JP2019185622A - Vehicle-mounted automatic toll payment device - Google Patents

Abstract

To prevent a user from forgetting to insert an IC card when starting a trip and to remove the IC card when ending the trip.SOLUTION: A vehicle-mounted automatic toll payment device of the present invention is configured to register locations where a user has inserted or removed an IC card when starting or stopping a vehicle, and to generate an IC card-not-inserted alarm or an IC card-not-removed alarm on the basis of the registered information so as to reduce the chances of the user feeling disturbed by the alarms.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention is an automatic fee payment having a notification function for preventing erroneous entry into a toll gate on a toll road without having an IC card attached to the on-board device, and forgetting to remove the IC card and leaving it in a vehicle. It relates to onboard equipment.

The on-board device for automatic toll payment for settlement of tolls on toll roads is used by mounting an IC card corresponding to the toll payment service on the on-board body. The automatic fee payment in-vehicle device stores information on the mounted vehicle as setup information, and the vehicle type classification of the fee is determined based on the vehicle information. In addition, the IC card stores a settlement history at the time of use, and the IC card owner is charged with a toll. Therefore, when the toll road is used, it is not possible to normally pay the fee only with the vehicle-mounted device body to which the IC card is not attached. In addition to not being able to settle the fee, there is also a risk of a collision accident due to a sudden stop that occurs with the stop process at the toll booth. Therefore, as a technique for preventing such forgetting to insert an IC card, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-287196 issues an alarm for forgetting to insert an IC card if the IC card is not attached to the vehicle-mounted device when the vehicle starts operation.

However, whether the user inserts an IC card at the start of operation differs depending on whether or not there is a plan to use a toll road most recently. Therefore, some users feel annoyed that they are warned every time they start operation with no IC card installed. In view of this, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-76195 reduces the annoyance by giving a warning when a toll road is set as a recommended route of the car navigation device.

In addition, when the payment is made normally using the toll road, the IC card is mounted on the vehicle-mounted device, and the IC card is mounted on the vehicle-mounted device when getting off the vehicle unless the user removes it halfway. . In addition to the automatic fee payment card, IC cards with a credit function and a prepaid function are also widely used, so there is a possibility of serious damage if the card is stolen or skimmed.

Accordingly, in the utility model No. 3011349, a technique for preventing the IC card from being left in the vehicle is alerted if the IC card remains at the timing when the engine key is keyed off to prevent forgetting to remove it.

On the other hand, whether or not the user needs to remove the IC card when getting off differs greatly depending on individual circumstances. For example, there is a low risk that an IC card can be misused for an automatic fee payment dedicated card, and there are also users who rarely pull out an IC card when crime prevention in a garage at home is perfect. In such a case, there is a demand for not issuing an alarm every time, and in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-39438, the user can cancel the alarm notification in advance. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-110639, an alarm is issued only at a position registered in advance using a positioning function.

JP-A-8-287196 JP 2001-76195 A Utility model No. 3011349 JP 11-39438 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-110639

The importance of the conventional forgetting to insert IC card warning and forgetting to remove the IC card is recognized by the user, but it is difficult to activate the alarm so as not to feel inconvenience. However, if the user cancels the alarm function because of annoyance, it will not function in any use scene after that, so it could not be used when it is really necessary.

For a user who wears an IC card only when using a toll road, he / she hears a warning that he / she has forgotten to insert the card every time the operation starts. In addition, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-76195 described above, the troublesomeness of the alarm is reduced, but it is necessary to set a destination in order for the navigation device to generate a recommended route. However, the user cannot expect to set a destination when traveling in an area where the route is known.

On the other hand, a user who always wears an IC card regardless of use of a toll road will hear a forgetting to remove the IC card every time the operation is stopped. In addition, even users who do not normally wear an IC card are often in a state of wearing an IC card on the day of using a toll road, so they will hear an alarm every time they stop. .

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-110639 described above, when a preset position is registered and it is estimated that the vehicle has stopped operating, forgetting to remove the IC card only when the stop position of the vehicle substantially coincides with the registered position. If there is, it will prevent alarming more than necessary by notifying. However, in this method, the user needs to register each place where the IC card should be removed, and a problem of forgetting to register newly arises in order to solve the problem of forgetting to remove.

From the above, the user wants the alarm to be issued only when he / she needs to insert or remove the IC card, and has an affinity for the insertion / removal of the IC card which only the user can know. It is a problem to provide an alarm forgetting to insert and forgetting an IC card that is expensive and does not require complicated registration operations.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned goal, according to the automatic fee payment in-vehicle device of claim 1,
Comprising storage means for storing a preset position as a registration point;
When it is estimated that the vehicle has started to operate, if the operation start position of the vehicle substantially coincides with the registered point, an automatic fee for issuing an alarm for forgetting to insert an IC card unless an IC card is installed in the vehicle-mounted device In the payment OBE,
The registration point stored in the storage means is stored when it is estimated that the user has inserted the IC card at the start of past operation and the operation start position does not substantially match the registration point stored in the storage means. This makes it possible for the vehicle-mounted device to collect and accumulate registration point information.

Comprising storage means for storing a preset position as a registration point;
When it is estimated that the vehicle has stopped operating, if the operation stop position of the vehicle substantially coincides with the registered point, an automatic fee for issuing an IC card forgetting alarm if an IC card is installed in the vehicle-mounted device In the payment OBE,
The registration point stored in the storage means is stored when it is estimated that the user has pulled out the IC card at the time of past operation stop and the operation stop position does not substantially match the registration point stored in the storage means. This makes it possible for the vehicle-mounted device to collect and store registration point information.

