WO2019123590A1

WO2019123590A1 - Terminal device, transponder, billing system, billing method, and billing program

Info

Publication number: WO2019123590A1
Application number: PCT/JP2017/045851
Authority: WO
Inventors: 舛元　伸一; 竜也樋口
Original assignee: 三菱重工機械システム株式会社
Priority date: 2017-12-21
Filing date: 2017-12-21
Publication date: 2019-06-27
Also published as: GB2583229A; JP6916904B2; GB202008868D0; JPWO2019123590A1; GB2583229B

Abstract

This terminal device is owned by a vehicle user, and is provided with: an identification ID reception unit which receives an identification ID that can uniquely identify a transponder mounted in a vehicle for which the terminal device is to be used; a charge determination information acquisition unit which acquires charge determination information for determining a charge relating to the vehicle; a charge determination unit which determines the charge on the basis of the acquired charge determination information; and a billing information transmission processing unit which associates and transmits the determined charge and a payment account ID, which is pre-recorded in the terminal device, to a service system management server.

Description

Terminal device, transponder, charging system, charging method, and charging program

The present invention relates to a terminal device, a transponder, a charging system, a charging method, and a charging program.

In recent years, a technology has been developed in which a user using a vehicle uses a terminal device such as a mobile phone when paying a charge for the vehicle. For example, in Patent Document 1, a mobile phone owned by a user of the vehicle communicates with a server connected to a system of a mobile phone company via a dedicated gate provided on a toll road such as a highway. There is disclosed a technology for collecting toll road usage charges from users via a mobile phone company.

JP, 2003-187281, A

However, in the related art that pays the charge for the vehicle using a terminal device such as a mobile phone owned by the user of the vehicle, the vehicle actually used by the user is different from the vehicle registered in advance. Even if it is not possible to recognize that the vehicle is different. Therefore, there is a possibility that the wrong fee for the vehicle different from the vehicle actually used may be collected from the user. Therefore, there is a demand for a technology that can correctly associate a vehicle with a terminal device owned by the user of the vehicle and accurately collect the fee for the vehicle from the user of the vehicle.

In view of the above problems, the present invention can correctly associate a vehicle with a terminal device owned by a user of the vehicle, and can accurately collect a fee for the vehicle from the user of the vehicle, a transponder, A charging system, a charging method, and a charging program are provided.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a terminal device (20) owned by a user (U) of a vehicle (2), which is uniquely mounted on a transponder (10) mounted on the vehicle to be used An identification ID reception unit (201) that receives an identifiable identification ID, a charge determination information acquisition unit (202) that acquires charge determination information for determining a charge for the vehicle, and the acquired charge determination The service system management server (3) associates the charge determination unit (203) for determining the charge, the determined charge, and the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device on the basis of the usage information. And a charging information transmission processing unit (204) to transmit.
In this manner, the transponder can be identified by receiving an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle used by the user, thereby identifying the vehicle associated with the transponder one-to-one. can do. Therefore, after identifying the vehicle used by the user, the charge for the vehicle is determined, and the determined charge is associated with the payment account ID of the user, so that the terminal device owned by the vehicle and the user of the vehicle Can be correctly associated, and it is possible to accurately collect the charge for the vehicle from the user of the vehicle.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the terminal device (20) according to the first aspect of the present invention, the information for charge determination is the vehicle (2) being used by the user (U). The travel route, the travel distance, the vehicle type, the license plate information, and / or the vehicle inspection information.
By doing this, since the charge for the vehicle is determined based on the detailed information of the vehicle, the charge for the vehicle can be determined accurately.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the terminal device (20) according to the first aspect or the second aspect of the present invention, the charge determination information acquisition unit (202) is identified. It communicates with the transponder (10) to acquire the charge determination information.
In this way, the terminal device can acquire the charge determination information from the transponder without performing processing for preparing the charge determination information, such as calculation of the charge determination information, data conversion, and determination. And the load on the terminal can be distributed to the transponder.

Further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the terminal device (20) according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the charge determination information acquisition unit is It communicates with the service system management server (3) to acquire the information for charge determination.
In this way, the terminal device acquires the charge determination information from the service system management server instead of the transponder, so the transponder does not need to have the function of storing the charge determination information. Cost can be reduced.

Further, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, an identification ID is stored in the transponder (10) mounted on the vehicle (2), and stores an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle. A storage unit (101) and an identification ID transmission processing unit (102) for transmitting the identification ID to a terminal device (20) owned by a user (U) of the vehicle.
In this way, the terminal device stores the transponder by storing the identification ID capable of uniquely identifying the transponder mounted on the vehicle in the transponder and transmitting the identification ID to the terminal device owned by the user of the vehicle. It is possible to identify and to identify the transponder and the vehicle associated with one to one. This enables the terminal device to correctly identify the vehicle.

