JP2001256525A - Method and system for toll collection, on-vehicle equipment, and information registration method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contribute to a spread of an ETC by eliminating a need of an IC card in the ETC system to make it easy for a user to apply the use of ETC. SOLUTION: The ETC system settles the toll for use of a toll road by a vehicle by radio communication with on-vehicle equipment 20 mounted on the vehicle and is provided with a gate device 10 which requests a user ID, which specifies an account of banking organs to collect the toll, to on-vehicle equipment 20, which has used the toll road, and specified the account from the user ID of a portable telephone set 17 received from on-vehicle equipment 20 in response to this request to collect the toll.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, a toll collection system, a vehicle-mounted device, a toll collection method, and an information registration method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A toll collection system (ETC system) is at a practical stage on a toll road such as an expressway.

[0003] This ETC system uses a personal I
D, IC for storing vehicle management number, information on entrance and exit, etc.
The vehicle is equipped with a vehicle equipped with a card and a wireless function, and at the entrance of the toll road, a gate device at the entrance and exit for wirelessly communicating with the vehicle and exchanging information and collecting tolls is arranged. ing.

[0004] The entrance gate device communicates wirelessly with the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle entering the entrance and writes entrance information into an IC card set in the vehicle-mounted device. The exit gate device allows the vehicle to exit from the exit. In order to calculate the toll fee by wirelessly communicating with the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle to obtain the IC card entrance information and the vehicle information of the vehicle-mounted device, a request for withdrawal of the account to the management server of the settlement center, which is a higher-level device, is made. And so on.
Then, write data such as a processing result is transmitted to the vehicle in response to the response from the management server, and information of the processing result is written into the vehicle-mounted device and the IC card. As described above, the ETC system realizes nonstop traffic of vehicles at tollgates by automatically performing toll collection processing of vehicles at entrances and exits of expressways.

[0005]

By the way, this ETC
In order for the user to use the system, the user mounts the vehicle-mounted device on the owned vehicle and sets the vehicle-mounted device.
It is necessary to perform the issuance procedure (application) for the C card.

This procedure involves a first procedure for purchasing an on-vehicle device to be mounted on a vehicle and applying to a toll road operator to register vehicle information in the on-vehicle device, and for a credit company. There are two procedures, a second procedure for requesting the issuance of an IC card.

According to the second procedure, an IC card issued by a credit company is a card (ET) having a cash withdrawal function (function equivalent to a credit card).
C card). Leaving the ETC card in the in-vehicle device may cause theft, etc., so the user must always carry the ETC card, and holding the ETC card poses a psychological burden. Increase. In addition, the issuance of a credit card also causes the credit company to collect annual membership fees and the like, which also increases the burden on the user.

[0008] In this case, there is a problem that the trouble is brought to the forefront rather than the convenience of being able to pass through the tollgate on the toll road in a non-stop manner, which hinders the spread of ETC in the future.

