KR101003215B1 - A user selective toll collecting system and method using near field simplex communication, and the terminal therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A user selective toll collecting system using a local one-way direction communication and a method thereof and a terminal for the same are provided to select a corresponding payment server within a payment server group before it arrives to an exist toll reader. CONSTITUTION: An on-broad terminal has an on-board terminal data. An entry toll reader(200) and an exist toll reader(300) is respectively connected by the on-board terminal and a local wireless communication unit. A calculating server(500) is connected to the entry toll reader and the exit toll reader. The calculating server receives data from each reader. A user DB(400) is connected to a calculating server.

Description

A user selective toll collecting system and method using near field simplex communication, and the terminal therefore}

The present invention relates to a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication, and a terminal therefor. The present invention allows a user to select a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means. A user-selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication that allows a user to select a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means, within the payment server group until passing through a reader and driving on a toll road to reach the exit toll reader; Method, and a terminal for this.

The conventional wireless toll collection system includes means such as an onboard unit (OBU) provided in a vehicle, and is a payment method by a single subscription number or a single ID, and is a conventional high pass card payment server and a credit card. One of the post-paid payment servers by the above is fixedly linked. If the user subscribes to a plurality of toll collection systems and has a plurality of subscription numbers or IDs in the vehicle to select a desired payment method or means, the user's subscription number or ID read from the entrance toll gate is extended to the exit toll gate. You must keep the same value. Therefore, the conventional wireless toll collection system is fixed only by a single payment method until entering and exiting the toll road. If a plurality of OBUs are provided for each toll collection system, the existing payment system recognizes that a plurality of subscribers use a toll road and duplicate payment occurs. To prevent this, the user must select and operate an OBU. Since the user's subscription number or ID read from the toll gate must maintain the same value until the exit toll gate, the toll collecting system is fixed by a single payment method until entering and exiting the toll road.

As a technology for this, the fare postpaid system and method in the automatic road fare collection system of the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2002-0064490 shown in Figure 1, the vehicle-mounted equipment (OBU) and mobile telephone (attached to the vehicle of the toll road user) Short Message Receiving and Password Sending Method), starting and destination toll gate fixing device, main server storing user and vehicle information, payment server and mobile communication provider in charge of screening and payment of tolls. If Tollgate wants other payment methods such as postpay payment, Internet pass payment, direct debit, etc. in addition to the conventional smart card electronic payment, the system and method for enabling this without additional costs to both the road construction company and the ETCS user, which are ETCS service providers It is characterized by.

However, the fee postpaid system and method has a limitation in that the user can only pay in a single method by selecting one of a prepaid method, a payment method, and a postpaid method at the time of registration.

As another technology, the toll road fee collection system using the RF card of the Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-0831111 of Figure 2, RF card terminal and the RF card to communicate information about the payment of traffic or road usage fee by wireless communication ; To determine the transaction by reading the card information wirelessly from the RF card presented by the vehicle driver or installed in the vehicle, and toll-toll information, entry time information, and model information on the approved RF card, It is installed at the proper height for each vehicle type at the vehicle entrance side and the basic debit card applicable to the minimum section from the current toll gate is collected by the charge collection module that matches the payment method of the debit card, prepaid card, and postpaid card. An entrance RF card terminal; After the driver or the driver reads the entrance toll gate information, the entrance time information, the vehicle model information and the card information from the RF card installed in the vehicle, the road usage fee is collected in deferred payment or debit or electronic money according to the predetermined fare table for each vehicle model. An outgoing RF card terminal installed at an appropriate height for each vehicle type in the exit toll gate of the toll road; An entry and aggregation computer which aggregates check-in information of the toll road entering vehicles coming from a plurality of entry RF card terminals and provides B / L information for approval of post-paid RF card transactions coming from the center computer to each entry RF card terminal; A counting and counting computer that collects and collects toll information of a vehicle using a RF card-based toll road coming from a plurality of outbound RF card terminals; It includes a center computer that provides credit card number information of each RF card issuer and B / L information generated by collecting the renewal information to the entry level computer and processes the toll collection information from the exit level computer. Toll road toll collection system using an RF card is characterized in that.

This technology reads the entrance toll gate information, the entry time information, the vehicle model information and the card information from the RF card presented by the vehicle driver or installed in the vehicle, and then deducts or deducts the road usage fee according to the predetermined fare table for each vehicle type. Since the vehicle collects money, it takes time for the driver to present the RF card, and collects the toll gate information and the entry time information on the RF card installed in the vehicle and collects the road fee. Because of this method, the reliability of recording the entry toll gate information and the entry time information on the vehicle side RF card is inferior, and when the vehicle includes a plurality of RF cards that are processed wirelessly, the entry RF card terminal and the exit RF card terminal each have There is a concern that multiple payments can be made to the card.

Road billing network using a mobile phone of the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2003-0030447 shown in Figure 3 and the method, after recognizing the passage of the vehicle toll gate using the Bluetooth communication mounted on the mobile phone to share the fare information with the mobile phone base station It is a technology that pays the toll after payment through a mobile phone bill.It transmits and receives information to and from each other through Bluetooth communication between the mobile phone mounted on the vehicle and the recognition system provided in the toll gate of the highway, and when the user exits the toll gate, The driver checks the charges charged through the mobile phone, and adds a toll gate charge to the mobile phone bill.

This technology, too, when there are multiple cell phone holders in the vehicle, the recognition system installed in the toll gate for each cell phone may not recognize or multiple payments may be recognized by the multiple recognition.

Toll collection system and method of the open toll gate of the Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-0839264 shown in Figure 4 relates to an automatic toll collection method using an active short-range wireless dedicated communication system, a vehicle mounting apparatus and a road mounted in a vehicle An initialization step of initializing a system as power is supplied to each of the roadside base stations installed in the roadside station, and recognizing a position between the vehicle-mounted device and the roadside base station; A vehicle information providing step of transmitting, by the vehicle mounting apparatus, vehicle type information and smart card information stored in the vehicle mounting apparatus to the roadside base station at the request of the roadside base station; A charge processing step of transmitting vehicle type information and smart card information received from the roadside base station to a terminal controller for charge settlement, calculating and processing a toll rate; A charge processing notification step of transmitting the calculated toll processing result information from the roadside base station to the vehicle mounting apparatus; And an end step of terminating the connection between the vehicle-mounted device and the roadside device.

In this technology, the terminal for billing is configured to detect information by inserting or contacting a smart card including a user's unique number and balance information, and to transmit the detected information to a roadside base station through a vehicle-mounted device. There are limitations to using smart cards as a payment method.

The conventional wireless toll collection system includes means such as an onboard unit (OBU) provided in a vehicle, and is a payment method by a single subscription number or a single ID, and is a conventional high pass card payment server and a credit card. One of the post-paid payment servers by the above is fixedly linked. If the user subscribes to a plurality of toll collection systems and selects a desired payment method or means by providing a plurality of subscription numbers or IDs to the vehicle as in the technical spirit of the present invention, the user's subscription read at the entrance toll gate. The number or ID must remain the same until the exit toll gate. Therefore, the conventional wireless toll collection system is fixed only by a single payment method until entering and exiting the toll road. If a plurality of OBUs are provided for each toll collection system, the existing payment system recognizes that a plurality of subscribers use a toll road and duplicate payment occurs. To prevent this, the user must select and operate an OBU. Since the user's subscription number or ID read from the toll gate must maintain the same value until the exit toll gate, the toll collecting system is fixed by a single payment method until entering and exiting the toll road.

The present invention allows a user to select a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means, and in particular, the payment server within the payment server group until the user passes through the entrance toll reader and drives the toll road to reach the exit toll reader, That is, a user-selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication for selecting a desired payment method or means, and a terminal for this problem are to be solved.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a material terminal having a one-way communication structure that receives a data request signal from an entrance toll reader or an exit toll reader and transmits only a unique ID and a tag.

