KR101698377B1 - System for toll payment using mobile communication terminal and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic toll road toll payment system using a mobile communication terminal that pays a toll without duplicate payment through a toll-charging app installed in a mobile communication terminal and a vehicle self-diagnosis device.
According to the present invention, the present invention solves the problem of duplicate payment by allowing only one person to pay a fee for the vehicle through the communication between the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus attached to the vehicle and the smartphone when the vehicle is passed through the virtual toll gate .

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to an automatic payment system for toll road tolls using a mobile communication terminal,

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically charging toll road tolls using a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a system and method for automatically charging toll road tolls using a mobile communication terminal, Toll road toll payment system using a terminal and a method thereof.

In the past, numerous applications and disclosures have been made in addition to the technology disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2005-0017578, which is an expressway toll collection system technology.

Highway Tolls' toll collection system is a major cause of traffic congestion on highway because of the need to stop the car in order to pay the fare. To solve these problems, the high pass system has been introduced and operated. However, There is a stagnation phenomenon.

In order to solve the problems caused by the toll collection method, a smart tolling method, which is a toll collection method based on an irregular multi-car which eliminates a physical toll on the expressway, has been introduced. One such method is to use a GPS built in a smartphone of a vehicle driver Technology for determining whether to pass through virtual toll booths and paying for tolls through smart phones is emerging.

According to the related art, in the case of the patent 10-2012-0124759, an active signal transmitter for activating a smartphone is installed in a high-pass lane, thereby activating a smartphone and paying a toll. In addition, the patent 10-2007-0029634 is a technology for paying a mobile phone call fee or an internet payment when located at a toll ring (virtual toll booth) using the GPS location coordinates of the mobile terminal. However, these conventional techniques have a problem that duplicate payment occurs.

Duplicate payment means that when two or more passengers are boarded in a specific vehicle and the smartphone of the passengers is set to pay the toll, the toll is paid in all the smartphones set to the payment mode and the toll is eventually paid in duplicate .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal which allows only one person to pay a fee for a vehicle through communication between a self- And to provide a method of automatically charging a toll road toll using the method.

The toll road toll payment system using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes a virtual toll set virtual by using the location coordinates of GPS; A vehicle terminal for storing traffic information passing through the virtual toll booth; And a mobile communication terminal connected to the vehicle terminal and installed with a toll payment application for paying a toll according to the location coordinates of the virtual toll booth.

Meanwhile, the automatic toll road toll payment method using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes: (a) receiving GPS position coordinate information and comparing entrance of a predetermined virtual toll gate; (b) receiving traffic information through a network connection with the vehicle terminal and determining whether toll payment according to entry of the virtual toll gate; And (c) performing a toll payment according to the GPS position coordinate information, and preventing duplicate payment according to the determination result of step (b).

The present invention has the effect of solving the problem of duplicate payment by making only one person pay for the vehicle through the communication between the vehicle self-diagnosis device attached to the vehicle and the smartphone when passing through the virtual toll gate.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an automatic toll road toll charge system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of an automatic toll road toll payment system using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary view illustrating a toll payment prevention procedure of an automatic toll road toll payment system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing an initial setting of automatic toll collection using a virtual tollgate in a toll road toll payment system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;
5 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic payment method of a toll road using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The toll road toll payment system using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes a virtual toll set virtual by using the location coordinates of GPS; A vehicle terminal for storing traffic information passing through the virtual toll booth; And a mobile communication terminal connected to the vehicle terminal and installed with a toll payment application for paying a toll according to the location coordinates of the virtual toll booth.

Here, the virtual tollgate is virtually set to the toll road location represented by the GPS position coordinate point.

The toll payment app includes a location determination module for determining a location according to the GPS location; A communication module for network connection via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi or Ethernet; A payment judging module for judging whether toll is paid to the traffic information received via the network through the communication module; And a toll payment module for performing a toll payment according to the GPS position but preventing duplicate payment according to the determination result of the payment determination module.

The toll road toll payment system using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention may further include a server for performing a toll payment process through a payment request of the toll payment application. Which is attached or embedded in the vehicle, and manages traffic information and vehicle information.

