Apparatus for transmitting information for vehicle
First Claim
1. An apparatus for use with a portable storage medium having balance information representing a remaining amount of prepaid toll and for notifying an occupant of a vehicle of a toll based reachable range of the vehicle, comprising:
- reading means for reading said portable storage medium to develop a signal representing said balance information;
a calculating means responsive to said signal for calculating the toll based reachable range which can be reached by the vehicle on the basis of a predetermined toll information and said balance information as represented by said signal; and
a notifying device for notifying the occupant of the vehicle of the calculated reachable range.
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Abstract
An apparatus for transmitting information for a vehicle notifies a user of a range which can be reached by a vehicle with the present balance in a card. A vehicle-mounted device transmits a response signal upon receiving an inquiry signal from a road device. If it is determined on the basis of the signal from the road device that the vehicle is passing through an entrance gate, an exit gate which can be reached with the present balance is calculated on the basis of vehicle type information stored, balance information, and a toll table. As the name of the calculated exit gate is displayed on a display unit, a reachable range is notified to the vehicle.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use with a portable storage medium having balance information representing a remaining amount of prepaid toll and for notifying an occupant of a vehicle of a toll based reachable range of the vehicle, comprising:
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reading means for reading said portable storage medium to develop a signal representing said balance information; a calculating means responsive to said signal for calculating the toll based reachable range which can be reached by the vehicle on the basis of a predetermined toll information and said balance information as represented by said signal; and a notifying device for notifying the occupant of the vehicle of the calculated reachable range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for communicating information for a vehicle, which enables paying a toll through communication between a road device which is installed on a road and a vehicle-mounted device which is mounted in the vehicle and in which a card with balance information recorded therein can be loaded, said system comprising:
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collating means disposed in said vehicle-mounted device for receiving and assembling the balance information recorded on the card; calculating means disposed in one of said road device and said vehicle-mounted device for calculating the reachable range which can be reached by the vehicle with a present balance, on the basis of the balance information assembled by said collating means and predetermined toll information; and notifying means disposed in said vehicle-mounted device for notifying an occupant of the vehicle of the calculated reachable range. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for communicating information for a vehicle, comprising:
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traveled-condition detecting means for detecting traveled conditions determined by an average vehicle speed in the travel; and notifying means for notifying an occupant of the vehicle of a toll calculated on the basis of results of detection by said traveled-condition detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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