JP2005011172A - Etc utilization detailed statement issue request system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device capable of requesting receipt issue for a road toll by ETC utilization without introducing a dedicated machine. <P>SOLUTION: This ETC utilization detailed statement issue request system is constituted of a detailed information management server, and a client PC connected to the detailed information management server through Internet. The detailed information management server is equipped with a detailed information providing means for managing a database wherein road utilization information of each registered customer is recorded, accepting a request through the Internet, and extracting required detailed information from the database. The client PC is equipped with a receipt issue request means for reading out and decoding a record on an ETC card of a user, and requesting receipt issue to the detailed information management server, and the user can request issue of the detailed statement for road use from the client PC. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a highway usage statement printing system in ETC (Electronic Toll Collection System).
[0002]
[Prior art]
Non-stop automatic toll payment system (hereinafter referred to as “ETC”) has been put into practical use for the purpose of alleviating traffic congestion on expressways and toll roads for automobiles, eliminating air pollution and improving user convenience. It has been introduced on toll roads dedicated to automobiles.
[0003]
Usually, when using an expressway with an ETC card, the charge taken from the entrance to the exit is confirmed only by displaying on the ETC on-board unit. However, there are cases where a highway usage fee usage statement or a payment receipt is required for procedures necessary for personal commuting use or transportation service business. In that case, stop the car at the exit of the expressway and have a staff issue a receipt, or have a dedicated device like Non-Patent Document 1 or Non-Patent Document 2 and read the ETC card Must be printed.
[Non-Patent Document 1]
Internet <URL: http: // panasonic. jp / car / its / ETC / CY-ECR300. html>
[Non-Patent Document 2]
Internet <URL: http: // www. toyota. co. jp / carlife / its / etc # b / printer. html>
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
There is a problem that the merit of ETC is lost in the method of stopping the car at the exit of the expressway and having the staff issue a receipt. When using a dedicated machine, there is a problem that the cost for that must be borne.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in consideration of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for printing a road usage fee specification and receipt by using an ETC without introducing a dedicated machine.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first invention for solving the problem is an ETC configured by a payment server connected to a network of a payment institution, a detailed information management server, and a client computer connected to the detailed information management server via the Internet. A usage statement issuance request system,
The detailed information management server manages a customer database in which personal information of registered customers is recorded and an ETC detailed information database in which road usage information for each registered customer is recorded, and details relating to registered customers held in the settlement server. Detail information updating means for reading out the information and updating the ETC detail information database; a detail information request received via the Internet; the detail information required after authenticating the request source is extracted from the ETC detail information database Comprising information providing means,
The client computer, to which an IC card reader is connected, reads and decodes a record on the user's ETC card, issues a detailed information request to the detailed information management server, and receives a response to the detailed information request With means,
A user inserts an ETC card into the IC card reader of the client computer and connects to the detailed information management server to request the issuance of road usage details recorded on the card. This is an ETC usage statement issuance request system. The payment server and the detailed information management server may be connected via a network or may be connected offline.
[0007]
In the first invention, the program module that operates as the detailed information requesting means can be used as the client computer simply by installing it in a personal computer or the like, so that it is not necessary to provide a dedicated device for the ETC card user. The requested usage statement is mailed to the card user who requested in accordance with the address registered in the customer database at a later date. It should be noted that on the side of issuing the usage statement, it can be issued as a receipt that can be used as a receipt with a certificate stamp or the like.
[0008]
Further, as a more preferable aspect of the ETC usage specification issuance request system according to the first invention, the detailed information providing means of the settlement server accepts the detailed information request via the Internet and requests it after authenticating the request source. Detailed information is extracted from the ETC detailed information database and the contents are returned to the request source, and the client computer outputs detailed information returned to a monitor screen or a printer. The detailed information may be confirmed on the client computer and the printout for confirmation may be performed.
[0009]
Moreover, as a more preferable aspect of the ETC usage statement issuance request system according to the first invention, the ETC statement information database is a flag indicating whether or not the settlement of the usage has been completed for each registered customer road usage. When managing usage information, when a usage statement issuance request is made and the settlement of the usage has not been completed, the detailed information providing means responds that it will not issue a receipt. May be.
[0010]
Further, as a more preferable aspect of the ETC usage statement issuance request system according to the first invention, the ETC statement information database has issued a receipt for the usage for each registered customer road usage. When the usage statement issuance request is made and a receipt has already been issued, the detailed information providing means returns a response to that effect and double issues the receipt. You may comprise so that it may not.
[0011]
A second invention for solving the problem is the detailed information management server constituting the ETC utilization specification issuance request system according to the first invention.
