KR101509186B1 - System for toll payment and virtual tollgate setting based on location information and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The location of a virtual tollgate, which is a highway toll payment section, is set by using GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates. In the process of passing through the virtual tollgate, a toll payment application (application) A virtual toll setting and toll payment system based on location information and an integrated operating system for transmitting virtual toll location information and processing a toll through a network with a user terminal; And a user terminal configured to set up a virtual toll board based on the current location information and the virtual toll board location information transmitted from the integrated operation system, and to connect with the integrated operation system to process a toll charge when passing through the virtual toll board, By setting a virtual tollgate using the location information and automatically paying the toll during the process of passing through the virtual toll gate, it is not necessary to stop or slow down the vehicle in order to pay the toll, so that the traffic congestion near the toll gate can be eliminated .

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a virtual toll setting and toll payment system based on location information, and a toll payment system and method therefor,

The present invention relates to a virtual tollgate setting method and a toll payment method based on location information and more particularly to a method of setting a location of a virtual tollgate as a highway toll payment section using GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates, The present invention relates to a location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment system and method for automatically paying a toll through an application for payment of fees installed in a smartphone of a highway user in the process of passing through the virtual toll gate.

Generally, the toll collecting system of the highway toll gate is a main cause of the traffic congestion on the highway because the vehicle must be stopped to pay the fare. In order to solve the problem, the high pass is used. However, There is a stagnation phenomenon in order to enter the lane.

Here, the high pass method requires that a high-pass terminal (OBU: On Board Unit) having an electronic card built in the vehicle is installed and installed and a roadside equipment (RSE: Road Side Equipment) is installed in the tollgate. At this time, the high-pass terminal and the roadside base station apparatus exchange information by means of DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) method, whereby the amount of the electronic card is paid while passing through the toll gate without stopping the vehicle.

Conventional technologies for eliminating the traffic congestion of highways resulting from the toll collection of expressway tollgates are disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2002-0038646 (published on May 23, 2002) and Patent Document 2 Is disclosed in Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0108469 (published on Jun. 10, 2011).

Patent Document 1 discloses that in order to reduce the stagnation and hassle of driving a vehicle due to payment of a toll on an off-line when traveling on a highway, a traffic signal transmitted in a mobile phone using a mobile phone equipped with a highway pass ID and a password The transit signal is read from the reader mounted at the toll gate entrance through the device. In addition, at the exit of the toll gate, the fare calculations are confirmed through mutual communication between the traffic signal transmission device and the reader within the toll gate exit, and the fare calculation device. After passing the vehicle, the mobile phone operator will then charge the highway toll to the highway user And collect them to the toll collectors of highway tolls.

Patent Document 2 discloses that a wireless patch having a high pass module or a GPS receiving module is fixedly attached to one side of a windshield of a user's vehicle and a wireless patch and a mobile terminal carried by the user are used to make it easier and more convenient, It provides a high-pass system and toll payment method using wireless patches that are neatly organized inside.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-0038646 (published on May 23, 2002) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0108469 (Published on Jun. 10, 2011)

However, the above conventional techniques have a disadvantage in that the equipment cost is high when the high pass type is used.

In addition, since the high-pass system may cause a malfunction of the short-range wireless communication when traveling at a high speed, the traveling speed of the vehicle at the time of entering the toll gate should be limited to a predetermined speed (for example, 30 km / h) or less, There was also a problem.

In addition, the conventional technology using a mobile phone replaces a mobile with a high pass, which has a problem in that the installation cost of a toll gate is required.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to set the location of a virtual tollgate, which is a highway toll payment section, using GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates, The present invention provides a location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment system and method for automatically paying a toll through an application for charge payment installed in a smart phone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a virtual toll setting and toll payment system based on location information that can eliminate the vehicle congestion near a toll gate due to the need for stopping or slowing of the vehicle for payment by installing a virtual toll gate on a highway, And to provide such a method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment system and a method thereof, which do not require the installation of a separate toll gate on a highway, thereby reducing the toll facility cost.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a virtual toll setting and toll payment system based on location information, comprising: an integrated operating system for transmitting virtual toll location information and charging a toll through a network with a user terminal; And a user terminal configured to set up a virtual toll board based on the virtual toll location information and the current location information transmitted from the integrated operation system and connect to the integrated operation system when the virtual toll gate is passed to perform a toll charge process .

