TWI488146B - Charging system, charging apparatus, charging method, and charging program therefor - Google Patents

Description

Charging system, charging device, charging method, and charging program

The present invention relates to a charging system, a charging device, a charging method, and a program for charging a vehicle existing in a toll area.

Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-210716, filed on Sep. 27, 2011, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein.

As a method of charging a vehicle that travels on a road, a charging method using a positioning result of a GPS (Global Positioning System) has been proposed. As an example of a charging method using the positioning result of GPS, a distance charging method or a time charging method is listed. The distance charging method is a charging method for calculating a charging amount based on a driving distance of a distance in a charging target area determined based on a GPS positioning result or the like, and the time charging method calculates a charging based on a time staying in the charging target area. The method of charging for the amount of money to be charged.

However, in the area to be charged, there may be a facility that charges a parking lot or the like and charges it in a charging manner different from the charging method in the charging area. In this case, in order to prevent double charging, it is preferable to stop charging based on traveling in the area to be charged. That is, in the case where the vehicle enters the toll parking lot in the toll area, it is preferable to convert the charge processing from the charge according to the travel in the charge target area to the charge of the pay parking lot. In other words, in the charging system for the area charging, it is preferable to set the toll parking lot or the like in the area to be charged as the non-charging area.

Patent Document 1 discloses a method of processing a charge for a vehicle that is present in a parking lot or a parking area in a toll area. According to the method described in Patent Document 1, the charging system stores in advance the area information in which the map information is associated with the charge target area and the charge amount, and the charge processing is performed based on the position information and the area information of the vehicle estimated by GPS or the like.

[Previous Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent No. 3365296

However, in the case of the method described in Patent Document 1, regardless of whether or not the vehicle enters the non-charged area, there is a possibility that the charging system may erroneously determine that the charging system does not enter the non-charging area due to the estimation error of the vehicle position. Specifically, for example, when the entrance and exit of the parking lot is provided in the vicinity of the intersection, if the method described in Patent Document 1 is used, there may be a estimation error of the GPS position of the GPS, although the vehicle actually enters the parking lot, but In the charging system, it is determined that the parking lot has not been entered, and the double charging process is mistakenly performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a charging system, a charging device, a charging method, and a program that can determine whether or not a vehicle enters a non-charging area without any error.

A first aspect of the present invention is a charging system for charging a vehicle existing in a toll area, and includes: a charging device, the pair of which exists in the above-mentioned charging The vehicle in the fee-receiving area performs charging processing; and the identification information acquiring device acquires identification information of the vehicle existing in the non-charging area provided in the charging target area, and notifies the charging device to the charging device; And an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information of the vehicle from the identification information acquisition device; the charging unit calculates a charge amount based on the travel of the vehicle in the charge target area, and performs charging processing on the vehicle; The exclusion processing unit sets the specific period from when the identification information acquisition device acquires the identification information of the vehicle to the exclusion process of the charging process performed by the charging unit on the vehicle indicated by the identification information.

Further, in the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible that the identification information acquiring means acquires identification information of the vehicle by receiving identification information of the vehicle from the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle in the non-charging area; The charging unit of the device calculates the amount of the vehicle for the vehicle based on the driving of the vehicle in the area of the charging area; the charging object exclusion processing unit of the charging device stops when the identification information of the vehicle is acquired from the identification information acquiring device. The charging unit calculates the amount of the charge for the vehicle indicated by the identification information.

Further, in the first aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the identification information acquiring means has a communication area at a boundary of the non-charging area, and the vehicle is mounted on the vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle when the vehicle passes the boundary of the non-charging area Receive identification information.

Further, in the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible that the charging object exclusion processing unit of the charging device acquires the above-described identification information acquiring device When the identification information of the vehicle is reached until the identification information of the vehicle is again acquired by the identification information acquiring device, the charging unit performs the charging process for the vehicle indicated by the identification information.

