KR102406519B1 - Hi-Pass System and Method for operating thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a wireless charger provided in a vehicle, wirelessly connected to a smart device to charge the battery of the smart device, and stores high-pass card information, and high-pass card information to the wireless charger request, receive hi-pass card information from the wireless charger, and authenticate the car key stored in the smart device through the high-pass terminal that pays a toll using the high-pass card information, and the wireless charger, and the authentication result an authentication unit for transmitting to the wireless charger and the control unit, and a control unit for controlling a vehicle start and a door after receiving an authentication result from the authentication unit.

Description

Hi-Pass System and Method for Operating thereof

The present invention relates to a high-pass system and an operating method thereof, and more particularly, to a technology capable of paying a toll using a high-pass terminal without installing a high-pass card in the high-pass terminal.

The electronic toll collection system (HI-PASS) uses the standardized application interface method of the Dedicated Short Range Communication protocol to automatically settle tolls to reduce traffic delays.

That is, Hi-Pass is a system that can automatically transmit and receive charge information between roadside equipment and vehicle terminals (on board equipment or high-pass terminals) based on short-distance wireless communication technology.

In the high-pass vehicle toll processing process, when a vehicle enters, the vehicle type is recognized by the vehicle type classification device, and information is transmitted by interworking with the terminal installed in the vehicle through an antenna for transmission and reception of the lane (high-pass antenna).

The toll processing system using the conventional high pass is composed of a vehicle terminal attached to the vehicle, a credit card inserted into the vehicle terminal, and roadside equipment installed in a toll gate, and the roadside equipment includes a business office computer system. The payment is performed while exchanging data with a credit card that is connected and inserted into the vehicle terminal.

In the conventional high-pass toll processing system, payment is made using information on a credit card inserted into a vehicle terminal. Accordingly, in the case of a deferred payment credit card, if the user does not pay the credit card charge or the use of the credit card is suspended, an unpaid charge may occur. In addition, even if the state of unpaid bills is notified to the user, since the initially registered contact information is notified, when the user changes the contact information, the state of unpaid bills cannot be accurately notified.

In addition, even in the case of a prepaid credit card, if the balance of the charging card is insufficient, an unpaid charge may occur, and as described above, the state of the unpaid charge could not be accurately notified to the user.

In addition, since the terminal installed in the vehicle (high-pass terminal) must be configured to insert a credit card, there is a structural limitation and there is a risk of theft.

In addition, the terminal installed in the vehicle has a problem of increasing the consumption of the battery (power of the vehicle) by increasing the power consumption due to data transmission for credit card payment every time a fee is paid.

[Patent Document] Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1773970.

An object of the present invention is to store hi-pass card information in a smart device and transmit and receive the stored high-pass card information to and from the high-pass terminal using an NFC authentication function through a wireless charger, so that the high-pass card is not installed in the high-pass terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide a high-pass system capable of paying tolls using a high-pass terminal without requiring a high-pass terminal, and a method for operating the same.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a wireless charger provided in a vehicle, wirelessly connected to a smart device to charge the battery of the smart device, and stores high-pass card information, and high-pass card information to the wireless charger request, receive hi-pass card information from the wireless charger, and authenticate the car key stored in the smart device through the high-pass terminal that pays a toll using the high-pass card information, and the wireless charger, and the authentication result an authentication unit for transmitting to the wireless charger and the control unit, and a control unit for controlling a vehicle start and a door after receiving an authentication result from the authentication unit.

In an embodiment, the wireless charger may transmit and receive the high-pass card information and the car key using the smart device and near field communication (NFC).

In an embodiment, the smart device may store and update the hi-pass card information using a hi-pass application provided in the smart device, and store the car key.

In an embodiment, the high-pass terminal may receive, from the controller, information on starting of a vehicle, information on driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle key authentication result.

In an embodiment, the high-pass terminal may transmit and receive traffic information to and from each other by interworking with a high-pass antenna provided in a road around the toll gate.

In an embodiment, the high-pass terminal may receive high-pass card information from the wireless charger and determine whether the received high-pass card information is valid.

In an embodiment, the high-pass terminal may delete the high-pass card information from a memory in the high-pass terminal after the vehicle is started off.

In an embodiment, the control unit may transmit information about starting a vehicle, information about driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle key authentication result to the high-pass terminal.

In an embodiment, the AVN device may include an AVN device that provides the high-pass card information stored in the high-pass terminal to the driver.

In an embodiment, when the driver selects whether to use the high-pass card information, the AVN device may transmit a response regarding the use of the high-pass card information to the high-pass terminal.