Further, according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the transponder (10) according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a charge storing information for determining a charge for determining a charge relating to the vehicle (2). The apparatus further includes a determination information storage unit (103) and a charge determination information transmission processing unit (104) for transmitting the charge determination information to the terminal device (20).
In this way, the transponder stores the charge determination information and transmits it to the terminal device, and the terminal device determines and stores the travel route and the travel speed of the vehicle included in the charge determination information. The processing can not be performed, and the transponder can perform the processing, and the load of the terminal device can be distributed to the transponder.

Further, according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the transponder (10) according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the information for charge determination is the vehicle (2) being used by the user (U). And / or vehicle inspection information.
By doing this, since the charge for the vehicle is determined based on the detailed information of the vehicle, the charge for the vehicle can be determined accurately.

Further, according to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device (20) according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, and the fifth to seventh aspects of the present invention. And a transponder (10) according to any one of the above aspects.

Further, according to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a charging method using a terminal device owned by a user of a vehicle, wherein the identification ID capable of uniquely identifying a transponder mounted on a vehicle to be used. Determining the charge based on the identification ID receiving step for receiving the charge, the charge determination information acquisition step of acquiring charge determination information for determining the charge for the vehicle, and the acquired charge determination information And a charge information transmission processing step of transmitting to the service system management server the charge determination step, and the determined charge and the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device in association with each other.

In addition, according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, an identification ID for receiving a computer capable of being a terminal device owned by a user of a vehicle and capable of uniquely identifying a transponder mounted on a vehicle to be used is received. A reception unit; a charge determination information acquisition unit that acquires charge determination information for determining the charge for the vehicle; and a charge determination unit that determines the charge based on the acquired charge determination information. The control unit functions as a charge information transmission processing unit that transmits the determined charge and a payment account ID pre-stored in the terminal device to the service system management server.

According to the terminal device, the transponder, the charging system, the charging method, and the charging program described above, it is possible to correctly associate the vehicle with the terminal device owned by the user of the vehicle, and the user of the vehicle You can get it correctly.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the fee-charging system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram explaining the functional composition of the accounting system concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the transponder which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and a terminal device. It is a block diagram explaining the functional composition of the accounting system concerning a 2nd embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the transponder which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and a terminal device. It is a schematic block diagram showing composition of a computer concerning at least one embodiment.

First Embodiment
Hereinafter, the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals are given to the same or corresponding components in all the drawings, and the common description is omitted.

(Overall Configuration of Charging System According to First Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an entire configuration of a charging system 1 according to the first embodiment. The entire configuration of the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the charging system 1 includes a transponder 10 mounted on a vehicle 2, a terminal device 20 owned by a user U who uses the vehicle 2, a service system management server 3, and a payment account management server 4. ing. Although in the first embodiment, the expression "the user U uses the vehicle 2" means "the user U rides on the vehicle 2 and drives", the "user U" The expression “uses the vehicle 2” means that “the user U receives the provision of the taxi service of the vehicle 2 that is a taxi”, “the user U applies the vehicle allocation application system of the vehicle 2 according to the vehicle allocation application system Receiving service, "User U receives rental service of car 2 which is a rental car", and "user U receives provision of automatic driving service of vehicle 2 which is an autonomous car" And all other situations where the user U uses the vehicle 2. Also, in the first embodiment, the case where the expression "user U" means human beings will be described, but "user U" means, for example, an "automatic driving device" other than "human". May be

The service system management server 3 is a management server that manages a service system that provides a specific service to the user U who uses the vehicle 2 as described later. The payment account management server 4 is connected to the service system management server 3 and is a management server that manages the payment account of the user U, as described later. Although only one service system management server 3 is shown in FIG. 1 for simplification of the description, even if a plurality of service system management servers 3 of different service systems providing different services are provided. Good.

In the first embodiment, the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 receives radio waves from a plurality of satellites 5 of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System, Global Positioning Satellite System), and calculates and determines the position of the vehicle 2 It may be configured to The transponder 10 is integral with the vehicle 2 and is configured so as not to be removable and reloadable. For example, the transponder 10 may be fixed by a fastener such as a Kensington wire so that it can not be physically removed from the vehicle 2. Further, for example, the transponder 10 may be configured to be authenticated using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), and to be able to detect that it has been removed from the vehicle 2 by software using a tamper function or the like of RFID technology.

The terminal device 20 is a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PDA terminal, and other communicable mobile electronic devices owned by the user U of the vehicle 2 and executes a program so that an application can be installed and activated as described later. , Storage, and operations may be possible. In the first embodiment, the case where the terminal device 20 is a smartphone will be described. The terminal device 20 may have a user interface with display of lights, images, marks, etc., voice recognition, a sound function, and the like. The terminal device 20 is configured to be able to communicate with the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 as described later. Further, as described later, the terminal device 20 is configured to be able to communicate with the service system management server 3 via the communication network N such as, for example, 3G network, 4G network, and LTE network.

