Device and system for toll payment
First Claim
1. A toll payment device that is provided in a vehicle for paying a toll at an electronic toll collection gate that the vehicle passes when using a toll road, and is able to receive a partial payback of the paid toll based on a used distance that is used on the toll road, the toll payment device comprising:
- an in-vehicle unit that automatically pays a toll by communications with a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate;
a road data storing unit that stores road data including position information of the toll road;
a position detector that detects a current position of the vehicle;
a used-distance information generating unit that generates used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses, based on the detected current position and the stored road data;
a transmitting unit that transmits the generated used-distance information;
a vehicle-state detecting unit that detects a vehicle state of at least one of a speed, an angular speed, and an acceleration; and
an entrance and exit designating unit that designates an entrance and an exit where the vehicle starts and ends a use of the toll road, respectively, based on at least one of the detected vehicle state and passing-confirmation information that is outwardly transmitted by the in-vehicle unit when the vehicle passes an electronic toll collection gate,wherein the used-distance information generating unit generates the used-distance information relating to a used distance used from the designated entrance to the designated exit, andwherein, in a case where the in-vehicle unit outwardly does not transmit passing-confirmation information relating to passing an electronic toll collection gate corresponding to an exit of the toll road at a certain toll-road use occasion, the transmitting unit transmits used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses at the certain toll-road use occasion when a toll is paid by using the in-vehicle unit at a toll-road use occasion subsequent to the certain toll-road use occasion.
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Abstract
A navigation device stores road data that includes positions of toll roads where payback of a part of a toll is provided based on a used distance of each of the toll roads. The navigation device computes a traveled distance of the relevant toll road to thereby compute the used distance of the toll road based on the computed traveled distance. Thus, the used distance of a toll road can be accurately computed, even when a vehicle travels a loop line within the toll road by multiple circles. Information that relates to the payback and includes the used distance of the toll road is then transmitted to a center to thereby receive a partial payback of the toll.
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Citations
17 Claims
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1. A toll payment device that is provided in a vehicle for paying a toll at an electronic toll collection gate that the vehicle passes when using a toll road, and is able to receive a partial payback of the paid toll based on a used distance that is used on the toll road, the toll payment device comprising:
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an in-vehicle unit that automatically pays a toll by communications with a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate; a road data storing unit that stores road data including position information of the toll road; a position detector that detects a current position of the vehicle; a used-distance information generating unit that generates used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses, based on the detected current position and the stored road data; a transmitting unit that transmits the generated used-distance information; a vehicle-state detecting unit that detects a vehicle state of at least one of a speed, an angular speed, and an acceleration; and an entrance and exit designating unit that designates an entrance and an exit where the vehicle starts and ends a use of the toll road, respectively, based on at least one of the detected vehicle state and passing-confirmation information that is outwardly transmitted by the in-vehicle unit when the vehicle passes an electronic toll collection gate, wherein the used-distance information generating unit generates the used-distance information relating to a used distance used from the designated entrance to the designated exit, and wherein, in a case where the in-vehicle unit outwardly does not transmit passing-confirmation information relating to passing an electronic toll collection gate corresponding to an exit of the toll road at a certain toll-road use occasion, the transmitting unit transmits used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses at the certain toll-road use occasion when a toll is paid by using the in-vehicle unit at a toll-road use occasion subsequent to the certain toll-road use occasion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A toll payment system for a vehicle executing, at an electronic toll collection gate that the vehicle passes when using a toll road, a toll payment for paying a toll for the toll road where a payback of a part of the paid toll is able to be received based on a used distance that is used on the toll road, the toll payment system comprising:
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a toll payment device that is provided in the vehicle and includes an in-vehicle unit that automatically pays a toll by communications with a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate and outwardly transmits passing-confirmation information when the vehicle passes an electronic toll collection gate, a road data storing unit that stores road data including position information of the toll road, a position detector that detects a current position of the vehicle, a vehicle-state detecting unit that detects a vehicle state of at least one of a speed, an angular speed, and an acceleration, an entrance and exit designating unit that designates an entrance and an exit where the vehicle starts and ends a use of the toll road, respectively, based on at least one of the detected vehicle state and the passing-confirmation information that is outwardly transmitted by the in-vehicle unit, a used-distance information generating unit that generates used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses from the designated entrance to the designated exit, based on the detected current position and the stored road data, and a transmitting unit that transmits the generated used-distance information; and a center that includes a processing unit that interfaces with the roadside unit and executes via the roadside unit a process relating to the payback when the used-distance information is received via the roadside unit in addition to a process relating to the toll payment wherein, in a case where the in-vehicle unit outwardly does not transmit passing confirmation information relating to passing an electronic toll collection gate corresponding to an exit of the toll road at a certain toll-road use occasion, the transmitting unit transmits used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses at the certain toll-road use occasion when a toll is paid by using the in-vehicle unit at a toll-road use occasion subsequent to the certain toll-road use occasion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A toll payment device that is provided in a vehicle for paying a toll at an electronic toll collection gate that the vehicle passes when using a toll road, and is able to receive a partial payback of the paid toll based on a used distance that is used on the toll road, the toll payment device comprising:
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an in-vehicle unit that automatically pays a toll by communications with a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate; a road data storing unit that stores road data including position information of the toll road; a position detector that detects a current position of the vehicle; a used-distance information generating unit that generates used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses, based on the detected current position and the stored road data; a transmitting unit that transmits the generated used-distance information; a vehicle-state detecting unit that detects a vehicle state of at least one of a speed, an angular speed, and an acceleration; an entrance and exit designating unit that designates an entrance and an exit where the vehicle starts and ends a use of the toll road, respectively, based on at least one of the detected vehicle state and passing-confirmation information that is outwardly transmitted by the in-vehicle unit when the vehicle passes an electronic toll collection gate; and a use-frequency storing unit that stores use-frequency information relating to a use frequency with which the vehicle uses the toll road, wherein the used-distance information generating unit generates the used-distance information relating to a used distance used from the designated entrance to the designated exit, wherein the transmitting unit transmits to a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate via the in-vehicle unit route information including the generated used-distance information, the designated entrance, and the designated exit, and wherein the transmitting unit transmits the use-frequency information in addition to the route information.
