WO2012108728A2

WO2012108728A2 - Method for collecting road tolls, and terminal therefor

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Publication number: WO2012108728A2
Application number: PCT/KR2012/001024
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박성욱
Original assignee: Park Sung Wook
Priority date: 2011-02-10
Filing date: 2012-02-10
Publication date: 2012-08-16
Also published as: WO2012108728A3; KR101077943B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for collecting road tolls and to a terminal therefor. The terminal for collecting road tolls comprises: an interface unit which receives a signal from a preregistered communication device; a positioning unit which calculates the position of the terminal when the signal is received in the interface unit; a wireless communication unit which transmits the information on the position of the terminal obtained in the positioning unit to a server; and a control unit which searches for information on a preregistered vehicle in correspondence with the communication device which has transmitted the signal when the signal is received in the interface unit, and transmits the found vehicle information, together with the information on the position of the terminal obtained in the positioning unit, to the server via the wireless communication unit. According to the present invention, road tolls may be automatically paid using a general portable terminal without having to use a dedicated electronic toll-collection terminal, to thus save the cost of the dedicated electronic toll-collection terminal and prevent procedural inconveniences of installing the dedicated electronic toll-collection terminal and of purchasing, installing, and charging dedicated electronic toll-collection cards, etc.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a road toll settlement method and a terminal therefor, and more particularly, to a road toll settlement method of a vehicle using a mobile terminal and a terminal for the same. Prior art in the field

When passing through toll roads such as highways and tunnels, tolls must be paid for each vehicle. Such road tolls are generally collected at a gate using a manned or unattended settlement system. However, in order to collect road tolls in cash at Regate, a lot of system construction, labor and administrative expenses are required. In recent years, high-pass systems have been developed to automatically collect road tolls. 'High Pass' refers to a system in which the fare is automatically paid when passing through the highway gate. The fee is paid through the high pass card attached to the inside of the vehicle and the information exchange by wireless method. Vehicles equipped with this system can pass through without having to stop at the gate. However, in the case of a violating vehicle, a license plate is photographed by a camera, and tolls and penalties are charged.

However, the high pass system as described above, a user who wants to use this must first install a high pass terminal in the vehicle, register his vehicle, and then purchase a prepaid or postpaid high pass card and insert it into the terminal.

In addition, it is cumbersome because it is necessary to continuously manage the hi-pass card later. In addition, there is a problem in that it is difficult to increase the use rate of the high pass system because of the extra cost to purchase a high pass terminal. ^"SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is a road toll settlement method that can automatically collect the road tolls using a common mobile terminal, without a high-pass dedicated terminal, and only for this Another object of the present invention is to provide a road toll settlement method and a terminal therefor that allow an automatic settlement of road tolls by installing an application on a mobile terminal such as a mobile communication terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method of calculating a road toll and a terminal for allowing the road toll of a plurality of vehicles to be settled using one portable terminal.

Another object of the present invention, when a plurality of vehicles are registered in one portable terminal, the road toll settlement method and terminal for identifying the vehicle currently running by the mobile terminal to be able to collect the correct toll according to the vehicle type To provide. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for calculating a toll fee and a terminal therefor, which can prevent the road toll from being charged repeatedly when a plurality of portable terminals are located inside a vehicle that is a driving vehicle.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention includes an interface unit for receiving a signal from a pre-registered communication device; A positioning unit for calculating a position of a terminal when a signal is received in the interface unit; A wireless communication unit for transmitting the position information of the terminal calculated by the positioning unit to a server; When the interface signal is received, the pre-registered vehicle information is searched by the communicator transmitting the signal, and the retrieved vehicle information is transmitted to the server through the wireless communication unit together with the position information of the terminal calculated by the positioning unit. It is configured to include a control unit for transmitting.

The positioning unit may include at least one of a GPS module for receiving a GPS signal from a satellite and calculating a position coordinate of the terminal, and a position coordinate receiver for receiving a position coordinate of a transmitter from a position coordinate transmitter installed on a roadside or a road. Can be composed. The interface unit may include: a Bluetooth module paired with a Bluetooth device fixed to a vehicle; Wireless internet modules connected to a wireless internet device fixed to a vehicle; And it may be configured to include at least one of the reading means for the wireless identification device dependent on the vehicle. The toll settlement terminal may further include an image output unit for displaying video data and an audio output unit for outputting audio data, and wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the received charging information to the image output unit when charging information is received from the server. Alternatively, the voice output unit may output the voice output unit. The toll settlement terminal further includes a power supply unit including a battery for supplying power. The control unit, when a signal is received from the interface unit, detects the remaining battery level of the power supply unit, and maintains the power supply according to the remaining battery level. Possible time or color may be output to the image output unit or the audio output unit.