The service system management server 3 is a management server that manages a service system that provides a specific service used by the user U who uses the vehicle 2. In the first embodiment, a case will be described in which the service system management server 3 is an ETC system integrated server that manages an expressway service system that provides expressway services such as expressway toll payment. However, the service system management server 3 may be a service system management server that manages service systems other than expressways. For example, the service system management server 3 may be a parking lot system integration server, an ERP system integration server, a taxi system integration server, a car allocation application system system integration server, an autonomous car system integration server, or the like. .

The service system management server 3 communicates with the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2 and, as will be described later, from the terminal device 20, a fee for the vehicle 2 used by the user U for a predetermined service , And is configured to receive charging information associated with a payment account ID stored in advance in the terminal device 20. In the first embodiment, the case where the predetermined service is the service of the expressway and the charge for the vehicle 2 used by the user U is the toll of the expressway will be described, but according to the service to be used, For example, it may be a parking lot charge, an ERP charge, a taxi charge, a charge for a car allocation application system, and a charge for automatically driving vehicles. The service system management server 3 is configured to transmit the received billing information to the payment account management server 4.

When the payment account management server 4 receives the charging information of the user U from the service system management server 3, charging information is sent to the system (not shown) of the bank to which the user U has a contract and a financial institution such as a credit card company. Is configured to send. Thereby, on the system side of the financial institution, the payment process for the fee for the vehicle 2 used by the user U is performed for the predetermined service. The payment account management server 4 is configured to notify the usage statement of the charge for the vehicle 2 used by the user U after transmitting the charging information to the system of the financial institution.

(Functional configuration of charging system according to the first embodiment)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the functional configuration of the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment. The detailed functional configuration of the transponder 10, the terminal device 20, and the service system management server 3 included in the charging system 1 is shown in FIG. The functional configuration of the transponder 10, the terminal device 20, and the service system management server 3 included in the charging system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

<Functional Configuration of Transponder>
The transponder 10 includes an identification ID storage unit 101, an identification ID transmission processing unit 102, a charge determination information storage unit 103, a charge determination information transmission processing unit 104, a vehicle information management unit 105, a radio wave reception interface 110, and a communication interface 120. Prepare.

The identification ID storage unit 101 is configured to store an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2. For example, the identification ID is a unique character including at least one of numbers, letters, and symbols uniquely assigned to the transponder 10 in association with the serial number of the vehicle 2 on which the transponder 10 is mounted and one-on-one. It may be a row. Thereby, it is possible to identify the vehicle 2 in which the transponder 10 is mounted from the identification ID of the transponder 10. The information indicating the association between the transponder 10 and the serial number of the vehicle 2 may be held by a specific organization such as the manufacturing company of the transponder 10.

The identification ID transmission processing unit 102 acquires the identification ID stored in the identification ID storage unit 101 and performs transmission processing to transmit to the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2 via the communication interface 120 Is configured.

The charge determination information storage unit 103 is configured to store charge determination information for determining a charge relating to the vehicle 2. In the first embodiment, a case will be described where the charge determination information includes the travel route of the vehicle 2 being used by the user U, the travel distance, the vehicle type, the license plate information, the car inspection information, etc. The information may be other information for determining the charge for the vehicle 2. The travel route and the travel distance of the vehicle 2 may be determined by a vehicle information management unit 105 described later, and may be periodically stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103, for example. In addition, the vehicle type of the vehicle 2, the license plate information, and the vehicle inspection information may be stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103 in advance, for example, before the transponder 10 is mounted on the vehicle 2.

The charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 acquires the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103, and the acquired charge determination information while the terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 are in cooperation. Are transmitted to the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2 via the communication interface 120. Specifically, in the first embodiment, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 receives an acceptance notification signal indicating that the transponder 10 has been accepted from the identification ID acceptance unit 201 of the terminal device 20 via the communication interface 120. Then, cooperation of the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is started, and acquisition of information for charge determination and transmission to the terminal device 20 are performed. Thereafter, acquisition of the charge determination information by the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 and transmission to the terminal device 20 may be periodically performed until the connection between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is disconnected. The acquisition of the information for charge determination by the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 and the transmission to the terminal device 20 may be performed irregularly.

The vehicle information management unit 105 is configured to manage vehicle information of the vehicle 2. For example, the vehicle information management unit 105 periodically calculates the current position of the vehicle 2 based on the radio wave information from the GNSS satellite 5 received via the radio wave reception interface 110, and changes the calculated current position of the vehicle 2 From the quantities, the travel path and travel speed of the vehicle 2 may be determined. The vehicle information management unit 105 may store the determined traveling route and traveling speed of the vehicle 2 in the charge determination information storage unit 103 as charge determination information.

The radio wave reception interface 110 is configured to be able to receive radio waves from the GNSS satellite 5.

The communication interface 120 is an interface that enables communication between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20. In the first embodiment, the case where the communication interface 120 is configured to perform wireless communication compliant with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20, for example, will be described. However, wireless communication may be performed according to other standards such as infrared communication and WiFi communication. The communication interface 120 may also be configured to perform wired communication between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20, for example.

