CN115339350A - ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method and charging equipment - Google Patents

ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method and charging equipment Download PDF

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CN115339350A
CN115339350A CN202210910612.9A CN202210910612A CN115339350A CN 115339350 A CN115339350 A CN 115339350A CN 202210910612 A CN202210910612 A CN 202210910612A CN 115339350 A CN115339350 A CN 115339350A
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潘永红
周小毛
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The invention discloses an ETC-based automatic deduction method and device for vehicle charging fee, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the charging equipment detects whether the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in a wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module through the ETC wireless communication module; when ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is detected to exist in the wireless signal acquisition range, the charging equipment switches the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state; the charging equipment judges whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging or not, and generates a first fee to be paid by the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging; the charging equipment sends a first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment through the ETC wireless communication module, triggers the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute fee deduction operation, can simplify the payment flow of vehicle charging fee, and therefore quick payment of the vehicle charging fee is achieved.

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ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method and charging equipment
The present application is a divisional application with an application date of 04/08/2020/202010773655.8, entitled "method for automatically deducting charging fee of vehicle based on ETC and charging device".
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent equipment, in particular to an ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method and charging equipment.
Background
As the amount of electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles increases, the use of common charging equipment for charging vehicles (such as charging piles disposed in parking lots or cells) is also more and more frequent.
At present, the use process of the charging device is as follows: the user scans the two-dimensional code through the mobile phone, enters the operation interface to start the charging equipment, and when payment is needed after use, the user needs to scan the two-dimensional code again to enter the payment interface to complete payment, so that the payment process is complicated. It can be seen that, in a use scenario of the charging device, how to realize quick payment of charging fees for a user becomes a problem that needs to be solved urgently.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method and charging device based on ETC, which can simplify the payment process of charging fee and is beneficial to the realization of quick payment of charging fee.
In order to solve the technical problem, a first aspect of the present invention discloses an automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method based on an ETC, the method is applied to an application scenario in which a vehicle needs to be charged, wherein a charging device is arranged in the application scenario, the charging device is provided with an ETC wireless communication module, and the method includes:
the charging equipment detects whether ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in a wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module through the ETC wireless communication module;
when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is detected to exist in the wireless signal acquisition range, the charging equipment switches the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment to charge;
the charging equipment judges whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging or not, and generates a first fee to be paid by the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging;
the charging equipment sends a first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment through the ETC wireless communication module so as to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute a first fee deduction operation, wherein the first fee deduction instruction comprises the first fee.
As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, after detecting that the ETC vehicle-mounted device is present within the wireless signal acquisition range, and before the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to a charging enable state for a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to use the charging device for charging, the method further includes:
the charging equipment judges whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is successfully connected with the charging equipment or not;
when judging that the vehicle that corresponds with ETC mobile unit with charging equipment connects successfully, charging equipment triggers the execution will charging equipment's current state switch to the enabling state that charges, so that the vehicle that ETC mobile unit corresponds uses the operation that charging equipment charges.
As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, the determining, by the charging device, whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC in-vehicle device finishes charging includes:
the charging equipment detects whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is disconnected with the charging equipment;
when the fact that the connection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and the charging equipment is disconnected is detected, the charging equipment determines that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging.
As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, the method further comprises:
when detecting that the connection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device and the charging device is not disconnected,
the charging equipment acquires the current electric quantity value of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment detects whether the current electric quantity value is larger than or equal to a predetermined electric quantity threshold value, wherein the electric quantity threshold value is chargeable electric quantity obtained by calculating the total electric quantity capacity of a battery of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and the residual electric quantity of the battery before charging when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is successfully connected with the charging equipment, or the electric quantity value input to the charging equipment before the charging of the vehicle is finished by related personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
when the fact that the current electric quantity value is larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value is detected, the charging equipment determines that the charging of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is finished.
As an alternative implementation, in the first aspect of the present invention, the method further includes:
when detecting that the current electric quantity value is not larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value, the charging device acquires an electric quantity difference value between the current electric quantity value and the electric quantity threshold value;
the charging equipment determines the predicted charging time length of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment according to the electric quantity difference value, wherein the predicted charging time length is the predicted time length required for the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to be charged by using the charging equipment and enable the real-time electric quantity value of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to be larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value;
and the charging equipment outputs the predicted charging time length so as to be known by relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and/or relevant personnel of other vehicles needing to be charged by the charging equipment in a reserved mode.
As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, after detecting that the ETC vehicle-mounted device is present within the wireless signal acquisition range, and before the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to a charging enable state for a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to use the charging device for charging, the method further includes:
the charging equipment acquires target information of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment judges whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is a charging vehicle or not according to the target information;
when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is judged to be a charging vehicle, the charging equipment triggers and executes the operation of switching the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so as to enable the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to use the charging equipment for charging;
when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is judged not to be a charging vehicle, the charging equipment outputs a stop prompt to enable relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to learn, wherein the stop prompt is used for prompting relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to prohibit the vehicle from being parked in a vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging equipment.
As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, after detecting that the ETC vehicle-mounted device is present within the wireless signal acquisition range, and before the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to a charging enable state for a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to use the charging device for charging, the method further includes:
the charging equipment acquires historical transaction information corresponding to a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment judges whether a second fee of uncompleted deduction fee exists in the historical transaction information or not, and when the second fee does not exist in the historical transaction information, the charging equipment triggers and executes the switching of the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so as to enable a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to use the charging operation of the charging equipment.