Further, in the first aspect of the present invention, the charging device includes: a target exclusion time calculation unit that calculates a time period in which the charging target exclusion processing unit is to be excluded from the charging process; and an additional charging unit. When the time calculated by the target exclusion time calculation unit is equal to or less than a specific time, it is determined that the vehicle is excluded from the charging target at the point where the vehicle starts at the time when the charging target exclusion processing unit excludes the charging target. The place where the end of the period in which the charge object is excluded by the processing unit is the charge amount corresponding to the standard route in the case of traveling in the charge target area, and the vehicle is charged.

Further, in the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible that the identification information acquiring means acquires the identification information of the vehicle existing in the non-charging area provided in the charging target area, and the identification information and the time at which the identification information is acquired Notifying the charging device that the charging object exclusion processing unit of the charging device calculates the amount of the charging process that the charging unit has performed the charging process during the period from the time included in the information acquired by the identification information acquiring device to the specific end time. The refund amount will be refunded.

Further, the second aspect of the present invention is a charging device that charges a vehicle existing in a charging area, and includes an identification information acquiring unit that acquires a vehicle existing in a non-charging area provided in the charging target area. The identification information acquiring means for notifying the identification information to the charging device, and acquiring the identification information of the vehicle; the charging department is based on the receiving The charge amount is calculated by the travel of the vehicle in the fee area, and the charge processing is performed on the vehicle; and the charge object exclusion processing unit sets the specific period from when the identification information acquisition device acquires the identification information of the vehicle. Exclusion of the charge processing by the charging unit to the vehicle indicated by the identification information.

Further, a third aspect of the present invention is a method of charging a charging device that charges a vehicle existing in a charging area, and the identification information acquiring unit of the charging device is acquired in the charging target area. The identification information of the vehicle in the non-charging area and the identification information acquiring means notified to the charging device to obtain the identification information of the vehicle; the charging unit of the charging device calculates the charging amount based on the driving of the vehicle in the charging target area And charging the vehicle; the charging object exclusion processing unit of the charging device sets the specific period from when the identification information acquiring device acquires the identification information of the vehicle, and the charging unit indicates the identification information. Exclusion of the charge processing by the vehicle.

Further, a fourth aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a charging device that performs charging processing on a vehicle existing in a charging target area as a function of: an identification information acquiring unit that self-acquisition exists in a setting The identification information of the vehicle in the non-charging area in the charging target area and the identification information acquiring means notified to the charging device to obtain the identification information of the vehicle; the charging unit is based on the driving of the vehicle in the charging area And calculating the charge amount, and charging the vehicle; and the charge object exclusion processing unit, which will obtain the identification information acquisition device The specific period from when the identification information of the vehicle is taken is set as the exclusion target of the charging process performed by the charging unit on the vehicle indicated by the identification information.

According to the present invention, the charging device acquires the identification information of the vehicle existing in the non-charging area by the self-identification information acquiring means, and sets the period from the time when the identification information is acquired to the specific end time as the exclusion target of the charging process. Thereby, the charging device can determine without any error whether or not the vehicle enters the non-charging area.

"First Embodiment"

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a charging system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The charging system is a system for charging a vehicle that exists in the area to be charged, and includes: a vehicle-mounted device 10 mounted on the vehicle; an area charging device 20 (charge device) that performs regional charging in a specific charging area; and A parking lot charging device 30 (identification information acquiring device) that charges the parking lot (not the charging area) installed in the charging area. That is, the parking lot charging device 30 performs charging processing for the vehicle parked in the parking lot in the vehicle in the charging target area, and the regional charging device 20 performs charging processing for the other vehicles.

In addition, the vehicle-mounted device 10 is a device owned by the owner of the vehicle, and the regional charging device 20 is a device owned by the operator of the regional charging, and the parking device charging device 30 It is a device owned by the manager of the parking lot.

The vehicle-mounted device 10 includes a position estimation unit 11 , a card information reading unit 12 , an identification information storage unit 13 , a mobile communication unit 14 , and a DSRC communication unit 15 .

The position estimating unit 11 estimates the position of the own device based on GPS or autonomous navigation method.