The user terminal may include a GPS receiving module that obtains the current position information of the vehicle based on the GPS signal transmitted from the GPS satellite; A controller configured to set up a virtual toll board based on the virtual toll board location information and current location information, and to control the toll processing when the virtual toll gate passes through the integrated operation system; And a USIM chip connected to the integrated operating system through a built-in high pass card module under the control of the control unit to process a toll charge.

The control unit may include: a toll payment application storage unit for storing a toll payment application; A virtual toll station setting unit for setting up a virtual toll board based on the virtual toll board location information and the current vehicle location information; A toll calculation unit for requesting the integrated operating system to calculate the toll fee when the user enters the virtual toll hall set by the virtual toll setting unit and downloading the toll calculated from the integrated operating system; And a toll charge processing unit for charging the toll delivered by the toll calculation unit.

The virtual toll setting unit may set a virtual toll station existing at a closest distance on the basis of the current location information of the vehicle to a target virtual toll station, It is desirable to reset the virtual toll booth.

In order to achieve the above object, a location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment method according to the present invention includes: (a) executing a toll payment application, receiving virtual toll location information from an integrated operation system, Receiving current position information of the vehicle through the module; (b) determining a target virtual tollgate based on current location information of the received vehicle; (c) processing the toll by accessing the integrated operating system when entering the target virtual toll booth.

The step (b) comprises the steps of: (b-1) comparing the present location information of the vehicle with the virtual toll gate location information to search for a virtual tollgate nearest to the current location and setting the virtual toll gate as a target virtual toll gate, Calculating a distance to a tollgate; (b-2) checking whether the change of the target virtual toll booth has occurred, and changing and resetting the target virtual toll booth when the change occurs; (b-3) requesting a toll charge when the target virtual toll booth enters the target virtual toll booth without any change.

In the above (b-2), when the distance between the current location and the target virtual toll booth exceeds the predetermined change range, it is determined that the target virtual toll booth is changed. The virtual toll booth is determined to be a change of the target virtual toll booth when there is a virtual toll booth close to the target.

According to the present invention, a virtual toll station is set using the location information of the GPS, and the toll is automatically paid in the process of passing through the virtual toll gate, so that the stop or slowing of the vehicle is not necessary for payment of the toll, It is possible to solve the problem.

In addition, according to the present invention, facilities such as existing tollgates are not required, and facility costs can be reduced.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the road toll is charged using the existing high-pass payment method, the convenience of payment is provided to the user, and the user does not need to perform another action to pay the toll, It is effective.

1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a process of setting up a virtual toll booth in the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment system according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the control unit of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a toll-based virtual toll-station and a toll payment method according to the present invention;
Figure 5 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the virtual toll board determination routine of Figure 4;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment system and method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram of a virtual toll setting and toll payment system based on location information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment system according to the present invention includes an integrated operating system 100 and a user terminal 200.

The integrated operating system 100 transmits the virtual tollgate location information to the user terminal 200 and plays a role of processing the toll through the network with the user terminal 200. [ The integrated operating system 100 may be an operating server provided in Korea Highway Corporation to collect road tolls.

A virtual tollgate is a virtual tollgate consisting of one or more Tolling zones, and Tollingon is represented by GPS coordinates. For example, Tollingon can be set to four GPS coordinates, and can be set to more GPS coordinates. According to the geographical characteristics of the virtual toll booth, the virtual toll booth constitutes a virtual toll booth without any distinction between ascending and descending, even if the up and down toll tours are classified. Since the integrated operating system 100 provides the determination information on the ascending and descending based on the entrance and exit information, it is not necessary to distinguish ascending and descending by using the information.

