KR101620860B1 - System and method for charging a toll collection - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a toll settlement system and method, and more particularly, to a toll charge settlement system, and a method thereof, in which a code for attaching to a vehicle and a code for registering vehicle information are read to recognize vehicle information, A vehicle identification device for transmitting the vehicle information, a traveling fee corresponding to the vehicle information, confirming a payment account of the user based on the vehicle information, and if the balance of the confirmed payment account is less than the toll fee, And a toll settlement server for notifying the shortage and paying the shortage amount or the whole toll by using another payment means.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A TOLL COLLECTION

The present invention relates to a toll settlement system and method, and more particularly, to a toll settlement system and method, in which a code, in which vehicle information is registered, is attached to a vehicle and the code is scanned during the toll gate traffic, System and method.

Generally, on the highway tollgate, there is a fare clearinghouse that can collect tolls, and charges are collected by cash, credit card, highway prepaid card, etc. from the vehicle to enter the highway.

However, in the conventional fare settlement system, since the collection agent must always reside in the charge settlement center, the burden of the labor cost is great, and the vehicle passing through for the fare collection must stop at the charge settlement center of the toll gate. There is a problem in that when the change is paid in the process of collecting the money by cash, the change of the time is delayed and the road communication is adversely affected.

Recently, in order to eliminate the above inconveniences and make traffic more smoothly, a high-pass-type charge settlement system capable of collecting a charge by simply passing through the car station without stopping the car was developed. However, A card interface device capable of communicating wirelessly with a wireless receiver has to be installed in a vehicle.

Prior Art 1: Korean Patent Laid-Open Patent Application No. 2011-0108469: High Pass System and Paying Method Using Wireless Patch

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control system and a vehicle control method capable of reducing the labor cost by making it possible to collect the toll on an unmanned vehicle and allowing the vehicle to communicate smoothly by enabling the toll collection even if the vehicle passes through the toll- And to provide a system and method for charge settlement.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a toll settlement system and method that can automatically settle a toll using a different settlement means even when a pre-registered toll payment means is insufficient.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a toll settlement system and method capable of predicting and informing a toll passage fee when a departure place and a destination are inputted.

According to an aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, there is provided an information processing apparatus for recognizing vehicle information by scanning a code registered in a vehicle and registered with vehicle information, and for processing a toll settlement request signal including the recognized vehicle information, A vehicle recognition device for transmitting the vehicle information to the server, a traffic fee corresponding to the vehicle information, confirming the user's payment account based on the vehicle information, and if the balance of the confirmed payment account is less than the toll fee, And a toll settlement server for notifying the amount of remaining balance and paying the total amount of the toll or the toll amount using another payment means.

The charge settlement server judges whether another settlement means is registered when the balance of the settlement account is insufficient, and when the other settlement means is registered, it uses the corresponding settlement means to settle the insufficient amount or the toll amount, The settlement request message including the insufficient amount may be transmitted to the user terminal, and the insufficient amount or the toll may be paid to the payment means returned from the terminal device.

The user terminal device checks a toll gate to be passed and predicts a toll when the departure place and the destination are inputted. When the user's payment account balance is less than the predicted traveling fee, the user terminal device outputs a balance lack message, When the means is inputted, the other payment means can be registered in the charge settlement server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle recognition system comprising: a step of scanning a code attached to a passing vehicle to recognize vehicle information; and the vehicle recognition device transmits a toll settlement request signal including the recognized vehicle information Calculating a toll according to the vehicle information, and recognizing a user's payment account based on the vehicle information, the fee settlement server calculating a balance of the recognized settlement account Is less than the above-mentioned traffic fee, the terminal device of the user is informed of the shortage of the remaining amount, and the step of making the settlement using the other payment means.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a toll gate for a user terminal device, the method comprising the steps of: A step of outputting a balance remaining message and registering the other payment means in the charge settlement server, wherein a code in which vehicle information about the vehicle is registered is attached to the vehicle equipped with the user terminal, When the vehicle is passing through a tollgate, the vehicle recognizing device scans the code to recognize the vehicle information and transmits a toll settlement request signal including the recognized vehicle information to the fare settling server, , Recognizes the user's payment account based on the vehicle information, The toll settlement method characterized in that the toll payment is provided using the identified billing account or the registered another one.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the labor cost by allowing the toll collection to be performed unattended, and it is possible to smoothly communicate the vehicle by allowing the toll collection even if the vehicle passes through the toll clearinghouse installed in the toll gate, The cost of configuring the system can be greatly reduced.

In addition, even when the remaining amount is insufficient in the pre-registered toll payment means, it is possible to automatically settle the toll using the other means of payment.

In addition, when the start point and the destination point are inputted, the toll gate fare is predicted and informed in advance, so that the driver can prepare the toll fee in advance.