According to the automatic fee payment in-vehicle device of the present invention, the on-vehicle device registers a place where the user has a track record of inserting the IC card at the start of operation, and issues a warning to forget to insert the IC card at the registration point after the next time. In addition, the in-vehicle device registers a place where the IC card has been removed when the operation is stopped, and issues a forgetting to remove the IC card at the registration point after the next time, thereby providing an alarm that is difficult for the user to feel troublesome. be able to.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device of the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing main control. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining items of card insertion data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining card removal data items in the IC card insertion / removal DB. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of contents of card insertion data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of the contents of card insertion data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB using the time measuring means. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of notification setting contents of an IC card forgetting alarm and an IC card forgetting alarm. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an IC card forgetting alarm processing. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an IC card removal forget alarm process. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device of the second embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device will be described with reference to the drawings.

First embodiment

(Configuration of automatic fee payment onboard equipment)
1 includes a wireless communication unit 2, a wireless communication processing unit 3, a control unit 4, an IC card mounting unit 5, an IC card detection unit 6, an IC card processing unit 7, a notification unit 8, and an operation. The unit 9 includes a positioning unit 10, a storage unit 11, and a power supply processing unit 13. The control unit 4 includes a CPU 40, a ROM 41, a RAM 42, and the like. The storage unit 11 includes an area for storing various information and an area for an IC card insertion / removal DB 43 that is a database related to IC card insertion / removal. The detachable IC card 50 is mounted on the IC card mounting unit 5. Further, ACC 51 is an ACC power source for vehicle equipment, and + B power source 52 is a battery power source for vehicle equipment.

The control unit 4 performs control processing for the entire apparatus based on information from each unit. The storage unit 11 is a non-volatile memory, and holds stored information even after the vehicle-mounted device is stopped. In addition to the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43, the control unit 4 stores vehicle position information, alarm notification settings, and the like in the storage unit 11. The IC card insertion / removal DB 43 is a database in which locations for issuing an IC card forgetting alarm and locations for issuing an IC card forgetting alarm are registered.

The IC card mounting unit 5 has contacts for communication with the IC card, and uses physical electrode contacts for connection with the IC card. The card detection unit 6 informs the control unit 4 whether or not the IC card 50 is mounted on the IC card mounting unit 5. The IC card processing unit 7 reads and writes information on the IC card under the control of the control unit 4.

The notification unit 8 includes an indicator, a speaker, and the like, and performs a warning to the user, a charge notification, and the like under control of the control unit 4. The operation unit 9 is a switch or the like, and is mainly used by a user for various settings of the automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device and for reference to the fee payment history recorded on the IC card. The positioning unit 10 measures the current position of the host vehicle and is a GNSS such as GPS.

The wireless communication unit 2 performs wireless communication with a base station installed at a toll gate or the like, and transmits and receives information under the control of the wireless communication processing unit 3. The wireless communication processing unit 3 transmits the received instruction information and question information from the base station to the control unit 4, and transmits response information to the base station generated by the control unit 4 from the wireless communication unit 2 to the base station. In accordance with the instruction information, the control unit 4 writes the instructed information to the IC card 50 and, for example, activates the notification unit 8 to notify the user of the amount of toll. Further, the control unit 4 calls the information stored in the IC card 50 according to the question information and generates response information.

The power supply processing unit 13 supplies power to the automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device, which is not shown in FIG. The ACC 51 is an accessory power supply that is turned on / off in conjunction with the key operation of the vehicle. The + B power source 52 is a power source directly connected to the battery and is always on. The power supply processing unit 13 monitors the voltage drop of the ACC 51, and immediately notifies the control unit 4 of the situation when the voltage drops. Since the position of the engine key is switched from ACC on to ACC off, the voltage of the ACC decreases, so the power supply processing unit 13 transmits the situation to the control unit 4 and holds the power supply by the + B power supply 52. .

(Configuration example of IC card insertion / extraction DB)
The configuration of the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 in the storage unit 11 will be described with reference to FIGS. The IC card insertion / removal DB 43 is composed of card insertion data and card removal data. FIG. 3 shows a configuration of card insertion data of the IC card insertion / extraction DB of the first embodiment. For each registered point, the operation start position, the remaining alarm count M, the parking area, and the information freshness are recorded.

First, the operation start position is latitude / longitude information of the operation start point acquired by the positioning unit 10.
The remaining number of alarms M will be issued when the user does not insert an IC card even if an IC card forgotten alarm is issued at the start of operation, and the forgotten IC card is issued at that point in the future. The remaining number of times is shown. The remaining number of notifications M takes a value of 1 to 3 and varies depending on whether or not the user has inserted an IC card at the start of operation.

The parking area is used to determine whether or not the operation start position registered in the card insertion data and the position are substantially coincident when the vehicle visits the same facility thereafter. In public parking lots, there are many cases where the parking space is different every time, so there is an operational circumstance that differs from the previous position in proportion to the size of the parking facility. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the user can select a parking area from a radius of 10 m, 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m for each registration point. In addition, when the user does not select a parking area, 100 m is set.

The information freshness is a number in which the relative freshness of information between the registered card insertion data is numbered in order. 1 is the newest information, and the older the information, the larger the value. The information freshness can be used when specifying old registration information that is estimated to have low storage value when the storage capacity of the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 is tight.

Next, the configuration of the card removal data of the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The operation stop position, remaining alarm count N, parking area, and information freshness are recorded for each registered point.

First, the operation stop position is latitude / longitude information of the operation stop point acquired by the positioning unit 10.
The remaining number of warnings N is that when the user forgets to remove the IC card even if the IC card removal forget alarm is issued when the service is stopped, the IC card removal forgotten alarm will be issued at that point in the future. Indicates the remaining number of times. The remaining number N of notifications takes a value of 1 to 3 and changes depending on whether or not the user has removed the IC card when the operation is stopped.

The parking area is used to determine whether or not the operation stop position registered in the card removal data and the position when the vehicle stops operation at the same place thereafter substantially match. Similarly to the card insertion data described above, the user can select a parking area from a radius of 10 m, 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m for each registration point. If the user does not set a parking area, 100 m is set as the standard value.

Next, the information freshness is also a number in which the relative information freshness between each data of the registered card removal data is given by rank in the same way as the card insertion data described above.