The card information reading unit 12 inserts a card provided in the card slot of the vehicle-mounted device 10, and reads information (card number, etc.) of the card.

The identification information storage unit 13 memorizes the identification information of the vehicle on which the local device is mounted.

The mobile communication unit 14 performs wireless communication with the area communication device via a mobile communication network such as a mobile telephone communication network or a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) communication network.

The DSRC communication unit 15 performs wireless communication with the parking lot charging device 30 via the beacon having the communication area at the entrance and exit of the parking lot in accordance with DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) communication.

The area charging apparatus 20 includes a position information receiving unit 21, an area charging unit 22 (charge unit), an identification information acquiring unit 23, a charging target exclusion processing unit 24, a target exclusion time calculation unit 25, and an additional charging unit 26.

The position information receiving unit 21 receives the identification information, the card information, and the position information of the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted device 10 is mounted from the vehicle-mounted device 10 via the mobile communication network.

The area charging unit 22 calculates the charge amount based on the position information received by the position information receiving unit 21, and performs the charge-by-pass processing on the vehicle using the card information received by the position information receiving unit 21. In addition, as the calculation of the amount of the charge The method lists the distance charging method or the time charging method.

The identification information acquisition unit 23 acquires identification information of the vehicle entering the parking lot or the vehicle exiting from the parking lot from the parking lot charging device 30 via the wide area network such as the Internet.

When the identification information acquisition unit 23 acquires the identification information of the vehicle entering the parking lot from the parking lot charging device 30, the charging target removal processing unit 24 stops the area charging unit 22 from charging the vehicle. Further, when the identification information acquisition unit 23 acquires the identification information of the vehicle that has exited the parking lot from the parking lot charging device 30, the charging target removal processing unit 24 restarts the charging process for the vehicle.

The object exclusion time calculation unit 25 calculates the time at which the charge object exclusion processing unit 24 sets the charge exclusion target.

When the time calculated by the target exclusion time calculation unit 25 is shorter than the specific time, the additional charge unit 26 performs a charge process with respect to the vehicle based on the charge amount of the vehicle travel in the time range.

The parking lot charging device 30 includes an identification information receiving unit 31, an identification information notifying unit 32, a time measuring unit 33, and a parking lot charging unit 34.

The identification information receiving unit 31 receives the vehicle-mounted device 10 from the vehicle-mounted device 10 when the vehicle passes the boundary of the non-charging area when the vehicle passes the boundary of the non-charging area by the DSRC communication, via the beacon having the communication area at the entrance and exit of the parking lot, that is, the parking lot. Vehicle identification information and card information.

The identification information notification unit 32 notifies the area charging apparatus 20 of the identification information received by the identification information receiving unit 31 via the wide area network.

The timing unit 33 receives the timekeeping self-identification information receiving unit 31 for each vehicle. The time from the moment the information is identified to the next time the identification information of the vehicle is received.

The parking lot charging unit 34 calculates the charging amount based on the time counted by the time measuring unit 33, and performs charging processing on the vehicle.

Next, the operation of the charging system of the present embodiment will be described. First, the operation of the parking lot charging device 30 will be described.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the parking lot charging device 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The identification information receiving unit 31 of the parking lot charging device 30 determines whether or not DSRC communication is established between the beacon having the communication area and the vehicle-mounted device 10 at the entrance/exit of the parking lot (step S1). The identification information receiving unit 31 determines that the DSRC communication is not established (step S1: NO), and repeats the determination of step S1 until the DSRC communication is established.

On the other hand, the identification information receiving unit 31 determines that the DSRC communication is established (step S1: YES), determines that the vehicle has entered the parking lot, and reads the identification information of the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted device 10 is mounted from the vehicle-mounted device 10 via the beacon ( Step S2). Next, the identification information notification unit 32 notifies the area charging device 20 of the identification information read by the identification information receiving unit 31 (step S3). Moreover, the timer unit 33 starts counting the elapsed time from the time when the identification information receiving unit 31 receives the identification information (step S4).

