JP2003217087A - Traffic fee receiving system capable of distributing data to vehicle, its method and road facility for traffic fee receiving system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To urge the spread of an on-vehicle apparatus by imparting an incentive to purchase the on-vehicle apparatus by transmitting distribution data taking into consideration an attribute of a vehicle to the on-vehicle apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: This traffic fee receiving system has a car model information receiving part 17 for acquiring car model information from the vehicle 2 passing through a tollgate of a toll road, a distribution data storage part 12 for storing prescribed data transmitted to the vehicle 2 by associating with attribute information on the vehicle 2, a vehicle attribute discriminating part 18 for discriminating the attribute of the vehicle 2 passing through the tollgate on the basis of the car model information acquired by the car model information receiving part 17, and a data transmission part 20 for transmitting distribution data associated with the attribute of the discriminated vehicle 2 to the on-vehicle apparatus 1 of the vehicle 2 by acquiring the data from the distribution data storage part 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to a so-called toll road automatic toll collection system (hereinafter referred to as "ETC system" (Elec
(tronics Toll Collection)) to transmit vehicle-mounted on-vehicle equipment (hereinafter referred to as "on-vehicle equipment") to spread distribution data from the communication facility installed at the toll booth to the on-vehicle equipment. Related to systems, methods and road facilities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an ETC system has begun to be introduced as a toll road toll system. The ETC system is used when a vehicle passes through a toll road toll collection gate.
It is a system that receives information necessary for payment of tolls from vehicles by using two-way wireless communication. This ETC
According to the system, unlike the current toll collection system,
There is no need to stop the vehicle for the purpose of collecting tolls. For this reason, the problem of toll gate congestion on the toll road can be solved, and various advantages such as the need for constructing complicated toll road entrance / exit roads are eliminated, and it is attracting attention.

In this ETC system, for example, when a vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle device passes through a toll gate, two-way wireless communication is performed between a roadside device installed in front of a passage gate and the on-vehicle device, and the on-vehicle device is installed. It is configured to settle the usage charge based on the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information and the user information stored in the IC card.

In order to popularize such an ETC system, it is indispensable to popularize an on-vehicle device. However, the price of the on-vehicle device is as high as tens of thousands of yen, and further, the cost of mounting on the vehicle and performing a predetermined setup is required by the user. Must be paid by. Therefore, it is the current situation that it has not spread enough.

On the other hand, roadside map information and traffic congestion information are also distributed to users (drivers and the like) through communication devices mounted on vehicles such as car navigation devices and car radios. If the on-vehicle device for ETC can be used as a communication device for such a data distribution service, the utility value of the on-vehicle device is increased and its spread can be expected.

[0006]

However, even when the vehicle-mounted device is used as it is as the communication device for the conventional data distribution service, there are still the following problems to be solved.

That is, in the conventional data distribution service, the data to be distributed is uniform regardless of the attributes of the vehicle, and therefore the data desired by the user cannot be provided. This is the traditional data distribution, but the distributor side (distribution system)
It is considered that the one-sided communication from the user to the user is the main cause.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to promote the spread of on-vehicle equipment by transmitting distribution data in consideration of vehicle attributes to the on-vehicle equipment to give an incentive to purchase the on-vehicle equipment. The purpose is to provide a toll collection system, its method, and road facilities.

[0009]

According to a first main aspect of the present invention, there is provided a billing information acquisition unit for obtaining information required for toll billing processing from a vehicle passing through a toll gate on a toll road. , The distribution data storage unit that stores predetermined data to be transmitted to the vehicle in association with the vehicle attribute information, and the attribute of the vehicle passing through the tollgate based on the charging processing information acquired by the charging information acquisition unit. A vehicle attribute determination unit for determining,
A toll collection system is provided, which comprises: a distribution data storage unit 20 that acquires distribution data associated with the determined vehicle attribute from the distribution data storage unit and transmits the distribution data to the vehicle. Here, the billing information acquisition unit obtains billing processing information by wirelessly communicating with an on-vehicle device for automatic fee collection mounted on the vehicle, and the data transmission unit is configured on the on-vehicle device. It is preferable that the distribution data is transmitted to it.

