JP4098635B2 - Charge payer change management method, charge payer change management program, charge payer change management device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a toll payment method capable of non-stop cashless use of toll roads.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, tolls for toll roads such as highways, motorway roads, and bridges are mostly paid by receiving a passport at the entrance and using cash, a cash card or a so-called highway card at the exit. However, in such a method, it is necessary to stop the vehicle once at the entrance and exit, which causes traffic congestion and is troublesome and troublesome to pay.
[0003]
On the other hand, in recent years, a so-called ETC (Electronic Toll Collection System) or the like that can collect charges at a toll gate on a toll road such as an expressway in a non-stop and cashless manner has been introduced.
[0004]
In this ETC, each car is equipped with a dedicated terminal (ETC on-board equipment), and when the car passes through the toll gate, it is automatically performed by road-to-vehicle communication between the antenna installed at the ETC gate of each toll gate and the ETC on-board equipment. Toll payments.
[0005]
As described above, ETC helps to reduce traffic congestion, but on the other hand, the user is burdened with purchasing / installing the ETC on-vehicle device.
On the other hand, for example, the inventions described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 have been proposed.
[0006]
The invention described in Patent Document 1 proposes a method for realizing non-stop, cashless fee collection using a mobile phone having a high penetration rate without providing the dedicated terminal (ETC on-board unit). According to the present invention, mobile phone radio base stations are provided at the entrance and exit of the toll road, and the entrance is detected by a position registration signal transmitted from a mobile phone carried by a passenger of a passing vehicle in response to a notification signal from the radio base station The passage of the exit is discriminated, the toll road use fee is calculated, and the fee is charged to the owner of the mobile phone based on the ID number (included in the location registration signal) that identifies the mobile phone.
[0007]
In the invention described in Patent Document 2, first, a vehicle number or the like (symbol) of a passing vehicle is photographed by photographing cameras installed at the entrance and exit of the toll road, and the pattern recognition device recognizes this photographing information. To the computer. And based on the command of this computer, the method of implement | achieving automatic withdrawal from the deposit account or savings account corresponding to a symbol is proposed.
[0008]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-7562
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2000-235694 A
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In any of the above prior arts, there is a problem that the payer is fixed. That is, in reality, for example, there may be a case where the user wants to pay another person (passenger, etc.) later, but the payer cannot be changed later.
[0010]
That is, in the invention described in Patent Document 2, the payer is fixed and becomes the owner of the vehicle. In the invention described in Patent Document 1, the charge payer is fixed and the radio base station. It became the owner of the mobile phone that interacted with and could not be changed later.
[0011]
Also, since the debit account is determined in advance in the ETC system, the debit account is automatically deducted from the predetermined account, so that the payer is fixed and cannot be changed later.
[0012]
In particular, in the case of the invention described in Patent Document 2, since the payer becomes a vehicle owner in a fixed manner, inconvenience arises in the case of an automobile borrowed from another person, for example. In the case of an ETC system, even an automobile borrowed from another person can be handled by replacing the ETC card. However, it is troublesome to replace one by one, and sometimes forgets to replace it. Or you may not have an ETC card, you may forget to carry it even if you have it, or you may forget to put it back when you return it to another person after replacing the ETC card. It is possible. Furthermore, even in this case, the payer is fixed to the holder of the ETC card when using the highway, and cannot be changed later to, for example, a passenger.
[0013]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a toll road toll payment method and the like that allow a toll road to be used in a non-stop and cashless manner and change a toll payer even after the toll road is used. .
[0014]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  Of the present inventionCharger change managementWay toll roadEnteringmouthInProvidedFrom a gate device connected via a network,Car passing through the gateBothIdentifyVehicle specificinformationIs sent, from the registered vehicle master means for storing the vehicle specifying information and the user specifying information for specifying the user in association with each other, the user specifying information stored in association with the vehicle specifying information is stored. A use start recording step of acquiring and recording the location information of the gate device, the vehicle specifying information, the user specifying information, and the current date and time information in association with the usage journal storage means; and at the exit of the toll road When the vehicle identification information of the vehicle passing through the gate is sent from the gate device provided and connected via the network, the utilization journal storage means is associated with the vehicle identification information in the utilization start recording step And the vehicle end information recording step for associating the location information of the gate device and the current date and time information with the information stored in the usage journal storage means, And a usage record search step of returning at least the user identification information recorded in the usage journal storage unit in association with the received vehicle identification information and usage date upon receiving a usage record retrieval request including the usage date; When the change information for the user identification information returned in the usage record search step is input, the user identification information corresponding to the input change information is present in the information stored in the registered vehicle master means. When the change information is input, the change information record is recorded in the use journal storage unit by further associating the user storage information corresponding to the change information with the information stored in the use journal storage unit. Notify the payer change request to the e-mail address corresponding to the user identification information recorded in the step and the change information recording step, and agree When there is an answer, the user specified by the user specifying information is included in the information stored in the use journal storage unit in association with the user information specifying information in the change information recording step. The computer executes a payer change confirmation step for confirming as a payer of the toll road fee in the section of the point information of the gate device and the exit gate device provided in the.
[0015]
  In the fee payer change management method, the registered vehicle master means stores vehicle specifying information, user specifying information, and a discount rate in association with each other, and stores them in association with the use journal storage means. The toll road fee in the section of the point information of the gate device provided at the entrance and the exit gate device is associated with the point information of the gate device provided at the entrance in the use journal storage means in the use start recording step. The computer further executes a usage fee calculation step of calculating using the discount rate stored in the registered vehicle master means in association with the stored user identification information.
