JP2008004009A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily set an information processor as an ETC terminal. <P>SOLUTION: In a digital cellular phone with a camera applicable to the information processor, a vehicle information acquisition request generation part 122 generates a vehicle information acquisition request for requesting acquisition of vehicle information from a personal computer, etc. in a vehicle, a vehicle information radio communication part 118 transmits the vehicle information acquisition request to the personal computer, etc. and receives the vehicle information from the personal computer, etc. A vehicle information acquisition part 123 acquires the vehicle information and an auxiliary storage part 124 stores the acquired vehicle information. A unique information generation part 125 generates unique information about the digital cellular phone with the camera and the vehicle information radio communication part 118 transmits the unique information about the digital cellular phone with the camera to the personal computer, etc. An ETC processing execution control part 126 controls execution of ETC processing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus equipped with an ETC function.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile phones as information processing apparatuses have not only a communication function based on a telephone call, but also an address book function, a mail function via a network such as the Internet, a browser function capable of browsing a Web page, etc. Various functions have been installed.

  In addition, when using a toll road such as an expressway, a mobile phone equipped with an ETC function capable of performing ETC processing by wireless communication with an entrance (exit) management device installed in advance at the entrance and exit of the road Has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

According to the mobile phone proposed in Patent Document 1, a mobile phone possessed by a user boarding a vehicle receives a polling signal from an entrance (exit) processor that performs processing such as toll collection from a passing vehicle. When receiving, it shifts to the ETC on-board unit mode for communication with the entrance (exit) processing unit, and the process when passing through the gate by performing wireless communication with the entrance (exit) processing unit in the ETC on-board unit mode It can be performed.
JP 2002-32806 A

  However, in the mobile phone proposed in Patent Document 1, the ETC process can be executed using a mobile phone possessed by a specific user (for example, the owner of the vehicle) boarding the vehicle. Vehicle information related to the vehicle must be transmitted from the mobile phone to the entrance (exit) management device. Therefore, for example, when a user other than the owner of the vehicle boarded the vehicle, it is necessary to acquire vehicle information etc. in advance in a mobile phone possessed by the other user by some method. There is a problem that it is difficult to execute ETC processing using a mobile phone possessed by another user other than the user.

  In particular, when multiple users other than the owner of the vehicle board a board, that is, when a plurality of mobile phones equipped with an ETC function are brought into the same vehicle, one of them is agreed upon by the plurality of users on the spot. Even if it is decided to execute the ETC process using the mobile phone possessed by the user, it is possible to immediately execute the ETC process using the mobile phone possessed by any one of the plurality of users. There was a problem that it was difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus that can be easily set as an ETC terminal.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a receiving unit that receives vehicle information from a vehicle installation information processing device that is installed in advance in the vehicle, and a storage unit that stores the vehicle information received by the receiving unit; Between the first transmission means for transmitting the unique information unique to the information processing apparatus to the vehicle installation information processing apparatus and the information management apparatus for managing the traffic of the vehicle using the vehicle information stored in the storage means And an ETC process control means for controlling the execution of the ETC process.

  In the information processing device of the present invention, vehicle information is received from the vehicle installation information processing device mounted on the vehicle, the vehicle information is stored, and unique information unique to the information processing device is transmitted to the vehicle installation information processing device. Then, using the vehicle information stored in the storage means, the execution of the ETC process with the information management device that manages the traffic of the vehicle is controlled.

  According to the present invention, it can be easily set as an ETC terminal.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a traffic management system 1 to which the present invention is applied.

  In the traffic management system 1 of FIG. 1, the road 10 is a toll road with a distance fare system or a uniform fare system. The vehicle 11 travels on the road 10 in the direction indicated by the white arrow. An in-vehicle device 12 is installed at a predetermined position of the vehicle 11 as an information processing device for toll collection. In the vehicle 11, a personal computer 13 is installed at a predetermined position as an information processing device that performs various processes (for example, car navigation) in the vehicle 11. Furthermore, a plurality of information processing devices 14-1 to 14-n possessed by a plurality of users who board the vehicle 11 are present in the vehicle 11.

  In the following, the information processing apparatuses 14-1 to 14-n are collectively referred to as the information processing apparatus 14 when it is not necessary to individually distinguish them. Further, the in-vehicle device 12 and the personal computer 13 are defined as “a vehicle installation information processing device installed in advance in the vehicle 11”. In the embodiment of the present invention, the in-vehicle device 12 and the personal computer 13 are explicitly described as examples of the “vehicle installation information processing device preliminarily installed in the vehicle 11”. You may make it apply to a recording / reproducing apparatus, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), etc.

  The traffic management system shown in FIG. 1 is a system that collects a toll for the road 10, and includes a central management center 15 having a central management device 16, an entrance management system 17 that manages an entrance, and an exit that manages an exit. The management system 18 is configured. The toll differs depending on the usage distance of the road 10. The vehicle 11 enters the road 10, passes through the entrance management system 17 that manages the entrance, travels on the road 10 for a predetermined distance, passes through the exit management system 18 that manages the exit, and then exits the road 10.

  A gantry 20-1 is installed on the downstream side of the entrance management system 17 in FIG. 1 so as to cross the road 10, and the vehicle 11 passing under the gantry 20-1 is detected in the gantry 20-1. An optical sensor 21 is installed. The optical sensor 21 is connected to the entrance management device 19 by wire or wirelessly, and outputs a detection signal to the entrance management device 19 when the vehicle 11 is detected.

  A gantry 20-2 is installed on the upstream side of the entrance management system 17 so as to cross the road 10. The gantry 20-2 is installed in the vehicle 11 passing under the gantry 20-2. An antenna 22 that performs narrow-area communication with the in-vehicle device 12 or the information processing device 14 is installed. The antenna 22 is connected to the entrance management device 19 by wire or wirelessly, and performs bidirectional communication with the in-vehicle device 12 or the information processing device 14 installed in the vehicle 11 to transmit entrance point information necessary for collecting tolls. To do.

  Using the position of the gantry 20-1 at the entrance of the road 10 as a reference, a license plate recognition camera 23 and a vehicle photographing camera 24 are installed beside the road in the traveling direction of the vehicle 11. The license plate recognition camera 23 and the vehicle photographing camera 24 are connected to the entrance management device 19 by wire or wirelessly, and are driven by the entrance management device 19 based on a detection signal from the optical sensor 21 to Take a picture.

  The license plate information of the vehicle 11 photographed by the license plate photographing camera 23 and the image information of the appearance of the vehicle 11 photographed by the vehicle photographing camera 24 are output to the entrance management device 19 by wire or wirelessly. These license plate information and image information are supplied to the central management device 16 of the central management center 15, and when the in-vehicle device 12 cannot receive the entrance point information for some reason, the central management device 15 creates the entry point information. Used for

  The entrance management device 19 performs processing related to the entry of the vehicle 2 entering the road 10. The entrance management device 19 is connected to the central management device 16 of the central management center 15, and supplies the processing result regarding the approach to the central management device 16. The central management device 16 of the central management center 15 is also connected to, for example, other multi-point entrance management devices (not shown), and acquires processing results from the entrance management devices in various locations. The central management device 16 performs processing based on the processing result when toll collection is performed.

  A gantry 26-1 is installed on the upstream side of the exit management system 18 so as to cross the road 10, and an optical sensor 27 that detects the vehicle 11 passing under the gantry 26-1 is installed in the gantry 26-1. Is installed. The optical sensor 27 is connected to the exit management device 25 by wire or wirelessly, and outputs a detection signal to the exit management device 25 when the vehicle 11 is detected.

  A gantry 26-2 is installed on the downstream side of the exit management system 18 so as to cross the road 10, and the gantry 26-2 is installed in the vehicle 11 passing under the gantry 26-2. An antenna 28 that performs narrow area communication with the in-vehicle device 12 or the information processing device 14 is installed. The antenna 28 is connected to the exit management device 25 by wire or wirelessly, and performs bidirectional communication with the in-vehicle device 12 or the information processing device 14 installed in the vehicle 11 and collects a toll for toll roads.