The operating method of the high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: the high-pass terminal determining whether the vehicle is started; the high-pass terminal checking whether the car key is authenticated; requesting pass card information, the hi pass terminal receiving hi pass card information from the wireless charger, determining whether the received hi pass card information is valid, determining whether the hi pass terminal is capable of communicating with the hi pass antenna After the determination, the steps of preparing to communicate with the high-pass antenna and paying the high-pass toll fee using the stored high-pass card information when the high-pass terminal passes the toll gate of the vehicle.

In an embodiment, between the step of checking whether the car key is authenticated and the step of requesting the high-pass card information, the AVN device providing the high-pass card information stored in the high-pass terminal to the driver, and the AVN device and transmitting a response regarding the use of the high-pass card information to the high-pass terminal.

In an embodiment, after determining whether the high-pass card information is valid, the method may include storing the high-pass card information in a memory in the high-pass terminal.

In one embodiment, after the step of paying the high-pass toll, the high-pass terminal determines whether the vehicle is started off, and when the vehicle is turned off, the high-pass card information stored in the high-pass terminal is deleted. may include the step of

According to the high-pass system and its operating method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the procedure for issuing a high-pass card is reduced by paying a toll using the high-pass terminal without installing the high-pass card in the high-pass terminal. and can reduce the issuance cost.

According to the hi-pass system and its operating method according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to prevent theft of the hi-pass card inserted in the high-pass terminal.

According to the high-pass system and its operating method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the high-pass terminal and the wireless charger storing the high-pass card information are interlocked with each other, so that the contact that occurs when the high-pass card is inserted into the high-pass terminal defects can be reduced.

According to the hi-pass system and the operating method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention, the satisfaction of drivers when paying tolls for using a toll gate can be improved.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart specifically explaining a method of operating a high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a computing system executing a method of operating a high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated on different drawings. In addition, in describing the embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function interferes with the understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the elements from other elements, and the essence, order, or order of the elements are not limited by the terms. In addition, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application. does not

1 is a block diagram illustrating a high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the high-pass system 10 is provided in a vehicle, and includes a high-pass terminal 100 , a wireless charger 110 , an authenticator 120 , a control unit 130 , and an AVN device 140 . .

The high-pass terminal 100 is a vehicle terminal (On Board Equipment), which requests high-pass card information from the wireless charger 110 , receives high-pass card information from the wireless charger 110 , and receives high-pass card information is stored in a memory (not shown) in the high-pass terminal 100 . For example, the Hi-Pass card information may include the card type (check card or credit card, etc.), card payment method (prepaid card or postpaid card, etc.), name of the card, expiration date, etc. This is merely an example to aid understanding, and is not limited thereto.

After receiving the high-pass card information from the wireless charger 110 , the high-pass terminal 100 determines whether the received high-pass card information is valid.

The high-pass terminal 100 pays a toll by using the stored high-pass card information when passing through the toll gate.

The high-pass terminal 100 receives information about starting the vehicle, information about driving of the vehicle, and a vehicle key authentication result from the control unit 130 .

The high-pass terminal 100 receives information on whether the driver uses high-pass card information from the AVN device 140 .

The high-pass terminal 100 transmits traffic information to each other by interworking with the high-pass antenna 105 provided in the road around the toll gate. For example, the high-pass antenna 105 is installed for each specific section of the road (eg, a specific section around the toll gate), and exchanges travel information with the high-pass terminal 100 in a wireless manner. That is, the high-pass antenna 105 may exchange travel information using the RF method and the infrared method. The high-pass antenna 105 may exchange travel information in various methods compatible with the short-range wireless communication method.

Since the hi-pass terminal 100 has a structure that does not insert a credit card or a check card for payment, the structure of the high-pass terminal 100 can be miniaturized, and there is no power consumption due to transmission/reception with a credit card or check card. It is possible to reduce the frequency of use of the battery (vehicle power source).

The wireless charger 110 is provided in a vehicle (eg, a console, etc.) and is wirelessly connected to the smart device 115 to charge the battery of the smart device 115 .

The wireless charger 110 is interlocked with the smart device 115 of the driver of the vehicle to store hi-pass card information. For example, the smart device 115 may be a smart phone, and may include a smart tab, a smart pad, a smart wearable device, and the like, It is a generic term for devices capable of transmitting data through wireless communication while being carried by a user, and in this embodiment, it is assumed that a smart phone is used. .