The second aspect of the present invention discloses a charging device, which is applied to an application scenario where a vehicle needs to be charged, and includes an ETC wireless communication module, a state switching module, a first determination module, and a fee generation module, wherein:
the ETC wireless communication module is used for detecting whether ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in a wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module;
the state switching module is used for switching the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state when the ETC wireless communication module detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in the wireless signal acquisition range, so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment to charge;
the first judging module is used for judging whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging or not;
the fee generating module is used for generating a first fee to be paid by the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment when the first judging module judges that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging;
the ETC wireless communication module is further used for sending a first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment so as to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute a first fee deduction operation, wherein the first fee deduction instruction comprises the first fee.
As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, the charging apparatus further includes a second determination module:
the second judgment module is used for detecting that the ETC wireless communication module exists in the wireless signal acquisition range after the ETC vehicle-mounted device and before the state switching module switches the current state of the charging device to a charging enabling state so as to be used by a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device before the charging device is charged, judging whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected with the charging device or not, and triggering the state switching module to execute the switching of the current state of the charging device to the charging enabling state when judging that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected with the charging device so as to be used by the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device for charging operation of the charging device.
As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, the first determining module includes a detecting sub-module and a determining sub-module, wherein:
the detection sub-module is used for detecting whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is disconnected with the charging equipment or not;
and the determining submodule is used for determining that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging when the detection submodule detects that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is disconnected with the charging equipment.
As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, the charging apparatus further includes a first obtaining module, a detecting module, and a determining module, wherein:
the first obtaining module is used for obtaining the current electric quantity value of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment when the first judging module detects that the connection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and the charging equipment is not disconnected;
the detection module is used for detecting whether the current electric quantity value is greater than or equal to a predetermined electric quantity threshold value, wherein the electric quantity threshold value is a chargeable electric quantity obtained by calculating the total electric quantity capacity of a battery of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device and the residual electric quantity of the battery before charging when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected with the charging device, or an electric quantity value input to the charging device before the charging of the vehicle is finished by related personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device;
the determining module is used for determining that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging when the detecting module detects that the current electric quantity value is larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value.
As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, the charging apparatus further includes a first output module, wherein:
the first obtaining module is further configured to obtain an electric quantity difference value between the current electric quantity value and the electric quantity threshold when the detecting module detects that the current electric quantity value is not greater than or equal to the electric quantity threshold;
the determining module is further configured to determine a predicted charging time length of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device according to the electric quantity difference, where the predicted charging time length is a predicted time length required for the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to be charged by using the charging device and enabling a real-time electric quantity value of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to be greater than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value;
the first output module is used for outputting the predicted charging time length so as to be known by related personnel of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and/or related personnel of other vehicles needing to be charged by the charging equipment in a reserved mode.
As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, the charging device further includes a second obtaining module, a third determining module, and a second output module, wherein:
the second obtaining module is used for obtaining target information of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment after the ETC wireless communication module detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in the wireless signal acquisition range and before the state switching module switches the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment to charge;
the third judging module is used for judging whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is a charging vehicle or not according to the target information, and triggering the state switching module to execute the operation of switching the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is judged to be the charging vehicle so as to enable the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to use the charging equipment for charging;
the second output module is used for outputting a stop prompt to inform relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment when the third judgment module judges that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is not a charging vehicle, wherein the stop prompt is used for prompting the relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to prohibit the vehicle from being parked in a vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging equipment.
As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, the charging device further includes a third obtaining module and a fourth determining module, wherein:
the third acquisition module is used for acquiring historical transaction information corresponding to the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment after the ETC wireless communication module detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in the wireless signal acquisition range and before the state switching module switches the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment to charge;
and the fourth judging module is used for judging whether a second fee of unfinished deduction exists in the historical transaction information or not, and when the second fee does not exist in the historical transaction information, the fourth judging module triggers the state switching module to execute the operation of switching the current state of the charging equipment to the charging enabling state so as to supply the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to use the charging equipment for charging.
The third aspect of the present invention discloses another charging device, which is applied in an application scenario where a vehicle needs to be charged, wherein the charging device includes:
a memory storing executable program code;
a processor coupled with the memory;
the processor calls the executable program code stored in the memory to execute the ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method disclosed by the first aspect of the invention.
A fourth aspect of the present invention discloses a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions for executing the method for automatically deducting the charging fee of the ETC-based vehicle disclosed in the first aspect of the present invention when the computer instructions are invoked.
Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
in the embodiment of the invention, when the charging device detects the ETC vehicle-mounted device through the ETC wireless communication module, the current state of the charging device is switched to the charging enabling state so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device can use the charging device for charging, and when the charging device judges that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging, a first fee is generated and a first fee deduction instruction including the first fee is sent through the ETC wireless communication module so as to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted device to execute corresponding fee deduction operation. Therefore, when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is detected by the ETC wireless communication module, the charging equipment is switched to the charging enabling state, when the vehicle finishes charging, the ETC wireless communication module sends a fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute fee deduction operation, the payment process of the vehicle charging fee can be simplified, the rapid payment of the vehicle charging fee is realized, the user experience of the charging equipment is optimized, and the popularization and the application of the charging equipment are facilitated; the function of the charging equipment is also improved, so that the intelligent operation of the charging equipment is realized.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an application scene structure of an automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method based on ETC according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method based on ETC according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating another ETC-based method for automatically deducting vehicle charging fee according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another charging device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another charging device disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention.
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In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, apparatus, product, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to those listed but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, product, or apparatus.
Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.
