KR20030019010A - Method For Collecting A Passage Money Using A Control Device Connected With Car Phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for collecting tolls such as highways using a control device connected to a car, and using a car phone by installing a dead old mobile communication terminal in a vehicle and performing various functions by using the car. By connecting a transmitting and receiving device to a control device, a toll collection method using a control device connected to the car to calculate various tolls using the control device and the transmitting and receiving device, and to pay the tolls to the car phone charges The purpose is to provide. To this end, the present invention is a toll collection method using a control device connected to the car, which is applied to the toll collection system, the transceiver of the vehicle equipped with the control device connected to the car phone toll payment from the transceiver of the first toll collection system Receiving a request signal; And a second step of the control device receiving the signal from the transmission / reception device of the vehicle, transmitting the telephone number of the car to the transmission / reception device of the first toll collection system through the transmission / reception device of the vehicle.

Description

Method for Collecting A Passage Money Using A Control Device Connected With Car Phone}

The present invention relates to a method for collecting tolls such as highways using a control device connected to a car phone.

In the case of using highways or various tunnels, a toll is generally paid. A toll is collected by a certain section and a method of paying a certain amount.

At this time, the toll payment method currently used is a method in which a vehicle driver pays in cash, a method of purchasing and paying a traffic card corresponding to a certain amount, and a reader capable of recognizing the device in the case of a vehicle having a special device attached to the vehicle. Various methods are used, such as paying tolls.

However, the above-described methods cause unnecessary behavior during driving to the vehicle driver, which not only impedes driving, but also may cause additional burden on the driver because expensive equipment must be purchased and mounted on the vehicle. In addition, in the case of the payment card used for the equipment as described above is not only made of a rechargeable type, but the pre-payment method has a problem that can give inconvenience to the user.

On the other hand, with the development of mobile communication technology, dozens of new models of mobile communication terminals are released every year, and despite this, 4 million old mobile communication terminals are discarded (KBS 9 on April 2, 2001). City news), there is a problem that can not be reasonably operated a method for recycling the old outdated mobile communication terminal as described above.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by installing a deadband mobile communication terminal in a vehicle to use as a car phone, while connecting the transmission and reception device to the control device capable of performing various functions using the car phone, the control It is an object of the present invention to provide a toll collection method using a control device connected to a car to calculate various tolls using a device and a transmission / reception device, and to pay the tolls to be added to the car phone charges.

1A is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a toll collection system using a control device connected to a car phone according to the present invention.

Figure 1b is a detailed configuration diagram of a vehicle equipped with a control device connected to the car using the old terminal of the toll collection system using the control device connected to the car according to the present invention.

Figure 2a is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for collecting a certain amount of tolls in the toll collection system of the toll collection method using a control device connected to the car according to the present invention.

Figure 2b is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for collecting tolls by section when passing through a plurality of toll collection systems of the toll collection method using a control device connected to the car according to the present invention.

In the present invention for achieving the above object, in the toll collection method using a control device connected to the car, which is applied to the toll collection system, the transceiver of the vehicle equipped with the control device connected to the car phone transmission and reception of the first toll collection system Receiving a signal requesting toll payment from the device; And a second step of the control device receiving the signal from the transmission / reception device of the vehicle, transmitting the telephone number of the car phone to the transmission / reception device of the first toll collection system through the transmission / reception device of the vehicle.

In addition, the present invention is a toll collection method using a control device connected to the car, which is applied to the toll collection system, the control unit connected to the car to the signal requesting toll payments through the transmission and reception device of the first toll collection system A first step of transmitting to a vehicle; A second step of receiving a telephone number of the car from a transmitting / receiving apparatus of the vehicle receiving the signal, through a transmitting / receiving apparatus of the first toll collection system; And the first toll collection system requests a mobile network operator to charge a toll to the phone number of the car, or transmits the phone number of the car and a unique designation number of the first toll collection system to a central control system. A third step is included.

That is, according to the present invention, the obsolete spherical mobile communication terminal is manufactured in the form of a box (hereinafter, simply referred to as "car phone body" or "car phone") and installed under the seat of the vehicle, and an external microphone, an external speaker, and a keypad ( The present invention provides a method for recycling an old terminal by separating a key pad, etc. from the car body, and installing it at a location convenient for a user, while communicating with the car as well as controlling the car and a transmission / reception device. A control device capable of performing a function may be installed in a vehicle, and the payment of tolls imposed upon the use of various highways and tunnels through the transmission and reception device may be calculated by adding to the usage fee of the car.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1A is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a toll collection system using a control device connected to a car according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B is connected to a car using an old terminal of a toll collection system using a control device connected to a car according to the present invention. As a detailed configuration diagram of a vehicle equipped with a control device, a detailed configuration of a vehicle 80 equipped with a control device connected to a car phone using an old terminal shown in FIG. 1A is shown in detail.