<Functional Configuration of Terminal Device>
The terminal device 20 includes an identification ID reception unit 201, a charge determination information acquisition unit 202, a charge determination unit 203, a charge information transmission processing unit 204, a setting information storage unit 205, a first communication interface 210, and a second communication interface. 220 is provided. In the first embodiment, an application that cooperates with the service system management server 3 is installed in the terminal device 20 that is a smartphone, and this application is an identification ID receiving unit 201, a charge determination information acquisition unit 202, a charge determination unit 203, And may function as the charging information transmission processing unit 204. The identification ID reception unit 201, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202, the charge determination unit 203, and the charge information transmission processing unit 204 may be included in the terminal device 20 from the beginning without being introduced as an application.

In the first embodiment, the case where the application installed in the terminal device 20 is an application providing a service of an expressway will be described, but the application installed in the terminal device 20 is a specification used by the user U It may be other application according to the service of. When the user U operates the terminal device 20 which is a smart phone and inputs an activation instruction of the application to the terminal device 20, the application is activated. Similarly, when the user U inputs a terminal device 20 service start command, the service of the application is started, and when the service end command is input, the service of the application is ended.

The identification ID receiving unit 201 is configured to receive an identification ID transmitted from the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 that the user U is to use, and received via the first communication interface 210. When the identification ID receiving unit 201 receives the identification ID, the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 used by the user U is identified, and accordingly, the vehicle 2 associated with the transponder 10 is identified. The identification ID receiving unit 201 is configured to transmit an acceptance notification signal to the effect that the identification ID of the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 used by the user U has been received to the transponder 10 via the first communication interface 210. It is done.

The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 is configured to acquire the charge determination information for determining the charge for the vehicle 2 while the terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 are in cooperation. In the first embodiment, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 receives the charge determination information transmitted from the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 through the first communication interface 210, thereby determining the charge. You may obtain information for use. The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 is configured to input the acquired charge determination information to the charge determination unit 203. In the first embodiment, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 periodically transmits the charge determination information that the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 periodically transmits from the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 of the transponder 10. Although the case of acquisition will be described, acquisition of the information for charge determination by the information for charge determination information acquisition unit 202 may be performed at regular intervals.

The charge determination unit 203 is configured to determine the charge of the vehicle 2 based on the charge determination information acquired by the charge determination information acquisition unit 202. In the first embodiment, a case will be described in which the charge determination unit 203 determines the charge of the vehicle 2 based on the charge determination information at the timing when the service termination command of the application is input from the user U to the terminal device 20. However, the charge determination unit 203 may determine the charge of the vehicle 2 at other timings. For example, at a timing when the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 periodically acquires the charge determination information and inputs the charge determination information to the charge determination unit 203, the charge determination unit 203 periodically receives the charge of the vehicle 2. You may decide. The charge determination unit 203 is configured to input information of the determined charge to the charge information transmission processing unit 204.

When the information on the charge determined from the charge determination unit 203 is input, the charge information transmission processing unit 204 acquires the payment account ID of the user U stored in advance in the setting information storage unit 205, and information on the charge And the payment account ID are transmitted to the service system management server 3 as charging information.

The setting information storage unit 205 is configured to store the payment account ID of the user U who holds the terminal device 20. In the first embodiment, for example, when installing an application on the terminal device 20, the user U inputs his payment account ID to the terminal device 20 so that the setting information storage unit 205 receives the payment account of the user U. An ID may be stored.

The first communication interface 210 is an interface that enables communication between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20. The first communication interface 210 is configured to perform communication conforming to the same standard as the communication interface 120 of the transponder 10 described above. In the first embodiment, for example, wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard is performed between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20, but similar to the communication interface 120, for example, The wireless communication may be configured to perform wireless communication according to other standards such as infrared communication and WiFi communication. Also, the first communication interface 210 may be configured to perform wired communication between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20, for example.

The second communication interface 220 is an interface that enables communication between the terminal device 20 and the service system management server 3. In the first embodiment, the second communication interface 220 is connected to a communication network N such as, for example, a 3G network, a 4G network, and an LTE network, and communicates with the service system management server 3 via the communication network N. It is configured to be able to communicate.

(Processing Flow of Operation of Transponder and Terminal Device According to First Embodiment)
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 according to the first embodiment. The operation of the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, the process performed by the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is shown with each process of the user U, the service system management server 3, and the payment account management server 4.

The user U of the vehicle 2 in the vehicle 2 or in the vicinity of the vehicle 2 owns before entering the expressway in order to pay the toll of the expressway traveling on the vehicle 2 using the terminal device 20 The smartphone (terminal device 20) is operated to input an activation command of an application for providing a service of an expressway (step S101). Thereby, the application installed in the terminal device 20 is started (step S102). Next, when the user U operates the terminal device 20 and inputs a service start command of the application (step S103), the service of the application is started (step S104). In the first embodiment, since the user U inputs a service start instruction of a service for paying the toll on the expressway traveling on the vehicle 2 using the terminal device 20, the user U pays the toll on the freeway Services will be launched.