[0009] The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and has as its object to provide a toll collection system, an on-board unit, a toll collection method, and an information registration method that can contribute to the spread of ETC. I have.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a toll collection system according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a toll collection system in which a vehicle uses a toll road and a vehicle toll mounted on the vehicle. In a toll collection system for settlement by wireless communication, a means for requesting the on-board unit for unique information for specifying an account of a financial institution for receiving the toll, and receiving the request from the on-board unit for the request Means for identifying the account from the specific information of the wireless telephone device and collecting the charge.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection system according to the first aspect of the present invention, in which a vehicle uses a toll road for tolling between a gate device installed at a toll gate on the toll road and an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle. In the toll collection system for settlement by wireless communication, the gate device requests the on-vehicle device for unique information for specifying an account of a financial institution from which the fee is to be deducted, and a unique information received from the on-vehicle device. Means for identifying the account to which the charge is to be deducted based on the information and receiving the charge, wherein the on-vehicle device receives the unique information from the wireless telephone device connected to the on-vehicle device in response to a request from the gate device. And means for transmitting the unique information read from the wireless telephone device to the gate device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an on-vehicle device of a financial institution which is mounted on a vehicle using a toll road and at least deducts a fee in response to a request from a gate device installed at a tollgate on the toll road. An in-vehicle device for wirelessly transmitting unique information for specifying an account to settle the toll road usage fee, an interface unit for connecting a wireless telephone device, and wireless communication with the gate device from the gate device. Means for acquiring the requested unique information from the wireless telephone device connected to the interface unit and wirelessly transmitting the acquired unique information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection method in which a vehicle uses a toll road to settle a toll by wireless communication with an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle. Requesting unique information for identifying an account of a financial institution for receiving the fee, and identifying the account from unique information of a wireless telephone device received from the vehicle-mounted device in response to the request. Receiving a fee.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll collection method according to the first aspect of the present invention, in which a vehicle uses a toll road toll between a gate device installed at a toll gate on the toll road and an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle. In the toll collection method of performing settlement by wireless communication, the gate device requests the in-vehicle device to provide unique information for specifying an account of a financial institution from which the fee is to be deducted, Reading the unique information from the wireless telephone device connected to the on-vehicle device in response to the request; transmitting the unique information read from the wireless telephone device to the gate device; A step of specifying the account to which the fee is to be paid based on the unique information and collecting the fee.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information registration method, wherein the vehicle uses a toll road by wireless communication between a gate device installed at a tollgate on a toll road and an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle. An information registration method for registering information for starting the provision of a service to an operator of a toll collection system that setstle the payment of a wireless telephone device. Is connected, a step of causing the wireless telephone device to perform dialing of a predetermined telephone number, and, from the operating device connected to the wireless telephone device by the dialing, to the wireless telephone device, Prompting the input of a password corresponding to the account of the financial institution from which the usage fee of the wireless telephone device is to be deducted, and in response to the input instruction, the password entered in the wireless telephone device Transmitting, to the operating device, the in-vehicle device-specific information pre-stored in the in-vehicle device and the wireless telephone device-specific information stored in the wireless telephone device; Confirming the account to which the toll road usage fee is to be debited based on the obtained password, the information specific to the vehicle-mounted device, and the information specific to the wireless telephone device; and And registering the information unique to the device and the information unique to the wireless telephone device in association with each other.

According to the first and fourth aspects of the present invention, the vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle using a toll road is requested to provide unique information for specifying an account of a financial institution for receiving a toll, In response to this request, an account for withdrawing the usage fee is specified from the unique information of the wireless telephone device received from the vehicle-mounted device, and the fee is collected, so that the IC card does not have to be set in the vehicle-mounted device.

According to the second and fifth aspects of the present invention, when the vehicle enters the toll booth, the gate device requests the vehicle-mounted device for specific information for specifying the account of the financial institution from which the fee is to be deducted. On the other hand, the vehicle-mounted device reads the unique information from the wireless telephone device connected to itself, and transmits it to the gate device. As a result, the gate device identifies the account to which the fee is to be deducted based on the unique information received from the vehicle-mounted device and collects the fee. Therefore, the fee collection process is performed by the wireless telephone device without using the IC card in the vehicle-mounted device. It can be performed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, an interface unit for connecting the wireless telephone device to the vehicle-mounted device is provided, and the unique information requested by the gate device by wireless communication with the gate device is transmitted to the wireless device connected to the interface unit. Since it is obtained from the telephone device and transmitted wirelessly to the gate device, the gate device can collect the toll using the user-specific information of the wireless telephone device, that is, the user ID, and use the toll road without using the IC card. Can be settled.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when a wireless telephone device is connected to the vehicle-mounted device, the wireless telephone device dials a predetermined telephone number, and the operation connected to the wireless telephone device by the dialing is performed. The original device prompts the wireless telephone device to input a personal identification number. In response to the input instruction, the personal identification number input to the wireless telephone device, the information unique to the vehicle-mounted device and the information stored in the vehicle-mounted device and stored in the wireless telephone device are stored. Transmitted to the operating device, and confirms the account to which the usage fee on the toll road is to be deducted based on the personal identification number, the information specific to the vehicle-mounted device, and the specific information received by the operating device. Then, at least the information specific to the vehicle-mounted device and the specific information are registered in association with the confirmed account information of the debit account. In other words, when applying for ETC use, the account for which the use fee is to be deducted is specified using the user ID registered in the wireless telephone device and registered in the database of the ETC system. Not only is it unnecessary to write various items in the application documents or send it by mail, but also because the user does not need to have an IC card, there is no danger of theft or loss. Further, the annual membership fee and the like are not collected from the IC card issuing company, and the burden on the user can be reduced.
As described above, the burden on the user when joining the ETC is reduced, which can contribute to the spread of the ETC.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an ETC system of one embodiment according to a toll collection system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an on-vehicle device in the ETC system of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a figure showing an internal configuration.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ETC system includes a gate device 10 provided at an entrance toll gate and an exit toll gate on a toll road such as a highway.
A vehicle-mounted device 20 mounted on a vehicle, a wireless telephone device connected to the vehicle-mounted device 20 via the connection cord 7, for example, a mobile phone 17, and a base station installed by a service provider of the mobile phone 17. 5, a registration server 15 connected to the base station 5 via the public network 9 and accepting an ETC use application from the public network 9, and connected to the registration server 15 via a communication line. Host computer 4 that manages and operates ETC as a host device
0.