According to such a configuration, the data to be distributed is selected based on the information necessary for charging the toll, so that the data is collected by using the toll charge processing at the toll gate on the toll road. Can be delivered.
Therefore, it is not necessary to newly install a communication facility on the roadside. Further, since data according to the attributes of the vehicle and the vehicle-mounted device can be distributed, useful data can be distributed to the user. As a result, an incentive to purchase the vehicle-mounted device can be provided, and the spread of the vehicle-mounted device can be promoted.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the billing information acquisition unit receives attribute information of the vehicle-mounted device from a vehicle passing through a tollgate, and the distribution data storage unit stores the distribution data. The data transmission unit stores the distribution data in association with the attribute information of the vehicle-mounted device, and the data transmission unit transmits the distribution data acquired from the distribution data storage unit based on the attribute information of the vehicle-mounted device to the vehicle-mounted device. Here, the attribute information of the vehicle-mounted device is unique information of the vehicle-mounted device provided by the manufacturer of the vehicle-mounted device, and the delivery data storage unit stores specific delivery data associated with the vehicle-mounted device unique information. It is preferably one. Furthermore, it is preferable that the data transmission unit distributes the specific distribution data associated with the vehicle-mounted device specific information with priority over other distribution data.

With such a configuration, it is possible to provide the user of the on-vehicle device manufactured by a specific on-vehicle device manufacturer with distribution data different from other users. As a result, it is possible to promote the purchase of a specific vehicle-mounted device, which in turn gives an incentive to purchase the entire vehicle-mounted device.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the data transmitting unit transmits the distribution data to the vehicle after the vehicle has passed a toll gate. As a result, data can be distributed to a communication device that can communicate even at a place other than a tollgate, and convenience is improved.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the attribute information of the vehicle is information on a vehicle type of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to select data to be distributed to large passengers, light vehicles, and the like according to vehicle types in a large number of categories. Therefore, more useful data can be provided to the user.

According to another embodiment of the present invention,
A data distribution application receiving unit that receives an application for data distribution from a toll road user, an application information storage unit that stores the received application information in association with the charging processing information, and charging processing information acquired by the charging information acquisition unit An application registration determination unit that determines whether an application for data distribution is registered in the application information storage unit based on the above, and the data transmission unit determines that the application for data distribution is registered. Then, the data is transmitted to the vehicle.

With such a configuration, it is possible to deliver the predetermined data only to the user who has applied for the data delivery. This eliminates the need to distribute data to users who do not want to distribute the data, and also enables pay data distribution by collecting data provision costs from the users. Can be expanded. Therefore, the convenience of the user is further improved, which can contribute to the spread of the vehicle-mounted device.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a billing process for billing a toll based on the information obtained by the billing information obtaining unit, the billing processing unit being provided by the data transmitting unit. When the data to be transmitted is charged, the data transmission fee is settled by the toll road toll settlement means. As a result, the toll payment and the data distribution charge can be collectively settled by the same credit card or the like, and the convenience of the user is improved.

According to a second main aspect of the present invention, a billing information acquisition step of obtaining information necessary for billing processing of a toll from a vehicle passing through a toll gate on a toll road, and transmitting the information to the vehicle. A distribution data storage step of storing predetermined data in a distribution data storage unit in association with vehicle attribute information;
Based on the charging processing information acquired in the charging information acquisition step, a vehicle attribute determination step of determining an attribute of a vehicle passing through a tollgate, and distribution data associated with the determined vehicle attribute are stored in the distribution data storage unit 12 And a data transmission step of transmitting the toll charge to the vehicle, the toll collection method being provided.