  Using the position of the gantry 26-1 at the exit of the road 10 as a reference, a license plate recognition camera 29 and a vehicle photographing camera 30 are installed beside the road in the traveling direction of the vehicle 11. The license plate recognition camera 29 and the vehicle photographing camera 30 are connected to the exit management device 25 by wire or wirelessly, and are driven by the exit management device 25 based on the detection signal from the optical sensor 27 to Take a picture.

  The license plate information of the vehicle 11 photographed by the license plate photographing camera 29 and the image information of the appearance of the vehicle 11 photographed by the vehicle photographing camera 30 are output to the exit management device 25 by wire or wirelessly. These license plate information and image information are supplied to the central management device 16 of the central management center 15 and are used for the billing process by the central management device 16 when the toll fee cannot be collected from the in-vehicle device 12 for some reason. .

  Based on the position of the gantry 26-2 on the road 10, a breaker 31 that blocks the road 10 is installed at a position in the traveling direction of the vehicle 11. The circuit breaker 31 is connected to the exit management device 25 by wire or wirelessly. If for some reason the toll collection is not normally performed, the exit management device 25 controls the road 10 to stop the vehicle. Shut off.

  The exit management device 25 performs processing related to toll collection for the vehicle 2 entering the road 10. The exit management device 25 is connected to the central management device 16 of the central management center 15 and supplies the central management device 16 with the processing result of the processing related to toll collection. The central management device 16 of the central management center 15 is also connected to, for example, other multiple exit management devices (not shown), and acquires processing results from the local management devices. The central management device 16 performs billing processing when a fee cannot be collected.

  FIG. 2 shows an internal configuration of the in-vehicle device 12 of FIG.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 32 performs overall operation of the in-vehicle device 12 via a bus 37 in accordance with a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 33 or a program loaded in a RAM (Random Access Memory) 34. Control. The RAM 34 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 32 to execute various processes.

  The nonvolatile memory 35 includes a flash memory or the like, and includes user identification information (user name and identification number, etc.), fee collection related information (entrance time at the entrance or exit, point name information at the entrance or exit, billing information, etc.) ), The type of toll road fee system (uniform charge system or distance toll system, etc.), and vehicle type information about the vehicle 11 (type of large or small, license plate information, etc.).

  The clock unit 36 generates time information and causes the display 40 to display the time information. Further, the clock unit 36 supplies toll gate passage time information and the like.

  The operation unit 38 has various buttons for inputting various data related to ETC processing, and supplies various data input by user operations to the CPU 32.

  The display control unit 39 controls the display 40 to display various screens related to ETC processing. The display 40 displays various screens related to ETC processing according to the control of the display control unit 39.

  The IC card read / write unit 41 reads various information recorded on the IC card 42 inserted from an IC card insertion slot (not shown) or writes information instructed by the CPU 32 under the control of the CPU 32. To do.

  The user can obtain the IC card 42 by contracting with a credit card company or the like. The IC card 42 stores information such as user personal information and usage history of toll roads.

  For example, in the case of the advance payment method, the IC card 42 stores the amount of money previously paid by the user as the balance information. When the user uses the ETC system, the IC card 42 inserted by the in-vehicle device 12 from the IC card insertion slot. The usage fee amount is subtracted from the remaining amount of the remaining amount information stored in the card 42.

  In the case of the post-payment method, the IC card 42 stores the accumulated amount of usage fee as accumulated usage fee amount information. When the user uses the ETC system, the in-vehicle device 12 inserts it from the IC card insertion slot. The usage fee amount is added to the cumulative amount of the cumulative usage fee amount information stored in the IC card 42.

  The wireless communication unit 43 performs narrow-area communication with the roadside entrance management device 19 and the exit management device 25 via the built-in antenna 44, and transmits and receives various types of information. Moreover, it communicates with the information processing apparatus 14 in the vehicle 11, and transmits / receives various information.

  The drive 45 includes a magnetic disk 44 including a floppy disk and a hard disk, an optical disk 47 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and an MD (Mini-Disk (trademark)). A program stored in a recording medium such as the magneto-optical disk 48 or the semiconductor memory 49 is read and supplied to the RAM 34 or the like via the bus 37.

  FIG. 3 shows an internal configuration of the personal computer 13 of FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the CPU 51 executes various processes according to a program stored in the ROM 52 or a program loaded from the storage unit 58 to the RAM 53.

  The RAM 53 also appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 51 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 51, ROM 52, and RAM 53 are connected to each other via a bus 54. An input / output interface 55 is also connected to the bus 54.

  The input / output interface 55 includes an input unit 56 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a display unit 57 including a speaker, and a hard disk. A communication unit 59 including a storage unit 58, a modem, a terminal adapter, and the like is connected. The storage unit 58 stores in advance vehicle type information related to the vehicle 11 (type of large or small, license plate information, and the like).

  The communication unit 59 performs communication processing via a network including the Internet (not shown). The communication unit 59 performs wireless communication with the information processing apparatus 14 in the vehicle 11 via a built-in antenna (not shown), and transmits and receives various types of information.

  A drive 60 is connected to the input / output interface 55 as necessary, and a magnetic disk 61 (including a floppy disk), an optical disk 62 (CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk)) ), A magneto-optical disk 63 (including MD (Mini-Disk)), or a semiconductor memory 64 or the like is appropriately mounted, and then a read computer program is installed in the storage unit 58 as necessary.

  FIG. 4 shows an external configuration of a camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS applicable as the information processing apparatus 14 according to the present invention. 4A shows the configuration of the external appearance of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS when viewed from the front when the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS is opened at about 180 degrees, and FIG. 4B shows the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2. The structure of the external appearance seen from the side when opened is shown.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS includes a first casing 72 and a second casing 73 with a central hinge 71 as a boundary. It is formed so as to be foldable in the direction of the arrow X via the hinge portion 71. A transmitting / receiving antenna (antenna 114 in FIG. 7 to be described later) is provided at a predetermined position inside the digital mobile phone with camera MS, and is connected to a base station (not shown) via a built-in antenna. Send and receive radio waves between.

  The first casing 72 is provided with a liquid crystal display 74 (main display) on the front surface thereof. The reception state of the radio wave, the remaining battery level, the destination name and telephone number registered as a telephone directory, and the transmission history In addition to the contents of e-mail, a simple homepage, an image captured by a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera (CCD camera 80 in FIG. 5 described later), content received from an external content server (not shown), memory card The content stored in (memory card 116 in FIG. 7 described later) can be displayed. In addition, a speaker 75 is provided at a predetermined position on the upper part of the liquid crystal display 74, so that the user can make a voice call.

  On the other hand, the second casing 73 has operation keys 76 such as numeric keys “0” to “9”, a call key, a redial key, a call end / power key, a clear key, and an e-mail key on the surface. And various instructions can be input using the operation keys 76.

  The second casing 73 is provided with a cross key and a confirmation key at the top as operation keys 76, and the user moves the cursor up, down, left, right by operating the cross key up, down, left, right. be able to. Specifically, various operations such as a phone book list and e-mail scrolling operation displayed on the liquid crystal display 74, a simple homepage page turning operation, and an image sending operation are executed.

  Various functions can be confirmed by pressing the confirmation key. For example, in the second casing 73, a desired telephone number is selected from a plurality of telephone numbers in the telephone directory list displayed on the liquid crystal display 74 in accordance with the operation of the cross key by the user, and the confirmation key is the second key. When pressed in the inner direction of the housing 73, the selected telephone number is confirmed and a calling process is performed on the telephone number.

  Further, the second casing 73 is provided with an e-mail key on the left side of the cross key and the confirmation key, and when the e-mail key is pressed in the inner direction of the second casing 73, the mail You can call the send / receive function. A browser key is provided to the right of the cross key and the confirmation key. When the browser key is pressed in the direction toward the inside of the second housing 73, it is possible to view the data on the Web page.

