JP2001099660A - Management system for gas station by wireless communication - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To construct an applied system by wireless communication with utilizing an advantage of the DSRC used in the ETC or the like to a maximum. SOLUTION: The management system for gas stations by wireless communication has communication means (a road side wireless device 10 and an onboard machine body 22) for communicating wireless to a vehicle VE coming to stop at a gas station GS, and managing means (a controller 11, an application part 23 and a display 24a) for managing services for the vehicle VE to receive at the gas station GS with the utilization of the wireless communication by the communication means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management system for gas stations by wireless communication, and more particularly to an ITS (Intelligent Transport).
Systems: Intelligent Transport System (ETC)
(Electronic Toll Collecti
DSRC (Dedicated) used in on System: Non-stop automatic toll collection system
Short Range Communicatio
n: dedicated narrow-area communication) and the invention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In ITS, there is known an ETC for automatically paying a toll in order to eliminate traffic congestion on a toll road. In this ETC, an IC card that records contract information and the like is inserted into an on-board unit mounted on a passing vehicle, and radio communication is performed between the on-board unit and a roadside antenna installed at a toll gate on a toll road. Information such as tolls is recorded on both the IC card and the computer system connected to the roadside antenna, so that the toll can be passed nonstop at the toll booth without stopping.

[0003] As a wireless communication system used for such ETC, "D" which connects a car and a road by two-way communication is used.
"SRC" is drawing attention. The DSRC employs, for example, a 5.8 GHz band active system (also referred to as a transceiver system) as a radio frequency band and a communication system. With this method, the onboard unit and the roadside unit emit radio waves equally, so it is easy to ensure high reliability, and since the onboard unit also has an oscillator, it is less susceptible to radio wave interference and interference around the road Since the reception level of the roadside device is high, a relatively large communication area of, for example, about 30 m can be ensured as well as a narrow area peculiar to the DSRC, and a large amount of information can be exchanged bidirectionally with a plurality of vehicles.

Further, according to this DSRC, since a full-duplex communication system for simultaneous transmission and reception is made possible,
Information transmission can be performed more efficiently, which is expected to support not only the above-mentioned ETC but also various ITS applications (for example, “ITS HAN”).
D BOOK ”The New Road Industry Development Organization, P.
60-63).

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As described above, DSRC
Although applications are expected to take advantage of the above advantages, they are not always sufficient for these applications, and they remain as future tasks.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and the DS used in ETC and the like has been developed.
An object of the present invention is to construct an application system by wireless communication that makes the most of the advantages of RC.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides, as a system using DSRC, a management system for a gas station by wireless communication, that is, a vehicle equipped with a vehicle-mounted device of DSRC is serviced at a gas station. The system is completed by focusing on a system that is particularly effective for a self-stand or the like when receiving the information, and embodying this.

That is, a management system for a gas station by wireless communication according to the present invention comprises a communication means for performing wireless communication with a vehicle to be stopped at a gas station, and the vehicle using the wireless communication by the communication means. And management means for managing services received at the gas station.

In this configuration, the communication means includes a short-range wireless communication means for performing a short-range wireless communication with the vehicle, and the short-range wireless communication means includes a short-range wireless communication mounted on the vehicle. And a roadside wireless device for short-range wireless communication installed on the infrastructure side of the vehicle.

[0010] In this case, the management means includes control means for controlling information communication using the short-range wireless communication between the on-vehicle device and the roadside apparatus. Means for determining whether or not communication is possible;
Executing means for exchanging information on the service with the vehicle using the narrow-area wireless communication when the narrow-area wireless communication is determined to be possible by the determining means; Can be prepared.

Further, the execution means can include a display device connected to the on-vehicle device, and means for displaying information on the service on a screen of the display device.

The service received at the gas station of the vehicle includes at least a refueling service. This refueling service is based on a self-stand.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a management system for a gas station by wireless communication according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The management system for the gas station shown in FIG. 1 manages all services at the gas station GS using the short range wireless communication of the DSRC. This system includes a DSRC roadside apparatus 10 disposed at a gas station GS as shown in the figure, and a DSRC application system (for example, ETC-DSRC) for performing bidirectional wireless communication by DSRC between the apparatus 10 and the radio apparatus 10.
In-vehicle device 2 mounted on vehicle VE as an applied system)
0.