The toll settlement terminal further includes an input unit for receiving a command from a user, and, when the navigation function is selected from the input unit, the controller drives the positioning unit according to whether the interface unit receives a signal to determine the position of the terminal. Can be calculated. In addition, when a signal is received in the interface unit, the controller checks whether a communicator that transmits a signal is a pre-registered communicator, and transmits unique information or network information of the communicator that transmits a signal to the terminal. In this case, the toll settlement terminal further includes an input unit for receiving a command from a user, and the controller, when a new communicator is registered in the terminal, inputs vehicle information for the registered communicator through the input unit. You can also save it.

The toll settlement terminal may further include a storage unit for storing location information of each frame gate and a toll table according to a vehicle type and a road.

In addition, the controller compares the terminal position information calculated by the positioning unit with the gate position information stored in the storage unit to determine whether the terminal passes through the gate, and determines that the terminal passes based on the toll table. The toll may be calculated according to the gate information and the retrieved vehicle information.

On the other hand, the present invention, (a) receiving a signal from the communication unit; (b) retrieving pre-registered vehicle information based on the signal received in step (a); (c) checking the location of the terminal when the vehicle information registered in advance in step (b) is found; And (d) transmitting the location and vehicle information of the terminal identified in step (c) to the server.

In this case, the toll settlement method may further include (e) if the toll charge information is received from the server, displaying the received charge information.

In addition, the toll settlement method, (1) if the vehicle information registered in advance in step (b) is not retrieved, it is a step of querying the user whether or not to register the communication information transmitted the signal; And ( _m ) if the user selects to register the receiver information in step (1), registration is performed. The method may further include obtaining and storing vehicle information corresponding to the communicator. On the other hand, the present invention comprises the steps of (A) receiving a signal from the communication unit; (B) retrieving pre-registered vehicle information in response to the signal received in step (A); (C) checking the location of the terminal when the vehicle information registered in advance in step (B) is found; (D) determining whether the terminal passes through the gate by comparing the location of the terminal identified in step (C) with each of the pre-stored gate position information; And (E) transmitting a vehicle gate information detected in the terminal (B) and transmitting gate information detected by the terminal in step (D) to the server. It may also be performed.

In this case, the toll settlement method may further include (F) displaying the received billing information when the toll billing information is received from the server.

The toll settlement method may further include detecting a remaining battery level and notifying a user of a time or distance at which power supply can be maintained according to the remaining battery level, when the vehicle information registered in advance in step (B) is searched. May be performed.

On the other hand, the present invention, (1) obtaining the vehicle information, the terminal and the route information from the signal received from the terminal; (2) calculating a toll using the vehicle information and the route information; And (3) charging the terminal user to the calculated toll. The step (1) may include: (1-1) periodically receiving vehicle information and location information of the terminal from the terminal; (1-2) may be performed by obtaining the route information of the terminal from the position information of the terminal. The step (3) may be performed by adding the toll calculated in step (2) to the terminal communication fee of the terminal user.

In this case, the toll settlement method may further include (4) transmitting toll charge information to the terminal. Brief description of the drawings

1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing a road toll settlement system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 schematically illustrates a configuration of a road toll settlement terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Block diagram shown.

Figure 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the road toll settlement server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calculating a road toll according to an embodiment of the present invention step by step.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating step 100 in more detail in the road toll settlement method shown in FIG. 4; FIG.

6A and 6B are flowcharts illustrating step 200 in more detail in the road toll settlement method shown in FIG. 4.

7A and 7B are flowcharts showing in more detail 300 steps in the road toll settlement method shown in FIG. 4.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calculating a road toll according to another embodiment of the present invention step by step. Preferred Embodiments of the Invention

Hereinafter, a road toll settlement method and a terminal device for the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods of achieving the same will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms. The present embodiments are merely to make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, and the invention is defined only by the scope of the claims.

Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Hereinafter, a road toll settlement system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing a road toll settlement system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a road toll settlement terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 Fig. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a road toll settlement server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a road toll settlement system according to an embodiment of the present invention first includes a portable terminal 100. The portable terminal 100 is a portable wireless communication terminal like a general mobile communication terminal. The portable terminal 100 receives a GPSCGlobal Positioning System (GPS) signal from the satellite S and calculates position information of the portable terminal 100. In addition, the portable terminal 100 is a terminal capable of wireless communication of the third generation mobile communication technology standard, and is provided to enable wireless connection to the network N even in a moving vehicle. And toll settlement server 200 for wireless communication through the mobile terminal 100 and the network (N). The toll settlement server 200 calculates and charges a road toll of a vehicle using a signal received from the portable terminal 100. The toll settlement server 200 receives the location information of the mobile terminal 100 from the mobile terminal 100 and calculates the road toll to be collected to the user of the mobile terminal 100 using the received location information. And charge. In addition, the road toll settlement system includes a road construction server (300). The road construction server 300 is a server of an institution that collects actual road tolls, and may include a server of Korea Expressway Corporation that currently collects road tolls through a general high pass system, for example, a road of a private toll road. It may also include a server of a private agency that collects tolls separately. The road construction server 300 may collect the road toll from the fee charged by the toll settlement server 200 by communicating with the toll settlement server 200, and more accurate road tolls at the toll settlement server 200. It can provide additional information to the toll settlement server 200 to be calculated. This will be described later. In the road toll settlement system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, each vehicle 400 and a communicator 400 'dependent on each vehicle 400 are included. The vehicle 400 includes all vehicles subject to the charge of the road toll, and the communicator 400 'is a wired or wireless communication device dependent on each vehicle 400. The communicator 400 ′ may be, for example, a Bluetooth device or a Wi-Fi device fixed in a vehicle, or a smart key device of a vehicle dependent on each vehicle that is dependent on the vehicle. And so on. The mobile terminal 100 communicates with the communicator 400 'which is dependent on the vehicle 400 or receives a signal from the communicator 400' to identify each vehicle 400, and identifies the identified vehicle. By transmitting the information about the amount 400 to the toll settlement server 200, the toll settlement server 200 can impose a toll for the vehicle 400.

Herein, the configuration of the portable terminal 100 will be described in more detail. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the portable terminal 100 includes a controller 110. The controller 110 is a means for controlling the overall control of the mobile terminal 100, and performs command interpretation, data calculation and processing. In addition, it executes various grand programs under the operating system and transmits the execution result to the output means. In addition, the portable terminal 100 is provided with a storage unit 120. Various data is stored in the storage unit 120. When the application program is downloaded through the wireless communication unit 130 provided in the portable terminal 100, the corresponding storage program and various data for executing the same are stored in the storage unit 120, and the controller 110 stores the application program. Run In the present invention, the road toll settlement program may be downloaded and executed to the mobile terminal 100 through the wireless communication unit 130 of the mobile terminal 100. When the road toll settlement program is executed, the toll settlement server 200 And the vehicle information corresponding to the location of the portable terminal 100 and the communication unit 400 'sensed by the interface unit 180 to be described later is transmitted to the toll settlement server 200. In this case, the wireless communication unit 130 may be provided with wireless communication modules according to third generation mobile communication technology standards such as W-CDMA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, and the like. It may be provided with communication models of all possible wireless communication standards. Accordingly, when the mobile terminal 100 is moving with the vehicle 400 in the vehicle 400, the wireless communication unit 130 is connectable to the network N and communicates with the toll settlement server 200. It is possible. In addition, the portable terminal 100 includes an input unit 140, an image output unit 150, an audio output unit 160, and the like. The user may input various commands through the input unit 140, and the data processing result of the control unit 110, which is grand in response to the input command, is output to the image output unit 150 and the audio output unit 160. . Accordingly, a user may select whether or not to execute the toll settlement program through the input unit 140, and the image output unit 150 and the audio output unit 160 may perform a toll settlement process or result during execution of the toll settlement program. You can output information about. The mobile terminal 100 includes a positioning unit 170. The positioning unit 170 may be provided as a GPS module that receives GPS information from the satellite S and calculates a position of the portable terminal 100. However, the GPS module may not necessarily be implemented as a GPS module, and a separate location transmitter for transmitting location information (for example, GPS coordinates) to the mobile terminal 100 at each road, in particular, at a point of a toll road. When not shown), the positioning unit 170 may include a receiver for receiving a signal transmitted from such a transmitter, it may be provided with a configuration including both the GPS module and such a receiver. The location information transmitter may be installed on a roadside or on a road, may be intensively installed around a branch point or access road of a road, or may be installed at a predetermined interval on a road. When the positioning unit 170 includes a receiver for receiving a signal from the location information transmitter, when the portable terminal 100 passes the road, the location information is sequentially received from transmitters located on a path. do. The location of the mobile terminal 100 that changes according to the movement of the vehicle 400 is detected and transmitted to the toll settlement program. Therefore, the control unit 110 receives the location information of the vehicle 400 from the positioning unit 170 according to the toll settlement program and transmits it to the toll settlement server 200.