According to such a configuration, it is possible to provide a data distribution processing method that can be suitably obtained by using the toll collection system in the first main aspect described above.

According to a third main aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication device installed in the vicinity of a road on which a vehicle travels, the communication device for an automatic toll collection system mounted on a vehicle running on the road. Performs wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device to acquire information necessary for data distribution and send it to the data distribution system.
A first communication device and a second communication device that is installed in front of the first communication device in the traveling direction of the vehicle and receives distribution data from the data distribution system and transmits the distribution data to the vehicle. Road facilities will be provided.

According to this structure, it is possible to provide a road facility for a toll gate of a toll road, which can be suitably applied to the toll collection system according to the first main aspect.

The other features and remarkable effects of the present invention will be more clearly understood by referring to the following description of the embodiments of the invention and the accompanying drawings.

[0023]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (First Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an outline of a system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In this embodiment, an example will be described in which, as data to be distributed to a vehicle, traffic regulation information according to the attribute of the vehicle is distributed.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an on-vehicle device for the automatic fee collection system 3 mounted on the vehicle 2.
This vehicle-mounted device 1 uses an ETC via an antenna (not shown)
It is a communication device for performing two-way wireless communication with the toll collecting roadside device 5 installed in the toll gate 4 for billing, and transmitting and receiving information necessary for collecting tolls. Information necessary for charging a toll by wireless communication, that is, vehicle type information (charge classification information) and a communication key are installed in the vehicle-mounted device 1 by a predetermined setup method (for example, a setup IC card). With this, the vehicle-mounted device 1
Is activated, and it becomes a state in which it can be used as a communication device for toll collection as described above. When the toll payment is settled using the vehicle-mounted device 1, the user inserts the credit card 6 he / she wants to use for the payment into the vehicle-mounted device 1 and runs.

A vehicle 2 equipped with such an on-vehicle device 1 is
As shown in FIG. 1, when passing through the toll gate 4 for ETC charging, the automatic toll collection system 3 causes the roadside device 5 to operate.
Through the vehicle-mounted device 1, vehicle type information (vehicle type code) of the vehicle 2, traveling data (entry / exit information) and the credit card number are received from the vehicle-mounted device 1 (shown by A1 in the figure).

The automatic toll collection system 3 includes a toll charge processing unit 7 and a toll determination unit 8. Then, when the passability determination unit 8 determines that the information received from the vehicle 2 is not illegal, the system 3 opens the bar 9 of the tollgate 4 to permit the vehicle 2 to pass. Further, the billing processing unit 7 calculates a toll based on the received vehicle type code and traveling data, and bills with the credit card of the acquired number. Also,
The automatic toll collection system 3 transmits the received vehicle type code to the data distribution system 10 which is the gist of the present invention (shown by A2 in the figure).

The data distribution system 10 mainly comprises a data distribution processing unit 11 and a distribution data storage unit 12, and discriminates the attribute of the vehicle 2 based on the vehicle type code received from the automatic fee collection system 3. However, the data to be distributed is extracted and transmitted.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle type code is determined by the vehicle-mounted device information manager based on vehicle verification information such as the displacement of the vehicle 2 and the number of axles when the vehicle-mounted device 1 is set up. It is assigned according to the vehicle type classification.
As the vehicle type code, several hundreds of codes are assigned to the toll roads nationwide in the least common multiple, so that the toll roads can be clearly specified on all toll roads. In the figure, the vehicle type code is divided into eight sections to simplify the description.

The attributes of the vehicle 2 are assigned according to the type of traffic regulation information to be distributed. In this example, two categories, A and B, are set. The number of vehicle attribute categories, the vehicle types and vehicle type codes included in each category are determined according to the presence or type of traffic regulation information to be distributed.