Specific features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings. It is to be noted that the detailed description of known functions and constructions related to the present invention is omitted when it is determined that the gist of the present invention may be unnecessarily blurred.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an automatic toll road toll payment system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. According to this figure, the toll road toll payment system using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes a virtual toll hall 100, a car terminal 200, a mobile communication terminal 300, and a server 400.

The virtual toll booth 100 is virtually set using the position coordinates of the GPS. This virtual toll booth 100 is a configuration in which at least one toll zone represented by a GPS position coordinate point is virtually set to a toll road location.

That is, the virtual toll booth 100 corresponds to a business office for collecting the current toll road toll, and is the same as a business office set on the road, which is not visible but is virtually set. The virtual toll booth 100 is typically constructed and represented by four or more GPS coordinate points.

It consists of one or more Tollingones, each Tollingone being represented by four GPS coordinates.

The vehicle terminal 200 performs a function of storing traffic information passing through a virtual toll booth. The vehicle terminal 200 may be a vehicle self-diagnosis device that is attached or embedded in the vehicle in an independent form and manages traffic information and vehicle information.

The vehicle terminal 200 according to the present embodiment processes ECU information of the vehicle, communicates with the mobile communication terminal using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, etc., records the virtual toll passage information in the internal memory, It can perform the virtual toll passage information management function. The vehicle terminal 200 includes an ECU information processing module for processing ECU information, a communication module (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, etc.) capable of communicating with the mobile communication terminal, a memory module for recording the virtual toll passage information of the toll road, The toll information management module can be installed.

The mobile communication terminal 300 is installed in a toll payment application 310 connected to the vehicle terminal through a network to pay a toll according to the location coordinates of the virtual toll gate. Such a mobile communication terminal may be equipped with a communication module (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, etc.) module capable of communicating with GPS, USIM, and vehicle terminal 200 as a vehicle self-diagnosis device.

The toll payment application 310 includes a location determination module 311, a communication module 312, a payment determination module 313, and a toll payment module 314. The toll payment app can be installed in the mobile communication terminal to perform the determination of the virtual toll gate, the control of the vehicle self-diagnosis device, the execution of the duplicate payment prevention function, and the toll payment.

The location determination module 311 may compare the location of the GPS with the location of the virtual toll gate to determine the entry into the virtual toll gate section.

The communication module 312 can be connected to the vehicle terminal via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

The payment determination module 313 can determine whether toll is paid to the traffic information received through the network through the communication module.

The toll payment module 314 may perform toll payment according to the GPS location, but may prevent duplicate payment according to the determination result of the payment determination module.

The toll payment app 310 according to the present embodiment receives the location coordinates from the GPS built in the mobile communication terminal to determine entry into the virtual toll gate, records information in the vehicle self-diagnosis device through communication with the vehicle self- Acquires information from the self-diagnosis device to perform the function, accesses the USIM, and pays the toll. In particular, the system uses the information recorded in the vehicle self-diagnosis device to perform the toll payment prevention function.

Until the connection between the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus and the mobile communication terminal in the specific vehicle is 1: 1 or 1: N (N is a natural number), the new connection approval is not approved until the first approved connection is disconnected .

The server 400 is configured to perform the toll payment processing through the payment request of the toll payment app, and is a toll charging system for charging and accounting for toll charges with the mobile communication terminal using the mobile communication network.

2 is a view illustrating another example of an automatic toll road toll payment system using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention. Referring to these drawings, the system includes a virtual toll booth, a mobile communication terminal, a vehicle diagnostic apparatus, and a toll collection system.

The mobile communication terminal includes a GPS, a mobile communication module, a communication module, a memory module, a USIM, a CPU, a display module, and a toll payment app. The vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus includes a communication module, a memory module, an ECU information processing module, an MCU, and a travel information management module, and can be connected to a mobile communication terminal through Bluetooth, WiFi, and Ethernet. The mobile communication terminal may be connected to a toll storage system and a mobile communication network.