[0016]
  Further, the charge payer management program of the present invention includes:When vehicle identification information for identifying a vehicle passing through the gate is sent from a gate device provided at the entrance of a toll road and connected via a network, the vehicle identification information and the user identification for identifying the user are specified. User registration information stored in association with the vehicle identification information is acquired from registered vehicle master means for storing information in association with each other, and the point information of the gate device, the vehicle identification information, and the user are acquired. A vehicle that passes through the gate from a gate device that is provided at the exit of the toll road and connected via a network, in which the specific information and the current date and time information are associated and recorded in the usage journal storage means. When the vehicle specific information is sent, the information stored in the usage journal storage means in association with the vehicle specific information in the use start recording step is further added to the game. When the usage record search request including the vehicle specific information and the usage date is received, the usage end recording step of associating the location information of the device with the current date and time information and recording it in the usage journal storage means, the received vehicle identification information And a usage record search step for returning at least the user identification information recorded in the usage journal storage means in association with the usage date, and change information for the user identification information returned in the usage record retrieval step is input. When the user identification information corresponding to the input change information exists in the information stored in the registered vehicle master unit, the change information is input and stored in the use journal storage unit. The change information record is recorded in the use journal storage means by further associating the specified information with the user identification information corresponding to the change information. The payer change request is notified to the e-mail address corresponding to the user identification information recorded in the change information recording step, and the user specified by the user identification information is paid when there is an agreement reply. A payer change confirmation step for confirming as a payer.
[0017]
  Further, the charge payer change management device of the present invention is provided at the entrance of a toll road, provided by registered vehicle master means for storing vehicle specifying information and user specifying information for specifying a user in association with each other via a network. When the vehicle specifying information for specifying the vehicle passing through the gate is sent from the connected gate device, the user specifying information stored in association with the vehicle specifying information is stored from the registered vehicle master means. Use start recording means for acquiring and recording the location information of the gate device, the vehicle specifying information, the user specifying information, and the current date and time information in association with the use journal storage means; and at the exit of the toll road When the vehicle specifying information of the vehicle passing through the gate is sent from the gate device provided via the network, the use start recording means associates the vehicle specifying information with the vehicle specifying information. In addition to the information stored in the use journal storage means, the use end recording means for associating the location information of the gate device with the current date and time information and recording it in the use journal storage means, vehicle identification information and use date A usage record search unit that receives at least the user identification information recorded in the usage journal storage unit in association with the received vehicle identification information and usage date; When the change information for the user identification information returned by the record search means is input, when the user identification information corresponding to the input change information exists in the information stored in the registered vehicle master means The user identification information corresponding to the change information is further associated with the information stored in the use journal storage means in which the change information is input. The change information recording means to be recorded in the usage journal storage means, and the user change request is notified to the e-mail address corresponding to the user identification information recorded by the change information recording means, and when there is an agreement reply, the user Payer change confirming means for confirming a user specified by the specific information as a payer.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, it becomes possible to change the payer at a later date for each use section. In other words, the configuration in which the usage record is searched, the change information is recorded, and the payer change is confirmed allows the charge payer to be changed even after the vehicle passes through the exit gate.
Further, by providing the above configuration, even a person who is completely different from the driver / passenger and the owner of the car can be a fee payer.
[0024]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the entire system for realizing the toll road fee payment method according to this example.
[0025]
In the embodiment described below, a highway is described as an example of a toll road, but the present invention is not limited to this. There are various types of toll roads such as roads for automobiles, roads for sightseeing, etc., and all roads that require toll collection because they are tolled (roads include bridges, tunnels, etc.) are all of the present invention. It becomes a target. In addition, the “mobile phone” in the present invention includes not only a mobile phone but also a PHS and the like, and means a general mobile phone. In the embodiment described below, a user is identified by a vehicle number and a fee is collected based on a mobile phone number, but the present invention is not limited to this.
[0026]
In the system according to this example, the photographing camera 5 and the processing device 6 connected to the photographing camera 5 are installed at the gates of all toll gates on the highway. Here, an arbitrary interchange gate used when a certain vehicle 3 enters the highway will be described as an entrance gate 1, and an arbitrary interchange gate used when leaving a highway will be described as an exit gate 2.
[0027]
The photographing camera 5 photographs the license plate when the vehicle 3 passes through the entrance gate 1 or the exit gate 2. The processing device 6 is connected to a recognition function for recognizing an image photographed by the photographing camera 5 and identifying a vehicle number, and a network 7 (for example, some dedicated line), and communicates with a server 10 (computer). A communication function is provided. Here, the processing device 6 is described as further having a function of controlling the opening and closing of the gate. However, in the case of a configuration in which a device for controlling the opening and closing of the gate exists separately, the processing device 6 from the server 10 described later. A gate opening / closing instruction is given to this control device.
[0028]
The processing device 6 notifies the server 10 of the recognition result via the network 7, and controls the opening and closing of the gate according to the pass / permit / non-permission instruction from the server 10. Here, the photographing camera 5 and the processing device 6 may be handled as being included in the “gate”.
[0029]
The server 10 is, for example, a Web server that is operated by a trader (for example, a road corporation) that manages and operates toll roads. The server 10 stores a registered vehicle master 11 and a fee master 12 registered in advance in the database, and is used when a vehicle registered in the registered vehicle master 11 actually uses the expressway. A journal 13 is created and stored in the database. The registered vehicle master 11 is an example of user information registration means.