The invention discloses an ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method and charging equipment, which can be used for switching the charging equipment to a charging enabling state when an ETC wireless communication module detects ETC vehicle-mounted equipment, sending a fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment through the ETC wireless communication module when a vehicle finishes charging, triggering the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute fee deduction operation, and simplifying the payment flow of vehicle charging fee, so that the quick payment of the vehicle charging fee is realized, the user experience of the charging equipment is favorably optimized, and the popularization and application of the charging equipment are favorably realized; the function of the charging equipment is also improved, so that the intelligent operation of the charging equipment is realized. The following are detailed below.
ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) is applied to an application scene that a vehicle passes through a road and bridge Toll station and Toll payment is required. Particularly, realize short-range wireless communication and utilize the ETC settlement platform of computer networking technology and bank through the ETC mobile unit who installs on-vehicle ETC on-vehicle equipment and the road and bridge toll station ETC lane on the vehicle to reach the vehicle when passing through the road and bridge toll station, need not to park and just can realize the purpose of expense payment.
In order to better understand the method and the device for automatically deducting the vehicle charging fee based on the ETC described in the present invention, an application scenario of the method for automatically deducting the vehicle charging fee based on the ETC is first described, specifically, the application scenario may be as shown in fig. 1, where fig. 1 is an architecture diagram of an application scenario disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention, where the application scenario is an application scenario in which a vehicle needs to be charged and needs to pay the charging fee. As shown in fig. 1, the application scenario may include a charging device provided with an ETC wireless communication module that may be used for wireless signal interaction with an ETC in-vehicle device provided on a vehicle that needs to be charged using the charging device.
Optionally, as shown in fig. 1, the application scenario may further include a management system, where the management system may be configured to communicate with the charging device on one hand to implement data interaction with the charging device, and further implement overall management on the charging device, and on the other hand, may communicate with the ETC settlement platform through a computer network to implement data interaction with the ETC settlement platform. Specifically, the management system may be configured to send cost information (for example, a bill to be paid) of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to the ETC settlement platform through the computer network, so that the ETC settlement platform completes settlement of the cost in an electronic account corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device (or in the electronic account corresponding to the vehicle), and the management system may also be configured to receive a result regarding the settlement of the cost (for example, a deduction result indicating whether the cost is successfully deducted) in the electronic account corresponding to the vehicle, which is sent by the ETC settlement platform, through the computer network.
It should be noted that the schematic architecture of the application scenario shown in fig. 1 is only for illustrating the application scenario corresponding to the ETC-based vehicle charging fee automatic deduction method and apparatus, the related devices are only schematically shown, and the specific structure/size/shape/location/installation manner and the like can be adaptively adjusted according to the actual scenario, which is not limited by the schematic architecture shown in fig. 1.
The application scenario corresponding to the method for automatically deducting the vehicle charging fee based on the ETC is described above, and the method and the device for automatically deducting the vehicle charging fee based on the ETC are described in detail below.
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Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for automatically deducting vehicle charging fee based on ETC according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for automatically deducting the ETC-based vehicle charging fee described in FIG. 2 is applicable to the application scenario described in FIG. 1, in which the vehicle needs to be charged. As shown in fig. 2, the automatic deduction method of the ETC-based vehicle charging fee may include the operations of:
101. the charging equipment detects whether ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in a wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module through the ETC wireless communication module, when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in the wireless signal acquisition range, the step 102 is triggered and executed, and when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment does not exist in the wireless signal acquisition range, the process can be finished, or the step 101 is continuously executed.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the charging device is provided with an ETC wireless communication module, where the ETC wireless communication module may be an ETC antenna integrated with a data processing unit, and the data processing unit is configured to perform processing such as encoding and decoding on data received or transmitted by the ETC antenna.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module is a range covering a vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging device, for example: a circular area range formed by taking the position of the charging device as a center and taking a first preset distance value (for example, 10 meters) as a radius, or a rectangular area range formed by taking the position of the charging device as a center, taking a second preset distance value (for example, 12 meters) as a long side and taking a third preset distance value (for example, 10 meters) as a short side.
102. The charging equipment switches the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment for charging.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the specific manner of charging the vehicle by the charging device may be implemented by using a wired charging technology which is currently widely applied, or by using a wireless charging technology which is well known to those skilled in the art. Wherein the wireless charging technique may include: any one of wireless charging technologies such as an electromagnetic induction technology, a magnetic resonance technology, a radio wave technology, an ultrasonic technology, an infrared laser technology, an electric field coupling technology, and the like, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the current state of the charging device may be a power-off state or a standby state, and the current state of the charging device is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
Therefore, the vehicle in the wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module is intelligently detected through the ETC wireless communication module arranged on the charging equipment, and the charging enabling state is automatically switched when the vehicle is detected, so that the charging operation of the vehicle can be simplified.
In this embodiment of the present invention, further, after the step 102 is completed, the step 103 may be triggered to be executed.
103. The charging equipment judges whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging or not, when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging, the step 104 is triggered, and when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment does not finish charging, the process can be ended, and the charging enabling state of the charging equipment is continuously maintained, so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment continues to use the charging equipment for charging.
104. The charging equipment generates a first fee to be paid for charging the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment at this time.
In the embodiment of the invention, the first fee at least comprises the electric quantity fee generated by charging the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment at this time. Further, the first fee may further include a parking fee generated by charging the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device this time.
105. The charging equipment sends a first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment through the ETC wireless communication module so as to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute a first fee deduction operation.
In the embodiment of the invention, the first fee deduction instruction is used for triggering the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute the first fee deduction operation, and the first fee deduction instruction comprises first fee.