Specifically, for small and ordinary vehicles 2 belonging to category A, lane regulation data and road closure data common to all vehicles 2 are distributed, and large vehicles belonging to category B are distributed. For 2, in addition to these data,
For example, information on roads forbidden to enter large vehicles and information on travel lane regulations (such as prohibition of overtaking lanes for large vehicles) are distributed. It is preferable that such traffic regulation data peculiar to large vehicles is distributed prior to the distribution data common to all vehicles. If there is no traffic regulation specific to large vehicles,
It is preferable to deliver a message that there is no traffic regulation.

In addition, it is preferable that the vehicle attributes are dynamically changed in accordance with the addition or change of the traffic regulation, such as the type of vehicle or vehicle type code and the number of vehicle attribute categories. For example,
When the weight limitation of the vehicle 2 (vehicles having a total weight of 8 tons or more is prohibited) for traveling on roads or bridges, the large vehicles 2 with vehicle type codes 5 to 8 are newly classified as C. Then, when the large vehicle 2 of the C category passes through a toll gate of a toll road including a closed road, the traffic regulation is also distributed to the vehicles 2 of the A category or the B category (vehicle type codes 1 to 4). Prior to data, the traffic regulation data regarding the weight limit is distributed.

When the distribution data is extracted based on the vehicle attributes thus determined, it is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 1 of the vehicle 2 through the data distribution roadside unit 13 and displayed on the display unit 14 of the vehicle-mounted device 1. Displayed in characters or voice (A in the figure
3).

Here, DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communic) is used for communication between the vehicle-mounted device 1 and the roadside devices 5 and 13.
ation “dedicated short-range communication”), which is a communication method capable of transmitting and receiving a large amount of information at high speed, is used, and communication is possible within the communication area indicated by 15 in FIG. By adopting such a communication method, the automatic fee collection system 3 and the data distribution system 10 can perform the processing for fee collection and the processing for data distribution in a short time.

In order to perform the above processing, the data distribution system 10 according to the present invention is constructed as shown in FIG. The data distribution system 10 is installed in, for example, the ETC charging toll gate 4 and includes the data distribution processing unit 11 and the distribution data storage unit 12 described above.
It has and.

The data distribution processing unit 11 applies the vehicle type information receiving unit 17 that receives the vehicle type code of the vehicle 2 from the automatic fee collection system 3 and the received vehicle type code to the correspondence table of FIG. A vehicle attribute discriminating section 18 for discriminating vehicle attributes, and a delivery data extracting / creating section for producing delivery data by extracting delivery data (traffic control data) related to the determined vehicle attributes from the delivery data storage section 12. 19 and a data transmission section 20 for transmitting the created traffic regulation data to the vehicle-mounted device 1.

Here, the delivery data extracting / creating unit 19
Searches the delivery data storage unit 12 based on the vehicle attribute determined by the vehicle attribute determination unit 18, and extracts whether there is a traffic regulation related to this vehicle attribute and, if there is a traffic regulation, the detailed content thereof. Then, distribution data is created by associating the vehicle attribute with this data. Here, the details of the traffic regulation include the regulated section, period, and
It includes the details of regulations (lane regulation, speed regulation, prohibition of traffic, etc.).

The data transmitting unit 20 transmits the extracted traffic regulation data for each vehicle attribute to the vehicle-mounted device 1 of the vehicle 2 via the data distribution roadside unit 13. It is preferable that the data transmitting unit 20 transmits only the data such as the vehicle attribute or the regulated section subject to the traffic regulation, and creates the display message based on the data received by the vehicle-mounted device 1. As a result, traffic regulation data can be transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 1 at high speed. The message created by the vehicle-mounted device 1 in this manner is displayed as voice or characters on the display unit 14 as shown in FIG. 4, for example. In addition, when the applicable traffic regulation data is not extracted, it is preferable to notify the vehicle-mounted device 1 to that effect.

The distribution data storage unit 1 shown in FIG.
The traffic regulation data stored in 2 is preferably updated by regularly obtaining the latest data from, for example, a road administrator who manages toll roads or the Japan Road Traffic Information Center.

