KR20100000212A - Electronic toll collection device mounted to a room mirror - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic toll collection apparatus mounted to a room mirror is provided to perform convenience of hi-pass system by supplying statistical information about toll payment amount to a driver. CONSTITUTION: An electronic toll collection apparatus(30) is mounted to a room mirror(10) of a vehicle. A display part(32) like an LCD panel is mounted to a bottom end of a front surface of the electronic toll collection apparatus. A driver confirms amount information including a residual amount and an amount processed by toll calculation through the display part. The display part is included in a top end of a main body of the electronic toll collection apparatus, and is formed in a right side or a left side of a front surface of the main body of the electronic toll collection apparatus. The electronic toll collection apparatus includes the main body including the display part and a connector mounted to the room mirror.

Description

Electronic toll collection device mounted to a room mirror}

The present invention relates to an automatic toll collection device, and more particularly, to an automatic toll collection device mounted on a room mirror of a vehicle.

Currently, toll gates on highways are equipped with automatic toll collection (hereinafter referred to as "high pass") systems. Briefly, the high pass will be installed at the entrance of the toll gate, the antenna for transmitting and receiving with the high pass terminal 30, and the payment of the toll is automatically made when the vehicle having the high pass terminal 30 passes through the toll gate. It consists of a system.

This high-pass system collects unattended fees while the vehicle is driving at the toll booth, which has many advantages in reducing vehicle delays, reducing collection costs (manpower), and reducing toll lane installation costs. This is an increasing trend.

In order to use such a high pass system, a user must purchase a separate high pass terminal in which a high pass card is inserted together with a high pass card charged with a predetermined amount to wirelessly communicate with the high pass system.

The conventional high pass terminal is attached to the upper side of the dashboard of the vehicle (dash board) by a tape or the like by a crimping method on the windshield occupies the interior space of the vehicle, not only aesthetically good, but also collision of the vehicle When the same accident occurs, there is a problem that the driver, etc. may be injured by the high-pass terminal.

In particular, when the high-pass terminal is attached to the vehicle windshield in a crimping manner, the driver's field of vision is obscured, which increases the risk of an accident. Currently, almost all vehicles are equipped with an electronic device such as a navigation terminal, and are attached to the windshield of the vehicle. Therefore, when the high pass terminal is attached to the windshield, the driver's vision is further reduced.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, to provide an automatic toll collection device mounted on a room mirror that can maximize the space of the vehicle and reduce the risk of an accident.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the preferred embodiments described below.

Automatic toll collection device mounted on the room mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body mounted with a high-pass module for processing the toll settlement; And a connector provided or coupled to one side of the main body to be mounted to the room mirror of the vehicle.

Here, the connector is attached to the rear of the room mirror using an air compression method, or a portion of the connector having an adhesive force is bonded to the rear of the room mirror, or implemented in the form of tongs so that the top and bottom of the room mirror The main body can be fixed to the room mirror.

In addition, the connector may be coupled to the main body in a slit lamp.

The display apparatus further includes a display panel that displays different amount of money information in the toll settlement of the high pass module, wherein the display panel is viewed from the front of the main body when the automatic toll collection device is mounted from the rear of the room mirror. It may be formed on one side of the bottom or top.

Automatic toll collection device mounted on the room mirror according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a main body mounted with a high-pass module for processing the toll settlement; And a display panel formed at the bottom or top of the front of the main body so as to be viewed from the front when the main body is mounted at the rear of the vehicle room mirror.

Here, the method may further include a connector for mounting the main body to the room mirror using any one of an adhesive method, an air compression method, and a forceps method.

The automatic toll collection device according to the present invention can be mounted on a room mirror provided in a vehicle, so that the automatic toll collection device can be used more efficiently than when the automatic toll collection device is provided alone, and reduce the risk in case of an accident. There is an advantage.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Terms including ordinal numbers such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any item of a plurality of related items.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in describing the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding elements are denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and duplicates thereof. The description will be omitted.

1 and 2 are a front view and a plan view when the automatic toll collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a room mirror, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are front views of a high pass terminal main body according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. And side view.