In an embodiment of the present invention, in order to enable the relevant person of the vehicle to check and confirm the first fee before the ETC vehicle-mounted device performs the first fee deduction operation, optionally, the charging device sends the first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted device through the ETC wireless communication module, and triggers the ETC vehicle-mounted device to perform the following operations:
generating pre-deduction information by the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment according to the first deduction instruction;
outputting pre-deduction information by ETC vehicle-mounted equipment, wherein the pre-deduction information comprises a first fee;
the method comprises the steps that ETC vehicle-mounted equipment detects whether a confirmation message triggered by related personnel of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is received or not, wherein the confirmation message is used for indicating that pre-deduction information is confirmed to be correct;
and when receiving a confirmation message triggered by the relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment, executing a first fee deduction operation by the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment according to the first fee deduction instruction.
In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the charging device may also directly send the first fee to the user terminal corresponding to the vehicle of the ETC vehicle-mounted device, so that the user terminal outputs the first fee to the related personnel of the vehicle of the ETC vehicle-mounted device.
Therefore, when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is detected by the ETC wireless communication module, the charging equipment is switched to the charging enabling state, when the vehicle finishes charging, the ETC wireless communication module sends a fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute fee deduction operation, the payment process of the vehicle charging fee can be simplified, the rapid payment of the vehicle charging fee is realized, the user experience of the charging equipment is optimized, and the popularization and the application of the charging equipment are facilitated; the function of the charging equipment is also improved, so that the intelligent operation of the charging equipment is realized.
In an optional embodiment, after detecting that the ETC vehicle-mounted device exists within the wireless signal acquisition range and before the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state, so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is charged by using the charging device, the method for automatically deducting the charging fee of the ETC vehicle may further include the following operations:
the charging equipment acquires historical transaction information corresponding to a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment judges whether a second fee for not deducting fees exists in the historical transaction information or not;
when the fact that the second fee does not exist in the historical transaction information is judged, the charging equipment triggers and executes the operation of switching the current state of the charging equipment to the charging enabling state so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment for charging;
when the fact that the historical transaction information contains the second fee is judged, the charging equipment sends a second fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment through the ETC wireless communication module so as to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute a second fee deduction operation;
the charging device receives a second fee deduction result aiming at a second fee deduction operation sent by the ETC vehicle-mounted device through the ETC wireless communication module;
the charging equipment judges whether the second fee is successfully deducted or not according to the second fee deduction result;
and when the second fee is successfully deducted, the charging equipment triggers and executes the operation of switching the current state of the charging equipment to the charging enabling state so as to charge the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment by using the charging equipment.
In this optional embodiment, the obtaining, by the charging device, historical transaction information corresponding to a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device may include:
the charging equipment acquires an equipment identifier of the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and sends the equipment identifier to the management system so as to trigger the management system to determine historical transaction information of the vehicle corresponding to the equipment identifier;
the charging device receives historical transaction information sent by the management system.
In this alternative embodiment, the historical transaction information is used to determine whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device has the second fee (i.e., the arrearage) of the incomplete deduction fee.
Therefore, according to the optional embodiment, the current state of the charging equipment is switched to the charging enabling state by judging that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment does not have the unpaid fee or clearing the unpaid fee when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment does not have the unpaid fee, so that the behavior of a user using the charging equipment can be standardized, the management of the charging equipment is optimized, and the intelligent function of the charging equipment is enriched.
In another optional embodiment, after the ETC vehicle-mounted device is detected to be in the wireless signal acquisition range or after the second fee of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device, which is not completed to deduct fees, is deducted and before the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to the charging enabling state, so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is charged by using the charging device, the method for automatically deducting the charging fee of the vehicle based on the ETC may include the following operations:
the charging equipment acquires target information of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment judges whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is a charging vehicle or not according to the target information;
when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is judged to be a charging vehicle, the charging equipment triggers and executes the operation of switching the current state of the charging equipment to the charging enabling state so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment for charging;
when judging that the vehicle that ETC mobile unit corresponds is not the vehicle that charges, the suggestion of stopping is forbidden in the output of charging equipment to the relevant personnel of the vehicle that supplies ETC mobile unit to correspond learn.
In this optional embodiment, the target information is used to determine whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is a charging vehicle, and the target information includes a license plate number and/or a license plate color of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device.
And a vehicle identification device (such as a license plate identification instrument, vehicle image acquisition and setting and the like) is arranged in the vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging device, and target information of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is acquired through the vehicle identification device.
In this optional embodiment, the prohibition-parking prompt is used to prompt related personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to prohibit the vehicle from being parked in the vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging device.
In this optional embodiment, optionally, the specific manner in which the charging device outputs the parking prohibition prompt may be that a signal for warning (for example, warning information combining a buzzer sound and a red warning lamp) is output through an audible and visual alarm device connected to the charging device (or provided on the charging device), and may also output the warning information of "prohibition of parking" through a display and/or voice or other forms.
It can be seen that, this optional embodiment can switch the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state when judging that the vehicle that the ETC vehicle-mounted device corresponds is the charging vehicle, when judging that the vehicle that the ETC vehicle-mounted device corresponds is not the charging vehicle, the suggestion of stopping is exported, be favorable to guiding non-charging vehicle to park in other parking positions beyond the parking position that the charging device corresponds, thereby be favorable to reducing the condition emergence that non-charging vehicle occupies the vehicle parking position that the charging device corresponds, and then be favorable to improving the effective utilization of charging device.