Each of the above-mentioned components is actually constituted by a certain area secured in a storage medium such as a computer system and a hard disk provided therein, and a computer software program installed in this area. Then, these constituent elements are configured to execute respective functions by being appropriately called and executed by the RAM or the like by the CPU of the computer system.

The detailed functions of the data distribution system 10 will be described below along with the actual operation with reference to FIG. It should be noted that S1 to S6 in these figures are symbols indicating the processing order and correspond to steps S1 to S6 in the following description.

First, the vehicle type information receiving section 17 acquires vehicle type information (vehicle type code) of the vehicle 2 traveling through the toll gate 4 from the automatic fee collection system 3 (step S).
1).

Then, the vehicle attribute discriminating unit 18 discriminates the vehicle attribute for data distribution of the vehicle 2 by applying the obtained vehicle type code to the correspondence table of FIG. 2 (step S2).

Then, the distribution data extracting / creating unit 19 searches the distribution data based on the determined vehicle attribute, and judges whether there is distribution data (traffic regulation data) related to this vehicle attribute (step). S3). If it is determined that there is traffic regulation data related to the vehicle attribute, details of this traffic regulation (regulated section, regulation time, etc.)
Traffic regulation data to be distributed to the vehicle 2 in association with the vehicle attribute (step S4).

Then, the data transmission section 20 transmits the created traffic regulation data to the vehicle-mounted device 1 of the vehicle 2 (step S5). Based on the traffic regulation data sent
As shown in FIG. 4, a predetermined message is created by the vehicle-mounted device 1 and displayed on the display unit 14 of the vehicle-mounted device 1. Also,
After that, general information other than traffic regulation (corporate advertisement, weather information, etc.) may be displayed.

On the other hand, if the traffic regulation related to the vehicle attribute is not extracted in the step S3, it is judged that the data distribution is unnecessary and the fact is notified to the vehicle-mounted device 1 (step S6). Also in this case, similarly to the above, after displaying the message that there is no traffic regulation, the company advertisement or the like may be displayed.

By carrying out the above-mentioned processing, the traffic regulation data that matches the attributes of the vehicle 2 can be transmitted, which is more useful than the conventional one-way transmission of uniform information to all vehicles. Data can be provided. This allows
The convenience of the vehicle-mounted device 1 is increased, which can contribute to the spread of the vehicle-mounted device 1.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, an on-vehicle device manufactured by this manufacturer is specified based on the unique information (on-vehicle device ID) of the on-vehicle device that is given by the on-vehicle device manufacturer when the vehicle-mounted device is manufactured, and the on-vehicle device is delivered to this on-vehicle device. It is designed to send data. In this embodiment, the attribute of the vehicle 2 is whether or not the specific vehicle-mounted device 1 is mounted. Here, examples of the data to be distributed include the same traffic regulation data as in the above-described first embodiment, free information on parking lots in service areas and parking areas, and discount information on restaurants.

In order to perform such data distribution, the data distribution system 30 according to this embodiment has a configuration as shown in FIG. In the following, only the configuration unique to this embodiment or a configuration related thereto will be described.

The data distribution system 30 is a data distribution request acceptance / processing unit which performs a predetermined process (indicated by B1 in the figure) when a request for data distribution to a specific vehicle-mounted device 1 is received from the vehicle-mounted device manufacturer 31. 32, a data distribution processing unit 11 that distributes data to a specific vehicle 2 equipped with such a specific vehicle-mounted device 1, and a vehicle attribute I of the specific vehicle-mounted device 1.
And a vehicle attribute table 33 stored in association with D.

The data distribution request acceptance / processing unit 32 is
The in-vehicle device ID related to the data distribution request received from the in-vehicle device manufacturer 31 is stored in the vehicle attribute table 33. This vehicle-mounted device ID is composed of, for example, a symbol indicating the vehicle-mounted device manufacturer 31, a symbol indicating the type of the vehicle-mounted device, and a serial number unique to each vehicle-mounted device 1. In this embodiment, it is determined whether the vehicle-mounted device 1 is a specific vehicle-mounted device 1 based on the vehicle-mounted device manufacturer symbol in the vehicle-mounted device ID.

