JP2000113247A - Charging processor for mobile object - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a charging processor for a mobile object which easily updates charging information. SOLUTION: An on-vehicle machine 30 receives charging information transmitted from an integrated center, compares whether or not it is newer than the next term charging information stored in a memory 230B, and when it is newer, the next term charging information is rewritten. Also, when the effective date of the next term charging information comes, the currently used charging information stored in a memory 230A is rewritten into the next term charging information. Because of this, a transmitting side can easily update the charging information in accordance with traffic situations and receiving sides can simultaneously update the charging information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile charging apparatus, and more particularly to a mobile processing apparatus for transmitting and receiving charging information by wireless communication between the mobile body and the ground, thereby utilizing the mobile body. The present invention relates to a mobile charging apparatus for charging a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle traveling on a toll facility, for example, a toll road, is charged according to the type of the vehicle and the traveling distance on the toll road. In order to automatically collect tolls at the entrance gate and exit gate of this toll road, a communication device having an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio waves as an interrogator for inquiring the corresponding vehicle for information (hereinafter referred to as a road device) ) Is disposed on the road side, and a communication device (hereinafter, referred to as an on-vehicle device) having an antenna as a transponder for responding to the inquired information is disposed on the vehicle.
2. Description of the Related Art A road-to-vehicle communication system that wirelessly transmits and receives information between an on-vehicle device and a road device to perform billing processing is known.

However, in the road-to-vehicle communication system as described above, information is exchanged by installing on-road devices at entrances and exits of a charging area such as an entrance gate and an exit gate of a toll road. If it is determined in a wide area or the like and the doorway cannot be specified, roadside machines must be installed at all places where the doorway is expected to be. Also, it cannot be applied when the charging target area changes.

[0004] In order to solve this problem, charging information such as a charging target area and a charging amount is recorded on a recording medium such as an IC card, and charging is performed based on the charging target area recorded on the IC card. Has been proposed by the present applicant (Japanese Patent Application No. 10-37714).

[0005] By the way, the charging target area once set is:
When the traffic situation changes due to the date, time zone, and various environmental factors, areas that no longer need to be charged or areas that need to be newly charged occur. In addition, it is necessary to change the billing amount according to a change in traffic conditions and a change in prices.

[0006]

However, in the above system, when changing the billing information such as the billing target area and the billing amount, it is necessary to rewrite the billing information recorded on the IC card in each vehicle-mounted device. It is difficult to update the billing information all at once.

An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile charging apparatus which can easily update charging information in consideration of the above fact.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a billing processing apparatus for a mobile body.
Detecting means for detecting the current position of the moving object; receiving means for receiving charging information including at least one of charging area data and charging data corresponding to the charging area; storage means for storing the charging information; Updating means for updating the charging information stored in the storage means based on the charging information received by the means; and a current position of the moving object detected by the detecting means and the charging information stored in the storage means. And charging means for performing a charging process for the moving object based on the

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the charging apparatus for a mobile unit according to the first aspect, the charging information is
It is characterized by being distributed from the center side by M multiplex communication.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the charging apparatus for a mobile unit according to the first or second aspect, the charging information stored in the storage means is compared with the charging information received by the receiving means. And determining means for determining whether to update the billing information stored in the storage means.

In the billing apparatus for a mobile unit, the detecting means detects a current position of the mobile unit. As this detection means, an in-vehicle navigation system capable of indicating a route to a destination or displaying a map for driving assistance can be used. This navigation system uses a GPS system as is well known,
For example, a position determined by latitude and longitude can be easily detected.

The receiving means receives, from the outside, charging information including at least one of charging area data and charging data corresponding to the charging area. Note that the billing information may be distributed from the center side by FM multiplex communication, as described in claim 2. The charging area data is data for specifying a charging area, and the charging data is data of a charging amount according to the charging area. These may change depending on traffic conditions, dates, time zones, or combinations thereof.