Next, it is determined whether or not the DSRC communication is established between the beacon having the communication area at the entrance and exit of the parking lot and the vehicle-mounted device 10 reading the identification information in step S2 (step S5). The identification information receiving unit 31 determines that the DSRC communication is not established (step S5: NO), and repeats the determination of step S5 until the DSRC communication. establish.

On the other hand, the identification information receiving unit 31 determines that the DSRC communication is established (step S5: YES), determines that the vehicle has exited from the parking lot, and reads the identification information of the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted device 10 is mounted from the vehicle-mounted device 10 via the beacon. And card information (step S6). Next, the identification information notification unit 32 notifies the area charging device 20 of the identification information read by the identification information receiving unit 31 (step S7). Moreover, the timer unit 33 ends the elapsed time from the start of step S4 (step S8). Further, the parking lot charging unit 34 calculates the charging amount based on the elapsed time counted by the timer unit 33, and performs charging processing based on the card information read by the identification information receiving unit 31 in step S6 (step S9).

Thereby, the parking lot charging device 30 can charge the vehicle according to the amount of time the vehicle stays in the parking lot.

Next, the operation of the area charging device 20 will be described.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the area charging apparatus 20 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The area charging apparatus 20 repeatedly performs the processing of steps S11 to S22 shown below for all the vehicles (step S10).

First, the location information receiving unit 21 of the area charging device 20 receives the identification information, the location information, and the card information from the vehicle-mounted device 10 via the mobile communication network (step S11). Next, the area charging unit 22 determines whether or not the position information received by the position information receiving unit 21 indicates the position in the charging target area (step S12). The area charging unit 22 determines that the position information indicates the position outside the charging target area (step S12: NO), and performs the loop processing below step S10 without performing the charging processing.

On the other hand, the area charging unit 22 determines that the position information indicates the position in the charging target area (step S12: YES), and determines whether or not the vehicle indicated by the identification information received in step S11 is in the charging stop state (step S13). ). In addition, the charge stop state indicates a state in which the area charge processing is stopped because the vehicle exists in the parking lot. Further, the area charging unit 22 preliminarily stores the state of each vehicle in the internal memory, and determines whether or not the vehicle is in the charging stop state by referring to the state.

The area charging unit 22 determines that the vehicle indicated by the identification information received in step S11 is in the non-charge stop state (step S13: NO), and calculates the charge amount based on the position information received by the position information receiving unit 21 in step S11. The charging process is performed based on the card information received by the location information receiving unit 21 (step S14). Next, the identification information acquisition unit 23 determines whether or not the identification information identical to the identification information received in step S11 is notified from the parking lot charging device 30 (step S15). Further, when the identification information notified in the non-charge stop state is that the vehicle enters the parking lot, the person notified by the parking lot charging device 30 in step S3. The identification information acquisition unit 23 determines that the identification information identical to the identification information received in step S11 has not been notified from the parking lot charging device 30 (step S15: NO), and executes a loop process in step S10. In other words, the area charging unit 22 performs the charge-by-pass processing as long as the vehicle exists in the charge target area and exists outside the parking lot.

On the other hand, the identification information acquisition unit 23 determines that the parking lot charging device 30 has notified the same identification information as the identification information received in step S11 (step S15: YES), and the charging target exclusion processing unit 24 applies the regional charging unit. 22 outputs a charge stop instruction for stopping the charge processing (step S16). Thereby, the area charging unit 22 updates the state of the vehicle stored in the internal memory to the charging stop state. Next, the target exclusion time calculation unit 25 records the time at which the identification information acquisition unit 23 acquires the identification information and the position information acquired in step S11 in the internal memory (step S17), and executes a loop process in step S10.

On the other hand, in step S13, the area charging unit 22 determines that the vehicle indicated by the identification information received in step S11 is in the charge stop state (step S13: YES), and the area charging unit 22 does not perform the charging process.

