JP2011209989A - Charging system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charging system capable of discounting a use charge for a service by using a common vehicle loaded device or a portable terminal that a user owns.SOLUTION: A settlement system 1 includes: a center server 2 as a central controller arranged in an operation area for a management operator carrying out authentication and settlement operations; a web server 3; a roadside server 4 as a road side unit arranged in a parking lot managed by a parking lot operator; and a settlement unit 5 arranged in the parking lot and connected to the roadside server 4. The user reads QR code displayed along with a purchase of a merchandise in a store where the parking lot is installed by an imager 86 of a cell phone 8 and the information from a web page is received from the web server 3 by making access to a URL analyzed by a QR code analyzer 87. A discounting control unit 20 specifies a discount amount to be discounted from the parking lot charge based on the information transmitted to the web server 3 when the cell phone 8 makes access to the URL.

Description

  The present invention relates to a service provided to a vehicle or a user thereof using an in-vehicle device for settlement of a road toll, and relates to a billing system for specifying a service usage fee.

In recent years, ETC (Electronic Toll) has been used to settle tolls on toll roads.
Collection system: Automatic toll collection system (registered trademark) is being introduced. The ETC performs two-way wireless communication using the DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) method between the roadside equipment installed at the toll booth and the vehicle-mounted device installed in the vehicle to pay for tolls. It is a system that transmits and receives necessary information. According to ETC, the vehicle can pass through the toll gate non-stop without stopping for toll collection as in the prior art. As a result, various advantages such as elimination of traffic congestion at the toll gate, improvement of user convenience, simplification of the facility at the toll gate, and the like can be obtained. For this reason, ETC support for toll roads is progressing, and vehicles equipped with in-vehicle devices are also increasing.

  Recently, it has been realized that the functions of ETC's on-board equipment are used for the settlement of charges related to services other than toll roads. As an example, it is proposed that the on-board equipment will be used to settle parking fees. Yes.

  By the way, in a parking lot attached to a store or the like, when a visitor purchases a product at a store, it is generally performed to discount the use fee of the visitor's parking lot. In such a parking lot, a parking ticket is issued by a ticketing machine arranged at the entrance or parking area of the parking lot, and a discount ticket is given to a visitor who has purchased a product at the store. When visitors leave the vehicle from the parking lot, a parking ticket and a discount ticket are inserted into the checkout machine, and the usage fee is settled.

  In the case of introducing the usage fee settlement by the vehicle-mounted device into such a parking lot, since the parking ticket is not issued, the discount with the discount ticket becomes difficult. In view of this, a settlement system has been proposed in which a mobile terminal owned by a user of the vehicle-mounted device is used to settle the parking fee for the vehicle-mounted device (see Patent Document 1).

  In this settlement system, vehicle information and warehousing time, etc. are transmitted and stored from the vehicle-mounted device to the mobile terminal, and the vehicle information and warehousing time stored in the mobile terminal when the user pays for the purchase of the product at the store. Transfer to store terminal. The store terminal calculates the discount amount of the parking lot usage fee according to the warehousing time transferred from the mobile terminal and the user's payment amount, and this discount amount is included in the vehicle information transferred from the mobile terminal. In association with the specific information identifying the vehicle and transmitting it to the settlement machine. The checkout machine stores the received unique information and the discount amount. If the stored unique information matches the unique information received from the vehicle-mounted device when the vehicle leaves, the settlement fee is settled by subtracting the stored discount amount. Processing is in progress.

JP 2006-113894 A

  However, since the settlement system of Patent Document 1 needs to perform information communication between the vehicle-mounted device and the portable terminal and between the portable terminal and the store terminal, the vehicle-mounted device, the portable terminal, and the store terminal are, for example, It is necessary to have a unified standard communication function such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). Therefore, there is a problem that the settlement system cannot be used unless the user's vehicle-mounted device or portable terminal has the communication function of the unified standard.

  In addition, the unique information that identifies the vehicle is confidential information that conforms to the user's personal information. If the unique information is transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device to the mobile terminal or the store terminal, information that conforms to the personal information may be leaked.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a billing system capable of discounting a service usage fee using a general vehicle-mounted device or portable terminal owned by a user. Another object of the present invention is to provide a billing system that can prevent leakage of information about users.

In order to solve the above problems, a billing system of the present invention is a billing system for specifying a service usage fee for a service provided to a vehicle equipped with a vehicle-mounted device or a user thereof,
A central control device installed in the central control center, a roadside device and a settlement device installed in the service providing area,
The central controller is
An authentication unit that authenticates the OBE based on the unique information of the OBE received from the roadside device;
When authentication of the on-board device by the authentication unit is successful, discount target information or discount target information indicating that the service usage fee is to be discounted is addressed to the e-mail address of the user's mobile terminal previously associated with the on-vehicle device specific information. A mail sending unit that sends an email containing link information to be displayed on the user's mobile terminal;
A discount basic information acquisition unit for acquiring discount basic information for a discount;
Based on the basic discount information acquired by the basic discount information acquisition unit, a discount amount specifying unit for specifying the amount to be discounted from the service usage fee;
A discount information transmitting unit that transmits discount information including the amount specified by the discount amount specifying unit to the roadside device;
The roadside device
A wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the in-vehicle device and exchanges information with the in-vehicle device;
Based on information received by the wireless communication unit from the in-vehicle device, a unique information output unit that outputs the unique information of the on-vehicle device,
A unique information transmitting unit that transmits the unique information output by the unique information output unit to the central control unit;
A discount information receiving unit for receiving discount information from the central control unit;
A discount information transmission unit that transmits the discount information received by the discount information reception unit to the settlement apparatus;
The above settlement apparatus
Calculate the discounted service usage fee to be charged to the user based on the service usage fee before discount calculated based on the usage status of the user service and the discount information received from the discount information transmission unit of the roadside device. It has a charge calculation unit.