The updating means updates the billing information stored in the storage means based on the billing information received by the receiving means. The updating of the billing information stored in the storage means may be, for example, always updated to the information received by the receiving means, or the billing information stored in the storage means and the reception information may be updated. The billing information received by the means may be compared with the billing information, and whether the billing information stored in the storage means is updated may be determined by the determining means, and the billing information may be updated according to the determination. The comparison between the billing information stored in the storage unit and the billing information received by the receiving unit is, for example,
The charging information includes information for comparing the new and old information such as the version number and the transmission date and time, and the information for comparing the new and old information included in the charging information received by the receiving unit and the charging stored in the storage unit. This is performed by comparing the information included in the information with the information for comparing the old and new. Alternatively, the billing information itself may be compared to determine whether there is a difference, and if there is a difference, the billing information may be updated. Further, the billing information includes an effective date and time indicating when the billing information becomes effective, and the effective date and time included in the billing information received by the receiving unit is compared with the current date and time, and when the effective date and time have already been reached. May be updated.

[0014] The billing processing means bills the moving object based on the current position of the moving body detected by the detecting means and the billing information stored in the storage means.

As described above, the billing information is received by the receiving means, and the billing process is performed based on the received billing information. Therefore, it is not necessary for the receiving side to read the billing information from a storage medium or the like and update the billing information. Further, the billing information can be updated all at once.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to an automatic billing system for automatically billing a vehicle entering a toll facility. Note that the automatic charging system used in the present embodiment is a system for detecting the position of a vehicle using an on-vehicle device and settingtle the usage fee based on the detection result.

FIG. 1 shows a conceptual configuration of an automatic charging system 10 according to the present embodiment. The automatic charging system 10 according to the present embodiment is mounted on a vehicle 32 and has a GPS satellite 2
GPS antenna for receiving signals from 0, 22, and 24 and terrestrial antenna for terrestrial communication (details will be described later)
And a general center 40 as a road device fixedly installed on the ground and equipped with a GPS antenna 42 for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellites 20, 22, 24. Have been. General Center 40
Also has a terrestrial antenna 44 for terrestrial communication.

The on-vehicle device 30 includes GPS satellites 20, 22,
The location of the vehicle 32 is specified by the GPS signal from the GPS 24, and charging processing (calculation) is performed based on the specified position information and charging information transmitted from the general center 40 and including data such as a charging target area and a charging amount. ), And a billing process is performed based on the processing result.

As shown in FIG. 2, the integrated center 40 installed on the ground has a center control device 100.
The center control device 100 includes a CPU 102, a RAM 10
4, a microcomputer comprising a ROM 106 and an input / output port (I / O) 108, each of which is connected by a bus 110 so that commands and data can be exchanged. The ROM 106 stores a processing routine described below.

A GPS communication device 120 having a GPS antenna 42 is connected to the input / output port 108 and a terrestrial communication device 12 having a terrestrial antenna 44.
2 are connected. The GPS communication device 120 is a GPS communication device.
This is for specifying the position of itself, that is, the position of the general center 40 by the GPS signals from the S satellites 20, 22, 24. Also, the terrestrial communication device 122 is for communicating or providing information to the vehicle-mounted device 30 mounted on the vehicle through communication, and a wireless communication device is employed. An example of the wireless communication device is an FM broadcast or an FM broadcast.
There are telephone line communication such as teletext, FM multiplex communication, well-known radio wave communication, optical communication, and mobile communication device.

The input / output port 108 has a memory 1
24 are connected. The memory 124 stores a charge table 12 storing charge information indicating charges in a charging target area.
4A, a map database 124B storing map information for determining a charging target area, and a user management database 124C storing individual information of users who can be connected to the integrated center and should be managed.

The center control device 100 has a floppy disk unit (FDU) 11 into which a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD) as a recording medium can be inserted and removed.
2 are connected. Note that a processing routine described later can be read from and written to the FD using the FDU 112. Therefore, a processing routine to be described later may be recorded in the FD in advance without being stored inside the center control device 100, and the processing program recorded in the FD via the FDU 112 may be executed.