The roadside apparatus 10 is installed, for example, in a gas station GS shown in FIG. This wireless device 10
Are connected to a controller 11 that manages the overall communication. The controller 11 is also connected to a gas station database (GSDB) 11a, a display / operation terminal 12 for service personnel, a POS terminal 13, a refueling station 14, and the like. The controller 11
Is connected to an external calculation center 15 by a telephone line, and is capable of inputting local information such as restaurant information, supermarket sale information, and local entertainment information via a predetermined communication line.

The on-vehicle device 20 is installed at a predetermined position such as a dashboard of the vehicle VE. This in-vehicle device 20
Is, as shown in FIG.
And a car navigation system (car navigation) 24 connected to the vehicle-mounted device 20a. The car navigation system 24 can apply an existing in-vehicle system or can be constructed as a system integrated with the ETC in-vehicle device 20a.

The DSRC-applied vehicle-mounted device 20a is a vehicle-mounted device body (antenna) to which an ETC vehicle-mounted device capable of inserting and removing an IC card 21 in which vehicle size, ID information, contract information necessary for toll settlement, and the like are recorded in advance. Unit 22a, transmission / reception unit, modem / control processing unit 22b, ETC processing unit (H
OST) 22c, HMI (Human Interface) unit 22d, security module unit (ETC-
SAM) 22e and IC interface unit 22f
) 22 and an application unit 23 connected to the main body 22. The record information of the IC card 21 can be transmitted to the roadside apparatus 10 via the in-vehicle device body 22.

The application section 23 includes an algorithm (program) forming a plurality of DSRC application applications 1 to n (see processing examples in FIGS. 3 to 7 described later).
Of the gas station GS via the in-vehicle device main body 22 by executing programs in the storage medium 23a. And displays the information on the screen of the display 24a of the car navigation system 24.

The storage medium 23a includes, for example, memory (ROM, flash memory, etc.), magnetic disk (hard disk, floppy disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), magneto-optical disk (M
O).

In the above configuration, the embodiment of the communication means of the present invention is constituted by the roadside apparatus 10 on the infrastructure side and the in-vehicle device body 22 on the vehicle side, and the controller 11 on the infrastructure side
The application unit 23 on the vehicle side (including the display 24a of the car navigation system 24) constitutes an embodiment of the control means of the present invention.

Here, the overall operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 along with service at a gas station. This process is mainly executed under the control of the controller 11 on the gas station GS side and the application unit 23 on the vehicle side.

First, the case of entering the gas station GS will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, the vehicle VE
When the vehicle enters the gas station GS, the vehicle VE is recognized at the entrance (step S1), and the controller 11 determines whether or not communication with the vehicle VE by DSRC is possible (step S2).

If the determination in step S2 is YES (communication is possible), the ID information of the IC card 21 set in the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle VE is received by the roadside apparatus 10 (step S3), and the ID is received. The information and the information on the storage date and time of the vehicle VE are stored in the database 11a (step S).
4), the information on the entry date and time is transmitted from the roadside apparatus 10 to the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle VE (step S5). Then, the vehicle VE displays the entry date and time on the screen of the display 24a of the car navigation system 24 and records it on the IC card (step S6).

Then, in step S7, refueling, shopping, or any other service is selected by the user's operation.

It should be noted that YES is determined in step S2.
In the case of (communication possible), the processing of the vehicle VE for which settlement by communication is impossible is performed (step S8), and the attendant responds in the same style as in the past (step S9).

Next, when the refueling service is selected in the processing of step S7, as shown in FIG. 4, the controller 11 selects one of the regular, high-octane, and light oil types by a user operation. Then, the refueling is set (steps S10 to S14), and it is determined whether the oil amount is full or not (step S15).

If the determination is YES (full), specific oil is supplied to the vehicle V based on the data selected in the above processing.
An instruction is transmitted from the controller 11 to the refueling machine of the refueling stand 14 so that the oil is automatically supplied to the E (step S1).
6). On the other hand, if the determination in step S15 is NO (others), the amount of oil is set manually by the user (step S17), and the process proceeds to step S16 to perform the same processing.

Thereafter, it is determined whether the service selection processing is to be terminated or another service is to be received according to a user's instruction (step S18).

Next, when the shopping service is selected in the process of step S7, as shown in FIG. 5, shopping is performed by the user at the shop of the gas station GS (step S19), and this shopping information is stored in the store. POS
Sent from terminal 13 to controller 11. Thereafter, it is determined whether the service selection processing is to be terminated or another service is to be received according to a user's instruction (step S).
20).