  In addition, the second casing 73 is provided with a microphone 77 below the operation keys 76, and the microphone 77 collects the user's voice during a call. The second casing 73 is provided with a side key 78 for operating the digital mobile phone with camera MS.

  The second casing 73 has a battery pack (not shown) inserted on the back side, and when the end call / power key is turned on, power is supplied from the battery pack to each circuit unit. Start in a possible state.

  By the way, in the second housing 73, a memory card slot (memory card 116 for inserting / removing a memory card (memory card 116 in FIG. 7 described later)) that can be freely inserted and removed at a predetermined position below the second housing 73. (Not shown) is provided, and when a memo button (not shown) is pressed, the voice of the other party on the call is recorded on the memory card, or an e-mail, a simple homepage, a CCD camera according to the user's operation It is possible to record an image picked up by.

  Here, the memory card is a type of flash memory card typified by a NAND flash memory card or a NOR flash memory card, and is a nonvolatile memory that can be electrically rewritten and erased in a small and thin plastic case. A flash memory element, which is a memory, is stored, and various data such as images, sounds, music, and the like can be written and read via a 10-pin terminal.

  In addition, the memory card adopts a unique serial protocol that can ensure compatibility with the equipment used even when the specifications of the built-in flash memory are changed due to an increase in capacity, etc., and realizes high-speed performance. A high erasure prevention switch is provided to ensure high reliability.

  Accordingly, since the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS is configured such that such a memory card can be inserted, data can be shared with other electronic devices via the memory card.

  Magnetic sensors 79a, 79b, 79c, and 79d for detecting the state of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2 are provided at predetermined positions inside the first casing 72 and the second casing 73. .

  FIG. 5 shows another external configuration of the digital mobile phone with camera MS applicable as the information processing apparatus 14 according to the present invention. The state of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS in FIG. 5 is a state in which the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS is rotated in the arrow X direction from the state of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2 in FIG. 5A shows the configuration of the external appearance when the digital mobile phone MS with camera is closed, and FIG. 5B shows the configuration when the digital mobile phone MS with camera is closed. It represents the configuration of the appearance as seen from the side.

  A CCD camera 80 is provided on the upper portion of the first casing 72, so that a desired subject can be imaged. A sub-display 81 is provided below the CCD camera 80. The antenna picture shows the current antenna sensitivity level, the battery picture shows the current battery level of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS, the current time, etc. Is displayed.

  An electrostatic touch pad 82 is further provided below the sub display 81. Although the electrostatic touch pad 82 is apparently a single touch pad, a plurality of sensors (not shown) are provided at a plurality of locations. When the user touches the vicinity of the sensor, the sensor detects the touch and the winding is performed. A return function, a fast-forward function, a volume down operation, a volume up operation, a playback operation, a pause operation, and the like are executed.

  FIG. 6 shows a schematic internal configuration of a camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS applicable as the information processing apparatus 14 according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS includes a control device 83 that controls the entire camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS, an entrance management device 19, an exit management device 25, an in-vehicle device 12 in the vehicle 11, and the like. A wireless device 84 for wireless communication, an operation device 85 for inputting various instructions when operated by a user, and a display device 86 for displaying various data are connected to each other.

  The control device 83 includes entrance point information from the entrance management device 19, tolls from the exit management device 25, vehicle information from the in-vehicle device 12 or the personal computer 13 of the vehicle 11, ETC billing information and ETC cumulative billing information, etc. The memory device 87 for storing the ETC function operation starting means 88 for starting the operation of the ETC function, and the calculation function operation starting means 89 for reading the accumulated toll information stored in the memory device 87 and executing various calculations. Composed.

  The wireless device 84 includes an ETC wireless unit 90 that performs wireless communication with the entrance management device 19 and the exit management device 25, and a vehicle information wireless unit 91 that performs wireless communication with the in-vehicle device 12 of the vehicle 11.

  The operation device 85 is for displaying the ETC function activation switch 92 for operating as an ETC terminal when the user gets on the vehicle 11, the ETC charging information and the ETC accumulated charging information already stored in the memory device 87, and the like. An ETC charging information display switch 93, a calculation function activation switch 94 for reading out ETC charging information already stored in the memory device 87 and executing various calculations, and the like.

  The display device 86 includes a display screen 95 that displays various data.

  FIG. 7 shows a detailed configuration inside the digital mobile phone with camera MS applicable as the information processing apparatus 14 according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS has a power supply circuit unit 102, a main circuit unit 102 that controls each part of the first casing 72 and the second casing 73 in an integrated manner. An operation input control unit 103, an image encoder 104, a camera interface unit 105, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) control unit 106, a demultiplexing unit 108, a modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109, an audio codec 110, and a storage unit 117 are connected via a main bus 111. In addition to being connected to each other, the image encoder 104, the image decoder 107, the demultiplexing unit 108, the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109, the audio codec 110, and the recording / reproducing unit 115 are connected to each other via the synchronization bus 112.

  When the end-call / power key is turned on by the user's operation, the power supply circuit unit 102 activates the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS by supplying power to each unit from the battery pack. .

  The main control unit 101 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The CPU is loaded into the RAM from a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 117. Various processes are executed in accordance with various application programs, and various control signals are generated and supplied to the respective units to centrally control the digital mobile phone with camera MS. The RAM appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU to execute various processes.

  The main control unit 101 includes a timer that accurately measures the current date and time.

  Here, various application programs executed by the CPU can be installed in the ROM or the storage unit 97 in advance. Various application programs executed by the CPU can be installed in the storage unit 117 by downloading to the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS via communication via a base station (not shown). Furthermore, various application programs executed by the CPU can be recorded in the memory card 116, read by the recording / playback unit 115, and installed in the storage unit 117.

  Under the control of the main control unit 101, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS converts and compresses the audio signal collected by the microphone 77 in the voice call mode into a digital audio signal by the audio codec 110, and converts this into a modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109. Then, the signal is subjected to spread spectrum processing, subjected to digital / analog conversion processing and frequency conversion processing by the transmission / reception circuit unit 113, and then transmitted through the antenna 114.

  In addition, the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS amplifies the received signal received by the antenna 114 in the voice call mode, performs frequency conversion processing and analog-digital conversion processing, performs spectrum despreading processing by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109, and performs the voice codec 110 And then converted into an analog audio signal, and the converted analog audio signal is output via the speaker 75.

  Furthermore, when sending an e-mail in the data communication mode, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS sends the e-mail text data input by operating the operation key 76 to the main control unit 101 via the operation input control unit 103. To do. The main control unit 101 performs spread spectrum processing on the text data in the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109, performs digital-analog conversion processing and frequency conversion processing in the transmission / reception circuit unit 113, and then transmits the data to a base station (not shown) via the antenna 114. To do.

  On the other hand, when the digital mobile phone with camera MS receives an e-mail in the data communication mode, the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109 processes the received signal received from the base station (not shown) via the antenna 114. Then, after restoring the original text data, it is displayed as an e-mail on the liquid crystal display 74 via the LCD control unit 106.

  Thereafter, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS can also record the received e-mail on the memory card 116 via the recording / playback unit 115 in accordance with the user's operation.

  When the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS does not transmit an image signal, the image signal captured by the CCD camera 80 is directly displayed on the liquid crystal display 74 via the camera interface unit 105 and the LCD control unit 106.

  When transmitting an image signal in the data communication mode, the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS supplies the image signal captured by the CCD camera 80 to the image encoder 104 via the camera interface unit 105.

  The image encoder 104 converts the image signal supplied from the CCD camera 80 into an encoded image signal by compressing and encoding the image signal using a predetermined encoding method such as MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) 4, for example. The encoded image signal is sent to the demultiplexing unit 108. At the same time, the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS sends out the sound collected by the microphone 77 during imaging by the CCD camera 80 as a digital sound signal via the sound codec 110 and sends it to the demultiplexing unit 109.

