System for notifying toll charge information
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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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Abstract
When car navigation device 100 detects that a vehicle has passed a toll gate, car navigation device 100 outputs a toll gate passage signal. When mobile communication terminal 200 receives the toll gate passage signal, mobile communication terminal 200 accesses from charge server 400 an entity of electronic toll collection system, the latest information on the balance in the prepaid account of the customer.
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1. A system for notifying charge information, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A car navigation device, comprising:
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a memory configured to store map data representative of road maps that include locations of toll gates; a passage detector configured to detect that a vehicle has passed a toll gate on the basis of a toll gate passage detection rule, the toll gate passage detection rule including a relation between the vehicle and the toll gate; a signal generator configured to generate a toll gate passage signal when the passage detector detects that the vehicle has passed the toll gate, the toll gate passage signal indicative that the vehicle has passed the toll gate; a passage signal transmitter configured to transmit the toll gate passage signal to a mobile communication device, wherein the toll gate passage signal includes a request for charge information; and notifying means for notifying a customer of a charge information notification message received in response to the toll gate passage signal, wherein the charge notification message includes the balance in the prepaid account of the customer, a toll charge for passing the toll gate, a user ID, and a toll gate ID. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A system for notifying charge information, comprising:
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a user identification device operable by a user in a vehicle to provide a user ID and a toll ID when the user identification device is in proximity to a toll gate; a charge server that is outside of the vehicle and is in wireless communication with the user identification device, wherein the charge server is configured to store a balance that is associated with one of the user or the vehicle, and wherein the charge server is configured to receive a signal indicative of the user ID and the toll gate ID, deduct a toll charge from the balance and generate a new balance; and a navigation device operable in the vehicle to be in separate and independent wireless communication with the charge server, wherein the navigation device is configured to separately and independently transmit a toll gate passage signal to the charge server in response to proximity with the toll gate, and in response to the toll gate passage signal, the charge server is configured to transmit a charge information notification signal indicative of the new balance and the deducted toll charge to the navigation device for display thereon. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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