3 is a view illustrating an example of a procedure for preventing duplicate toll payment in an automatic toll road toll payment system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. Referring to these drawings, (S3-1) initial setting step; (S3-2) a step of judging entrance of a virtual toll gate; (S3-3) connecting the vehicle self-diagnosis device; (S3-4) a vehicle self-diagnostic device access approval step; (S3-5) requesting a virtual bue toll passage information; (S3-6) a virtual tollhouse toll payment confirmation step; (S3-7) requesting storage of the virtual toll booth travel information and disconnecting the vehicle self-diagnosis device; (S3-8) toll payment execution step.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing an initial setting of automatic toll collection using a virtual tollgate in a toll road toll payment system using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention. Referring to these drawings, the following will be described.

When the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus is mounted on the vehicle (S4-1) and the vehicle is turned on (S4-2), the power of the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus is automatically turned on (S4-3). Then, the toll payment app installed in the mobile communication terminal is executed (S4-4), and the initial connection function is executed (S4-5), and the mobile communication terminal is connected to the vehicle self-diagnosis device through Bluetooth communication. Then, the initial information setting function of the toll payment app is executed to input unique ID information of the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus (S4-6). The unique ID uses the car number equipped with the vehicle self-diagnosis device. (S4-7) to input the access right specifying the right to access the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus. The access right information uses the telephone number of the user's mobile communication terminal. The entered unique ID and the access right information are stored in the memory of the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus (S4-8).

The step of determining the entrance of the virtual toll gate is a step of periodically receiving the GPS position coordinate information of the mobile communication terminal of the vehicle occupant and judging whether or not the vehicle has entered the virtual toll gate section and comparing the GPS position coordinate and the virtual toll location coordinate.

The step of connecting the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus is a step of connecting to the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus to acquire the information necessary for toll payment. When entering a virtual tollgate, a procedure for paying tolls is performed. First, in order to acquire the information necessary for toll payment from the vehicle self-diagnosis device, the vehicle is connected to the vehicle self-diagnosis device by using communication such as Bluetooth of the mobile communication terminal. When the connection request is made, the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal installed with the running toll payment app is transmitted to the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus to request approval.

The access authorization step of the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus is a step of confirming whether or not the toll payment application is authorized to access the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus attached to the specific vehicle and approving the connection. The information that the toll payment app sends for an authorization request is the unique ID of the vehicle self-diagnostic device and the phone number of the mobile communication terminal. The vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus compares the transmitted information with the unique ID stored in the memory of the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus and the access right information (mobile communication terminal telephone number) at the initial setting step to determine the access right. If the two pieces of information match, the connection is accepted.

The virtual toll booth travel information requesting step is a step in which the toll payment app requests the information to the vehicle self-diagnosis device to acquire the virtual toll fee toll information recorded in the vehicle self-diagnosis device. The traffic information comprises the name of the most recent toll toll, the date and time of payment, and the phone number of the mobile communication terminal requested to be paid. The vehicle self-diagnosis device reads such travel information from the memory of the vehicle self-diagnosis device and transmits the same to the toll payment app.

The virtual toll office toll payment record confirmation step is a step of confirming whether the toll has already been paid at the virtual toll desk, and confirms the traffic information transmitted from the vehicle self diagnosis device. The toll payment date and time recorded in the traffic information, and the name, date, and time of the virtual tollgate being paid out and the virtual tollgate that the vehicle currently enters and is passing through are compared to determine whether the toll has already been paid. If already paid, the toll process is terminated without further processing.

In the case where the toll for the virtual tollgate that is currently entering and is passing is not yet paid, the mobile communication terminal currently connected to the self-diagnosis apparatus transmits the traffic information to the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus To the storage device. At this time, the toll payment app transmits the name of the virtual toll hall, the date and time, and the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal currently being passed to the vehicle self-diagnosis device, and the vehicle self-diagnosis device stores the travel information in the memory.

The vehicle self-diagnostics device disconnection step is a disconnection step of switching from a communication state in which the toll payment app is connected to the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus to a state in which the connection disconnection state is disconnected.

The step of executing the toll payment process is a step of performing a procedure for toll payment between the toll payment app and the toll collection system.