The gate device 10 is provided with an antenna 11, and wireless communication of information regarding toll collection is performed between the antenna 11 and the vehicle-mounted device antenna 32 of the vehicle-mounted device 20. An IC card 16 and a mobile phone 17 can be attached to the vehicle-mounted device 20 as needed.

Here, each of the gate devices 10 will be described. The gate device 10 installed on the entrance side of the toll gate at an interchange on a highway or the like is provided for each lane in each entrance lane. This gate device 10
Detects vehicles entering the lane at the entrance of the tollgate sequentially and, based on actual information such as vehicle width, tire width, vehicle height, or vehicle length, vehicles such as large vehicles, ordinary vehicles, and small vehicles The vehicle type is comprehensively determined, and information such as the entrance tollgate number and the time of entering the entrance tollgate is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 20 by wireless communication between the antenna 11 of the vehicle itself and the antenna 32 of the vehicle-mounted device 20. .

The gate device 10 installed on the exit side of the tollgate gate sequentially detects vehicles entering the exit lane of the tollgate gate, and receives the toll collection from the antenna 11 to the vehicle-mounted device 20 mounted on the vehicle. Information (ID of OBE 20)
Number, vehicle information, IC card 16 or mobile phone 1
Requesting the transmission of an ID number of 7 and a user ID), and determines whether the vehicle is an ETC vehicle capable of wireless communication or a non-ETC vehicle incapable of communication based on the response from the vehicle-mounted device 20. At the same time, a toll is collected from the vehicle by a toll collection method corresponding to each of the ETC vehicle and the non-ETC vehicle.

Further, the above-described gate device 10 is connected to a host computer 40 which is a host device.
The host computer 40 is a list of information on users who have determined that use of the toll road is not permitted by the operator of the toll road to the driver of the vehicle, for example, due to the manner in which the injustice was performed, such as a user ID. Negative list and ETC
A positive list, which is a list of available user IDs, is stored as a database, and collation is performed immediately upon a request from the gate device 10, and an inquiry result is returned as a response. Further, the driver of the vehicle associates a debit account number of a financial institution (such as a bank) registered in the registration server 15 from the mobile phone 17 with the ID number (unique information) of the mobile phone 17 or the ID number of the IC card 16 in advance. The usage fee using the toll road is stored and collected in a form similar to a credit card, that is, by debiting from an account.

The host computer 40 has the registration server 1
5 and registers the ID number of the mobile phone 17 and the ID number of the vehicle-mounted device 20 that can use the ETC in the database.
Make TC available.