Example two
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method for automatically deducting vehicle charging fee based on ETC according to an embodiment of the present invention. The automatic deduction device for the charging fee of the vehicle based on the ETC described in fig. 3 is suitable for the application scenario described in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 3, the automatic deduction method of the charge fee of the ETC-based vehicle may include the operations of:
201. the charging equipment detects whether ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in a wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module through the ETC wireless communication module, when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in the wireless signal acquisition range, step 202 is executed, and when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment does not exist in the wireless signal acquisition range, the process can be finished, or step 101 is continuously executed.
202. The charging equipment switches the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment for charging.
203. The charging equipment judges whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging or not, when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging, step 204 is executed, when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment does not finish charging, the process can be finished, and the charging enabling state is maintained, so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment continues to use the charging equipment for charging.
204. The charging equipment generates a first fee to be paid for charging the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment at this time.
205. The charging equipment sends a first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment through the ETC wireless communication module so as to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute a first fee deduction operation.
206. The charging equipment receives the first fee deduction result sent by the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment through the ETC wireless communication module.
In the embodiment of the invention, the first fee deduction result is used for indicating that the first fee is successfully deducted in the process that the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment executes the first fee deduction operation, and the first fee deduction result comprises the first fee.
207. And the charging equipment outputs a first deduction result so as to be known by related personnel of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description of steps 201 to 205 may refer to the detailed description of steps 101 to 105 in the first embodiment, which is not repeated herein.
Therefore, when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is detected by the ETC wireless communication module, the charging equipment is switched to a charging enabling state, when the vehicle finishes charging, the ETC wireless communication module sends a fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute fee deduction operation, the payment process of the vehicle charging fee can be simplified, the rapid payment of the vehicle charging fee is realized, the user experience of the charging equipment is optimized, and the popularization and the application of the charging equipment are facilitated; the function of the charging equipment is also facilitated to be perfected, so that the intelligent operation of the charging equipment is realized; and after receiving the first fee deduction result sent by the ETC mobile unit through the ETC wireless communication module, the related personnel who are favorable to the vehicle that ETC mobile unit corresponds master more detailed fee deduction information to be favorable to perfecting the function of battery charging outfit, and then be favorable to improving battery charging outfit's user experience.
In an optional embodiment, after detecting that the ETC vehicle-mounted device exists within the wireless signal acquisition range and before the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state, so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is charged by using the charging device, the method for automatically deducting the charging fee of the ETC vehicle may further include the following operations:
the charging equipment judges whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is successfully connected with the charging equipment or not;
when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected with the charging device, the charging device triggers and executes the operation of switching the current state of the charging device to the charging enabling state so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device can use the charging device for charging.
In this optional embodiment, the following operations may be further included:
when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is judged to be unsuccessfully connected with the charging equipment, the charging equipment sends abnormal connection information for indicating that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is unsuccessfully connected with the charging equipment to a management system so as to trigger the management system to carry out obstacle removing operation on the charging equipment; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the charging equipment outputs a connection prompt to prompt relevant personnel of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to ensure that the vehicle is connected with the charging equipment in a charging mode.
Therefore, according to the optional embodiment, after the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected with the charging device, the current state of the charging device is switched to the charging enabling state, so that the energy consumption of the charging device before the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is charged is reduced, the energy utilization rate of the charging device is improved, and the intelligent function of the charging device is perfected; and when the vehicle is unsuccessfully connected with the charging equipment, the management system carries out obstacle removing operation and/or output connection indication on the charging equipment, so that the possibility of successful connection between the vehicle and the charging equipment can be improved, and the vehicle can be charged by using the charging equipment.
In another optional embodiment, the determining, by the charging device, whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging may include:
the charging equipment detects whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is disconnected with the charging equipment;
when the fact that the connection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device and the charging device is disconnected is detected, the charging device determines that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging.
Therefore, according to the optional embodiment, when the connection disconnection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device and the charging device is detected, the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is determined to finish charging, and the efficiency of determining that the vehicle finishes charging can be improved.
In yet another alternative embodiment, the ETC-based automatic deduction method for vehicle charging fee may further include the operations of:
when the situation that the connection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and the charging equipment is not disconnected is detected, the charging equipment acquires the current electric quantity value of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment detects whether the current electric quantity value is greater than or equal to a predetermined electric quantity threshold value; when the current electric quantity value is detected to be larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value, the charging equipment determines that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging.
In this optional embodiment, the current electric quantity value may be detected by the charging device after the charging device is successfully connected to the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device.
In this optional embodiment, the electric quantity threshold may be a chargeable electric quantity calculated by the total electric quantity capacity of the battery of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device detected by the charging device and the remaining electric quantity of the battery before charging when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected to the charging device; the electric quantity threshold value may also be an electric quantity value input by a person related to a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to the charging device before the charging of the vehicle is finished. Therefore, the setting mode of the electric quantity threshold value can be calculated by the charging equipment according to the battery capacity and the residual capacity of the vehicle, the intelligent function of the charging equipment can be enriched, enough electric quantity can be charged for the vehicle, the endurance mileage of the vehicle is improved, the electric quantity value input by a user according to requirements can be received, and the setting mode of the electric quantity threshold value and the setting mode of the abundant electric quantity threshold value can be met. Further, the electric quantity threshold value can also be set by a manufacturer when a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment leaves a factory.
In this optional embodiment, when it is detected that the current electric quantity value is not greater than or equal to the electric quantity threshold, the process is ended.
Therefore, when the optional embodiment detects that the connection between the vehicle and the charging device is not disconnected, whether the current electric quantity value of the vehicle is larger than or equal to the predetermined electric quantity threshold value or not is further detected, and if yes, the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is determined to finish charging, so that the accuracy of determining the charging finish of the vehicle can be improved, and the situation that the battery is damaged due to overcharge of the vehicle can be reduced.