  The demultiplexing unit 109 multiplexes the encoded image signal supplied from the image encoder 104 and the audio signal supplied from the audio codec 110 by a predetermined method, and the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109 converts the resulting multiplexed signal into a spectrum. The signal is subjected to spreading processing, subjected to digital / analog conversion processing and frequency conversion processing in the transmission / reception circuit unit 113, and then transmitted through the antenna 114.

  In contrast, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS can receive Web page data in the data communication mode.

  That is, in the digital mobile phone with camera MS, for example, when data requesting a Web page is transmitted in the data communication mode, the data of the Web page is transmitted via a base station (not shown) in response to the request. . The Web page data is received by the transmission / reception circuit unit 113 and the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109 via the antenna 94. The transmission / reception circuit unit 113 and the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109 send the received web page data to the main control unit 101.

  The main control unit 101 interprets the web page data and creates a screen (image) based on the interpretation. The created screen is supplied from the main control unit 101 to the liquid crystal display 74 via the LCD control unit 106 and displayed. That is, at least a Web browser application program is installed in the ROM or the storage unit 97 of the main control unit 101, and the CPU of the main control unit 101 executes the Web browser application program on the RAM, thereby executing the Web browser. It functions as a browser and interprets Web page data.

  Further, when the digital mobile phone with camera MS receives data of a moving image file linked to, for example, a web page in the data communication mode, the received signal received from a base station (not shown) via the antenna 114 is received. The modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109 performs spectrum despreading processing, and sends the multiplexed signal obtained as a result to the demultiplexing unit 108.

  The demultiplexing unit 108 separates the multiplexed signal into an encoded image signal and an audio signal, supplies the encoded image signal to the image decoder 107 via the synchronization bus 112, and sends the audio signal to the audio codec 110. Supply. The image decoder 107 generates a reproduction moving image signal by decoding the encoded image signal by a decoding method corresponding to a predetermined encoding method such as MPEG4, and sends the generated reproduction moving image signal to the LCD control unit 106. To the liquid crystal display 74, thereby displaying, for example, moving image data included in a moving image file linked to a Web page or the like.

  At the same time, the audio codec 110 converts the audio signal into an analog audio signal, and then supplies the analog audio signal to the speaker 75. Thus, for example, the audio signal included in the moving image file linked to the Web page or the like is reproduced. The Also in this case, as in the case of e-mail, the digital mobile phone with camera MS can record the data linked to the received web page or the like on the memory card 116 via the recording / playback unit 115 by the user's operation. is there.

  The storage unit 117 includes, for example, a flash memory element which is a kind of EEPROM that is an electrically rewritable and erasable nonvolatile memory, and various application programs executed by the CPU of the main control unit 101 (for example, An application program related to ETC processing and an application program related to calculation processing) and various data groups are stored. In addition, the storage unit 117 stores e-mail received according to a user operation, moving image data included in a moving image file linked to the received Web page, or the like as necessary.

  The vehicle wireless communication unit 118 includes various wireless communication units such as a Bluetooth (Bluetooth (trademark)) module, an infrared communication unit, and a wireless local area network (LAN). The in-vehicle device 12 or the personal computer 13 is communicated to transmit / receive various information.

  The ETC wireless communication unit 119 includes various wireless communication units such as a Bluetooth (trademark) module, an infrared communication unit, and a wireless LAN, for example. It communicates with the management apparatus 25, and transmits / receives various information.

  FIG. 8 shows a functional configuration that can be executed by the digital mobile phone with camera MS of FIG. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the thing corresponding to the structure of FIG.

  The operation input control unit 103 acquires various data input by operating the operation key 76 by the user, and supplies the acquired various data to each unit of the digital mobile phone with camera MS.

  The LCD control unit 106 acquires various data from each unit of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS, and displays various message dialogs and the like on the liquid crystal display 74 based on the acquired various data.

  The ETC terminal setting control unit 121 performs various controls for setting the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS as an ETC terminal.

  The vehicle information acquisition request generation unit 122 is vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 (for example, a large vehicle or a small vehicle) from the in-vehicle device 12 or the personal computer 13 installed in advance in the vehicle 11 according to the control of the ETC terminal setting control unit 121. Vehicle information acquisition request for requesting acquisition of vehicle type information, etc.) is generated, and the generated vehicle information acquisition request is supplied to the vehicle information wireless communication unit 118.

  The vehicle information acquisition unit 123 acquires vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 from the in-vehicle device 12 or the personal computer 13 supplied from the vehicle information wireless communication unit 118, and supplies the acquired vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 to the auxiliary storage unit 124. To do.

  The auxiliary storage unit 124 includes the storage unit 117 of FIG. 7, etc., acquires vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 supplied from the vehicle information acquisition unit 123, and stores the acquired vehicle information related to the vehicle 11. The auxiliary storage unit 124 stores in advance various data necessary for driving each unit of the digital mobile phone with camera MS.

  The unique information generation unit 125 reads the user name stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124 and the unique telephone number of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS according to the control of the ETC terminal setting control unit 121, and reads the read user name and The unique information is generated based on the unique telephone number of the digital mobile phone with camera MS and the generated unique information is supplied to the vehicle information wireless communication unit 118.

  The ETC process execution control unit 126 reads an application program related to the ETC process stored in advance in the auxiliary storage unit 104 in accordance with the notification from the operation input control unit 103, and based on the read application program related to the ETC process Control the execution of

  The calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127 reads out an application program related to calculation processing and mail transmission / reception stored in advance in the auxiliary storage unit 124, acquires input data from the input data acquisition unit 128, and reads the calculated calculation Based on the application program related to processing and mail transmission / reception, calculation processing is performed using the acquired input data, the calculation result is supplied to the LCD control unit 106 and the auxiliary storage unit 124, and ETC toll mail transmission / reception processing is performed. I do.

  The input data acquisition unit 128 acquires various input data input by the user operating the operation key 76 via the operation input unit 103, and calculates the acquired input data as a calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127. To supply.

  FIG. 9 shows an internal configuration of the entrance management apparatus 19 shown in FIG.

  When the control unit 131 detects the vehicle 11 based on the output from the optical sensor 21, the control unit 131 controls the narrow area communication unit 132, and the entrance of the road 10 that is a toll road to all the vehicles 11 via the antenna 22. The signal which shows that it is is transmitted.

  The narrow area communication unit 132 receives user identification information, which is information related to the user, vehicle information related to the vehicle 11, and the like from the in-vehicle device 12 mounted on the vehicle 11 or the digital mobile phone with camera MS via the antenna 22. It supplies to the control part 111. The control unit 131 controls the narrow area communication unit 132 to transmit the entry point information to the in-vehicle device 12 via the antenna 22.

  The control unit 131 controls the narrow area communication unit 132 to transmit to the in-vehicle device 12 or the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS that the processing related to the entry has been completed. Thereby, the entrance passage process by the narrow area communication using ETC is completed.

  However, for example, when the user identification information or the like cannot be received from the in-vehicle device 12 mounted on the vehicle 11 or the digital mobile phone with camera MS, the control unit 131 controls the license plate recognition unit 133 to recognize the license plate. The number plate of the vehicle 11 is photographed using the camera 23. In addition, the control unit 131 controls the image processing unit 134 and causes the vehicle photographing camera 24 to photograph the appearance of the vehicle 11.

  The license plate recognition unit 133 drives the license plate recognition camera 23 based on an instruction from the control unit 131 to photograph the license plate of the vehicle 11 and recognizes the characters and symbols of the license plate from the photographed image data. To obtain license plate information. The license plate recognition unit 133 outputs the acquired license plate information to the control unit 131. The image processing unit 134 drives the vehicle photographing camera 23 based on an instruction from the control unit 131 to photograph the appearance of the vehicle 11 and outputs the photographed vehicle image information to the control unit 131.

  The control unit 131 causes the central management center 15 to transmit the license plate information and the vehicle image information via the vehicle information communication unit 135 in order to cause the central management device 16 of the central management center 15 to create the captured entrance point information of the vehicle 11. To the central management device 16 installed in The information transmitted from the entrance management device 19 includes identification information of the entrance management device 19 and information such as the passage time. The identification information is stored in a RAM or ROM (not shown) in the control unit 131, and a timer for measuring time is built in the control unit 131.