(Notification settings for IC card forgotten alarm and IC card forget alarm)
Next, an alarm having a high transferability and an alarm having a low transferability will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 shows a notification setting example of an IC card forgetting alarm and an IC card forgetting alarm. This alarm notification setting is stored in the storage unit 11. There are two types of notifications, alarms with high transmission and alarms with low transmission, which are set for indicators and speakers. In the notification setting with high transmissibility, the indicator blinks, the speaker is at a high volume, and beeps and voice guidance are performed.

In the notification setting with low transmissibility, the indicator is lit with lower visibility than blinking, and the speaker notifies at a low volume. However, this notification setting is merely an example, and it is important that the two notification settings have a difference in transmissibility. Therefore, other notification devices such as a display may be used as long as the notification settings have different transmissibility, or another setting level such as a medium volume of the speaker may be used. The alarm with high communicability guides the user at a volume that can be clearly recognized by the user, and the alarm with low communicability makes it difficult for the user to feel uncomfortable even if there is a possibility that the user may miss it. In addition, since the volume at which an alarm can be reliably recognized is different between a working vehicle operating in a noise and a high-class quiet vehicle, an alarm with high transmissibility is not necessarily an absolutely high volume.

(Description of operation)
Next, the processing outline of the IC card forgetting alarm and the IC card forgetting alarm will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart relating to the processing outline of the first embodiment. First, when the ACC 51 is turned on from S1 in S1, the control unit 4 performs the start-up process (S2) of the automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device 1 so that each unit becomes operable. Note that the positioning unit 10 can perform positioning after establishing synchronization with the positioning satellite, so starts the operation for establishing synchronization and starts positioning after establishing synchronization.

Next, the control unit 4 determines whether the IC card 50 is mounted on the IC card mounting unit 5 by the card detection unit 6, and if the IC card 50 is mounted, controls the IC card processing unit 7 to control the IC card. The card 50 is authenticated (S4). If the IC card 50 is not attached, an alarm process for forgetting to insert the IC card is performed in S5. The process of S5 will be described separately.

When the process of S4 or S5 is completed, the process proceeds to S6. The control unit 4 stores the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit 10 in the storage unit 11. (S6) If ACC51 is not OFF in S7, the process returns to S6 and repeats storing of positioning information. The positioning frequency of S6 is performed every second, for example, and the latest positioning information is stored in the storage unit 11.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the wireless communication processing unit 3 waits for the arrival of radio waves from the base station until the on-vehicle device activation process (S2) is completed and the ACC is turned off (S7). continuing. When radio waves arrive from the base station, if IC card authentication has been completed, wireless communication for billing processing is performed, and automatic payment cannot be made if the IC card is not installed or IC card authentication is not completed. Wireless communication to that effect is performed. In addition, even if the IC card is not inserted in S3, if the IC card is inserted before the ACC is turned off (S7), the IC card authentication is executed under the control of the control unit 4, and the accounting process is performed. Is possible. (Not shown)

When ACC changes from on to off (S7), the control unit 4 determines whether the IC card 50 is mounted on the IC card mounting unit 5 by the card detection unit 6 (S8). If the IC card is not attached at that time, the vehicle-mounted device termination process (S10) is performed to stop and wait for the next ACC on. (S1) The vehicle-mounted device state after the vehicle-mounted device termination processing is stopped by the power supply processing unit 13 cutting off the power supply of the + B power supply 52 under the control of the control unit 4. When the IC card 50 is mounted on the IC card mounting unit 5 in S8, the process proceeds to S9, and an IC card forgetting alarm process is performed. The process of S9 will be described separately.

Next, the process of the IC card forgetting to insert alarm will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of the forgetting to insert the IC card warning process in S5 of FIG. If no IC card is attached in S3 of FIG. 2, the process proceeds to S100 of FIG. And the control part 4 memorize | stores the positioning information which the positioning part 10 measured and acquired in the memory | storage part 11 as the newest positional information. This position information is the operation start position.

Next, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the operation start position and the point registered in the card insertion data of the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 substantially match. (S101) The control part 4 produces | generates card insertion data, when not substantially agree | coinciding. (S108) The data generated at this time is the operation start position, the remaining number of notifications M (M = 1), and generated data identification information. The control unit 4 stores the generated data in the RAM 42 as provisional data. (S109)

However, when the positioning unit 10 is a GNSS, it takes time to synchronize with the positioning satellite, and thus there may be a case where the position information cannot be acquired at the processing timing of S100. If it cannot be obtained, the latest positioning information in the storage unit 11 is read out and determined as an operation start position. The latest positioning information (not shown) is information that is measured and stored in the storage unit 11 (S6) immediately before the ACC is turned off (S7) at the previous stop of operation. The case where the previous operation stop position and the operation start position are different is only a special case such as a tow movement at the time of failure or the use of a car ferry, so there is usually no difference.

When the processing of S109 is completed, an alarm for forgetting to insert an IC card with low transmissibility is issued (S110). As shown in FIG. 7, the alarm setting content with low transmission is lit with an indicator, and the voice guidance is “no card inserted” at a low volume. The alarm with low transmission at S110 has lower transmission to the user than the alarm with high transmission at S107, and therefore, it is possible to provide an alarm that is less troublesome for the user.

It is also possible to change S110 so as not to alarm. The presence / absence of an alarm in S110 may be fixed to one of the product specifications of the vehicle-mounted device, or a function that can be selected in advance by the user may be added.

The control unit 4 refers to the card insertion data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 and stores the referenced data as provisional data in the RAM 42 when they substantially match in S101. (S102) Then, it branches into three (S103) depending on the value of the remaining number of times M of the provisional data. And it progresses to S104, S105, and S106, respectively. S104, S105, and S106 are beep sounds with different numbers of ringing by the notification unit 8. The control unit 4 controls the alarm setting (speaker volume is high) in FIG. “Beep”, and in S106, “Beep” is notified. Then, following each notification, the control unit 4 controls the forgetting to pull out alarm with high indicator and voice guidance (S107). As an example of notification by alarm setting with high communication in FIG. 7, the indicator blinks and voice guidance is given at a loud volume “No card inserted”. Note that the beep sound and the subsequent voice guidance only have to be highly communicable as a combination.

