Vehicle collected fee distributing system
First Claim
1. A collected-charge distribution system for a vehicle which comprises an on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus mounted on a vehicle and a ground terminal apparatus disposed on the ground, and which is adapted to distribute charges collected thorough said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus, wherein said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus comprises:
- holding means for removably holding an information readable, writable recording medium having a balance recorded thereon;
charge processing means for calculating a charge amount to be charged to the vehicle on the basis of position information representing the position of the vehicle, reading the balance from the recording medium held by said holding means, subtracting the calculated charge amount from the balance, and writing the subtracted balance into the recording medium; and
distribution information write means for writing into the recording medium distribution information which is necessary for specifying the charge amount and a party to which a fee corresponding to the charge amount is to be distributed, and wherein said ground terminal apparatus comprises;
holding means for removably holding the recording medium; and
distribution information read-out means for reading out the distribution information from the recording medium held by said holding means.
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Abstract
An on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus 10 obtains its own position information from GPS signals from GPS satellites 51 to 53, determines on the basis of the position information whether conditions for charging are satisfied, and subtracts a calculated charge amount from an inserted prepaid car, when the conditions for charging are satisfied. At this time, information used for calculation of the charge amount is written into the prepaid card as a charge record. When the prepaid card is inserted into a card issuing machine 20 in order to increase the balance, the card issuing machine 20 reads the written charge record and transmits it to a center computer 30. The center computer 30 distributes the charge amount to management companies on the basis of the charge record.
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1. A collected-charge distribution system for a vehicle which comprises an on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus mounted on a vehicle and a ground terminal apparatus disposed on the ground, and which is adapted to distribute charges collected thorough said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus, wherein said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus comprises:
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holding means for removably holding an information readable, writable recording medium having a balance recorded thereon;
charge processing means for calculating a charge amount to be charged to the vehicle on the basis of position information representing the position of the vehicle, reading the balance from the recording medium held by said holding means, subtracting the calculated charge amount from the balance, and writing the subtracted balance into the recording medium; and
distribution information write means for writing into the recording medium distribution information which is necessary for specifying the charge amount and a party to which a fee corresponding to the charge amount is to be distributed, and wherein said ground terminal apparatus comprises;
holding means for removably holding the recording medium; and
distribution information read-out means for reading out the distribution information from the recording medium held by said holding means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus which is mounted on a vehicle and constitutes a collected-charge distributions system in cooperation with a ground terminal apparatus disposed on the ground, said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus comprising:
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holding means for removably holding an information readable, writable recording medium;
charge processing means for calculating a charge amount to be charged to the vehicle on the basis of position information representing the position of the vehicle, reading the balance from the recording medium held by the holding means, subtracting the calculated charge amount from the balance, and writing the subtracted balance into the recording medium; and
distribution information write means for writing into the recording medium distribution information which is necessary for specifying the charge amount and a party to which a fee corresponding to the charge amount is to be distributed.
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7. A ground terminal apparatus which is disposed on the ground and cooperates with an on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus mounted on a vehicle so as to constitute a collected-charge distributions system for distributing charges collected through said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus, said ground terminal apparatus comprising:
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holding means for removably holding an information readable, writable recording medium having a balance recorded thereon, said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus writing into the recording medium a new balance obtained through subtraction from the balance of a charge amount calculated on the basis of position information representing the position of the vehicle, as well as distribution information which is necessary for specifying the calculated charge amount and a party to which a fee corresponding to the charge amount is to be distributed; and
read-out means for reading out the distribution information from the recording medium held by said holding means.
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