Furthermore, the portable terminal 100 is provided with an interface unit 180. The interface unit 180 is a wired or wireless communication means. During execution of the toll settlement program, the interface unit 180 periodically receives a signal from the communicator 400 'that is dependent on the vehicle 400, thereby transmitting the communicator 400'. ) And the vehicle 400 to be identified to the communicator 400 '. That is, when the user carries the toll road by carrying the mobile terminal 100 on the vehicle 400, the interface unit 180 periodically operates from the communicator 400 ′ of the vehicle 400. By receiving a signal and automatically identifying what vehicle 40Q is currently operating, the vehicle whose vehicle toll is lower than the vehicle actually running among those vehicles registered in the toll settlement program. The interface unit 180 allows the mobile terminal 100 to automatically identify the vehicle 400 to which to pay the toll, so that the user arbitrarily selects a vehicle having a lower toll than the vehicle actually running. You can prevent some omissions. Furthermore, the interface unit 180 Since the vehicle 400 currently operating is identified from the one or more vehicles 400 previously registered in the toll settlement program, the mobile terminal of the vehicle 400 of the simple passenger who is not a driver of the vehicle 400 in operation. Since 400 'is not registered in advance, even if there are a plurality of portable terminals in one vehicle, the tolls can be prevented from being overcharged. Here, the interface unit 180 is a communication module capable of exchanging data with the communicator 400 'or receiving data from at least the communicator 400', and may be, for example, a Bluetooth module or a wireless Internet module. have. Alternatively, the present invention may be an RF reading means capable of reading a radio frequency signal (RF) from the smart key of the vehicle 400 and reading an identifier recorded in the smart key. However, the communication module may not necessarily include only one communication module but may include two or more communication modules to receive data in two or more communication methods. In this case, as described above, the communicator 400 'of the vehicle 400 is registered in advance in the portable terminal 100 through the toll settlement program, and when the communicator 400' is registered, the communicator ( Unique identification information of the 400 'and the information of the vehicle 400 on which the communicator 400' depends are registered together. The registered vehicle information includes a unique number uniquely assigned to each vehicle, such as a vehicle number described on the vehicle license plate, and may further include vehicle model information or owner information.

For example, when the communicator 400 ′ that is dependent on the vehicle 400 is a Bluetooth device fixed inside the vehicle 400, the interface unit 180 may also include Bluetooth modules. . In this case, when the communicator 400 'and the interface unit 180 are paired, the toll settlement program is tolled if identification information of the communicator 400' paired with the interface unit 180 is already registered. The position information of the mobile terminal 100 is calculated for settlement and transferred to the toll settlement server 200. At this time, the toll settlement program transfers the vehicle information, which is stored in advance, to the toll settlement server 200 together with the identification information of the paired communication device 400 '. Also, for example, the communicator 400 ′ dependent on the vehicle 400 could include a wireless internet module as described above, in which case the interface unit 180 also includes a wireless internet module. The network name of the wireless Internet model provided in the communicator 400 ', for example, to communicate with 400'. A SSIlXService Set IDentifier) or a unique number assigned to the communicator 400 'determines whether the communicator 400' is pre-registered, and if it is registered in advance, the corresponding vehicle 400 information. Read out.

For example, when the communicator 400 ′ subordinate to the vehicle 400 includes the smart key of the vehicle 400, the interface unit 180 may read a unique identifier recorded in the smart key. And may include an RF reader. The toll settlement program detects the position of the portable terminal 100 in a state where the interface unit 180 periodically communicates with the communicator 400 ', thereby detecting the position information of the portable terminal 100 and presently. Since the information of the vehicle in operation is transmitted to the toll settlement server 200, a driver who owns a plurality of vehicles misses the toll by using a vehicle different from the vehicle currently operating, or is repeatedly charged by two or more portable terminals. You can prevent it. In addition, the portable terminal 100 may further include a power supply unit 190 including a battery for supplying direct current power to the portable terminal 100, and the toll settlement program is supplied from the power supply unit 190. By calculating the remaining battery in advance according to the voltage or current of the power source to be informed, in advance tells the driver the approximate distance that the vehicle can run until the battery is exhausted, by using the mobile terminal 100 in advance when the driver starts driving It is possible to know whether it is possible to settle tolls to their destination.