The registration server 15 registers the ID number of the vehicle-mounted device 20 stored in the vehicle-mounted device 20 and the mobile phone 17 by predetermined dialing from the mobile phone 17 connected to the vehicle-mounted device 20. It receives the ID number of the mobile phone and makes an inquiry to a financial institution (such as a bank) based on the information, and if the information is not false, accepts an application for direct debit when using ETC, The onboard unit 20 is registered so that it can be used for ETC.

The registration server 15 and the host computer 40 are computers provided with a CPU, a memory, a hard disk, a communication interface such as a modem, a TA, a router, a monitor, a mouse, a keyboard, and the like. There may be.

Next, the vehicle-mounted device 20 will be described. The vehicle-mounted device 20 includes, as shown in FIGS.
A memory 22, such as a ROM or a RAM, a system bus 23 connecting the CPU 21 and the memory 22, an on-board display unit 25 connected to the system bus 23 via a display unit I / F 24, and an operation unit I connected to the system bus 23. / F26
, An IC card R / W unit 29 connected to the system bus 23 via an IC card R / W unit I / F 28, and a wireless communication unit I / F to the system bus 23. Wireless communication unit 31 connected via F30
An antenna 32 for allowing the wireless communication unit 31 to perform wireless communication with an external device, for example, the antenna device 11 of the gate device 10, and a connection cord 7 connected to the mobile phone 17.
And a mobile phone I / F 33 for connecting the.
The IC card R / W unit 29 reads and writes information by mounting the IC card 16. IC card R / W
The section I / F 28 exchanges information between the IC card R / W section 29 and the CPU 21. In the memory 22, type information uniquely determined by the type of the vehicle, such as "model" and "type of car", and individual information different for each vehicle, such as "car registration number" are registered. ing. The model information is information determined and given by the automobile manufacturer when the user purchases the vehicle. The individual information includes information on a license plate attached to the vehicle and information on the user himself / herself, for example, information on a destination to which a toll road usage fee is to be deducted, and an on-vehicle device ID for distinguishing from another on-vehicle device.

In addition, the memory 22 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 includes:
"User address", "user name", "automobile classification, etc.", "personal / business use", "first registration year", "car name", "chassis number", "gross vehicle weight", " Vehicle dimensions ",
Information such as "tire size" is also registered.

The memory of the IC card 16 or the mobile phone 17 stores a user's bank account number, special contract information indicating whether or not discounted persons can be applied, and billing information such as the expiration date of the contract. Also, an ID number for specifying the IC card 16 or the mobile phone 17 is stored in advance in this memory, and when the vehicle passes through the entrance tollgate, the date and time of the passage and the tollgate are specified. Of the vehicle, such as the gate number, the type of the vehicle, and the remaining amount of the card, are stored in association with the ID number.

When the portable telephone 17 is attached to the portable telephone I / F 33 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 via the connection cord 7, the validity of the vehicle-mounted device 20 is confirmed by exchanging signals with the CPU 21 of the vehicle-mounted device 20. For the first time, the user ID stored in the memory 22 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 is transmitted.

Since the mobile phone 17 is equipped with a memory having a larger storage capacity than the IC card 16,
ETC usage history, special service contract information, and the like can be written in the same manner as or more than the card 16.

Hereinafter, the ET of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The operation of the C system will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of registering the vehicle-mounted device information in the ETC system.

This ETC system uses a mobile phone 17 instead of the ETC IC card 16.
Basically, the call charge and the basic charge of the mobile phone 17 are deducted from the account of the financial institution. In recent years,
The spread of the mobile phone 17 has been remarkable, and is often carried by the driver of the vehicle.

In order to use the mobile phone 17 in place of the IC card 16, an ETC for enabling the use of the ETC by registering the information of the vehicle-mounted device 20 with an ETC operating source.
The application for use is made by the mobile phone 17 (method of registering the on-vehicle device information), and the settlement of the usage fee by the mobile phone 17 without setting the IC card 16 in the on-vehicle device 20 (toll collection method). The method needs to be realized.