  According to the above configuration, when a vehicle equipped with a vehicle-mounted device enters the service provision area, the wireless communication unit of the roadside device performs wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device, and exchanges information with the vehicle-mounted device. The unique information output unit of the roadside device outputs the unique information of the vehicle-mounted device based on the information received from the vehicle-mounted device by the wireless communication unit. The unique information of the vehicle-mounted device output by the unique information output unit is transmitted to the central control device by the unique information transmission unit of the roadside device. The authentication unit of the central control device authenticates the vehicle-mounted device based on the unique information of the vehicle-mounted device received from the roadside device. When the authentication of the in-vehicle device by the authentication unit is successful, the mail transmission unit of the central control device will discount the service usage fee to the mail address of the user's mobile terminal previously associated with the unique information of the on-vehicle device. The electronic mail containing link information for displaying the discount target information or the discount target information to be displayed on the user's portable terminal is transmitted. The user displays the discount target information transmitted to the mobile terminal on the mobile terminal, or displays the discount target information on the mobile terminal based on the link information transmitted to the mobile terminal, and corresponds to the display of the discount target information. The basic discount information obtained is input to the mobile terminal. On the other hand, the central control unit acquires basic discount information by the basic discount information acquisition unit, and based on the basic discount information acquired by the basic discount information acquisition unit, the discount amount specifying unit determines the amount to be discounted from the service usage fee. Identify. The discount information transmitting unit transmits the discount information including the amount specified by the discount amount specifying unit to the roadside device. The discount information receiving unit of the roadside device receives the discount information from the central control device, and the discount information transmitting unit transmits the discount information received by the discount information receiving unit to the settlement device. The discount to be charged to the user based on the pre-discount service usage fee calculated by the fee calculation unit of the settlement device based on the user service usage status and the discount information received from the discount information transmission unit of the roadside device Calculate later service usage fees. The calculated service usage fee after discount is settled by, for example, payment by the user to the settlement machine, electronic settlement via the central control unit, or the like. In this way, the user can receive a discount on the service usage fee without using a ticket or a discount ticket as in a conventional parking lot.

  The billing system of the present invention uses the central control device, the roadside device, and the checkout device, so that the user's mobile terminal receives a discount target information or an email to which link information is added, and the discount target information. A function having a display function and a discount basic information transmission function can be used. That is, as a user's portable terminal, the one having a generally popular e-mail transmission function, a character or image display function, and an information communication function through the Internet, for example, can be used. Therefore, there is no need to use an in-vehicle device and a portable terminal capable of communicating information with each other and a portable terminal capable of information communication with a store terminal unlike the conventional settlement system. The service usage fee can be discounted for users who have mobile terminals. As a result, a discount can be given to the settlement of the service usage fee using the in-vehicle device without forcing the user to newly purchase the in-vehicle device and the mobile terminal. The discount basic information may be transmitted to a central control device from a terminal device arranged in a service providing area other than the user's mobile terminal.

  Moreover, since the billing system of the present invention does not transmit the in-vehicle device specific information or the vehicle-related information to the user's portable terminal, the leakage of information according to the user's personal information is more effective than the conventional settlement system. Can be prevented.

  In the billing system according to an embodiment, the discount basic information acquisition unit of the central control device includes a web page distribution unit that distributes a web page that receives input of discount basic information, and the mobile terminal of the user includes the web page Access the distribution department and enter the basic discount information on the web page.

  According to the embodiment, the user operates the mobile terminal to access the web page distributed by the web page distribution unit included in the discount basic information acquisition unit of the central control device, and inputs the discount basic information to the web page. To do. Thereby, the discount basic information can be transmitted from the mobile terminal to the discount basic information acquisition unit, and the service usage fee can be easily discounted.

  In the billing system of one embodiment, the discount basic information acquisition unit of the central control device receives an email in which the discount basic information is input from the user's mobile terminal.

  According to the above embodiment, the user generates an e-mail in which basic discount information is input by, for example, a two-dimensional code reading function of the portable terminal or an input to the input unit, and the e-mail is transferred from the portable terminal to the central control device. By transmitting, a discount on the service usage fee can be easily obtained.

In the billing system of one embodiment, the e-mail transmitted from the mail transmitting unit of the central control unit to the user's mobile terminal is a reply e-mail address corresponding to the service provided in the service providing area where the roadside device is installed. Including
The discount basic information acquisition unit of the central control unit receives an email including the discount basic information transmitted to the reply mail address from the user's mobile terminal.

  According to the above embodiment, the user's mobile terminal receives the e-mail including the reply e-mail address, and transmits the e-mail including the basic discount information to the e-mail address for return. You can get a discount on the usage fee.

  In one embodiment, the electronic mail received by the discount basic information acquisition unit of the central control device includes discount basic information represented by at least one of numerals and symbols and input by a user operation.

  According to the above-described embodiment, the user can easily obtain the discount basic information of the central controller by operating the mobile terminal and inputting at least one of the numbers and symbols in the e-mail. Can be sent to the department.

  In the billing system of one embodiment, the discount basic information includes information indicating an amount paid by a user for a predetermined service related to a service providing area in which a roadside device is installed.

  According to the above embodiment, based on the discount basic information acquired by the discount basic information acquisition unit by the discount amount specifying unit of the central controller, the service usage fee is determined according to the amount paid by the user for a predetermined service. You can specify the amount to be discounted.

The billing system of one embodiment includes a fee information transmission unit that transmits fee information including the discounted service usage fee calculated by the fee calculation unit to the central control device.
The central control device includes a settlement unit that performs settlement by a settlement method determined in advance corresponding to the user based on fee information received from the settlement apparatus.

  According to the above embodiment, the fee information including the discounted service usage fee calculated by the fee calculation unit of the settlement apparatus is transmitted to the central control device by the fee information transmission unit, and the settlement is performed by the settlement unit of the central control device. Based on the fee information received from the apparatus, payment is performed by a payment method determined in advance corresponding to the user. Thereby, the service usage fee after discount can be settled without ticket delivery without the user delivering a medium such as a discount ticket.

  According to the present invention, in the settlement of a service usage fee for a vehicle or a user with a vehicle-mounted device, for a user using an existing vehicle-mounted device and a mobile terminal, for example, a parking ticket such as in a conventional parking lot, It is possible to discount the usage fee by ticketless without handing over the discount ticket.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the payment system of the parking lot as embodiment of the charging system of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of a center server, a web server, a roadside server, a payment apparatus, an onboard equipment, a mobile telephone, and a payment server. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a payment apparatus, a roadside server, and a center server. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a mobile telephone and a web server. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a payment apparatus, a roadside server, and a center server. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a payment apparatus, a roadside server, a center server, and a mobile telephone.