[0030]
The server 10 is connected to a network 8 including a public line network, the Internet, a mobile phone network, and the like, and is registered in the system 4 of the mobile phone company and the registered vehicle master 11 via the network 8. It is possible to communicate with a mobile phone 9 (or an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer) of a user or a person who is subject to charge payment change. Then, the server 10 requests the mobile phone company system 4 to collect the highway usage fee via the network 8 based on, for example, the created usage journal 13.
[0031]
In addition, the server 10 transmits and receives e-mails via the network 8 to and from the mobile phone 9 of the user registered in the registered vehicle master 11 or the person who is to change the charge payment. Further, although not shown in particular, the server 10 provides a home page for registration for enabling to receive the toll road fee payment service according to this example or a home page for mobile phones (simple home page) on the network 8. It has a Web function to publish.
[0032]
In addition, the server 10 includes a cashless usage control unit 14, a usage recording unit 15, and a payer changing unit 16.
When the recognized vehicle number is sent from the processing device 6 of an arbitrary entrance / exit gate, the cashless usage control unit 14 determines whether the vehicle 3 is in accordance with whether or not it is registered in the registered vehicle master 11. It is determined whether or not the passage is permitted, and the processing device 6 is notified of permission or non-permission of the gate passage of the vehicle 3 according to the determination result to control the opening and closing of the gate. In other words, cashless and non-stop toll road use will be realized.
[0033]
The usage recording unit 15 records the usage status of the toll road for each vehicle 3. This calculates a usage fee by referring to the fee master 12 based on the usage start / end point information obtained when an arbitrary vehicle 3 passes through an arbitrary entrance gate 1 and an exit gate 2. Then, the mobile phone number of the user registered in the registered vehicle master 11 is set as the default payer's mobile phone number, and the usage journal is used together with the usage fee, usage start / end point information, usage date, etc. 13 is recorded.
The payer changing unit 16 records in the usage journal 13 during a period from when the vehicle 3 uses a toll road until a specific date (for example, closing at the end of the month) when the mobile phone company is requested to collect a fee. A service for changing a charge payer from a default charge payer to an arbitrary person is provided on a homepage. It is also possible to change to a different payer after changing the fee payer. Moreover, you may comprise so that a payer can be changed even when using an expressway.
[0034]
Usually, the closing date of the charge collection agent of the mobile phone company is in units of one month, for example, at the end of the month. Therefore, it becomes possible to change the payer for a period of up to one month. As a result, even if you want passengers other than the driver to pay a fee, for example, you do not have to decide quickly on the day you use the toll road, you can decide the payer slowly and change the payer later It becomes like this. In addition, since a default payer is determined, a situation in which the fee cannot be collected does not occur.
[0035]
Note that the “arbitrary person” needs to be at least a person who owns the mobile phone. Furthermore, it is more desirable that the user is a member registered in the server 10.
[0036]
Details will be described below.
First, in order to be able to use the toll road fee payment service according to this example, the user uses the information processing terminal owned by the user at any time in advance as shown in FIG. The member registration homepage provided by the user 10 is accessed (step S1), and data necessary for member registration is input according to a predetermined input form provided on the homepage (step S2).
[0037]
Further, on the server 10 side, the input data is checked, and if there is no problem such as omission of entry, a new member registration process is executed. That is, the input data is stored in a database, a login ID is assigned to the registered user, the information processing terminal is notified, and the user is allowed to set an arbitrary password. The login ID and password are recorded in association with the registration data. Later, when the user changes registration data or changes the payer described later, it is necessary to input a login ID and a password.
[0038]
The user information processing terminal may be a mobile phone, a personal computer, or the like, but in the following description, a case where a mobile phone is used will be described as an example.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a member registration screen displayed on the mobile phone display when accessing the home page of the server 10 in step S3.
[0039]
The home page is not limited to the server 10 but may be configured to be disclosed by any other Web server. In that case, it is necessary to transfer the registered contents to the server 10.
[0040]
In the member registration screen 20 shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle number 21 of the vehicle to be registered, the user name 22 (default payer name), the mobile phone number 23, the e-mail (e-mail) address 24, the address 25, etc. Let them enter. When these items are entered, finally, the “registration” 26 is clicked, and the member registration work for making the toll road fee payment service available is completed.
[0041]
It is also possible to register as a member without entering a vehicle number. For example, even a person who does not own his own vehicle can register as a member. This is used when confirming the person to be changed in the charge payer changing process described later (the process in step S37 in FIG. 6). As will be described later, a person who is not registered as a member can be a person to be changed. However, if the member is registered, the charge payer can be changed more safely and reliably.
[0042]
On the server 10 side, the data input by the registration work is stored in the registered vehicle master 30.
For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4A, the registered vehicle master 30 is a vehicle number 31, a user name 32, an e-mail address 33, a discount rate 34, an address 35, a usable / unusable flag 36, and a mobile phone number 37. , Etc. The discount rate 34 is a toll road fee discount rate arbitrarily set by the administrator of the server 10. The use / non-use flag 36 is normally ON (usable). However, for example, when the service has been used in the past but the charge has not been paid, or the mobile phone of the registered mobile phone number 37 The flag is turned OFF (unusable) when the contract is canceled. For this purpose, for example, the server 10 periodically inquires of the mobile phone company system 4 whether there is no charge delinquency, whether the registered mobile phone is not canceled, etc. Based on the result, the usable / unusable flag 36 is updated.