First, a method of registering the vehicle-mounted device information using the mobile phone 17 will be described. For example, when an ETC use application is made using the mobile phone 17, the user
When a contract is made with the service providing company, a password registration for ETC use is made in advance by applying for a password registration for ETC use in the mobile phone 17 after the contract.

When the user informs the store whether to use the IC card 16 or the mobile phone 17 when purchasing the vehicle-mounted device 20, the store will prompt the vehicle-mounted device 20.
In response to the predetermined operation, at least one usage information is stored. In this case, the mobile phone 17 is used.

Then, the vehicle-mounted device 20 purchased by the user is attached to the vehicle, and power is supplied to the vehicle-mounted device 20 from the battery of the vehicle. Then, in the vehicle-mounted device 20, the mobile phone I / F
33 becomes active.

Then, one end of the connection cord 7 is connected to the portable telephone 17 and the other end of the connection cord 7 is connected to the vehicle-mounted device 2.
When it is connected to 0, the CPU 21 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 confirms that the mobile phone 17 is connected to the mobile phone I / F 33 (S101), and issues a predetermined command to the mobile phone 17 through the mobile phone I / F 33. As a result, the mobile phone 17 dials the registration server 15 of the ETC registration center (S102), and the mobile phone 17 and the vehicle-mounted device 20 are connected to the registration server 15 via the public network 9.

Then, the registration server 15 sends message information for prompting the user to input a password for using ETC to the mobile phone 17, and this message information is transmitted to the mobile phone 1.
7 is displayed on the display unit 25.

Note that, when the mobile phone 17 is connected to the registration server 15, message information stored in advance in the mobile phone 17 itself may be displayed.

According to this message, when the user operates the numeric keypad of the mobile phone 17 and inputs the password at the time of contracting the mobile phone 17, the mobile phone 17 checks whether the password is correct (S103).

As a result of this check, if the personal identification number registered in advance does not match the input number (No in S103), the user is prompted to input the personal identification number again, and the input of the number is performed twice or more. In the case of (S104), the connection with the registration server 15 is cut off, and the registration processing ends.

On the other hand, as a result of the above-mentioned check, when the password registered in advance and the input number match (Yes in S103), the cellular phone 17
, The mobile phone 17 obtains the ID number of the vehicle-mounted device 20 registered in the vehicle-mounted device 20.

The mobile phone 17 having acquired the ID number of the vehicle-mounted device 20 transmits the ID number and its own ID number to the registration server 15 (S105).

When the registration server 15 receives the ID number of the vehicle-mounted device 20 and the ID number of the mobile phone 17, the registration server 15 queries the computer of the service provider of the mobile phone 17 for the ETC registration number. Is confirmed (identification of an account) (S106), and if a response indicating that the ID number is valid is obtained, the account information of the debit destination is acquired from the computer, and the on-board unit 20 is added to the account information. The ID number of the mobile phone 17 is associated with the ID number of the mobile phone 17 and registered in its own database (S107), and the registration result is returned to the mobile phone 17 to disconnect the connection with the mobile phone 17.

The registration server 15 transfers the information registered therein to the host computer 40, and
Since information as an in-vehicle device (user) that can use ETC is registered in the database of the host computer 40,
Thereafter, the use of the ETC in a vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 20 becomes possible.

Next, a method of collecting tolls using the mobile phone 17 will be described. Here, the case of the ETC system of the distance system will be described. When the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 20 enters the entrance of the expressway, the gate device 10 wirelessly communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle and writes the entrance information to the mobile phone 17 connected to the vehicle-mounted device 20. .

At the exit, the gate device 10 wirelessly communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle exiting the tollgate, and obtains entrance information, vehicle information, etc. from the vehicle-mounted device 20 to which the mobile phone 17 is connected, and determines the toll rate. The calculation is performed, and an account withdrawal request including personal authentication to the host computer 40 as a host device is performed. Then, in response to a response from the host computer 40, write data such as a processing result is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle.
The information of the processing result is written in the. This series of processing is called toll collection processing. In the toll collection process, the mobile phone 17 is used as a substitute for the IC card 16, but the wireless communication function of the mobile phone 17 itself may be used. Thus, the gate device 1 at the entrance of the highway
At 0, the non-stop traffic of the vehicle at the entrance of the expressway is realized by automatically performing the toll collection processing of the vehicle.