The data distribution processing unit 11 receives the vehicle-mounted device ID from the vehicle 2 running through the toll gate 4 and mounts the vehicle-mounted device I.
A D receiving unit 34, a vehicle attribute determining unit 18 that determines whether the vehicle 2 is a specific vehicle 2 equipped with a specific vehicle-mounted device 1 based on the received vehicle-mounted device ID and the vehicle attribute table 33; A distribution data extracting / creating unit 19 is provided for extracting distribution data from the distribution data storage unit 12 when it is determined that the vehicle is a specific vehicle 2.

In such a structure, when a specific vehicle 2 travels through the toll gate 4, the vehicle-mounted device ID receiving section 3
4 receives the vehicle-mounted device ID from the automatic fee collection system 3 (indicated by B2 in the figure). Next, the vehicle attribute determination unit 18
On the basis of whether the vehicle-mounted device ID received by is registered in the vehicle attribute table 33, it is determined whether the vehicle attribute of this vehicle 2, that is, the vehicle is a specific vehicle equipped with the specific vehicle-mounted device 1. When the vehicle is a specific vehicle, the distribution data extracting / creating unit 19 extracts the distribution data from the distribution data storage unit 12 and creates the data to be distributed. Finally, the data transmission unit 20 transmits this distribution data to the specific vehicle-mounted device 1 (shown by B3 in the figure).

According to the configuration as described above, the invention of this embodiment can give an incentive to purchase the on-vehicle device 1 of the specific on-vehicle device manufacturer 31, and thus promote the spread of the on-vehicle device 1. .

Here, when there are a plurality of vehicle-mounted device manufacturers 31 requesting the delivery of specific delivery data, the specific delivery data is stored in the delivery data storage unit 12 in association with the unique information of the vehicle-mounted device manufacturer 31. Therefore, specific distribution data may be different for each in-vehicle device manufacturer 31, or a plurality of in-vehicle device manufacturers 3
The specific distribution data may be shared by 1.

Further, it can be combined with the distribution of the traffic regulation data in the first embodiment. That is, the specific distribution data and the traffic regulation data based on the vehicle attribute are transmitted to the vehicle 2 equipped with the specific vehicle-mounted device 1, and only the traffic regulation data based on the vehicle attribute is transmitted to the other vehicles 2. To do. In this case, it is preferable that the distribution data extracting / creating unit 19 creates the distribution data so that the specific distribution data is preferentially displayed on the display unit 14 of the vehicle-mounted device 1.

Further, it is preferable that the specific distribution data in this case has higher utility value to the user than the traffic regulation data. For example, it is information on the congestion status of restaurants in the service area, information on a discount menu limited to the target person, and information on detours to avoid congestion. It is preferable that the distribution fee charging processing unit 34 charges the vehicle-mounted device manufacturer 31 for the cost of collecting and distributing such information.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be variously modified without changing the gist of the invention.

For example, the type of data to be distributed is not limited to the above. For example, the congestion status of the parking lot in the service area for each vehicle type code can be distributed.

Further, the data to be distributed can include voices and images. In this case, it is preferable that the distribution data is compressed and transmitted in a file format that can be decompressed by the communication device that receives the data.

Further, every time the distribution data is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 1, the company information (advertisement, etc.) of the vehicle-mounted device manufacturer 31 and other companies,
Information from the road administrator can also be sent together.

Further, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the data is transmitted via the data distribution roadside device 13 installed at the toll gate 4 of the toll road, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to distribute the data by using a large number of roadside devices 5 and 13 installed on the roadsides of the toll roads other than the toll gates of the toll roads. This facilitates the transmission of information such as music and moving images by the handover method, for example.