1 is a diagram illustrating a toll settlement system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a charge settlement server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a method of calculating a toll according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a 'toll settlement system and method' according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are provided so that those skilled in the art can easily understand the technical spirit of the present invention, and thus the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the matters described in the attached drawings may be different from those actually implemented by the schematic drawings to easily describe the embodiments of the present invention.

In the meantime, each constituent unit described below is only an example for implementing the present invention. Thus, in other implementations of the present invention, other components may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In addition, each component may be implemented solely by hardware or software configuration, but may be implemented by a combination of various hardware and software configurations performing the same function. Also, two or more components may be implemented together by one hardware or software.

Also, the expression " comprising " is intended to merely denote that such elements are present as an expression of " open ", and should not be understood to exclude additional elements.

1 is a diagram illustrating a toll settlement system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a toll settlement system includes a code 100 attached to a vehicle 10, a vehicle recognition device 200 installed on a toll gate, a toll settlement server 300, and a user terminal device 400.

Vehicle information is registered in the code 100 and can be attached to a specific position of the vehicle 10. [ Here, the code 100 may include a bar code, a QR code, an RFID tag, an engraved or embossed character, a colored character, and the vehicle information may include a vehicle number, a vehicle type, and the like.

The vehicle recognition apparatus 200 recognizes the vehicle information by scanning the code when the vehicle 10 to which the code 100 is attached passes through the toll gate and transmits a toll settlement request signal including the recognized vehicle information to the fare settling server 300).

The vehicle recognition apparatus 200 can be installed to scan various directions such as side, rear, and front sides of the vehicle 10 so as to scan the code 100 attached to the vehicle 10, for example. The vehicle recognition apparatus 200 may be, for example, an RFID reader, a code reader, or the like.

The vehicle recognition apparatus 200 may photograph the number plate of the vehicle 10 when the vehicle 10 without the cord 100 is attached to the toll gate and recognize the vehicle number as vehicle information in the license plate image. In this case, the vehicle recognition apparatus 200 may be an image acquisition means such as a camera for acquiring an image through photographing.

When the fare settlement request signal including the vehicle information is received from the vehicle recognition device 200, the fare settlement server 300 calculates a toll corresponding to the vehicle information, and recognizes the user's payment account based on the vehicle information If the recognized balance of the settlement account is less than the toll fee, the user terminal device 400 is informed of the insufficient balance, and the insufficient amount is settled by using another settlement means. The payment account may be a concept including a bank account as well as a prepaid card, and the other payment means may include a credit card, a point (mileage), another payment account, and the like.

That is, when the fare settlement request signal is received, the fare settlement server 300 analyzes the vehicle information to confirm the vehicle type, and calculates the toll of the corresponding vehicle according to the vehicle type. Then, the charge settlement server 300 confirms the user corresponding to the vehicle information, and confirms the settlement account of the user. When the balance of the settlement account is insufficient, the charge settlement server 300 determines whether another settlement means is registered. As a result of the determination, if the other payment means is registered, the charge settlement server 300 automatically performs the settlement processing of the insufficient amount or the whole toll amount using the corresponding payment means. If the other payment means is not registered, the fare settling server 300 transmits a settlement request message including the insufficient amount to the user terminal device 400, The total amount or the toll is paid for. The payment request message may include a toll, an insufficient amount, an account number and balance, an instruction to add a payment means, and the like.

A detailed description of this charge settlement server 300 will be given with reference to FIG.

When the payment request message is received from the charge settlement server 300, the user terminal 400 receives another payment means from the user and registers the payment means in the charge settlement server 300. That is, since the payment request message includes the toll, the insufficient amount, the account number and the balance, and the payment means addition command, if the payment means is desired to be added, the payment means can be registered using the payment means addition command.

The user terminal device 300 predicts a toll to be passed and predicts a toll to be passed when a departure place and a destination are inputted, outputs a balance shortage message when the balance of the user's payment account is less than the predicted toll fare, When another payment means is input, the other payment means is registered in the fare settling server 300.

The user terminal device 300 is a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving various data via a communication network according to a key operation of a user. The user terminal device 300 includes a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC) A smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, a telematics, and the like.

The user terminal 300 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a charge settlement server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the charge settlement server 300 includes a communication unit 310, a user information database 320, a toll calculation unit 330, a recognition unit 340, a payment processing unit 350, and a control unit 360 .

The communication unit 310 is communication means for interconnecting the charge settlement server 300, the vehicle recognition apparatus or the fare settlement server 300 and the user terminal apparatus via a communication network. The communication unit 310 includes a wireless communication module , A wired communication module such as the Internet, and a short-range wireless communication module such as a Wi-Fi modem.

