RU2336569C2 - System of payments collection for use of paid road with application of artificial satellites, device for collection of payments and method of payments collection - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: physics, computer equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention is related to system of payments collection for use of roads. System contains vehicle with on-board computer of vehicle, artificial satellite and center of system data. On-board computer accepts radio signal from artificial satellite, calculates latitude, longitude and altitude as location of vehicle according to accepted radio signal and preserves it in external unit of data storage in the form of files sequential in time, which are sent to data center of the system, where data is accumulated into data storage unit for every vehicle. In center of system data section of paid road, on which the vehicle drove, is determined in accordance to transmitted data, which specifies history of vehicle position, preserved in data base. Payment for passage is calculated for every individual, who drives on paid road, according to data on payments for passage that are determined for every section of road, at that payments are collected by means of automatic charging of financial institution that was previously selected by individual, who drives on paid roads.

EFFECT: reduction of technical facilities with provision of payments collection automation.

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Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a system for collecting payments for the use of a toll road using artificial satellites, a device for collecting payments and a method for collecting payments, and more specifically, to a system for collecting payments for using a toll road using artificial satellites, a device for collecting payments and a method for collecting payments, allowing collect payments for the use of a toll road (road payments) without using conventional devices, such as toll collection points or the ETC system on a toll road ge

BACKGROUND

Typically, payments for the use of a toll road are collected by accepting prepayments at toll collection points located at the entrance to the toll road, or by making on-site payments in cash, by credit card, prepaid card, etc., followed by the transfer of a receipt received through a receipt distributor, installed at the entrance, to the agent at a road toll collection point located at the exit of the toll road, to calculate the payment.

However, this method of collection of payments necessarily involves the participation of a person and is the reason for frequent traffic jams in the immediate vicinity of the collection points of road payments. Based on this, ETC (Electronic Payment Collection System) has now been introduced to simplify the above methods. In such an ETC system, the information necessary for collecting payments is transmitted and received wirelessly between roadside antennas located at the entrance / exit on the toll road and the on-board computer of the vehicle attached to the vehicle. Actual toll payments are made by automatic settlement through a financial institution, and thus there is no need to stop the vehicle when entering / leaving a toll road.

The usual collection method described above or the ETC system requires human activities and technical means, such as toll collection points or outposts. The starting price and maintenance costs are provided by duties, etc., which are paid by individuals traveling on a toll road. Therefore, it is preferable that the payment collection system is as simple as possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The aim of the present invention is the provision of a collection system of payments that essentially reduces the technical means and human activity in collecting payments for the use of the toll road and which additionally provides quiet movement, as well as for providing a method of collecting payments for the use of the road, which can essentially reduce the technical means etc., necessary when collecting payments for the use of a toll road. Another objective of the present invention is the provision of a payment collection device for a vehicle adapted for such a payment collection system and a payment collection method.

In the present invention, a location history of a vehicle’s movement is constantly recorded / accumulated based on latitude, longitude and altitude data determining vehicle locations obtained by sharing artificial satellites and time data. Based on this entry, it is determined whether the vehicle was traveling on a toll road. If the vehicle was moving along a toll road, road payments for this section of the toll road along which the vehicle was traveling are automatically accumulated according to the data of the stored / accumulated history through automatic settlements through a financial institution. More specifically, the toll road collection system of the present invention comprises a driver’s license card, which is configured to store a driver’s identification code, as well as data related to a driver’s license, a reader for reading stored data from a driver’s license card, an information output device for the issuance of latitude, longitude and altitude data that determine the location of the vehicle received from an artificial satellite along with time data received from a clock generator, a storage device of location history data when driving a vehicle for storing location data when driving a vehicle, providing an indication of location history when driving a vehicle based on latitude, longitude, and elevation data, and time data output by an information output device road data device for preserving locations and elevations, as well as data regarding toll roads, calculator a device for determining which section of a toll road a motor vehicle has traveled to, and calculating road payments, and a payment collection processing device for collecting toll payments, calculated by a computing device by automatically charging through a financial institution account established by a moving individual, if a device is attached to the vehicle for the vehicle, based on the driver’s identification code, read from the driver’s license for reader means.

The system of collecting tolls for the use of a toll road, indicated above, contains many vehicles, several satellites, a data center of the system, etc.

Each motor vehicle is provided with a reader for reading data stored in the driver’s license, an information output device for outputting the latitude, longitude and height of the vehicle along with time data, a communication device for communication with the system data center. The vehicle further comprises an engine start detection device, allowing the engine to start operation after an authentic driver license card is inserted.

A driver’s license card is a card that can store a driver’s identification code, as well as data related to a driver’s license. In the present invention, an IC card is ideal for use. It is preferable that the IC card also stores data related to the driving characteristics of the vehicle with the given driver, and the vehicle is provided with a device that determines the condition of the vehicle to determine the most appropriate condition for the vehicle for the driver according to the data relating to driving characteristics of the vehicle funds that are read from the driver’s license IC card by the reader to the device The pressure, ie, MPU (microprocessor device) in a motor vehicle.

A payment collection device intended to be installed on a motor vehicle is classified into a combined type with a navigational element of a motor vehicle and a single type without a navigational element of a motor vehicle. In the first type of payment collection device mentioned above, a vehicle’s navigation element can be used as a component to provide latitude, longitude and altitude data calculated based on a plurality of radio signals received from several artificial satellites.

The first aforementioned payment collection device has a vehicle location information output device for outputting latitude, longitude and altitude data calculated on the basis of radio signals received from artificial satellites with a vehicle navigation element that determines a vehicle’s route based on the vehicle’s location information means from an output device for locating a vehicle, etc. The first aforementioned collection device further comprises a reader for reading data from a driver’s license card storing a driver’s identification code, as well as data related to a driver’s license, and a transmission device for transmitting a readout driver’s identification code from a reader and vehicle location data, those. data of latitude, longitude and altitude output from the location information output device together with the corresponding time data, and parameters of the working (operational) state of the vehicle, i.e. operating status data for the respective working locations of the vehicle to the system data center.

On the other hand, the second single-type payment collection device comprises a reader for reading a driver identification code, as well as stored data from a driver’s license card capable of storing a driver’s identification code in advance, as well as data related to a driver’s license, and an output device for outputting data the location of the vehicle, calculated on the basis of radio signals received from artificial satellites, i.e. latitude, longitude, and altitude data together with time data obtained from a clock generator, and a communication device for transmitting a read driver identification code using a reader, as well as data from an information output device to a data center of the system that calculates tolls and collection process.

The data center of the system, which carefully collects a lot of vehicle data received from a variety of vehicles, comprises a location history data storage device when a vehicle is moving, recording a location history of a vehicle moving on each vehicle, a road data storage device for storing locations, heights and names of roads crossing the country, and toll data related to toll roads, computing f device for determining at a toll road section the vehicle was moved, and the calculation of road charges communication device for connection to a motor vehicle or a financial institution and payment collection processing device for road use for collecting payments, etc. In the location data storage device when the vehicle is moving, a vehicle data table is created for the driver identification code and includes latitude, longitude and altitude data for the points along which the vehicle was traveling. This data is stored / accumulated along with time data as data sequential in time.

A motor vehicle is provided with a device for collecting the operating state parameters of a motor vehicle for collecting data recording the operating state of each operating component of a motor vehicle. The system data center further comprises a vehicle operating state storage device for storing / accumulating data on a vehicle operating condition collected by a vehicle operating state parameter collection device using a driver identification code for identifying a vehicle, and a vehicle evaluation message means for determining whether proper working condition of the vehicle, based on the contents of the memory, x which is damaged in the storage device of the operating conditions of vehicles using diagnostic programs, and if it is determined that any support is necessary, a message is issued to the owner of the vehicle, identified by the identification code of the vehicle.

It is preferable that the aforementioned data center further comprises a driver’s driving technique diagnostics device, which allows evaluating a driver’s driving technique by analyzing vehicle operating condition data collected and stored / accumulated by the vehicle operating condition collecting device together with a country road database including topographic data, as well as time data.

An additional preference is that the system data center further comprises a traffic congestion analysis device that analyzes the congestion state of each road in real time based on data showing the location of each vehicle transmitted from the plurality of vehicles and traffic direction data and speed of movement. By transmitting data on the state of congestion of roads, which are data obtained as a result of the analysis, it is possible for vehicles equipped with a navigation element to find the most suitable route to the destination for a given time for this vehicle.

It is preferable that the vehicle comprises an automatic wiper control device for controlling the operation of the wipers in order to conveniently transmit and receive a radio signal between the antenna of the on-board computer of the vehicle inside the vehicle and the antenna of an artificial satellite or data center of the system. An automatic wiper control device monitors the condition of the windshield using a windshield condition monitoring device from an image obtained by displaying the state of the windshield by means of a display device, and determines the optimal operation of the wipers.

It is preferable that the data center of the system comprises a rainfall distribution monitoring device for monitoring rainfall distribution based on information corresponding to the operating condition of the wipers transmitted from a plurality of vehicles.

In a motor vehicle, it is possible to control a tire surface protector in a three-dimensional dimension by displaying a state using two cameras provided in the vicinity of the tire. An additional preference is that the tire includes a tire tire wear degree determination device that correlates pattern recognition of the image with the displayed image data and determines whether the tire is worn. Thus, the owner of the vehicle can be notified of the degree of wear of the tire, as well as the exact time of rotation of the tire or the period of replacement.

It is preferable that the vehicle further comprises a speed increase detection device for determining an increase in vehicle speed, and a stop signaling control device for signaling a stop signal in a certain time interval corresponding to a decrease in vehicle speed while the brake is engaged pedal. The brake light control device also shortens the alarm time interval while increasing negative speed acceleration.

The method for collecting toll road fees includes the steps of reading the saved data from a driver’s license card storing the driver’s identification code and data related to the driver’s license, etc., outputting latitude, longitude and altitude data that determines the location of the vehicle, calculated on based on the set of radio signals received from artificial satellites, together with time data obtained from a clock generator, storing location history data when moving a motor vehicle with vehicles along with time data based on latitude, longitude and elevation data and time data, location data when the vehicle is moving, representing latitude, longitude and altitude that correspond to all vehicle locations through which the vehicle was traveling, determining whether the vehicle was passing on a toll road based on stored latitude, longitude, elevation and time data, as well as data related to locations and altitudes all roads, regardless of the type of road: toll road or free road, previously digitized in the system data center, and calculating payments on the basis of the toll road payment database storing toll road tolls defined for each type of vehicle, according to the section the toll road on which the vehicle traveled, which are stored as data with the section number when traveling on the toll road, and collects payments for the sections on the toll road, calculated on about each driver’s identification code using automatic calculations through an account in a financial institution, pre-established by a moving individual.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

1 shows a device of a toll road collection system as an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 shows the on-board computer of a motor vehicle of a combined type with a navigation element of a motor vehicle mounted on a motor vehicle, adapted for a toll collection system for using a toll road, as an embodiment;

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical block diagram of an on-board computer of a motor vehicle that is assembled for a toll road collection system, as an embodiment;

4 is a block diagram showing an electrical block diagram of a data center of a system that is assembled for a toll road collection system, as an embodiment;

Figure 5 shows a data table for a vehicle, which is stored in a storage device provided in the data center of the system;

6 is an example of a list of operating state setting numbers showing operating state setting numbers established with respect to operating components of a vehicle;

7 is an example of a list of operating state setting numbers showing specific numerical characteristics of a vehicle operating state number set in the aforementioned vehicle operating state setting numbers;

FIG. 8 is a specific example of a vehicle operating state data for storing a data table for a vehicle in FIG. 5 in a storage area of a vehicle operating state data;

Figure 9 shows a database of country roads previously created and stored in a storage device provided in the data center of the system;

Figure 10 shows a table of data of section numbers when traveling on a toll road intended for storage in a storage device provided in the data center of the system;

11 is a table of stored location data when driving a vehicle on free roads, intended for storage in a storage device provided in the data center of the system;

12 shows a payment data collection table for storage in a storage device provided in the data center of the system;

FIG. 13 is a list showing an example of topping sections of a toll road in which each section between the corresponding road charges is associated with a unique number;

14 is a list showing an example of top-down section numbers of a toll road in which each section between respective intermediate payments on a toll road is associated with a unique number;

Fig. 15 is a list showing an example of toll numbers on a toll road in which each toll number on a toll road is associated with a unique number;

16 is a flowchart for explaining a process of an on-board computer of a vehicle;

17 is a flowchart for explaining a process of specifying a section number when traveling on a toll road or a path number when traveling on a toll road in a data center of the system;

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining a process of calculating payments and collecting payments made by determining the section number when moving along the toll road shown in FIG. 17 in the data center of the system;

On Fig shows a device for a single-type vehicle without a navigation element of the vehicle, which (a) shows the on-board computer of the vehicle mounted on the dashboard of the vehicle, and (b) shows the appearance of the on-board computer of the vehicle;

On Fig shows a camera in the device for determining the degree of wear of a tire attached to a vehicle for determining the state of wear of a tire;

21 is a diagram for explaining an automatic wiper control device for automatically controlling wipers, in which (a) a camera is shown in a windshield condition determination device attached to a dashboard of a motor vehicle for determining a state of a windshield, and (b) a sample is shown a circular operation switch used in an automatic wiper control device provided at the base of the steering wheel;

Fig is a block diagram showing an electrical block diagram of an automatic wiper control device that automatically controls the operation of the wipers according to the state of the windshield;

23 is a flowchart for explaining an automatic wiper control device that automatically controls the operation of the wipers according to the state of the windshield;

24 is a sample for explaining motion patterns of an automatic wiper control device that automatically controls wipers;

On Fig shows the position of the brake lights on the vehicle;

FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing an electrical block diagram of a brake light control device that controls a brake light;

Fig. 27 is a flowchart for explaining a process in a stop signaling control device; and

28 is a sample for explaining stop signaling patterns in a stop signaling control device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As shown in FIG. 1, the toll road charge collection system of the present invention comprises a motor vehicle having an on-board computer 11, 130 of a motor vehicle, described below, attached thereto, GPS satellites 1, communication satellite 30, system data center 20, a financial institution 22 etc.

The vehicle 7, as shown in FIG. 2, has an on-board computer 11 of the vehicle attached to the center console panel 12 of the vehicle. The on-board computer 11 of the vehicle shown in FIG. 2 is provided with a vehicle navigation element that determines the route of the vehicle to its destination using GPS (global navigation and location system). However, the system of collecting payments for the use of a toll road does not in itself require the mandatory presence of such a navigation element of a vehicle. A description of an on-board computer 130 of a vehicle without a navigation element of a vehicle follows. First, a description is given of the on-board computer 11 of the vehicle with the navigation element of the vehicle.

Payments for the use of the toll road vary depending on the type of vehicle. Currently, payments are provided for a standard-sized car, a medium-sized car, a large-sized car, a very large-sized car, a passenger car (car) and a motorcycle, etc. Vehicle types must be identified when collecting toll road charges. This can be done by reporting the type of vehicle sent by the moving individual from a vehicle sales agent, etc. when installing the on-board computer of a vehicle on a vehicle during the purchase of a new vehicle, or in a store selling vehicles, etc. when installing the on-board computer of a motor vehicle, as purchased separately from a motor vehicle, on a motor vehicle, during registration by a moving individual of a name, address and account of a financial institution for the automatic calculation of payments for the use of toll roads. Calculation of payments is made according to travel payments determined using the registered type of vehicle.

The on-board computer 11 of the vehicle essentially comprises a CPU 41, a clock 42, a ROM 43, a RAM 45, an external data storage unit 46, a display component 47, a working component 49, a card function processing component 51, a vehicle information processing component 53, a component 55 GPS information processing, communication component 57, vehicle navigation component 58, and power source component 59, as shown in FIG. A driver license card 50 is inserted into the card function processing component 51.

The CPU 41 controls various computing processes and operational processes. A clock 42 is used to obtain time data.

The ROM 43 stores the ID code of the vehicle during production of the on-board computer of the vehicle, which is then converted to the identification code of the vehicle when the on-board computer of the vehicle is installed on the vehicle. ROM 43 also stores the control program for the CPU 41. RAM 45 stores data, etc., intended for use in various processes performed by the CPU 41.

An external data storage unit 46 stores / collects vehicle location data and vehicle operating condition parameters showing operating states of each vehicle component together with time data obtained from the clock generator 42 in the form of information recorded in a log file.

The display component 47 displays payment collection functional information and navigation system functional information or communication functional information, etc. It is equipped with a liquid crystal display component, which can display graphic information and information in the form of text, and several LEDs.

The working component 49 is intended for the operation of the function of collecting payments and reading data from a driver’s license card, the operation of the function of the navigation system or the operation of the communication component 57, etc. The working component 49 is a switch operations provided by the housing of the device for the vehicle.

The card function processing component 51 reads the driver identification code to identify the driver, as well as data related to the driver’s license, from the driver’s license card 50 in the on-board computer of the vehicle. The 50 driver license card is an IC card. In addition, the card function processing component 51 updates the data stored in the storage component of the driver’s card 50, such as data related to the driving characteristics of the driver and data establishing the state of the vehicle stored in the MPU, i.e. vehicle control device.

The vehicle information processing component 53 is designed to collect the operating states of each working component of the vehicle 7. The information to be collected includes: numerical information such as speed, increase in speed, distance traveled, engine speed, and fuel consumption for a given vehicle. moment of movement, start / stop time of the engine, air temperature inside and outside and the number of people in the vehicle; conditions read from sensors, amount of fuel, brake fluid, fluid for power steering, coolant, transmission fluid, electrolyte, tire damage, fuse blowing, etc .; opening / closing doors, windows, hood, trunk, fuel tank, etc .; operating conditions of door locks ON / OFF, wipers ON / OFF, as well as working patterns of the corresponding ON / OFF signals, operating levels of pedals, brake position, steering angle, turn signal ON / OFF, seat belts ON / OFF, steering angle, seat position, etc., or images of tires, etc.

The GPS information processing component 55 receives a plurality of signals from GPS satellites 1. The GPS information processing component 55 calculates / outputs latitude, longitude, and altitude data to determine the location of the vehicle based on the received radio signals. In addition, the GPS information processing component 55 corrects the state of the clock 42 in accordance with the radio signal received from the GPS satellites 1.

The communication component 57 is designed to communicate with the external environment from the vehicle. In particular, in the present invention, the communication component 57 transmits location history data of a vehicle moving to the system data center 20 along with time data. If the communication infrastructure is so developed that payments for communication using an IP phone, etc. can be charged on a fixed basis, it becomes economically feasible to have a continuous connection between the communication component 57 and the system data center 20 during engine operation. In this case, the continuous transmission of vehicle location data and operating state parameters of the respective vehicle components to the data center 20 of the system becomes real. Communication with the on-board computer 11 of the vehicle on the vehicle 7 is established through the antenna 1 of the ground base station. In this case, the antenna includes antennas installed on the roofs of buildings, etc. in urban areas. However, it is preferable that communication be established through high-lying base stations, such as communication satellite 30, taking into account that communication is also needed at points remote from urban areas.

The navigation component 58 of the vehicle receives data provided by the GPS information processing component 55 for displaying the current location of the vehicle on the display component 47 and determining the route to the destination.

The power supply component 59 is intended to supply power to each component of the above-mentioned on-board computer 11 of the vehicle. It uses a vehicle battery as a power source. Accordingly, when an authentic driver’s license is installed in the vehicle’s device and the engine ignition key is switched from the OFF position. in the ON position. Power is supplied to the on-board computer of the vehicle.

The following is a description of the data center 20 of the system. The data center 20 of the system essentially comprises, as shown in FIG. 4, a main control component 61, a data storage unit 63, a data exchange processing component 65 and a payment collection processing component 67.

The main control component 61 controls the operation of the system data center 20. The main control component 61 contains a CPU, RAM and ROM.

The data storage unit 63 is provided with data tables 70, 80 90, 100 and 110 and a data carrier for storing data, such as set data 701, 703, 120, 122, 130, etc., as shown in the following explanation of FIG. 5 -fifteen.

The data exchange processing component 65 communicates with a vehicle 7 having a vehicle on-board computer 11 or a vehicle on-board computer 130 described below, directly or via a communication satellite 30, etc., on the one hand, and transmits payment collection processing data for each driver code ID or for each driver in a financial institution 22, on the other hand.

The payment collection processing component 67 analyzes the location history data of the vehicle in order to determine the movement on the sections of the toll roads on which the vehicle is moving and calculates the payments, and performs payment collection operations with the financial institution 22.

The data tables shown in FIGS. 5-15 are described below.

The vehicle data table 70 shown in FIG. 5 is a data table created for each vehicle in the data storage unit 63 of the data center 20 of the system. It is designed to store location history data during vehicle movement and vehicle operating condition data together with time data. The vehicle data table 70 is provided by the vehicle ID storage area 71 for storing the vehicle ID codes for specifying the respective vehicles, a storage area 72 for storing driver ID codes for identifying each driver, a time storage area 73 for storing time data (year, day , hour, minute, second), the data storage area 75 of the latitude of the location through which the vehicle passed, the data storage area longitude 77 the location through which the vehicle has traveled, and the storage area data area 78 of the location through which the vehicle has traveled to store location history data appropriately when the vehicle is moving, i.e. data of the latitude, longitude and height of the points traveled by the vehicle, and the storage area 78 of the vehicle operating condition data for storing the operating condition parameters of each operating component of the vehicle. One record contains a dataset from driver ID code 71 for data 79 of the vehicle operating condition. One vehicle data table 70 is created for each vehicle or vehicle ID code.

In the list 701 of the vehicle operating state setting numbers of the vehicle shown in FIG. 6, the vehicle operating condition parameters stored in the vehicle operating state storage area 79 of the vehicle data table 70 of the vehicle shown in the above FIG. 5 are associated with the operating state numbers corresponding to a plurality of operating states in a vehicle and operating state numbers corresponding to possible operating states of corresponding operating components comrade The possible states of the corresponding operating components are associated with the operating state numbers.

As an example, the sum of the operating components of a vehicle is set to be 200, and the sum of the possible operating states of the respective working components is set to be 32. In the present embodiment, the digitized decimal values represent the possible operating states of the operating components numbered from the 1st to the 30th of the 200 working components, and 5 bits in binary sign express the operating states of the working components, numbered from 31 to 200 th. The operational states of the respective operating components can be represented by a combination of 32 states from 0 to 31. The sum of the operating components and those operating states can be changed as necessary.

In this example, the data of the working part No. 1 is a digitized decimal value, which represents the speed of the vehicle, and the data of the working component No. 32 are expressed in digitized value in binary sign, which represents the operating state of the steering wheel. In the case below, the set of 32 states, namely: "at rest 0", "motion pattern 1", "motion pattern 2", "motion pattern 3", ..., "motion pattern 31" are set in advance and are expressed as " 00000 "" 00001 "" 00010 "" 00011 "..." 11111 ", respectively. The operating conditions of the respective vehicle operating components are sampled at predetermined time intervals and digitized. Thus, the states of the respective components of the vehicle are collected, which change from time to time.

The list 703 data of the settings of the operating state of the vehicle, presented in Fig.7, is a list showing the specific data of the installation of the operating state of the vehicle. This is an example of a list in which the operating state numbers are associated with the operating state numbers to express the operating state of the vehicle in a digitized value.

FIG. 8 is a specific example of vehicle operating condition parameters 705 stored in the vehicle operating state storage area 79 of the vehicle data table 70 of the vehicle shown in FIG. Comma separated text data is used as the data format.

The country road database 80 shown in FIG. 9 is a database to reference when it is determined which road the vehicle has traveled based on the latitude, longitude, and height along which the vehicle has traveled. It stores road characteristics and local information for all highways across the country, regardless of the type of road: toll road or free road. More specifically, the data of the section on the road on the road map of the country, namely: latitude, longitude, height, attributes of the road, section number of the toll road or the name of the path of the free road and the address are collected as the name of the section. Database 80 of the country's roads is created by storing such data.

The country's road database 80 is provided by a latitude data storage area 81 for storing latitude, a longitude data storage area 82 for storing longitude, a height data storage area 83 for storing height, a road attribute storage area 84 for storing numbered road attribute symbols 841 that indicate the type toll roads, such as intercity freeways, freeways, etc., or a type of toll road, such as a prefecture road, etc., expressed as predetermined numbered characters, by the storage area 85 nnyh toll road section number storage room 851 of the toll road section, indicating the section of the toll road, an area 86 storing data name free way to store titles 861 path free roads, and area 87 of storage area name data storage area address in a data portion of the specification.

Moreover, altitude data intended to be stored in the altitude data storage area 83 is also collected when latitude data and longitude data are collected, i.e. when a database of 80 country roads is created. After the toll road collection system begins, however, elevation data is included in the data transmitted from multiple vehicles to the data center of the system and stored in the vehicle data table 70, in addition to the latitude data for the passage of the vehicle and the longitude of the point when driving a vehicle. Therefore, while the system is in operation, the data of the country’s road database 80 can be updated by adjusting the data by comparing the height data of each road section obtained from the plurality of vehicles 7 with the height data stored in the height storage area 83 of the road database 80 country created in advance. Latitude and longitude data can also be adjusted while the system is in operation to create an accurate database of 80 country roads in the payment collection system.

These heights are preferable in this regard, since it is possible to determine which toll road or freeway the vehicle is traveling when the toll road or freeway runs in parallel, but the first goes above the second, since most toll roads have overpasses.

Essentially, the location of a vehicle should not be perceived in two dimensions, but in three dimensions, including height. It is preferable that all vehicle locations, such as mountains, coast, mid-rise, mid-spiral exit, are perceived in three dimensions.

To obtain altitude data, the GPS information processing component 55 of the on-board vehicle computer must intercept more GPS 1 satellites than the satellites needed to obtain latitude and longitude data. Therefore, it is preferable that the GPS information processing component 55 has a high radio interception efficiency as well as a high calculation efficiency for obtaining latitude, longitude and altitude data from the received radio signal data.

As shown in Example 9, each type of road has an initial number depending on the type of road: “1” for a toll road and “2” for a toll free road. This number is then attached to the serial number so that various types of toll roads and toll roads can be represented in the numbered symbol 841 of the road attribute.

Now, a description is provided with respect to the toll road section number 851, which is each toll road under a unique number. As shown in FIG. 13, each toll road path is defined by 4 digitized numbers as a path number. Each section on the path is given a serial number as the number of the section within the path. The path number and the section number inside the path are connected to each other using a hyphen "-". The nine-digit number "XXXX-XXXX" thus created represents a specific section between the junction and the next junction in each toll road throughout Japan under a unique number.

For example, all toll roads are respectively given a four-digit path number "XXXX" as the name of the path, like Tomei "0001", Meishin "0002", Chuo "0003", etc. Then the section between the junction and the next junction on the path is set by the section number inside the path "XXXX". In this case, the section number starting with '0' represents the “next section number”, and the section number starting with '1' represents the “previous section number”. 13 shows a list of 120 numbers of the following sections of the toll road on the Tomei Freeway. On Fig shows a list of 122 numbers of previous sections of the toll road on the Tomei freeway.

More specifically, for example, the next section between "Oimatsuda and Gotenba" in Tomei is represented as "0001-0007" and the next section between "Komaki and Komacihigashi" in Meishin is represented as "0002-0001". On the other hand, the previous section between "Gotenba and Oimatsuda" is presented as "0001-1025". As for the section located inside the two roads at their intersection, the data for the next roundabout are jointly contained as the section number of the toll road on the track so that the section can be assigned to two tracks.

On the other hand, as a toll free road, a “track number”, such as Track XX or a “track name”, such as a XX Track, is digitized as path name data of a free road in order to provide a toll road name 861.

The table 90 for storing section number data when traveling on a toll road, shown in FIG. 10, is a data storage table generated with data when a vehicle is traveling on toll roads within the location history data when the vehicle is moving. One way when driving on a toll road, i.e. the history of the section from the junction at the entrance to the junction at the exit on the toll road is shown with the data of the section of the toll road. A table 90 for storing data of section numbers when traveling on a toll road is provided by the storage area of the vehicle ID for storing the vehicle ID code; a driver ID storage area 92 for storing a driver ID code; a time data storage area 93 for storing time data (year, month, day, hour, minute, second), a road attribute storage area 94 for storing a road attribute, i.e. numbered symbol of the attribute of the road intercity highway, freeway, city highway, freeway, etc., toll road section data storage area 95 for storing the number of the next or previous toll road section, data storage area name storage area 97 the address as the name of the site corresponding to the location where the vehicle passed, and the storage area 98 of the vehicle operating condition for storing pairs tra operating state of the vehicle. The toll road section number data expressed as “XXXX-XXXX”, starting from the toll road entry section and subsequent sections when driving to the exit section, is stored in the toll road section number storage area 95 for each vehicle ID code 91.

The vehicle location data table 100 when traveling on a toll free road shown in FIG. 11 is a data storage table for storing location data when a vehicle is moving except for traveling on toll roads, i.e. on free roads that drove a motor vehicle 7. A table 100 of vehicle location data when traveling on a free road is provided by a vehicle ID storage area 101 for storing a vehicle ID code; a driver ID storage area 102 for storing a driver ID code; a time data storage area 103 for storing time data (year, month, day, hour, minute, second), a road attribute storage area 105 for storing a road attribute, i.e. a numbered symbol of the attribute of the road of national roads, prefecture roads, local roads, etc., by the storage path name storage area 107, such as Way XX in the case of a national road, or a number such as XX Way, as the free path number 861 roads, by the data storage area 108 of the name of the section for storing the address data as the name of the section corresponding to the location where the vehicle passed, and the storage area 109 of the working condition data of the vehicle for storage vehicle operating condition parameter.

The payment collection data table 110 shown in FIG. 12 is for storing data for collecting tolls of a vehicle 7 on a toll road. It is provided by a vehicle ID storage area 111 for storing a vehicle ID code, a driver ID storage area 112 for storing a driver ID code, an area 113 for storing entry time onto a toll road for storing time data (year, month, day, hour, minute, second), when the vehicle entered the toll road, by the area of storage of data of the time of departure from the toll road, to store time data (year, month, day, hour, minute, second), when the vehicle drove outside Dela toll road; the entrance junction number data storage area 115 for storing the junction number at the entrance, i.e. interchanges at the entrance to the first section when traveling on a toll road, and the exit intersection number data storage area 117 for storing the exit interchange number, i.e. interchanges at the exit from the last section when traveling on a toll road, and the payment data storage area 119 for storing road payment data obtained by calculating payments from entry to exit. Such data is stored for each vehicle ID code if the driver drove on a toll road from entry to exit. There may be times when there are two or more drivers turning around on a toll road, which can cause a lot of driver ID codes to appear. In this case, the collection of payments involves the account of the financial institution, which is determined at the interchange at the entrance with a driver’s license, which includes the driver’s ID code.

Table 120 of the next toll road section number shown in FIG. 13 is a list of the following toll road section numbers, in which the path number of each toll road path is expressed by a 4-digit number, and each section on the path is given a serial number. An example is the following Tomei freeway.

Table 122 of the previous toll road section number shown in FIG. 14 is a list of previous toll road section numbers in which the path number of each toll road path is expressed by a 4-digit number, and each section on the path is given a serial number. An example is the previous Tomei freeway.

The following is a description of the toll junction number, which can represent all junction on toll roads with a unique number.

The toll junction number table 130 shown in FIG. 15 as an example is a list showing the Tomei freeway junction numbers. The number of each toll road path is expressed by a 4-digit number. The decoupling number is expressed by the path number followed by a hyphen “-”, followed by appending the letter “C” of decoupling “IC” to distinguish it from the section number and serial number so that it reads “XXXX-CXXX”. In this case, all interchanges on toll roads can be expressed by unique numbers, respectively. For example, "Gotenba Interchange" on Tomei is expressed as "0001-C008", and "Komaki Interchange" on Meishin is expressed as "0002-C002".

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the on-board computer 11 of the vehicle shown in FIG. 3. Now, referring to Fig. 16, operation of the on-board computer 11 of the vehicle 7 will be described.

The on-board computer 11 of the vehicle is connected, and it starts its work when the ignition key is inserted and turns from the OFF position. to the ON position. First, in step S110, it is determined whether a driver license card is inserted in the driver license function processing component 51. If a driver’s license card is inserted, the process proceeds to step S120, and the driver’s ID code is read from the driver’s card 50 along with data stored on the card, such as data related to the driver’s license. The process advances to step S130 and it is determined whether the inserted and read driver license card is authentic. If the card is not an authentic driver’s license card, the process proceeds to step S190 and ends after the error message is displayed on the display component 47.

If it is determined in step S130 that the card is an authentic driver’s license card, the process proceeds to step S140, and the engine starts after authorization.

In the next step S150, it is determined whether the engine is started. If the engine is started, in step S155, the vehicle location data and the operating state data of the respective vehicle operating components collected at predetermined sampling intervals in the form of vehicle data with time data in the form of a log file are stored in the external data storage unit 46. This data in step S160 is connected with the data of the vehicle ID code and the driver ID code and transmitted to the system data center 20 through the communication component 57. The vehicle ID code is stored in advance in the ROM 43 of the vehicle's on-board computer and is read if necessary. The driver ID code is read from the driver’s license card 50, capable of storing data that is determined by the on-board computer of the vehicle.

The time interval for collecting data for storing data of the location of the vehicle and the parameter of the operating state of the vehicle in the external data storage unit 46 can be set to any of 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1 second (seconds). It is preferable that such a sampling interval is the necessary and maximum time interval for obtaining the working condition of the respective working parts of the vehicle. In such a concept, it is also possible to set a suitable sampling interval for each operating state of the vehicle to obtain operating states. Therefore, the system data center 20 is supplied with such a value in the process as the amount of data transmitted from the plurality of vehicles 7.

In the system data center 20, vehicle location data and operating status data are transmitted from a plurality of vehicles along with time data, and one vehicle data table 70 is created for one vehicle ID for corresponding storage / data collection. Therefore, in the system data center 20, vehicle location data is constantly changing, and operating state data showing the operating state is stored / accumulated as time-consistent data in the vehicle data table 70 generated for each vehicle ID.

When the infrastructure described above is activated and the 24-hour connection becomes actual, the maximum time interval for transmitting the data necessary for storing data, as explained below in real-time traffic congestion data, becomes equal to the time interval for transmitting data from the vehicle to the center 20 system data. Until then, the required maximum time interval is determined in such a way as to be any interval for transmitting vehicle data to the system data center 20. It is preferable that the time interval for data whose file size is large, like tire image data, is set to be long. Similarly, the data transmission interval to the system data center 20 can be set separately as appropriate for the respective vehicle operating components.

Returning to the flow of operations, then it is determined in step S170 whether the engine is stopped. If the engine is not stopped, the process returns to step S155 of the operation of collecting / storing the vehicle operating state data, and at step S160, the transmission of the stored vehicle data continues. If it is determined in step S170 that the engine is stopped, the process proceeds to step S180, and then the card can be physically removed. When you remove the card, the operation ends.

FIG. 17 and FIG. 18 are flowcharts for explaining a data processing method of a vehicle data table 70, which includes data transmitted from the vehicle to the system data center 20. First, the process of determining the section number of the toll road and the section name or the path number of the toll road and the section name is explained, referring to FIG.

At step S210, data is read from the vehicle data table 70. A vehicle data table 70 is created for each on-board computer of the vehicle, i.e. each vehicle ID. Reading data of each record is performed sequentially.

In the next step, S22 accesses the country road database 80 shown in FIG. 9 based on latitude, longitude or altitude data to determine the type of road as an attribute of the road. Find out from the type of road whether the road is toll or toll free. If it is a toll road, the process proceeds to step S230. Refer to the database 80 of the roads of the country, shown in Fig.9, on the basis of the read data and determine the section number of the toll road, expressed as XXXX-XXXX, and the name of the site. In step S240, each data is stored in the vehicle ID storage area 91, the driver ID storage area 92, the time data storage area 93, the road attribute storage area 94, the toll road section data storage area 95, the section name storage area 97 and the area name 98 storing data of the operating state of the vehicle of the table 90 storing the data of the section number when traveling on the toll road shown in FIG. 10.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S220 that the road is free, the process proceeds to step S250. In the country road database 80 of FIG. 9, a search is performed for the data read in step S210, and the type of road, such as a national road, a prefecture road, etc., is determined from the road attribute. And then the path number or the name of the path and the name of the section are determined as the name of the path of the free road. In step S260, each data is stored in the vehicle ID storage area 101, the driver ID storage area 102, the time data storage area 103, the road attribute storage area 105, the free road path data storage area 107, the section name data storage area 108, and the area 109 storing data of the operating state of the vehicle of the table 90 storing data of the section number when traveling on the toll road shown in Fig.11.

In the next step S270, it is determined whether all the data in the vehicle data table 70 for one vehicle ID has been read. If not all data has been read, the process returns to step S210, and the above operation is repeated. If all the data has been read, the process proceeds to step S280. After storing respectively the data in the data storage table 90 of the section number when traveling on a toll road, as the location data when the vehicle is moving on a toll road, and the table of storing location data when the vehicle is moving on a toll road, as the location data when the vehicle is moving along free road, so that all locations are fixed when the vehicle is moving, the process ends.

Thus, the vehicle travel data for each vehicle is stored as location history data for the vehicle movement of the respective vehicles in the table number storage table 90 when traveling on a toll road shown in FIG. 10 and the location data table when driving vehicle on the free road shown in Fig.11.

Below, referring to FIG. 18, a payment calculation process and a payment collection process carried out in the system data center 20 are explained.

First, in step S310, the toll road section number data is read from the section number data storage table 90 when traveling on the toll road shown in FIG. 10 for each driver ID code 92 included in one vehicle ID code 91. After all the data for the driver ID code 92 has been read, it is determined in step S320 whether all the data has been read for one vehicle. If there is still data, the operation proceeds to the data of the next driver ID code 92, reads the data for each driver ID code 92, and then it is determined whether all the data for one vehicle ID has been read. When no more data is found, in step S330, a location analysis is performed while the vehicle is driving on a toll road. That is, a search is made for the junction number at the entrance corresponding to the section on the entrance side and the number of the junction at the exit corresponding to the section on the exit side in table 130 of the junction number on the toll road shown in FIG. 15, respectively, as the first section number of the toll road and The last section number of the toll road the motor vehicle has traveled, taking into account whether this path is next or previous based on the path number. Find the junction number at the entrance as a junction at the entrance, and the number of the junction at the exit as a junction at the exit at a time when the vehicle passed on a toll road.

In the next step S340, the payments determined for each type of vehicle are calculated when traveling from the junction at the entrance to the junction at the exit based on toll payments. In the next step S350, each data is stored in the vehicle ID storage area 111, the driver ID storage area 112, the toll road entry time storage area 113, the toll road exit time storage area 114, the entrance junction number data storage area 115, the exit junction number data storage area 117 and the calculated payments are stored in the payment data storage area 119 of the payment collection data table 110 shown in FIG. 12 for each driver ID in the vehicle ID. Payments are deducted from the account of the financial institution established at the entrance, guided by a driver’s license, which includes the driver’s ID.

Then, in step S360, the data necessary for collecting payments is transmitted to the financial institution 22. The system data center 20 transmits data to the payment collection data table 110 shown in FIG. 12 through the data exchange processing component 65 to the financial institution after the payment calculation for each driver ID at the junction at the entrance, i.e. for each owner of a driver’s license installed in the on-board computer of the vehicle at the entrance to the entrance. At a financial institution 22, payments are collected by automatic accrual through an account designated for payment by the owner of a driver’s license if a vehicle’s on-board computer is installed and a receipt is sent to the address indicated by the owner of the driver’s license.

The aforementioned reading of data from the payment collection data table 110 and the payment calculation process are performed within a separate time frame. For example, if data from the last month is read on the 20th day of each month, a collection process can be performed for toll road toll payments during the last month. In the aforementioned embodiment, payments are collected from the owner of the driver’s license. However, if the vehicle is a commercial vehicle, payments may be levied on the company, etc., which is the owner of the vehicle. In this case, the process of collecting payments can be performed not according to the ID of the driver, but according to the ID of the vehicle requested in advance.

The process mentioned above, collection of payments on a toll road can be carried out completely automatically and the service of customers traveling on a toll road can be improved. In other words, there is no need for devices like collection points, outposts, etc. Additionally, only moving individuals will become aware that they have passed through the toll road at the entrance and exit and can ride on it without performing any formalities. Devices and human activity can be substantially reduced, and traffic congestion at the entrance and exit and toll collection points can be significantly reduced.

Fig. 19 (a) and Fig. 19 (b) are diagrams showing an example of an on-board computer of a single type motor vehicle operating independently of a navigation element. In Fig. (A) shows the on-board computer of the vehicle attached to the dashboard of the vehicle, and in Fig. (B) shows the appearance of the on-board computer of the vehicle. On the front side of the on-board computer 130 of the vehicle, a card reading hole 139 is provided for a driver’s license card 50. An LED 137 is provided at the top of the front side indicating the operating state, such as “power”, “operating mode”, “malfunctioning”, “data storage”, “data transmission”, “receiving GPS radio signal”, “driver license verification”, and etc. In addition, a GPS antenna 135 is installed on top of the vehicle’s on-board computer and an antenna 134 for the communication component 57 is installed on the side of its front side. The vehicle’s on-board computer 130 reads the driver’s ID code and data related to the driver’s license from the driver’s license card 50 inserted into the card reader hole 139. The vehicle’s on-board computer 130 stores / accumulates latitude, longitude, and altitude data obtained from a plurality of radio signals received from several GPS satellites via GPS antenna 135, together with time data received from a clock generator 43 in a corresponding external data storage unit 46, and transmits this data to the system data center 20 through the communication component 57. The ID code of the on-board computer of the vehicle is stored in the GPE 43 at a time when the on-board computer 130 of the vehicle Twa is produced at the factory. Therefore, the ID code of the on-board computer 130 of the vehicle, which is stored in the ROM 43, is the ID code of the vehicle device 7 on which the on-board computer 130 of the vehicle is installed.

The on-board computer of the vehicle is made non-removable. The signal cable for use in determining whether the engine is allowed to start, etc., is connected to the power supply component 59 through a power cable and is powered by a vehicle battery.

Registration of a type of vehicle is carried out upon sale of a new vehicle or upon purchase and installation of an on-board computer 130 of a vehicle on a vehicle, as in the case of an on-board computer 11 of a vehicle with a navigation element.

The following is an explanation of how to use the vehicle operating condition parameters, which are the vehicle operating condition.

The on-board computer 11 of the vehicle, combined with the navigation element of the vehicle and integrated into the center console panel 12, comprises a vehicle information processing component 53 for collecting operating state parameters from respective operating components of the vehicle. The vehicle operating state data representing these vehicle operating conditions is transmitted to the data center 20 of the system for storage / storage in the form of data arranged sequentially in time. Thus, it is possible to provide the following services for the driver and owner of the vehicle using the stored / accumulated data:

(1) In relation to hardware

It is possible to detect the occurrence of any malfunction in the vehicle by determining with a diagnostic program whether the respective operating conditions of the respective components of the vehicle are appropriate. If any malfunction is detected, the owner of the car is determined by the ID of the vehicle and notified of the need for maintenance, thereby increasing the level of safety of the vehicle.

(2) In relation to software

In the data storage unit 63 of the system data center 20, data on the location of the vehicle, time data, and operating state data received from the respective components of the vehicle are stored.

The country’s road database 80 is designed to use 3D data that includes elevation data and road geographic data. Thus, it is possible to determine where the road has a slope up or slope down, or to determine whether this slope is steep or gentle, tracking the indicated data.

It is possible to diagnose a driver’s driving technique by analyzing the aforementioned data on the operating condition of the vehicle and data from the database 80 of the country's roads using an analytical program. If at the same time give each driver the appropriate instructions regarding his driving technique, thereby it is possible to increase the level of safety.

Driver diagnostic results can be provided in the form of a message for the driver, which is sent to the driver at the time of receiving toll payments. The message may include the following information, for example:

(1) The place and time or index when the vehicle was traveling at speed;

(2) The place, time and number of cases, or the index, when the motor vehicle crossed the line in places where crossing the line is prohibited;

(3) Adequacy of speed, line intersection, turn signal operation, etc. when turning the vehicle to the right or left;

(4) diagnostics of high speed movement, sudden acceleration and sudden start of movement, and modeling regarding fuel consumption and environmental pollution in the case when high speed movement, etc. is prohibited;

(5) the adequacy of gear selection and speed on the rise and engine braking and foot brake braking during the descent;

(6) the adequacy or index of a stop on a stop line;

(7) adequacy diagnostics in operations with steering, acceleration, gear change, braking, engine braking, etc. in urban areas or winding roads in the suburbs;

(8) a record of the non-use of seat belts;

(9) diagnostics of the level of visibility of each traffic sign;

(10) a comprehensive assessment of driving techniques; and

(11) fulfilling the requirements for obtaining gold rights, etc.

In addition, it is possible to carry out a personal check using psychoanalysis, since the diagnostic message is sent periodically along with bills for the use of toll roads, the driver can check his mental health in appropriate cases, comparing current data with previously obtained data. The driver can also pay attention to his mental health.

In addition, it is possible to obtain real-time information about traffic congestion by performing a comprehensive analysis based on information about the location of each vehicle, the direction of its movement and the speed of the vehicle transmitted from multiple vehicles to the data center 20 of the system. The results of the analysis are transmitted to each vehicle, and in each vehicle, real-time traffic data and pre-stored road position data in the vehicle’s navigation element are analyzed together to obtain the optimal path to the destination, given the traffic conditions in present moment of time.

It is also possible to track whether it is raining and how heavy it is, and in what area it is happening, based on the working condition of the wipers transmitted from each vehicle, i.e. based on whether the wipers are working, and if the wipers are working, based on the data on the wipers movement pattern explained above.

The following is an explanation of the new methods related to various vehicle equipment. These methods can be adapted for a vehicle for use in the aforementioned payment collection system. However, these methods can also be adapted for vehicles for use in systems other than a collection system.

As shown in FIG. 20, to determine the state of tire wear, the image of the moving surface of the tire received by two cameras 152 attached in the immediate vicinity of the tire 151 is transmitted to the center 20 of the system. At the system data center 20, the wear state is determined using pattern recognition of a three-dimensional image. Appropriate maintenance of the tire is possible when the owner of the car is notified of damage, if necessary, and the rotation time or time of replacing the tire. Detection of the state of wear can be performed in the MPU of the vehicle 7 without transmitting images to the system data center 20, and the owner or driver can be directly notified of the wear through the display component 47, etc. the on-board computer 11 of the vehicle.