The user terminal 200 sets up a virtual toll board based on the virtual toll location information and the current location information transmitted from the integrated operating system 100 and accesses the integrated operation system 100 when passing through the virtual toll gate, It plays a role of charging. The user terminal 200 may use a smart phone carried by a user (driver), a personal information terminal, navigation installed in a vehicle, and the like, but it is assumed that the user terminal 200 is a smart phone for convenience of explanation.

The user terminal 200 includes a GPS receiving module 220 for obtaining current position information of a vehicle based on a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite; A control unit (210) for setting up a virtual tollgate based on the virtual toll location information and current location information, and controlling the toll processing by accessing the integrated operation system (100) when the virtual toll gate is passed; And a USIM chip 230 connected to the integrated operating system 100 via a built-in high-pass card module under the control of the controller 210 to process a toll charge.

In addition, the control unit 210 includes a toll payment application storage unit 211 for storing a toll payment application; A virtual toll station setting unit 212 for setting a virtual toll station based on the virtual toll location information and the current vehicle location information; When the user enters the virtual toll booth set by the virtual toll board setting unit 212, it requests the integrated operating system 100 to calculate the toll amount, and calculates the toll fee for downloading the toll calculated from the integrated operating system 100 A portion 213; And a toll charge processing unit 214 that charges the toll delivered by the toll calculation unit 213. [

The toll payment application receives the entire virtual tollgate information, determines whether or not the virtual toll gate is entered, and transmits to the integrated operating system 100 information necessary for settlement such as card information, terminal information, And receives the toll from the integrated operating system 100 to perform a function of subtracting the toll from the electronic payment card in the invisible chip. It is desirable to download it from the integrated operating system 100.

Here, the virtual toll setting unit 212 sets a virtual toll present at the closest distance on the basis of the current vehicle location information as a target virtual toll, and determines whether or not there is a distance between the current position of the vehicle and the target virtual toll gate, It is preferable to reset the target virtual toll booth.

The operation of the location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment system according to the present invention will now be described in detail.

First, the controller 210 of the user terminal 200 accesses the integrated operating system 100 according to a key operation of the user, downloads the toll payment application for toll payment, and stores the toll payment application in the toll payment application storage 211.

Then, when the user carrying the user terminal 200 is aboard the vehicle and drives the vehicle, a command for automatic toll payment is inputted through the key operation.

The virtual toll setting unit 212 of the control unit 210 executes the toll payment application according to the command input.

When the toll payment application is executed, the virtual toll setting unit 212 accesses the integrated operating system 100 to receive and store location information on all the virtual toll booths. Thereafter, the current location information of the vehicle received through the GPS reception module 220 is compared with the information of all the virtual toll booths downloaded from the integrated operating system 100, thereby searching for a virtual tollu nearest to the current location, To the target virtual toll booth. When the toll payment application is executed and connected to the integrated operating system 100, the entrance, exit information and the like of the corresponding road are transmitted from the integrated operating system 100 to the user terminal 200, The route can be confirmed based on this, and the virtual toll station can be set. Alternatively, the route information may be received in conjunction with navigation or a T-map, and a virtual toll station may be set based on the route information.

When the target virtual toll booth is set as described above, the virtual toll booth setting unit 212 calculates the remaining distance from the current location to the target virtual toll booth. Here, the distance calculation can be easily performed by using the position information and the map data using the GPS information.

When the distance to the target virtual toll booth is more than 1 km, the distance to the calculated virtual toll booth is compared with the predetermined virtual toll booth change distance (for example, 1 km) Check if there is a tollgate. If it is determined that there is a virtual tollgate closer than the target virtual tollgate, the nearby virtual tollgate is set as a new target tollgate and the user is informed that the target virtual tollgate has been changed. In this case, when the route of the vehicle is changed at a branch point or the like, the virtual toll booth is changed to the virtual toll booth located on the changed route. In addition to this case, a virtual toll booth may be changed due to a branch point.

On the other hand, if the distance from the current location to the target virtual toll booth is less than 1 km, the currently set target virtual toll booth is determined as the final target toll booth and no further virtual toll booths are searched.