In yet another alternative embodiment, the ETC-based automatic deduction method for vehicle charging fee may further include the operations of:
when detecting that the current electric quantity value is not larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value, the charging equipment acquires an electric quantity difference value between the current electric quantity value and the electric quantity threshold value;
the charging equipment determines the predicted charging time length of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment according to the electric quantity difference value;
the charging equipment outputs the predicted charging time length to be known by relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and/or relevant personnel of other vehicles needing to be charged by the charging equipment in a reserved mode.
In this optional embodiment, the predicted charging time length is a predicted time length required for charging the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device by using the charging device and enabling the real-time electric quantity value of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to be equal to the electric quantity threshold value. Further optionally, the predicted charging time length may be determined according to a real-time electric quantity value of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device, an electric quantity threshold value, and a charging characteristic curve of a corresponding vehicle battery.
It can be seen that, when the current electric quantity value of the vehicle is detected to be small, the optional embodiment further predicts the charging time required by the real-time electric quantity value of the vehicle reaching the electric quantity threshold value, and outputs the charging time to the relevant personnel of the vehicle or the relevant personnel of other vehicles, so that the relevant personnel of the vehicle can conveniently reasonably plan the time according to the charging time and timely disconnect the connection between the vehicle and the charging equipment when the real-time reaches the charging time, thereby further reducing the over-charging condition of the battery, reducing the occurrence of the invalid occupation of the charging parking position, and enabling other vehicles to timely use the charging equipment for charging, thereby improving the resource utilization rate of the charging equipment, further improving the charging experience of users, and further facilitating the popularization of the charging equipment.
EXAMPLE III
Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The charging device described in fig. 4 is suitable for the application scenario described in fig. 1 where the vehicle needs to be charged. As shown in fig. 4, the charging device may include an ETC wireless communication module 301, a state switching module 302, a first determination module 303, and a fee generation module 304, wherein:
the ETC wireless communication module 301 is used for detecting whether ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in the wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module 301.
The state switching module 302 is configured to switch the current state of the charging device to a charging enabled state when the ETC wireless communication module 301 detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted device exists in the wireless signal acquisition range, so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device uses the charging device to charge.
The first judging module 303 is configured to judge whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging.
The fee generating module 304 is configured to generate a first fee to be paid when the first determining module 303 determines that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging.
The ETC wireless communication module 301 is further configured to send a first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted device to execute a first fee deduction operation, where the first fee deduction instruction includes a first fee.
It can be seen that, when the charging device described in fig. 4 is implemented, the charging device is switched to the charging enabling state when the ETC wireless communication module detects the ETC vehicle-mounted device, and when the vehicle finishes charging, the ETC wireless communication module sends a fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted device to execute fee deduction operation, so that the payment process of the vehicle charging fee can be simplified, the rapid payment of the vehicle charging fee is realized, the user experience of the charging device is optimized, and the popularization and application of the charging device are facilitated; the function of the charging equipment is also improved, so that the intelligent operation of the charging equipment is realized.
In an alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the charging device further comprises a second determination module 305, wherein:
the second determining module 305 is configured to determine whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected with the charging device after the ETC wireless communication module 301 detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted device exists within the wireless signal acquisition range and before the state switching module 302 switches the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state for charging the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device using the charging device, and when it is determined that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected with the charging device, trigger the state switching module 302 to perform the above-mentioned operation of switching the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state for charging the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device using the charging device.
It can be seen that, after the charging device described in fig. 5 is implemented, the current state of the charging device is switched to the charging enable state after the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is successfully connected with the charging device, which is beneficial to reducing the energy consumption of the charging device before the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is charged, thereby being beneficial to improving the energy utilization rate of the charging device, and further being beneficial to perfecting the intelligent function of the charging device.
In another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the first determining module 303 includes a detecting sub-module 3031 and a determining sub-module 3032, wherein:
and the detection submodule 3031 is used for detecting whether the connection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and the charging equipment is disconnected.
And the determining submodule 3032 is configured to determine that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging when the detecting submodule 3031 detects that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is disconnected from the charging device.
It can be seen that implementing the charging device described in fig. 5 can also improve the efficiency of determining that the vehicle ends charging by determining that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device ends charging when it is detected that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is disconnected from the charging device.
In yet another optional embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the charging device further includes a first obtaining module 306, a detecting module 307, and a determining module 308, wherein:
the first obtaining module 306 is configured to obtain a current electric quantity value of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device when the first determining module 303 detects that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is disconnected from the charging device.
The detection module 307 is configured to detect whether the current electric quantity value is greater than or equal to a predetermined electric quantity threshold, where the electric quantity threshold may be a chargeable electric quantity calculated from a total electric quantity capacity of a battery of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC onboard device detected by the charging device and a remaining electric quantity of the battery before charging when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC onboard device is successfully connected with the charging device; the electric quantity threshold value may also be an electric quantity value input by a person related to a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to the charging device before the charging of the vehicle is finished.
The determining module 308 is configured to determine that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging when the detecting module 307 detects that the current electric quantity value is greater than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value.
In the embodiment of the present invention, optionally, after the determining module 308 determines that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging, the fee generating module 304 may be triggered to start.