[0012]
A third invention for solving the problem is a computer program in which a series of instructions for operating a computer as a detailed information management server according to the second invention is described.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an ETC usage specification issuance request system 1 (hereinafter, system 1) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the system 1. Reference numeral 10 denotes a detail information management server. A customer database 19 for managing personal registration information of registered customers who use ETC and an ETC detailed information database 18 for recording road usage information for each registered customer are managed. The detailed information management server 10 reads the record related to the road usage of the registered customer from the card usage records of the credit card holder held in the settlement server 30 and updates the ETC detailed information database 18. Detailed information providing means 13 for electronically creating a specification or a receipt in response to a request from the information updating means 12 and a client PC described later is provided.
[0014]
The payment server 30 is a server computer including a payment database 39 that manages payment processing of credit cards. Reference numeral 8 denotes a dedicated network for connecting a credit card company, a partner retail store or service provider, and a settlement organization such as a bank. The settlement server 30 is installed in the credit card company and performs processing for paying the bill amount on behalf of the card user in response to a request from the affiliated retail store or service provider. Withdraw the same amount. Information necessary for this series of transactions is held in the database.
[0015]
The detailed information updating means 12 of the server 10 extracts only the customer information registered in the customer database 19 from the settlement database 39 and updates the ETC detailed information database 18 with the contents. Since the customer database 19 is a database in which only the owner of the ETC card is recorded, only the data when the card owner uses the ETC card is extracted as the data extracted by the detailed information update means 12. Therefore, it can be said that the ETC detailed information database 18 is obtained by adding a part of information to a subset of the payment database 39, and uses the road using the ETC card for each registered customer registered in the customer database 19. For each case, the use date and time, the payment request source (use road), the charge amount, the flag indicating whether payment has been made, and the flag indicating whether a receipt has been issued are recorded and accumulated as one record. Among these, a flag indicating whether or not a receipt has been issued is an item not in the settlement database 39. When it is recorded as a new record, it is always generated in an unissued state, and is updated to a content indicating that it has been issued when a receipt is issued upon request from the card user. The payment server 30 and the detailed information management server 10 are connected via a network.
[0016]
The usage method of the ETC card 6 is roughly as follows. The ETC card 6 is used by being inserted into the vehicle-mounted device. When the vehicle-mounted device passes through the entrance / exit gate on the expressway / toll road, it communicates wirelessly with the antenna installed at the entrance / exit gate, and records the data equivalent to the pass ticket on the ETC card when entering, This data is sent to the antenna installed at the gate to calculate the toll. The toll is displayed so as to be visually recognized by the driver at the time of participation, and is recorded as road usage data in both the road company system and the ETC card 6. The system on the road company side charges the fee to the credit card company that issued the ETC card.
[0017]
The information inside the ETC card 6 is encrypted and recorded by key information issued by ORSE (Road System Advancement Promotion Organization). Therefore, in order to read a road usage record or the like, it is necessary to decode it.
[0018]
Reference numeral 20 denotes a client PC. The detail information management server 10 is connected via the Internet 7. An IC card reader 22 for inserting the ETC card 6 and a printer 21 are connected. The client PC 20 reads the record of the ETC card, decrypts it, and confirms the detail information request means 28 for issuing a statement issuance request to the detail information management server 10 based on the decrypted data, and confirms the detail information For this purpose, detailed information output means 29 for outputting to a monitor screen or a printer is provided. The statement issue request issued by the statement information request means 28 is sent to the statement information management server 10 through the Internet 7.
[0019]
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the procedure of the detailed information issue request by the system 1. The procedure for requesting detailed information is described below with reference to FIG.
[0020]
The user inserts the ETC card 6 into the IC card reader 22. The detailed information request means 28 reads the recorded information and decodes it. Then, a connection request including the ETC card owner identification information is issued to the server 10 ((1) in FIG. 2). The server 10 checks the owner identification information against the customer database, and if there is a match, returns a connection permission reply to the request source ((2) in FIG. 2). Next, the detailed information request means 28 creates a receipt issue request and sends it to the server 10 ((3) in FIG. 2). The server 10 refers to the database 18 and returns to the client whether or not a receipt can be issued ((4) in FIG. 2). If the receipt can be issued, the server 10 creates a receipt and mails it to the requester ((4) in FIG. 2).
[0021]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the processing of the server 10 when a connection request (FIG. 2 (1)) is received from the client computer 20. The detailed information request means 28 creates a connection request message including the owner certificate data recorded on the ETC card and sends it to the server 10. The server 10 matches the certificate data with the record in the customer database, and checks whether the user specified by the certificate data is registered in the customer database (S10). If the user specified by the certificate data is registered in the customer database, an authentication OK (connection permission) response is returned (S13). If the user specified by the certificate data is not registered in the customer database, an authentication NG response is returned.