Next, the identification information acquisition unit 23 determines whether or not the identification information identical to the identification information received in step S11 is notified from the parking lot charging device 30 (step S18). Further, the identification information notified when the charge is stopped is the notification by the parking lot charging device 30 in step S7 when the vehicle exits from the parking lot. The identification information acquisition unit 23 determines that the identification information identical to the identification information received in step S11 has not been notified from the parking lot charging device 30 (step S18: NO), and executes a loop process in step S10. That is, the area charging unit 22 stops the charging process for the vehicle while the vehicle is present in the parking lot.

On the other hand, the identification information acquisition unit 23 determines that the parking lot charging device 30 has notified that the identification information is the same as the identification information received in step S11 (step S18: YES), and the charging target exclusion processing unit 24 applies the regional charging unit. 22 outputs a charge restart instruction for restarting the charging process (step S19). Thereby, the area charging unit 22 updates the state of the vehicle stored in the internal memory to the charging state. Next, the target exclusion time calculation unit 25 acquires the time at which the identification information is acquired and the memory is acquired by the operation identification information acquisition unit 23. The difference between the time of the memory and the time when the area charging unit 22 stops charging is calculated as the target exclusion time (step S20). Next, the additional charging unit 26 determines whether or not the target exclusion time calculated by the target exclusion time calculation unit 25 is shorter than a specific threshold (for example, 5 minutes) (step S21). The additional charging unit 26 determines that the target exclusion time is longer than the specific threshold (step S21: NO), and performs a loop process below step S10.

On the other hand, the additional charging unit 26 determines that the target exclusion time is shorter than the specific threshold (step S21: YES), and determines the presence and absence based on the position stored in the internal memory and the position information received in step S11. The amount of the charge corresponding to the standard route of the situation in the area of the charge object. Then, the additional charging unit 26 performs the charging processing of the determined charging amount, that is, the additional charging processing based on the card information received in step S11 (step S22). In addition, in the case of the distance charge method, for example, in the case of the distance charge method, for example, the charge amount corresponding to the distance from the entrance of the parking lot to the standard route of the exit can be calculated; for the case of the time charge method, for example, it can be calculated The distance from the standard path from the entrance to the exit of the car park divided by the standard speed. As the standard vehicle speed, a predetermined vehicle speed, a vehicle speed defined for each route, a vehicle speed when entering the parking lot, and a vehicle speed of other vehicles traveling on the same road at that time are listed. Then, a loop process below step S10 is performed.

By repeating the above-described processing, the area charging apparatus 20 can perform the charging processing in the case where the vehicle exists in the charging target area and exists outside the parking lot, and stops the charging processing in the case where the vehicle exists in the parking lot.

Here, the reason for performing the additional charge processing of step S22 is described. Bright.

Fig. 4 is a view showing an example of a parking lot and a road installed in the toll area.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the first road extending from the lower left side of the drawing surface to the upper left side of the drawing surface, the second road extending from the lower right side of the drawing surface to the upper right side of the drawing surface, and the first road are connected to the charging target area. The third road of the second road is provided between the first road and the second road in the lower side of the drawing, and has a parking lot at the exit side of the first road side and the second road side.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, in order to move from the lower side of the drawing of the first road to the lower side of the drawing of the second road, it is necessary to drive the third road (the path of the chain line in FIG. 4). However, in the parking lot, the road is moved from the lower side of the first road to the lower side of the second road (the dotted line in Fig. 4), and the travel distance can be shortened compared with the case of the third road. Driving time, which can improperly avoid the charges when driving on a regular road.

On the other hand, by performing the above-described processing of steps S21 to S22, when the stay time in the parking lot is extremely short, it is estimated that the vehicle approaches the road, and the additional charging unit 26 determines the entrance and exit of the parking lot on the first road side. When the third road is moved to the entrance and exit of the parking lot on the second road side, the charge amount is processed, and the additional charge processing is performed. In this way, it is possible to prevent unreasonable evasion of charges when driving on a regular road. Moreover, since the time of entering the parking lot and the time of exiting will leave a record in the internal memory of the area charging device 20, it can be used as evidence for judging the approach.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the charging device acquires the identification information of the vehicle existing in the non-charging area by the self-identification information acquiring device, and the self-acquisition The period from the time when the information is identified to the specific end time is set as the exclusion of the charge processing. Thereby, the charging device can determine without any error whether or not the vehicle enters the non-charging area.