The present invention provides an entrance toll reader and an exit toll reader configured to detect a vehicle approach and transmit a data request signal, and transmit only the received unique ID and tag information and toll additional information to the settlement server. A user-selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication to select a means, and a terminal for this problem to solve the problem.

In addition, the present invention is a simple structure that the payment server receives only the user's unique ID and payment information provided from the settlement server to perform the payment, the user selective toll using short-range one-way communication that allows the user to select the desired payment method or means A collection system and method, and a terminal for the same to solve the problem.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a user-selected toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, the on-vehicle terminal having a unique terminal and on-vehicle terminal data consisting of one or more tags and having the terminal data An inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader connected to the on-vehicle terminal and the short-range wireless communication means, a settlement server connected to the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader to receive data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and the A payment server group including a plurality of payment servers connected to a settlement server, wherein a user using the onboard terminal selects a payment server in the payment server group according to the selection of the tag of the onboard terminal data; The settlement for the payment server in the payment server group Provided is a user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, characterized in that the data of the server is configured to be transmitted.

In addition, the present invention, in the user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, on-vehicle terminal having on-vehicle terminal data consisting of a unique ID and tag and the data request signal to the on-vehicle terminal to transmit the unique ID and tag And an entrance toll reader configured to receive the on-vehicle terminal data configured to transmit the on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information to a settlement server, and a settlement server to store unique ID and toll additional information of the on-vehicle terminal data in a user DB. When the on-vehicle terminal passes through the exit toll reader, the exit toll reader to transmit on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information to the settlement server, on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the outlet toll reader and on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information stored in the user DB The matched vehicle terminal data while searching Settlement information is generated using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB together with the horse data and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader, and the payment server group is generated with the unique ID by using the tag data of the onboard terminal data. It provides a user-selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication characterized in that it comprises a payment server group consisting of a settlement server for transmitting to the corresponding server in the payment server and the payment server to perform the payment with the unique ID and settlement information.

In addition, the present invention, an on-board terminal having on-board terminal data consisting of a unique ID and one or more tags, an on-board toll reader and an outlet toll reader respectively connected by the on-board terminal having the terminal data and the short-range wireless communication means, the inlet toll Short-range unidirectional using a system having a settlement server connected to a reader and an exit toll reader to receive data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server In the user selective toll collection method using communication, when the entrance toll reader receives the unique ID and the tag, which is the on-vehicle terminal data, from the on-board terminal mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road, the inlet toll reader receives the data request. Toll readers and the unique ID that is the on-vehicle terminal data After the entrance toll leader on-board terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step of transmitting the toll additional information to the settlement server, the entrance toll leader on-board terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step, the settlement server is the entrance toll reader on-board terminal User DB storage step of storing the unique ID and toll additional information excluding tags among the unique ID, tag and toll additional information transmitted in the data and tall additional information transmitting step (S100) in the user DB, and then the on-vehicle terminal of the user exits When passing through the toll reader, the on-board toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader to the settlement server, and the toll-on-vehicle on-board terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted. Subsequently, the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted by the settlement server from the exit toll reader A user DB search step of searching for and finding a matching unique ID and toll additional information among the unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB, and then the settlement server searches the toll reader of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB together with the on-vehicle terminal data. The settlement information is generated using the additional information and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader, the tag information is extracted from the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader, and the user is uniquely assigned to the payment server which is a corresponding server in the payment server group. A payment server that transmits a unique ID and settlement information for transmitting ID and settlement information, and a payment server that receives a user's unique ID and settlement information in the transmission of the unique ID and settlement information performs payment with the corresponding ID and settlement information. Short-range single-sided, characterized in that consisting of a payment step Provided is a user selective toll collection method using a flavor communication.

In addition, the present invention is a terminal for a user-selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication, the receiving antenna and the receiving antenna for receiving the data request signal transmitted from the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader by short-range wireless communication; An RF receiver and demodulator extracting a baseband signal from the received signal, and determining whether the baseband signal is a data request signal and controlling the data request signal from the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader A TR request signal determination unit for transmitting a baseband signal to a control unit for reading data stored in a TR data register in response to the data request signal and outputting the data to an output port, and transmitting data provided from the output port to a transmission antenna. Characterized in that the RF modulation and transmission unit for transmitting It provides a user selectively toll collecting device with a distance one-way communication.

Lastly, the present invention provides a vehicle terminal having on-board terminal data consisting of a unique ID and at least one tag, an inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader connected to each of the on-board terminal having the terminal data and a short-range wireless communication means, the entrance. Short-range using a system having a settlement server connected to a toll reader and an exit toll reader, the settlement server receiving data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server As a user selective toll collection method using unidirectional communication

In response to the data request of the entrance toll reader, when the entrance toll reader receives the unique ID and the tag which is the on-vehicle terminal data from the on-board terminal mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road, the entrance toll reader is the unique ID and the tag which is the on-board terminal data. And an entrance toll reader onboard terminal data and toll additional information transmitting the toll additional information to the settlement server. Transmitting the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information; and the unique ID, tag, and toll additional information received by the settlement server in the transmission of the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information; A user DB storage step of storing an ID and toll additional information in the user DB; Next, when the on-vehicle terminal of the user passes through the exit toll reader, the on-board toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader to the settlement server; Following the step of transmitting the exit toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information, the settlement server matches the on-board terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader to unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB. A user DB search step of searching for and finding; Subsequently, the settlement server generates settlement information using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader along with the onboard terminal data, and the onboard terminal transmitted from the exit toll reader. Extracting tag information from data and transmitting a unique ID and settlement information of a user to a payment server which is a corresponding server in a payment server group; User-selected toll collection method using short-range one-way communication consisting of a payment server payment step in which the payment server provided with the user's unique ID and settlement information in the step of transmitting the unique ID and settlement information performs payment with the corresponding unique ID and settlement information. To

The on-vehicle terminal data provides a user-selective toll collection method using short-range unidirectional communication, wherein the on-board terminal data is allocated to a unique ID field and a tag bit field.

The present invention has the following effects.

The present invention allows a user to select a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means, and in particular, the payment server within the payment server group until the user passes through the entrance toll reader and drives the toll road to reach the exit toll reader, In other words, there is an effect of selecting the desired payment method or means.

In addition, the present invention has an effect of selecting a desired payment method or means as a simple on-board terminal of a one-way communication structure that receives a data request signal from an entrance toll reader or an exit toll reader and transmits only a unique ID and a tag.

The present invention provides an entrance toll reader and an exit toll reader configured to detect a vehicle's approach and transmit a data request signal and transmit only the received unique ID and tag information and toll additional information to the settlement server. It has the effect of making a choice.

The present invention has the effect of allowing a payment server to select a desired payment method or means as a simple structure in which a payment server receives payment of only a user's unique ID and payment information provided from a payment server.