Referring to the operation of the mobile terminal 100 according to the toll settlement program in more detail, first, the toll settlement program can be downloaded to the mobile terminal 100 through a general ¾ store and the like. The mobile terminal 100 performs information on a vehicle running from the user and registers a communication device. That is, after receiving the vehicle information, for example, the vehicle number from the user, and communicates with the communication unit 400 'dependent on the vehicle 400 to the corresponding vehicle number through the interface unit 180, the communication unit ( By registering the unique information of 400 '), the vehicle information is registered together with the unique information of the communicator. In this case, the toll settlement program receives user information of the mobile terminal 100 together or receives user information registered on the communication service provider side of the mobile terminal 100 from a server (not shown) of the communication service provider side. To obtain user information of the mobile terminal 100 Also, by transferring the received vehicle information to the road construction server 300 to obtain owner information for the delivered vehicle information and comparing the two information, the owner information obtained by the user information corresponding to the vehicle information Procedures can be used to certify whether or not they match the information. In this case, it may be possible to perform a self-certification procedure through an accredited certificate. In this case, when the communicator 400 'is transmitting the vehicle information registered in advance, the user does not input the vehicle information directly, but simply registers the communicator 400' and the communicator 400 'is dependent. Information on the vehicle 400 may be registered together with the portable terminal 100.

As such, when the vehicle information and the unique information of the communicator 400 ′ are registered in the portable terminal 100 in the toll settlement program, the control unit 110 of the portable terminal 100 stores the registered information. Store in section 120. Furthermore, it may be transmitted to the toll settlement server 200. Here, the toll settlement program may be directly executed or stopped by the user, or is automatically executed when the communication with the communicator 400 'is detected, and automatically stopped when the communication with the communicator 400' is stopped. When the navigation application program installed in the portable terminal 100 is executed or stopped, the execution application may be executed or stopped.

As described above, when the toll settlement program is executed, the toll settlement operation is performed only when the toll settlement program is periodically communicated with the communicator 400 ', and is calculated by the positioning unit 170 of the mobile terminal 100. Location information of the mobile terminal 100 is transmitted to the toll settlement server 200 so that the toll can be charged through the toll settlement server 200.

In addition, the toll settlement program estimates the power duration of the portable terminal 100 in a situation where the toll settlement program is executed according to the remaining battery power of the power supply unit 190, and estimates the estimated time or distance information that can be driven. By notifying the user in advance, the user can determine in advance whether the toll settlement is possible using the portable terminal 100 to the destination. The toll settlement program notifies the user in advance of whether the portable terminal 100 passes through the gate, whether the toll is charged, the billed amount, etc. to the user in advance by using the image output unit 150 or the audio output unit 160. You may. Furthermore, the toll settlement program is The toll details billed to the user of the portable terminal 100 may be displayed as a list through the image output unit 150.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, the toll settlement server 200 may include a communication unit configured to receive identification information, vehicle information, and location information of the mobile terminal 100 from the mobile terminal 100. 210, and a calculation unit 250 for calculating a road toll based on information received from the communication unit 210 and a road toll table for each road and vehicle model stored in the data bearing 230, and the operation unit 250. The charges calculated in the) to the user of the mobile terminal 100, and collects the tolls and the collected tolls including a settlement unit 270 to settle the road administrators, such as Korea Expressway Corporation. Here, the database 230 stores identification information of the portable terminal 100, corresponding user information, one or more vehicle information about the user's own vehicle, and the like, and a current road for each road and type of vehicle. Toll tables are stored together. Furthermore, according to an embodiment, the location information of each gate may be stored together. The calculation unit 250 receives the position information of the mobile terminal 100 as the coordinates from the mobile terminal 100 or receives the pass-through information of the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 The toll is calculated according to the vehicle model of the vehicle 400 to which the road passes and the vehicle information received from the portable terminal 100. The settlement unit 270 collects tolls by registering road tolls in a communication fee of the mobile terminal 100 in connection with a mobile communication service provider of the mobile terminal 100, or is registered in the mobile terminal 100. It can be charged from a credit or debit card.