From the point of 1 km remaining, check whether the vehicle has entered the toll ring (virtual toll booth). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, it is determined whether or not the current user's GPS coordinates have entered the virtual toll zone of the virtual tollgate consisting of four GPS coordinates (G1 to G4) . Whether or not to enter the virtual toll gate can be determined simply by comparing the current location coordinates with the location coordinates of the virtual toll gate. In this case, if there are a plurality of tollins, it is judged that they have entered the virtual tollgate even if they enter only one area.

When it is determined that the vehicle has entered the virtual tollgate, the virtual toll setting unit 212 transfers the data to the toll calculation unit 212 to calculate the toll, and the toll calculation unit 212 And requests the integrated operating system 100 to calculate the toll using the toll payment application.

When the toll calculation request is generated from the user terminal 200, the integrated operating system 100 calculates a toll to be paid by the user using the received information (entrance information, virtual toll board information, vehicle type information, etc.) And transmits the calculated toll information to the user terminal 200. At this time, it is possible to confirm whether the current user is ascending or descending using the entrance and exit data.

When the toll charge processing unit 214 of the user terminal 200 receives the toll information calculated from the integrated operation system 100, the toll charge processing unit 214 requests the USIM chip 230 on which the high pass card module is loaded do.

Accordingly, the USIM chip 230 relays the payment data to the integrated operating system 100 using the standard high-pay payment system as it is, and processes the toll charge. Here, it is desirable that the data generated in the payment process for security is not processed and stored.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting up a virtual tollgate site and a toll payment method based on location information according to the present invention, wherein (a) a toll payment application is executed and the virtual tollgate location information is received from the integrated operation system, Receiving (S10) current position information of the vehicle; (b) determining (S20) a target virtual toll booth based on the current location information of the received vehicle; And (c) accessing the integrated operating system 100 when entering the target virtual tollgate to process the toll (S30 to S40).

In step (b), as shown in FIG. 5, the current location information of the vehicle (b-1) is compared with the virtual toll gate location information, the virtual toll gate nearest to the current location is searched to set as the target virtual toll gate, Calculating a distance from the current location to the set target virtual toll booth (S21); (b-2) checking whether the change of the target virtual toll booth has occurred, and changing (S22, S24) the target virtual toll booth when the change occurs; (b-3) requesting a toll charge when the target virtual toll booth enters the target virtual toll booth without changing the target virtual toll booth (S23).

In the step (b-2), when the distance from the current location to the target virtual toll booth exceeds the preset change range, it is determined that the target virtual toll booth is changed, If there is a virtual tollgate closer to the target, it is determined that the target virtual tollgate has been changed.

According to the location information-based virtual toll setting and toll payment method of the present invention, the controller 210 of the user terminal 200 executes the toll payment application in step S10, and the virtual toll location Receives the current position information of the vehicle through the GPS receiving module 220 after storing the information.

Next, in step S20, the target virtual tollgate is determined based on the current position information of the received vehicle. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, in step S21, the current location information of the vehicle is compared with the virtual toll gate location information to search for a virtual toll gate nearest to the current location to set the destination as a target virtual toll gate, Calculate the distance to the virtual toll booth.

Next, in steps S22 and S23, it is confirmed whether a change has occurred in the target virtual tollgate, and the target virtual tollgate is changed and reset when the change occurs. Here, the method of changing the target virtual toll booth and resetting the target virtual toll booth are as follows. The distance to the target virtual toll booth is compared with the current location and the distance to the target virtual toll booth is determined to be the target virtual toll change state when the distance to the target virtual toll exceeds the predetermined change range (1 km) If there is a virtual tollgate whose distance is shorter than the target virtual tollgate, the target virtual tollgate is changed to the nearby virtual tollgate.

Alternatively, when the distance to the target virtual toll booth is less than the preset change range, it is determined that there is no change in the target virtual toll booth, the target virtual toll booth is set as the final target toll booth, Upon entering, the toll charge is requested to the integrated operating system 100.