A large-capacity storage device (not shown) such as a hard disk device is connected to the center control device 100, and
The processing program recorded in D may be stored (installed) in a mass storage device (not shown) and executed. As a recording medium, there is an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or a magneto-optical disk such as an MD or MO. When these are used, a CD-ROM device, an MD device, an MO device, etc. may be used instead of the FDU or further. It may be used.

Next, the vehicle-mounted device 30 will be described. The in-vehicle device 30 used in the present embodiment is configured by applying the present invention to a navigation system that provides route assistance information to a driver by video or audio. The in-vehicle device 30 including the navigation system is mounted on an instrument panel of a vehicle 32 for communicating with a road device.

As shown in FIG. 3, the on-vehicle devices 30 including the navigation system according to the present embodiment
0, a CPU 202, a RAM 204, a ROM 206,
And an apparatus main body 200 composed of a microcomputer including an input / output port (I / O) 208.
Note that the RAM 204 is a backup ram, and backs up (stores) the stored information even when the power is turned off. A floppy disk unit (FD device) 236 into which a floppy disk FD can be inserted and removed is connected to the input / output port 208. Note that R
The OM 206 stores a processing routine and various data described below.

The various data and processing routines to be described later can be read from and written to the floppy disk FD using the FD device 236. Therefore, the processing routine to be described later may be recorded on the floppy disk FD in advance without being stored in the ROM 206, and the processing program recorded on the floppy disk FD via the FD device 236 may be executed. Also, a large-capacity storage device (not shown) such as a hard disk device is connected to the device main body 200,
The processing program recorded on the floppy disk FD may be stored (installed) in a mass storage device (not shown) and executed. As a recording medium, there are an optical disk such as a CD-ROM and a magneto-optical disk such as an MD and MO.
A CD-ROM device instead of or in addition to the D device 236,
An MD device, an MO device, or the like may be used.

The in-vehicle device 30 including the navigation system of the present embodiment can be connected to a vehicle local area network (not shown) via the input / output port 24.

The input / output port 208 is provided with an in-vehicle GP.
An on-vehicle GPS device 220 having an S antenna 220A is connected, and a terrestrial communication device 222 having a terrestrial antenna 222A is connected. Automotive GPS
The device 220 is adapted to transmit G signals from the GPS satellites 20, 22, 24.
This is for specifying the position of the own vehicle 32 by the PS signal.

The terrestrial communication device 222 is for communicating or providing information to the terrestrial side by communication, and employs a wireless communication device. Examples of the wireless communication device include FM broadcast, FM text broadcast, FM multiplex communication, well-known radio wave communication, and telephone line communication such as a mobile communication device. Therefore, as the terrestrial communication device 222, a mobile communication device such as a mobile phone or an on-vehicle telephone device can be used, and wireless communication (telephone communication) between the vehicle and a telephone device outside the vehicle via the on-vehicle device 30 can be performed. Conversation over a line).

The input / output port 208 has a memory 2
30 are connected. The memory 230 includes storage areas 230A and 230B for storing the billing information transmitted from the integrated center 40, and a map database 230C for storing map information for providing route assistance information by video to the driver. I have.

Further, the input / output port 208 has a display device 224 for providing the driver with route assist information by video, and an audio device 228 having a speaker 228A for providing audio information to the driver. And an input device 226 such as a keyboard and a switch device. The display device 224 can display map information. The audio device 228 is connected to the device main body 12.
This is for converting any one of the digital signal and the analog signal output from the audio signal into a drive signal for the speaker 228A and outputting the signal.

The data to be stored in the memory 230 may be stored in a storage medium such as a floppy disk FD or a hard disk device using the FD device 236.

An input / output port 208 is provided with an IC card 232 on which charge balance information and the like are stored.
A card read / write device 234 is provided. The on-vehicle device 30 stores fixed data such as an ID code including a vehicle number and vehicle type information in advance in a RAM 204 or a ROM 206.
The IC card 232 refers to the charge balance information of the IC card 232 attached by the IC card read / write device 234 and writes the charge balance information to the IC card 232. The IC card includes a prepaid card and a credit card.