Next, connection processing of wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard between the first communication interface 210 of the terminal device 20 and the communication interface 120 of the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 is performed. The terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 are connected (step S105) to enable communication. Here, for example, if there is a vehicle capable of wireless communication compliant with the terminal device 20 and Bluetooth (registered trademark) other than the vehicle 2 used by the user U nearby, the terminal device The 20 applications request the user U to select the vehicle 2 to be used, and the application transmits the first communication interface 210 so that the transponder 10 of the selected vehicle 2 and the terminal device 20 are connected. It may be configured to issue instructions.

The identification ID transmission processing unit 102 of the transponder 10 acquires the identification ID of the transponder 10 from the identification ID storage unit 101, and transmits the acquired identification ID to the terminal device 20 via the communication interface 120 (step S106).

The identification ID receiving unit 201 of the terminal device 20 receives the identification ID transmitted from the transponder 10 and received via the first communication interface 210 (step S107). As a result, the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 on which the user U rides is identified. After receiving the identification ID of the transponder 10, the identification ID receiving unit 201 transmits an acceptance notification signal to the transponder 10 via the first communication interface 210 (step S108).

The charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 of the transponder 10 receives the acceptance notification signal from the identification ID receiving unit 201 of the terminal device 20 via the communication interface 120 (step S109), and the cooperation between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is It is started. The cooperation between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is, for example, used after mutual authentication has been performed between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 by wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard. The user U may start by reading the QR code (registered trademark) using the terminal device 20. Next, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 acquires the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103, and transmits the acquired charge determination information to the terminal device 20 via the communication interface 120. It transmits (step S110). Further, in the first embodiment, specifically, the information for charge determination is the information necessary for determining the toll of the expressway on which the vehicle of the user U travels, as will be described later. The travel path of the vehicle 2 being used by U, the travel distance, the vehicle type, the license plate information, and the car inspection information are included.

The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 communicates with the transponder 10 to acquire the charge determination information (step S111). More specifically, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 receives the charge determination information transmitted from the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 of the transponder 10 via the first communication interface 210, thereby determining the charge. Get the required information. As shown in FIG. 3, in the first embodiment, while the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 cooperate, the steps S110 and S111 may be performed periodically.

Among the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10, the vehicle type of the vehicle 2, the license plate information, and the vehicle inspection information are stored in advance in the charge determination information storage unit 103. The contents do not change. On the other hand, of the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10, the vehicle information management unit 105 receives the traveling route and the travel distance of the vehicle 2 via the radio wave reception interface 110. It may be determined periodically based on radio wave information from the GNSS satellite 5, stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103, and the content may be updated.

In the first embodiment, after the user U operates the terminal device 20 and the service for paying the toll of the expressway as described above is started (step S104), the vehicle 2 used by the user U is The traveling route and traveling distance of the vehicle 2 among the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10 may be periodically updated while the vehicle enters and travels on the highway. . Therefore, as described above, the charge determination information acquired by the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 of the terminal device 20 from the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10 may be periodically updated.

The user U operates the terminal device 20 at a timing when, for example, the vehicle 2 used by the user U leaves the highway at a timing when the user U pays a toll on the highway, and the toll of the application highway is The service end command of the service for paying the payment is input (step S112). When the service end command of the application is input from the user U, the charge determination unit 203 of the terminal device 20 determines the charge of the vehicle 2 based on the charge determination information acquired by the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 (see FIG. Step S113).

In the first embodiment, for example, the charge determination unit 203 is a user based on the traveling route and the traveling distance of the vehicle 2 among the information for the charge determination most recently input by the charge determination information acquisition unit 202. The toll of the expressway on which the vehicle 2 used by U has traveled may be calculated. Further, among the charge determination information input by the charge determination information acquisition unit 202, the vehicle type of the vehicle 2, the license plate information, and the vehicle inspection information may be used to calculate the toll of the expressway, as necessary. For example, in the charge determination unit 203, the "vehicle type" included in the charge determination information is "ordinary car", and the "travel route" and the "travel distance" included in the charge determination information When it is indicated that the vehicle travels a distance of 100 km from the predetermined entrance to the predetermined exit, the toll determination unit 203 applies the toll that is applied when the ordinary vehicle travels a distance of 100 km on the expressway. May be determined as the toll of the freeway on which the vehicle 2 has traveled. The charge determination unit 203 inputs information on the determined charge to the charge information transmission processing unit 204.

When information on the charge determined from the charge determination unit 203 is input, the charge information transmission processing unit 204 of the terminal device 20 acquires the payment account ID of the user U stored in advance in the setting information storage unit 205. The information on the charge and the payment account ID are associated with each other and transmitted to the service system management server 3 as charging information (step S114). As shown in FIG. 5, the transmission of the charging information from the charging information transmission processing unit 204 of the terminal device 20 to the service system management server 3 may be performed via the second communication interface 220.