Here, the smart device 115 may store high-pass card information, update high-pass card information, and store a car key (vehicle unique key). Here, the car key (or car-specific key) may be referred to as a smartphone key or a phone key.

For example, the smart device 115 may use a high-pass application installed in the smart device 115 to update the high-pass card information.

The wireless charger 110 can transmit and receive hi-pass card information and car key using the smart device 115 and near field communication in the NFC communication module (not shown) built into the wireless charger 110 . have.

The authenticator 120 may authenticate the car key (vehicle-specific key) stored in the smart device 115 through the wireless charger 110 , and transmit the authentication result to the wireless charger 110 and the controller 130 .

The control unit 130 requests authentication from the authentication unit 120 , and after receiving the authentication result from the authentication unit 120 , controls locking and unlocking (locking or unlocking) of the vehicle door, and controlling vehicle start-up. And, this is only an example to help the understanding of the present invention, and is not limited thereto.

The control unit 130 may transmit, to the high-pass terminal 100 , information on starting of a vehicle, information on driving of a vehicle, and a result of car key authentication.

The AVN device 140 provides the high-pass card information (stored high-pass card information of a plurality of drivers) stored in the high-pass terminal 100 to the driver, and when the driver selects whether to use the high-pass card information, the AVN device (140) transmits a response regarding the use of the high-pass card information to the high-pass terminal (100).

2 is a flowchart specifically explaining a method of operating a high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , in the method of operating the high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention, steps S11 to S21 described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 .

In step S11 , the high-pass terminal 100 determines whether the vehicle is started or not. For example, the high-pass terminal 100 may receive the information about starting the vehicle received from the controller 130 and determine whether the vehicle is started or not.

In step S12, the high-pass terminal 100 checks whether the car key is authenticated. For example, the high-pass terminal 100 may receive an authentication result from the control unit 130 and check whether the car key is authenticated.

In step S13 , the AVN device 140 provides the high-pass card information stored in the high-pass terminal 100 to the driver, and when the driver selects whether to use the high-pass card information, the AVN device 140 provides the high-pass card information A response regarding the use of information is transmitted to the high-pass terminal 100 . For example, the high-pass card information is the high-pass card information of a driver who can pay tolls, and the AVN device 140 responds to the use of the high-pass card information so that the driver or other drivers can use the high-pass card information. may be transmitted to the high-pass terminal 100 .

In step S14 , when the driver uses the high-pass card information, the high-pass terminal 100 requests the high-pass card information from the wireless charger 110 . For example, the Hi-Pass card information may include the card type (check card or credit card, etc.), card payment method (prepaid card or postpaid card, etc.), name of the card, expiration date, etc. This is merely an example to aid understanding, and is not limited thereto.

In step S15, the high-pass terminal 100 receives the high-pass card information from the wireless charger 110, and determines whether the received high-pass card information is valid.

In step S16, when the high-pass card information is valid, the high-pass terminal 100 stores the high-pass card information in a memory (not shown) in the high-pass terminal.

In step S17, the high-pass terminal 100 checks whether the vehicle is driving. For example, the high-pass terminal 100 may receive information about driving of a vehicle from the controller 130 and check whether the vehicle is being driven. For example, the high-pass terminal 100 may receive information about driving of the vehicle from the controller 130 and specifically determine whether the vehicle is driving around a toll gate.

In step S18 , when the vehicle is driving, the high-pass terminal 100 determines whether communication with the high-pass antenna 105 is possible, and then prepares to enable communication with the high-pass antenna 105 . For example, the high-pass antenna 105 is installed for each specific section of the road (eg, a specific section around the toll gate), and exchanges travel information with the high-pass terminal 100 in a wireless manner. That is, the high-pass antenna 105 may exchange travel information using the RF method and the infrared method. The high-pass antenna 105 may exchange travel information in various methods compatible with the short-range wireless communication method.

In step S19, in a state where communication between the high-pass terminal 100 and the high-pass antenna 105 is possible, the high-pass terminal 100 pays a high-pass toll fee using the stored high-pass card information when the vehicle passes through the toll gate. .

In step S20, after paying the high-pass toll, the high-pass terminal 100 determines whether the vehicle is started off. For example, the high-pass terminal 100 may receive the information regarding the vehicle starting received from the controller 130 to determine whether the vehicle is started off.

In step S21 , when the vehicle is turned off, the high-pass terminal 100 deletes the high-pass card information stored in the high-pass terminal 100 .