This beep sound and voice guidance forgetting to insert / remove an IC card are a series of alarms for users. Although the number of beep sounds is different for each, the aim is to have approximately the same transmission as a warning to the user. Although details will be described later, the number of beeps is the number of remaining alerts until the registration is automatically deleted if the user does not insert the IC card without following the warning to forget to insert the IC card. Is shown. Therefore, the remaining number of alarms is notified as additional information while warning that the user has forgotten to insert the IC card with the same transferability.

In FIG. 8, the number of beeps is sent as it is to notify the remaining number of alarms. However, notification may be made to avoid deletion of registered information unintended by the user, so it may be two steps instead of three steps. Further, the maximum value of the remaining number of alarms M is 3 as an example, and may exceed 3. Furthermore, although a series of alarms is used for the beep sound and the voice guidance, it may be used by changing the wording only with the voice guidance without using the beep sound, or the alarm may be generated by combining the ringing pattern with only the beep sound.

Next, when the process of S107 or S110 ends, the process proceeds to S111. Then, the control unit 4 monitors whether or not the user inserts the IC card 50 for T1 seconds. (S111 / S112) When T1 seconds elapse without inserting the IC card, the control unit 4 subtracts 1 from the remaining number of times M of temporary data in the RAM 42 and rewrites it (S113). Is less than 1 (S114). If it is less than 1, whether the provisional data is generated data is identified (S115). If it is generated data, the process proceeds to S125. If it is not generated data, the referenced data exists in the IC card insertion / extraction DB, and therefore the control unit 4 deletes the card insertion data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43. (S116)

When the value of M is 1 or more in S114, the registration data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 is updated with the M value of the provisional data in the RAM. (S124) Note that the information freshness of the updated card insertion data is rewritten to a value indicating the latest, and the other inserted data is renumbered as appropriate in the order of freshness.

As for a specific value of T1 seconds, a time period from when the user hears an alarm about forgetting to insert the IC card to when the IC card 50 is inserted is a guide. For example, about 30 to 90 seconds is considered as a standard value, but it may be less than that or more.

If the control unit 4 determines in S111 that the IC card 50 has been inserted, the process proceeds to S117. In S117, it is identified whether the provisional data stored in the RAM 42 is generated data. If it is generated data, the process proceeds to S119, and if it is not generated data, the process proceeds to S118.

As described above with reference to FIG. 2, even if the IC card is not inserted in S3, IC card authentication is performed if the IC card is inserted before ACC is turned off (S7). IC card authentication is performed at the timing when the IC card is inserted in S111. (Not shown)

In S118, the M value of the provisional data stored in the RAM 42 is rewritten to 3. Then, the control unit 4 updates the registration information in the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 with the M value of the provisional data stored in the RAM 42. (S124) Note that the information freshness of the updated card insertion data is rewritten to a value meaning the latest. Also, other card insertion data are renumbered as appropriate in the order of freshness.

In the case of the generated data in S117, the control unit 4 rewrites the value of the remaining alarm count M of the generated data stored in the RAM 42 in S109 from 1 to 3. (S119) Then, in S120, the notification unit 8 performs a notification to confirm whether or not to register as a position to issue an IC card forgetting alarm. For example, by voice guidance, “If you do not register this point, please cancel” is notified. The user can indicate his / her intention of registration by pressing the button from the operation unit 9 in accordance with the voice guidance, or canceling it or leaving it unattended. (S <b> 121) Next, the control unit 4 prompts the user to select the parking area described above with reference to FIG. 3 from the notification unit 8, and the user inputs from the operation unit 9. (S122) If the user does not input a parking area at this time, a standard value of 100 m is set. When the input is completed, the control unit 4 registers the temporary data in the data area forgetting to insert the card in the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43. (S123) The information freshness of the card insertion data that has been newly registered is assigned a value that signifies the latest. Also, other card insertion data is renumbered in the update order as appropriate.

When the user cancels the registration in S121 and when the processes of S116, S123, and S124 are completed, the control unit 4 proceeds to S125, erases the provisional data in the RAM 42, and proceeds to S6.

Next, how the present embodiment operates according to the user's operation will be described. The card insertion data generated in S108 triggers registration when the user inserts an IC card in S111. In S119, the remaining number of notifications M is set to 3 because the initial value of the M value set so that even if the user does not insert an IC card at that point after the new registration, the M value is set to be issued three times. It is. In S123, it is newly registered in the IC card insertion / removal DB 43. After the new registration, the operation start position is registered at the next ACC on (S1) at the same location, so forget to insert the IC card with high transferability after a beeping sound three times in S104 An alarm is issued (S107). If the IC card is not inserted in S111, the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 is updated (S124) with the data in which the remaining number of notifications is decremented by 1 and M = 2 in S113. In this way, if the operation without inserting the IC card is continued in S111, the remaining number of notifications is sequentially subtracted to reduce the peep sound, and when M becomes less than 1 in S114, the point registration is IC It is deleted from the card insertion / extraction DB43. (S116)

Also, if the user inserts an IC card in S111 before the registration point is deleted, the remaining number of times M is returned to the initial value of 3 (S118), and the IC card is removed three times thereafter without removing the IC card. A warning about forgetting to insert is issued. The initial value of M is 3 as an example, and may be 2 or less or 4 or more. However, since the M value is a warning that continues from the next time based on the results of the user removing the IC card, if the M value is too large, a warning that does not conform to the user's intention will continue to be issued. Events are also likely to occur. On the other hand, if the M value is too small, the possibility of data deletion from the IC card insertion / extraction DB unintended by the user increases. Therefore, the M value is set so that if the user frequently inserts an IC card, it will continue to be registered in the IC card insertion / removal DB, and at the same time, even if it happens to be inserted and registered, there will be fewer alarms than necessary. Is desirable.