[0043]
In addition, a fee master 40 as shown in FIG. 4B is registered in the database of the server 10 in advance. The fee master 40 stores a start point 41, an end point 42, and a usage fee 43 between the start point 41 and the end point 42. That is, as with the generally known expressway toll table, the usage charges between each inter are stored for all the interways on the expressway. Similarly to the generally known expressway toll table, the usage fee may be stored for each type of vehicle such as a large vehicle / ordinary vehicle / two-wheeled vehicle.
[0044]
When the registered vehicle actually uses the highway, the vehicle master 30 and the charge master 40 are used to execute the processing of FIG. For example, the usage journal 50 shown in FIG. 4C includes a vehicle number 51, a usage date 52, a payment amount 53, a high-speed use start time 54, a high-speed use start point 55, a high-speed use end time 56, a high-speed use end point 57, The data item includes a usage fee 58, a charge payer mobile number 59, a change payer mobile number 60, and a confirmation state 61.
[0045]
The process of creating the usage journal 50 will be described in the following description of FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the processing procedure in the system for realizing the toll road fee payment method according to this example.
The processing executed by the server 10 in FIG. 5 is mainly realized by the cashless usage control unit 14, usage recording unit 15, and payer changing unit 16.
[0046]
In the figure, when a vehicle 3 that intends to use an expressway is going to pass through the entrance gate 1 of an arbitrary interchange, first, the number plate of the vehicle 3 is photographed by the photographing camera 5. The photographing camera 5 is a camera that photographs a digital image, for example. Next, the digital image photographed by the photographing camera 5 is sent to the processing device 6, and an image recognition process is executed in the processing device 6 to identify the vehicle number (step S11). The vehicle number recognition technology is an existing technology and will not be described in particular.
[0047]
In addition, without providing the processing device 6 at the gate, the digital image captured by the imaging camera 5 may be directly transmitted to the server 10 and the image recognition process may be executed in the server 10.
[0048]
Next, the processing device 6 transmits the identified vehicle number data to the server 10 via the network 7. At that time, the name of the interchange registered in the processing device 6 in advance is also transmitted together.
[0049]
The server 10 refers to the registered vehicle master 30 and confirms whether or not this vehicle number has been registered (step S12). If it has been registered, it is determined to pass OK, and if it has not been registered or if the availability / impossibility flag 36 is OFF, it is determined to be passing NG, and the determination result is notified to the processing device 6 ( Step S13).
[0050]
When the passing NG is notified, the processing device 6 performs control to close the gate (step S14), thereby preventing the vehicle 3 from passing. In this case, the vehicle 3 uses another general gate (usual use).
[0051]
In the above description, the example of closing the gate when passing NG is given, but conversely, the gate is normally closed, and when it is determined that “passing is OK”, that is the processing device. 6 may be controlled to open the gate.
[0052]
On the other hand, if it is determined that the pass is OK, creation of a new usage journal 50 is started. That is, first, the vehicle number and the interchange name sent from the processing device 6 are stored in the vehicle number 51 and the high-speed use start point 55, respectively. Further, the mobile phone number 37 corresponding to the recognized vehicle number is obtained from the registered vehicle master 30 and stored in the charge payer mobile number 59. Further, based on the calendar function and the clock function, today's date is stored in the usage date 52, and the current time is stored in the high-speed usage start time 54 (step S15).
[0053]
Then, the vehicle 3 is allowed to pass through the entrance gate 1, and the mobile phone with the mobile phone number 37 corresponding to the recognized vehicle number is notified by e-mail that the use of the highway has started (step) S16). Thereby, for example, a user who rented his / her car to another person can know that the highway has been used.
[0054]
Thereafter, when the vehicle 3 travels on the expressway and arrives at the destination interchange, the photographing camera 5 and the processing device 6 provided at the exit gate 2 perform the photographing and recognition of the license plate in the same manner as the processing in step S11. Then, the server 10 is notified of the recognition result and the name of the interchange at the exit (step S21).
[0055]
Upon receiving this notification, the server 10 searches the usage journal 50 to find a usage journal that should have been created when the vehicle 3 passes the entrance gate 1. That is, it is searched whether or not there is data having the vehicle number 51 that matches the notified vehicle number (step S22).
[0056]
If the usage journal corresponding to the vehicle 3 has not been created, it is determined as “passing NG” in step S23, and the passing NG is notified to the processing device 6 of the exit gate 2. The processing device 6 performs control to close the gate to prevent the vehicle 3 from passing through the gate (step S24). In this case, the vehicle 3 uses another general gate (pay by cash, credit card, highway card or the like).
[0057]
On the other hand, if the use journal 50 corresponding to the vehicle 3 has been created, it is determined as “pass OK” in step S23, the current time is recorded in the high-speed use end time 56 of the use journal 50, and The interchange name at the exit is recorded at the high-speed use end point 57 (step S25). Moreover, you may notify passing OK to the processing apparatus 6 of the exit gate 2 (it is not necessary to notify).
[0058]
The same applies to the entrance gate 1. However, when the gate is normally closed and the gate is opened only when the vehicle is allowed to pass, the processing device 6 notifies the passage OK and notifies the gate. Control to open. On the other hand, it is not necessary to notify the passage OK when the gate is closed only when there is a vehicle that normally opens the gate and does not allow passage.
