Traffic information transmitting system, traffic information collecting and distributing system and traffic information collecting and distributing method

• US 20020049527A1
• Filed: 06/25/2001
• Published: 04/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Kohno, Atsushi, Kaneko, Kazuma
• Granted Patent: US 6,473,688 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/117
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A traffic information detecting and distributing system including receiving means for receiving current position information transmitted from a traffic information transmitting system for detecting and transmitting the current position information of a moving object, traffic information forming means for forming traffic information based on the current position information received by the receiving means, traffic information distributing means for distributing the formed traffic information to a traffic information user, user identifying means for identifying the traffic information user based on traffic information user identifying information, and charging means for charging money to the traffic information user based on the traffic information user identifying information.There are provided a traffic information transmitting system, a traffic information collecting and distributing system and a traffic information collecting and distributing method for providing traffic information in a wide range and properly charging in accordance with a traffic information user.

Claims

1. A traffic information collecting and distributing system comprising:

receiving means for receiving current position information transmitted from a traffic information transmitting system for detecting and transmitting the current position information of a moving object;

traffic information forming means for forming traffic information based on the current position information received by the receiving means;

traffic information distributing means for distributing the formed traffic information to a traffic information user;

user identifying means for identifying the traffic information user based on traffic information user identifying means; and

charging means for charging money to the traffic information user based on the traffic information user identifying information.

2. The traffic information collecting and distributing system according to claim 1:

wherein the receiving means successively receives the current position information transmitted from the traffic information transmitting system.

3. The traffic information collecting and distributing system according to claim 1:

wherein the traffic information transmitting system identifying information transmitted from the traffic information transmitting system is received and charge is changed based thereon.

4. The traffic information collecting and distributing system according to claim 3:

wherein the traffic information transmitting system identifying information relates to product information of the traffic information transmitting system.

5. The traffic information collecting and distributing system according to claim 3:

wherein the traffic information transmitting system identifying information relates to presence or absence of providing the current position information.

6. The traffic information collecting and distributing system according to claim 1:

wherein the charging means controls a quality or an amount of traffic information distributed by the traffic information distributing means for respective traffic information user and charges money in accordance with the quality or the amount.

7. The traffic information collecting and distributing system according to claim 1:

wherein the traffic information distributing means adds additional information to the traffic information formed by the traffic information forming means and distributes the additional information to the traffic information user and the charging means changes charge in accordance with the additional information.

8. The traffic information collecting and distributing system according to claim 7:

wherein the additional information is advertisement information and the charging means charges to a provider of the advertisement information.

9. The traffic information collecting and distributing system according to claim 1:

wherein the receiving means receives accumulated current position information at every predetermined period.

10. A traffic information transmitting system comprising:

position detecting means for detecting a current position of a moving object; and

transmitting means for transmitting current position information of the moving object detected by the position detecting means;

wherein the transmitting means transmits the current position information only under a specific condition or increases a frequency of transmitting the current position information under the specific condition.

11. A traffic information transmitting system comprising:

position detecting means for detecting a current position of a moving object;

accumulating means for accumulating the detected current position information; and

transmitting means for transmitting the accumulated current position information at every predetermined period.

12. A traffic information transmitting system comprising:

position detecting means for detecting a current position of a moving object;

monitoring means for collecting moving object information of the moving object per se or a periphery thereof; and

transmitting means for transmitting the current position information of the moving object detected by the position detecting means and the moving object information collected by the monitoring means.

13. A method of collecting and distributing traffic information comprising the steps of:

receiving current position information of a moving object;

forming traffic information based on the received current position information;

distributing the formed traffic information to a traffic information user;

identifying the traffic information user based on traffic information user identifying information; and

charging to the traffic information user based on the traffic information user identifying information.