First, a toll collection system using a control device connected to a car phone according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1A includes a vehicle 80 equipped with a control device connected to a car phone using an old terminal, and communicates with the vehicle and collects tolls. Multiple toll collection system 70, a central control system 60 for collecting tolls for each section of the vehicle by exchanging information between the multiple toll collection systems, and multiple toll collection systems or central control systems. And a mobile communication service provider system 50 for adding the toll fee of each vehicle to the car phone usage fee of each vehicle.

The toll collection method in the toll collection system using the control device connected to the car having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B, hereinafter, of the vehicle 80 equipped with the control device connected to the car using the old terminal. The configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 1B.

First, the installation method in the vehicle 80 of the car phone 30 using the old terminal is as follows.

That is, in the conventional mobile communication terminal, a microphone, a speaker, a keypad, and a display device (LCD) are all disposed in one body, but the car phone using the old terminal according to the present invention is the microphone 31 and the speaker 32. ), The keypad 33 and the display device 34 are separated from the car body main body 30 to be configured separately, and the components 31 to 34 are rearranged in the vehicle for the vehicle driver to be convenient to use.

At this time, the car phone main body 30 equipped with various devices can be used in a state fixed to the driver's chair or the like, and the microphone 31 can be separated from the car phone main body 30 to receive the driver's voice accurately. Location For example, it can be used by positioning it on the driver's head.

The speaker 32 may also be positioned at a position capable of accurately transmitting the voice output from the car body 30 to the driver.

On the other hand, regardless of the old and new terminals are located at the bottom of the terminal connecting terminal for connecting the speaker and the microphone, in the present invention, after the speaker and the microphone wires are extracted through this connection terminal through the speaker ( 32 and the microphone 31 can be used separately.

The keypad 33 may also be separated from the car body 30 to be fixed to a position easily accessible by the user, for example, between the driver's seat and the passenger seat. It can be mounted not only between the driver's seat and the passenger seat, but also on the top of the driver's head, and can be mounted like the audio, cassette, or radio on a panel to which various audio, cassette, radio, etc. are attached, or separately on the upper part of the panel. It can also be fixed using a fixing means.

In this case, since the display device 34 is difficult to separate from the car phone main body 30, the display device 34 may be attached to the keypad if necessary, and the display device 34 may be detached from the keypad 33. For example, the display device 34 may be mounted on a separate pad.

As another method for installation in the vehicle 80 of the car phone 30 using the old terminal, the components are not separately separated as described above, but are connected through the connection terminal at the bottom of the mobile phone. It may be further provided with a branching device that can separate each component integrally so that each component can be separated through the branching device.

On the other hand, the vehicle 80 to which the present invention is applied is provided with a transmitting and receiving device 10 that can communicate with the toll collection system 70, the transceiver 10 is toll from the toll collection system 70 When receiving a collection request signal, the toll collection system 70 includes a control device 40 for controlling the transmission and reception device 10 to transmit information about the phone number, vehicle type, etc. of the car. That is, information about the phone number of the car, the type of the vehicle, and the like is transmitted to the toll collection system 70 using the transceiver 10 provided in the vehicle 80. The transceiver 10 may be attached to the side of the vehicle as shown in FIG. 1B, and may be attached to various positions such as the front of the vehicle or the front windshield.

In FIG. 1B, the connecting line from the cellular phone body 30 passes through the control device 40 to the respective components (ie, the microphone 31, the speaker 32, the keypad 33, the display 34, and the like). Although shown as being connected, each of the components as described above may be configured by varying the position and arrangement, except that the control device 40 is connected to the car phone body 30 and the transceiver device 10 It is comprised so that the car body main body 30 and the transmission / reception apparatus 10 may be controlled.

In this case, the control device 40 may be connected to various devices as well as the car phone body 30 to perform various functions. In the present invention, in particular, the control device 40 is connected to the transmission / reception device 10 for toll collection. It is for controlling the transmission and reception of various kinds of information. On the other hand, the transmission and reception apparatus 10 according to the present invention does not simply mean that it is connected to the control device 40, but is connected to the car phone 30 and connected to the control device 40 for performing various functions. By doing so, it can be said that the control device 40 is in charge of transmitting and receiving information for toll collection, among various functions that can be performed in connection with the car phone 30.

