CN1549211A

CN1549211A - automatic vehicle toll charging method

Info

Publication number: CN1549211A
Application number: CNA031362230A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴坤荣; 简大为; 郑伯顺
Original assignee: Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd
Current assignee: Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd
Priority date: 2003-05-16
Filing date: 2003-05-16
Publication date: 2004-11-24

Abstract

An automatic charging method for vehicle toll is mainly to use a portable telephone (Cellular Phone) as the login and logout of the vehicle toll; before the vehicle enters the charging road or bridge, the portable telephone user terminal on the vehicle dials a specific number for representing the log-in (Login) automatic charging, and stores the correlation between the door number of the portable telephone and the license plate number in the charging center in advance, or the license plate number or other vehicle identification codes enough to bring the license plate number are typed in and hung up, and after leaving the charging road, the specific number for representing the log-out (Logiout) automatic charging is dialed, and all cell codes (CelllD) of the portable telephone system passing between the log-in and the log-out are used for charging the passing fee of the vehicle.

Description

Toll collects charging method automatically

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of toll and collect charging method automatically, be meant that especially a kind of toll that can be applicable to any charging road, bridge collects charging method automatically.

Background technology

Toll commonly used collects charging method automatically such as Taiwan is announced No. 287264 " system of toll payment " patent case (call in the following text and quote a case as proof) and announced No. 365671 " toll automatic fees-collecting method " patent case (call in the following text and quote two cases as proof); This is quoted a case as proof and mainly comprises: on each running gear, and a communication device, an and electronic type account who is couple to this communication communication device, this electronic type account is the part of cash system; This toll payment system comprises: a location communication device, in order to the orientation and communication device; And a distant place communication device, in order to the mobile communication device communication, be worth the account transfer message and implement the toll payment and save from damage with the exchange encrypt figure.

This quotes two cases as proof is a kind of method of the vehicles on traffic route or the traffic zone being collected automatically toll, wherein other vehicles have been installed the communication input media to carry out communication with a central location, and and carry out communication in the unit, a roadside of the current charge station of an entity, and wherein be predetermined the station that at least one virtual toll charge station geography is relevant to entity, its feature comprises step in this method: the communication device of the vehicles comprises the receiver of the GNNS system of a supply signal, the position of reading the vehicles by a first processor on it, and the position of the vehicles that relatively read thus, with the data of the position that is stored in toll charge station virtual on the reservoir, enter a virtual toll site with the detecting vehicles; The communication device of the vehicles, numeral action transmission network via central location, put cloth and will carry out toll charge transaction, central location is carried out the toll charge transaction to the vehicles, and send the receipt of a transaction back to the vehicles by its communication device, when entering into the charge station of entity, the communication device of the vehicles, via communication link receipt is delivered to the unit, roadside, as the evidence of paying correct toll.

It is above-mentioned that to quote a case as proof and quote two cases as proof all be to utilize a vehicle locating device to detect.Vehicle has arrived toll site, and the message that will arrive toll site is sent to the carry out purpose of charge of toll center with an action communication device.

Goal of the invention

Purpose of the present invention promptly is to provide a kind of portable phone (Cellular phone) that utilizes to login and publish as what vehicle pass-through chargeed, and collects charging method automatically with the toll that all cells code (Cell ID) of the portable telephone system that experienced between logining and publishing collects toll.

A time purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of vehicle locating device that need not be equipped with to detect vehicle and arrived toll site, can reach the purpose of automatic charge, and the toll that can save great amount of cost collects charging method automatically.

Another object of the present invention ties up in providing a kind of use generally commercial on the market pocket telephone, can carry out the toll that toll collects expense automatically and collect charging method automatically.

