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System for notifying toll charge information

  • US 7,053,793 B2
  • Filed: 02/25/2004
  • Issued: 05/30/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for notifying charge information, comprising:

  • a user identification device that stores a user identifier of a customer, the user identification device being mountable on a vehicle;

    a gate transmitter/receiver capable of wireless communication with the user identification device;

    a charge apparatus configured to store information on a balance in a prepaid account of the customer or the vehicle, and configured to subtract a toll charge from the balance in the prepaid account on the basis of information transmitted from the gate transmitter/receiver;

    a mobile communication device configured to communicate with the charge apparatus; and

    a navigation device capable of communication with the mobile communication device, the navigation device being mountable on the vehicle;

    wherein the navigation device comprises;

    a memory configured to store map information, the map information including locations of toll gates;

    a passage detector configured to detect that the vehicle passes one of the toll gates on the basis of a toll gate passage detection rule, the toll gate passage detection rule including a relation between the vehicle and the one of the toll gates; and

    a passage signal transmitter configured to transmit a toll gate passage signal to the mobile communication device when the passage detector detects that the vehicle passes one of the toll gates;

    the mobile communication device comprises a request transmitter that is configured to transmit to the charge apparatus a request to transmit information including the balance in the prepaid account; and

    the navigation device comprises notifying means for notifying the customer of the information including the balance in the prepaid account.

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