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

  In the embodiment, an example in which the charging system of the present invention is applied to a payment system for a parking lot will be described. The parking lot settlement system according to the present embodiment uses a vehicle-mounted device to settle a parking lot usage fee as a service other than a toll road. This parking lot is annexed to the store, and the payment system of this embodiment uses the parking lot usage fee, which is a service usage fee, according to the amount paid by the user when purchasing the product at the store. A discount is provided. In the present invention, the vehicle-mounted device widely refers to a device that is mounted on a vehicle and has a function of performing DSRC two-way wireless communication (hereinafter referred to as “DSRC communication”).

  First, an outline of an authentication method employed in the settlement system of this embodiment will be described.

  The device number uniquely assigned among all the vehicle-mounted devices is stored in the storage device of the vehicle-mounted device of ETC. When the vehicle-mounted device is used for a service other than a toll road (for example, a car wash service, a fuel supply service, an article sales or a parking lot providing service, etc.), a use vehicle number obtained by converting a device number is used as identification information. The used vehicle number is given by the device number manager who manages the device number of the vehicle-mounted device (currently, in Japan, the Foundation for Promotion of Road System Advancement) converted into a different series for each service provider. . By associating payment information such as a credit company and a credit number with the use vehicle number in advance, it is possible to authenticate the vehicle-mounted device using the use vehicle number and to settle the service usage fee. As a result, the user can receive services other than the use of toll roads with the vehicle-mounted device, and can automatically perform serviceless payment settlement without cash. In addition, by associating information on the user or the vehicle with the vehicle number used in advance, the vehicle-mounted device is authenticated using the vehicle number used, the user's consumption trend survey, the vehicle traffic plan survey, Information distribution can be performed.

  The settlement system of this embodiment performs authentication and settlement of on-vehicle equipment separately from service provision work, and provides the user with the on-board equipment authentication result for the parking lot operator and the usage fee of the parking lot. It is a proxy for settlement. In the present embodiment, a case where a management company that provides a payment system for a parking lot company as a service company performs basic work such as authentication and payment of an on-board device by the payment system will be described. As a service provider, for example, it is also possible to perform a basic service for a retailer, a restaurant operator, a car wash operator and a fuel supplier, a toll collection operator on a toll road, and the like. Note that the service provider may perform all operations using the payment system of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a parking lot settlement system according to the present embodiment. The settlement system 1 includes a center server 2 and a web server 3 as a central control device disposed in a business area of a management business operator that performs authentication and settlement business, and a roadside disposed in a parking lot operated by a parking business operator. It comprises a roadside server 4 as a device and a payment device 5 arranged in a parking lot and connected to the roadside server 4.

  The center server 2 and the roadside server 4 are connected to an Internet line N or a dedicated line, and use SSL / TLS (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security) in accordance with a communication method compliant with TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol). It is configured to perform communication with increased confidentiality by encryption or scramble. The roadside server 4 and the payment apparatus 5 are connected by a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like.

  The center server 2 performs authentication based on the use vehicle number as unique information of the vehicle-mounted device received from the roadside server 4, and based on the discount basic information received by the web server 3 from the mobile phone 8 as the user's mobile terminal. The discount amount is specified, and the parking fee received from the settlement apparatus 5 is settled.

The web server 3 responds to a request from the mobile phone 8 with HTML (Hyper Text
Markup Language) format data is transmitted, and basic discount information and a password as necessary are received from the mobile phone 8. That is, the web server 3 functions as a web page distribution unit and a discount basic information acquisition unit.

  The roadside server 4 is configured to perform DSRC communication with the vehicle-mounted device 7 mounted on the vehicle 6 via the antennas 41 arranged at the entrance and the exit of the parking lot, and exchange information regarding the vehicle-mounted device. Yes.

  The checkout device 5 calculates the parking fee to be charged to the user from the parking lot usage time and the discount amount of the vehicle 6, and according to the result of the authentication and settlement, the cutoff located at the parking lot exit and entrance It is configured to control the opening and closing of the machine 51.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the center server 2, the web server 3, the roadside server 4, the settlement apparatus 5, the vehicle-mounted device 7, the mobile phone 8, and the settlement server 9.

  The center server 2 includes a discount control unit 20 as a discount amount specifying unit that specifies a discount amount to be discounted from a parking lot usage fee based on basic discount information acquired through the user's mobile phone 8, and the web server 3 A discount authentication unit 21 for authenticating a user by verifying a password received from the telephone 8, an on-vehicle device authentication unit 22 for authenticating the on-vehicle device 7, a settlement unit 23 for settlement of a discounted parking fee, It has the communication part 24 which communicates with the roadside server 4, the mail transmission part 25 which transmits the electronic mail containing discount object information to a user's mobile telephone 8, and the database 26 in which the information regarding a user and a vehicle was stored.

  The discount control unit 20 specifies the discount amount discounted from the parking fee according to this price range, from the discount basic information indicating the price range of the amount paid by the user for purchasing the product at the store. For example, if the price range of the product purchase price is between 1001 yen and 2000 yen, the discount amount is specified as 100 yen, and if the price range of the product purchase price is between 2001 yen and 3000 yen, the discount amount is specified. Specify 200 yen.

  The discount authentication unit 21 performs authentication by comparing the password received by the web server 3 from the mobile phone 8 with the password stored in the user information storage unit 263 of the database 26.

  The in-vehicle device authentication unit 22 authenticates the in-vehicle device 7 by comparing the used vehicle number received from the roadside device 4 with the used vehicle number stored in the used vehicle number storage unit 261 of the database 26.

  The settlement unit 23 settles the discounted parking fee specified by the settlement apparatus 5 based on the settlement information stored in the settlement information storage unit 265 of the database 26. Specifically, the sales information including the payment amount and the credit number is transmitted to the payment server 9 of the credit company corresponding to the payment information, and the payment server 9 is requested to settle the payment amount.

  The communication unit 24 performs communication with increased confidentiality by SSL / TLS encryption or scramble by a communication method compliant with TCP / IP, receives the used vehicle number from the roadside device 4, and sends it to the roadside device 4. , Information corresponding to the authentication result of the vehicle-mounted device and the vehicle number used, discount information including the discount amount specified by the discount control unit 20, and the like are transmitted.