Next, specific examples of contents of card insertion data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a content example of card insertion data of the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 of the first embodiment. First, since the remaining alarm count M is 3 at point 1, the processing of S118 or S119 of FIG. 8 is performed, and it can be seen that the information is the result information in which the card was inserted at the time of the previous operation start at the point. . Since the remaining alarm count M is 1 at point 2, the M value has been subtracted twice in S113, and the IC card has not been inserted twice consecutively at the start of the previous operation at that point. It turns out that it is information. Similarly, the point 3 means the performance information that the IC card was not inserted at the start of the previous operation. As information freshness, it can be judged from the item of information freshness that it is new in the order of point 2, point 1, and point 3.

In the first embodiment, a timekeeping unit that detects the current time is not used, but FIG. 6 shows a card insertion data content example of the IC card insertion / extraction DB when the timekeeping unit is used. In FIG. 6, the freshness of information can be determined by recording the operation start time of each point instead of the freshness of information. Therefore, in the method using the time measuring unit, the information freshness processing of the data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB is not required. Further, when time information is recorded, it can be used for organizing unnecessary data, for example, it is determined that old information three years ago is unnecessary and is deleted.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 9, processing for forgetting to remove an IC card will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the IC card removal forget alarm process in S9 of FIG. If the IC card is mounted in S8 of FIG. 2, the process proceeds to S201 of FIG.

Next, the control unit 4 uses the latest positioning information stored in the storage unit 11 in the process of S6 as the operation stop position, and determines whether or not the points registered in the card removal data of the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 substantially match. (S201) The control unit 4 generates card removal data when it does not substantially match the registered card removal data. (S208) The data generated at this time is the operation stop position, the remaining number of times N (N = 1), and generated data identification information. The control unit 4 stores the generated data in the RAM 42 as provisional data. (S209)

When the processing of S209 is completed, an alarm for forgetting to insert an IC card with low transferability is issued (S210). As shown in FIG. 7, the alarm setting contents with low transmission are lit with an indicator and voice guidance “card is inserted” at a low volume. The alarm with low transmission in S210 has low transmission to the user as compared with the alarm with high transmission in S207, so that it is possible to provide an alarm that is less bothersome for the user.

It is also possible to change S210 so as not to alarm. The presence / absence of an alarm in S210 may be fixed to one of the product specifications of the vehicle-mounted device, or a function that a user can select in advance may be added.

When substantially matching in S201, the control unit 4 refers to the card removal data in the IC card insertion / removal DB 43 and stores the referenced data in the RAM 42 as provisional data. (S202) Then, the process branches into three (S203) depending on the value of the remaining number of times N of the provisional data. And it progresses to S204, S205, and S206, respectively. S204, S205, and S206 are beep sounds with different numbers of ringing by the notification unit 8. The control unit 4 controls the alarm setting (speaker volume is high) in FIG. “Beep”, and in S206, “Beep” is notified. Then, following each notification, the control unit 4 controls the forgetting to pull out alarm with high indicator and voice guidance (S207). As an example of notification by the alarm setting with high transmissibility in FIG. 7, the indicator blinks and the voice guidance “Card is inserted” is loudly loud. Note that the beep sound and the subsequent voice guidance only need to have high transmissibility as a combination, and therefore, the alarm need not necessarily have both high transmissibility.

This beep sound and voice guidance forgetting to pull out the IC card are a series of alarms for users. Although the number of beep sounds is different for each, the aim is to have approximately the same transmission as a warning to the user. Although details will be described later, the number of beep sounds indicates the remaining number of times until the registration is automatically deleted when the IC card is not removed without following the IC card removal forget alarm. Therefore, the remaining number of alarms is notified as additional information while warning about forgetting to remove the IC card with the same transmission.

In FIG. 8, the number of beeps is directly notified of the remaining number of alarms. However, notification may be made to avoid deletion of registration information that is not intended by the user, so it may be two steps instead of three steps. The maximum value of the remaining alarm count N is 3 as an example, and may exceed 3. Furthermore, although a series of alarms is used for the beep sound and the voice guidance, it may be used by changing the wording only by the voice guidance without using the beep sound, or by combining the ringing pattern only by the beep sound.

Next, when the processing of S207 or S210 ends, the process proceeds to S211. Then, the control unit 4 monitors whether or not the user removes the IC card 50 for T2 seconds. (S211, S212) When T2 seconds elapse without removing the IC card, the control unit 4 subtracts 1 from the remaining number N of temporary data in the RAM 42 and rewrites it (S213), and then the value of the remaining number N of times of notification is determined. It is determined whether it is less than 1 (S214). If it is less than 1, whether the provisional data is generated data is identified (S215). If it is generated data, the process proceeds to S225. If it is not generated data, the referenced data exists in the IC card insertion / removal DB, and therefore the control unit 4 deletes the card removal data in the IC card insertion / removal DB 43. (S216)

When the value of N is 1 or more in S214, the registration data in the IC card insertion / removal DB is updated with the N value of the provisional data in the RAM. (S224) Note that the information freshness of the updated card insertion data is rewritten to a value indicating the latest, and the other inserted data is renumbered as appropriate in the order of freshness.

As for a specific value of T2 seconds, a time period from when the user hears the IC card removal forget alarm until the IC card 50 is removed is a guide. For example, about 30 to 90 seconds is considered as a standard value, but it may be less than that or more.

If the control unit 4 determines in S211 that the IC card 50 has been removed, the process proceeds to S217. In S217, it is determined whether the provisional data stored in the RAM 42 is generated data. If it is generated data, the process proceeds to S219, and if it is not generated data, the process proceeds to S218.

In S218, the N value of the temporary data stored in the RAM 42 is rewritten to 3. Then, the control unit 4 updates the card removal data in the IC card insertion / removal DB 43 with the N value of the provisional data stored in the RAM 42. (S224) The information freshness of the updated card removal data is rewritten to a value meaning the latest. Also, other card removal data is renumbered as appropriate in the order of freshness.