Meanwhile, a transceiving device 71 for communicating with the transceiving device 10 of the vehicle for the toll collection request is also provided in each toll collection system 70, and the toll collection system collects the tolls through the transceiving device 71. If requested, the control device 40 in the vehicle 80 transmits the information on the phone number, vehicle type, etc. of the car to the toll collection system 70 through the transceiver 10.

That is, according to the present invention, when the transmission / reception device 10 of the vehicle 80 detects the toll collection request signal from the toll collection system 70, the control device 40 uses the transmission / reception device 10 as described above. Information about the phone number or vehicle type of the car is transmitted to the toll collection system 70, and the toll collection system 70 having received the phone number of the car is transmitted to the mobile phone provider system 50 to the phone charge of the car. The present invention relates to a method for requiring an additional toll fee, wherein a fee is charged in one toll collection system 70 and a fee is charged according to a certain distance in a case where a plurality of toll collection systems are passed. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B, respectively.

Figure 2a is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for collecting a certain amount of tolls in one toll collection system of the toll collection method using a control device connected to the car according to the present invention, in order to perform the method according to the present invention ), The transmitting and receiving device 10 and the control device 40 should be mounted in the vehicle 80, the storage unit of the control device 40, the telephone number of the car phone 30, the type of the car to be mounted Etc. must be stored. The phone number of the car, the type of vehicle to which the car is to be mounted, and the like are stored when the car 30 and the control device 40 are mounted to the vehicle.

That is, when the vehicle 80 having the above components meets the toll collection system 70 that collects tolls when passing through a highway or tunnel, the toll collection system 70 pays the tolls. The signal requesting to be transmitted is transmitted to the vehicle 80 through the transceiver 71 (202).

The vehicle 80 receives the information through the transmission and reception device 10, and at this time, the control device 40 receives the car phone number stored in the storage unit through the transmission and reception device 10 through the toll collection system. And transmits to the transceiver 71 of 70 (204). In this case, the toll such as a highway or a tunnel is generally paid differently according to the type of the vehicle, for example, a car or a van, so that the control device 40 transmits its own vehicle type together. This information is set by the operator in the control device 40 in the step of mounting the transceiver 10 and the control device 40 to the vehicle.

The toll collection system 70 having received the phone number of the car (possible to include information on the type of vehicle) calculates the toll (206) and then displays the billing information for the toll display device in the toll collection system 70 ( 72, the driver of the vehicle is notified 208.

On the other hand, the toll collection system 70 requires the mobile operator system 50 to add the toll by adding the toll to the phone bill notification of the car (210). 50 adds the car phone usage fee to which the toll is added to the user of the car phone 212.

In this case, the toll collection system 70 may directly notify the mobile operator system 50 of the toll payment as described above. Alternatively, the toll collection system 70 transmits the toll and car phone numbers from the toll collection system 70. Received central control system 60 may require the mobile operator system 50 to request toll payment.

Figure 2b is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for collecting tolls by section when passing through a plurality of toll collection systems of the toll collection method using a control device connected to the car according to the present invention, the method according to the invention In order to provide a car phone 30, a transmission and reception device 10 and the control device 40 must be mounted in the vehicle 80, the phone number of the car phone 30, the car phone is mounted in the storage unit of the control device 40 The type of vehicle to be stored should be stored. The phone number of the car, the type of vehicle to which the car is to be mounted, and the like are stored when the car 30 and the control device 40 are mounted to the vehicle.

That is, when the vehicle 80 having the above components encounters the first toll collection system 70 that collects tolls when passing through a highway or tunnel, the first toll collection system 70 is provided. In step 252, a signal requesting to pay the toll is transmitted to the vehicle 80 through the transceiver 71.

The vehicle 80 receives the information through the transmission and reception device 10, and at this time, the control device 40 receives the car phone number stored in a storage unit through the transmission and reception device 10. The data is transmitted to the transmitting and receiving device of the collection system 70 (254). In this case, the toll such as a highway or a tunnel is generally paid differently according to the type of the vehicle, for example, a car or a van, so that the control device 40 transmits its own vehicle type together. This information is set by the operator in the control device 40 in the step of mounting the transceiver 10 and the control device 40 to the vehicle.

The first toll collection system 70 receives the phone number of the car and transmits the phone number of the car 30 and a unique designation number of the first toll collection system 70 to the central control system 60. The transmitted telephone number and the unique designation number of the first passage collection system 70 are stored and managed in the central control system 60 (256).

On the other hand, the first toll collection system 70 requesting the central control system 60 to pay the tolls with the car number, the display device 72 of the first tolls collection system sends the collection information for the payment to the tolls. The driver of the vehicle is notified, and the driver of the vehicle 80 continues to travel to the corresponding destination.