1 is a fare postpaid system in a conventional road fare automatic collection system
Figure 2 is a conventional technology, toll road toll system using RF card
Figure 3 is a conventional technology, road toll network using a mobile phone and its method
Figure 4 is a prior art, open toll gate toll collection system and method
5 is a schematic configuration of a toll gate entrance side toll gate of a user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a schematic configuration of a toll road exit direction toll gate of a user-selectable toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a basic configuration of a user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a schematic diagram of a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a detailed diagram of a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a diagram illustrating stored data of a user DB according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a data transmission relationship diagram of a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a configuration of an on-board terminal for a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is an example of a data structure of an onboard terminal for a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 is an example of a toll gate entrance tollgate for a user-selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 is an example of an inlet toll reader data structure for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
16 is an example of inlet toll reader data processing for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
17 is an example of an exit toll reader data structure for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
18 is an example of exit toll reader data processing for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
19 illustrates an example of tag data processing for a user-selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
20 is an example of unique ID and settlement information processing for a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
21 is an example of settlement information processing of a payment server for a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
22 is an example of settlement information processing using middleware of a payment server for a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.
23 is an overall system configuration for a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a user-selected toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, on-vehicle terminal having on-board terminal data consisting of a unique ID and one or more tags and on-vehicle terminal having the terminal data An inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader connected to each other through a short range wireless communication means, a settlement server connected to the inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader to receive data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and the settlement server A payment server group including a plurality of payment servers connected to the payment server, and a payment server in the payment server group is selected by a user using the on-vehicle terminal according to the selection of the tag of the on-vehicle terminal data; The data of the settlement server for the settlement server in the group It is characterized by a user selectively toll collecting system using a one-way short-range communication, characterized in that configured to transport.

In addition, the present invention, in the user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, on-vehicle terminal having on-vehicle terminal data consisting of a unique ID and tag and the data request signal to the on-vehicle terminal to transmit the unique ID and tag And an entrance toll reader configured to receive the on-vehicle terminal data configured to transmit the on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information to a settlement server, and a settlement server to store unique ID and toll additional information of the on-vehicle terminal data in a user DB. When the on-vehicle terminal passes through the exit toll reader, the exit toll reader to transmit on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information to the settlement server, on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the outlet toll reader and on-vehicle data and toll additional information stored in the user DB The matching vehicle terminal data by searching for matching vehicle terminal data Settlement information is generated using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB together with the horse data and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader, and the payment server group is generated with the unique ID by using the tag data of the onboard terminal data. A user-selective toll collection system using short range one-way communication, comprising a settlement server group comprising a settlement server for transmitting to the corresponding server in the payment server and payment servers performing settlement with the unique ID and settlement information. .

In addition, the present invention, an on-board terminal having on-board terminal data consisting of a unique ID and one or more tags, an on-board toll reader and an outlet toll reader respectively connected by the on-board terminal having the terminal data and the short-range wireless communication means, the inlet toll Short-range unidirectional using a system having a settlement server connected to a reader and an exit toll reader to receive data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server In the user selective toll collection method using communication, when the entrance toll reader receives a unique ID and a tag, which is on-vehicle terminal data, from the on-board terminal mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road, the inlet toll reader receives the data. Toll readers and the unique ID that is the on-vehicle terminal data After the entrance toll leader on-board terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step of transmitting the toll additional information to the settlement server, the entrance toll leader on-board terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step, the settlement server is the entrance toll reader on-board terminal User DB storage step of storing the unique ID and toll additional information excluding tags among the unique ID, tag and toll additional information transmitted in the data and tall additional information transmitting step (S100) in the user DB, and then the on-vehicle terminal of the user exits When passing through the toll reader, the on-board toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader to the settlement server, and the toll-on-vehicle on-board terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted. Subsequently, the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted by the settlement server from the exit toll reader A user DB search step of searching for and finding a matching unique ID and toll additional information among the unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB, and then the settlement server searches the toll reader of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB together with the on-vehicle terminal data. The settlement information is generated using the additional information and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader, the tag information is extracted from the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader, and the user is uniquely assigned to the payment server which is a corresponding server in the payment server group. A payment server that transmits a unique ID and settlement information for transmitting ID and settlement information, and a payment server that receives a user's unique ID and settlement information in the transmission of the unique ID and settlement information performs payment with the corresponding ID and settlement information. Short-range single-sided, characterized in that consisting of a payment step A user selective toll collection method using a fragrance communication is provided.

In addition, the present invention is a terminal for a user-selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication, the receiving antenna and the receiving antenna for receiving the data request signal transmitted from the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader by short-range wireless communication; An RF receiver and demodulator extracting a baseband signal from the received signal, and determining whether the baseband signal is a data request signal and controlling the data request signal from the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader A TR request signal determination unit for transmitting a baseband signal to a control unit for reading data stored in a TR data register in response to the data request signal and outputting the data to an output port, and transmitting data provided from the output port to a transmission antenna. Characterized in that the RF modulation and transmission unit for transmitting It characterized by a user selectively toll collecting device with a distance one-way communication.

Lastly, the present invention provides a vehicle terminal having on-board terminal data consisting of a unique ID and at least one tag, an inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader connected to each of the on-board terminal having the terminal data and a short-range wireless communication means, the entrance. Short-range using a system having a settlement server connected to a toll reader and an exit toll reader, the settlement server receiving data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server A user selective toll collection method using one-way communication,

In response to the data request of the entrance toll reader, when the entrance toll reader receives the unique ID and the tag which is the on-vehicle terminal data from the on-board terminal mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road, the entrance toll reader is the unique ID and the tag which is the on-board terminal data. And an entrance toll reader onboard terminal data and toll additional information transmitting the toll additional information to the settlement server. Transmitting the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information; and the unique ID, tag, and toll additional information received by the settlement server in the transmission of the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information; A user DB storage step of storing an ID and toll additional information in the user DB; Next, when the on-vehicle terminal of the user passes through the exit toll reader, the on-board toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader to the settlement server; Following the step of transmitting the exit toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information, the settlement server matches the on-board terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader to unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB. A user DB search step of searching for and finding; Subsequently, the settlement server generates settlement information using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader along with the onboard terminal data, and the onboard terminal transmitted from the exit toll reader. Extracting tag information from data and transmitting a unique ID and settlement information of a user to a payment server which is a corresponding server in a payment server group; User selective toll collection method using short-range one-way communication consisting of a payment server payment step in which the payment server provided with the user's unique ID and settlement information in the step of transmitting the unique ID and payment information In the on-vehicle terminal data is characterized in that the user-selected toll collection method using short-range unidirectional communication, characterized in that assigned to the unique ID field and the tag bit field indicating a unique ID.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

5 illustrates a schematic configuration of a toll gate at the side of a toll road entrance of a user-selected toll collecting system using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the system of the present invention, the vehicle includes an onboard terminal 100 and an inlet toll reader 200 at the toll gate at the toll road entrance. In addition, the on-vehicle terminal 100 and the entrance toll reader 200 is connected by a short-range wireless communication means. When the entrance toll reader 200 detects a vehicle entering the toll road entrance direction and transmits a data request signal for the entering vehicle, the on-vehicle terminal 100 receives a data request signal of the entrance toll reader 200. On-board terminal data is transmitted in one direction. On-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the on-vehicle terminal 100 to the entrance toll reader 200 is composed of a unique ID and tag to be described later.

6 is a schematic diagram of a toll gate exit direction toll gate of a user-selected toll collecting system using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above with reference to FIG. 5, the vehicle includes an onboard terminal 100 and an exit toll reader 300 at the toll gate side of the toll road escape direction. In addition, the on-vehicle terminal 100 and the exit toll reader 300 is connected as a short-range wireless communication means similar to the entrance toll reader 200. When the exit toll reader 300 detects a vehicle moving in a toll road escape direction from the toll road and sends a data request signal to the vehicle, the on-vehicle terminal 100 receives a data request signal of the exit toll reader 300. The on-board terminal data is transmitted in one direction. On-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the on-vehicle terminal 100 to the entrance toll reader 300 is composed of a unique ID and tag to be described later.

Therefore, the on-vehicle terminal 100 described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 has a simple structure that receives the data request signal from the inlet toll reader 200 and the outlet toll reader 300 and transmits the in-vehicle terminal data in a short-distance communication method in one direction. Can be configured.

In addition, the entrance toll reader 200 and the exit toll reader 300 are substantially the same specifications, and detects the approach of the vehicle and sends a data request signal to the on-vehicle terminal 100 mounted on the vehicle in a short range communication method and responds thereto. In order to receive the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the on-vehicle terminal 100 by a short-range communication method. At this time, the on-vehicle terminal data is composed of a unique ID and tag to be described later.