It can be seen that, by implementing the charging device described in fig. 5, when it is detected that the connection between the vehicle and the charging device is not disconnected, it can be further detected whether the current electric quantity value of the vehicle is greater than or equal to the predetermined electric quantity threshold value, and if so, it is determined that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging, so that not only can the accuracy of determining the end of charging of the vehicle be improved, but also the occurrence of battery damage due to overcharge of the vehicle can be reduced.
In yet another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the charging device further comprises a first output module 309, wherein:
the first obtaining module 306 is further configured to obtain a power difference between the current power value and the power threshold when the detecting module 307 detects that the current power value is not greater than or equal to the power threshold.
The determining module 308 is further configured to determine a predicted charging time period of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device according to the electric quantity difference, where the predicted charging time period is a predicted time period required for the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to be charged by using the charging device and enabling a real-time electric quantity value of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to be equal to the electric quantity threshold.
And a first output module 309, configured to output the predicted charging duration for learning of people related to the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device and/or people related to other vehicles that need to reserve for charging using the charging device.
It can be seen that, when the charging device described in fig. 5 is implemented, it is possible to further predict the charging duration required for the real-time electric quantity value of the vehicle to reach the electric quantity threshold value by detecting that the current electric quantity value of the vehicle is small, and output the charging duration to the relevant personnel of the vehicle or the relevant personnel of other vehicles, so that the relevant personnel of the vehicle can timely disconnect the vehicle from the charging device according to the reasonably planned time of the charging duration and when the real-time duration reaches the charging duration, thereby further reducing the situation of over-charging of the battery, and also reducing the situation that the charging parking position is occupied inefficiently, and also enabling other vehicles to timely use the charging device for charging, thereby improving the resource utilization rate of the charging device, further improving the charging experience of the user, and further facilitating the popularization of the charging device.
In still another optional embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the charging apparatus further includes a second obtaining module 310, a third determining module 311, and a second outputting module 312, wherein:
the second obtaining module 310 is configured to, after the ETC wireless communication module 301 detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted device exists within the wireless signal acquisition range, and before the state switching module 302 switches the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state, obtain target information of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device before the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is charged by using the charging device.
The third determining module 311 is configured to determine whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is a charging vehicle according to the target information, and when it is determined that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is the charging vehicle, the trigger state switching module 302 executes the above operation of switching the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state, so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device uses the charging device for charging.
The second output module 312 is configured to, when the third determining module 311 determines that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device is not a charging vehicle, output a stop prompt for a relevant person of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to learn, where the stop prompt is used to prompt the relevant person of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device to prohibit the vehicle from being parked in the vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging device.
It can be seen that, the charging equipment described in fig. 5 can also switch the current state of the charging equipment to the charging enabling state when judging that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is the charging vehicle, and when judging that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is not the charging vehicle, a stop prohibition prompt is output, so that the charging equipment is favorable for guiding the non-charging vehicle to park in other parking positions beyond the parking position corresponding to the charging equipment, thereby being favorable for reducing the occurrence of the situation that the non-charging vehicle occupies the vehicle parking position corresponding to the charging equipment, and further being favorable for improving the effective utilization rate of the charging equipment.
In yet another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the charging device further includes a third obtaining module 313 and a fourth determining module 314, where:
the third obtaining module 313 is configured to, after the ETC wireless communication module 301 detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted device exists within the wireless signal acquisition range, and before the state switching module 302 switches the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state, obtain historical transaction information corresponding to the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device before the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device uses the charging device to charge.
The fourth determining module 314 is configured to determine whether there is a second fee that is not paid for in the historical transaction information, and when it is determined that there is no second fee in the historical transaction information, the triggering state switching module 302 is further configured to execute the above operation of switching the current state of the charging device to the charging enable state, so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device charges using the charging device.
It can be seen that, by implementing the charging device described in fig. 5, the current state of the charging device can be switched to the charging enable state only by determining that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device does not have the unpaid fee or clearing the unpaid fee when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device does not have the unpaid fee, so that the behavior of the user using the charging device can be standardized, the management of the charging device is optimized, and the intelligent function of the charging device is enriched.
Example four
Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 shows another charging apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The charging device depicted in fig. 6 is suitable for application scenarios in which the vehicle depicted in fig. 1 needs to be charged. As shown in fig. 6, the charging apparatus may include:
a memory 501 in which executable program code is stored;
a processor 502 coupled to the memory 501;
further, an input interface 503 and an output interface 504 coupled to the processor 502 may be included;
the processor 502 calls the executable program code stored in the memory 501 for executing the steps of the ETC-based vehicle charging fee automatic deduction method described in the first embodiment or the second embodiment.
EXAMPLE five
An embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute the steps of the ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method described in the first or second embodiment.
Example six
An embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, and the computer program is operable to cause a computer to execute the steps of the ETC based vehicle charging fee automatic deduction method described in the first or second embodiment.
The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the modules described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.
Through the above detailed description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that each embodiment may be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and may also be implemented by hardware. With this understanding in mind, the above technical solutions may essentially or in part contribute to the prior art, be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, including a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), a One-time Programmable Read-Only Memory (OTPROM), an electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), an optical Disc-Read (CD-ROM) or other storage medium capable of storing data, a magnetic tape, or any other computer-readable medium capable of storing data.