  The mail transmission unit 25 transmits an e-mail including discount target information indicating that the parking lot is to be discounted, to the e-mail address of the user's mobile phone 8 stored in the user information storage unit 263 of the database 26. . The discount target information is formed of at least one of characters and images, and the user displays it on the display unit 81 of the mobile phone 8 so that the store salesperson can visually recognize that the user's parking fee is a discount target. It is shown. The salesperson who visually recognizes the discount target information presents the user with a QR code (Quick Response Code, registered trademark) as a two-dimensional code corresponding to the price range of the price of the product or service. The discount target information is attached to or included in an e-mail, and the e-mail transmission unit 25 transmits an e-mail including a URL of a web page for downloading or displaying the discount target information to the mobile phone 8. 25 may transmit to the mobile phone 8. When the mobile phone 8 receives the e-mail including the URL, the user activates the web access function of the mobile phone 8, accesses the web page indicated by the URL, and downloads or displays discount target information on the mobile phone 8. Can be made. The web page indicated by the URL can be stored in the web server 3. Moreover, even if the above URL is used by the same user or the same parking lot, a different URL is randomly generated each time the user is used, and the e-mail received by the mobile phone 8 is repeatedly used illegally. It is preferable to prevent this.

  In addition, when the user enters the parking lot, the mail transmission unit 25 gives a discount indicating whether or not the authentication result of the vehicle-mounted device 7, the name of the parking lot received, the date and time of receipt, and the use of the parking lot can be discounted. An electronic mail including the target information is transmitted to the mail address of the user's mobile phone 8. On the other hand, when the user leaves the parking lot, an e-mail including the settlement amount is transmitted to the e-mail address of the user's mobile phone 8. It should be noted that the e-mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit 25 may be attached with advertisement information or the like related to a store or the like attached to the parking lot that has been received.

  The database 26 stores information about all users who have applied for service use with the management company. The information regarding the user is the vehicle number of the vehicle-mounted device, the ID associated with the vehicle number, user information, vehicle information, and payment information. Each information is stored in the use vehicle number storage unit 261, the ID storage unit 262, the user information storage unit 263, the vehicle information storage unit 264, and the settlement information storage unit 265 of the database 26, respectively. Further, the database 26 has a discount amount storage unit 266 for storing a discount amount to be discounted from the parking lot usage fee.

  The used vehicle number stored in the used vehicle number storage unit 261 is the device number of the vehicle-mounted device 7 converted and assigned to the management company, and is an identification that indicates the user when applying for service use by the user. The number is issued by the equipment number manager to the base company. The used vehicle number is uniquely assigned to the vehicle-mounted device 7 within a range in which the management company has applied.

  The user information stored in the user information storage unit 263 includes the user's name, gender, e-mail address, password, and the like.

  The vehicle information stored in the vehicle information storage unit 264 is the license plate number of the user's vehicle, the vehicle type, and the like.

  The payment information stored in the payment information storage unit 265 is information such as a credit number that is set when the user contracts with a credit company and is registered at the time of application. The sales information including the information such as the credit number and the settlement amount is transmitted to the settlement server 9 of the corresponding credit company. If the sales information is within the credit range, the settlement server 9 receives and settles effectively. The credit company collects the money from the user by a method such as debiting the money from a bank account designated in advance by the user.

  The discount amount storage unit 266 stores the discount amount specified by the discount control unit 20 based on information input from the user's mobile phone 8 to the center server 2 through the web server 3. The discount amount stored in the discount amount storage unit 266 is transmitted to the settlement apparatus 5 when the vehicle is released, and the settlement apparatus 5 subtracts the discount amount to specify the parking lot usage fee.

  The center server 2 is a computer composed of a CPU, a storage device, an input / output device, a communication module, and the like. The database 26 is constructed in a predetermined area of the storage device and stored in another area of the storage device. The program is executed by the CPU, and is configured to perform the functions of the above-described discount control unit 20, discount authentication unit 21, onboard equipment authentication unit 22, settlement unit 23, communication unit 24, and mail transmission unit 25.

  The web server 3 delivers web page information represented in HTML format in response to a request from the mobile phone 8. The web server 3 uses the URL associated with the price range of the product or service as the information on the web page including the password input part for the product or service provided at the store for which the parking fee is discounted by the user's purchase. Is stored. When the user displays discount target information on the display unit 81 of the mobile phone 8, a salesperson at the store presents the user with a QR code corresponding to the price range to which the product or service purchased by the user belongs. The QR code may be presented on paper or a resin sheet on which the QR code is printed, or on a display or the like that displays the QR code. The user reads the presented QR code with the imaging unit 86 of the mobile phone 8, accesses the URL analyzed by the QR code analysis unit 87, and receives information on the web page. This URL corresponds to the price range to which the product or service belongs, and the web server 3 receives the request for the information on the web page of the URL from the mobile phone 8, whereby the price range of the product or service purchased by the user. Recognize Thus, the information including the URL received from the mobile phone 8 corresponds to discount basic information. Further, the web server 3 identifies the user based on the individual identification information received when the mobile phone 8 accesses. On the display unit 81 of the mobile phone 8 that has received the information of the web page corresponding to the URL from the web server 3, a password input unit that requests password input is displayed. When the user inputs a password to the password input unit by operating the input unit 82 of the mobile phone 8, this password is sent to the center server 2 through the web server 3, and the discount authentication unit 21 authenticates the user. .

  The web server 3 is a computer configured with a CPU, a storage device, an input / output device, a communication module, and the like. A program stored in the storage device is executed by the CPU, and the above-described web page distribution function and mobile phone 8 identification functions.

  The roadside server 4 performs DSRC communication with the vehicle-mounted device 7 through the antenna 41, the conversion unit 42 that converts the device number received from the vehicle-mounted device 7 into the use vehicle number, the communication unit 43 that communicates with the center server 2. A DSRC communication unit 44 is included.

  The conversion part 42 is comprised by the conversion program which converts the apparatus number received from the vehicle equipment 7 of the vehicle 6 which visited the parking lot into a utilization vehicle number, and functions as a specific information output part. This conversion program uses substantially the same conversion algorithm as the program for converting the device number in order for the device number manager to issue the use vehicle number to the management company when the user applies for service use. It is what you have.