The mounting position (mounting position) of the vehicle-mounted device 30
Is not limited to the instrument panel of the vehicle as described above, but may be any position at which communication with the ground side is possible by an antenna, and may be, for example, inside a vehicle such as a rear seat. Further, the in-vehicle device 30 may have a separate configuration including the in-vehicle device body and the antenna. When the in-vehicle device main body and the antenna are configured separately as described above, only the antenna can be installed on the instrument panel or at a position in the direction of the rear seat as described above, and the mounting position information indicates that the antenna is It shall be registered for the installed position.

Further, the vehicle-mounted device is constantly supplied with power from the vehicle-mounted battery when the ignition is turned on. Also,
It is assumed that the vehicle-mounted device can acquire the date and time information of the year, month and day and the current time by using a built-in clock (not shown) mounted on the vehicle 32.

In the above description, the charge table is stored in the memory of both the vehicle-mounted device 30 and the general center 40, but may be stored only in the memory of the general center 40.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

First, the operation of the ground side, that is, the operation of the integrated center 40 will be described in detail. In the present embodiment, the general center 40 transmits information for billing processing to the vehicle-mounted device 30 attached to the vehicle 32.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the general center 40,
In step 300, the GPS satellites 20, 22, 24
The GPS signal is received at the next step 302, that is, the reference position of the general center 40 (reference latitude / longitude P
o), and generates GPS correction information. This GPS correction information is obtained from GPS satellites 20, 22, and 24.
This is for correcting when a signal error is large. Since the general center 40 is fixedly installed, G
This is because even when there is a change in the GPS signal from the PS satellites 20, 22, 24, the vehicle-mounted device 30 corrects the change.

In the next step 304, the charging information is read from the memory 124, and the GPS correction information is transmitted together with the charging information in the next step 306. This transmission can be performed by, for example, FM multiplex communication or a telephone line, and the billing information can be transmitted by the same communication protocol as the GPS correction information.

The billing information is defined by data representing a billable area Area composed of a plurality of predetermined areas and a billing amount corresponding thereto. Chargeable area Ar
As an example of ea, as shown in FIG. 5, a rectangular area A, an area B adjacent to the area A, an area B
And an area C adjacent to the area C, and areas D and E adjacent to the area C. Each of these areas can be specified by latitude and longitude and data representing its shape. The area of each area can be changed or the shape can be changed as necessary.

Further, the billing amount can be made different for each billing area. For example, the charge amount is increased as approaching the city center, the charge amount is changed according to the number of uses, the charge amount is changed according to the degree of congestion,
The charge amount can be changed according to the use time or the use time zone, or the charge amount can be changed according to the traveling distance.
In the following description, these conditions for determining the charge amount are referred to as calculation conditions for charging (charging calculation conditions). The charging calculation conditions include the following.

The first charge calculation condition uses the number of times of entry into the area and the mileage according to the time zone shown in the table showing the charge for each area in Table 1 below.

[0045]

[Table 1] Unit: Yen By setting as described above, the number of times of entry and travel distance (500 m
Each time), the billing amount increases.

The second charge calculation condition uses the area staying time shown in the table representing the charge for each area, and the third charge calculation condition uses the area congestion degree shown in the table representing the charge for each area. Used, and the fourth billing calculation condition is:
The vehicle speed (or the average vehicle speed) when the vehicle travels in the area indicated by the table indicating the fee for each area is used.

By including at least one of the tables based on the above-described billing calculation conditions in the billing information, it is possible to specify the chargeable area and the charge.

When changing the billing information, the billing information before the change and the billing information after the change may be transmitted together. That is, a plurality of pieces of billing information having different contents may be transmitted. For this reason, the charging information includes data such as a version number and a transmission date and time so that the in-vehicle device 30 can identify the new or old charging information received. The date is included.

The billing information described above is stored in the IC card 23
2 may be stored in advance, and further, billing information transmitted from the general center 40 may be stored.

Next, the operation of the vehicle-mounted device 30 will be described.