In the above, the first embodiment of the present invention is described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited thereto, and various design changes and the like can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

For example, in the first embodiment, the identification information receiving unit 31 of the parking lot charging device 30 describes the case where the beacon having the communication area in the boundary of the parking lot receives the identification information, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, it is possible to carry out communication using the portable terminal device for the vehicle-mounted device 10 mounted on the vehicle parked in the parking lot instead of the mobile terminal device that performs DSRC communication by the toll collector of the parking lot instead of setting the beacon in the parking lot. And transmitting the identification information received by the portable terminal device to the parking lot charging device 30. By using the portable terminal device in this way, for example, when the roadside is set as the parking area, the area charging of the present invention can be performed even if the beacon cannot be set at the boundary of the parking area.

Further, in the case of using the portable terminal device described above, the area charging device 20 can determine that the parking is over and restart the charging when the identification information is received again from the portable terminal device, and can restart the charging when the vehicle starts to start.

Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the beacon having the communication area is provided at the entrance/exit port, and the identification information is received twice at the time of entry and exit, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in the case where the entrance port is set separately from the exit port, the beacon may be set only on the entrance side. The situation, the area The charging device 20 may set the time at which the specific time later than the time at which the identification information is acquired to the time when the charging is restarted, or may determine the time at which the departure from the parking lot is determined based on the GPS/DR positioning of the vehicle. That is, the parking lot charging device 30 may perform charging processing based on a specific time from the time when the identification information is acquired, or may be based on the time from the time when the identification information is acquired to the time when the GPS/DR positioning of the vehicle is determined as the time of exiting from the parking lot. Charge processing.

"Second Embodiment"

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a charging system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the second embodiment, the configuration of the parking lot charging device 40 is different from that of the first embodiment, and the method of the charging object exclusion processing of the regional charging device 20 is different.

The parking lot charging device 40 of the second embodiment is a ticket-type charging device installed at the entrance and exit of the parking lot. That is, the parking lot charging device 40 performs charging processing based on the time from the time when the issued ticket is extracted to the time when the ticket is received.

Specifically, the parking lot charging device 40 includes a ticket issuing unit 41, a ticket collecting unit 42, a parking time calculating unit 43, a parking lot charging unit 44, an identification information specifying unit 45, and an identification information notifying unit 46.

The ticket issuing unit 41 issues a ticket for memorizing the unique identification information from the ticket slot provided in the casing for the vehicle entering the parking lot.

The ticket collection unit 42 self-departs from the parking lot and passes the ticket set in the frame. The ticket is collected.

The parking time calculation unit 43 calculates the time from the time when the ticket issued by the ticket issuing unit 41 is extracted to the time when the ticket for storing the identification information identical to the ticket is received.

The parking lot charging unit 44 calculates the charging amount based on the time calculated by the parking time calculation unit 43, and receives the input of the charging amount via the fee input port provided in the casing.

When the ticket issued by the ticket issuing unit 41 is extracted from the ticket outlet, the identification information specifying unit 45 determines the value (identification information) of the license plate of the vehicle present at the entrance of the parking lot. Specifically, it can be determined by visually checking the value of the license plate and inputting it by the toll collector, and the license plate can be photographed by the camera, and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) can be determined by performing the OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

The identification information notification unit 46 associates the identification information specified by the identification information specifying unit 45 with the time at which the ticket issued by the ticket issuing unit 41 is extracted and the time at which the ticket collecting unit 42 collects the ticket, and notifies the area charging device 20.

The identification information acquisition unit 23 of the area charging device 20 acquires the identification information associated with the two time points from the parking lot charging device 40. The charge object exclusion processing unit 24 calculates the charge amount charged by the vehicle indicated by the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit 23 at the time of association, and outputs a command for deducting the charge amount (refund) to the regional charge unit. twenty two. When receiving the deduction charging command from the charging target exclusion processing unit 24, the area charging unit 22 performs deduction charging processing on the vehicle.