  The communication unit 43 performs TCP / IP communication with the center server 2 with increased confidentiality by SSL / TLS encryption or scramble. The communication unit 43 communicates with the settlement apparatus 5 according to the Ethernet (registered trademark) standard or the like.

  The DSRC communication unit 44 is configured to perform DSRC communication for transmitting and receiving 5.8 GHz band radio waves to and from the vehicle-mounted device 7 via the antenna 41 and receive a device number from the vehicle-mounted device 7.

  The roadside server 4 is a computer composed of a CPU, a storage device, a communication module, and the like. A program stored in the storage device is executed by the CPU, and the conversion unit 42, the communication unit 43, and the DSRC communication unit 44 described above. It is comprised so that there may exist each function of.

  The roadside server 4 is connected to a settlement apparatus 5 arranged in the parking lot, and the settlement apparatus 5 calculates a parking lot fee based on the parking period of the vehicle and specifies a settlement fee; It has the communication part 53 which communicates with the roadside server 4, and the circuit breaker control part 54 which controls opening and closing of the circuit breaker 51. FIG.

  The vehicle-mounted device 7 includes a storage unit 71 that stores device numbers, and a DSRC communication unit 72 that performs DSRC communication with the roadside server 4. The vehicle-mounted device 7 is configured to perform processing necessary for communication with the roadside server 4 by using the function of the DSRC communication unit 72 using the device number stored in the storage unit 71.

  The mobile phone 8 is formed of a liquid crystal display device or the like, and includes a display unit 81 that displays information on operations, contents of e-mails to be transmitted and received, and contents of web pages distributed from the web server 3 with images and characters, and a user An input unit 82 that receives the input by operating the mobile phone 8, an individual identification information of the mobile phone 8, a storage unit 83 that stores information generated and acquired by sending / receiving e-mails and accessing web pages, and a voice call The communication unit 84 includes an information communication unit 85 that connects to the Internet N via a gateway server (not shown) installed in a mobile phone company or the like, transmits / receives an e-mail, and accesses a web page, and includes an image sensor and a lens. And an QR code analyzing unit 87 that analyzes the QR code imaged by the imaging unit 86 and extracts information. That. The imaging unit 86 is formed using, for example, a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) imaging device or a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensor, and recognizes and analyzes a QR code. What is necessary is just to have the function to do. The cellular phone 8 is configured to execute a control program stored in the storage unit 83 by the CPU and perform processing necessary for calling and sending / receiving e-mails, accessing web pages, and analyzing QR codes.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the payment system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3A to 3D.

  First, when the vehicle 6 approaches the entrance of the parking lot, a sensor provided at the entrance detects the entry of the vehicle 6 and outputs a vehicle detection signal. This vehicle detection signal is input to the settlement apparatus 5. When the payment apparatus 5 receives the input of the vehicle detection signal (step S1), the communication unit 53 transmits authentication request information indicating that authentication is requested to the roadside server 4 (step S2). When the communication unit 43 of the roadside server 4 receives the authentication request information (step S3), the DSRC communication unit 44 performs DSRC communication with the vehicle-mounted device 7 via the antenna 41 and receives the device number of the vehicle-mounted device 7 (step S4). ). When the DSRC communication unit 44 receives the device number of the vehicle-mounted device 7, the conversion unit 42 converts the device number and generates a use vehicle number (step S5). The communication unit 43 transmits the authentication request information including the use vehicle number generated by the conversion unit 42 to the center server 2 (step S6). The center server 2 that has received the authentication request information including the used vehicle number (step S7) confirms whether or not the used vehicle number exists in the database 26 by the in-vehicle device authentication unit 22, and authenticates the ID. Identification is performed (step S8). Upon confirming that the used vehicle number exists in the database 26, the in-vehicle device authentication unit 22 generates authentication result information including the success of authentication, the user ID, and the vehicle information (step S9). The communication unit 24 transmits information to the roadside server 4 (step S10). When receiving the authentication result information, the communication unit 43 of the roadside server 4 transfers this authentication result information to the settlement apparatus 5 (step S11). When the communication unit 53 of the settlement apparatus 5 receives the authentication result information indicating that the authentication is successful (step S12), the circuit breaker control unit 54 controls the circuit breaker 51 to open the bar (step S13). When the bar of the circuit breaker 51 is opened, the vehicle 6 enters the parking lot and parks at a predetermined parking position.

  In step S <b> 9, when the on-board device authentication unit 22 successfully authenticates the on-board unit 7, the center server 2 sends an e-mail including discount target information to the mail address of the user's mobile phone 8 by the mail transmitting unit 25. Is transmitted (step S14). The cellular phone 8 receives an e-mail including discount target information formed by at least one of characters and images by the information communication unit 85 (step S15).

  When a user purchases a product at a store where a parking lot where the user parked the vehicle 6 is installed, the mobile phone 8 displays discount target information on the display unit 81 by the user's operation (step S16). Make the information visible to store salespersons. The salesperson who visually recognizes this discount target information presents the user with a QR code corresponding to the price range to which the product purchased by the user belongs. The user images the presented QR code with the imaging unit 86 of the mobile phone 8 (step S17). When the imaging unit 86 captures the QR code, the QR code analysis unit 87 extracts the URL from the QR code (step S18). When the user inputs an instruction to access the URL by operating the input unit 82 (step S19), the information communication unit 85 transmits distribution request information including the URL and the individual identification information to the web server 3. (Step S20). When the web server 3 receives the distribution request information from the mobile phone 8 (step S21), the web server 3 transmits HTML information corresponding to the URL included in the distribution request information to the mobile phone 8 (step S22). In the mobile phone 8, the information communication unit 85 receives the HTML information (step S23), and displays a web page represented by the HTML information on the display unit 81 (step S24). The web page includes a password input unit. When the user inputs a password to the password input unit by operating the input unit 82 (step S25), the information communication unit 85 transmits password information including the password to the web server 3 (step S26). When the web server 3 receives the password information from the mobile phone 8 (step S27), the web server 3 outputs the password extracted from this information to the center server 2 (step S28). Further, the web server 3 extracts the individual identification information from the distribution request information received from the mobile phone 8 (step S29), and outputs the extracted individual identification information to the center server 2 (step S30). In the center server 2, the discount authentication unit 21 compares the password input from the web server 3 with the password stored in the user information storage unit 263 of the database 26 to authenticate the user (step S31). Further, the discount authentication unit 21 compares the individual identification information input from the web server 3 with the individual identification information stored in the user information storage unit 263 of the database 26 to authenticate the user (step S32). When the authentication of the password and the individual identification information is successful (step S33), the discount control unit 20 determines the price range of the user's purchased product from the URL included in the distribution request information transmitted from the mobile phone 8 to the web server 3. Then, in accordance with this price range, a discount amount to be discounted from the parking lot usage fee is specified (step S35). When the discount amount is specified, the discount amount is stored in the discount amount storage unit 266 of the database 26 (step S36).