On the other hand, wireless communication connection disconnection processing is performed between the first communication interface 210 of the terminal device 20 and the communication interface 120 of the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 (step S115), and the terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 is disconnected. Thereby, cooperation of the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is completed. In addition, the service of the application of the terminal device 20 is completed and terminated (step S116). In the first embodiment, when the service termination instruction of the application is input from the user U (step S112), the process of the charge determination process (step S113) and the process of the charging information transmission process (step S114) are performed. However, for example, the connection of the wireless communication between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is disconnected due to a distance of a predetermined distance or more from the vehicle 2 used by the user U, and the connection disconnection process (step S115) If it has been performed, processing of charge determination processing (step S113) and processing of charging information transmission (step S114) may be performed.

The service system management server 3 receives, from the terminal device 20, the information on the toll of the expressway associated with the payment account ID of the user U as charging information (step S117). Next, the service system management server 3 transmits the received charging information to the payment account management server 4 (step S118).

When the payment account management server 4 receives the charging information from the service system management server 3 (step S119), for example, the system of the financial institution to which the user U has contracted based on the payment account ID included in the charging information. The charging information is transmitted to (not shown) (step S120). Thereby, in the system (not shown) of the financial institution, payment processing of the toll of the user U on the highway is performed based on the charging information. Next, the payment account management server 4 notifies the user U of the usage statement in which the statement of the payment of the toll of the highway of the user U is described (step S121). This notification may be performed by, for example, sending an electronic mail to the user U, or may be performed by other methods such as posting on a specific web site, for example.

(Action, effect)
As described above, the terminal device 20 included in the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment receives the identification ID capable of uniquely identifying the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 to be used, and the identification ID receiving unit 201 A charge determination information acquisition unit 202 for acquiring charge determination information for determining the charge for the vehicle 2; and a charge determination unit 203 for determining the charge based on the acquired charge determination information; And a billing information transmission processing unit 204 for transmitting the service fee to the service system management server in association with the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device.
As described above, the transponder 10 can be identified by receiving an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 used by the user U. Thus, the transponder 10 is associated with the transponder 10 on a one-to-one basis. The identified vehicle 2 can be identified. Therefore, after identifying the vehicle 2 used by the user U, the charge for the vehicle 2 is determined, and the determined charge is associated with the payment account ID of the user U, so the use of the vehicle 2 and the vehicle 2 It is possible to correctly associate the terminal device 20 owned by the person U with the user U of the vehicle 2 and to collect the fee for the vehicle 2 accurately.

Further, a charge for determining the charge for the vehicle 2 by linking the transponder 10 with the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2 using an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 The functions of the determination unit and the like can be provided not to the transponder 10 but to the terminal device 20. Thereby, the cost of the transponder 10 can be reduced compared to the case where the function of the charge determination unit 203 or the like is provided in the transponder 10. Further, for example, when the terminal device 20 is a smartphone or the like, the cost of the terminal device 20 can be reduced by providing the application installed in the terminal device 20 with a function such as a charge determination unit.

Furthermore, in the terminal device 20 included in the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment, the information for charge determination is the traveling route, the traveling distance, the vehicle type, the license plate information, and the car inspection information of the vehicle 2 being used by the user U. At least one of
Thus, since the charge which concerns on the vehicle 2 is determined based on the detailed information of the vehicle 2, the charge which concerns on the vehicle 2 can be determined correctly.

Furthermore, in the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 communicates with the identified transponder 10 to acquire the charge determination information.
As described above, by acquiring the information for charge determination from the transponder 10, the terminal device 20 does not perform processing for preparing the information for charge determination, such as calculation of the information for charge determination, data conversion, and determination. The transponder 10 can perform the processing, and the load of the terminal device 20 can be distributed to the transponder 10.

The transponder 10 included in the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment includes an identification ID storage unit 101 that stores an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2; And an identification ID transmission processing unit 102 for transmitting the information.
In this manner, the identification ID capable of uniquely identifying the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 is stored in the transponder 10 and transmitted to the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2, thereby the terminal device 20. Can identify the transponder 10 and can identify the vehicle 2 associated with the transponder 10 on a one-on-one basis. Thus, the terminal device 20 can correctly identify the vehicle 2.

Further, the transponder 10 included in the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment stores a charge determination information storage unit 103 for storing charge determination information for determining a charge for the vehicle 2; And a charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 to be transmitted to the terminal device 20.
As described above, the transponder 10 stores the charge determination information and transmits it to the terminal device 20, whereby the terminal device 20 determines the traveling route and the traveling speed of the vehicle 2 included in the charge determination information. The processing to be stored can not be performed, and the transponder 10 can perform the processing, and the load of the terminal device 20 can be distributed to the transponder 10.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the charging system 1 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 according to the second embodiment. The charging system 1 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. The components included in the charging system 1 according to the second embodiment are configured in the same manner as the components included in the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment, except in the case where they are specifically mentioned. Therefore, duplicate explanations will be omitted.

(Functional configuration of charging system according to the second embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 5, the transponder 10 according to the second embodiment does not include the charge determination information storage unit 103, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104, the vehicle information management unit 105, and the radio wave reception interface 110. The point is different from the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the smartphone as the terminal device 20 according to the second embodiment is different from the terminal device 20 according to the first embodiment in that the smart phone further includes a vehicle information management unit 206 and a radio wave reception interface 230. ing.