Next, when another service is selected in the process of step S7, the vehicle VE is moved to the car wash area or the maintenance area according to the selection of the car wash or the maintenance, as shown in FIG. Car wash or various maintenance is performed (steps S21 to S23). Thereafter, it is determined whether the service selection process is to be terminated or another service is to be received according to a user's instruction (step S24).

Next, when ending the service selection processing in each of the above-described steps S18, S20 and S24, the controller 11 transfers the fee required for the service via the roadside apparatus 10 as shown in FIG. Onboard equipment 20
(Step S25), the vehicle-mounted device 20 displays the charge amount on the screen of the display 24a (step S26), and updates the usage frequency and the billing amount data of the gas station database 11a (step S2).
7), whereby the vehicle VE leaves the gas station GS (step S28).

FIG. 8 shows the payment of the service.
As shown in (1), the information of the billing amount registered in the database is processed by the credit card settlement routine, and is later deducted from the account of the financial institution with which the user has contracted (steps S29 and S30).

Therefore, according to this embodiment, ETC
As a system that makes the most of the advantages of the DSRC that is used for a vehicle, etc., it is possible to provide a management system for a gas station that is particularly effective for a self-station or the like when a vehicle equipped with an in-vehicle device receives service at a gas station.

With this system, the user does not need to get off the car, and can reduce the time required for payment.
As a result, there is an advantage that the user can immediately depart after use and obtain local information while the vehicle is stopped. Also, on the trader side, it is not necessary to transfer cash, so that fraud prevention and labor saving can be achieved, advertisement income can be obtained by providing local information, and detailed customer information can be obtained. There are advantages such as.

The vehicle is not limited to an automobile, but can be applied to, for example, a motorcycle.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, a vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle device receives a service at a gas station as a system that maximizes the advantages of DSRC used for ETC and the like. In this case, it is possible to provide a management system for a gas station that is particularly effective for a self-station or the like.

According to the management system for the gas station by the wireless communication, the user such as the driver does not need to get off the car and can reduce the time required for payment, so that the user can immediately depart after the use, and Has the advantage that local information can be obtained. Also,
On the merchant side, cash transfer is not required, so fraud prevention and labor saving can be achieved, advertisement income can be obtained by providing local information, and detailed customer information can be obtained. There are advantages.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a management system for a gas station by wireless communication according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a gas station side.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart for explaining a process when entering a gas station.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart illustrating processing of a refueling service.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart illustrating processing of a shopping service.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart illustrating processing of another service.

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart illustrating processing at the end of service selection.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart for explaining a process of payment settlement.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 roadside wireless device 11 controller 12 display and operation terminal for service technician 13 POS terminal 14 refueling station 15 external calculation center 20 onboard unit 21 IC card 22 main unit (onboard unit) 22a antenna unit 22b transmission / reception / modulation / demodulation / control processing unit 22c ETC processing unit 22d HMI unit 22e Security module unit 22f IC card interface unit 23 Application unit 23a Storage medium storing programs 24 Car navigation system 24 Display

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. Communication means for wirelessly communicating with a vehicle to be stopped at a gas station, and management means for managing a service received at a gas station of the vehicle using wireless communication by the communication means. A management system for a gas station by wireless communication, comprising: 2. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the communication means includes a short-range wireless communication means for performing short-range wireless communication with the vehicle, and the short-range wireless communication means is mounted on the vehicle. On-board equipment for narrow-area wireless communication, and a roadside apparatus for narrow-area wireless communication installed on the infrastructure side of the vehicle,
A management system for gas stations by wireless communication, comprising: 3. The control device according to claim 2, wherein the management unit includes a control unit that controls information communication between the on-vehicle device and the roadside apparatus using narrow-area wireless communication. Determining means for determining whether communication of the short-range wireless communication is possible, and using the narrow-area wireless communication when the determining means determines that communication of the short-range wireless communication is possible. Executing means for exchanging information related to the service with the vehicle. The management system for the gas station by wireless communication. 4. The invention according to claim 3, wherein the execution means includes a display device connected to the on-vehicle device, and means for displaying information on the service on a screen of the display device. A management system for gas stations by wireless communication. 5. The management system according to claim 1, wherein the service received at the gas station of the vehicle includes at least a refueling service. 6. The management system according to claim 1, wherein the refueling service is provided by a self-service station.