  After the user purchases a product at the store, and the access to the web server 3 using the QR code by the mobile phone 8 and the input of the password are completed, the user leaves the vehicle 6 from the parking lot. When the user gets on the vehicle 6 and approaches the exit of the parking lot, a sensor provided at the exit detects the vehicle 6 and outputs a vehicle detection signal, and this vehicle detection signal is input to the settlement apparatus 5 (step S37). ), The communication unit 53 of the settlement apparatus 5 transmits authentication request information to the road side server 4 requesting authentication (step S38). When the communication unit 43 of the roadside server 4 receives the authentication request information (step S39), the DSRC communication unit 44 performs DSRC communication with the vehicle-mounted device 7 and receives the device number (step S40), and the conversion unit 42 receives the device number. It converts and produces | generates a use vehicle number (step S41). When the communication unit 43 transmits the authentication request information including the used vehicle number generated by the conversion unit 42 to the center server 2 (step S42) and the center server 2 receives the authentication request information (step S43), the on-vehicle device authentication unit 22, the used vehicle number is authenticated with reference to the database 26, and the ID is specified (step S44). When the authentication of the used vehicle number is successful, the in-vehicle device authentication unit 22 outputs the authentication result information at the time of delivery including the authentication success, the user ID, and the discount amount stored in the discount amount storage unit 266 of the database 26. It produces | generates (step S45) and the communication part 24 transmits this authentication result information at the time of leaving to the roadside server 4 (step S46). When the communication unit 43 of the roadside server 4 receives the shipping authentication result information, the communication unit 43 transfers the shipping authentication result information to the settlement apparatus 5 (step S47). When the communication unit 53 of the checkout device 5 receives the authentication result information at the time of leaving (step S48), the checkout unit 52 calculates the parking time of the vehicle 6 from the storage time stored in association with the ID, and according to the parking time. A parking fee is calculated (step S49). The settlement unit 52 specifies a discounted parking fee by discounting the discount amount included in the authentication result information at the time of delivery from the parking fee (step S50).

  When the discounted parking fee is specified, the settlement unit 52 of the settlement apparatus 5 generates settlement request information including an ID, a settlement amount, a discount amount, and the like (step S51). It transmits to the server 4 (step S52).

  When the communication unit 24 receives the settlement request information, the roadside server 4 transfers the settlement request information to the center server 2 (step S53). When the center server 2 receives the settlement request information (step S54), the center server 2 The settlement unit 23 performs a settlement process based on the settlement information stored in the settlement information storage unit 265 of the database 26. First, the settlement unit 23 transmits sales information including a settlement amount and a credit number to the settlement server 9 of the credit company corresponding to the settlement information (step S55). When the sales information is within the credit range, the settlement server 9 accepts and settles sales information including the settlement amount corresponding to the user's credit number, and performs processing for debiting the price from the user's debit account. When the processing of the settlement server 9 is completed, settlement completion information indicating that the settlement is completed is transmitted from the settlement server 9 to the center server 2, and when the center server 2 receives the settlement completion information (step S56), the settlement is made to the roadside server 4. Completion information is transmitted (step S57). When the roadside server 4 receives the payment completion information (step S58), the roadside server 4 transfers the payment completion information to the settlement apparatus 5 (step S59). When the settlement apparatus 5 receives the settlement completion information (step S60), the circuit breaker control is performed. The opening of the breaker 51 at the exit is controlled by the unit 54 (step S61), and the vehicle 6 is delivered from the exit where the bar of the breaker 51 is opened. When the vehicle 6 exits and the bar of the circuit breaker 51 closes, exit completion information indicating that the vehicle exits is transmitted from the settlement apparatus 5 to the roadside server 4 (step S62), and the roadside server completes the exit to the center server 2. Information is transferred (step S63). When the center server 2 receives the delivery completion information (step S64), the mail transmission unit 25 makes a settlement including the fact that the parking fee has been settled, the parking fee before the discount, and the discounted amount after the discount. The e-mail including the report information is transmitted to the e-mail address of the user's mobile phone 8 (step S65). The mobile phone 8 receives the mail including the settlement report information (step S66), and a series of settlement processes of the settlement system 1 is completed.

  As described above, according to the settlement system 1 of the present embodiment, the discount target information is displayed on the user's mobile phone 8 to indicate that the parking fee is to be discounted, and the discount is the basis for the discount amount. Basic information is transmitted from the user's mobile phone 8 to the center server 2 through the web server 3. Therefore, since the parking ticket and the delivery of the discount ticket can be deleted from the user regarding the use and discount of the parking lot, the user can use the parking lot and discount and settle the usage fee without using the ticket. In addition, the user's vehicle 6 performs cashless and substantially non-stop, discounted by performing DSRC communication with the roadside server 4 via the antenna 41 at the time of entering and leaving the vehicle. You can settle parking fees.

  Further, according to the settlement system 1, the user's mobile phone 8 has a general electronic mail transmission / reception function and a web through the Internet N by the functions of the center server 2, the roadside server 4, and the checkout device 5. Those having a function of accessing a page can be used. Therefore, there is no need to use an in-vehicle device and a portable terminal capable of communicating information with each other and a portable terminal capable of information communication with a store terminal unlike the conventional settlement system. It is possible to make a payment for a parking fee considering a discount according to the purchase price of a product at a store.