The vehicle information management unit 206 included in the terminal device 20 according to the second embodiment functions in the same manner as the vehicle information management unit 105 included in the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, for example, based on the information of the radio wave from the GNSS satellite 5 received via the radio wave reception interface 230, the vehicle information management unit 206 periodically takes the current position of the user U who gets on the vehicle 2 as the current position of the vehicle 2. The travel route and travel speed of the vehicle 2 may be determined from the calculated amount of change in the current position of the vehicle 2 calculated and calculated. The vehicle information management unit 206 may store the determined traveling route and traveling speed of the vehicle 2 in the setting information storage unit 205 as charge determination information.

The radio wave reception interface 230 included in the terminal device 20 according to the second embodiment functions in the same manner as the radio wave reception interface 110 included in the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, the radio wave reception interface 230 is configured to be able to receive radio waves from the GNSS satellite 5.

As shown in FIG. 5, the service system management server 3 according to the second embodiment further includes the charge determination information storage unit 301 and the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304, and thus the service system management server 3 according to the first embodiment. It differs from the service system management server 3.

The charge determination information storage unit 301 included in the service system management server 3 according to the second embodiment functions in the same manner as the charge determination information storage unit 103 included in the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, the charge determination information storage unit 301 is configured to store the charge determination information for determining the charge relating to the vehicle 2. Specifically, the charge determination information storage unit 301 may store in advance the vehicle type of the vehicle 2, the license plate information, and the vehicle inspection information as the charge determination information. In the charge determination information storage unit 301 according to the second embodiment, the vehicle type of the vehicle 2, the license plate information, and the vehicle inspection information as the charge determination information are the identification ID of the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 and It is associated and stored.

The charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 included in the service system management server 3 according to the second embodiment functions in the same manner as the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 included in the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 acquires the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 301, and determines the acquired charge while the terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 are in cooperation. It is comprised so that the transmission processing which transmits the for-use information to the terminal device 20 is performed. In the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 according to the second embodiment, the charge determination information transmission unit 202 of the terminal device 20 requests the charge determination information to be transmitted to the service system management server 3. When the information request is received, acquisition of the charge determination information from the charge determination information storage unit 301 and transmission of the acquired charge determination information to the terminal device 20 are performed.

(Processing Flow of Operation of Transponder and Terminal Device According to Second Embodiment)
The difference between the processing in the charging system 1 according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 and the processing in the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. The processing of step S133 is added, and the processing of step S111 is changed to step S111a and step S111b. The other processes are the same as the process flow of the charging system 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.

In the second embodiment, the identification ID receiving unit 201 of the terminal device 20 transmits an acceptance notification signal indicating that the identification ID of the transponder 10 has been received to the transponder 10 via the first communication interface 210 (step S108). After that, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 of the terminal device 20 transmits a charge determination information request for requesting the charge determination information to the service system management server 3 (step S131). The charge determination information request may include an identification ID for identifying the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 used by the user 2.

The charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 of the service system management server 3 receives the charge determination information request from the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 of the terminal device 20 (step S132), and is included in the charge determination information request. Based on the current identification ID, the information for charge determination (vehicle type of vehicle 2, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information) associated with the identification ID is acquired from the charge determination information storage unit 301 and transmitted to the terminal device 20 (Step S133).

The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 communicates with the service system management server 3 to acquire the charge determination information (vehicle type of the vehicle 2, license plate information, and car inspection information) (step S110a). More specifically, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 receives the charge determination information transmitted from the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 of the service system management server 3 via the second communication interface 220. The information for charge determination is acquired (step S110a).

Further, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 periodically acquires the charge determination information (the travel route of the vehicle 2 and the travel distance) stored in the setting information storage unit 205 (step S110 b). For example, at the timing when the vehicle information management unit 206 periodically stores the traveling route and traveling speed of the vehicle 2 in the setting information storage unit 205 as information for fee determination, the setting information storage unit 205 The charge determination information (the travel route of the vehicle 2 and the travel distance) stored from the above may be acquired periodically, or may be acquired periodically or irregularly at other timings.