[0059]
Then, using the data of the high-speed use start point 55 and the high-speed use end point 57 of the usage journal 50, the usage fee is obtained by referring to the fee master 40 and recorded in the usage fee 58 of the usage journal 50. (Step S26). Further, when the discount rate 34 exists in the registered vehicle master 30, the actual payment amount is obtained by discounting the usage fee, and this is recorded in the payment amount 53. When there is no discount rate 34, the usage fee is the payment amount as it is. With the above processing, the use journal 50 related to the vehicle 3 is completed. The changed payer mobile number 60 and the confirmation state 61 are recorded when the payer change described later is performed.
[0060]
Finally, a usage fee (payment amount) is notified by e-mail to the mobile phone with the mobile phone number 37 of the registered vehicle master 30 (step S27), and processing when the vehicle 3 passes the exit gate 2 Exit.
[0061]
Thereafter, the mobile phone company's system 4 is notified of the mobile phone number and usage fee (payment amount) of the payer based on the created usage journal 50, and a proxy fee collection is requested ( Instead of requesting proxy fee collection immediately after the processing of step S28) and step S27, the billing process is executed collectively on a specific date. And if it is between the time when the vehicle 3 uses the expressway and the closing date (for example, the end of the month), the user can change the fee payer at any time. One of the features.
[0062]
The fee payer changing process will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the charge payer changing process.
First, a user who has been registered in the registered vehicle master 30 through the processes in steps S1 and S2 accesses a home page provided by the server 10 from his mobile phone (step S31). Although not particularly illustrated, various menus are displayed on the top page of this home page, and a “change payer” menu exists therein. When the user selects / designates this “change payer”, a login ID and password input screen is displayed. When the user inputs the login ID / password given at the time of registration, for example, a search screen 70 shown in FIG. 7A is displayed on the mobile phone display.
[0063]
As a search condition, the user inputs a desired vehicle number and date in the input area of the vehicle number 71 and the usage date 72 on the search screen 70, and clicks “Search” 73. The vehicle number 71 may be automatically displayed as the mobile phone number 37 of the user in the registered vehicle master 30 by default.
[0064]
The server 10 searches the usage journal 50 using the input vehicle number and usage date as keys (step S32), and determines whether there is matching data (step S33).
[0065]
If there is no matching data in the usage journal 50 (step S33, NO), a message such as “There is no corresponding data. Do you want to continue the search?” Is displayed on the user's mobile phone display. And let the user select. If the user specifies to continue the search (step S34, YES), the process returns to step S32, and a new vehicle number 71 and usage date 72 are input. If the search is not continued (step S34, NO), the process ends.
[0066]
On the other hand, if it is determined that the data exists as a result of the search process in step S32 (step S33, YES), for example, a search result display / change screen 80 as shown in FIG. It is displayed (step S35).
[0067]
On the search result display / change screen 80 shown in FIG. 7B, a section 81, a charge 82, and a payer mobile number 83 are displayed for each data hit by the search. When there are a plurality of data hit by the search, the page is switched and displayed for each data, and the page is switched by “previous page” 84 and “back page” 85. As shown in the process of FIG. 5, the usage journal 50 is created and stored for each usage section. For example, when a user uses, for example, the section AB of the toll road X, the section CD of the toll road Y, and the section EF of the toll road X on the same day, Each use journal 50 is created and stored. A, B,... F are interchange names. In the example shown in FIG. 7B, only the section is displayed, but the toll road name may also be displayed. In connection with this, although not shown in FIG.4 (c), the toll road name may be recorded also in the utilization journal 50. FIG.
[0068]
In the section 81, a high-speed use start point 55 and a high-speed use end point 57 in the use journal 50 are displayed. In the fee 82, a payment amount 53 is displayed. The payer mobile number 83 displays the charge payer mobile number 59 by default, but this can be changed. In the state where the data of the section where the charge payer is to be changed is displayed, the user displays the mobile phone number owned by the person who wants to pay the fee on his / her own in the payer mobile number 83 column. The input is made, and "change" 86 is clicked (step S36).
[0069]
In response to this input, the server 10 first refers to the registered vehicle master 30 to determine whether or not the input mobile phone number is the mobile phone number of the person registered as a member. Then, it is searched whether or not there is data in which the mobile phone number 37 is the same as the input mobile phone number. If the member is not registered (step S37, NO), the mobile phone system 4 is inquired to check whether or not the input mobile phone number is valid (step S44). For example, if the input mobile phone number does not exist or if it exists, but is suspended due to, for example, delinquency, etc., it is determined as “invalid” in step S45 and changed. The user is notified that it is not possible (step S46). The notification method may be e-mail or may be displayed on the search result display / change screen 80. Then, the payer information is returned to the default mobile phone number (step S47), and the process is terminated.
[0070]
In addition, it is good also as a structure which restrict | limits the person whose charge payment is changed to the person who has registered as a member beforehand.
On the other hand, when the input mobile phone number is registered in the registered vehicle master 30, or even if it is not registered, as a result of inquiring to the mobile phone system 4, it is determined as “valid” in step S45. (Step S45, YES), then, the usage journal 50 is updated. This records the input mobile phone number in the change payer mobile number 60.
[0071]
Then, the mobile phone of the change payer mobile number 60 is notified by e-mail that a request for change of the payer has been made (step S39). The notification content displays a message asking whether or not to agree with the payer change, along with the requesting person (that is, user name 32), vehicle number 51, usage date 52, usage section, payment amount 53, and the like.