In the case of the generated data in S217, the control unit 4 rewrites the remaining alarm count N of the generated data stored in the RAM 42 in S209 from 1 to 3. (S219) Then, in S220, the notification unit 8 performs a notification to confirm whether or not to register as a position for issuing an IC card forgetting alarm. For example, by voice guidance, “If you do not register this point, please cancel” is notified. The user can indicate his / her intention of registration by pressing the button from the operation unit 9 in accordance with the voice guidance, or canceling it or leaving it unattended. (S <b> 221) Next, the control unit 4 prompts the user to select the parking area described above with reference to FIG. 4 from the notification unit 8, and the user inputs from the operation unit 9. (S222) If the user does not input a parking area at this time, a standard value of 100 m is set. When the input is completed, the control unit 4 registers the provisional data in the card removal forgotten data area of the IC card insertion / removal DB 43. (S223) Note that the information freshness of the newly-extracted card data that has been newly registered is given a value indicating the latest. Also, other card removal data is renumbered as appropriate in the update order.

When the user cancels registration in S221 and when the processes of S216, S223, and S224 are completed, the control unit 4 proceeds to S225, erases the provisional data in the RAM 42, and proceeds to S10.

Next, how the present embodiment operates according to the user's operation will be described. The card removal data generated in S208 triggers registration when the user removes the IC card in S211. In S219, the remaining number of notifications N is set to 3. The initial value of the N value that is set to notify three times even if the user does not remove the IC card at that point after the new registration. It is. In S223, new registration is performed in the IC card insertion / extraction DB43. After the new registration, the operation stop position is registered at the next ACC off (S7) at the same location, so after the beeping sound three times in S204, forget to remove the highly communicable IC card. An alarm is issued (S207). If the IC card is not removed in S211, the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 is updated (S224) with the data in which the remaining number of notifications is decremented by 1 and N = 2 in S213. As described above, if the operation without removing the IC card is continued in S211, the remaining number of notifications is sequentially subtracted to reduce the beep sound, and when N becomes less than 1 in S214, the point registration is performed in the IC. It is deleted from the card insertion / extraction DB43. (S216)

Further, if the user removes the IC card in S211 before the registration point is deleted, the remaining number N of reports is returned to the initial value of 3 (S218), and the IC card is removed three times thereafter without removing the IC card. A warning to forget to pull out is issued. The initial value of N is 3 as an example, and may be 2 or less or 4 or more. However, since the N value is used to continue the next and subsequent warnings based on the results of the user removing the IC card, if the N value is too large, a warning that does not conform to the user's intention will continue to be issued. Events are also likely to occur. On the other hand, if the N value is too small, the possibility of data deletion from the IC card insertion / extraction DB unintended by the user increases. Therefore, the N value should be set so that if the user inserts an IC card frequently, it will continue to be registered in the IC card insertion / removal DB, and at the same time, it will rarely alarm more than necessary even if it is registered by accident. Is desirable.

The contents of the card insertion / extraction data in the IC card insertion / extraction DB 43 are different depending on the operation start and operation stop, the M value and the N value, but the explanation is omitted because it is based on the same idea as the card insertion data. .

〔effect〕
As described above, in this embodiment, the user detects that the IC card has been inserted / removed when the operation starts or stops, and the vehicle-mounted device collects and accumulates registration points where the alarm is issued. Registration points can be set without much burden. And since the location where the user himself / herself has inserted / removed the IC card is registered, the alarm with high affinity that issues the forgetting to remove the IC card and the forgetting to insert the IC card only when the user wants to warn The offer can be expected.

Moreover, since the in-vehicle device can automatically delete the registration point at a point where the user does not insert or remove the IC card when the operation starts or stops, the user does not need to maintain the registration point. In addition, additional information is provided to the alarm so that the user can recognize the registration point to be deleted before deletion.

Furthermore, in addition to a normal alarm with high communicability, an alarm with low communicability is provided, so that an alarm that is not bothered at a location that is not a registered point is possible, and the user's anxiety due to the absence of an alarm can be resolved. Further, in the present embodiment, since registration points are not prepared at the initial stage of introduction, the problem can be solved by using an alarm having low transmission at the beginning of introduction.

Further, since the registration and deregistration mechanism of this embodiment is clear and rational, it is also advantageous that the user can easily understand the operation. Since the insertion and removal of the IC card is performed at the user's own convenience, a reliable alarm cannot be made unless many sensors and artificial intelligence are introduced. If an alarm with advanced logic and uncertainty is given, the user becomes suspicious and the alarm function itself cannot be accepted. In this embodiment, even if an alarm operation that does not follow the user's intention is performed, the user can easily cope with the problem because the cause can be predicted.

Second embodiment

  (Configuration of OBE)

The second embodiment is an embodiment in conjunction with a device such as a car navigation system, and the configuration is shown in FIG. Except for mounting the external connection unit 14 that enables connection with the external device 53, the configuration is the same as FIG. 1 of the configuration of the first embodiment. The connection method with the external device 53 may be wired wireless. The external device 53 is assumed to be a car navigation vehicle-mounted device, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a computer, an in-vehicle ECU, or the like. In addition, the external device 53 can handle a part of the automatic fee payment on-vehicle device via the external connection unit 14. Moreover, the structure of the onboard equipment 1 can be abbreviate | omitted about the part with which the structure of the onboard equipment 1 and the external apparatus 53 overlaps.

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In the second embodiment, functions equivalent to those of the first embodiment can be realized, but functions that are features of the second embodiment will be further described.

First, in S101 of FIG. 8 and S201 processing of FIG. 9 of the first embodiment, the operation start position or operation stop position and the position registered in the IC card insertion / removal DB are substantially omitted in consideration of the area of the parking facility or the like. Judging whether they match. However, in the second embodiment, when the external device 53 is equipped with map information or can be obtained from the cloud, the operation start position or the operation stop position is replaced with the facility name or address, etc. By doing so, it becomes possible to appropriately determine substantially coincidence without being influenced by the size of the facility. Therefore, in the second embodiment, it is possible to appropriately determine a substantially coincidence without the user performing the input settings in S122 of FIG. 8 and S222 of FIG. In addition to the facility name and address, other area information related to the map information may be used. Furthermore, information stored as a position in the IC card insertion / removal DB may be replaced with facility information, address information, or the like.