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15. A toll payment device that is provided in a vehicle for paying a toll at an electronic toll collection gate that the vehicle passes when using a toll road, and is able to receive a partial payback of the paid toll based on a used distance that is used on the toll road, the toll payment device comprising:
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an in-vehicle unit that automatically pays a toll by communications with a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate; a road data storing unit that stores road data including position information of the toll road; a position detector that detects a current position of the vehicle; a used-distance information generating unit that generates used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses, based on the detected current position and the stored road data; a transmitting unit that transmits the generated used-distance information; a vehicle-state detecting unit that detects a vehicle state of at least one of a speed, an angular speed, and an acceleration; and an entrance and exit designating unit that designates an entrance and an exit where the vehicle starts and ends a use of the toll road, respectively, based on at least one of the detected vehicle state and passing-confirmation information that is outwardly transmitted by the in-vehicle unit when the vehicle passes an electronic toll collection gate, wherein the used-distance information generating unit generates the used-distance information relating to a used distance used from the designated entrance to the designated exit, wherein the transmitting unit transmits to a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate via the in-vehicle unit route information including the generated used-distance information, the designated entrance, and the designated exit, wherein the road data storing unit, the position detector, the used-distance information generating unit, and the transmitting unit are included in an associated navigation device that is associated with a function included in the in-vehicle unit, and wherein the transmitting unit transmits information indicating that the associated navigation device is present, in addition to the route information.
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16. A toll payment system for a vehicle executing, at an electronic toll collection gate that the vehicle passes when using a toll road, a toll payment for paying a toll for the toll road where a payback of a part of the paid toll is able to be received based on a used distance that is used on the toll road, the toll payment system comprising:
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a toll payment device that is provided in the vehicle and includes an in-vehicle unit that automatically pays a toll by communications with a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate and outwardly transmits passing-confirmation information when the vehicle passes an electronic toll collection gate, a road data storing unit that stores road data including position information of the toll road, a position detector that detects a current position of the vehicle, a vehicle-state detecting unit that detects a vehicle state of at least one of a speed, an angular speed, and an acceleration, an entrance and exit designating unit that designates an entrance and an exit where the vehicle starts and ends a use of the toll road, respectively, based on at least one of the detected vehicle state and the passing-confirmation information that is outwardly transmitted by the in-vehicle unit, a used-distance information generating unit that generates used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses from the designated entrance to the designated exit, based on the detected current position and the stored road data, and a transmitting unit that transmits the generated used-distance information; and a center that includes a processing unit that interfaces with the roadside unit and executes via the roadside unit a process relating to the payback when the used-distance information is received via the roadside unit in addition to a process relating to the toll payment, wherein the transmitting unit transmits to a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate via the in-vehicle unit route information including the generated used-distance information, the designated entrance, and the designated exit, wherein the toll payment device further includes a use-frequency storing unit that stores use-frequency information relating to a use frequency with which the vehicle uses the toll road, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the use-frequency information in addition to the route information, and wherein, when the processing unit included in the center receives the use-frequency information via the roadside unit and a use frequency indicated by the received use-frequency information is a given frequency or more, the processing unit executes a discount from the toll.
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17. A toll payment system for a vehicle executing, at an electronic toll collection gate that the vehicle passes when using a toll road, a toll payment for paying a toll for the toll road where a payback of a part of the paid toll is able to be received based on a used distance that is used on the toll road, the toll payment system comprising:
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a toll payment device that is provided in the vehicle and includes an in-vehicle unit that automatically pays a toll by communications with a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate and outwardly transmits passing-confirmation information when the vehicle passes an electronic toll collection gate, a road data storing unit that stores road data including position information of the toll road, a position detector that detects a current position of the vehicle, a vehicle-state detecting unit that detects a vehicle state of at least one of a speed, an angular speed, and an acceleration, an entrance and exit designating unit that designates an entrance and an exit where the vehicle starts and ends a use of the toll road, respectively, based on at least one of the detected vehicle state and the passing-confirmation information that is outwardly transmitted by the in-vehicle unit, a used-distance information generating unit that generates used-distance information relating to a used distance of the toll road that the vehicle uses from the designated entrance to the designated exit, based on the detected current position and the stored road data, and a transmitting unit that transmits the generated used-distance information; and a center that includes a processing unit that interfaces with the roadside unit and executes via the roadside unit a process relating to the payback when the used-distance information is received via the roadside unit in addition to a process relating to the toll payment, wherein the transmitting unit transmits to a roadside unit disposed at the electronic toll collection gate via the in-vehicle unit route information including the generated used-distance information, the designated entrance, and the designated exit wherein the road data storing unit, the position detector, the used-distance information generating unit, and the transmitting unit are included in an associated navigation device that is associated with a function included in the in-vehicle unit, wherein the transmitting unit transmits certain information indicating that the associated navigation device is present, in addition to the route information, and wherein, when the processing unit included in the center received the certain information, the processing unit increases payback.
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Specification