[0022]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the processing of the server 10 when a receipt issuance request (FIG. 2 (3)) is received from the client computer 20. The receipt issuance request message includes one or more pieces of information (date, entrance interchange, entry time, exit interchange, entry time, etc.) that specify a single road usage record for which a receipt is to be issued. Therefore, the server 10 first receives the data (S20). Next, the corresponding detailed information data is extracted from the ETC detailed information database 18. The extracted information includes flag information that indicates whether or not settlement has already been completed for each road use record and whether a receipt has been issued before. Accordingly, the server 10 returns an unsettled response if it has not been settled (S25), and if it has been settled and a receipt has been issued, it returns a receipt issued response to avoid double issuance (S27). If this is not the case (only when payment has been completed and the receipt has not been issued), a receipt issuance acceptance notification is returned (S28), and a receipt is created (S29). The created receipt will be mailed to the user at a later date.
[0023]
The detailed information request means 28 in the system 1 described above can be realized by using a client module which is a software component programmed with key information provided from the ORSE and its decryption procedure. Further, the exchange between the detailed information requesting means 28 and the detailed information providing means 13 can be realized by providing the detailed information management server 10 with an HTTP server and the client PC 20 with a WWW (World Wide Web) browser. Further, the settlement server 30 and the detailed information management server 10 may be connected offline without being connected via a network. In this case, the detailed information changing means 12 reads the information recorded on the recording medium provided periodically and updates the ETC detailed information database 18.
[0024]
In the system 1, if software necessary for an ordinary personal computer connected with the IC card reader 22, that is, a program that operates as the detailed information request unit 28 and the detailed information output unit 29 is installed, Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document Even if there is no dedicated machine as described in Document 2, there is an effect that it is possible to request a receipt for road use. A dedicated machine is expensive and can be said to be a product that is intended to be used by employees by installing one at an office rather than purchasing and using it by an individual. On the other hand, in the case of the system 1, if there is a personal computer connected to the IC card reader 22, it is only necessary to install necessary software. It becomes possible.
[0025]
Further, if a credit card company that issues an ETC card having an ETC card issuer's customer database installs a program that operates as a detailed information management server 10 on a server computer connected to the Internet, the road use provided by the system 1 There is an effect that a description or receipt issuing service can be provided.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the system of the present invention, there is a remarkable effect that it is possible to request a receipt for road use using an ETC card without a dedicated machine.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a flow of receipt issue request processing of the system.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating authentication processing in detail.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining receipt issue request processing in detail.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 System 6 ETC Card 7 Internet 8 Settlement Institution Network 10 Detailed Information Management Server 12 Detailed Information Updating Unit 13 Detailed Information Providing Unit 18 ETC Detailed Information Database 19 Customer Database 20 Client PC
21 Printer 22 IC card reader 28 Detailed information requesting means 29 Detailed information output means 30 Payment server 39 Payment database

Claims (8)

An ETC utilization statement issuance request system comprising a payment server connected to a payment institution network, a statement information management server, and a client computer connected to the statement information management server via the Internet,
The detailed information management server manages a customer database in which personal information of registered customers is recorded and an ETC detailed information database in which road usage information for each registered customer is recorded, and details relating to registered customers held in the settlement server. Detail information updating means for reading out the information and updating the ETC detail information database; a detail information request received via the Internet; the detail information required after authenticating the request source is extracted from the ETC detail information database Comprising information providing means,
The client computer, to which an IC card reader is connected, reads and decodes a record on the user's ETC card, issues a detailed information request to the detailed information management server, and receives a response to the detailed information request With means,
A user inserts an ETC card into the IC card reader of the client computer and connects to the detailed information management server to request the issuance of road usage details recorded on the card. ETC usage statement issuance request system characterized by this. The ETC usage statement issuance request system according to claim 1, wherein the settlement server and the detailed information management server are connected via a network. The ETC usage statement issuance request system according to claim 1, wherein the settlement server and the detailed information management server are configured to be connected offline. 2. The ETC usage specification issuance request system according to claim 1, wherein the detailed information providing means of the settlement server accepts the detailed information request via the Internet, authenticates the request source, and sends the required detailed information to the ETC. Extracting from the detail information database and returning the contents to the request source, the client computer includes detail information output means for outputting the returned detail information to a monitor screen or a printer. , ETC usage statement issuance request system that enables confirmation and printout of detailed information on a client computer. 2. The ETC usage statement issuance request system according to claim 1, wherein the ETC statement information database manages flag information indicating whether or not the settlement for the usage has been completed for each registered customer road usage. When the usage statement issuance request is made, if the payment for the usage has not been completed, the detailed information providing means replies that it will not issue a receipt. system. 2. The ETC usage statement issuance request system according to claim 1, wherein the ETC statement information database manages flag information indicating whether or not a receipt for the usage has been issued for each registered customer road usage. If a receipt has already been issued when a usage statement issuance request is made, the detailed information providing means should reply to that effect so as not to issue the receipt twice. ETC usage statement issuance request system as a feature. A detail information management server constituting the ETC use statement issuance request system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A computer program in which a series of instructions for operating a computer as a detailed information management server constituting the ETC usage specification issuance request system according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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