Hereinafter, the road toll settlement method by the road toll settlement system according to the embodiment of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calculating a road toll according to an embodiment of the present invention step by step, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating step 100 in more detail in the method of calculating a road toll shown in FIG. 4, 6A and 6B are flowcharts illustrating step 200 in more detail in the road toll settlement method shown in FIG. 4, and FIGS. 7A and 7B are step 300 in the road toll settlement method shown in FIG. 4. More specifically 8 is a flowchart showing step by step a road toll settlement method according to another embodiment of the present invention. First, as shown in FIG. 4, the method of calculating road tolls according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes step 100 (S100) of recognizing a car registered in advance in the mobile terminal 100 and step S100. In step 200, the mobile terminal 100 monitors the movement path of the mobile terminal 100 and transmits it to the toll settlement server 200 and the toll settlement server 200 corresponds to the monitored route. Including the 300th step (S300) to charge the road toll is performed. After the step 300, when the toll settlement program is executed in the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 is automatically connected to the toll settlement server 200, the toll settlement server 200 The toll charge details may be transmitted to the portable terminal 100 so that the charging details are displayed on the portable terminal 100. Here, the 100th step is more specifically, as shown in Figure 5, the portable: the terminal 100 is the interface unit 170, the communication unit 400 'by receiving a signal from the communication unit 400' Step 110 for recognizing the step S110; and step 130 for checking whether the communication device 400 'recognized in step 110 is a communication device registered in advance in the portable terminal 100; In the case of a pre-registered communication device, searching for the pre-registered vehicle information in the mobile terminal 100 in step 150 may be performed in step S150. If the communication device is not recognized or the recognized communication device is not registered in advance, no further step is performed. Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4, step 200 may be performed differently according to an embodiment. First, as shown in FIG. 6A, in step 200, the mobile terminal 100 periodically detects the position of the mobile terminal 100 using the positioning unit 170 (S210). A 230th step (S230) of monitoring whether the portable terminal 100 passes through the gate using the position of the portable terminal 100 periodically detected by the controller 110 of the portable terminal 100; When the portable terminal 100 passes through the gate, vehicle information of the vehicle 400 detected in step 100, gate information passed by the portable terminal 100, and the portable terminal ( 100) to transmit the road usage information including the information to the toll settlement server 200 It includes the 250 step (S250).

At this time, in step 230, the location of the mobile terminal 100 is calculated by using the location coordinate information of the gate located in the country pre-stored in the mobile terminal 100, If it falls within the error range from the position coordinates of the gate, it is determined that the gate has been passed, and step 250 is performed. At this time, the mobile terminal 100 is a position of the mobile terminal 100 before and after the mobile terminal 100 enters the position within the error range from the position coordinates of the gate in order to more accurately check whether or not the passage through the gate; Information is available.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 6B, the 200th step may include the 220th step S220 of detecting the position of the mobile terminal 100 in the mobile terminal 100 and the 220 detected in the 220th step. Transmitting road usage information including the location information of the mobile terminal 100, the vehicle information of the vehicle 400 detected in the step 100, and the information of the mobile terminal 100 to the toll settlement server 200. It can be performed including the 240 step (S240). That is, in the two embodiments of the 200 step described with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B, the mobile terminal 100 directly detects whether the mobile terminal passes through the gate, and detects that the gate has passed through the gate. If it is delivered to the toll settlement server 200, or if the portable terminal 100 detects the position of the portable terminal 100 and delivers it to the toll settlement server 200 based on this toll settlement Whether the server 200 checks whether or not the gate is passed, the content of the specific steps are the same, except that the performing agent of each step is different.

In addition, according to two different embodiments of step 200, step 300 will also be divided into two embodiments. First, as shown in FIG. 7A, following step 200 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6A, step 300 includes receiving the toll settlement server 200 from the mobile terminal 100 in step 250. The payment unit 330 calculates the toll calculated in step 310 and calculates the toll calculated in step 310 by using the road usage information. Settlement by billing is performed, including step 330 (S330). Since the gate entry or exit information is processed in advance in the portable terminal 100 and received by the toll settlement server 200, the toll settlement server 200 is based on the received gate entry or exit information. Toll is calculated.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 7B, following step 200 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6B, step 300 includes the toll settlement server 200 included in the road usage information received from the mobile terminal 100. Comparing the location information of the portable terminal 100 with the location information of each of the gates stored in the database 230 to determine whether the portable terminal device 100 is moved to or from the gate. Step 320 is performed (S320). When it is determined that the portable terminal 100 has passed through the gate, step 340 of calculating a road toll to be charged to the user of the portable terminal 100 by referring to the road and the toll table for each vehicle type stored in the database 230. In operation S340, the toll calculated in operation 340 may be actually charged to the user of the portable terminal 100 in operation 360.

Above, in embodiments of the invention described with reference to Figure 4 above, the _toll. When the mobile terminal 100 or the toll settlement server 200 detects that the mobile terminal 100 has passed through the gate, the operation method operates in the mobile terminal 100 in exchange for passing the next gate. The road toll is calculated between two gargates according to the vehicle type of the vehicle 400 that is detected as being in progress, and when the passage of another gate is detected, the road toll is added accordingly. Tolls can only be incurred by passing through a single gate, or tolls can only be incurred by passing through both gates. In another method, the toll may be charged based on the distance traveled by the actual vehicle 400 on the toll road without passing through the gate.