In this way, by returning the fees charged by the regional charges and the parking lot In the area charging portion of the time of the fee, the area charging device 20 can perform the process of setting the time as the exclusion target of the area charging.

In the above, the second embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the above, and various design changes and the like can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

For example, in the second embodiment, the parking lot charging device 40 is described as an automatic device that performs charging processing based on the ticket. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the charging can be applied to the parking lot that the toll collector manually calculates and charges. system. Specifically, the personal computer (Personal Computer) receives the identification information of the vehicle, the parking start time, and the parking end time from the toll collector, and executes a program for transmitting the information indicating the information to the area charging device 20. The PC functions as an identification information acquisition device.

The vehicle-mounted device 10, the area charging device 20, the parking lot charging device 30, and the parking lot charging device 40 have a computer system therein. Further, the operation of each of the processing units is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the processing is performed by reading and executing the program by a computer. The computer-readable recording medium herein refers to a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program can be transmitted to the computer by means of a communication line, and the program can be executed by the computer receiving the transmission.

Moreover, the above program may be part of the functions described above.

Furthermore, it is a so-called differential file (differential program) that can realize the above functions in combination with a program that has been recorded in a computer system.

[Industrial availability]

The present invention is a charging system, a charging device, a charging method, and a program for determining whether or not a vehicle enters a non-charging area without any error. The charging system, the charging device, the charging method, and the program are obtained by the self-identifying information acquiring device. The identification information of the vehicle in the non-charging area is set as the exclusion target of the charging process from the time when the identification information is acquired to the specific end time. Thereby, the charging device can determine without any error whether or not the vehicle enters the non-charging area.

10‧‧‧Vehicle

11‧‧‧Location Estimation Department

12‧‧‧Card Information Reading Department

13‧‧‧ Identification Information Memory Department

14‧‧‧Mobile Communication Department

15‧‧‧DSRC Communications Department

20‧‧‧Regional charging device

21‧‧‧Location Information Reception Department

22‧‧‧Regional Charges Department

23‧‧‧ Identification Information Acquisition Department

24‧‧‧ Charge Object Exclusion Processing Department

25‧‧‧Object exclusion time calculation section

26‧‧‧Additional Charges Department

30‧‧‧Parking Charger

31‧‧‧ Identification Information Receiving Department

32‧‧‧ Identification Information Notification Department

33‧‧‧Timekeeping Department

34‧‧‧Parking Charges Department

40‧‧‧Parking Charger

41‧‧‧ Ticketing Department

42‧‧‧Invoicing Department

43‧‧‧Parking time calculation unit

44‧‧‧Parking Charges Department

45‧‧‧ Identification Information Determination Department

46‧‧‧ Identification Information Notification Department

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a charging system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the parking lot charging device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the area charging apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a view showing an example of a parking lot and a road installed in the toll area.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a charging system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Vehicle

11‧‧‧Location Estimation Department

12‧‧‧Card Information Reading Department

13‧‧‧ Identification Information Memory Department

14‧‧‧Mobile Communication Department

15‧‧‧DSRC Communications Department

20‧‧‧Regional charging device

21‧‧‧Location Information Reception Department

22‧‧‧Regional Charges Department

23‧‧‧ Identification Information Acquisition Department

24‧‧‧ Charge Object Exclusion Processing Department

25‧‧‧Object exclusion time calculation section

26‧‧‧Additional Charges Department

30‧‧‧Parking Charger

31‧‧‧ Identification Information Receiving Department

32‧‧‧ Identification Information Notification Department

33‧‧‧Timekeeping Department

34‧‧‧Parking Charges Department

Claims (9)