In the toll collection process, the mobile phone 17 is used as a substitute for the IC card 16, but the wireless communication function of the mobile phone 17 itself may be used.

As described above, according to the ETC system of this embodiment, by using the mobile phone 17 instead of the IC card 16 set in the vehicle-mounted device 20, the user can use the IC card.
The trouble of having to issue the card 16 and the time until the ETC becomes available can be saved. Also, if the user
By not having the C card 16, there is no danger of the card being lost or stolen. Further, the annual membership fee for using the IC cart is not required, and the burden on the user can be reduced.

Also, when registering the on-vehicle device information from the mobile phone 17, the user is prompted to input a personal identification number.
Can be prevented from being fraudulently performed by a person other than the subscriber of the mobile phone 17 to illegally perform an ETC use registration operation.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. In-vehicle device 20 according to the above embodiment
Used a dedicated ETC, but a car navigation device having a connection function of the mobile phone 17
The function of the on-board unit C, the ETC use application function, and the fee collection processing function may be added.

The ETC use application function described in the above embodiment may be realized by software. The software may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk. In this case, the software (program) stored in the storage medium is read by the computer, and the software in each embodiment is read. The process becomes executable.

As a storage medium, a magnetic disk,
Floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk (C
D-ROM, CD-R, DVD, etc.), a magneto-optical disk (MO, etc.), a semiconductor memory, or any other computer-readable storage medium capable of storing a program can take any form. May be.

An OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on instructions of a program installed in the computer from the storage medium.
Alternatively, MW (middleware) such as database management software and network software may execute a part of each process for realizing the present embodiment.

Further, the storage medium is not limited to a medium independent of the computer, but also includes a storage medium in which a program transmitted through a LAN, the Internet, or the like is downloaded and stored or temporarily stored.

Further, the number of storage media is not limited to one, and the case where the processing in the present embodiment is executed from a plurality of media is also included in the recording medium of the present invention, and any media configuration may be used.

The computer according to the present invention executes each processing in the present embodiment based on a program stored in a storage medium. An apparatus such as a personal computer and a plurality of apparatuses are connected to a network. Any configuration such as a system performed may be used.

The computer in the present invention is
It is not limited to a personal computer, but also includes an arithmetic processing unit, a microcomputer, and the like included in an information processing device, and collectively refers to devices and devices capable of realizing the functions of the present invention by a program.

[0063]

As described above, according to the first and fourth aspects of the present invention, the account of the financial institution for receiving the toll is specified for the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle using the toll road. Request for unique information to be received, and in response to this request, identify an account for withdrawing the usage fee from the unique information of the wireless telephone device received from the on-board unit and collect the fee. This eliminates the need for an IC card that has been used.