[0072]
Upon receiving this notification, the person to be changed sends a reply mail stating “I agree” or “I do not agree”. The server 10 analyzes the content of this reply mail, determines consent / non-agreement, and if it is consent (step S41, YES), it indicates in the confirmation state 61 of the usage journal 50 that it has agreed. Recording is performed (step S48). On the other hand, when not agreeing (NO in step S41), the mobile phone of the user who has requested the change of the payer is notified by e-mail that the change request has been rejected (step S42). The mobile phone number recorded in the change payer mobile number 60 of the journal 50 is deleted (step S43).
[0073]
When the billing process in step S28 is executed later, the server 10 charges the default payer, that is, the charge payer mobile number 59, when no telephone number is recorded in the changed payer mobile number 60. Claim. Further, even if a telephone number is recorded in the change payer mobile number 60, even if the confirmation state 61 is not recorded as being agreed (this may occur when the change target person does not send a reply mail). ), Charge the fee payer mobile number 59. When the telephone number is recorded in the change payer mobile number 60 and the fact that the confirmation state 61 is agreed is recorded, the change payer mobile number 60 is charged.
[0074]
In addition, the process of step S40 is not restricted to the example performed based on a reply mail. For example, a change approval homepage is prepared in advance on the server 10 side, and the URL, ID, password, etc. of the change approval homepage are notified in step S39. The ID and password are associated with the usage journal 50 to be changed, and when the change target person accesses the change approval homepage and inputs the ID and password, the contents of the corresponding usage journal 50 are displayed. At the same time, it may be configured to input consent / non-consent.
[0075]
As described above, according to the toll road fee payment method of this example, the payer can be easily changed anytime during the period until the closing date, even after using the toll road, even after use. As a result, the user can determine the final payer by thinking slowly later without rushing.
[0076]
Further, according to the above-described processing, since confirmation is made to the change payer by e-mail or the like, the user cannot arbitrarily make a change payer who does not agree with the change payer or who else does not agree. . Basically, payers can be changed only if they have agreed in advance with their passengers.
[0077]
In addition, as described above, the feature of the present invention is that there is usually a certain period from the use date to the closing date on the premise of using the proxy collection service of various charges currently provided by mobile phone companies and the like. Paying attention to this, the payer can be freely changed at any time during this period. For example, the vehicle 3 can pass through each gate in a non-stop cashless manner. The method of performing is not limited to the method of photographing and recognizing the license plate. As long as necessary information such as the mobile phone number of the service user is registered in advance in the server 10 such as a road corporation, any method of passing through the gate may be used. For example, as described in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-3849256 already filed by the present applicant, communication is performed between each gate and the mobile phone of the vehicle occupant, and this mobile phone number is already registered. It may be a method of checking whether or not there is a passage through the gate. Not limited to this, other methods may be used. However, the method of photographing and recognizing the vehicle number is more convenient for the user because it saves the trouble of operating the mobile phone.
[0078]
As for the payment method, the method using the fee collection service provided by the mobile phone company as described above is the most convenient, but is not limited to this. For example, withdrawal from a bank account or credit card is used. Even if applicable. However, in this case, it is usually necessary to enter the card number and password of the credit card, so the above user knows the card number and password of the person to be changed, and inputs this, using common sense I can't think of that. Therefore, in this case, the person to be changed needs to access the server 10 and perform a process of changing the payer himself.
[0079]
Further, for example, as described in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-3849256, split payment (warikkan) of charges may be made.
In addition, since the member DB can be constructed on the toll road management / operator side by performing membership registration in advance as in the configuration of the above example, the service for expanding the use is performed. Can get customer data for.
[0080]
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the server 10 (computer) that provides the toll road fee payment service according to the present embodiment.
The server 100 shown in the figure has a CPU 101, a memory 102, an input device 103, an output device 104, an external storage device 105, a medium drive device 106, a network connection device 107, etc., and these are connected to a bus 108. It has become. The configuration shown in the figure is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.
[0081]
The CPU 101 is a central processing unit that controls the entire server 100.
The memory 102 is a memory such as a RAM that temporarily stores a program or data stored in the external storage device 105 (or the portable recording medium 109) during program execution, data update, or the like. The CPU 101 uses the program / data read out to the memory 102 to perform the various processes and functions described above (the processes shown in FIGS. 2, 5, 6, etc., and the functions of the functional units shown in FIG. 1). Execute.
[0082]
The input device 103 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like.
The output device 104 is a display, a printer, or the like, for example.
The external storage device 105 is, for example, a magnetic disk device, an optical disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, etc., and programs / data etc. for realizing the various functions as the command input device described above (FIGS. 4A to 4C). ) And programs for executing the processes shown in FIGS. 2, 5, 6 and the like.
[0083]
The medium driving device 106 reads a program / data stored in the portable recording medium 109. The portable recording medium 109 is, for example, an FD (flexible disk), a CD-ROM, a DVD, a magneto-optical disk, or the like.
[0084]
The network connection device 107 is configured to be connected to a network and to transmit / receive programs / data and the like to / from an external information processing device.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a recording medium.
[0085]
As shown in the figure, the information may be read from the portable recording medium 109 storing the program / data for realizing the functions of the present invention to the information processing apparatus 100 side, stored in the memory 102, and executed. The program / data downloads the program / data stored in the storage unit 111 of the external server 110 via a network (such as the Internet) connected by the network connection device 107. Also good.
[0086]
Further, the present invention is not limited to the apparatus / method, and can be configured as a recording medium (such as the portable recording medium 109) storing the program / data, or the program itself.