Finally, it should be noted that: the embodiment of the invention discloses an automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method and charging equipment based on ETC, which are only preferred embodiments of the invention, and are only used for explaining the technical scheme of the invention, but not limiting the technical scheme; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art; the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

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1. The ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method is applied to an application scene that a vehicle needs to be charged, wherein a charging device is arranged in the application scene, the charging device is provided with an ETC wireless communication module, and the method comprises the following steps:
the charging equipment detects whether ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in a wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module through the ETC wireless communication module, wherein the wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module is a range covering a vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging equipment;
when the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is detected to exist in the wireless signal acquisition range, the charging equipment switches the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment to charge;
the charging equipment judges whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging or not, and generates a first fee to be paid by the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging;
the charging equipment sends a first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment through the ETC wireless communication module so as to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute a first fee deduction operation, wherein the first fee deduction instruction comprises the first fee;
wherein, when detecting that exist in the wireless signal collection scope when ETC mobile unit, charging equipment will charging equipment's current state switches to the enable state that charges, includes:
the charging equipment acquires target information of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment judges whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is a charging vehicle or not according to the target information;
when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is judged to be a charging vehicle, the charging equipment triggers and executes the current state of the charging equipment to be switched to a charging enabling state, so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging operation of the charging equipment.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after detecting the presence of the ETC onboard device within the wireless signal acquisition range and before the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to a charging enabled state for charging a vehicle corresponding to the ETC onboard device by using the charging device, the method further comprises:
the charging equipment judges whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is successfully connected with the charging equipment or not;
when judging with the vehicle that ETC mobile unit corresponds with charging equipment connects successfully, charging equipment triggers the execution will charging equipment's current state switch to the enable state that charges, for the vehicle that ETC mobile unit corresponds uses the operation that charging equipment charges.
3. The ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method according to claim 2, wherein the step of judging whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device finishes charging by the charging device comprises the steps of:
the charging equipment detects whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is disconnected with the charging equipment or not;
when the situation that the connection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and the charging equipment is disconnected is detected, the charging equipment determines that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging.
4. The ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method of claim 3, further comprising:
when the fact that the connection between the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and the charging equipment is not disconnected is detected, the charging equipment acquires the current electric quantity value of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment detects whether the current electric quantity value is larger than or equal to a predetermined electric quantity threshold value, wherein the electric quantity threshold value is chargeable electric quantity obtained by calculating the total electric quantity capacity of a battery of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and the residual electric quantity of the battery before charging when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is successfully connected with the charging equipment, or the electric quantity value input to the charging equipment before the charging of the vehicle is finished by related personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
when the current electric quantity value is detected to be larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value, the charging equipment determines that the charging of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is finished.
5. The ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method of claim 4, further comprising:
when detecting that the current electric quantity value is not larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value, the charging device acquires an electric quantity difference value between the current electric quantity value and the electric quantity threshold value;
the charging equipment determines the predicted charging time length of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment according to the electric quantity difference value, wherein the predicted charging time length is the predicted time length required for the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to be charged by using the charging equipment and enable the real-time electric quantity value of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to be larger than or equal to the electric quantity threshold value;
and the charging equipment outputs the predicted charging time length so as to be known by related personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment and/or related personnel of other vehicles needing to reserve and use the charging equipment for charging.
6. The ETC-based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method according to claim 1, wherein after detecting the presence of the ETC vehicle-mounted device within the wireless signal acquisition range, and after the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to a charging enabled state, the charging device is used by a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device for charging, the method further comprises:
when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is judged not to be a charging vehicle, the charging equipment outputs a stop prompt to enable relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to learn, wherein the stop prompt is used for prompting relevant personnel of the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to prohibit the vehicle from being parked in a vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging equipment.
7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein after detecting the presence of the ETC vehicle-mounted device within the wireless signal acquisition range and before the charging device switches the current state of the charging device to a charging enabled state for charging a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted device by using the charging device, the method further comprises:
the charging equipment acquires historical transaction information corresponding to a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment judges whether a second fee of uncompleted deduction fee exists in the historical transaction information or not, and when the second fee does not exist in the historical transaction information, the charging equipment triggers and executes the switching of the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state so as to enable a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to use the charging operation of the charging equipment.
8. The utility model provides a charging equipment, its characterized in that, charging equipment is applied to the vehicle and need carry out the application scene of charging, charging equipment includes ETC wireless communication module, state switching module, first judgement module and expense generation module, wherein:
the ETC wireless communication module is used for detecting whether ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in a wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module, and the wireless signal acquisition range of the ETC wireless communication module is a range covering a vehicle parking area corresponding to the charging equipment;
the state switching module is used for switching the current state of the charging equipment to a charging enabling state when the ETC wireless communication module detects that the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment exists in the wireless signal acquisition range, so that a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging equipment to charge;
the first judging module is used for judging whether a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging or not;
the fee generating module is used for generating a first fee to be paid by the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment when the first judging module judges that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment finishes charging;
the ETC wireless communication module is further used for sending a first fee deduction instruction to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment so as to trigger the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment to execute a first fee deduction operation, wherein the first fee deduction instruction comprises the first fee;
wherein, when detecting that exist in the wireless signal collection scope when ETC mobile unit, charging equipment will charging equipment's current state switches to the enable state that charges, includes:
the charging equipment acquires target information of a vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment;
the charging equipment judges whether the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is a charging vehicle or not according to the target information;
when the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment is judged to be a charging vehicle, the charging equipment triggers and executes the current state of the charging equipment to be switched to a charging enabling state, so that the vehicle corresponding to the ETC vehicle-mounted equipment can use the charging operation of the charging equipment.
9. A charging device is applied to an application scene that a vehicle needs to be charged, wherein the charging device comprises:
a memory storing executable program code;
a processor coupled with the memory;
the processor invokes the executable program code stored in the memory to perform the ETC based automatic vehicle charging fee deduction method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
10. A computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for performing the ETC-based vehicle charging fee automatic deduction method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 when invoked.
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