  FIG. 10 shows an internal configuration of the exit management device 25 of FIG.

  When the control unit 136 detects the vehicle 11 based on the output from the optical sensor 27, the control unit 136 controls the narrow area communication unit 137, and the exit of the road 10, which is a toll road, to all the vehicles 11 via the antenna 28. Send a signal indicating that it is a toll gate.

  The narrow area communication unit 137 receives user identification information that is information related to the user from the in-vehicle device 12 mounted on the vehicle 11 or the digital mobile phone with camera MS, vehicle information related to the vehicle 11, and entrance point information via the antenna 28. Are supplied to the control unit 136.

  The control unit 136 determines whether the vehicle 11 is small or large based on the license plate information included in the information. In addition, the control unit 136 reads the toll in the use section of the road 10 stored in the toll storage unit 141 based on the entry point information, etc., controls the narrow area communication unit 137, and Then, information related to the toll (traffic charge information) is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 12 or the digital mobile phone with camera MS.

  Further, when the entrance point information cannot be received via the narrow area communication unit 137, the control unit 136 corresponds to the corresponding information created by the central management device 16 of the central management center 15 via the vehicle information communication unit 140. The entrance point information of the vehicle 11 is acquired and the toll is calculated.

  The control unit 136 stores the collected toll (collected fee) in the collected toll storage unit 142 and then controls the narrow area communication unit 137 to complete the toll collection on the in-vehicle device 12 or the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS. The ETC process by the narrow area communication using the ETC is completed.

  However, for example, when the user identification information that is information about the user or the vehicle information about the vehicle 11 cannot be received from the in-vehicle device 12 mounted on the vehicle 11 or the digital mobile phone with camera MS, the control unit 136 The plate recognition unit 138 is controlled, and the license plate of the vehicle 11 is photographed by the license plate recognition camera 29. Further, the control unit 136 controls the image processing unit 139 so that the appearance of the vehicle 11 is photographed by the vehicle photographing camera 30. Then, the control unit 136 controls the circuit breaker 31 to block the road 10.

  Specifically, the license plate recognition unit 138 drives the license plate recognition camera 28 based on an instruction from the control unit 136 to photograph the license plate of the vehicle 11, and from the photographed image data, the license plate characters. The license plate information is acquired by recognizing the or sign. The license plate recognition unit 138 outputs the acquired license plate information to the control unit 136. The image processing unit 139 drives the vehicle photographing camera 30 based on an instruction from the control unit 136 to photograph the appearance of the vehicle 11 and outputs the photographed vehicle image information to the control unit 136.

  When the road 10 is blocked by the breaker 31, the vehicle 11 stops, and a toll is collected from the user of the vehicle 11 by a staff member. However, for example, when the vehicle 11 is stopped and the toll cannot be collected due to the breaker 31 not operating, the control unit 136 causes the central management center 15 to perform the charging process. The license plate information and the vehicle image information are transmitted to the central management device 16 installed in the central management center 15 by controlling the vehicle information communication unit 140. Further, the information transmitted from the exit management device 25 includes information such as identification information of the exit management device 25 and passage time. The identification information is stored in the toll storage unit 141, and a timer for measuring time is built in the control unit 136.

  FIG. 11 shows the configuration of the central management device 16 installed in the central management center 15.

  The control unit 143 controls the overall operation of the central management device 16. The control unit 143 supplies the license information, the vehicle image information, the identification information of the entrance management device 19, and the like supplied from the entrance management device 19 via the vehicle information communication unit 144 to the transit information storage unit 149. The data is stored in a database managed by the storage unit 149. When the license plate information cannot be retrieved from the database managed in the traffic information storage unit 149, the control unit 143 controls the output unit 145 to output the vehicle image information and the like to the monitor 146 and notify the staff.

  The toll storage unit 148 includes an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) or the like, and stores the toll for each vehicle type at each tollgate. For example, the vehicle type (small size, large size, etc.) is detected from the license plate information of the vehicle 11, and the toll amount is output to the control unit 143.

  The traffic information storage unit 149 includes an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) or the like, and stores license plate information, vehicle image information, and entrance point information transmitted from the entrance management device 19 and the exit management device 25 in a database for management. To do. Thereby, the image of the appearance of the corresponding vehicle 11 can be read based on the license plate information.

  The vehicle registration storage unit 150 includes an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) or the like, and stores license plate information, the owner of the vehicle, the address of the owner, and the like in a database to be managed. When the entrance management device 19 or the exit management device 25 cannot collect the toll due to the narrow area communication, the vehicle registration storage unit 150 uses the database managed in the vehicle registration storage unit 150 based on the license plate information. The owner of the vehicle 11 and the address of the owner are acquired.

  Next, the ETC terminal setting process in the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS of FIG. 8 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1, the operation input control unit 83 determines whether or not an instruction to start the ETC terminal setting process is given by operating the operation key 103 by the user, and an instruction to start the ETC terminal setting process is given. Wait until it is done.

  When it is determined in step S1 that the user has operated the operation key 103 to instruct the start of the ETC terminal setting process, the vehicle information acquisition request generation unit 122 determines that the ETC terminal setting control unit 121 In accordance with the control, a vehicle information acquisition request for requesting acquisition of vehicle information (for example, vehicle type information or license plate information regarding a large vehicle or a small vehicle) from the personal computer 13 installed in the vehicle 11 in advance is generated. Then, the generated vehicle information acquisition request is supplied to the vehicle information wireless communication unit 118.

  In step S3, the vehicle wireless communication unit 118 acquires the vehicle information acquisition request supplied from the vehicle information acquisition request generation unit 122, and sends the acquired vehicle information acquisition request to the vehicle 11 via a built-in antenna (not shown). It transmits to the personal computer 13 installed beforehand.

  At this time, the communication unit 59 of the personal computer 13 installed in advance in the vehicle 11 receives a vehicle information acquisition request transmitted from the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS via a built-in antenna (not shown), and receives the received vehicle information. An acquisition request is supplied to the CPU 51.

  The CPU 51 acquires the vehicle information acquisition request supplied from the communication unit 59, and reads and reads the vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 stored in advance in the storage unit 58 based on the acquired vehicle information acquisition request. Vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 is supplied to the communication unit 59.

  The communication unit 59 acquires vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 supplied from the CPU 51, and transmits the acquired vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 to the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS via a built-in antenna (not shown).

  In step S4, the vehicle information wireless communication unit 118 receives vehicle information transmitted from a personal computer 13 installed in the vehicle 11 in advance via a built-in antenna (not shown), and receives the received vehicle information as a vehicle information acquisition unit. 123.

  In step S <b> 5, the vehicle information acquisition unit 123 acquires vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 from the personal computer 13 supplied from the vehicle information wireless communication unit 118, and supplies the acquired vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 to the auxiliary storage unit 124. To do. The auxiliary storage unit 124 acquires the vehicle information supplied from the vehicle information acquisition unit 123 and stores the acquired vehicle information.

  In step S <b> 6, the unique information generating unit 125 follows the control of the ETC terminal setting control unit 121 and the user name (for example, Taro Aoki) stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124 or the unique phone of the digital mobile phone MS with camera. Numbers (for example, 090-xxx-xxxx-xxx) are read out, and the unique information of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS is based on the read user name, the phone number unique to the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS, etc. And the unique information of the generated digital mobile phone with camera MS is supplied to the vehicle information wireless communication unit 118.

  In step S7, the vehicle information wireless communication unit 118 acquires the specific information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS supplied from the specific information generation unit 125, and the acquired specific information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS is not illustrated. It transmits to the personal computer 13 via a built-in antenna.

  At this time, the communication unit 59 of the personal computer 13 installed in advance in the vehicle 11 receives the specific information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS transmitted from the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS via a built-in antenna (not shown). The received unique information of the digital mobile phone with camera MS is supplied to the CPU 51.