For achieving the above object, toll provided by the invention collects charging method automatically, its charging method is: before vehicle enters charging highway or charging bridge, hang up after in advance dialing the vehicle identification code that a representative logins relevance that (Login) collect the particular number of expense automatically and store portable phone door number and the number-plate number in advance and be enough to take out of in charging center or the key entry number-plate number or other number-plate number with the portable phone user terminating machine on the vehicle, and after leaving the charging highway, dial a representative and publish that (Logout collects the particular number of expense automatically, and all cells code of the portable telephone system that it is experienced between logining and publishing (Cell ID) will be used for collecting the toll of vehicle pass-through.

Described toll collects charging method automatically, wherein should the charging highway or the charging bridge be provided with the checkpoint of one or more device car plate auto photographing device for identifying in addition, through the checkpoint but do not login with the portable phone user terminating machine on the vehicle and collect expense automatically, or the relevance that does not store portable phone door number and the number-plate number in advance is in the charging center or do not key in the vehicle that the number-plate number or other are enough to take out of the vehicle identification code of the number-plate number, to identify by car plate auto photographing device for identifying, and with these vehicles by the checkpoint automobile image and the number-plate number as paying arrears the evidence that expense is handled.

Described toll collects charging method automatically, and wherein the part cell is the less microcell of communication covering scope.

Described toll collects charging method automatically, and wherein toll is to pay or withhold with cash advance by portable phone door number specified financial account number.

Described toll collects charging method automatically, and wherein portable phone user terminating machine is general commercial on the market pocket telephone.

Described toll collects charging method automatically, and wherein the portable phone user terminating machine on this vehicle is able to fast key and conveniently dials and login or publish the particular number that collects expense automatically.

Description of drawings

See also the detailed description and the accompanying drawing thereof of following relevant a preferred embodiment of the present invention, can further understand technology contents of the present invention and purpose effect thereof, the accompanying drawing of relevant this embodiment is:

Fig. 1 collects a kind of aspect figure of charging method automatically for toll of the present invention; And

Fig. 2 collects the enforcement synoptic diagram of charging method automatically for toll of the present invention.

Embodiment

See also shown in Figure 1, automatically collect a kind of aspect figure of charging method for toll provided by the present invention, its communication context that mainly utilizes portable phone (Cellular phone) each cell of system to be contained is a limited area, each cell has a so-called cell code (Cell ID), and the part cell is arranged is the less microcell of communication covering scope; The cell communication covering scope 3 that cell phone user terminating machine 1 is contained by a cell on the vehicle under the open state enters the covering scope 4 of another cell or at 5 o'clock, can be by a cell handover (Hand over) to another cell, therefore all cells code (Cell ID) that writes down the portable telephone system that the portable phone user terminating machine 1 located on the car under the open state experienced just can be used to calculate the toll of vehicle pass-through, and this toll can be paid or withhold with cash advance by portable phone door number specified financial account number.In addition, this portable phone user terminating machine 1 can be generally commercialization pocket telephone on the market.

When vehicle entering charging highway 2 or charging bridge before, dial a representative with the whole auspicious machine 1 of the portable phone user on the vehicle in advance and login the particular number that (Login) collects expense automatically, and the relevance that stores portable phone door number and the number-plate number in advance is in charging center 7, or hang up after keying in the number-plate number or other and be enough to take out of the vehicle identification code of the number-plate number, the cell based platform 6 at portable phone user terminating machine 1 place can be with portable phone door number during communication, the message of logining that the number-plate number or other are enough to take out of the vehicle identification code of the number-plate number sends charging center 7 to, and the be situated between all cells base station 6 taken over of this portable phone user terminating machine 1 also can send its portable phone door number and cell code (Cell ID) to charging center 7; Vehicle and dialing with portable phone user terminating machine 1 after leaving the charging highway is hung up after the particular number that (Logout) collect expense is automatically published in a representative, the cell based platform 6 at portable phone user terminating machine 1 place can send the message of publishing of portable phone door number to charging center 7 during communication, and all cells code of the portable telephone system that it is experienced between logining and publishing (Cell ID) will be used for collecting the toll of vehicle pass-through; Charge in addition highway or charging bridge is provided with the checkpoint 8 of one or more device car plate auto photographing device for identifying in addition, and charging center 7 will send the number-plate number of the vehicle of logining to checkpoint 8; Through checkpoint 8, but do not login the expense that collects automatically with the portable phone user terminating machine 1 on the vehicle, or the relevance that does not store portable phone door number and the number-plate number in advance is in the charging center, or do not key in the vehicle that the number-plate number or other are enough to take out of the vehicle identification code of the number-plate number, to identify by car plate auto photographing device for identifying, checkpoint 8 will send automobile image and the number-plate number of these vehicles by the checkpoint to charging center, and with these vehicles by the checkpoint automobile image and the number-plate number as paying arrears the evidence that expense is handled.For making things convenient for the user to call, the portable phone user terminating machine on the vehicle is able to fast key and dials and login or publish the particular number that collects expense automatically.