1 to 4, the automatic toll collection device 30 (hereinafter, referred to as a “high pass terminal”) according to the present embodiment may be mounted on a room mirror 10 of a vehicle. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the high-pass terminal 30 is provided alone, so that the high-pass terminal 30 is attached to the dashboard or the windshield of the vehicle. There is an advantage.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 1, the high pass terminal 30 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a display unit 32, such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel, located at one side of the lower side of the front, and is located at the rear of the room mirror 10. Even if the driver is mounted on the display unit 32, the driver can check the amount information, such as the settlement amount, the remaining amount according to the toll settlement. Of course, the display unit 32 does not necessarily need to be formed at the front lower end of the main body 34 of the high-pass terminal 30, and unlike the illustrated figure, the main body 34 is shown at the top of the room mirror 10. It may be provided at the top of the front, or may be formed on the left or right of the front of the main body 34 to appear on the side of the room mirror 10 as well.

The high pass terminal 30 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a main body 34 including the display unit 32 and a connector 200 to be mounted on the room mirror 10.

Although not shown in the figure, the main body 34 is provided with a high pass module that communicates with a high pass system installed in a toll gate or the like to perform a function such as toll settlement. The high pass module functions to output the amount information such as the settlement amount, the remaining amount, etc. according to the toll settlement through the display unit 32. The high pass function will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 9, which shows a configuration according to the function of the high pass terminal 30.

The connector 200 is to be connected to the room mirror 10, and the high pass terminal 30 according to the present embodiment is mounted to the room mirror 10 through the connector 200. In the present embodiment, the high pass terminal 30 is described as being mounted on the rear end of the room mirror 10, but is not limited thereto and may be mounted on the front or side of the room mirror.

As the method of mounting the connector 200 to the room mirror 10, it may be bonded using a material having an adhesive force, or an air compression method using the pressure by compressing air may be used, in the form of tongs It may be implemented to pinch the room mirror 10 to be fixed to the room mirror (10). The implementation method of the connector 200 will be described later in detail with reference to the related drawings.

According to one embodiment, the connector 200 may be integrally implemented on the main body 34, and according to another embodiment, may be implemented to be detachable. Since the user may want to separate only the main body 34 of the high pass terminal 30 except the connector 200 from the room mirror 10, the main body 34 and the connector 200 may be detachable. It may be more desirable.

Thus, the main body 34 may include a connection portion 36 for coupling with the connector 200. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connector 200 may be coupled to the connection portion 36 in a sliding manner as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Of course, this coupling method may be modified in various ways, such as using a magnet as long as the connector 200 can be stably coupled to the main body 34.

Hereinafter, a method in which the connector 200 is connected to the room mirror 10 will be described.

5 and 6 are a side view and a front view showing a connector using an air compression method according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figures 7 and 8 are a connector and a connector using the forceps according to another embodiment of the present invention. Is a front view illustrating an example in which a high-pass terminal is mounted on a room mirror.

First, referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, which show a connector 200-1 using an air compression method, the connector 200-1 includes a main body connector 204-1 and a room mirror connector 202-1. .

The room mirror connection unit 202-1 is implemented to be mounted on the rear of the room mirror 10 by an air compression method, and still uses the air compression method to mount an electronic device such as a navigation device on the windshield of the vehicle. Since mounting means are provided, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art in the implementation of the room mirror connection 202-1.

The connector 200-1 may be connected to the connecting portion 36 of the main body 34 by the main body connecting portion 204-1 in a sliding manner.

7 and 8 according to another embodiment of the above-described air compression method, the connector 200-2 includes a main body connecting portion 204-2 and a tongs portion 202-2.

As illustrated in FIG. 8, the forceps 202-2 of the connector 200-2 are fixed by pinching the upper and lower ends of the room mirror 10. A spring is provided inside the tongs 202-2 so that a force is applied downward when the moving part 700 is pulled upward. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the connector 200-2 has a room mirror ( 10) can be fixed tightly.

In addition to the above-described forceps and air compression methods, the main body 34 of the high pass terminal 30 may be mounted to the room mirror 10 by the connector 200 having an adhesive force, or the connector 200 may be It may be implemented to be adhered to the room mirror 10 by an adhesive and to be connected to the body 34 of the high pass terminal 30 by a magnet.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the function of the high-pass terminal 30 will be described.

9 is a functional block diagram of a high pass terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the high pass terminal 30 according to the present embodiment includes a card interface unit 500, a communication unit 502, a storage unit 504, a display processing unit 506, an audio output unit 508, and a control unit. 510.

The card interface unit 500 is electrically connected to the money storage module 410 of the high pass card inserted into the high pass terminal 30 to perform an interfacing function between the control unit 510 and the high pass card. Accordingly, the controller 510 reads the amount of money information recorded in the high pass card through the card interface unit 500, or updates the amount of money information according to the toll processing with the high pass system.