7 illustrates a basic configuration of a user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention. The above-mentioned entrance toll reader 200 and the exit toll reader 300 are connected to the settlement server 500 by wired or wireless network means, and the settlement server 500 is a random access user who can read or write arbitrarily. DB 400 is provided. In addition, the settlement server 500 is connected to the payment server group 600 for calculating the toll fee of the user equipped with the on-vehicle terminal 100 of the present invention and settles the calculation result by wire or wireless network. Here, the payment server group 600 collectively refers to payment servers for charging a toll road fee to which a user subscribes. For example, the payment servers forming the payment server group of the present invention will be described. A series of servers for paying a toll road fee with an existing high pass card, a server for paying a toll road fee of a postpaid method by a credit card, etc. For example, the server may be integrated with other mobile communication fees to pay the toll road fee, and the present invention may allow a user to arbitrarily select a server to pay the toll road fee.

Referring to FIG. 7, the entrance toll reader 200 described above transmits the on-vehicle terminal data received from the on-vehicle terminal 100 mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road to the settlement server 500, and the entrance toll reader 200. ) Is configured to transmit the toll gate information or the toll additional information at the time passing through the entrance toll reader 200 together with the data in the onboard terminal.

The settlement server 500 receives the on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information and stores the received terminal data in the user DB 400. Subsequently, when the on-vehicle terminal 100 of the user passes through the exit toll reader 300, the on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 to the settlement server 500. At this time, the settlement server 500 searches and finds the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 and on-vehicle terminal data that matches the on-vehicle terminal data stored in the user DB 400 and the toll additional information, and finds the corresponding on-vehicle terminal. The settlement information is generated using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader 200 stored in the user DB 400 together with the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader 300, and the settlement server group 600. Send to the server in question.

Components of the user-selective toll collection system using the short-range one-way communication described above have a separate characteristic configuration in order for a user to select a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means within the payment server group 600. Must be added. In addition, a user selects a payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means within the payment server group 600 until the user passes through the entrance toll reader 200 and travels on the toll road to arrive at the exit toll reader 300. There is a need for a characteristic component to enable this.

Before describing the characteristic configuration of the present invention, it will be examined whether the problem of the present invention can be achieved by simply modifying the prior art.

The conventional wireless toll collection system includes means such as an onboard unit (OBU) provided in a vehicle, and is a payment method by a single subscription number or a single ID, and is a conventional high pass card payment server and a credit card. One of the postpaid payment servers is fixedly linked. If the user subscribes to a plurality of toll collection systems and selects a desired payment method or means by providing a plurality of subscription numbers or IDs to the vehicle as in the technical spirit of the present invention, the user's subscription read at the entrance toll gate. The number or ID must remain the same until the exit toll gate. Therefore, the conventional wireless toll collection system is fixed only by a single payment method until entering and exiting the toll road. If a plurality of OBUs are provided for each toll collection system, the existing payment system recognizes that a plurality of subscribers use a toll road and duplicate payment occurs. To prevent this, the user must select and operate an OBU. Since the user's subscription number or ID read from the toll gate must maintain the same value until the exit toll gate, the toll collecting system is fixed by a single payment method until entering and exiting the toll road.

The present invention allows a user to select a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means, and in particular, the user passes through the entrance toll reader 200 and travels on a toll road until the user reaches the exit toll reader 300. Within the payment server group 600, a short-term, one-way method for selecting a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or method.

A user selective toll collection system and method using communication, and a terminal and data structure therefor are provided.

Accordingly, the present invention, in the user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, on-vehicle terminal having on-board terminal data consisting of a unique ID and one or more tags; and on-vehicle terminal and the short-range wireless communication with the terminal data An inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader respectively connected by means; A settlement server connected to the entrance toll reader and the exit toll reader to receive data from each reader; and a user DB connected to the settlement server; And a payment server group including a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server, wherein a user who uses the on-vehicle terminal is selected in the payment server group according to the selection of the tag of the on-vehicle terminal data. And a user-selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, wherein data of the settlement server is transmitted to a payment server in the selected payment server group.

8 is a schematic diagram of a user-selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the system of the present invention will be described in the order of action relationship.

In response to the data request of the entrance toll reader 200 described above, the on-vehicle terminal data received from the on-board terminal 100 mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road and the toll additional information from the entrance toll reader 200 are settled in the settlement server 500. Is sent). The onboard terminal data is composed of a unique ID and a tag.

Subsequently, the settlement server 500 stores the unique ID and toll additional information of the on-vehicle terminal data in the user DB 400. Subsequently, when the on-vehicle terminal 100 of the user passes through the exit toll reader 300, the on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 to the settlement server 500.

The settlement server 500 searches and finds the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader 300, the on-vehicle terminal data stored in the user DB 400, and the on-vehicle terminal data corresponding to the toll additional information.

The settlement server 500 uses the stall additional information of the entrance toll reader 200 retrieved from the user DB 400 and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 together with the onboard terminal data. It generates and transmits to the payment server m which is the corresponding server in the payment server group 600 using the tag data of the on-vehicle terminal data. Accordingly, the payment server m performs payment based on the on-vehicle terminal data and settlement information.

Hereinafter, a characteristic configuration of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 9.

FIG. 9 is a detailed diagram of a user-selectable toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the data to be exchanged is defined before explaining in detail the user-selected toll collection system and method of the present invention.

Onboard terminal data (120)

When the data request signals of the entrance toll reader 200 and the exit toll reader 300 are received in the on-vehicle terminal 100 as data stored in the on-vehicle terminal 100 provided in the user vehicle of the present invention, the data is transmitted to the toll readers. This data is divided into unique ID and tag.

Unique id

When a user subscribes to the user selective toll collection system service using the short-range communication of the present invention, a unique ID per user is limited to one. In addition, a part of the unique ID may include a bit for identifying a vehicle type. If necessary, the unique ID may be configured only by the vehicle number and vehicle model information of the user.

Tag

As part of the data stored in the on-vehicle terminal 100 provided in the user vehicle of the present invention is the data determined by the user selects a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means within the payment server group 600, Each payment server is given a unique numbered tag.

Tall additional information

As the toll gate data added to the onboard terminal data 120 received from the on-board terminal 100 by the inlet toll reader 200 and the outlet toll reader 300, the classification of the outlet / entry toll gates and the unique ID of the toll gates. , Information of the time when the vehicle was detected, and other necessary data.

Settlement Information

Information generated using the stall additional information of the entrance toll reader 200 retrieved from the user DB 400 and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 together with the on-vehicle terminal data by the settlement server 500. And may include origin, destination, departure and arrival times, fares, designated payment servers, and other data. The settlement information is provided to the corresponding payment server in the payment server group 600 together with the onboard terminal data 120 provided from the user onboard terminal 100 and used as the basis data of the payment.

The present invention for the data defined as described above;

A user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, comprising: an on-vehicle terminal having on-vehicle terminal data composed of a unique ID and a tag; and a on-vehicle terminal configured to transmit a data request signal to the on-vehicle terminal; An entrance toll reader receiving data and transmitting the on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information to a settlement server; and a settlement server to store the unique ID and toll additional information of the on-vehicle terminal data in a user DB. An exit toll reader that transmits the on-board terminal data and the toll additional information to the settlement server when passing through the exit toll reader; and on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information stored in the user DB. Search for on-vehicle terminal data that matches and match the on-vehicle terminal data In addition, the settlement information is generated using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader, and the corresponding server in the payment server group with the unique ID using the tag data of the onboard terminal data. Settlement server to send to; And a payment server group including payment servers configured to make a payment using the unique ID and the settlement information.