3 is a diagram illustrating a computing system executing a method of operating a high-pass system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the computing system 1000 includes at least one processor 1100 , a memory 1300 , a user interface input device 1400 , a user interface output device 1500 , and storage connected through a bus 1200 . 1600 , and a network interface 1700 .

The processor 1100 may be a central processing unit (CPU) or a semiconductor device that processes instructions stored in the memory 1300 and/or the storage 1600 . The memory 1300 and the storage 1600 may include various types of volatile or nonvolatile storage media. For example, the memory 1300 may include read only memory (ROM) and random access memory (RAM).

Accordingly, the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be directly implemented in hardware, a software module executed by the processor 1100 , or a combination of the two. A software module resides in a storage medium (ie, memory 1300 and/or storage 1600 ) such as RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM. You may. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor 1100 , the processor 1100 capable of reading information from, and writing information to, the storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium may be integrated with the processor 1100 . The processor and storage medium may reside within an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC may reside within the user terminal. Alternatively, the processor and storage medium may reside as separate components within the user terminal.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the present invention, and various modifications and variations will be possible without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: high pass system
100: high pass terminal
105: high-pass antenna
110: wireless charger
115: smart device
120: authentication unit
130: control unit
140: AVN device
1000: computing system
1100: Processor
1200: system bus
1300: memory
1310: ROM
1320: RAM
1400: user interface input device
1500: user interface output device
1600: storage
1700: network interface

Claims (14)

a wireless charger provided in the vehicle, wirelessly connected to a smart device to charge a battery of the smart device, and to store hi-pass card information;
a high-pass terminal that requests high-pass card information from the wireless charger, receives high-pass card information from the wireless charger, and pays a toll using the high-pass card information;
an authenticator for authenticating the car key stored in the smart device through the wireless charger, and transmitting an authentication result to the wireless charger and the controller; and
After receiving the authentication result from the authentication unit, the control unit for controlling the vehicle start and door
High-pass system comprising a. The method according to claim 1,
The wireless charger is
The high-pass system, characterized in that it transmits and receives the high-pass card information and the car key using the smart device and near-field communication (NFC). The method according to claim 1,
The smart device is
The high-pass system, characterized in that storing and updating the high-pass card information using the high-pass application provided in the smart device, and storing the car key. The method according to claim 1,
The high-pass terminal,
High-pass system, characterized in that it receives information about starting the vehicle, information about driving of the vehicle, and a vehicle key authentication result from the control unit. The method according to claim 1,
The high-pass terminal,
A high-pass system characterized in that it transmits and receives traffic information with each other in conjunction with a high-pass antenna provided in the lane around the toll gate. The method according to claim 1,
The high-pass terminal,
High-pass system, characterized in that receiving high-pass card information from the wireless charger, and determining whether the received high-pass card information is valid. The method according to claim 1,
The high-pass terminal,
After the vehicle is turned off, the high-pass card information is deleted from the memory in the high-pass terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The control unit is
The high-pass system, characterized in that it transmits information about starting a vehicle, information about driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle key authentication result to the high-pass terminal. The method according to claim 1,
and an AVN device that provides the high-pass card information stored in the high-pass terminal to the driver. 10. The method of claim 9,
The AVN device comprises:
The high-pass system, characterized in that when the driver selects whether to use the high-pass card information, a response regarding the use of the high-pass card information is transmitted to the high-pass terminal. determining, by the high-pass terminal, whether the vehicle is started;
checking whether the high-pass terminal has authenticated the car key;
A high-pass terminal requesting high-pass card information from a wireless charger;
receiving, by the high-pass terminal, high-pass card information from the wireless charger, and determining whether the received high-pass card information is valid;
After determining whether the high-pass terminal can communicate with the high-pass antenna, preparing to communicate with the high-pass antenna; and
Paying the high-pass toll fee using the stored high-pass card information when the high-pass terminal passes the toll gate of the vehicle
A method of operating a high-pass system comprising a. 12. The method of claim 11,
Between the step of checking whether the car key is authenticated and the step of requesting the high-pass card information,
providing, by the AVN device, high-pass card information stored in the high-pass terminal to the driver; and
and transmitting, by the AVN device, a response regarding the use of the high-pass card information to the high-pass terminal. 12. The method of claim 11,
After determining whether the high-pass card information is valid,
and storing the high-pass card information in a memory in the high-pass terminal. 12. The method of claim 11,
After paying the high pass toll,
determining, by the high-pass terminal, whether the vehicle is started off; and
and deleting the high-pass card information stored in the high-pass terminal when the ignition of the vehicle is turned off.

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