The communication unit 502 performs a function of wirelessly communicating with the high pass system (infrared communication or RF communication) when the vehicle passes through the high pass system. To this end, the communication unit 502 may include an antenna corresponding to a frequency band for communicating with the high pass system.

The amount information stored in the amount storage module 410 of the high pass card may be updated through communication between the communication unit 502 and the high pass system. As described above, the function of updating and managing the amount information may be performed by the controller 510. When the amount storage module 410 is updated by the controller 510, the amount of money, such as a deducted amount or a current balance Information may be output through the display unit 32 provided with the information and / or the audio output unit 508 provided therein. The controller 510 may control the display processor 506 to cause the display 32 to display price information.

The controller 510 may read out the current amount information stored in the amount storage module 204 and may determine whether the current remaining amount information is the amount to which the toll payment is possible before passing through the high pass system. If the toll payment is not possible, the controller 510 may control the display processor 506 to output a message such as text or voice informing of insufficient balance through the display 32 or the audio output unit 508. have. Here, the control unit 510 may communicate with the high pass system through the communication unit 502 in advance to advance the high pass system, thereby determining whether or not to pay the toll by the balance.

In addition, when the payment processing is completed, the controller 510 operates the payment processing result information, the deducted amount information, and the remaining amount information after the deduction to control the display processing unit 506 to control the display processing unit 506 to form a text format. You can output

According to the present exemplary embodiment, the display processing unit 506 is not necessarily implemented in hardware, but may be implemented in software such as a program and executed by the controller 510.

In addition, the card interface unit 500, the communication unit 502, the display processing unit 506, and the control unit 510 may be implemented as one device as one high pass module and may be embedded in the high pass terminal 30. .

Meanwhile, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the high pass terminal 30 may include a storage unit 504 and provide statistical information related to toll payment according to a user's request.

According to the present embodiment, when the toll payment is made, the amount of payment information, payment time information, payment place information, etc. may be stored in the storage unit 504 under the control of the controller 510.

In general, in the prepaid high pass card, when the user charges too little money, the high pass system may not be available due to insufficient balance while driving the vehicle.

On the other hand, even if the user does not have a lot of driving, if the user charges too much money, a prepaid unnecessarily large amount of money may cause damage to the user.

To this end, it may be desirable to calculate the toll payment amount of the user in a predetermined period.

Upon request of the user, the controller 510 reads the information stored in the storage 504 and calculates toll payment amount information for each predetermined period.

Preferably, the toll payment amount information may be calculated on a monthly basis, but the payment amount information may be calculated on a weekly or quarterly basis and various period units without being limited thereto.

In addition, the controller 510 may simultaneously calculate the previous month's payment amount information and the current month's payment amount information, and may output the same through the display unit 32.

When providing statistical information on the toll payment amount as described above, the user can check how much it is desirable to charge a predetermined period period can provide the user with convenience in using the high pass system.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

1 and 2 are a front view and a plan view when the automatic toll collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the room mirror.

3 and 4 are a front view and a side view of the high-pass terminal body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 and 6 are a side view and a front view showing a connector using an air compression method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 and 8 are front views illustrating an example in which a high pass terminal is mounted on a room mirror using a connector using the forceps method and a connector according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a functional block diagram of a high pass terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (9)

A main body equipped with a high pass module for processing tolls; And Automatic toll collection device that is provided or coupled to one side of the main body is mounted to the room mirror including a connector for mounting on the room mirror of the vehicle. The method of claim 1, And the connector is attached to the rear of the room mirror using an air compression method. The method of claim 1, And a portion of the connector having an adhesive force is adhered to the rear surface of the room mirror. The method of claim 1, The connector is implemented in a tong type, the toll collection device mounted to the room mirror, characterized in that to pick up the top and bottom of the room mirror to fix the main body to the room mirror. The method of claim 1, And the connector is coupled to the main body in a sliding manner. The method of claim 1, Automatic toll collection device mounted to the room mirror further comprises a display panel for displaying the amount of information according to the toll settlement of the high-pass module. The method of claim 6, The display panel is mounted on the rearview mirror of the room mirror, characterized in that formed in the lower side or the upper side of the front of the main body so as to be visible from the front when the automatic toll collection device is mounted from the rear of the room mirror. A main body equipped with a high pass module for processing tolls; And When the main body is mounted from the rear of the vehicle room mirror, the automatic toll collection device is mounted to the room mirror including a display panel formed on the lower front or the front of the main body to be seen from the front. The method of claim 8, And a connector for attaching the main body to the room mirror using any one of an adhesive method, an air compression method, and a forceps method.

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