[0087]
(Appendix 1) Obtaining information for identifying a vehicle passing through a gate provided at each entrance / exit of a toll road or its passenger, and transmitting the information to a server;
In the server, based on the information and user information registered in advance, it is determined whether or not to allow the vehicle to pass, and instructing the gate to permit or disallow,
Based on the use start / end point information obtained when the vehicle passes through an arbitrary entrance and exit gate, a usage fee is calculated, and the registered user is recorded as a default fee payer. Steps,
Changing the recorded payer during a period from the date of using the toll road to a specific date for collecting charges;
A toll road fee payment method characterized by comprising:
[0088]
(Supplementary Note 2) The information specifying the passing vehicle is a vehicle number obtained by photographing a license plate of a vehicle passing through each gate and recognizing the captured image.
The user information is information that associates a vehicle number with a user's mobile phone number,
The toll road fee payment method according to appendix 1, wherein the fee collection uses a fee proxy collection service provided by a mobile phone company.
[0089]
(Supplementary Note 3) The information specifying the passenger is a mobile phone number of the mobile phone transmitted from the mobile phone possessed by the passenger,
The toll road fee payment method according to claim 1, wherein the user information is a mobile phone number of the registered user.
[0090]
(Appendix 4) The step of changing the mobile phone number of the charge payer is as follows:
Search the usage journal using the vehicle number and usage date entered from the user terminal as keys, display the corresponding data on the user terminal for each section, and change the mobile phone number of the payer for each section To determine whether or not the changed mobile phone number has been registered, and if it has been registered, the mobile phone with the changed mobile phone number is confirmed by e-mail as being changeable, The toll road fee payment method according to appendix 2, wherein the mobile phone number of the fee payer is changed when the change is accepted.
[0091]
(Supplementary note 5) In a server connected via a network to each gate provided at each entrance / exit of a toll road,
User information registration means for registering user information in advance;
When information specifying a vehicle passing through the gate or its passenger is sent from an arbitrary gate, based on the information and user information registered in the user information storage means, A cashless usage control means for determining whether to permit passage of the vehicle and instructing the gate to permit or disallow,
Based on the use start / end point information obtained when the vehicle passes through an arbitrary entrance and exit gate, a usage fee is calculated, and the registered user is recorded as a default fee payer. Usage record means;
Payer changing means for changing the recorded payer during a period from the date of using the toll road to a specific date for collecting charges;
The server characterized by having.
[0092]
(Supplementary Note 6) The information specifying the passing vehicle is the vehicle number obtained by photographing the license plate of the vehicle passing through each gate and recognizing the vehicle number from the captured image,
In the user information registration means, the vehicle number and the mobile phone number of the user are registered in association with each other,
The server according to appendix 5, wherein the charge collection uses a charge proxy collection service provided by a mobile phone company.
[0093]
(Appendix 7)
A function to register user information in advance;
When information specifying a vehicle passing through the gate or its passenger is sent from an arbitrary gate, the vehicle is allowed to pass based on the information and the registered user information. A function to determine whether or not to permit or disallow the gate;
Based on the use start / end point information obtained when the vehicle passes through an arbitrary entrance and exit gate, a usage fee is calculated, and the registered user is recorded as a default fee payer. Function and
A function of changing the recorded payer during a period from the date of using the toll road to a specific date for collecting charges;
A program to realize
[0094]
(Appendix 8)
A function to register user information in advance;
When information specifying a vehicle passing through the gate or its passenger is sent from an arbitrary gate, the vehicle is allowed to pass based on the information and the registered user information. A function to determine whether or not to permit or disallow the gate;
Based on the use start / end point information obtained when the vehicle passes through an arbitrary entrance and exit gate, a usage fee is calculated, and the registered user is recorded as a default fee payer. Function and
A function of changing the recorded payer during a period from the date of using the toll road to a specific date for collecting charges;
The computer-readable recording medium which stored the program for performing this.
[0095]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the toll road fee payment method of the present invention, the toll road can be used in a non-stop cashless manner, and even after the toll road is used, within a specific period. In this case, the payer can be changed.
By doing this, even if you want passengers other than the driver to pay the fee, for example, you do not need to change suddenly when using the toll road, slowly decide the payer later and change the payer You can do it.
[0096]
Further, the change of the payer can be performed for each section, and the payer can be determined in detail.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an entire system for realizing a toll road fee payment method according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining member registration processing;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a member registration screen.
4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a registered vehicle master, FIG. 4B is a charge master, and FIG. 4C is an example of a usage journal.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure of toll road fee payment processing according to this example.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining charge payer change processing;
7A is a diagram showing an example of a search screen, and FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of a search result display / change screen.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer (server).
