Toll collection system, its mobile terminal and toll processing apparatus, terminal processing program for the mobile terminal, and record medium recording the terminal processing program
First Claim
1. A toll collection system wherein gates are placed in the boundaries of a predetermined area and a vehicle passing through the inside and entering the area is detected at the gate for collecting a toll from the vehicle, said toll collection system comprising:
- fixed terminals each being placed in the proximity of each gate and capable of communicating with a mobile unit passing through the vicinity thereof;
a mobile terminal being installed in a vehicle for collecting run data used as an index indicating the magnitude of the effect on the environment as the vehicle runs from the vehicle and transmitting the run data to said fixed terminal; and
a toll processing apparatus for receiving the run data of each vehicle through said fixed terminal and calculating the toll of each vehicle based on the received run data.
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Abstract
To detect coming and going of an automobile 2 at gates 3 provided in the boundaries of a toll collection section and collect a toll from the automobile 2, the automobile 2 is provided with a navigation system 5 as a mobile terminal and a fixed unit group 7 is provided with fixed terminals 4 for communicating with the navigation system 5 and a toll collection apparatus 6 for calculating the toll of each automobile 2. Fuel economy data of the automobile 2 is transmitted from the navigation system 5 to the toll collection apparatus 6 and the toll responsive to the fuel economy data is imposed. If the driver drives the automobile so as to more lessen the emission amount of exhaust gas, the toll to be paid is reduced. Thus, it is made possible to insure improvement in the air quality.
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17 Claims
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1. A toll collection system wherein gates are placed in the boundaries of a predetermined area and a vehicle passing through the inside and entering the area is detected at the gate for collecting a toll from the vehicle, said toll collection system comprising:
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fixed terminals each being placed in the proximity of each gate and capable of communicating with a mobile unit passing through the vicinity thereof;
a mobile terminal being installed in a vehicle for collecting run data used as an index indicating the magnitude of the effect on the environment as the vehicle runs from the vehicle and transmitting the run data to said fixed terminal; and
a toll processing apparatus for receiving the run data of each vehicle through said fixed terminal and calculating the toll of each vehicle based on the received run data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A mobile terminal installed in a toll collection system wherein gates are placed in the boundaries of a predetermined area and a vehicle passing through the inside and entering the area is detected at the gate for collecting a toll from the vehicle, the toll collection system comprising:
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fixed terminals each being placed in the proximity of each gate and capable of communicating with a mobile unit passing through the vicinity thereof; and
a toll processing apparatus for receiving run data used as an index indicating the magnitude of the effect on the environment as the vehicle runs through the fixed terminal and calculating the toll of the vehicle based on the received run data, said mobile terminal being installed in a vehicle for collecting the run data of the vehicle and transmitting the run data to the fixed terminal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. A toll processing apparatus installed in a toll collection system wherein gates are placed in the boundaries of a predetermined area and a vehicle passing through the inside and entering the area is detected at the gate for collecting a toll from the vehicle, the toll collection system comprising fixed terminals each being placed in the proximity of each gate and capable of communicating with a mobile unit passing through the vicinity thereof, and a mobile terminal being installed in a vehicle for collecting run data used as an index indicating the magnitude of the effect on the environment as the vehicle runs from the vehicle and transmitting the run data to said fixed terminal, said toll processing apparatus for receiving the run data of each vehicle through the fixed terminal and calculating the toll of each vehicle based on the received run data.
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14. A terminal processing program for a mobile terminal being installed in a vehicle for transmitting predetermined run data to a toll processing apparatus placed in a toll collection system wherein gates are placed in the boundaries of a predetermined area and a vehicle passing through the inside and entering the area is detected at the gate for collecting a toll from the vehicle, the mobile terminal including a computer, said terminal processing program for causing the computer to function as:
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a collection unit for collecting traveled distance data and fuel consumption amount data from the vehicle;
a fuel economy calculation unit for calculating fuel economy data of the vehicle from the traveled distance data and the fuel consumption amount data collected by the collection unit; and
a data transmission unit for transmitting the fuel economy data calculated by the fuel economy calculation unit to the toll processing apparatus as the run data. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A record medium recording a terminal processing program for a mobile terminal being installed in a vehicle for transmitting predetermined run data to a toll processing apparatus placed in a toll collection system wherein gates are placed in the boundaries of a predetermined area and a vehicle passing through the inside and entering the area is detected at the gate for collecting a toll from the vehicle, the mobile terminal including a computer, the terminal processing program for causing the computer to function as:
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a collection unit for collecting traveled distance data and fuel consumption amount data from the vehicle;
a fuel economy calculation unit for calculating fuel economy data of the vehicle from the traveled distance data and the fuel consumption amount data collected by the collection unit; and
a data transmission unit for transmitting the fuel economy data calculated by the fuel economy calculation unit to the toll processing apparatus as the run data. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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