  Moreover, according to this settlement system 1, the vehicle number of the vehicle-mounted device is transmitted / received only between the center server 2 and the roadside server 4, and the ID and vehicle information are transmitted from the center server 2, the roadside server 4, and the checkout device 5. The user's mobile phone 8 is not transmitted any of the used vehicle number, ID and vehicle information. Therefore, leakage of the vehicle number, ID, and vehicle information according to the personal information can be prevented more effectively than the conventional settlement system.

  Conventionally, in order to discount the parking fee, it has been necessary to prepare a discount ticket suitable for the settlement machine installed in the parking lot. According to the parking settlement system 1 of the present embodiment, The parking fee can be discounted without depending on the model of the checkout machine.

  In the payment system 1 of the present embodiment, the device number received by the wireless communication from the vehicle-mounted device 7 is converted by the conversion unit 42 as the unique information output unit, and the use vehicle number as the unique information is generated. The ID may be used as the unique information, the device number of the vehicle-mounted device 7 may be used as the unique information, or the WCN (Wireless Call Number) received from the vehicle-mounted device 7 during the DSRC communication as the unique information. Also good.

  Moreover, although the payment system 1 of the said embodiment was performed by the credit sales by the credit company via the center server 2, the payment of a user's service use charge is debit payment by deduction from a prepaid account or a bank account, It may be prepaid or postpay based on a contract with a money company. Alternatively, the management company may make a prepaid payment directly. In this case, the center server may have the function of a payment server, or the management company may install a payment server separately.

  In the settlement system 1 of the above embodiment, the URL of the web server 3 is input using the QR code in order to transmit the discount basic information from the mobile phone 8 to the web server 3, but other two-dimensional codes are used. A URL may be input.

  In addition, when transmitting basic discount information from the mobile phone 8 to the web server 3, a predetermined password is entered in the password entry part of the web page distributed from the web server 3 for user authentication. User authentication may be performed with a time password. That is, a password generator that generates a password with a predetermined algorithm every predetermined time is handed over to the user, and the discount authentication unit 21 of the center server 2 generates a verification password with the same algorithm as the password generator. The user authentication may be performed by verifying the password input by the user with the verification password.

  Further, when the discount basic information is transmitted from the mobile phone 8 to the web server 3, the mobile phone 8 is authenticated by the individual identification information and the user is authenticated by the password. The authentication by the individual identification information and the authentication by the password are performed. Only one of them may be performed.

  Further, when the discount basic information is transmitted from the mobile phone 8 to the web server 3, the URL of the web server 3 is input to the mobile phone 8 by the QR code to access the web page, but the mail server of the center server 2 is accessed by the QR code. The basic discount information may be transmitted to the center server 2 by e-mail. In this case, an e-mail address corresponding to the price of the product or service is input to the mobile phone 8, and an e-mail transmitted to this e-mail address can be used as discount basic information. Here, even when the same user or the same parking lot is used, the above e-mail address randomly generates a different e-mail address each time it is used, and the e-mail as basic discount information is repeatedly used illegally. It is preferable to prevent this.

  Discount basic information includes information including the URL obtained by the mobile phone 8 analyzing the QR code, an e-mail transmitted to the mail address obtained by the mobile phone 8 analyzing the QR code, and the user The serial number or the like input to the mobile phone 8 may be used. When the basic discount information is a serial number or the like, the basic discount information is input to the mobile phone 8 as a mobile terminal and transmitted to the center server 2 with the following configuration.

  First, the e-mail transmission unit 25 of the center server 2 includes the URL of the web page for inputting the serial number in addition to the discount object information in the e-mail transmitted to the user's mobile phone 8. The user who has received this e-mail with the mobile phone 8 displays the discount target information on the display unit 81 of the mobile phone 8 when purchasing a product or service at a store where the parking fee is discounted. The salesperson of the store who has visually recognized this presents the serial number corresponding to the price range to which the product or service purchased by the user belongs to the user. The serial number is presented on a paper or a resin sheet on which the serial number is printed, or on a display that displays the serial number. As the serial number, a serial number formed of at least one of numerals and English letters can be used. The user accesses the URL with the mobile phone 8 and inputs the presented serial number in the input area of the web page for inputting the serial number displayed on the display unit 81 corresponding to the URL. The input unit 82 is operated for input. The web server 3 receives the serial number input in the input area of the web page from the mobile phone 8, and the discount control unit 20 of the center server 2 performs the user's operation based on the serial number received by the web server 3. Recognize the price range of the purchased goods or services. Thus, the serial number received from the mobile phone 8 functions as discount basic information. The web server 3 identifies the user based on the individual identification information received together with the serial number from the mobile phone 8. Here, when the mobile phone 8 accesses the web page for inputting the serial number corresponding to the URL or when the mobile phone 8 transmits the serial number, the user is asked to enter the password. A password input unit that requests input may be displayed on the display unit 81. In this case, the center server 2 receives the password input by the user by operating the input unit 82 of the mobile phone 8 through the web server 3, and the discount authentication unit 21 authenticates the user.

  As described above, by using the serial number as the discount basic information, it is possible to detect the discount amount to be discounted from the parking fee of the user with a relatively simple configuration. Here, the e-mail sent to the mobile phone 8 of the user includes a different URL at random every time it is used, even if the same user or the same parking lot is used. It is preferable to prevent receiving. When the center server 2 receives the serial number input from the user through the URL web page, the center server 2 stores the fact that the user has already used the serial number. There is no execution. The serial number is preferably a one-time serial number. One-time serial numbers can be generated and verified as follows. First, a serial number generator is installed in a store that provides a product or service for which a parking fee is discounted. This serial number generator generates a serial number corresponding to the purchase price of goods or services and changing in time series according to a predetermined algorithm, and displays the generated serial number on the display unit. On the other hand, the center server 2 has a built-in collation number generator for generating a collation number using the same algorithm as the serial number generator. When the user purchases a product or service at the store, the serial number generated by the serial number generator according to the purchase price is presented to the user. The user inputs the presented serial number to the mobile phone 8 and transmits it to the center server 2 through the web server 3. The center server 2 can detect the discount amount corresponding to the serial number by collating the collation number generated by the built-in collation number generation unit with the serial number received from the mobile phone 8. When such a one-time serial number is used, it is not necessary to preliminarily distribute the paper or resin sheet on which the serial number is printed to the store, so that unauthorized use of the serial number can be highly prevented.