In this embodiment, the IC card 232
The billing information stored in advance in the memory 232 is read.
A is assumed to be stored in advance in A.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the vehicle-mounted device 30 attached to the vehicle, the following interrupt processing is executed at predetermined time intervals (one minute in this embodiment), and at step 400, as shown in FIG. On the ground, that is, the general center 40
Is received. General Center 40
From the billing information and G, as described above.
This is PS correction information.

In step 500 shown in FIG. 7, information transmitted from the integrated center 40 is received, and in step 502, it is determined whether or not billing information is included. In step 504, the affirmative determination is made in step 502, and the current billing information stored in the memory 230A is compared with the current billing information to determine whether the information is new. If the received billing information is not new, step 50
It is denied by 4 and returns. If the received billing information is new, affirmative determination is made in step 504 and step 5
At 06, it is determined whether or not there is next charging information in the memory 230B. If there is no next billing information, the answer is negative in step 506, the billing information received in step 510 is stored in the memory 230B, and the process returns. If there is next billing information, the answer is affirmative in step 506 and received in step 508. The charging information is compared with the next charging information stored in the memory 230B to determine whether the information is new information. If it is not new information, the determination is negative in step 508 and the process returns. If it is new information, step 51
The accounting information received at 0 is rewritten and stored in the memory 230B, and the process returns. The determination as to whether the information is new information in steps 504 and 510 is made based on the version number and the transmission date and time included in the billing information.
Note that the content of the billing information itself may be compared to determine whether there is a difference.

If the result in step 502 is negative, that is, if no billing information is included, step 512
It is determined whether or not there is next charging information in the memory 230B. If there is no next billing information, the determination is negative in step 512 and the routine returns. If there is next billing information, the result is affirmed in step 512. In step 514, the effective date and time of the next billing information are compared with the current date and time, and are already activated. It is determined whether the date and time have passed, that is, whether the next billing information is valid. If the effective date and time has not passed, a negative decision is made in step 514 and the routine returns. If the effective date and time has already passed, the result in step 514 is affirmative, and the next billing information stored in the memory 230B is rewritten to the memory 230A. Then, in step 518, the next billing information stored in the memory 230B is deleted.

As described above, the billing information to be issued next is stored in another memory, so that the billing information can be updated immediately when the effective date and time is reached.

When the information receiving process is performed as described above, in the next step 402, the charging target area A is obtained from the charging information stored in the storage area 230A of the memory 230.
rea is derived, and the received GPS correction information is stored.

In the next step 406, the GPS satellite 2
The GPS signals from 0, 22, and 24 are received, and the current date and time (year, month, day, and time) are read in the next step 408, and in the next step 410, the own position, that is, the vehicle 3
2. The current position (latitude / longitude P (t)) is obtained. When the latitude / longitude P (t) is obtained, the previously stored GP
S correction information can be used.

In the next step 412, the obtained latitude and longitude P
In the next step 414, the area to which the latitude and longitude P (t) belongs is determined by associating (t) with the map database stored in advance. In this step 414, the charging target area information read from the storage area 230A of the memory 230 is used. Next, in step 416, the latitude / longitude P (t), the date / time t, and the area are stored as a vehicle presence history. Therefore, the area where the vehicle 32 exists is stored as a history together with the date and time at every predetermined time. Table 2 below shows an example of a list of vehicle presence histories.

[0059]

[Table 2] The “Charging” column in the above table is an identifier indicating whether or not the charging process described below has been performed, and indicates that the charging process has been performed when the “*” mark is given. .

As described above, the vehicle 32 is provided at predetermined time intervals.
Is stored as a history together with the date and time.

Next, a charging process in the vehicle-mounted device 30 will be described. The billing process is executed every predetermined time. The predetermined time is executed at a predetermined date and time, such as every hour, every predetermined day of the week, every month at a predetermined date, and at a predetermined date and time. The execution of the charging process may be performed by an instruction from the general center 40.

As shown in FIG. 8, in step 420, it is determined whether or not the conditions are matched by determining whether or not an instruction has been made from the predetermined date and time or from the general center 40 side. If the conditions do not match,
If the answer in step 420 is negative, this routine ends.