The image data files obtained by shooting the moving surface of the tire, which are necessary to determine the state of wear of the tire, are large. Therefore, it is difficult to transfer them together with other operating parameters of the vehicle to the data center 20 of the system. Accordingly, it is preferable that image data transmission is performed only once after starting and stopping the engine, and is performed a predetermined number of times. In the most preferred embodiment, in the event that diagnostics by a tire diagnostic program using image pattern recognition is performed in the MPU of the vehicle 7, for example, it is possible to diagnose each moving tire surface every time the vehicle is stopped. The diagnostic result is issued as a parameter for determining the status of tires, which is one of the parameters of the operating state of the vehicle, and image data files of tires are sent to the data center 20 of the system only if any malfunction is detected.

On Fig.21-23 shows methods related to the automatic control of the wipers.

In the general case, the driver determines whether to start wipers that work during rain, etc., in accordance with the state of the windshield. The driver uses a lever-type switch provided near the steering wheel to power the wipers. However, this operation can be perceived as annoying when the rain intensity often changes, or for an inexperienced driver. Thus, the automatic control of the wipers of the present invention includes an image pickup device for acquiring an image of the state of the windshield for acquiring image data, a device for determining the state of the windshield for determining a state of the windshield from image data obtained by the image pickup device, and an automatic control device for the wipers the wipers according to the state of the windshield defined by the device Lenia state windscreen. In particular, a camera 125 is provided on the dashboard of the vehicle, aimed at the windshield, as shown in FIG. 21 (a), and capturing an image of the state of the windshield 124. The determination of the state of the windshield is performed by applying pattern recognition to the received image data, and in accordance with the indicated state, the wiper movement pattern is determined, for example, turning the wiper drive 127 on or off, or moving speed during operation. The camera can be installed in any place other than the dashboard, provided that the necessary image data can be obtained.

Regarding the operation method, the rotary switch 129 is more preferable than a conventional lever switch, since it can both rotate and shift, since the use of a frequency parameter is more rare compared to the switch on signal. It also has the advantage that steering errors are prevented when working with the steering.

21 (b) shows an example of a rotary rotary switch provided at the base of the steering wheel so that the driver can control the operation of the automatic wipers control unit. The rotary rotary switch 129 can be rotated to the states “OFF”, “AUTO”, “LOW (MEDIUM 1)”, “MEDIUM 2”, “MEDIUM 3”, ..., “HIGH”, etc. A flushing fluid supply switch 128 is provided on the head of the rotary rotary switch 129.

On Fig shows the electrical block diagram of the automatic control unit wipers. The automatic wiper control unit 110 is provided with a CPU 111, ROM 113 and RAM 115, a camera 125 connected to the image processing component 119 and a wiper drive 127 connected to the wiper control component 121.

As shown in FIG. 23, the operation of the wiper control unit is as follows.

At step S410, image data is obtained by capturing the image of the windshield 124 by the camera 125. The area of the windshield whose image is captured has the minimum area required to determine whether the wipers need to work and select a wiper movement pattern. The obtained image data is analyzed and the state of the windshield is determined in step S420.

The data of the state of the windshield under various external conditions is prepared as a result of experimental measurements in advance for the subsequent determination of the state of the windshield. It should be noted that external conditions other than rain, snow, dust, etc., i.e. vehicle speed, wind speed, wind direction, solar radiation, air temperature, humidity, temperature difference inside and outside the vehicle, etc. also take into account.

Using a simulator of the external environment, configured to provide such external conditions, an image of the state of the windshield in various external conditions is obtained and data suitable for pattern recognition is converted. Pattern recognition is then performed for image data that was captured during real rain, and these data are compared with image data previously stored to determine the state of the windshield.

In the next step S430, it is determined whether it is necessary to activate the drive 127 of the wipers. If it is determined that there is no need to activate the wiper drive 127, the process returns to step S410 and continues to perform the detection. If it is determined in step S430 that the operation of the wiper drive 127 is necessary, S440 selects the optimal wiper movement pattern from the wiper movement patterns previously obtained in the experiments, and in step S450 the wiper drive 127 is activated. The device for automatic control of the wipers is configured to select the movement of the wipers, providing the best view, even if the control of the wipers is switched to manual control.

The following is a description of the wiper movement patterns. As shown in FIG. 24, some basic patterns are defined as a combination of certain speeds and times corresponding to movement speeds and wiper drive movement intervals. Advantageous patterns for obtaining the best view when cleaning the windshield under the conditions of the windshield are determined in advance in experiments using a simulator of external conditions, and some of these patterns are set as the main patterns.

The movement speeds and movement intervals in the main patterns do not have to be regular time intervals given above. Fast movement and slow movement can alternate, or one fast movement can be repeated, followed by two slow movements. In addition, fast moving and slow moving, long time intervals and short time intervals can be combined randomly. The main patterns of movement of the wipers are selected from patterns that do not irritate the driver, provided that when the drive 127 drives the wipers, the best view is achieved.

There are an unlimited number of combinations of movement speed and movement intervals of the above components. At the same time, it is assumed that the driver will be very distracted by the work of the wipers while driving, if the movement patterns are not similar to the patterns that the driver actually used for the wipers in the past. Combinations of changes that give a few percent of the pulse time of the movement patterns shown in FIG. 24 and some irregularity in the pulse pattern are preferred.

For the above tasks, it is preferable to use a random number table from which the speed and time interval can be selected. First, basic movement patterns are selected, and then the aforementioned component is implemented to obtain movements having random fluctuations in the pulse time and pulse train. In addition, a plurality of secondary primary patterns having pulse time fluctuations and a randomly varying sequence of pulses can be predetermined for the primary motion patterns, and the plurality of secondary primary patterns can be repeated. In any case, the movement patterns of the wipers should be set in such a way that it is impossible to predict what movement may occur after one operation of the drive of the wipers.

In the next step, S460 determines whether the wipers should be suspended for a certain time. If the operation of the wipers is not stopped for a certain time, the process returns to step S440, where the wiper movement pattern is selected. At step S450, the drive 127 of the wipers is activated. If the pattern of moving the wipers (suspended) is maintained for a certain time, i.e. if the movement of the wipers is suspended for a certain time and it is determined that there is no need to activate the wipers, the pattern of movement of the wipers is set to 0 (suspended) to stop the movement of the wipers, and the process ends.

If it is necessary to set the wiper movement pattern in accordance with the preferences of the driver or owner of the vehicle, it is preferable if the wiper control unit is configured to teach these preferences by providing training speed parameters when the wipers are manually controlled. After that, the driver can choose the most preferred pattern for moving the wipers, even if the wipers are automatically activated. It is preferable that said setting data specific to a given driver obtained by the above method can be stored in the memory of the driver’s license as characteristic data of the driver. At the same time, the motor vehicle in which the driver’s license card 50 will be installed can be brought into the optimal state for the driver. Examples of other possible stored settings data relating to driver preferences are: seat position, steering wheel position, etc.

On Fig-28 described new methods related to control signaling a stop signal.

Normal brake lights come on when the driver engages the brake pedal. If an operation of the so-called impulse braking is performed, in which the brake pedal is activated for short intervals, the brake distance is shortened and the brake light comes on, which is a simple sign to stop the next vehicle. In other words, if the interval of operation of the brake pedal is long during a normal stop and short in case of danger, the driver of the next vehicle can predict the danger of a slowdown of the next vehicle ahead, and the danger that his own vehicle may be exposed to based on the alarm and the alarm intervals brake light in front of a running vehicle. In another case, the driver of the next vehicle predicts the possibility of deceleration by how quickly the distance between the vehicle in front and the next vehicle decreases. However, with a high level of danger for the driver, it is difficult to maintain composure. In addition, in recent years, most vehicles have been equipped with an ABC (anti-lock braking system) in the vehicle's braking unit. Therefore, it is difficult to fix the wheels and therefore the driver must keep the brake pedal depressed, which results in the driver of the next vehicle crashing into the rear of the vehicle in front due to the delay in determining the urgent stop of the vehicle in front .

The brake light control unit, which has the advantage of eliminating such a hazard as much as possible, is described below. The stop signaling alarm control unit comprises a device for determining a negative acceleration of braking of a vehicle and an alarm control device for signaling a stop signal at time intervals corresponding to a negative acceleration of a vehicle obtained from an acceleration determination device. The specified stop signaling alarm control unit shortens the alarm time intervals when increasing negative acceleration so that it is possible for the next vehicle to determine how much the vehicle is decelerating.

As for the alarm intervals, it is preferable that the alarm occurs at the same speed that a person can play with the pedal, i.e. so that it is not so short as to look unnatural.

The stop signal that performs the above signaling operation may be a stop signal 205 in the center of the vehicle or side signals 201, 203 on both sides of the vehicle, as shown in FIG. The above methods can be applied to all signals 201, 203, 205. Most preferably, if the method is applied to the stop signal 205 in the center of the specified vehicle.

The stop signaling control unit 210 comprises, as shown in FIG. 26, a CPU 211, a ROM 213, a RAM 215, an acceleration value storage component 220 connected to an acceleration calculation component 217, and a stop signal 230 connected to a stop control component 219 -signal.

The operation of the stop signal control unit 210 is described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the acceleration is determined in step S510, and the acceleration values are stored in the storage component 220 in step S520. The acceleration is determined continuously and the acceleration values are stored in the storage component 220, and the aforementioned vehicle information processing component 53 stores the acceleration data in the acceleration value storage component 220. In the next step 530, it is determined whether operations with the brake pedal are detected. If operations with the brake pedal are not performed, the process is paused until operations with the brake pedal are detected. If an operation with the brake pedal is detected, the process advances to step S540 and the signaling pattern number shown as an example in FIG. 28 corresponding to the negative acceleration at a given time is selected. In the next step S550, the stop signal 230 performs an alarm with an alarm pattern corresponding to the selected alarm pattern number.