  In addition, when a serial number is used as discount basic information, the serial number can be transmitted from the mobile phone 8 to the center server 2 as follows only by an e-mail transmission / reception function. That is, when authenticating the vehicle-mounted device when the vehicle 6 is received, if the authentication of the vehicle-mounted device is successful, the center server 2 transmits an email including a reply mail address corresponding to the parking lot to the mobile phone 8. Here, it is preferable to accept the e-mail only every time by randomly changing the e-mail address for reply included in the e-mail, and this causes the inconvenience that an illegal e-mail is delivered to the e-mail address for reply later. Can be prevented. The user operates the input unit 82 of the mobile phone 8 to input the serial number presented according to the price of the product or service into the e-mail, and transmits the e-mail to the reply e-mail address. The transmitted e-mail is received by the mail server in which the reply e-mail address is set, and the serial number in the e-mail is transmitted from the mail server to the center server 2, and the discount control unit 20 of the center server 2 is transmitted. Detects the discount amount corresponding to the serial number. In this case, the mail server functions as a discount basic information acquisition unit. In this way, even if the mobile phone 8 does not have a web page access function, the discount basic information can be transmitted to the center server 2 as long as it has an e-mail transmission / reception function.

  Further, the billing system of the present invention only needs to have a function of specifying a discounted parking fee, and the settlement method is not limited to credit settlement via the center server 2 but is specified by the billing system. Payment may be made by paying the discounted parking fee to the staff in cash. Alternatively, the discounted parking fee specified by the billing system may be entered into the cash slot of the settlement apparatus 5 for settlement.

  The billing system of the present invention may be applied to toll collection on toll roads. In other words, when collecting toll road usage charges using an on-vehicle device, a so-called off-street parking area that discounts toll road usage charges according to the usage charges for stores outside the toll road and the parking lot usage charges It is also possible to apply to. Furthermore, according to the amount of the toll road usage fee, the toll road usage fee at other usage opportunities may be discounted, or the parking lot usage fee may be discounted.

  In the above embodiment of the billing system of the present invention, when the center server 2 receives the discount basic information and detects the discount amount, the center server 2 checks the parking warehousing history and confirms the use of the actual parking lot. Thus, unauthorized use of discounts may be prevented.

  In the above embodiment, discount basic information is transmitted through the user's mobile phone 8, but a terminal device capable of Internet connection is arranged at the parking lot window, and the user operates the terminal device by operating the terminal device. The discount basic information may be transmitted to the center server 2. In this case, a staff member who operates the terminal device inputs the membership number or the like described on the user's membership card as information for identifying the user on the input web page displayed on the display unit. As an example, an amount described in a receipt received by the user at the store or a serial number similar to that in the above embodiment is input. By transmitting information specifying these users and basic discount information to the center server 2 through the web server 3, it is possible to perform discount settlement of parking fee without ticket and non-stop.

  In the above-described embodiment, in addition to the mobile phone 8, other mobile terminals such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) having a mail transmission / reception function and an Internet access function and a personal computer may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Settlement system 2 Center server 3 Web server 4 Roadside server 5 Checkout device 6 Vehicle 7 On-board device 8 Mobile phone N Internet

Claims (7)

A billing system for specifying a service usage fee for a vehicle provided with an in-vehicle device or a service provided to a user thereof,
A central control device installed in the central control center, a roadside device and a settlement device installed in the service providing area,
The central controller is
An authentication unit that authenticates the OBE based on the unique information of the OBE received from the roadside device;
When authentication of the on-board device by the authentication unit is successful, discount target information or discount target information indicating that the service usage fee is to be discounted is addressed to the e-mail address of the user's mobile terminal previously associated with the on-vehicle device specific information. A mail sending unit that sends an email containing link information to be displayed on the user's mobile terminal;
A discount basic information acquisition unit for acquiring discount basic information for a discount;
Based on the basic discount information acquired by the basic discount information acquisition unit, a discount amount specifying unit for specifying the amount to be discounted from the service usage fee;
A discount information transmitting unit that transmits discount information including the amount specified by the discount amount specifying unit to the roadside device;
The roadside device
A wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the in-vehicle device and exchanges information with the in-vehicle device;
Based on information received by the wireless communication unit from the in-vehicle device, a unique information output unit that outputs the unique information of the on-vehicle device,
A unique information transmitting unit that transmits the unique information output by the unique information output unit to the central control unit;
A discount information receiving unit for receiving discount information from the central control unit;
A discount information transmission unit that transmits the discount information received by the discount information reception unit to the settlement apparatus;
The above settlement apparatus
Calculate the discounted service usage fee to be charged to the user based on the service usage fee before discount calculated based on the usage status of the user service and the discount information received from the discount information transmission unit of the roadside device. A billing system comprising a charge calculation unit. The charging system according to claim 1,
The discount basic information acquisition unit of the central control device includes a web page distribution unit that distributes a web page that receives input of discount basic information,
The user's mobile terminal accesses the web page distribution unit and inputs basic discount information to the web page. The charging system according to claim 1,
The discount basic information acquisition unit of the central control device receives an electronic mail in which the discount basic information is input from a user's mobile terminal. The charging system according to claim 1,
The e-mail sent to the user's mobile terminal by the mail transmission unit of the central control device includes a reply e-mail address corresponding to the service provided in the service providing area where the roadside device is installed,
The basic discount information acquisition unit of the central control unit receives an email including the basic discount information transmitted to the reply e-mail address from the user's mobile terminal. The billing system according to claim 4, wherein
The billing system, wherein the electronic mail received by the basic discount information acquisition unit of the central control unit includes basic discount information that is represented by at least one of numerals and symbols and is input by a user operation. The charging system according to claim 1,
The discount basic information includes information indicating an amount paid by a user for a predetermined service related to a service providing area where a roadside device is installed. The charging system according to claim 1,
The settlement apparatus includes a fee information transmission unit that transmits fee information including the discounted service usage fee calculated by the fee calculation unit to the central control device,
The said central control apparatus has a payment part which performs payment by the payment method defined beforehand corresponding to a user based on the charge information received from the payment apparatus, The charging system characterized by the above-mentioned.

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