. The torsion spring is sleeved on the extension shaft and provides an upward-flipping force to the card receiving baffle. The first paddle is fixedly connected to the extension shaft, and the arc-shaped rack is fixedly connected to a first rotating shaft, which is rotatably mounted on the support frame. One end of the second paddle is fixedly mounted on the first rotating shaft. The second paddle and the first paddle work together. During the process of the card reader drive device driving the card reader to switch from the card reading state to the card dropping state, the second paddle can push the first paddle downwards to rotate so that the first paddle finally reaches the card dropping state. In the card reading state, the end of the card reader near the card insertion window is in contact with the bottom of the card receiving baffle, and there is a buffer gap between the second paddle and the first paddle. The auxiliary plate driving device includes a second driving gear and a second driven gear. The second driving gear is fixedly connected to the extension shaft, and the second driven gear is fixedly connected to the card-submitting auxiliary plate. When the extension shaft rotates, it drives the card-submitting auxiliary plate to rotate forward and backward through the second driving gear and the second driven gear.

2. The card receiving device for self-service payment equipment at highway toll stations according to claim 1, characterized in that: Normally, the guide plate is located on one side of the natural falling trajectory of the CPC card that falls naturally from the card drop slot; when the card reader successfully reads the card, the control system automatically controls the guide plate drive device to move the guide plate to the natural falling trajectory and change the falling trajectory of the good card so that it enters the good card box.

3. The card receiving device for self-service toll payment equipment at highway toll stations according to claim 1, characterized in that: One end of the card-submitting auxiliary plate is rotatably mounted around a horizontal axis near the bottom of the card-submitting window.

4. A control method for the card receiving device of a self-service payment equipment at a highway toll station as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: include: When no vehicle is detected at the card insertion location, the control system controls the card reader to rotate to the sealed state; When a vehicle is detected at the card insertion location, the control system controls the card reader to rotate to the card reading state; After the card reading is completed, the control system controls the card reader to rotate upward by more than 50° and controls the guide component to move so that the CPC cards on the card reader slide into the card collection box in sequence after passing through the card drop slot and the guide component under their own gravity. When card reading fails, the control system controls the card reader to rotate upward by more than 50° so that the CPC card on the card reader can fall freely into the bad card box under its own gravity through the card drop slot. When card reading fails and a second reading is required, the control system controls the card reader to rotate upwards by 30° to 45° so that the card reader slides and changes position under its own gravity. After changing position, the control system controls the card reader to rotate downwards to restore it to a horizontal state for a second card reading.

5. The control method for the card receiving device of the self-service payment equipment at highway toll stations according to claim 4, characterized in that: An auxiliary card dispensing plate is provided on the outside of the card dispensing slot. The auxiliary card dispensing plate is driven by an auxiliary plate driving device. Normally, the auxiliary card dispensing plate is set vertically. When a card needs to be dispensed, the auxiliary plate driving device drives the auxiliary card dispensing plate to move to an inclined state. The height of the auxiliary card dispensing plate increases along the direction away from the card dispensing window. When a vehicle is detected at the card-issuing location, the control system controls the card-issuing auxiliary plate to rotate to a tilted state; When no vehicle is detected at the card-issuing location, the control system controls the card-issuing auxiliary plate to rotate to a vertical position.

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