  The CPU 51 acquires the unique information of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS supplied from the communication unit 59, and sets the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS as an ETC terminal based on the obtained unique information of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone MS. Recognize that

  Thereby, it is possible to easily set as an ETC terminal using the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS possessed by a user other than the specific user who is the owner of the vehicle 11, and to execute the ETC process. Therefore, the convenience in using the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS as an ETC terminal can be improved.

  In step S <b> 8, the LCD control unit 106 causes the liquid crystal display 74 to display an ETC terminal setting completion message dialog indicating that the setting as an ETC terminal is completed in accordance with the control of the ECT terminal setting control unit 121. The liquid crystal display 74 displays an ETC terminal setting completion message dialog indicating that the setting has been completed as an ETC terminal, under the control of the LCD control unit 86.

  FIG. 13 shows a display example of the ETC terminal setting completion message dialog 155 displayed on the liquid crystal display 74 of FIG.

  The ETC terminal setting completion message dialog 155 of FIG. 13 has a message display field 156 and a command display field 157 for displaying commands.

  In the case of the example of FIG. 13, the message display field 156 displays “Set as ETC terminal” as a message. Thus, the user can recognize that the digital mobile phone with camera MS is set as an ETC terminal, and thereafter, the ETC process can be executed as the ETC terminal.

  The command display field 157 has a command icon “OK”. The user can operate the operation key 76 to select the “OK” command icon in the command display field 157 and instruct the end of the ETC terminal setting process.

  Thereafter, when the operation key 76 is operated by the user and the end of the ETC terminal setting process is instructed, the ETC terminal setting process ends.

  In the ETC terminal setting process described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 12, vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 is acquired by the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS by performing wireless communication with the personal computer 13 in the vehicle 11. However, it is not restricted to such a case, For example, you may make it acquire the vehicle information regarding the vehicle 11 from the vehicle-mounted apparatus 12 in the vehicle 11 via wireless communication.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle information related to the vehicle 11 is acquired from the in-vehicle device 12 or the personal computer 13 installed in advance in the vehicle 11 to the digital mobile phone with camera MS. Even a camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS can be easily set as an ETC terminal. Thus, for example, even when a user other than the owner of the vehicle has boarded the vehicle, the ETC process can be easily performed using a mobile phone possessed by a user other than the specific user such as the owner of the vehicle. Can be executed.

  In addition, when a plurality of other users board in addition to the owner of the vehicle (that is, when a plurality of mobile phones equipped with an ETC function are brought into the same vehicle), a plurality of users agree on the spot, Even if it is decided to execute the ETC process using a mobile phone possessed by any user, the ETC process can be easily performed immediately using the mobile phone possessed by any one of the plurality of users. Can be executed.

  Therefore, the convenience in using the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS as an ETC terminal can be improved.

  With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 14, the ETC processing in the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS of FIG. 8 will be described. In this ETC process, the vehicle 11 is instructed to start the ETC process as an ETC terminal by operating an ETC function activation switch (not shown) of the operation keys 76 by the user. 19 and the exit management device 25.

  Further, the ETC process as an ETC terminal in the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS is executed by the ETC process execution control unit 126 based on the application program related to the ETC process read from the auxiliary storage unit 124.

  In step S11, the ETC process execution control unit 126 controls the ETC wireless communication unit 119, determines whether or not communication with the entrance management device 19 has been established via a built-in antenna (not shown), and enters the entrance management device 19. Wait until it is determined that communication with is established.

  If it is determined in step S11 that communication with the entrance management apparatus 19 has been established, the ETC process execution control unit 126 determines in step S12 the user name (for example, Taro Aoki) or the camera stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124. A unique telephone number (for example, 090-xxx-xxx-xxx) of the attached digital cellular phone MS is read out, based on the read user name, a unique telephone number of the digital cellular phone with camera MS, and the like. In addition to generating unique information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS, the vehicle information stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124 and the accumulated toll information already stored are read, and the unique information and vehicle information of the digital mobile phone MS with camera are read. And cumulative toll information is supplied to the ETC wireless communication unit 119.

  The ETC wireless communication unit 119 acquires the unique information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS, the vehicle information and the accumulated toll information supplied from the ETC process execution control unit 126, and the obtained unique information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS Then, vehicle information and accumulated toll information are transmitted to the entrance management apparatus 19 via a built-in antenna (not shown).

  At this time, the narrow area communication unit 112 of the input management device 19 receives the unique information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS, the vehicle information and the accumulated toll information from the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS via the antenna 22 and receives them. The unique information, vehicle information, and accumulated toll information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS are supplied to the control unit 131.

  The control unit 131 controls the narrow area communication unit 132 to transmit the entry point information to the digital mobile phone with camera MS via the antenna 22.

  In step S <b> 13, the ETC wireless communication unit 119 receives the entry point information transmitted from the entry management device 19 via a built-in antenna (not shown), and supplies the received entry point information to the ETC process execution control unit 126. .

  The ETC process execution control unit 126 acquires the entry point information supplied from the ETC wireless communication unit 119 and supplies the acquired entry point information to the auxiliary storage unit 124.

  In step S14, the auxiliary storage unit 124 acquires the entry point information supplied from the ETC process execution control unit 126, and stores the acquired entry point information.

  In step S15, the ETC process execution control unit 126 controls the ETC wireless communication unit 119, determines whether or not communication with the exit management device 25 has been established via a built-in antenna (not shown), and the exit management device 25. Wait until it is determined that communication with is established.

  If it is determined in step S15 that communication with the exit management device 25 has been established, the ETC process execution control unit 126 determines in step S16 the user name (for example, Taro Aoki) or the camera stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124. A unique telephone number (for example, 090-XXXXXX-XXX) is read out, and a camera is attached based on the read user name, telephone number of the digital cellular phone MS with a camera, etc. The unique information of the digital mobile phone MS is generated, and the vehicle information, the accumulated toll information and the entry point information stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124 are read, and the unique information, the vehicle information and the accumulated traffic of the digital mobile phone MS with camera are read. Charge information and entry point information are supplied to the ETC wireless communication unit 119.

  The ETC wireless communication unit 119 acquires the specific information of the digital mobile phone with camera MS supplied from the ETC process execution control unit 126, vehicle information, accumulated toll information, and entrance point information, and acquires the acquired digital mobile phone with camera. The unique information of the telephone set MS, vehicle information, accumulated toll information, and entrance point information are transmitted to the exit management device 25 via a built-in antenna (not shown).

  At this time, the narrow area communication unit 137 of the exit management device 25 via the antenna 28 from the digital mobile phone with camera MS to the unique information of the digital mobile phone with camera MS, vehicle information, accumulated toll information, and entrance point information. , And the received unique information of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS, vehicle information, accumulated toll information, and entrance point information are supplied to the control unit 136.

  The control unit 136 determines whether the vehicle 11 is small or large based on the license plate information included in the vehicle information. In addition, the control unit 136 reads the toll in the use section of the road 10 stored in the toll storage unit 141 based on the entry point information, etc., controls the narrow area communication unit 137, and The toll information is transmitted to the digital mobile phone with camera MS.

  In step S17, the ETC wireless communication unit 119 receives the toll information transmitted from the exit management device 25 via a built-in antenna (not shown), and supplies the received toll information to the ETC process execution control unit 126. .

  The ETC process execution control unit 126 acquires the toll information supplied from the ETC wireless communication unit 119 and supplies the acquired toll information to the auxiliary storage unit 124.

  In step S18, the auxiliary storage unit 124 acquires the toll information supplied from the ETC process execution control unit 126, and stores the acquired toll information. In the case of the post-payment method, a user who possesses a digital mobile phone with camera MS that has executed ETC processing as an ETC terminal is charged, for example, by adding to the charge of the digital mobile phone with camera MS.

  Thereafter, when the user operates a toll information display switch (not shown) in the operation key 76 to instruct to display toll information stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124, the toll is charged. Information display processing is executed.