The user information database 320 stores identification information of a registered user, a user profile (for example, age and sex), vehicle information, a payment account, and other payment means information. Here, the user identification information may be user terminal identification information, ID / password, and the like.

When the fare settling request signal including the vehicle information is received, the toll calculation unit 330 analyzes the vehicle information to confirm the vehicle type and calculates the toll of the corresponding vehicle according to the type of the vehicle.

The recognition unit 340 searches the user information database 320 to identify the user corresponding to the vehicle information and confirm the user's payment account.

When the remaining amount of the settlement account recognized by the recognition unit 340 is less than the traffic fee calculated in the traffic fee calculation unit, the payment processing unit 350 notifies the user terminal of the insufficient amount of the balance, . At this time, the payment processing unit 350 determines whether or not the other payment means is registered, and if the other payment means is registered, the payment processing means 350 automatically uses the payment means to automatically settle the shortage amount or the toll amount. If the other payment means is not registered, the payment processing unit 350 transmits a payment request message including the insufficient amount to the user terminal device, and sends the payment amount returned from the user terminal device to the user terminal device do.

Each of the toll calculation unit 330, the recognition unit 340, and the payment processing unit 350 may be implemented by a processor or the like necessary for executing a program on the computing device. As described above, the toll calculation unit 330, the recognition unit 340, and the payment processing unit 350 may be implemented by physically independent configurations, or may be functionally separated in one processor.

The control unit 150 is connected to the various components of the charge settlement server 100 including the communication unit 310, the user information database 320, the toll calculation unit 330, the recognition unit 340 and the payment processing unit 350 And controls the operation.

The control unit 150 may include at least one computing unit, which may be a general purpose central processing unit (CPU), programmable device elements (CPLDs, FPGAs) that are suitably implemented for a particular purpose, Device (ASIC) or a microcontroller chip.

These components, which the charge settlement server 100 may include, may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination thereof, and two or more components may be implemented simultaneously by one hardware or software.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the user terminal 400 includes a communication unit 410, an input unit 420, a display unit 430, a storage unit 440, a position measurement unit 450, a route guidance processing unit 460, (470).

The communication unit 410 is a communication unit that interconnects the user terminal 400 and the charge settlement server through a communication network. The communication unit 410 may be a wireless communication module such as mobile communication or satellite communication, a wired communication module such as the Internet, A short range wireless communication module, and the like.

The input unit 420 is a means for receiving a user request for controlling the operation of the user terminal 400, and converts the user's request into an electric signal in response to a user's operation. The input unit 420 may be a keyboard, a keypad, a touch screen, a visual sensing unit, a tactile sensing unit, a motion sensing unit, , Voice input means, and the like. Also, the input unit 420 may be implemented as a touch screen integrated with the display unit 430.

The display unit 430 displays various information related to the operation of the user terminal device 400. The display unit 430 may be a form of a display that can be visually recognized, such as a PDP, an LCD, an OLED, or a flexible display.

The storage unit 440 stores a program necessary for controlling the operation of the user terminal 200 and data generated during the execution of the program. The storage unit 440 may be implemented in a form including various kinds of memory devices.

The position measuring unit 450 measures the current position of the user terminal device 400. The position measuring unit 450 may be, for example, a GPS module.

When a route information request command including a destination is input through the input unit 420, the route guide processing unit 460 transmits a route information request message including a route including a route from a start place to a destination, an estimated total time required, And displays the obtained path information through the display unit 430. [0050] FIG. At this time, the route guidance processing unit 460 may transmit a route information request signal including a source and a destination to a route guidance server (not shown), and may receive route information from the route guidance server. In addition, when the route information is stored in the user terminal, the route guide processor 460 may retrieve the pre-stored route information and obtain route information connecting the source and destination.

In addition, the route guidance processing unit 460 predicts a toll passing through the toll gate to be passed when the source and destination are inputted, outputs a balance short message when the balance of the user's settlement account is less than the predicted toll, Other payment methods are registered. In other words, the route guide processing unit 460 estimates the toll to be passed, predicts the toll to be passed, and confirms the balance of the user's payment account when the source and destination are inputted. At this time, when the settlement account information is registered in the storage unit 440, the route guidance processing unit 460 checks the balance of the settlement account from the storage unit 440, and if only the settlement account number is registered in the storage unit 440 , The payment account balance can be confirmed from the corresponding bank server. Then, the route guidance processing unit 460 determines whether or not the balance of the settlement account is less than the toll charge, and outputs the balance insufficient message if the balance is less than the toll charge. Then, the user inputs another payment means, and the route guidance processing unit 460 registers the inputted other payment means in the charge settlement server.

Each of the position measuring unit 450 and the route guidance processing unit 460 may be implemented by a processor or the like necessary for executing a program on a computing device. As described above, the position measuring unit 450 and the route guidance processing unit 460 may be physically independent of each other, or may be implemented in a functional manner in one processor.