(Action, effect)
As described above, in the terminal device 20 included in the charging system 1 according to the second embodiment, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 communicates with the service system management server 3 to acquire the charge determination information.
As described above, since the terminal device 20 acquires the charge determination information from the service system management server 3 instead of the transponder 10, the transponder 10 does not have to have a function of storing the charge determination information. The cost of the transponder 10 can be reduced.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the cost of the transponder 10 can be further reduced by providing the vehicle information management unit 206 that determines the traveling route and the traveling distance of the vehicle 2 in the terminal device 20 instead of the transponder 10.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a computer according to at least one embodiment.
The computer 9 includes a CPU 91, a main storage device 92, an auxiliary storage device 93, and an interface 94.
The above-described terminal device 20 includes the computer 9. The operation of each processing unit described above is stored in the auxiliary storage device 93 in the form of a program. The CPU 91 reads a program from the auxiliary storage device 93, expands it in the main storage device 92, and executes the above processing according to the program. For example, the identification ID reception unit 201, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202, the charge determination unit 203, and the charge information transmission processing unit 204 may be the CPU 91.
Further, the CPU 91 secures a storage area corresponding to the above-described database in the main storage device 92 or the auxiliary storage device 93 according to a program. For example, the setting information storage unit 205 of the above-described terminal device 20 may be secured in the auxiliary storage device 93.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned transponder 10 may be provided with a computer similar to the computer 9, and the identification ID transmission processing unit 102 of the transponder 10, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104, and the vehicle information management unit 105 are similar to the CPU 91. It may be a CPU. Furthermore, the identification ID storage unit 101 and the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10 may be secured in the same auxiliary storage device as the auxiliary storage device 93.

Furthermore, the above-described service system management server 3 may be provided with a computer similar to the computer 9, and the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 of the service system management server 3 may be a CPU similar to the CPU 91. Furthermore, the charge determination information storage unit 301 of the service system management server 3 may be secured in the same auxiliary storage device as the auxiliary storage device 93.

Examples of the auxiliary storage device 93 include an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Sol ID State Drive), a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), and a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read Only). Memory, semiconductor memory, and the like. The auxiliary storage device 93 may be internal media directly connected to the bus of the computer 9, or may be external media connected to the computer 9 via the interface 94 or a communication line. When this program is distributed to the computer 9 by a communication line, the distributed computer 9 may expand the program in the main storage unit 92 and execute the above processing. In at least one embodiment, secondary storage 93 is a non-transitory tangible storage medium.

Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, the program may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that realizes the above-described function in combination with other programs already stored in the auxiliary storage device 93.

While certain embodiments have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof as well as included in the scope and the gist of the invention.

1 Billing System 2 Vehicle 3 Service System Management Server 4 Payment Account Management Server 5 Satellite 9 Computer 10 Transponder 20 Terminal Device 91 CPU
92 Main storage unit 93 Auxiliary storage unit 94 Interface 101 Identification ID storage unit 102 Identification ID transmission processing unit 103 Information determination unit for charge determination information transmission unit for charge determination 105 Transmission unit for vehicle information determination unit 105 Radio wave reception interface 120 Communication interface 201 Identification ID reception unit 202 information for charge determination information acquisition unit 203 charge determination unit 204 charge information transmission processing unit 205 setting information storage unit 206 vehicle information management unit 210 first communication interface 220 second communication interface 301 information for charge determination information storage unit 304 Information transmission processing unit N for charge determination N communication network U user

Claims

Terminal equipment owned by the user of the vehicle,
An identification ID receiving unit that receives an identification ID that can uniquely identify a transponder mounted on a vehicle to be used;
A charge determination information acquisition unit that acquires charge determination information for determining a charge for the vehicle;
A charge determination unit that determines the charge based on the acquired charge determination information;
A charging information transmission processing unit that transmits the determined charge and a payment account ID pre-stored in the terminal device to the service system management server in association with each other;
A terminal device comprising
The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the information for charge determination includes at least one of a traveling route, a traveling distance, a vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle being used by the user.
The terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the charge determination information acquisition unit acquires the charge determination information by communicating with the identified transponder.
The terminal apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the charge determination information acquisition unit acquires the charge determination information by communicating with the service system management server.
A transponder mounted on a vehicle,
An identification ID storage unit that stores an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle;
An identification ID transmission processing unit that transmits the identification ID to a terminal device owned by a user of the vehicle;
Transponder comprising.
A charge determination information storage unit storing charge determination information for determining a charge for the vehicle;
A charge determination information transmission processing unit that transmits the charge determination information to the terminal device;
The transponder according to claim 5, further comprising
The transponder according to claim 6, wherein the charge determination information includes at least one of a travel route, a travel distance, a vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle being used by the user.
The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4;
A transponder according to any one of claims 5 to 7;
A charging system comprising
A charging method using a terminal device owned by a user of the vehicle,
An identification ID receiving step of receiving an identification ID capable of uniquely identifying a transponder mounted on a vehicle to be used;
A charge determination information acquisition step of acquiring charge determination information for determining a charge for the vehicle;
A charge determination step of determining the charge based on the acquired charge determination information;
Charging information transmission processing step of transmitting the determined charge and the payment account ID pre-stored in the terminal device to the service system management server in association with each other;
A charging method comprising
A computer as a terminal device owned by a user of the vehicle,
An identification ID receiving unit that receives an identification ID that can uniquely identify a transponder mounted on a vehicle to be used;
A charge determination information acquisition unit that acquires charge determination information for determining a charge for the vehicle;
A charge determination unit that determines the charge based on the acquired charge determination information;
A charging information transmission processing unit that transmits the determined charge and a payment account ID pre-stored in the terminal device to the service system management server in association with each other;
A billing program that works.