On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8, when a pre-registered vehicle 400 is detected (S1000), the toll settlement program uses the positioning unit 170 in the portable terminal 100. Driving to calculate the position of the mobile terminal 100 to monitor the movement path of the mobile terminal 100 (S2000), and to be charged to the user of the mobile terminal 100 according to the movement path of the mobile terminal 100. After calculating the toll (S3000), it is determined whether or not the road use vehicle information received from the road construction server 300 and the information of the vehicle 400 detected in the 1000 step (S4000) The toll calculated in step 3000 may be recalled only when they match each other. The billing is performed together with the communication fee of the mobile terminal 100 or by using the payment means previously registered by the user (S5000). Here, in step 4000, the toll settlement server 200 photographs the license plate portion of each vehicle passing through the road from a camera installed in a special position of the toll road, for example, the gate at the road construction server 300. After receiving the road information obtained by using the vehicle, the mobile terminal 100 is detected by the portable terminal 100 and the vehicle information received from the mobile terminal 100 to the toll settlement server 200 is made by . Currently, the license plate of the vehicle using the high-pass lane is photographed to obtain vehicle information on the road and then used as information for collecting tolls for unpaid tolls. It can be used not only for collecting tolls but also as a means for more accurate charging.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical concept or essential features. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are included in the scope of the present invention. Should be interpreted.

Effects of the Invention

According to the road toll settlement method and the terminal for the same according to the present invention has the following effects. That is, even without a high-pass terminal, it is possible to automatically collect road tolls using a general mobile terminal, thereby saving the cost of purchasing a dedicated terminal, installing a dedicated terminal, purchasing and installing a high pass card, charging, etc. This has the advantage of eliminating procedural hassles.

In addition, the road toll settlement method according to the present invention and the terminal for this, there is an advantage that anyone can easily use the low cost because the application can be automatically settled the road toll by installing the application on the mobile terminal. Furthermore, according to the road toll settlement method according to the present invention and a terminal therefor, when the user owns a plurality of vehicles, the road toll settlement for each of the plurality of vehicles owned by the user can be conveniently performed with one portable terminal. The point is that the cost is reduced. And according to the road toll settlement method according to the present invention and the terminal for the same, since the mobile terminal identifies the vehicle currently in operation to charge the toll, accurate toll according to the model can be collected, the user deliberately low toll There is an advantage that it is possible to prevent the operation by selecting the vehicle model to be charged. In addition, according to the method of calculating the road toll according to the present invention and a terminal therefor, even if a plurality of portable terminals are located in a vehicle in operation, the road toll is charged by allowing the terminal to identify a vehicle registered in advance in the portable terminal so that the toll is charged. There is an advantage that it is possible to prevent the charge is duplicated.

Claims

Claims Claim 1

An interface unit capable of wirelessly communicating with a plurality of vehicle communicators, and identifying a vehicle to set a toll based on the received signal when a signal is received from any one or more vehicle communicators registered in advance;

A positioning unit for receiving a position signal and calculating a position of the terminal;

A wireless communication unit for transmitting the position information of the terminal calculated by the positioning unit to a server only when a signal is received from a vehicle communication device registered in advance in the interface unit and the vehicle to set the toll is identified;

Only when a signal is received from a vehicle communicator registered in advance at the interface unit and a vehicle to be settled is identified, the vehicle information obtained from the identified vehicle is obtained, and the position information of the terminal calculated by the positioning unit is obtained. Toll settlement terminal comprising a control unit for transmitting to the server through the wireless communication unit together.

Claim 2

The method of claim 1

The positioning portion,

GPS module for receiving a GPS signal from the satellite to calculate the position coordinates of the terminal, and at least one of the position coordinate receiver for receiving the position coordinates of the transmitter from the position coordinate transmitter on the side of the road or road, Toll Settlement Terminal. Claim 3

The method of claim 1,

The interface unit includes: Bluetooth modules paired with a Bluetooth device fixed to the vehicle;

Wireless internet modules connected to a wireless internet device fixed to a vehicle; And

A toll settlement terminal, comprising at least one of reading means for a wireless identification device subordinate to a vehicle.

Claim 4

The method of claim 1, The toll settlement terminal further includes an image output unit for displaying video data and an audio output unit for outputting audio data,

And the controller outputs the charging information to the image output unit or the audio output unit when charging information is received from the server to the wireless communication unit.

Claim 5

The method of claim 4,

The toll settlement terminal further includes a power supply unit including a battery for supplying power, and the control unit, when a signal is received from the interface unit, detects the remaining battery level of the power supply unit, and maintains the power supply according to the remaining battery capacity A toll settlement terminal for outputting a possible time or distance to the image output unit or the audio output unit.