The control unit 470 controls the overall function of the user terminal 400 by executing the driving program stored in the storage unit 440 according to an instruction of the user terminal user input through the input unit 420.

The control unit 470 controls operations of the respective units such as the communication unit 410, the input unit 420, the display unit 430, the storage unit 440, the position measurement unit 450, and the route guidance processing unit 460.

The control unit 470 may include at least one computing unit, which may be a general purpose central processing unit (CPU), a programmable device element (CPLD, FPGA) that is suitably implemented for a specific purpose, (ASIC) or a microcontroller chip.

These components that the user terminal device 400 may include may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination thereof, and two or more components may be implemented simultaneously by one hardware or software.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method of calculating a toll according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the vehicle recognition apparatus scans a code attached to a passing vehicle to recognize the vehicle information (S402), and transmits a toll settlement request signal including the recognized vehicle information to the fare adjustment server (S404 ).

The fare settling server calculates a toll corresponding to the vehicle information (S406), and recognizes the user's settlement account based on the vehicle information (S408).

Then, the charge settlement server determines whether the remaining amount of the recognized settlement account is less than the toll charge (S410).

If it is determined that the remaining amount is less than the toll, the charge settlement server determines whether another payment means is registered (S412).

As a result of the determination in S412, if another payment means is registered, the fare settling server makes a settlement of the total amount of the shortage amount or the toll amount with another registered payment means (S414), and transmits the settlement completion information to the user terminal device (S416) . Here, the payment completion information may include a payment amount, a payment means, and the like.

If it is determined in S412 that the other payment means is not registered, the charge settlement server transmits a settlement request message to the user terminal device (S418). The payment request message may include a toll, an insufficient amount, a payment account and balance, a payment means addition command, and the like. The user who has received the payment request message can register another payment means by using the payment means addition command.

The charge settlement server registers another payment means from the user terminal device (S420) and performs S414.

If it is determined that the remaining amount is not less than the toll, the fare settlement server performs the toll settlement processing in the user's settlement account (S422).

 Meanwhile, the toll settlement method of the present invention described above can be implemented in the form of a program, an application, and a system file for carrying out the present invention, and the present invention can be embodied in the form of a computer-readable recording medium containing such a program .

In addition, such a toll calculation method can be formed by a program, and the codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily deduced by a programmer in the field. In addition, the program relating to the toll settlement method can be stored in an information storage medium (Readable Media) readable by the electronic apparatus, readable and executed by the electronic apparatus.

Thus, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100: Code 200: vehicle identification device
300: charge settlement server 310, 410:
320: user information database 330:
340: recognition unit 350: payment processing unit
360, 470: control unit 400:
420: input unit 430: display unit
440: storage unit 450: position measuring unit
460: route guidance processing unit

Claims (5)

A vehicle recognizing device that recognizes vehicle information by scanning a code registered in the vehicle and registered with the vehicle information, and transmits a toll settlement request signal including the recognized vehicle information to the fare settling server; And
The user terminal device notifies the user terminal device of the lack of the balance when the balance of the confirmed billing account is less than the toll fee, Or a toll settlement server for making a payment of the entire amount of the toll by using another settlement means,
Wherein the user terminal receives another payment means from the user and registers it in the charge settlement server at the time of outputting the settlement shortage message or the balance shortage message for the balance shortage.
The method according to claim 1,
The charge settlement server judges whether another settlement means is registered when the balance of the settlement account is insufficient, and when the other settlement means is registered, it uses the corresponding settlement means to settle the insufficient amount or the toll amount, The settlement request message including the insufficient amount is transmitted to the user terminal device, and the insufficient amount or the toll amount is paid to the payment means returned from the terminal device.
The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal device checks a toll gate to be passed and predicts a toll when the departure place and the destination are inputted. When the user's payment account balance is less than the predicted traveling fee, the user terminal device outputs a balance lack message, And when the means is input, registers the other payment means in the fare settlement server.
delete If the source and destination are inputted, estimating the toll to be passed through the user terminal device; And
If the balance of the user's payment account is less than the predicted toll fee, outputting a balance remaining message, and inputting another payment means and registering in the fare adjustment server,
A code in which vehicle information about the vehicle is registered is attached to a vehicle equipped with the user terminal,
When the vehicle is passing through a tollgate, the vehicle recognizing device recognizes the vehicle information by scanning the code, and transmits a toll settlement request signal including the recognized vehicle information to the fare settling server,
The fee settlement server calculates a toll corresponding to the vehicle information, recognizes the user's settlement account based on the vehicle information, and makes a settlement of the toll using the recognized settlement account or other registered settlement means The method comprising the steps of:

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