Information such as the authentication of the vehicle-mounted device 1 is obtained from the roadside device 5 for automatic fee collection, and data distribution is carried after carrying out predetermined authentication (after passing through the toll booth 4). It can also be done using existing facilities such as telephone base stations. Further, in this case, it is preferable to transmit the distribution data to the communication terminals such as the vehicle-mounted device 1, the mobile phone, the car radio, and the car navigation device.

Further, in the transmission of the data, pay / free may be distinguished according to the type of distribution data. In the case of paying a fee, the onboard device user may charge in a form such as a membership fee, or conversely, the information provider (advertiser or the like) may collect the fee. When the user is charged, it is preferable that the credit card used to settle the toll is added to the toll and the billing process is performed.

Further, as the vehicle attribute, it may be determined whether or not the application for data distribution from the user (owner of the vehicle-mounted device) is registered. Specifically, the distribution application from the user is registered in association with the vehicle-mounted device ID or the like, and it is determined whether the application is registered based on the vehicle-mounted device ID received from the traveling vehicle. When it is determined that the application is registered, the data is delivered to the vehicle (vehicle-mounted device). In this case, it is preferable to also register the type of distribution data that the user desires to distribute.
As a result, for example, it becomes possible to distribute music of the genre desired by the user and data of the facility.

[0065]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a data distribution system, a method, and a road facility that can give an incentive to purchase an on-vehicle device by transmitting predetermined distribution data to a purchaser of the on-vehicle device to promote the spread of the on-vehicle device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an overall configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table showing the relationship between vehicle type information and vehicle categories for data distribution.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of output of distribution data.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing steps of data distribution.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... On-board device 2 ... Vehicle 3 ... Automatic fee collection system 4 toll gate 5: Roadside device for toll collection 6 ... Credit card 7 ... Charge processing unit 8 ... Passability determination section 9 ... Bar 10 ... Data distribution system 11 ... Data distribution processing unit 12 ... Delivery data storage unit 13 ... Roadside device for data distribution 14 ... Display unit 17 ... Vehicle type information receiving section 18 ... Vehicle attribute determination unit 19 ... Delivery data extraction / creation section 20 ... Data transmission unit 30 ... Data distribution system 31 ... In-vehicle device manufacturer 32 ... Data distribution request reception / processing section 33 ... Vehicle attribute table 34 ... In-vehicle device ID receiving section 35 ... Delivery charge accounting unit

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Claims (20)