Toll provided by the present invention collects charging method automatically, and aforementionedly quotes a case as proof, quotes two cases and other common technologies as proof mutually relatively the time, has following advantage:

1. the present invention does not need to detect vehicle with the outfit vehicle locating device and has arrived the purpose that toll site carries out and charges, can save great amount of cost.

2. the present invention uses generally commercial on the market pocket telephone, can carry out toll and collect expense automatically, and this pocket telephone product is stable and selectivity is many.

3. quoting a case as proof is crop expenses point charging way, and the present invention is because be all cells code of the portable telephone system that experienced of record, thus go for toll site charging way, ring road come in and go out charging way, by the mileage charging way; Therefore, the present invention when quoting a case as proof and compare, more is applicable to various charging way.

4. quote a case as proof and be and adopt related as image law enforcement data and the data of withholing, and the present invention adopts with car plate as number as image the related of data and the data of withholing of enforcing the law with PID, MID; Therefore, the present invention quotes a case as proof more can distinguish the vehicle and successful vehicle of paying of successfully paying accurately, and enforces the law data as the foundation to the vehicle recourse toll of successfully not paying with image.

Above-listed detailed description is at the specifying an of possible embodiments of the present invention, and this embodiment is not in order to limiting claim of the present invention, and all the technology of the present invention spirit that do not break away from all should be contained in the claim of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for automatically calculating and charging vehicle tolls. The charging method is as follows: before the vehicle enters the toll road or the toll bridge, first dial a specific number representing the login to automatically calculate the toll with the mobile phone user terminal on the vehicle. And store the correlation between the door number of the mobile phone and the license plate number in the billing center or key in the license plate number or other vehicle identification codes that are sufficient to bring out the license plate number and then hang up, and dial a representative to log out of the automatic meter after leaving the toll road. Toll-specific numbers, all cell codes of the portable telephone system experienced between its log-in and log-out, will be used to charge tolls for vehicle traffic.

2. The method for automatically calculating vehicle tolls according to claim 1, characterized in that the toll road or bridge is provided with one or more checkpoints equipped with an automatic license plate recognition device. Did not log in to the mobile phone user terminal on the vehicle to automatically calculate the toll, or did not store the correlation between the mobile phone door number and the license plate number in the billing center, or did not key in the license plate number or other vehicle identification sufficient to bring out the license plate number Vehicles with a code number will be recognized by the automatic license plate recognition device, and the vehicle images and license plate numbers of these vehicles passing through the checkpoint will be used as evidence for the additional payment process.

3. The method for automatically calculating vehicle tolls according to claim 1, wherein some of the cells are microcells with relatively small communication coverage.

4. The method for automatically calculating and charging vehicle tolls according to claim 1, wherein the tolls are paid through the financial account number specified by the mobile phone number.

5. The method for automatically calculating and charging vehicle tolls according to claim 1, wherein the tolls are withheld by prepaid cash.

6. The method for automatically calculating vehicle tolls according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone user terminal is a commercially available mobile phone.

7. The method for automatic calculation of vehicle tolls according to claim 1, characterized in that the mobile phone user terminal on the vehicle can dial a specific number for logging in or logging out of the automatic charging by using a quick key.