Claim 6

The method of claim 1,

The toll settlement terminal further includes an input unit for receiving a command from a user, and, when the navigation function is selected from the input unit, the control unit calculates the position of the terminal by driving the positioning unit according to whether the interface unit receives a signal. Toll settlement terminal.

Claim 7

The method of claim 1 wherein ^'

The control unit,

When a signal is received in the interface unit, it is checked whether the communicator that transmits the signal is a pre-registered communicator. Otherwise, the toll settlement terminal registers the unique information or network information of the communicator that transmits the signal to the terminal. .

Claim 8

The method of claim 7,

The toll settlement terminal further includes an input unit for receiving a command from a user, and, when a new communicator is registered in the terminal, the toll settlement terminal receives and stores vehicle information corresponding to a registered communicator through the input unit. terminal. Claim 9

The method of claim 1,

The interface unit receives vehicle information corresponding to the communication unit from the communication unit, and the control unit, together with the position information of the terminal calculated in the positioning unit as the vehicle information received by the interface unit to the communication unit; Toll settlement terminal for transmitting to the server through the wireless communication unit.

Claim 10

In accordance with paragraph 1,

The toll settlement terminal, the toll settlement terminal further comprises a storage unit for storing the location information of each gate and the toll table according to the vehicle type and road tax, toll settlement terminal.

Claim 11

The method of claim 10,

The control unit compares the terminal location information calculated by the positioning unit with the location information stored in the storage unit to determine whether the terminal passes through the gate, and the gate passed by the terminal based on the toll table. Toll settlement terminal that calculates tolls based on information and retrieved vehicle information.

Claim 12

It is performed by a terminal including an interface unit for wirelessly communicating with a plurality of vehicle communicators, a positioning unit for receiving a position signal and calculating a position of the terminal, and a wireless communication unit for wirelessly communicating data with a server.

(a) receiving a signal from the interface unit;

(b) checking whether the received signal is transmitted from a pre-registered vehicle communicator using identification information included in the signal received in the interface unit in step (a);

(c) When a signal is received from any one of the vehicle communication devices registered in advance as a result of the checking in the step (b), the vehicle to identify the toll based on the received signal, and the vehicle information of the identified vehicle Obtaining;

(d) Only when the vehicle information is obtained in step (c), the location of the vehicle to check the position of the terminal and settle the position and toll of the identified terminal Toll settlement method comprising the step of transmitting the vehicle information to the server via the wireless communication unit.

Claim 13

The method of claim 12,

In the step (c), the vehicle information of the vehicle for which the toll is settled is obtained by searching the vehicle information previously stored in the terminal based on the signal received by the interface unit or extracting the vehicle information from the signal received by the interface unit. Toll settlement method.

Claim 14

The method of claim 12,

The toll settlement method further comprises the step of: (f) if the toll charge information is received from the server to the wireless communication unit, displaying the received charge information on the terminal.

Claim 15

The method of claim 12,

The toll settlement method may include: (1) inquiring a user of whether to register communication information that transmits a signal to the interface unit if vehicle information is not obtained in step (c); And ( _m ) when the user selects registration of communication information in step (1), acquiring and storing vehicle information for the registered communication device.

Claim 16

(A) receiving a signal from the interface unit;

(C) As a result of the check in the step (B), from any one of the vehicle communication device registered in advance If a signal is received, identifying a vehicle to settle a toll based on the received signal, and obtaining vehicle information of the identified vehicle;

(D) checking the location of the terminal only when the vehicle information is obtained in the step (C);

(E) determining whether the terminal passes through the gate by comparing the location of the terminal identified in the step (D) and each stored gate position information; And

(F) when the terminal passes through the gate, detecting the vehicle information acquired in step (C) and the gate information detected as passed by the terminal in step (E) to the server through the wireless communication unit; Toll settlement method performed, including. Claim 17

The method of claim 16,

In the step (C),

And obtaining vehicle information of a vehicle for which tolls are to be settled, by retrieving vehicle information previously stored in a terminal in response to a signal received from the communicator, or extracting vehicle information included in a signal received from the communicator.

Claim 18

The method of claim 16,

The toll settlement method,

(G) if the toll charge information is received from the server, the toll settlement method performed further comprising displaying the received charge information.

Claim 19

The method of claim 16,

The toll settlement method further comprises the step of notifying the user of the time or distance capable of maintaining the power supply according to the battery remaining amount by detecting the remaining battery amount when the vehicle information is obtained in the step (C).