[Claims] [Claim 1] From a vehicle passing through a toll gate on a toll road,
A billing information acquisition unit that acquires information necessary for toll charge processing, a distribution data storage unit that stores predetermined data to be transmitted to the vehicle in association with vehicle attribute information, and the billing information acquisition unit Based on the billing processing information, the vehicle attribute determination unit that determines the attribute of the vehicle passing through the tollgate, and the distribution data associated with the determined vehicle attribute from the distribution data storage unit and transmitted to the vehicle. A toll collection system, comprising: 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the billing information acquisition unit acquires billing processing information by wirelessly communicating with an on-vehicle device for automatic fee collection mounted on the vehicle, The toll collection system, wherein the data transmission unit transmits distribution data to the vehicle-mounted device. 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the billing information acquisition unit receives attribute information of the vehicle-mounted device from a vehicle passing through a tollgate, and the distribution data storage unit stores the distribution data in the vehicle. The data transmission unit transmits the distribution data acquired from the distribution data storage unit based on the vehicle-mounted device attribute information to the vehicle-mounted device. Characterized system. 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the attribute information of the vehicle-mounted device is unique information of the vehicle-mounted device provided by a manufacturer of the vehicle-mounted device, and the distribution data storage unit stores the vehicle-mounted device unique information in the vehicle-mounted device unique information. A system characterized in that it stores certain associated delivery data. 5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the data transmission unit prioritizes delivery of specific delivery data associated with the vehicle-mounted device specific information over other delivery data. And the system. 6. The toll collection system according to claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit transmits the distribution data to the vehicle after the vehicle has passed a toll gate. 7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information of the vehicle is information on a vehicle type of the vehicle. 8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a data distribution application acceptance unit that accepts an application for data distribution from a toll road user, and application information that stores the accepted application information in association with the charging processing information. A storage unit; and an application registration determination unit that determines whether or not an application for data distribution is registered in the application information storage unit based on the charging processing information acquired by the charging information acquisition unit, wherein the data transmission unit is , A system for transmitting data to the vehicle when it is determined that an application for data distribution is registered. 9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a billing processing unit for billing a toll based on the information acquired by the billing information acquisition unit, wherein the billing processing unit is the data transmission unit. A system characterized in that, when the data transmitted by the user is charged, the data transmission fee is settled by a toll road toll settlement means. 10. A billing information acquisition step of obtaining information necessary for toll billing processing from a vehicle passing through a toll gate on a toll road, and associating predetermined data to be transmitted to the vehicle with vehicle attribute information. And a distribution data storage step of storing the distribution data in a distribution data storage unit, a vehicle attribute determination step of determining the attribute of the vehicle passing through the tollgate based on the charging processing information acquired in the charging information acquisition step, A toll collection method, comprising a step of acquiring distribution data associated with an attribute from the distribution data storage unit and transmitting the distribution data to the vehicle. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the billing information obtaining step obtains billing processing information by wirelessly communicating with an on-vehicle device for automatic fee collection installed in the vehicle, The toll collection method, wherein the data transmitting step transmits distribution data to the vehicle-mounted device. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the billing information acquisition step receives attribute information of the vehicle-mounted device from a vehicle passing through a tollgate, and the distribution data storage step includes the distribution data in the vehicle. The data transmission step is to transmit the distribution data acquired from the distribution data storage unit based on the vehicle-mounted device attribute information to the vehicle-mounted device. How to characterize. 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the attribute information of the vehicle-mounted device is unique information of the vehicle-mounted device provided by a manufacturer of the vehicle-mounted device, and the distribution data storage unit stores the vehicle-mounted device unique information in the vehicle-mounted device unique information. A method of storing specific associated delivery data. 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the data transmitting step distributes specific distribution data associated with the vehicle-mounted device specific information prior to other distribution data. And how to. 15. The toll collection method according to claim 10, wherein in the data transmitting step, distribution data is transmitted to the vehicle after the vehicle has passed a toll gate. 16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the attribute information of the vehicle is information on a vehicle type of the vehicle. 17. The method according to claim 10, further comprising a data distribution application acceptance step of accepting a data distribution application from a toll road user, and an application information storage unit in which the accepted application information is associated with the charging processing information. And an application registration determination step of determining whether or not an application for data distribution is registered in the application information storage unit based on the charging processing information acquired in the charging information acquisition step, The method for transmitting data according to claim 1, wherein the data transmitting step transmits data to the vehicle when it is determined that an application for data distribution is registered. 18. The method according to claim 10, further comprising a billing processing step for billing a toll based on the information obtained in the billing information obtaining step, wherein the billing processing step comprises the data transmitting step. When the data transmitted by the user is charged, the data transmission fee is settled by a toll road toll payment means. 19. A data communication device, which is a communication device installed in the vicinity of a road on which a vehicle travels, and wirelessly communicates with an on-vehicle device for an automatic fee collection system mounted on a vehicle traveling on the road. A first communication device that acquires information necessary for transmitting to a data distribution system, and that is installed in front of the first communication device in the traveling direction of the vehicle, receives the distribution data from the data distribution system, and receives the data from the vehicle. And a second communication device for transmitting to the road facility. 20. The road facility according to claim 19, wherein the first communication device acquires information necessary for a toll charge processing from a vehicle traveling on a road and transmits the information to an automatic toll collection system. Road facilities characterized by being.