When the vehicle 80 arrives at the destination N th toll payment system 70, the vehicle 80 receives a signal requesting to pay the toll from the transceiver 71 of the n th toll payment system 70, similarly to the above-described method. (258).

The vehicle 80 receives the information through the transmission and reception device 10, and at this time, the control device 40 receives its car phone number stored in a storage unit through the transmission and reception device 10 and the nth toll. The transmission and reception device 71 of the collection system 70 is transmitted (260). In this case, the toll such as a highway or a tunnel is generally paid differently according to the type of the vehicle, for example, a car or a van, so that the control device 40 transmits its own vehicle type together. This information is set by the operator in the control device 40 in the step of mounting the transceiver 10 and the control device 40 to the vehicle. However, when the information about the type of vehicle has already been transmitted while passing through the first toll collection system 70, the nth toll collection system 70 may omit this.

On the other hand, the n-th toll collection system 70 that receives the phone number of the car through the transmission and reception device 71 is a central control system 60 of the phone number of the car 30 and the toll collection system 70 The unique designation number is transmitted (262).

At this time, the central control system 60 finds the phone number of the car phone transmitted from the n-th toll collection system 70 from the pre-stored car phone number and inherent in the first toll collection system 70 of the car. The toll between the toll collection system 70 is calculated by comparing the designation number with the unique designation number of the destination n toll collection system 70 (264).

On the other hand, the n-th toll collection system 70, which requests the central control system 60 to pay the tolls by the car number, receives the information about the tolls from the central control system 60, and displays the display device 72. In operation 266, the driver of the vehicle 80 is notified.

The central control system 60, which calculates the tolls, requests the mobile operator system 50 to add the tolls to the phone bill notice of the car by adding the tolls (268). The operator system 50 adds the car phone usage fee to which the toll is added (270).

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited to the drawing.

The present invention as described above can not only recycle the old terminal, there is an excellent effect that the toll of the highway or tunnel can be automatically added to the car charges without additional additional equipment and billing system.

Claims (6)

A toll collection method using a control device connected to a car phone, which is applied to a toll collection system, A first step of transmitting / receiving a signal for requesting toll payment from a transmitting / receiving device of a vehicle equipped with a control device connected to the car from the first toll collection system; And A second step of the control device receiving the signal from the transmission / reception device of the vehicle transmitting the telephone number of the car to the transmission / reception device of the first toll collection system through the transmission / reception device of the vehicle; Toll collection method using a control device connected to the car including a. The method of claim 1, A third step of transmitting / receiving a signal for requesting toll payment from a transmitting / receiving device of an n-th toll collection system at the destination of the vehicle; And A fourth step of the control device receiving the signal from the transmission / reception device of the vehicle transmitting the telephone number of the car to the transmission / reception device of the nth toll collection system through the transmission / reception device of the vehicle; Toll collection method using a control device connected to the car further comprising a. A toll collection method using a control device connected to a car phone, which is applied to a toll collection system, A first step of transmitting a signal for requesting toll payment to a vehicle equipped with a control device connected to a car phone through a transmission / reception device of the first toll collection system; A second step of receiving a telephone number of the car from a transmitting / receiving apparatus of the vehicle receiving the signal, through a transmitting / receiving apparatus of the first toll collection system; And The first toll collection system requests a mobile network operator to charge a toll to the phone number of the car, or transmits the phone number of the car and a unique designation number of the first toll collection system to a central control system; 3 steps Toll collection method using a control device connected to the car including a. The method of claim 3, wherein A fourth step of transmitting a signal for requesting toll payment to the vehicle through a transmission / reception device of an nth toll collection system at the destination of the vehicle; A fifth step of receiving the telephone number of the car phone from the transmitting / receiving apparatus of the vehicle, which has received the signal, through the transmitting / receiving apparatus of the n-th toll collection system; The sixth toll collection system transmits the phone number of the car and a unique designation number of the nth toll collection system to the central control system when the nth toll collection system receives the phone number of the car; step; And After the central control system retrieves a unique designation number of the first toll collection system and the nth toll collection system transmitted together with the phone number of the car, the tolls between the first toll collection system and the nth toll collection system A seventh step of requesting the mobile network operator to charge the toll to the phone number of the car by calculating Toll collection method using a control device connected to the car further comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The toll collection method using the control device connected to the car, characterized in that the information transmitted by the car to the toll collection system includes information on the type of the vehicle on which the car is mounted. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The car phone is a toll collection method using a control device connected to the car, characterized in that using the old phone.