  In step S19, the LCD control unit 106 reads the toll information stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124 in accordance with the notification from the operation input control unit 103, and displays the toll information on the liquid crystal display 74 based on the read toll information. Display the toll display screen. The liquid crystal display 74 displays a toll information display screen 158 under the control of the LCD control unit 106.

  FIG. 15 shows a display example of the toll information display screen 158 displayed on the liquid crystal display 74 of FIG.

  The toll information display screen 158 of FIG. 15 has a message display field 159 and a command display field 160 for displaying commands.

  In the case of the example of FIG. 15, the message display field 159 displays “Toll is 2800 yen” as a message. As a result, a plurality of users who have boarded the vehicle 11 can immediately know that it has cost 2800 yen as a toll as a result of the ETC process being executed by the digital mobile phone with camera MS.

  The command display field 160 has a command icon “OK”. The user can select the “OK” command icon in the command display field 160 by operating the operation key 76 and instruct the end of the ETC process.

  Thereafter, when the user operates the operation key 76 to instruct the end of the ETC process, the ETC process ends.

  By the way, when a plurality of users board the vehicle 11, the user wants to know the toll per person of the toll due to the use of the road 10 after the ETC processing described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this case, the charge per person may be calculated based on the toll information stored in the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS.

  With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 16, the ETC toll charge calculation processing in the digital mobile phone with camera MS of FIG. 8 will be described. The ETC toll fee calculation process is performed when an instruction to start the ETC toll fee calculation process is made by operating a calculation function activation switch (not shown) of the operation keys 76 by the user. Is executed.

  In step S31, the operation input control unit 103 determines whether or not an instruction to start the ETC toll calculation process has been issued, and waits until it is determined whether or not an instruction to start the ETC toll calculation process has been issued. To do.

  When it is determined in step S31 that an instruction to start the ETC toll calculation process has been given, the calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127 is stored in advance in the auxiliary storage unit 124 in accordance with the notification from the operation input control unit 103. The application program related to the calculation process and mail transmission / reception is read, and the execution of the calculation process and the mail transmission process is controlled based on the read calculation program and mail application program related to the mail transmission / reception.

  In step S 32, the calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127 reads the toll information stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124 and supplies the read toll information to the LCD control unit 106.

  In step S33, the LCD control unit 106 acquires the toll information supplied from the calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127, and displays an ETC toll fee calculation screen on the liquid crystal display 74 based on the acquired toll information. Let The liquid crystal display 74 displays an ETC toll charge calculation screen 161 and an ETC toll charge mail transmission screen 168 in accordance with the control of the LCD control unit 106.

  FIG. 17 shows a display example of the ETC toll fee calculation screen 161 and the ETC toll fee mail transmission screen 168 displayed on the liquid crystal display 74 of FIG.

  The ETC toll fee calculation screen 161 in FIG. 17A includes a total amount display column 162, a number-of-persons input reception column 163, a fee display column 164 per person, and a command display column 165 for displaying commands.

  In the case of the example in FIG. 17A, the total amount display column 161 displays in advance the toll that is the target of the ETC toll calculation process. For example, “2800” yen is displayed in the total amount display column 162 in advance. The number-of-persons input reception column 163 is a column for receiving input of the number of people used for calculation processing when the user operates, for example, a numeric key of the operation keys 76. The charge display column 164 per person displays the result of the ETC toll charge calculation process.

  The command display field 165 has a command icon “start calculation”. By operating the operation key 76, the user can select the “calculation start” command icon in the command display field 165 and instruct the start of calculation.

  In step S <b> 34, the input data acquisition unit 128 acquires, via the operation input control unit 103, input data related to the calculation of tolls input by operating the operation key 76 by the user.

  For example, when four users board the vehicle 11, the user operates the operation key 76 to calculate the toll per person of the toll due to using the road 10. As shown in the figure, “4” is entered into the number of people input acceptance column 163 on the ETC toll fee calculation screen 161. At this time, the input data acquisition unit 128 acquires, via the operation input control unit 103, data related to “4” as input data related to the calculation of tolls input by operating the operation key 76 by the user.

  The input data acquisition unit 128 supplies the input data related to the calculation of the acquired ETC toll to the calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127.

  Thereafter, the user operates the operation key 76 to select the “calculation start” command icon in the command display field 165 and instruct the digital mobile phone with camera MS to start the calculation process.

  In step S35, the calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127 acquires the input data related to the calculation of the ETC toll supplied from the input data acquisition unit 128, and is read as the input data related to the calculation of the acquired ETC toll. The calculation process is performed based on the toll information. That is, in the case of the example of FIG. 17A, 700 yen is calculated as the fee per person as a result of the calculation process.

  The calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127 supplies the calculation result to the auxiliary storage unit 124 and the LCD control unit 106. The auxiliary storage unit 124 acquires the calculation result supplied from the calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127 and stores the acquired calculation result.

  In step S36, the LCD control unit 106 acquires the calculation result supplied from the calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127, and on the liquid crystal display 74 as shown in FIG. 17B based on the acquired calculation result. The updated ETC toll fee calculation screen 161 is displayed. The liquid crystal display 74 displays the updated ETC toll calculation screen 161 as shown in FIG. 17B according to the control of the LCD control unit 106.

  In the case of the example in FIG. 17B, “700” yen is displayed as the charge per person in the charge display column 164 per person on the ETC toll calculation screen 161. Thereby, a plurality of users in the vehicle 11 can immediately and easily know the toll fee per person by using the road 10.

  The ETC toll fee calculation screen 161 in FIG. 17B further includes command display columns 166 and 167 for displaying commands in addition to the total amount display column 162, the number of people input reception column 163, and the per-person fee display column 164.

  The command display field 166 has a command icon “recalculate”. The user operates the operation key 76 to select the “recalculate” command icon in the command display field 166 and display the ETC toll display screen 161 in FIG. 17A for recalculation. Can be instructed.

  The command display field 167 has a command icon “mail transmission”. The user operates the operation key 76 to select the “mail transmission” command icon in the command display field 167 and to send the calculation result of the ETC toll to another user by mail as shown in FIG. To display the ETC toll mail transmission screen 168.

  Thereafter, the user operates the operation key 76 to select the “recalculate” command icon in the command display field 166, and to perform the calculation again on the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS in FIG. The ETC toll display screen 161 is instructed to be displayed. As a result, the display screen displayed on the liquid crystal display 74 transitions to the ETC toll calculation screen 161 in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the calculation result of the ETC toll is transmitted to other users by mail, the user selects the “mail transmission” command icon in the command display field 167 by operating the operation key 76, and the digital camera-equipped The cellular phone MS is instructed to display the ETC toll charge mail transmission screen 168 in FIG. 17C in order to send the ETC toll charge calculation result to other users by mail.

  In step S37, the LCD control unit 106 causes the liquid crystal display 74 to display an ETC toll mail transmission screen 168 as shown in FIG. The liquid crystal display 74 displays an ETC toll mail transmission screen 168 as shown in FIG. 17C according to the control of the LCD control unit 106.

  The ETC toll mail transmission screen 168 in FIG. 17C includes a destination input reception field 169, a subject input reception field 170, a body text input reception field 171, a command display field 172 for displaying commands, and a command display field for displaying commands. 173.

  In the case of the example of FIG. 17C, the destination input acceptance column 169 is a column for accepting input of a destination to which an ETC toll mail is transmitted when the operation key 76 is operated by the user. The subject input reception column 170 is a column that receives input of a subject when the operation key 76 is operated by the user. The text input acceptance column 171 is a column for accepting input of the text of the ETC toll mail by operating the operation key 76 by the user.

  The command display field 172 includes a command icon “Send”. By operating the operation key 76, the user can select the “transmission” command icon in the command display field 172 and instruct the transmission of the ETC toll mail.

  The command display field 173 has a command icon “return”. By operating the operation key 76, the user can select the “return” command icon in the command display field 173 and instruct to return to the ETC toll charge calculation screen 161 in FIG. 17B.