In addition, the present invention; On-board terminal having on-board terminal data comprising a unique ID and at least one tag, an inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader respectively connected by the on-board terminal having the terminal data and a short range wireless communication means, the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader Selective user using short-range communication using a system having a payment server group consisting of a payment server connected to the settlement server receives data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server. In a tall collecting method; In response to the data request of the entrance toll reader, when the entrance toll reader receives the unique ID and the tag which is the on-vehicle terminal data from the on-board terminal mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road, the entrance toll reader is the unique ID and the tag which is the on-board terminal data. And transmitting toll reader onboard terminal data and toll additional information for transmitting the toll additional information to the settlement server (S100). Following the transmission of the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information (S100), the settlement server has transmitted the unique ID, tag, and toll additional information transmitted in the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and tall additional information (S100). A user DB storage step (S110) of storing unique IDs and toll additional information excluding tags among the user DBs; Next, when the on-vehicle terminal of the user passes through the exit toll reader, the on-board toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader to the settlement server (S120); After the exit toll reader onboard terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step (S120), the settlement server is a unique ID that matches the onboard terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader and the unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB and A user DB search step of searching and finding tall additional information (S130); Subsequently, the settlement server generates settlement information using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader along with the onboard terminal data, and the onboard terminal transmitted from the exit toll reader. Extracting tag information from the data and transmitting the unique ID and settlement information of the user to the payment server, the corresponding server in the payment server group, and settlement information (S140); A payment server payment step (S150) in which the payment server provided with the user's unique ID and the settlement information performs the payment with the corresponding unique ID and the settlement information (S150); It provides a user selective toll collection method using a short-range unidirectional communication, characterized in that consisting of.

Hereinafter, the method of the present invention will be described in detail by dividing the method of the present invention step by step through a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of FIG. 9.

In response to the data request of the entrance toll reader 200 described above, when the entrance toll gate reader 200 receives the unique ID and the tag, which is the on-board terminal data 120, from the on-board terminal 100 mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road, The entrance toll reader vehicle terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step of transmitting the unique ID, the tag and the toll additional information, which are the on-vehicle terminal data 120, to the settlement server 500, is performed. Perform

Following the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data 120 and tall additional information transmission step (S100), the settlement server 500 is transmitted in the entrance toll leader on-board terminal data 120 and tall additional information transmission step (S100). A user DB 400 storing step (S110) of storing the unique ID and toll additional information excluding tags among the received unique ID and the tag and toll additional information is stored in the user DB 400.

Subsequently, when the on-vehicle terminal 100 of the user passes through the exit toll reader 300, the on-board toll vehicle on-board terminal data and toll data from which the on-vehicle terminal data and the toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 to the settlement server 500. The additional information transmitting step S120 is performed.

Following the transmission of the exit toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information (S120), the settlement server 500 may include the on-board terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 and a unique ID and toll stored in the user DB 400. The user DB 400 search step (S130) of searching for and finding a matching unique ID and toll additional information among the additional information is performed.

Subsequently, the settlement server 500 uses the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader 200 retrieved from the user DB 400 and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 together with the on-vehicle terminal data. And extract the tag information from the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader 300, and transmit the unique ID and settlement information of the user to the payment server m which is the corresponding server in the payment server group 600, and Settlement information transmission step (S140) is performed.

The payment server m provided with the unique ID and the settlement information of the user in the step of transmitting the unique ID and the settlement information (S140) performs the payment server settlement step (S150) of performing the payment with the corresponding unique ID and the settlement information of the present invention. A user selective toll collection method using near field one-way communication is completed.

10 illustrates stored data of a user DB according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present invention, the unique ID and toll additional information excluding the tag among the unique ID, tag and toll additional information transmitted by the settlement server 500 in the entrance toll reader onboard terminal data 120 and the toll additional information transmitting step (S100). Since it is configured to store in the user DB 400, the user DB 400 stores the unique ID and toll additional information of the user received from the entrance toll reader 200. Preferably, the stored user's unique ID and toll additional information are configured to be deleted after the unique ID and settlement information transmitting step (S140) so as not to accumulate unnecessary data, and if necessary, before being deleted. In addition, it is also possible to configure such that it is stored along with the on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 through regular backup.

11 illustrates a data transmission relationship diagram of a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 illustrates data transmitted step by step between components with respect to the detailed view of FIG. 9 described above.

In response to the data request of the entrance toll reader 200 described above, when the entrance toll reader 200 receives the unique ID and the tag, which is the on-vehicle terminal data 120, from the on-vehicle terminal 100 mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road,

In the entrance toll reader onboard terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step (S100), the unique ID, tag, and toll additional information of the onboard terminal 100 are transmitted from the entrance toll reader 200 to the settlement server 500.

Subsequently, in the user DB 400 storing step (S110), a unique ID and toll additional information excluding a tag are stored in the user DB 400 from the settlement server 500.

In the exit toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step (S120), when the on-vehicle terminal 100 of the user passes through the exit toll reader 300, the on-board terminal from the exit toll reader 300 to the settlement server 500. Data and tall additional information are transmitted.

Subsequently, in the user DB 400 search step (S130), the unique ID and toll additional information corresponding to the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 among the unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB 400 may be obtained. Search and find and generate settlement information.

In the unique ID and settlement information transmission step (S140), the settlement server 500 extracts tag information from on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader 300, and the payment server m which is the corresponding server in the payment server group 600. Sends the user's unique ID and settlement information.

In the payment server payment step (S150), the payment server m performs the payment with the corresponding unique ID and settlement information.

Accordingly, the following features of the present invention can be confirmed through the data transmission relationship diagram of FIG. 11.

First, the material terminal 100 may be configured as a one-way communication structure for receiving a data request signal from the entrance toll reader 200 or the exit toll reader 300 and transmitting only a unique ID and a tag.

Second, the entrance toll reader 200 and the exit toll reader 300 detect the approach of the vehicle and transmit a data request signal, and simply transmit the received unique ID, tag information, and toll additional information to the settlement server 500. Configure to

Third, the settlement server 500 connects the corresponding payment server of the payment server group 600 based on the tag provided from the user and transmits the user's unique ID and settlement information.

Fourth, the payment server of the payment server group 600 receives only the user's unique ID and payment information provided from the payment server 500 and performs payment.

12 illustrates a configuration of an on-board terminal 100 for a user selective toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The on-vehicle terminal 100 of the present invention includes a reception antenna for receiving data request signals transmitted from an inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader by short-range wireless communication; and a base band signal from the signal received by the reception antenna. RF receiving and demodulation unit for extracting; A TR request signal determining unit for determining whether the baseband signal is a data request signal and transferring a baseband signal to a control unit when the baseband signal is a data request signal from the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader; A short range one-way communication including a controller for reading data stored in a TR data register and outputting the data stored in a TR data register to an output port; and an RF modulation and transmitting unit for transmitting data provided from the output port to a transmitting antenna. A user selective toll collecting terminal is used.

The on-vehicle terminal 100 of the present invention includes a reception antenna 101 for receiving data request signals transmitted from the entrance toll reader 200 and the exit toll reader 300 by short-range wireless communication. The signal received by the reception antenna 101 is a base band signal is extracted through the RF reception and demodulation unit 102, and the TR request signal determination unit 103 for determining a data request signal; When the baseband signal is a data request signal from the inlet toll reader 200 and the outlet toll reader 300, the signal is transmitted to the controller 104. The control unit 104 reads data stored in the TR data register 108 in response to the data request signal and outputs the data to the output port 109, and the RF modulation and transmission unit 110 connected to the output port 109. ) Transmits the data provided from the output port 109 to the transmitting antenna 111.

The data stored in the TR data register 108 are unique ID and tag data of the user described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 11, and the unique ID and tag data are unique IDs and tags stored in the ID storage unit 105. The tag data selected from the tag data stored in the storage unit 106 is selected by the tag selection switch 107 by a user's operation.