On the other hand, if the conditions match, step 4
In the affirmative at 20, a step 422 obtains history information. This history information is stored in step 416 in FIG.
3 is a list (Table 2) of vehicle existence histories stored in FIG. In the next step 424, an arithmetic expression (charging calculation expression) is set. The arithmetic expression is determined by the above-described arithmetic conditions. This calculation condition refers to a condition (charging calculation condition) for determining a billing amount, and includes the number of times of entering the area and the mileage according to the time zone. The charge calculation formula is determined by the calculation conditions. In the following expression (1), the charge calculation expression is shown as a general expression in consideration of the area.

(Charge amount) = f (N _A , N _B , N _C , N _D , N _E , N _H , N _I , N _J , t) (1) where N _A , N _B , N _C , N _D , N _E :: Evaluation for areas A to E (number of times of entry and travel distance for each area determined by charging calculation conditions) N _H : Congestion degree N _I : Vehicle speed (average vehicle speed) N _J : Stay time t : Date and time In the next step 426, a charge is calculated by using the above-described calculation formula and history information. For example, the first billing amount is determined by the number of times of entering the area and the traveling distance according to the time zone.
In the case of the charging calculation condition, since the number of times of entry according to the time zone of each area and the unit price of the mileage per 500 m are determined from the table read from the memory 230, the memory 23
The unit price of the number of entries in the table read from 0 is multiplied by the number of entries, and the multiplied value is added to a value obtained by multiplying the unit price of the mileage for every 500 m by a value obtained by dividing the mileage by 500. Charge calculation can be performed. When the charge calculation is completed, the process proceeds to step 428, where a billing process is performed. This billing process is a process of subtracting the calculated billing amount from the balance of the IC card 232.

For example, when the calculation condition is only the number of times of entering the area, and the history information is from the start point STP to the end point EDP as shown in FIG. 5, it is the route Rt. Assuming that the vehicle travels 5 km, travels 1.0 km in area B, and travels 3.0 km in area C, the billing amount is as follows.

In this embodiment, the charge amount of Rt = 60 × 1 + 30 × (1500/500) + 80 × 1 + 40 × (1000/500) + 90 × 1 + 50 × (3000/500) = ￥ 700 From the vehicle-mounted device 30 based on the charging information.
Side performs charging processing, when traffic conditions change due to various environmental factors and the like, the charging target area and the charging table can be easily changed at the integrated center 40 side, and the on-board unit 30 can perform charging information Can be updated immediately and all at once.

In the present embodiment, a memory for storing the next billing information is provided separately and updated at the effective date and time. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The condition may be adopted, or the effective date and time of the transmitted billing information may be compared with the current date and time, and if the effective date and time have already passed, it may be adopted.

[0068]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the charging information stored in the storage means is updated by the updating means based on the charging information received by the receiving means, and the charging processing is performed. Since the billing process is performed by means, there is no need to read and update the billing information from a recording medium or the like.
This has the effect that the billing information can be easily updated all at once.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a conceptual configuration of an automatic charging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an integrated center installed on the ground side in the automatic charging system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle-mounted device in the automatic charging system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an information transmission process executed in the integrated center.

FIG. 5 is an image diagram showing a charging target area.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a charging target area determination process performed in the vehicle-mounted device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an information receiving process executed in the vehicle-mounted device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of a billing process executed in the vehicle-mounted device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 GPS satellite 30 Onboard unit 32 Vehicle 40 General center 42 GPS antenna 44 Terrestrial antenna

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A detecting means for detecting a current position of a moving object; a receiving means for receiving charging information including at least one of charging area data and charging data corresponding to the charging area; and a storage for storing the charging information. Means, updating means for updating the billing information stored in the storage means based on the billing information received by the receiving means, and a current position of the moving body detected by the detecting means and stored in the storage means. A charging unit for performing a charging process on the mobile unit based on the obtained charging information. 2. The mobile charging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the charging information is distributed from a center side by FM multiplex communication. And determining means for comparing the charging information stored in said storage means with the charging information received by said receiving means to determine whether to update the charging information stored in said storage means. The billing processing device for a mobile body according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: