Emission amount report device, system for charge for exhaust gas from vehicle, management unit and inspection device making up the system
First Claim
1. An emission amount notifying device comprising:
- detecting means for detecting an emission amount of a predetermined substance emitted from a vehicle;
converting means for converting the emission amount detected by the detecting means to a number of unit(s); and
notifying means for notifying of the number of unit(s) obtained by the conversion.
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Abstract
For improving driver'"'"'s awareness about emissions and promoting environmental protection, an emission amount notifying device is provided. When such a taxation system becomes effective that a tax is imposed in accordance with an amount of one or more kinds of harmful substances, which include a carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides and hydrocarbons emitted from a vehicle, a sensor determines the emission amounts of respective harmful substances, and a CPU obtains the amount of tax corresponding to the determined emission amounts from a ROM storing tax information related to the tax amounts corresponding to respective displacements, and displays the obtained tax amount on a display device. Further, the CPU sends the information relating to the determined emission amount to a server of authorities from a communication unit for performing tax payment procedures.
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27 Claims
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1. An emission amount notifying device comprising:
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detecting means for detecting an emission amount of a predetermined substance emitted from a vehicle;
converting means for converting the emission amount detected by the detecting means to a number of unit(s); and
notifying means for notifying of the number of unit(s) obtained by the conversion. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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2. An emission amount notifying device comprising:
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detecting means for detecting an emission amount of a predetermined substance emitted from a vehicle;
calculating means for calculating the emission amount corresponding to a difference between the emission amount detected by the detecting means and a standard value; and
notifying means for notifying of the calculated emission value.
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3. An emission amount notifying device comprising:
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detecting means for detecting an emission amount of a predetermined substance emitted from a vehicle;
storing portion for storing an amount of money corresponding, in advance, to the emission amount;
obtaining means for obtaining from the storing portion the amount of money corresponding to the emission amount detected by the detecting means; and
notifying means for notifying of the obtained amount of money.
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7. An emission charging system for a vehicle comprising:
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an engine operation state detecting means for detecting stop/drive of an engine on the vehicle;
wireless communication means mounted on said vehicle and connected to a communication network; and
a management unit connected to said communication network, and charging for emissions of said vehicle, wherein said management unit performs the charging according to an amount of the emissions of said vehicle based on engine drive information provided from said engine operation state detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An vehicle emission charging system comprising:
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a vehicle-mounted device having idling detecting means for detecting an idling state of a vehicle, and wireless communication means connected to a communication network;
a management unit receiving the idling information obtained by said vehicle-mounted device over said communication network, and charging for emissions of the vehicle; and
a mobile inspection device performing communication with said vehicle-mounted device over said communication network, and checking a normal operation of the vehicle-mounted device, wherein said inspection device sends a vehicle ID to said management unit over said communication network, said management unit sends a connection ID for communication with said vehicle-mounted device to said inspection device based on the received vehicle ID, and said inspection device checks the normal operation of said vehicle-mounted device by establishing the communication with said vehicle-mounted device based on said connection ID. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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16. An emission charging system for a vehicle comprising:
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a vehicle-mounted device having idling detecting means for detecting an idling state of a vehicle, wireless communication means connected to a communication network, and short-range wireless communication means not connected to the communication network;
a management unit receiving the idling information obtained by said vehicle-mounted device over said communication network, and charging for emissions of the vehicle; and
an inspection device communicated with said vehicle-mounted device by short-range wireless communication, and checking a normal operation of said vehicle-mounted device, wherein said inspection device checks a normal operation of said vehicle-mounted device by performing the short-range wireless communication to communicate directly with said vehicle-mounted device located within a communication-allowed area from the vehicle.
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22. A management unit capable of communication with a vehicle-mounted device on a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving means for receiving times of start and stop of idling of said vehicle from said vehicle-mounted device;
calculating means for calculating an amount of emissions during idling from said received idling start time and said received idling stop time, and calculating an amount of a charge corresponding to said amount of the emissions; and
sending means for sending the calculated amount of the charge to said vehicle-mounted device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. An inspection device comprising:
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input means for inputting a vehicle ID;
sending means for sending said input vehicle ID to a management unit charging for emissions of a vehicle;
receiving means for receiving from said management unit a connection ID for communication with a vehicle-mounted device mounted on said vehicle in response to sending of said vehicle ID;
communication establishing means for establishing the communication with said vehicle-mounted device by using the received connection ID; and
determining means for checking a normal operation of said vehicle-mounted device by determining whether said communication establishing means established the communication or not.
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26. A management unit comprising:
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first receiving means for receiving a vehicle ID, an idling start time and an idling end time from a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle;
calculating means for calculating an amount of emissions during an idling duration from the received idling start time and the received idling stop time, and calculating an amount of a charge corresponding to the amount of the emissions;
a database storing a log of the received idling start time, the received idling end time and the calculated amount of the charge for each of the received vehicle IDs;
second receiving means for receiving the vehicle ID, the idling start time and the idling end time of said vehicle from an inspection device capable of communication with said vehicle-mounted device; and
determining means for determining whether said database has stored the log of the idling start time and the idling end time of the vehicle ID received from said inspection device or not. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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