Next, in step S30, the integrated operating system 100 calculates a toll and transmits the calculated toll to the user terminal 200. In step S40, the user terminal 200 accesses the high- The fee will be processed.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

The present invention is applied to toll processing. In particular, it can be effectively applied to automatic settlement of tolls on highway traffic.

100 ... Integrated operating system
200 ... User terminal
210 ... The control unit
220 ... GPS Receiver Module
230 ... USIM chip

Claims (8)

An integrated operating system for setting a location of a virtual tollgate as a highway toll payment section using GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates, transmitting the set virtual tollgate location information, and processing a toll through a network with a user terminal; And
Setting a virtual tollgate existing at a distance closest to the current position of the vehicle to the target virtual tollgate based on the virtual tollgate location information transmitted from the integrated operation system and the current location information of the vehicle, And a user terminal connected to the operating system to process a toll charge,
The user terminal comprises:
Calculating a distance between the target virtual toll counter location information and the current location and searching for a virtual toll gate closer to the target virtual toll gate when the distance from the current location of the vehicle to the target virtual toll location is greater than a predetermined change range; And resetting the discovered virtual toll booth to the target virtual toll booth.
The system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal comprises: a GPS receiving module for obtaining current position information of the vehicle based on a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite;
Setting a virtual tollgate existing at a distance closest to the current position of the vehicle based on the virtual tollgate location information and the current location information as a target virtual tollgate and accessing the integrated operation system when passing through the target virtual tollgate, A control unit for controlling the control unit; And
And a USIM chip connected to the integrated operating system through a built-in high pass card module under the control of the controller to process a toll charge.
The system of claim 2, wherein the control unit comprises: a toll payment application storage unit for storing a toll payment application;
A virtual toll setting unit for setting a virtual toll present at a distance closest to the current position of the vehicle on the basis of the virtual toll charge location information and the current vehicle location information to a target virtual toll station;
A toll calculation unit for requesting the integrated operating system to calculate the toll fee when the user enters the virtual toll hall set by the virtual toll setting unit and downloading the toll calculated from the integrated operating system;
And a toll charge processing unit for charging the toll delivered by the toll calculation unit.
The system according to claim 3, wherein the virtual toll setting unit
Setting a virtual tollgate existing at a closest distance based on the current location information of the vehicle to a target virtual tollgate and setting a virtual tollgate closer to the target virtual tollgate when the distance between the current position of the vehicle and the target virtual tollgate exceeds the change range Is reset to the target virtual tollgate based on the location information.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the integrated operating system
Calculating a toll to be paid by the user by using the received entrance information, the virtual toll board information, and the vehicle type information when the toll calculation request is generated from the user terminal, and transmitting the calculated toll information to the user terminal Based virtual toll setting and toll payment system.
(a) executing a toll payment application to receive and store virtual toll booth location information from an integrated operating system, and receiving current location information of the vehicle through a GPS receiving module;
(b) determining whether the current location information of the vehicle has entered the target virtual tollgate by setting a target virtual tollgate based on the virtual tollgate nearest to the current location information of the received vehicle; And
(c) accessing the integrated operating system when the target virtual toll booth is entered, and processing a toll for the toll-based virtual toll setting and toll payment method.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein step (b)
(b-1) compares the current location information of the vehicle with the virtual tollgate location information, searches for the nearest virtual tollgate at the current location, sets it as the target virtual tollgate, and calculates the distance from the current location to the set target tollgate step;
(b-2) checking whether the change of the target virtual toll booth has occurred based on the distance from the current position to the set target virtual toll booth and a predetermined change range, and re-setting the target virtual toll booth step; And
(b-3) requesting a toll charge when entering the target virtual tollgate without changing the target virtual toll gate.
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step (b-2) determines that the target virtual toll booth is changed when the distance from the current position to the target virtual toll booth exceeds a predetermined change range, And determining that the virtual toll office is changed if there is a virtual toll office closer to the target virtual toll office than the target virtual toll office.

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