Non-stop toll collection system and method
First Claim
1. A non-stop toll collection system comprising:
- a plurality of road-side radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions, which transmit identification signals responsive installation locations thereof;
a vehicle-mounted radio apparatus, which receives an identification signal, records a communication log for each said road-side radio apparatus, in response to said identification signal, and transmits said communication log, wherein each of said plurality of road-side radio apparatuses receives said communication log and wherein, in a case in which said communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus in a sequence of road-side radio apparatuses commencing from an entrance to a toll road and said vehicle-mounted radio apparatus have already communicated, said vehicle-mounted radio apparatus is instructed to perform billing processing.
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Abstract
A non-stop toll collection system has a plurality of road-side radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions, which transmit identification signals responsive to the installation locations thereof, a vehicle-mounted apparatus, which receives an identification signal, records a communication log for each road-side radio apparatus, in response to the identification signal, and transmits the communication log, wherein each of the plurality of road-side radio apparatuses receives the communication log and wherein, in the case in which the communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus and the vehicle-mounted apparatus have already communicated, the vehicle-mounted apparatus is instructed to perform billing processing.
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1. A non-stop toll collection system comprising:
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a plurality of road-side radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions, which transmit identification signals responsive installation locations thereof;
a vehicle-mounted radio apparatus, which receives an identification signal, records a communication log for each said road-side radio apparatus, in response to said identification signal, and transmits said communication log, wherein each of said plurality of road-side radio apparatuses receives said communication log and wherein, in a case in which said communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus in a sequence of road-side radio apparatuses commencing from an entrance to a toll road and said vehicle-mounted radio apparatus have already communicated, said vehicle-mounted radio apparatus is instructed to perform billing processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A non-stop toll collection method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of road-side radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions;
sending by the road-side radio apparatuses identification signals responsive installation locations thereof;
providing a vehicle-mounted radio apparatus;
receiving by the vehicle-mounted radio apparatus said identification signals and, in response to said identification signals, recording and transmitting a communication log for each said road-side radio apparatus; and
receiving by each of said plurality of road-side radio apparatuses said communication log and, if said communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus in a sequence of road-side radio apparatuses commencing from an entrance to a toll road and said vehicle-mounted radio apparatus have already communicated, instructing said vehicle-mounted radio apparatus to perform billing processing. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A storage medium having an executable program for non-stop toll collection method executable on a plurality of road-side radio apparatuses having mutually different radio communication regions and a vehicle-mounted radio apparatus, the executable program comprising the steps of:
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sending by the road-side radio apparatuses identification signals responsive installation locations thereof;
receiving by the vehicle-mounted radio apparatus said identification signals and, in response to said identification signals, recording and transmitting a communication log for each said road-side radio apparatus; and
receiving by each of said plurality of road-side radio apparatuses said communication log and, if said communication log indicates that another road-side radio apparatus in a sequence of road-side radio apparatuses commencing from an entrance to a toll road and said vehicle-mounted radio apparatus have already communicated, instructing said vehicle-mounted radio apparatus to perform billing processing.
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