According to the second and fifth aspects of the present invention, the gate device requests the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle that has entered the tollgate for specific information for specifying the account of the financial institution from which the fee is to be withdrawn, In response to this request, the vehicle-mounted device reads the unique information from the wireless telephone device connected thereto and transmits it to the gate device, so the gate device uses the unique information received from the vehicle-mounted device to determine the account to which the fee is to be deducted. It becomes possible to collect the fee specifically, and it becomes unnecessary to use an IC card for the vehicle-mounted device.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the unique information is acquired from the wireless telephone device connected to the interface unit provided in the vehicle-mounted device, and is transmitted wirelessly to the gate device. The toll can be received using the user-specific information, that is, the user ID, and the toll road usage fee can be settled without using an IC card.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, when the wireless telephone device is connected to the vehicle-mounted device, dialing is performed from the wireless telephone device to connect the operating device and the wireless telephone device. Here, when the password is input, the information unique to the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle-mounted device and the unique information stored in advance in the wireless telephone device are transmitted to the device of the operation source. Then, after confirming the account to which the usage fee is to be paid, the information is registered, so that not only the user does not need to issue an IC card but also the user does not need to have an IC card. There is no danger of theft or loss. Further IC
Annual membership fees and the like are not collected from the card issuing company, and the burden on the user can be reduced. As described above, the user burden at the time of ETC subscription is reduced,
Can be spread.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an ETC system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle-mounted device used in the ETC system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the vehicle-mounted device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ETC system.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference numeral 5: base station, 7: connection code, 9: public network, 10: gate device, 11: antenna, 15: registration server, 17: mobile phone, 20: vehicle-mounted device, 32: vehicle-mounted device antenna, 40
... the host computer.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A toll collection system for a vehicle to settle tolls using a toll road by wireless communication with an on-board unit mounted on the vehicle, a financial institution for receiving the toll from the on-board unit. Means for requesting unique information for specifying the account of the user, and means for specifying the account from the unique information of the wireless telephone device received from the vehicle-mounted device in response to the request and receiving a fee. A toll collection system characterized by the following. 2. A toll collection system in which a vehicle uses a toll road to settle tolls by wireless communication between a gate device installed at a tollgate on the toll road and an on-board unit mounted on the vehicle. The gate device, for the vehicle-mounted device, means for requesting unique information for specifying an account of a financial institution to withdraw the fee, and, based on the unique information received from the vehicle-mounted device, the account of the charge deduction destination Means for specifying and receiving a charge, wherein the on-vehicle device reads out unique information from a wireless telephone device connected to the on-vehicle device in response to a request from the gate device, and the wireless telephone device Means for transmitting the unique information read from the to the gate device. 3. A unique information for identifying an account of a financial institution which is mounted on a vehicle using a toll road and which performs at least a withdrawal of a toll in response to a request from a gate device installed at a tollgate on the toll road. An in-vehicle device for transmitting wirelessly to settle the toll road usage fee; an interface unit for connecting a wireless telephone device; and the interface unit transmitting unique information requested from the gate device by wireless communication with the gate device. Means for acquiring from the wireless telephone device connected to the wireless communication device and wirelessly transmitting the acquired wireless telephone device. 4. A toll collection method for a vehicle to settle a fee using a toll road by wireless communication with an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle, comprising: a financial institution for receiving the toll for the on-vehicle device; Requesting unique information for identifying the account of the mobile phone, and receiving the charge by identifying the account from the unique information of the wireless telephone device received from the on-board unit in response to the request. Characteristic toll collection method. 5. A toll collection method in which a vehicle uses a toll road to settle tolls by wireless communication between a gate device installed at a tollgate on the toll road and an on-board unit mounted on the vehicle. Requesting the in-vehicle device in the gate device for unique information for specifying an account of a financial institution from which the fee is to be deducted; and connecting to the in-vehicle device in response to a request from the gate device in the in-vehicle device. Reading the unique information from the wireless telephone device, transmitting the unique information read from the wireless telephone device to the gate device, and receiving an account based on the unique information received by the gate device. And a step of collecting a fee. 6. A toll collection system in which the vehicle settles a toll using a toll road by wireless communication between a gate device installed at a tollgate on the toll road and an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle. In an information registration method for registering information for starting provision of a service, a step of confirming whether or not a wireless telephone device is connected to the vehicle-mounted device; and, if the wireless telephone device is connected, the wireless telephone device A dialing operation of a predetermined telephone number, and a financial system in which a usage fee of the wireless telephone device is deducted from the operating device connected to the wireless telephone device to the wireless telephone device by the dialing. Prompting the input of a password corresponding to the account of the institution; and in response to this input instruction, the password input to the wireless telephone device and the on-board unit are stored in advance. Transmitting, to the operating device, the information unique to the mounting device and the information specific to the wireless telephone device stored in the wireless telephone device, and the password received by the operating device, Confirming the account to which the toll road usage fee is to be deducted based on the information and the information specific to the wireless telephone device. And registering the information in association with each other.