(effect)
As described above, according to the second embodiment, whether the operation start position or the operation stop position substantially matches the registered point without being affected by the scale of the parking facility by utilizing the map information of the external device. Can be determined. Furthermore, it is possible for the external device 53 to handle a part of the automatic fee payment on-vehicle device via the external connection unit 14.

[Other Embodiments]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention can take a various form, without being limited to the said embodiment. For example, the functions of one component may be distributed to a plurality of components, the functions of a plurality of components may be integrated into one, or at least a part of the configuration of the above embodiment You may replace with the well-known structure which has these functions. Furthermore, applications developed within the scope of the present invention are possible. Therefore, application examples will be described below.

In the first embodiment, a non-contact type IC card is taken as an example. However, in the case of supporting a non-contact type IC card, the IC card mounting portion 5 may be a non-contact type.

The notification unit is exemplified by a beep sound, voice guidance, and an indicator, but any means that can notify the user such as notification by the display unit or vibration of the driver's seat or steering wheel may be used. In addition, the level of indicator brightness, blinking speed, speaker volume, display character size, and the like may be appropriately selected to change alarm transmission. Further, for example, a different device may be used such that an alarm having a high transmission is performed by voice guidance, and an alarm is used for an alarm having a low transmission.

In addition to a switch such as a keyboard, the operation unit may be a touch panel integrated with a display used in a smartphone or the like, may be operated by voice interaction, or may be any operation unit capable of setting the present invention.

The positioning unit used for specifying the current position of the vehicle may use any method other than GNSS as long as it can specify the position, such as positioning using a mobile communication network. In addition, when the current time is acquired by the time measuring unit, if the GNSS or the like of the positioning unit can acquire the current time, it may be acquired from there.

As for the operation start detection means, an example of detecting that the ACC is turned on from off is shown. However, it may be detected that the car key is inserted, or that the shift position is switched from the parking range to another position, the shift brake is released, or the like. Further, it may be detected that the vehicle has started moving with a speed pulse. Alternatively, any of the above-described events may be detected from the in-vehicle communication network, or any appropriate detection method may be used for determining the operation start, for example, determining the operation start of the in-vehicle communication network as the operation start.

As for the vehicle stop detection means, an example of detecting that ACC is turned off from on is shown. However, it may be detected that the key of the car is removed, or that the door of the driver's seat is opened, the shift position is in the parking range, the shift brake is applied, or the like. Alternatively, the above-described events may be detected from the in-vehicle communication network, or any appropriate detection method for determining the operation stop, such as determining the interruption of the in-vehicle communication network as the operation stop.

The power supply processing unit exemplifies a method of performing an operation such as an alarm for forgetting to remove the IC card with the power supply of + B power supply after the voltage of ACC drops, but the secondary battery is operated only with ACC without using the + B power supply Alternatively, a method of performing an operation such as an alarm for forgetting to remove an IC card using a capacitor may be used. In addition, the state in which the vehicle-mounted device shuts off the + B power supply and completely turns off the power supply is an example, and may be a sleep state in which current consumption is suppressed, or may be in a constantly operating state if the battery capacity is sufficient.

In the embodiment, two functions of an IC card forgetting alarm and an IC card forgetting alarm are realized, but either one of the functions may be realized.

In the first embodiment, it is an example of confirming the user's intention to register and setting the parking area before being registered in the IC card insertion / extraction DB, but may be omitted. In that case, even if a user does not judge, it will be automatically registered into IC card insertion / extraction DB. In addition, the user may be able to perform later operations such as correction of the parking area of the already registered data, change of the M value and N value, which are automatic deletion conditions, or deletion of the data.

Although it has been determined that the IC card has been inserted based on the time of T1 seconds, other methods may be used. For example, it may be determined by positioning information or a vehicle speed pulse that the vehicle has moved a certain distance after the alarm forgetting to insert the IC card is issued. Further, the insertion of the IC card may be monitored from the state where the ACC is turned off, and if the IC card is inserted before the user turns on the ACC, the insertion result may be reflected in the IC card insertion / removal DB.

Although it has been determined from the time of T2 seconds that the IC card has been removed, other methods may be used. For example, it may be determined by the opening / closing of a door or the weighted change of the driver's seat that the user has left the vehicle after the occurrence of an IC card forgetting alarm. Further, when the IC card is removed before the ACC is turned off and it is determined that the vehicle has not moved, it may be reflected in the IC card insertion / removal DB as the result of the IC card removal.

If the in-vehicle device is completely stopped immediately after the alarm forgetting to remove the IC card because the on-vehicle device is driven only by ACC, etc., the previous operation will be performed because the IC card is not inserted at the time of the next operation start The IC card insertion / extraction DB may be reflected on the assumption that the IC card has been removed at the time of stoppage.

In the second embodiment, when the external device is configured to handle the substantially coincidence determination of the S9 process of FIG. 9 or the IC card insertion / removal DB and the external device stops when the ACC is off, the S6 of FIG.・ At the loop processing timing of S7, the determination of S201 of S9 is always performed in parallel regardless of the operation stop detection, and when the approximate match with the current position is confirmed, the necessary information is notified to the in-vehicle device in advance. The in-vehicle device may perform independent processing while the ACC is off, and the card removal information temporarily stored by the on-vehicle device after the start of the next operation may be reflected in the IC card insertion / extraction DB of the external device.

The IC card insertion / extraction DB is an example, and may be changed as appropriate. For example, the card insertion data and the card removal data are registered separately, but they may be integrated if the user's request is the same as the place to be inserted and the place to be removed. Even if the place to be inserted and the place to be removed are not exactly the same, if the correlation is strong, they may be integrated and the identification information of the usage range may be added to the data. In addition, since the latitude and longitude used for positioning is an example, any information such as another coordinate system for specifying the position may be used.