An automatic payment method of toll road toll using the mobile communication terminal will be described with reference to FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic payment method of a toll road using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

(S5-1) receiving GPS position coordinate information and comparing the entrance of a predetermined virtual toll booth; (S5-2) receiving the traffic information through the network connection with the vehicle terminal and determining whether toll payment is made according to entry of the virtual toll gate; And (S5-3) performing the toll payment according to the GPS position coordinate information, and preventing duplicate payment according to the determination result of step (S5-2).

Herein, an initial setting step of establishing network access to the vehicle terminal by inputting unique ID information through network connection with the vehicle terminal before the step (S5-1) is performed.

The step (S5-3) includes recording the name of the virtual toll booth, the date and time of entry of the virtual toll booth, and the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal requesting toll payment as travel information and comparing the same to prevent duplicate payment of the toll .

According to the present invention described above, in the automatic payment of the toll road toll, it is possible to prevent the duplicate payment, thereby reducing the cost of the payment canceling process due to the duplicate payment and the cost of complaints processing. Basically, There is also a qualitative effect that can provide a sense of security and trust to the toll payment to the user who uses it.

In recent years, in order to provide a vehicle safety service that provides information on abnormality diagnosis of a vehicle, information on failure detection, information on a vehicle, etc., in order to safely operate the vehicle, Service, thereby improving the service diversity of the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus.

100: virtual toll booth 200: vehicle terminal
300: mobile communication terminal 310: toll payment application
311: Position determination module 312: Communication module
313: payment determination module 314: toll payment module
400: Server

Claims (8)

A virtual toll station virtually set using the GPS location coordinates;
A vehicle terminal for storing traffic information passing through the virtual toll booth; And
And a mobile communication terminal connected to the vehicle terminal and installed with a toll payment application for paying a toll according to the location coordinates of the virtual toll gate,
The toll payment app can use the vehicle number and the telephone number in the initial setting step to set the access authorization of the mobile communication terminal to the vehicle self diagnosis device, The mobile terminal is prevented from being allowed to accept a new connection until the first approved connection is disconnected irrespective of the mode, thereby preventing the toll from being duplicated in all the smart phones set in the payment mode. Payment system. The method according to claim 1,
The virtual toll-
Wherein at least one toll zone represented by a GPS position coordinate point is virtually set at a toll road location. The method according to claim 1,
The toll-
A position determination module for determining a position according to a GPS position;
A communication module for network connection via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi or Ethernet;
A payment judging module for judging whether toll is paid to the traffic information received via the network through the communication module;
And a toll payment module for performing a toll payment according to the GPS position and preventing duplicate payment according to the determination result of the payment determination module. The method according to claim 1,
And a server for performing a toll payment process through a payment request of the toll payment app. The method according to claim 1,
The vehicle terminal,
And a vehicle self-diagnosis device for managing traffic information and vehicle information attached or embedded in the vehicle in an independent form. A method for automatic toll road toll payment using a mobile communication terminal,
(a) receiving GPS position coordinate information and comparing the entry of a predetermined virtual toll booth;
(b) receiving traffic information through a network connection with the vehicle terminal and determining whether toll payment according to entry of the virtual toll gate; And
(c) performing toll payment according to the GPS position coordinate information, and preventing duplicate payment according to the determination result of step (b)
And an initial setting step of, before the step (a), inputting unique ID information by network connection with a vehicle terminal from a toll payment app of the mobile communication terminal, and setting access permission information for connecting the vehicle terminal to the network In addition,
In a state in which a plurality of access rights of the mobile communication terminal are assigned to the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus using the vehicle number and the telephone number in the initial setting step, regardless of the method of accessing the vehicle self-diagnosis apparatus and the mobile communication terminal in the specific vehicle Wherein the new connection is not approved until the approved connection is disconnected, thereby preventing duplication of tolls in all smart phones set to the payment mode. delete The method according to claim 6,
The step (c)
A step of recording the name of the virtual toll booth, the date and time of entry of the virtual toll booth, and the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal requesting toll payment as travel information and comparing the same to prevent duplicate payment of tolls Automatic payment method of toll road toll using terminal.

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