In the next step S560, it is determined whether the brake pedal is released. If the brake pedal is not released, the process returns to step S540 and the above steps S54-S550 are repeated in accordance with the negative acceleration. A signaling pattern corresponding to a negative acceleration at a given time is selected when the vehicle decelerates.

On Fig shows an example of signaling patterns. In the signaling patterns, the states of the on and off signals are repeated at regular time intervals, and as the signaling pattern number increases, the signaling time intervals are shortened. Preferably, signaling patterns having regularity similar to those described above are predetermined.

At step S560, if it is determined that the brake pedal is released, the brake light 230 is turned off and the process ends.

The above are some embodiments of the present invention. However, the present invention should not be limited to these embodiments, and it can be used in various applications. For example, artificial satellites or the like for positioning a vehicle are not limited to GPS satellites only. Any artificial satellites or the like, having the function of determining latitude, longitude and altitude, determining the location of a vehicle, can be used.

The correspondence between the components in the above embodiments and the components in the claims of the present invention is as follows.

The card 50 in the embodiments corresponds to the driver's license card in the claims. The driver license function processing component 51 in the embodiments corresponds to a reader in the claims. The GPS information processing component 55 in the embodiments corresponds to the component for issuing latitude data, longitude data, altitude data in the information issuing device in the claims. The clock 42 in embodiments corresponds to a time data output component in an information output device in the claims. An external data storage unit 46, a vehicle ID code storage area 71, a driver ID code storage area 72, a time data storage area 73, a vehicle latitude data storage area 75, a vehicle longitude data storage area 77, a vehicle height data storage area 78 in the vehicle data table 70, in the data storage unit 63 in the embodiments, corresponds to the storage device for the vehicle location data in the formula Retenu. The country road database 80 in the data storage unit 63 in the embodiments corresponds to the road data storage device in the claims. Steps S210-S280 and S310-S340 of the main control component 61 in the embodiments correspond to a process for calculating payments by a device that determines a toll road section along which the vehicle is traveling and calculates a payment in the claims. Steps S350 and S360 of the main control component 61 in the embodiments corresponds to the payment collection control device in the claims.

The communication component 57 in the embodiments corresponds to the communication device of the vehicle in the claims, and the data exchange processing component 65 in the embodiments corresponds to the communication device of the system data center 20 in the claims.

The vehicle information processing component 53 in the embodiments corresponds to a device for collecting operating condition parameters of a vehicle in the claims. The vehicle operating state storage area 79 in the vehicle data table 70 of the data storage unit 63 in the embodiments corresponds to the vehicle operating state storage device in the claims. The main control component 61 and the vehicle operating state data storage area 79 of the data storage unit 63 and the data exchange processing component 65 in the embodiments correspond to the vehicle diagnostic notification device and the driver driving diagnostic device in the claims.

Step S140 in the embodiments corresponds to an engine start determination device for determining whether engine start is permitted in the claims.

A driver license card 50, a driver license function processing component 51, a CPU 41, a ROM 43, and a RAM 45 in the embodiments corresponds to a device for setting a state of a vehicle for setting a vehicle in an optimal state for a driver in the claims.

The main control component 61, the communication component 57, and the data exchange processing component 65 in the embodiments correspond to a congestion analysis device in the claims.

The camera 127 in the embodiments corresponds to a determination device for determining the state of the windshield in the claims. The CPU 111, ROM 113, RAM 115 and step S420 of the image processing component 119 correspond to the device for determining the state of the windshield in the claims. The process of determining the wiper movement pattern in step S440 in the embodiments corresponds to the process in the automatic wiper control device in the claims. The main component 61 in the embodiments corresponds to a precipitation distribution monitoring device in the claims.

The camera 152 in the embodiments corresponds to an image capturing device for capturing an image of a moving tire surface to obtain a three-dimensional image in the claims. The CPU 41, ROM 43, RAM 45 and the vehicle information processing component 53 corresponds to a wear detection device for determining the degree of tire covers.

The acceleration calculation component 217, the acceleration value storage component 220, the CPU 211, the ROM 213, and the RAM 215 in the embodiments correspond to the acceleration determination device in the claims, and step S510 in the embodiments corresponds to the acceleration detection process in the claims.

Steps S530-S570 in embodiments correspond to a stop signaling control process for controlling a stop signaling in the claims.

Industrial applicability

Comprehensive automation of the collection of toll road tolls becomes possible and an improvement in the quality of customer service for individuals using toll roads can be achieved. The hardware can be simplified and thus the cost of the equipment can be reduced and staff can be freed, since entry and exit outposts and payment collection points, etc., are no longer required. In addition, there is no traffic congestion immediately adjacent to the entrance and exit and toll collection points for the use of toll roads.

Claims (29)