In the first embodiment, 3 is used as the initial value of the remaining alarm count M value and N value as a condition for deleting information registered in the IC card insertion / removal DB, but other conditions may be used. If there is a registration point that is registered once and deleted several times, the algorithm may be changed so that the data is easily peripheralized. For example, by setting the M value of S119 in FIG. 8 and the N value of S219 in FIG. 9 to 1, respectively, it is easy to delete at the time of initial registration. Peripheral can be difficult. Further, the registration algorithm may be changed so that it is difficult to re-register such registration points. For example, the registration data once deleted from the DB may be left, and the re-registration may be made stricter than normal registration conditions.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device 2 Wireless communication part 3 Wireless communication processing part 4 Control part 5 IC card mounting part 6 Card detection part 7 IC card processing part 8 Notification part 9 Operation part 10 Positioning part 11 Storage part 13 Power supply processing part 14 External Connection unit 40 CPU
41 ROM
42 RAM
43 IC card insertion / removal DB
50 IC card 51 ACC
52 + B power supply 53 External device

Claims (13)

Comprising storage means for storing a preset position as a registration point;
When it is estimated that the vehicle has started to operate, if the operation start position of the vehicle substantially coincides with the registered point, an automatic fee for issuing an alarm for forgetting to insert an IC card unless an IC card is installed in the vehicle-mounted device In the payment OBE,
The registration point stored in the storage means is stored when it is estimated that the user has inserted the IC card at the start of past operation and the operation start position does not substantially match the registration point stored in the storage means. Automatic fee payment on-board device characterized by information. In the automatic fee payment in-vehicle device according to claim 1,
When it is estimated that the user has inserted the IC card at the start of operation and the operation start position substantially coincides with the registration point of the storage means, the information on the registration point is updated using the record information of the IC card inserted. Automatic fee payment on-board device characterized by In the automatic fee payment in-vehicle device according to claim 1 or 2,
When it is estimated that the user has not inserted the IC card even though the IC card is not installed in the vehicle-mounted device at the start of operation, and the operation start position substantially matches the registration point of the storage means An automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device, wherein the information on the registration point is updated using the record information in which the IC card is not inserted. In the automatic fee payment onboard equipment of Claims 1-3,
Although the IC card is not attached to the vehicle-mounted device at the start of operation, it is estimated that the user has not inserted the IC card and the operation start position substantially coincides with the registration point of the storage means, An automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device characterized in that information on the registration point is deleted or invalidated from a storage means when a preset condition is met. In the automatic fee payment in-vehicle device according to claims 1 to 4,
Although the IC card is not attached to the vehicle-mounted device at the start of operation, it is estimated that the user has not inserted the IC card and the operation start position substantially coincides with the registration point of the storage means, In the process of meeting the preset conditions, at least two types of distinguishable IC card forgetting to insert an alarm are issued or information on the registered point is deleted in advance at the timing of the IC card forgetting to insert an alarm. An automatic fee payment on-board device that is characterized by notifying in advance. In the automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device according to claims 1 to 5,
When it is estimated that the vehicle has started operation, if the vehicle operation start position is not substantially coincident with the registered point, if the IC card is not attached to the vehicle-mounted device, it is compared with the IC card forgetting to insert the IC card. Automatic fee payment in-vehicle device characterized by issuing an alarm about forgetting to insert an IC card with low transmission Comprising storage means for storing a preset position as a registration point;
When it is estimated that the vehicle has stopped operating, if the operation stop position of the vehicle substantially coincides with the registered point, an automatic fee for issuing an IC card forgetting alarm if an IC card is installed in the vehicle-mounted device In the payment OBE,
The registered point stored in the storage means is stored when it is estimated that the user has pulled out the IC card at the time of the past stoppage of operation and the operation stop position does not substantially match the registration point stored in the storage means. An automatic fee payment on-board device characterized by. In the automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device of claim 7,
When it is estimated that the user has removed the IC card when the operation is stopped and the operation stop position substantially coincides with the registration point of the storage means, the information on the registration point is updated using the record information with the IC card removed. An automatic fee payment on-board device characterized by that. In the automatic fee payment onboard equipment of Claim 7, 8,
When it is estimated that the user did not remove the IC card even though the IC card is mounted on the vehicle-mounted device when the operation is stopped, and the operation stop position substantially coincides with the registration point of the storage means, An automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device, wherein information on the registration point is updated by using the result information that the IC card has not been removed. In the automatic fee payment onboard equipment of Claims 7-9,
Although the IC card is mounted on the vehicle-mounted device when the operation is stopped, it is estimated that the user has not removed the IC card and the operation stop position substantially coincides with the registration point of the storage means in advance. An automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device characterized in that when the set condition is met, the information on the registration point is deleted or invalidated from the storage means. In the automatic fee payment onboard equipment of Claims 7-10,
Although the IC card is mounted on the vehicle-mounted device when the operation is stopped, it is estimated that the user has not removed the IC card and the operation stop position substantially coincides with the registration point of the storage means in advance. In the course of meeting the set conditions, at least two types of distinguishable IC card removal forget alarms will be issued, or advance notice will be given that the registration information will be deleted at the timing of the IC card removal forget alarm. An automatic fee payment on-board device characterized by that. In the automatic fee payment onboard equipment of Claims 7-11,
When it is estimated that the vehicle has stopped operating, if the vehicle's operation stop position does not substantially match the registered location, if the IC card is installed in the vehicle-mounted device, compared to the forgetting to remove the IC card Automatic fee payment on-board device, which issues a forgetting to remove an IC card with low communication ability In the automatic fee payment vehicle-mounted device according to claims 1 to 12,
An automatic fee-paying vehicle-mounted device having an external connection means capable of exchanging information with the outside, wherein the positioning information is replaced with a facility name or address by an external device connected by the external connection means.

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