A charging system for charging a vehicle existing in a charging target area, and comprising: a charging device that performs charging processing on the vehicle existing in the charging target area; and an identification information acquiring device that acquires the presence information The identification information of the vehicle in the non-charging area in the charging target area, and notifying the identification information to the charging device; the charging device includes: an identification information acquiring unit that acquires the identification of the vehicle from the identification information acquiring device a charging unit that calculates a charging amount based on the travel of the vehicle in the area to be charged, and performs charging processing on the vehicle; and a charging object exclusion processing unit that acquires the identification of the vehicle from the identification information acquiring device The specific period from the time of the information is set as the exclusion target of the charging process performed by the charging unit on the vehicle indicated by the identification information. The charging system of claim 1, wherein the identification information acquiring means acquires identification information of the vehicle by receiving identification information of the vehicle from the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle in the non-charging area; the charging unit of the charging device is based on The driving of the vehicle in the charging target area is performed, and the process of calculating the amount of the charging of the vehicle is repeatedly performed; When the charging target exclusion processing unit of the charging device acquires the identification information of the vehicle from the identification information acquiring device, the calculation of the charge amount by the charging unit to the vehicle indicated by the identification information is stopped. The charging system of claim 2, wherein the identification information acquiring means has a communication area at a boundary of the non-charging area, and when the vehicle passes the boundary of the non-charging area, the identification information is received from the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle. The charging system of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the charging object exclusion processing unit of the charging device obtains the identification of the vehicle from the identification information acquiring device when the identification information of the vehicle is acquired During the period of the information, the charging unit performs the charging process for the vehicle indicated by the identification information. The charging system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the charging device includes: a target exclusion time calculation unit that calculates a time period in which the charging target exclusion processing unit is to be excluded from the charging process; and an additional charging unit. When the time calculated by the target exclusion time calculation unit is equal to or less than a specific time, it is determined that the vehicle is excluded from the charging target at the point where the vehicle starts at the time when the charging target exclusion processing unit excludes the charging target. The location at the end of the period in which the charging object of the processing unit is excluded, and the amount of the charge corresponding to the standard path in the case of traveling in the charging area, and Charge the above vehicles. The charging system of claim 1, wherein the identification information acquiring means acquires identification information of the vehicle existing in a non-charging area provided in the charging area, and notifies the charging apparatus of the identification information and the time of acquiring the identification information The charging target exclusion processing unit of the charging device calculates a charging amount for which the charging unit has performed the charging process during the period from the time included in the information acquired by the identification information acquiring device to the specific end time, and refunds the charging amount. . A charging device that performs charging processing for a vehicle existing in a charging area, and includes: an identification information acquiring unit that acquires identification information of the vehicle existing in a non-charging area provided in the charging target area and The identification information acquiring device that notifies the charging device of the identification information acquires the identification information of the vehicle; the charging unit calculates a charging amount based on the running of the vehicle in the charging target area, and performs charging processing on the vehicle; And a charge object exclusion processing unit that sets a predetermined period from when the identification information acquisition device acquires the identification information of the vehicle to an exclusion target of the charge processing performed by the charging unit on the vehicle indicated by the identification information. A charging method for using a charging device that performs charging processing on a vehicle existing in a charging target area, and: the identification information acquiring unit of the charging device is self-acquiring and exists on the charging device The identification information of the vehicle in the non-charging area in the area to be charged, and the identification information acquiring means for notifying the identification information to the charging device to acquire the identification information of the vehicle; the charging unit of the charging device is based on the charging area The charging amount is calculated by the driving of the vehicle, and the vehicle is charged; the charging target exclusion processing unit of the charging device sets the specific period from when the identification information acquiring device acquires the identification information of the vehicle. The charging unit excludes the charging process of the vehicle indicated by the identification information. A charging program for causing a charging device that performs charging processing on a vehicle that is present in a charging area as a function of an identification information acquiring unit that acquires the above-described non-charging area existing in the charging area The identification information of the vehicle and the identification information acquisition means notified to the charging device to obtain the identification information of the vehicle; the charging unit calculates the charging amount based on the driving of the vehicle in the charging target area, and The vehicle performs charging processing; and the charging object exclusion processing unit sets the charging period for the vehicle indicated by the identification information by the charging unit when the identification information acquiring device acquires the identification information of the vehicle. Excluded objects.