Non-stop toll collection system and method
First Claim
1. A non-stop toll collection system comprising:
- a plurality of road-side radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions, which transmit identification signals responsive installation locations thereof;
a vehicle-mounted apparatus, which receives an identification signal, records a communication log for each said road-side radio apparatus, in response to said identification signal, and transmits said communication log, wherein each of said plurality of road-side radio apparatuses receives said communication log and wherein, in a case in which said communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus and said vehicle-mounted apparatus have already communicated, said vehicle-mounted apparatus is instructed to perform billing processing.
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Abstract
A non-stop toll collection system has a plurality of road-side radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions, which transmit identification signals responsive to the installation locations thereof, a vehicle-mounted apparatus, which receives an identification signal, records a communication log for each road-side radio apparatus, in response to the identification signal, and transmits the communication log, wherein each of the plurality of road-side radio apparatuses receives the communication log and wherein, in the case in which the communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus and the vehicle-mounted apparatus have already communicated, the vehicle-mounted apparatus is instructed to perform billing processing.
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8 Claims
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1. A non-stop toll collection system comprising:
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a plurality of road-side radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions, which transmit identification signals responsive installation locations thereof;
a vehicle-mounted apparatus, which receives an identification signal, records a communication log for each said road-side radio apparatus, in response to said identification signal, and transmits said communication log, wherein each of said plurality of road-side radio apparatuses receives said communication log and wherein, in a case in which said communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus and said vehicle-mounted apparatus have already communicated, said vehicle-mounted apparatus is instructed to perform billing processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A non-stop toll collection method comprising;
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a plurality of roadside radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions sending identification signals responsive to installation locations thereof;
a vehicle-mounted apparatus receiving said identification signals and, in response to said identification signals, recording and transmitting a communication log for each of the road-side radio apparatuses; and
each of the plurality of road-side radio apparatuses receiving said communication log and, if said communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus and said vehicle-mounted apparatus have already communicated, instructing said vehicle-mounted apparatus to perform billing processing. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A storage medium having an executable program for a non-stop toll collection method according to claim.
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