In addition, the ID storage unit 105 and the tag storage unit 106 may be configured as a nonvolatile memory, and has a service connector 113 to the ID storage unit 105 from the outside through the service connector 113. The stored unique ID and tag data stored in the tag storage unit 106 may be recorded or updated, or tag data may be added.

In addition, the on-vehicle terminal 100 of the present invention is a single microcontroller 112 in the above configuration except for the receiving antenna 101, the RF receiving and demodulation unit 102, the RF modulation and transmission unit 110, the transmission antenna 111. You can also implement it in In this case, the tag selection switch 107 may use an input port (not shown) of the microcontroller 112.

FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a data structure of an onboard terminal for a user-selectable toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The data structure of the present invention is; On-board terminal having on-board terminal data comprising a unique ID and at least one tag, an inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader respectively connected by the on-board terminal having the terminal data and a short range wireless communication means, the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader Selective user using short-range communication using a system having a payment server group consisting of a payment server connected to the settlement server receives data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server. As a tall collecting method

In response to the data request of the entrance toll reader, when the entrance toll reader receives the unique ID and the tag which is the on-vehicle terminal data from the on-board terminal mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road, the entrance toll reader is the unique ID and the tag which is the on-board terminal data. And transmitting toll reader onboard terminal data and toll additional information for transmitting the toll additional information to the settlement server (S100). Following the transmission of the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information (S100), the settlement server has transmitted the unique ID, tag, and toll additional information transmitted in the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and tall additional information (S100). A user DB storage step (S110) of storing unique IDs and toll additional information excluding tags among the user DBs; Next, when the on-vehicle terminal of the user passes through the exit toll reader, the on-board toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader to the settlement server (S120); After the exit toll reader onboard terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step (S120), the settlement server is a unique ID that matches the onboard terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader and the unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB and A user DB search step of searching and finding tall additional information (S130); Subsequently, the settlement server generates settlement information using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader along with the onboard terminal data, and the onboard terminal transmitted from the exit toll reader. Extracting tag information from the data and transmitting the unique ID and settlement information of the user to the payment server, the corresponding server in the payment server group, and settlement information (S140); A short-term one-way communication consisting of a payment server payment step (S150) in which a payment server provided with a user's unique ID and settlement information in the unique ID and settlement information transmission step (S140) performs payment with the corresponding unique ID and settlement information; A data structure for a user-selected toll collecting method, comprising: a structure of on-vehicle terminal data allocated to a unique ID field and a tag bit field indicating a unique ID; and toll additional information added by the entrance toll reader and the exit toll reader. rescue; A structure of a unique ID stored in a user DB by excluding a tag from the on-vehicle terminal data; And a settlement information structure transmitted to the payment server together with the unique ID. The data structure for the user-selected toll collection method using short-range unidirectional communication is provided.

FIG. 13 (a) shows an example of on-vehicle terminal data 120 of the present invention. The on-vehicle terminal data 120 assigns 16 bits of bits 00 to 15 to a unique ID field 121 representing a unique ID. A case where the 4-bit tag bit field 123 is provided toward the LSB (least significant bit) will be described as an example. The allocation of the bit field is for the purpose of understanding the present invention, and in actual implementation, the number of bits per field and its arrangement are not limited because they may be adopted according to the needs of those skilled in the art.

FIG. 13B illustrates an example of data in the on-vehicle terminal 100. The data of the unique ID field 121 is stored in the user-selected toll collection system service using the short-range communication of the present invention as described above. The unique ID per user is a unique ID stored in the ID storage unit 105 of the on-vehicle terminal described in FIG. 12. A part of the unique ID bit field 121 is included so as to include a vehicle type division bit field 122 for classifying a vehicle type, so that the above-described settlement server 500 generates the settlement information to divide the fare for each section by vehicle type. It may also be configured to. In addition, if necessary, the unique ID may be configured only by the vehicle number and vehicle model information of the user.

The data of the tag bit field 123 is data determined by the user selecting a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means within the payment server group 600, and is assigned a tag having a unique number for each payment server. do. Accordingly, the user selects one of the numbers unique to each payment server, that is, tag data stored in the tag storage unit 106 of FIG. 12 as the tag selection switch 107.

As a result, the on-vehicle terminal 100 configures the on-vehicle terminal data 120 as shown in FIG. 13 (c), and transmits the data request signal transmitted from the entrance toll reader 200 and the exit toll reader 300 to short-range wireless communication. When received, the on-vehicle terminal data 120 configured as described above is transmitted to the entrance toll reader 200 or the exit toll reader 300.

14 is an example of a toll gate entrance tollgate for a user-selectable toll collecting system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is illustrated only by the characteristics of the present invention.

When the vehicle approaches the toll road entry direction, the entrance toll reader 200 detects the approach of the vehicle and transmits a data request signal to the vehicle, and the on-vehicle terminal 100 (not shown) mounted on the vehicle Since only the unique ID and the tag selected by the user are transmitted to the short range one-way communication means, the configuration of the on-vehicle terminal is simplified. In addition, since there is no configuration for receiving data from the entrance toll reader 200 and recording the data on the on-vehicle terminal 100, there is no time delay procedure such as checking whether the on-vehicle terminal 100 is recorded or not, and thus it is possible to trust the settlement. have.

15 illustrates an example of an inlet toll reader data structure for a user-selected toll collecting system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the data of the entrance toll reader 200 is settled from the entrance toll reader 200 from the entrance toll reader 200 in step S100. It includes the unique ID and tag and toll additional information of the on-vehicle terminal 100 is transmitted to.

In FIG. 15, as an example of the stall additional information 124 of the entrance toll reader 200 transmitted to the settlement server 500 together with the unique ID of the unique ID bit field 121 and the tag of the tag bit field 123, the exit is shown. / Entrance classification (125) data, toll gate ID 126, the data of the detection time (127) for detecting the user's vehicle can be configured to include, in addition to other data to the toll additional information (124) as needed You can add In addition, in the present invention, the exit / entrance classification 125 data is allocated as an example of the toll additional information 124 of the entrance toll reader 200. In this configuration, the toll reader is installed at one toll gate on both sides of the user vehicle. There is a feature that can be used as a bidirectional toll gate according to the proximity detection of.

From the toll additional information 124, the settlement server 500 enters the toll gate at which point and exits to the toll gate at which point for the user assigned to the unique ID of the unique ID bit field 121. As described above, the settlement information is generated by extracting the vehicle model data from the unique ID bit field 121 and calculating the fare between the toll gates.

16 is an example of an inlet toll reader data processing for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is transmitted from the inlet toll reader 200 to the settlement server 500. Regarding the unique ID, the tag, and the tall additional information of the on-vehicle terminal 100, the unique DB except the tag from the settlement server 500 to the user DB 400 in the above-described storage step (S110) of the user DB 400 An example of the entrance toll reader data processing of the settlement server 500 for storing the ID and toll additional information 124 is shown.

As shown in FIG. 16A, the on-vehicle terminal data 120 including the unique ID field 121 and the tag bit field 123 is settled in the settlement server 500 together with the toll additional information 124 from the entrance toll reader 200. In this case, the settlement server 500 stores the unique ID and toll additional information 124 excluding the tag in the user DB 400 as described above.

To this end, the tag bit field 123 should be excluded from the on-board terminal data 120 as shown in FIG.

The tag bit field 123 is data determined by a user selecting a corresponding payment server, that is, a desired payment method or means within the payment server group 600. In the present invention, the settlement server 500 is an exit toll reader. By using only the tag bit field 123 read at 300, the settlement server from the entrance toll reader 200 to generate the settlement information even if the user who is driving the toll road changes the desired payment method or means. In the on-vehicle terminal data 120 transmitted to the 500, the tag bit field 123 is excluded and stored in the user DB 400 together with the toll additional information 124. In the on-vehicle terminal data 120 of FIG. 16B, the tag bit field 123 may be deleted or ignored as bit masking, which will be described later, according to the bit field allocation of the on-vehicle terminal data 120.