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a recording medium and download.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Entrance gate
2 Exit gate
3 Vehicle
4 Mobile phone company systems
5 Camera
6 processing equipment
7 network
8 network
9 Mobile phone
10 Computer
11 Registered Vehicle Master
12 Fee master
13 Use Journal
20 Member registration screen
21 Vehicle number
22 User name (default payer name)
23 Mobile phone number
24 email address
25 Address
26 “Registration”
30 Registered Vehicle Master
31 Vehicle number
32 User name
33 Email address
34 Discount rate
35 Address
36 Available / Not Available Flag
37 Mobile phone number
40 fee master
41 Starting point
42 End point
43 Fee
50 journals
51 Vehicle number
52 Date of use
53 Payment amount
54 High-speed use start time
55 High-speed use start point
56 Fast use end time
57 End of high-speed use
58 Usage charges
59 Charge payer mobile number
60 Change Payer Mobile Number
61 Confirmation status
70 Search screen
71 Vehicle number
72 days
73 “Search”
80 Search result display / change screen
81 section
82 Fee
83 Payer mobile number
84 “Previous Page”
85 “Back page”
86 “Change”
100 computers
101 CPU
102 memory
103 Input device
104 Output device
105 External storage device
106 Medium drive device
107 Network connection device
108 Bus
109 Portable recording medium
110 External server
111 storage unit

Claims (4)

Provided input mouth of the toll road, a gate device connected via a network, the vehicle identification information for identifying the vehicles passing through the gate is sent to identify the vehicle identification information and the user use User registration information stored in association with the vehicle identification information is acquired from registered vehicle master means for storing the user identification information in association with each other, the point information of the gate device, the vehicle identification information, A use start recording step of associating the user identification information with the current date and time information and recording it in the use journal storage means;
When vehicle identification information of a vehicle passing through the gate is sent from the gate device provided at the exit of the toll road and connected via the network, it is associated with the vehicle identification information in the use start recording step. A use end recording step of recording the information stored in the use journal storage unit in the use journal storage unit in association with the location information of the gate device and the current date and time information;
When the usage record search request including the vehicle identification information and the usage date is received, the usage record for returning at least the user identification information recorded in the usage journal storage unit in association with the received vehicle identification information and the usage date A search step;
When change information for the user identification information returned in the use record search step is input, the user identification information corresponding to the input change information exists in the information stored in the registered vehicle master means. In this case, the change information recording step of recording in the usage journal storage unit the user identification information corresponding to the change information in further association with the information stored in the usage journal storage unit when the change information is input. When,
When the payer change request is notified to the e-mail address corresponding to the user specifying information recorded in the change information recording step and there is an agreement reply, the user specified by the user specifying information is designated as the user. As the payer of the toll road charge in the section of the point information of the gate device provided at the entrance and the exit gate device included in the information stored in the use journal storage means in association with the change information recording step Payer change confirmation step to confirm and
A charge payer change management method characterized in that the computer executes. In the registered vehicle master means, vehicle specific information, user specific information and a discount rate are stored in association with each other,
The toll road fee for the section of the point information of the gate device provided at the entrance and the exit gate device stored in association with the use journal storage means is associated with the point information of the gate device provided at the entrance. Usage fee calculation step of calculating using the discount rate stored in the registered vehicle master unit in association with the user identification information stored in the usage journal storage unit in the usage start recording step.
The charge payer change management method according to claim 1, further comprising: When vehicle identification information for identifying a vehicle passing through the gate is sent from a gate device provided at the entrance of a toll road and connected via a network, the vehicle identification information and the user identification for identifying the user are specified. User registration information stored in association with the vehicle identification information is acquired from registered vehicle master means for storing information in association with each other, and the point information of the gate device, the vehicle identification information, and the user are acquired. A use start recording step of associating specific information with current date and time information and recording it in the use journal storage means;
When vehicle identification information of a vehicle passing through the gate is sent from the gate device provided at the exit of the toll road and connected via the network, it is associated with the vehicle identification information in the use start recording step. A use end recording step of recording the information stored in the use journal storage unit in the use journal storage unit in association with the location information of the gate device and the current date and time information;
When the usage record search request including the vehicle identification information and the usage date is received, the usage record for returning at least the user identification information recorded in the usage journal storage unit in association with the received vehicle identification information and the usage date A search step;
Change information for the user identification information returned in the usage record search step is input. Then, when the user identification information corresponding to the input change information exists in the information stored in the registered vehicle master unit, the change information is stored in the use journal storage unit. A change information recording step in which the user identification information corresponding to the change information is further associated with the information and recorded in the use journal storage means;
When the payer change request is notified to the e-mail address corresponding to the user specifying information recorded in the change information recording step, and there is an agreement answer, the user specified by the user specifying information is determined as the payer. Payer change confirmation step to
A charge payer change management program characterized by causing a computer to execute Registered vehicle master means for storing vehicle specifying information and user specifying information for specifying a user in association with each other;
When vehicle identification information for specifying a vehicle passing through the gate is sent from a gate device provided at the entrance of a toll road and connected via a network, the registered vehicle master means adds the vehicle identification information to the vehicle identification information. User identification information stored in association with each other is acquired, and the location information of the gate device, the vehicle identification information, the user identification information, and the current date and time information are associated with each other and recorded in the utilization journal storage unit. Use start recording means;
When vehicle identification information of a vehicle passing through the gate is sent from a gate device provided at the exit of the toll road and connected via the network, the usage start recording means associates the vehicle identification information with the vehicle identification information. Usage termination recording means for associating the information stored in the usage journal storage means with the location information of the gate device and the current date and time information and recording them in the usage journal storage means;
When the usage record search request including the vehicle identification information and the usage date is received, the usage record for returning at least the user identification information recorded in the usage journal storage unit in association with the received vehicle identification information and the usage date Search means;
When change information for the user identification information returned by the usage record search means is input, the user identification information corresponding to the input change information exists in the information stored in the registered vehicle master means. In this case, the change information recording means for recording the user identification information corresponding to the change information in the use journal storage means in association with the information stored in the use journal storage means when the change information is input. When,
When the payer change request is notified to the e-mail address corresponding to the user identification information recorded by the change information recording means, and the consent response is received, the user identified by the user identification information is determined as the payer. Payer change confirmation means to
A charge payer change management device comprising:

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