1. A system for collecting toll roads, comprising a motor vehicle and a data center of the system, wherein said motor vehicle includes a vehicle location information output device for determining latitude, longitude and altitude data representing location information of said vehicle using a satellite positioning system or using a vehicle location system, a reader for reading the vehicle identification code from the storage device mounted on the vehicle and for reading the driver identification code from the driver’s license card, a vehicle location information storage device storing location information of the aforementioned vehicle, determined by a location information output device, a vehicle identification code, a driver identification code and time data in a storage device that the vehicle is equipped with at each predetermined time interval in quality of vehicle data; and a communication device transmitting vehicle data stored in the specified information storage device to a data center of the system, which is a means of accumulating data about vehicles, wherein the data center of the system includes a data storage device for vehicles received from said communication device in a data storage table of each vehicle with location fixation when driving on a toll free road and a location when entering and leaving a toll road, and a payment calculator that determines which section of the toll road a motor vehicle has moved based on a data storage table storing motor vehicle data and calculates a fare payment for each type of motor vehicle. 2. A method of collecting payments for the use of toll roads, the method comprises the steps of in a motor vehicle determine latitude data, longitude data and altitude data, which are data on the position of the vehicle, using a satellite positioning system or using a positioning system, save said position data of the vehicle, driver identification code, vehicle identification code and time data at each predetermined time interval; and transmit the stored vehicle data to the data center of the system; in the system data center: aggregate / collect vehicle data from a vehicle in a data storage table storing vehicle data; and analyze the position of the moving vehicle, based on the data storage table storing the vehicle data, determine which section of the toll road the vehicle was moving, and calculate the fare. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data center of the system comprises a payment collection processing device collecting tolls on toll roads computed by the payment calculation device through an account in a financial institution pre-established by an individual traveling on toll roads based on a driver’s identification code or a vehicle’s identification code. 4. The system according to claim 1, in which the vehicle contains a device for collecting parameters of the operating condition of a vehicle, collecting, from the corresponding operating components, parameters of the operating condition of the vehicle, identified with the ability to display in numerical form each of the many possible operating states of the corresponding working components of the vehicle; a vehicle operating state storage device that stores vehicle operating condition parameters together with a driver identification code, a vehicle identification code and time data in a storage device provided with the vehicle as vehicle data including vehicle operating parameters; and a communication device that transmits vehicle data to a system data center, and the system data center contains a vehicle data storage device that stores / accumulates vehicle data including vehicle operating parameters received from a vehicle in a data storage table of a storage device that stores data of each vehicle. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the driver’s license card is a card based on an integrated circuit. 6. The system according to claim 1, in which the vehicle contains a device for determining engine start, which does not allow to start the engine if the driver’s license card, equipped with a storage area configured to store data, is not authenticated. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storage table is implemented in a vehicle storage device and in a data center storage device of a system for storing vehicle data, for storing vehicle data in a vehicle data storage device, each of the data storage tables includes the following components: a vehicle identifier storage area in which a vehicle identification code is stored; a driver identifier storage area in which a driver identification code is stored; a time data storage area in which time data is stored; a longitude data storage area of a vehicle in which longitude data is stored representing the position data of the vehicle; a vehicle height data storage area in which height data is stored representing vehicle position data; a vehicle latitude data storage area in which latitude data is stored representing position data of a vehicle. 8. The system of claim 5, wherein the data storage table is implemented in a vehicle storage device and in a data center storage device of a system for storing vehicle data, for storing vehicle data in a vehicle data storage device and a vehicle operating state storage device , each of the data storage tables includes the following components: a vehicle identifier storage area in which a vehicle identification code is stored; a driver identifier storage area in which a driver identification code is stored; a time data storage area in which time data is stored; a longitude data storage area of a vehicle in which longitude data is stored representing the position data of the vehicle; a vehicle height data storage area in which height data is stored representing vehicle position data; a vehicle latitude data storage area in which latitude data is stored representing vehicle position data; an area for storing data on the operating state of a vehicle, in which the working state parameters of each working component of a vehicle are stored. 9. The system of claim 4, wherein said operating condition parameter expresses each of the many working components of the vehicle through the data of the working component; expresses the possible operating states of each working component through the operating state data, expresses the operating state of each working component through the data of the working components and data of the operating states. 10. The system according to claim 1, containing a database of all roads implemented in a storage device for road data, which is provided in said storage device of a data center of a system in which data on all roads is collected, while the database of all roads includes a latitude data storage area in which latitude data is stored, said data being location data of a section of each road; a longitude data storage area in which longitude data is stored, said data being location data of a section of each road; a height data storage area in which height data is stored, said data being location data of a section of each road; a road attribute storage area in which road attribute data is stored that indicate toll road types or toll free types; a toll road section number storage area in which toll road section numbers are stored; an area for storing names of free roads, in which names of free roads are stored; an area name data storage area in which address information of a location of road sections is stored. 11. The system according to claim 1, additionally containing a toll road database implemented in a road data storage device provided in said system data center storage device for collecting toll data set for each toll road section. 12. The system according to claim 1, in which the storage device for road data compares latitude data, longitude data and elevation data representing vehicle data collected from each vehicle in the data center of the system after the start of the toll collection system, with latitude data, longitude data and elevation data in the database of all roads, and adjusts the database of all roads. 13. The system according to claim 1, in which in the system data center, data is read from a data storage table of a vehicle data storage device in which vehicle data is stored, the data defined as toll road data being stored in a data storage table that stores motor vehicle data related to moving on toll roads; moreover, the data storage table in which the vehicle data related to the movement on toll roads is stored includes a vehicle identifier storage area in which a vehicle identification code is stored; a driver identifier storage area in which a driver identification code is stored; a time data storage area in which time data is stored; a road attribute storage area in which road attribute data is stored; a toll road section number storage area in which toll road section numbers are stored; and an area name data storage area in which address data of a site road location is stored. 14. The system according to claim 1, in which in the system data center, the data is read from the data storage table of the vehicle data storage device in which the vehicle data is stored, the data defined as data on moving on free roads are stored in a data storage table that stores vehicle data related to moving on free roads; moreover, the data storage table in which the vehicle data related to moving on free roads is stored includes a vehicle identifier storage area in which a vehicle identification code is stored; a driver identifier storage area in which a driver identification code is stored; a time data storage area in which time data is stored; a road attribute storage area in which road attribute data is stored; an area for storing names of free roads, in which names of free roads are stored; and an area name data storage area in which address data of the location of the areas is stored. 15. The system according to claim 1, additionally containing a data storage table that stores data collection fees related to movement on toll roads, said data table includes a driver identifier storage area in which a driver identification code is stored; a time data storage area in which time data is stored; an area of storage of data of time of entry to a toll road, in which data of time of entry to a section of a toll road is stored; and an area of storage of data of a time of departure from a toll road, in which data of a time of departure from a section of a toll road is stored; the junction data storage area in which the junction data is stored; exit junction data storage area in which exit junction data of a toll road is stored; a toll data storage area in which toll data calculated by searching the road toll database is stored based on the toll road sections traveled. 16. The system according to claim 4, containing a vehicle diagnostics device that determines whether the operation of each working component of a vehicle is normal by analyzing the parameters of the working condition of the vehicle located in the data storage area of the working condition of the vehicle of the data storage table in which the vehicle data is stored; and a result notification device that issues a notice that the vehicle needs maintenance, if, as a result of the diagnosis by the vehicle’s diagnostic device, it is determined that the vehicle needs maintenance, this notification is issued to the owner of the vehicle identified on the basis of the vehicle identification code stored in the storage area of the vehicle identifier. 17. The system according to claim 1, in which the data center of the system contains a device for analyzing traffic congestion, which determines traffic congestion by analyzing data on the directions of movement and speeds of each vehicle based on time data and location data of the vehicle for each vehicle transmitted from each motor vehicle traveling by road, and stored in a data storage table storing vehicle data. 18. The system according to 17, which provides for the navigation system of a vehicle, at the same time, the vehicle’s navigation system allows each vehicle to receive traffic data received in real time from a traffic device in the data center of the system, and allows you to get the best route to your destination under busy roads, based, in addition to data road patterns on data on traffic congestion. 19. The method according to claim 2, in which each of the sections of toll roads is identified using a unique number. 20. The method according to claim 2, in which each of the interchanges on sections of toll roads is identified using a unique number. 21. The system of claim 1, wherein the data center of the system includes a device for analyzing a driver’s driving technique analyzing a driver’s identification code, vehicle identification code, latitude data, longitude data, time data, and vehicle operating condition parameters stored in the center of the road schedule system based on the database of all roads and the analysis program, and executed with the possibility of sending the driver a report on the results of the above analysis of the driver’s driving technique or recommendations on the driving technique. 22. The road schedule system according to claim 4, in which the data center of the system performs the following functions: checking individual personality characteristics using psychoanalysis, based on the analysis of the driver’s identification code, vehicle identification code, latitude data, longitude data, time data, and vehicle operating condition parameters stored in the center of the road schedule system in the data storage table in which the data is stored a vehicle, based on a database of all roads and an analysis program, and also based on a comparison of the result of the analysis with previous data, they give recommendations to a driver who is in a certain place regarding his mental state, and thereby increase the level of driver’s attentiveness while driving a vehicle. 23. The system according to claim 4, in which the data center of the system includes a functional unit that determines violations of traffic rules by analyzing the driver’s identification code, vehicle identification code, latitude data, longitude data, time data, and vehicle operating condition parameters funds stored in the data storage table, which stores vehicle data for each vehicle, based on the database of all roads and the analysis program. 24. The on-board computer of a vehicle integrated into the navigation system of a vehicle and permanently located on a vehicle equipped with a navigation system, moreover, said on-board computer is a component of the system according to claim 1, said on-board computer contains a reader that reads the vehicle identification code from the storage device provided in the on-board computer and reads the driver's identification code from the driver’s license card; a vehicle location information output device that outputs latitude, longitude and elevation data as vehicle location data obtained from a satellite positioning system or a positioning system; a vehicle location data storage device storing the vehicle identification code, driver identification code, time data, latitude data, longitude data and elevation data or vehicle operating condition parameters as vehicle data in the storage device; and a communication device that transmits said vehicle data to a data center of the system, which is a vehicle data storage means; wherein said vehicle navigation system is configured to receive, in real time, traffic congestion data from a system data center through a traffic congestion data communication device, and to obtain an optimal route to a destination in busy roads, based, in addition to road pattern data, traffic congestion data. 25. Autonomous on-board computer of a motor vehicle intended for permanent placement on a motor vehicle not equipped with a navigation system, moreover, said on-board computer is a component of the system according to claim 1, said on-board computer contains a reader that reads the vehicle identification code from the storage device provided in the on-board computer and reads the driver's identification code from the driver’s license card; an engine start determination device that allows the engine to be started if a driver’s license card is defined as an authentic driver’s license card; a vehicle location information output device that outputs latitude, longitude and elevation data as vehicle location data obtained from a satellite positioning system or a positioning system; a vehicle location data storage device storing the vehicle identification code, driver identification code, time data, latitude data, longitude data and elevation data or vehicle operating condition parameters as vehicle data in the storage device; and a communication device that transmits said vehicle data to a system data center, which is a vehicle data storage means. 26. The on-board computer of a motor vehicle integrated into the navigation system of a motor vehicle and permanently located on a motor vehicle equipped with a navigation system, moreover, said on-board computer is a component of the system according to claim 1, said on-board computer contains a reader that reads the vehicle identification code from the storage device provided in the on-board computer and reads the driver's identification code from the driver’s license card; an engine start determination device that allows the engine to be started if a driver’s license card is defined as an authentic driver’s license card; a vehicle location information output device that outputs latitude, longitude and elevation data as vehicle location data obtained from a satellite positioning system or a positioning system; a vehicle location data storage device storing the vehicle identification code, driver identification code, time data, latitude data, longitude data and elevation data or vehicle operating condition parameters as vehicle data in the storage device; and a communication device that transmits said vehicle data to a data center of the system, which is a vehicle data storage means; wherein said vehicle navigation system is configured to receive, in real time, traffic congestion data from a system data center through a traffic congestion data communication device, and to obtain an optimal route to a destination in busy roads, based, in addition to road pattern data, traffic congestion data. 27. The system of claim 1, wherein the driver’s license card stores a driver’s identification code and data related to a driver’s license. 28. The system according to claim 4, in which the data center of the system as a component of the system of collecting tolls for the use of toll roads collects vehicle data from each vehicle performs various processing operations, wherein the data center of the system includes a communication device that exchanges data with each vehicle registered in the system of collecting tolls for the use of toll roads; a vehicle data storage device that stores / accumulates vehicle data received from each vehicle in a data storage table provided in a storage device for storing vehicle data; a payment calculating device determining which section of a toll road a motor vehicle has traveled based on a data storage table storing motor vehicle data and calculating a fare payment; a payment collection processing device collecting tolls on toll roads through a pre-established account at a financial institution; a road data storage device including a database of all roads and a road toll database; a vehicle operating state storage device that stores / accumulates vehicle operating condition parameters received from each vehicle in said data storage table provided in the storage device for storing a vehicle data; a device for analyzing a driver’s driving technique analyzing a data storage table storing vehicle data based on a database of all roads and an analysis program; a vehicle diagnostics device that determines whether the operation of each working component of a vehicle is normal by analyzing the operating condition of the vehicle stored in the data storage table in which the vehicle data is stored; and a result notification device that issues a notification of a diagnostic result of a vehicle; and a congestion analysis device that determines congestion based on a data storage table in which vehicle data is stored. 29. The method according to claim 2, wherein said method includes the following steps performed in the data center of the system: reading data for each vehicle identification code in the manner determined by the time data from the data storage table in the vehicle data storage device in which the vehicle data is stored; search for road location data in a database of all roads based on vehicle location data; wherein the road location data includes latitude data in a latitude data storage area, longitude data in a longitude data storage area, elevation data in a height data storage area, and vehicle location data includes latitude data in a vehicle latitude data storage area, data longitudes in the field of storing data of the longitude of the vehicle, elevation data in the field of storing data of the height of the vehicle, determining whether the vehicle was traveling along a toll road section based on data of road attributes and data on toll road sections corresponding to said road location data; calculate the fare by searching the database of tolls on the basis of the results of determining data on sections of toll roads; and save the calculated fare in the storage area of the payment data.

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