FIG. 17 illustrates an example of an exit toll reader data structure for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is illustrated only by the characteristics of the present invention.

When the vehicle approaches the toll road exit direction, the exit toll reader 300 detects the approach of the vehicle and transmits a data request signal to the vehicle, and the on-vehicle terminal 100 (not shown) mounted on the vehicle Since only the unique ID and the tag selected by the user are transmitted to the short range one-way communication means, the configuration of the on-vehicle terminal is simplified. In addition, since the same data as the entrance toll reader is transmitted to the exit toll reader 200, there is no time delay procedure such as rewriting or confirming the data of the on-vehicle terminal 100, and the payment can be trusted.

18 illustrates an example of exit toll reader data processing for a user-selected toll collection system and method using near-field unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the on-vehicle terminal 100 of the user passes through the exit toll reader 300, the on-board toll reader on-board terminal data and toll addition from which the on-board terminal data and the toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 to the settlement server 500 is added. The information transmission step S120 is performed.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11, following the exit toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step (S120), the settlement server 500 may use the on-board terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 ( 120) the user DB 400 searching step (S130) of searching for and finding a matching unique ID and toll additional information among the unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB 400. To this end, the settlement server 500 should separate the user's unique ID and tag from the on-vehicle terminal data 120 transmitted from the exit toll reader 300.

With respect to the on-board terminal data 120 illustrated in FIG. 18 (b) according to the bit field allocation of FIG. 18 (a), the settlement server 500 duplicates the on-board terminal data 120 and includes two identical data. The unique ID bit field mask data of FIG. 18C and the tag bit field mask data of FIG. 18E are masked with respect to the two on-board terminal data 120, respectively. 121) Data and data of the tag bit field 123 of FIG. 16F may be extracted. Masking is achieved by performing an AND operation on the on-board terminal data 120 and the mask data over each bit.

Also, if necessary, the unique ID field 121 and the tag bit field 123 data constituting the on-vehicle terminal data 120 are read out for each bit allocated to the unique ID field 121 data and the tag of FIG. 16F. It is also possible to extract the bit field 123 data.

19 is an example of tag data processing for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, and transmitting the unique ID and settlement information described above with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11 (S140). In the payment server 500 using the tag information extracted from the on-vehicle terminal data 120 transmitted from the exit toll reader 300 as shown in FIG. A configuration for transmitting a user's unique ID and settlement information to a payment server m, a server. In the settlement server 500 of the present invention, a settlement server 1 and a settlement server m in the settlement server group 600 and a network are configured, and the settlement server 500 is a settlement server 1 in the settlement server group 600. To data can be selectively transmitted to the payment server m. At this time, selecting one of the payment server 1 to the payment server m in the payment server group 600 uses a tag transmitted from the on-vehicle terminal 100 by the user. The settlement server 500 of the present invention is provided with payment server information according to a tag, and based on this, a unique ID and settlement information are transmitted to a payment server according to a payment method and means selected by a user.

20 illustrates an example of unique ID and settlement information processing for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11, the unique ID and settlement information of the user transmitted from the settlement server 500 to the payment server m which is the corresponding server in the payment server group 600 in the step of transmitting the unique ID and settlement information (S140). 20, a unique ID and a tag are separated and extracted as described in FIG. 18 with respect to the on-vehicle terminal data 120 allocated to FIG. 20 (a), and the settlement server 500 is provided with the on-vehicle terminal data 120. The settlement information is generated using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader 200 retrieved from the user DB 400 and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader 300. The settlement information field 501 given in FIG. 20 (b) may be configured as an example as shown in FIG. 20 (c). The settlement information field 501 may be a user's starting point, departure time, destination, arrival time, fare, It is configured to include the designated payment server and other information so that payment is made at the corresponding payment server m.

21 illustrates an example of settlement information processing of a payment server for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This is an example of settlement information processing for the payment server m to perform the payment with the corresponding unique ID and the settlement information in the payment server settlement step (S150) described above with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11. In the step of transmitting the ID and settlement information (S140), the unique ID and settlement information of the user transmitted from the settlement server 500 to the settlement server m, which is the corresponding server in the settlement server group 600, is generated by the settlement server 500. It consists of an information field 501 and a unique ID field 120.

The payment server m is a server for paying a fee by a payment method or payment method selected by the above-described user and the onboard terminal 100, and the DB 620 of the payment server m connected to the payment server m includes Basic information for payment is stored, and the payment server m is the DB 620 of the payment server m based on the user's unique ID transmitted from the settlement server 500, that is, the data of the unique ID bit field 121. Deriving the basic information for the payment of the subscriber from the payment (FIG. 21 (c), (d)). Basic information for payment of the corresponding subscriber is input at the time of subscription, and includes, for example, the subscriber's name, vehicle number, address, telephone number, vehicle type, payment means information, and other data.

22 illustrates an example of settlement information processing using middleware of a payment server for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention. As described with reference to FIG. 21, the payment server m may determine the payment server m based on the unique ID of the user transmitted from the settlement server 500, that is, the data of the unique ID bit field 121 and the settlement information field 501. Deriving basic information for payment of the subscriber from the DB (620) to perform the payment, if the data between the settlement server 500 and the payment server m is not compatible with each other, the middleware 610 to the payment server The unique ID of the user, which is provided in m and transmitted from the server 500, that is, the data of the unique ID bit field 121 and the settlement information field 501 are rearranged to the standard of the payment server m, and the DB 620 of the payment server m is provided. It is also possible to derive the basic information for payment of the subscriber from the payment.

FIG. 23 illustrates an overall system configuration for a user-selected toll collection system and method using short-range unidirectional communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In response to the data requests of the entrance toll readers 200 of TG1 to TGn, the unique ID and tag, which are the on-vehicle terminal data 120, are respectively provided from the on-vehicle terminals 100 mounted on the vehicle where the entrance toll readers 200 enter the toll road. When the data is transmitted, the unique IDs, tags, and toll additional information of the on-vehicle terminals 100 are transmitted for each vehicle from the entrance toll readers 200 to the settlement server 500.

Subsequently, unique ID and toll additional information excluding tags are stored for each vehicle from the settlement server 500 to the user DB 400.

When the on-vehicle terminals 100 of the user pass through the different exit toll readers TG1 to TGn, the on-vehicle terminal data and toll additional information are transmitted from the exit toll readers 300 to the settlement server 500.

Subsequently, the settlement server 500 may include unique IDs and toll additional information corresponding to unique IDs of on-vehicle terminal data transmitted for each vehicle of the exit toll readers 300 among unique IDs and toll additional information stored in the user DB 400. Search and find each one to generate settlement information.

Subsequently, the settlement server 500 extracts the tag information for each user from the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll readers 300 and extracts the unique ID and settlement information of the user for each corresponding payment server in the payment server group 600. send.