  In the case of the example of FIG. 17C, the destination input acceptance column 169 accepts the input of “Mr. A, Mr. B, Mr. C” as the destinations to which the ETC toll mail is transmitted. , “High speed charge between“ Nerima ”and“ Takasaki ”” is accepted as the subject, and “6/29 driving (20:00) high speed charge” is entered in the text input reception field 171 as the text of the ETC toll mail "2800 yen, 700 yen per person" is accepted.

  Thereafter, the user operates the operation key 76 to select the “send” command icon in the command display field 172 and instruct the camera-equipped digital mobile phone MS to send the ETC toll mail.

  In step S38, the calculation / mail processing execution control unit 127 executes the ETC toll charge mail transmission process having the contents accepted on the ETC toll charge mail transmission screen 168 in FIG. 17C. That is, in the case of the example of FIG. 17C, the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 109 and the transmission / reception circuit unit are added to the other digital cellular phones with a camera MS possessed by the users A, B, and C who are the destinations for which the input has been accepted. 113 and an ETC toll mail is transmitted through a base station (not shown). Thus, a plurality of users in the vehicle 11 can know the toll per person per person by using the road 10 accurately and easily using the mail function.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, simple division is performed as the ETC toll fee calculation process. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the toll information already stored in the auxiliary storage unit 124 is used. Various calculation processes can be executed.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is applied to the case where the in-vehicle device 12 is installed in the vehicle 11 in advance. However, the present invention is not limited to such a case, and of course, the in-vehicle device 12 is installed in the vehicle 11. You may make it apply when there is not.

  The present invention can be applied to a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a personal computer, and other information processing apparatuses in addition to the mobile phone.

  The series of processes described in the embodiments of the present invention can be executed by software, but can also be executed by hardware.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the steps of the flowchart show an example of processing performed in time series in the order described, but parallel or individual execution is not necessarily performed in time series. The processing to be performed is also included.

The figure which shows the structure of the traffic management system to which this invention is applied. The block diagram which shows the structure inside the vehicle-mounted apparatus of FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the personal computer of FIG. 1. The figure which shows the structure of the external appearance seen from the front and side when a digital mobile phone with a camera applicable as an information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is opened about 180 degree | times. The figure which shows the structure of the external appearance seen from the front and side when a digital mobile telephone with a camera applicable as an information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention is closed. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration inside a digital mobile phone with a camera that can be applied as an information processing apparatus according to the present invention. The block diagram which shows the detailed structure inside the digital mobile telephone with a camera applicable as an information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. The block diagram which shows the functional structure which the digital mobile telephone with a camera of FIG. 7 can perform. The block diagram which shows the structure inside the entrance management apparatus of FIG. The block diagram which shows the structure inside the exit management apparatus of FIG. The block diagram which shows the structure inside the central management apparatus of FIG. The flowchart explaining the ETC terminal setting process in the digital mobile phone with a camera of FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display of the ETC terminal setting completion message dialog displayed on the liquid crystal display of FIG. The flowchart explaining the ETC process in the digital mobile phone with a camera of FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display of the toll information display screen displayed on the liquid crystal display of FIG. The flowchart explaining the ETC toll calculation process in the digital mobile phone with a camera of FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display of the ETC toll charge calculation screen and ETC toll charge mail transmission screen which are displayed on the liquid crystal display of FIG.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Traffic management system, 10 ... Road, 11 ... Vehicle, 12 ... In-vehicle device, 13 ... Personal computer, 14 ... Information processing device, 15 ... Central management center, 16 ... Central management device, 17 ... Entrance management system, 18 ... Exit management system, 19 ... Entrance management device, 20-1 to 20-2 ... Gantry, 21 ... Optical sensor, 22 ... Antenna, 23 ... License plate recognition camera, 24 ... Vehicle shooting camera, 25 ... Exit management device, 26-1 to 26-2 ... Gantry, 27 ... Optical sensor, 28 ... Antenna, 29 ... Camera for license plate recognition, 30 ... Camera for vehicle photography, 31 ... Shutter, 32 ... CPU, 33 ... ROM, 34 ... RAM 35 ... Non-volatile memory 36 ... Timepiece unit 37 ... Bus 38 ... Operation unit 39 ... Display control unit 40 ... Display 41 ... IC card Read / write unit, 42 ... IC card, 43 ... wireless communication unit, 44 ... built-in antenna, 45 ... drive, 46 ... magnetic disk, 47 ... optical disk, 48 ... magneto-optical disk, 49 ... semiconductor memory, 51 ... CPU, 52 ... ROM, 53 ... RAM, 54 ... bus, 55 ... input / output interface, 56 ... input unit, 57 ... output unit, 58 ... storage unit, 59 ... communication unit, 60 ... drive, 61 ... magnetic disk, 62 ... optical disc , 63 ... magneto-optical disk, 64 ... semiconductor memory, 71 ... hinge part, 72 ... first casing, 73 ... second casing, 74 ... liquid crystal display, 75 ... speaker, 76 ... operation keys, 77 ... microphone 78 ... Side keys, 79a to 79d ... Magnetic sensor, 80 ... CCD camera, 81 ... Sub-display, 82 ... Electrostatic touch pad, 83 ... Control device, 84 ... Wireless device, 85 ... Operation device, 86 ... Display device, 87 ... Memory device, 88 ... ETC function operation starting means, 89 ... Calculation function operation starting means, 90 ... ETC wireless section, 91 ... Vehicle information wireless section, 92 ... ETC function start switch, 93... ETC charging information display switch, 94. Calculation function start switch, 95. Display screen, 101... Main control unit, 102... Power supply circuit, 103 ... operation input control unit, 104. Camera I / F unit 106 ... LCD control unit 107 ... Image decoder 108 ... Demultiplexing / demultiplexing unit 109 ... Modulation / demodulation circuit unit 110 ... Audio codec 111 ... Main bus 112 ... Synchronous bus 113 ... Transmission / reception circuit unit 114 ... antenna, 115 ... recording / reproducing unit, 116 ... memory card, 117 ... storage unit, 118 ... vehicle information wireless communication unit, 119 ... ETC wireless communication 121 ... ETC terminal setting control unit, 122 ... vehicle information acquisition request generation unit, 123 ... vehicle information unit, 124 ... auxiliary storage unit, 125 ... specific information generation unit, 126 ... ETC process execution control unit, 127 ... calculation / mail Process execution control unit, 128 ... input data acquisition unit, 131 ... control unit, 132 ... narrow area communication unit, 133 ... license plate recognition unit, 134 ... image processing unit, 135 ... vehicle information communication unit, 136 ... control unit, 137 ... narrow area communication part, 138 ... license plate recognition part, 139 ... image processing part, 140 ... vehicle information communication part, 141 ... toll storage part, 142 ... collection charge storage part, 143 ... control part, 144 ... vehicle information communication 145 ... Output unit 146 ... Monitor 147 ... Printer 148 ... Toll storage unit 149 ... Traffic information storage unit 150 ... Vehicle registration storage unit 151 ... On Part.

Claims (5)

Receiving means for receiving vehicle information from a vehicle installation information processing device installed in advance in the vehicle;
Storage means for storing the vehicle information received by the receiving means;
First transmission means for transmitting unique information unique to the information processing device to the vehicle installation information processing device;
ETC processing control means for controlling execution of ETC processing with an information management device that manages traffic of the vehicle, using the vehicle information stored in the storage means. apparatus.   2. The information according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a message indicating that ETC processing can be executed after transmitting the unique information to the vehicle installation information processing apparatus by the transmission means. Processing equipment. Storage means for storing toll information acquired in control of execution of ETC processing with the information management apparatus by the ETC processing control means;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the toll information stored in the storage means.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: a calculation processing control unit that controls execution of a predetermined calculation process based on the toll information stored in the storage unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a second transmission unit that transmits a result of the predetermined calculation process whose execution is controlled by the calculation process control unit to another information processing apparatus.

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