Subsequently, payment servers perform payments using unique IDs and settlement information of users provided.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and will be described by the person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Various modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

100: vehicle terminal 200: entrance toll reader
300: exit toll reader 400: user DB
500: settlement server 600: payment server group

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On-vehicle terminal having on-vehicle terminal data,
An inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader connected to the on-vehicle terminal having the terminal data and short-range wireless communication means, respectively;
A settlement server connected to the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader to receive data from each reader;
A user DB connected to the settlement server;
In the user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication provided with,


The on-vehicle terminal data, a unique ID given to a single ID for each on-vehicle terminal,
One or more tags selected by a user using the on-vehicle terminal,
The settlement server includes a payment server group consisting of a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server; And provided, The car terminal is further provided with a tag selection switch,
The inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader,
On-vehicle terminal data received from the on-vehicle terminal,
Transmitting the toll gate information and the toll additional information at the time passing through the toll reader to the settlement server;
Short-term unidirectional communication, characterized in that the payment server in the payment server group is selected according to a tag selected by a tag selection switch by a user's operation, so that data of the settlement server is transmitted to the payment server in the selected payment server group. Selective Toll Collecting System According to claim 1, The on-vehicle terminal,
When the inlet toll reader or the outlet toll reader sends a data request signal, the user-selected toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, receiving the data request signal and transmitting the on-board terminal data in one direction. The inlet toll reader of claim 1,
Detect a vehicle entering the toll road entering direction and send a data request signal for the entering vehicle;
The exit toll reader,
Detects a vehicle moving in the toll road escape direction from the toll road and sends a data request signal for the vehicle moving in the toll road escape direction;
User-selected toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, characterized in that configured to receive in-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal in response to each of these in a short-range communication method; In the user selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication,
On-vehicle terminal having on-vehicle terminal data consisting of a unique ID and tag; And
By transmitting a data request signal to the on-vehicle terminal
The on-vehicle terminal data, the exit / entrance classification data, the toll gate ID, and the user's vehicle are sensed by receiving the in-vehicle terminal data composed of a unique ID assigned to each on-vehicle terminal and a tag selected by a tag selection switch by a user's operation. An entrance toll reader for transmitting the toll additional information configured to include data of one time to a settlement server; and
When the on-vehicle terminal passes through the exit toll reader, on-vehicle terminal data consisting of a unique ID assigned to each on-vehicle terminal and a tag selected by a tag selection switch by the user's operation, exit / entry classification data, toll gate ID, and user An exit toll reader configured to transmit the toll additional information configured to include data of a detected time of the vehicle to the settlement server; and
A unique ID and toll additional information excluding the tag in the on-vehicle terminal data are stored in the user DB, and a toll with unique ID among the on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader and the unique ID and toll additional information stored in the user DB are matched. Search for additional information and generate settlement information using the toll additional information of the corresponding entrance toll reader and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader, and settle the payment corresponding to the tag selected by the tag selection switch by the user's operation with the unique ID. A settlement server for transmitting to servers in the server group; And
User-selected toll collection system using short-range one-way communication characterized in that it comprises a payment server group consisting of payment servers for performing the payment with the unique ID and settlement information The method of claim 4, wherein the unique ID,
User-selected toll collection system using short range one-way communication, characterized in that it includes information identifying the type of vehicle and the vehicle number of the user The method of claim 4, wherein the tag,
It is selected by tag selection switch by user's operation,
User-selected toll collection system using short-range one-way communication, characterized in that a tag of a unique number is given for each payment server in the payment server group. The method according to claim 4, wherein the tall additional information,
User-selected toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, which includes information on exit / entry toll gates, unique ID of the corresponding toll gate, and time when the vehicle is detected. The method of claim 4, wherein the settlement information,
A corresponding payment server in the payment server group according to a tag selected by a tag selection switch by a user's operation together with on-vehicle terminal data provided from the user onboard terminal, including departure, destination, departure and arrival time, fee, and designated payment server information; Selective toll collection system using short-range unidirectional communication, characterized in that provided by On-board terminal having on-board terminal data comprising a unique ID and at least one tag, an inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader respectively connected by the on-board terminal having the terminal data and a short range wireless communication means, the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader Selective user using short-range communication using a system having a payment server group consisting of a payment server connected to the settlement server receives data from each reader, a user DB connected to the settlement server, and a plurality of payment servers connected to the settlement server. In a tall collecting method;
In response to the data request of the entrance toll reader, when the entrance toll reader receives the unique ID, which is the on-vehicle terminal data, and a tag selected by the tag selection switch by the user's operation, from the on-board terminal mounted on the vehicle entering the toll road, the entrance toll reader Is a toll reader onboard terminal data for transmitting toll accounting information including a unique ID and tag which are the on-vehicle terminal data, exit / entrance classification data, tollgate ID, and data of the time when the user vehicle is detected; Tall additional information transmission step (S100);
Following the transmission of the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information (S100), the settlement server has transmitted the unique ID, tag, and toll additional information transmitted in the entrance toll reader on-board terminal data and tall additional information (S100). A user DB storage step (S110) of storing unique IDs and toll additional information excluding tags among the user DBs;
Subsequently, when the on-vehicle terminal of the user passes through the exit toll reader, the toll additional information configured to include on-vehicle terminal data, exit / entrance classification data, toll gate ID, and data of the time when the user vehicle is detected from the exit toll reader is settled. Transmitting the exit toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information transmitted to the step S120;
After the exit toll reader on-board terminal data and toll additional information transmitting step (S120), the settlement server is a unique ID that is on-vehicle terminal data transmitted from the exit toll reader and a tag and a user DB selected by a tag selection switch by a user's operation. A user DB search step (S130) of searching for and finding a unique ID and toll additional information matching among unique ID and toll additional information stored in the server;
Subsequently, the settlement server generates settlement information using the toll additional information of the entrance toll reader retrieved from the user DB along with the onboard terminal data and the toll additional information transmitted from the exit toll reader, and the user of the user transmitted from the exit toll reader. A unique ID and settlement information transmitting step of transmitting the unique ID and settlement information of the user to the payment server corresponding to the tag selected by the tag selection switch by an operation of the user in the settlement server group;
A payment server payment step (S150) in which the payment server provided with the user's unique ID and the settlement information performs the payment with the corresponding unique ID and the settlement information (S150);
User-selective toll collection method using short-range unidirectional communication, characterized in that consisting of The payment server payment step (S150) of claim 9,
Based on the data of the unique ID bit field, payment is performed by deriving basic information consisting of the subscriber's name, vehicle number, address, telephone number, and vehicle model payment method information for payment of the subscriber from the DB of the payment server. Selective Toll Collecting Method Using Near Field Communication The payment server payment step (S150) of claim 9,
If the data between the settlement server and the payment server is not compatible with each other, the user's unique ID, that is, the data of the unique ID bit field and the settlement information field transmitted from the settlement server by providing middleware to the payment server is used as a standard of the payment server. User using short-range unidirectional communication, which relocates and derives basic information including subscriber's name, vehicle number, address, phone number and vehicle model payment means information for payment of the subscriber from DB of payment server Selective Tall Collecting Method A terminal for a user selective toll collection system and method using near field unidirectional communication,
A receiving antenna for receiving a data request signal transmitted from an inlet toll reader and an outlet toll reader by short-range wireless communication; and
An RF receiver and demodulator for extracting a base band signal from the signal received by the reception antenna;
A TR request signal determining unit for determining whether the baseband signal is a data request signal and transferring a baseband signal to a control unit when the baseband signal is a data request signal from the inlet toll reader and the outlet toll reader;
A controller configured to read data stored in a TR data register in response to the data request signal and output the data to an output port;


An RF modulator and transmitter configured to transmit data provided from the output port to a transmit antenna;
And
The data stored in the TR data register is
As the unique ID and tag data of the user, the unique ID and tag data is composed of a tag selected by the tag selection switch by the user's operation from among the unique ID and tag data stored in the ID storage unit Selective Toll Collecting Terminal Using Near Field Communication The method of claim 12, wherein the ID storage unit and the tag storage unit,
User-selected toll collection terminal using short-range unidirectional communication, characterized in that it is configured as a nonvolatile memory The method of claim 12, wherein the terminal,
Short-range unidirectional communication, further comprising a service connector configured to record, update, or additionally record tag data stored in the ID storage unit and unique ID stored in the ID storage unit from the outside through the service connector. Selective Toll Collecting Terminal Using delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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