JP2003331329A - Mobile wireless telephone/toll road toll collection system and mobile wireless telephone terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collect a toll for a toll road by combining a mobile wireless telephone system with a toll road toll collection system (ETC-Electronic Toll Collection-system) and using a mobile wireless telephone terminal device and a wireless base station in a mobile wireless telephone/toll road toll collection system. <P>SOLUTION: A gate wireless base station 1-4 installed adjacent to an exit/ entrance gate 1-4 of the toll road 1-1 transmits beacon identification information in front of the exit/entrance gate 1-4 of the toll road using a base station information notification channel and a cellphone 1-3 in a vehicle 1-2 transmits a response signal to the beacon identification information via a control channel of the mobile wireless telephone system. The gate wireless base station 1-4 transmits an opening/closing control signal of the exit/entrance gate 1-4 in response to the response signal and notifies the gate number of the exit/entrance gate 1-4 and an identification number of the cellphone 1-3 to a toll road toll collection center 1-7 via a fixed network 1-6, and the toll road toll collection center 1-7 calculates and collects the toll. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a mobile phone and a PHS.
Mobile wireless telephone system such as a toll road, and toll road toll collection system (ETC system) that collects tolls while the vehicle is running without stopping at the entrances and exits of toll roads such as highways
The present invention relates to a mobile radiotelephone / toll road toll collection system and a mobile radiotelephone terminal device in combination with.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a mobile radio telephone system such as a mobile phone or PHS connects a mobile radio telephone terminal device owned by a user and a fixed base station by a radio channel, and the radio base station and a wide area network are connected. By connecting to any other subscriber telephone terminal device via the, the user having the mobile radio telephone terminal device can talk with any subscriber at any place.

As described above, in order to connect a mobile radio telephone terminal device moving to an arbitrary place to the network, the network side determines which radio base station area zone the mobile radio telephone terminal device is located in. It is necessary to always recognize, between the mobile radio telephone terminal device and the radio base station, base station information for notifying a radio base station capable of transmission and reception,
Identification information and location registration request information of mobile radiotelephone terminals are constantly transmitted and received via control channels other than the call channel.

A toll road toll collection system (ETC)
System), when a vehicle passes through an entrance / exit of a toll road such as a highway, between a stationary gate transceiver installed at the entrance / exit of the toll road and an in-vehicle transceiver installed in the vehicle. , Send and receive the identification information of the vehicle and information about the passage of toll roads (entrance gates, passage routes, exit gates, etc.) and calculate toll charges instead of collecting toll road tolls that were done with conventional tickets etc. , Notification of billing amount,
The collection process using an IC card and the recording of these processes are performed by software so that the toll gates on the toll roads can be passed non-stop to facilitate passage through the toll gates and toll collection.

As a toll road toll collection system (ETC system) using an IC card, when a vehicle passes through an entrance gate of a toll road, it is transmitted from a stationary type gate transceiver installed near the entrance gate of the toll road. When the vehicle passes through the exit gate, the written entrance gate identification information is written in an IC card inserted in the on-vehicle transceiver,
A charge is calculated based on the entrance gate identification information written in the IC card by signal transmission / reception between the stationary type gate transmission / reception device installed near the exit gate and the on-vehicle transmission / reception device, and the calculation result is calculated. A system in which an IC card is stored to collect a toll road toll is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-229420.

[0006]

The conventional mobile radiotelephone system is mainly used for communication such as voice communication and e-mail such as i-mode, and is completely different from a toll road toll collection system (ETC system). It was built as a separate system. Therefore, even if a subscriber of the mobile radio telephone system and who owns the mobile radio telephone terminal device uses the toll road toll collection system (ETC system), the vehicle-mounted transceiver device of the ETC system is used. Had to be purchased separately and installed in the vehicle.

[0007] A stationary gate transceiver of a toll road toll collection system (ETC system) is installed near the entrance to the toll road, but it is a radio base station for a mobile radio telephone system. Was also installed in the vicinity. An object of the present invention is to combine a mobile radio telephone system and a toll road toll collection system (ETC system) to enable toll toll collection by using a mobile radio telephone terminal device and a radio base station. .

[0008]

A mobile radio telephone according to the present invention
The toll road toll collection system includes (1) means for transmitting beacon identification information at a passage gate on a toll road using the base station information notification channel in the mobile wireless telephone system, and the beacon from the mobile wireless telephone device in the vehicle. A response signal to the transmission signal of the identification information for reception is received via a control channel for connection control of the mobile radiotelephone system, and an opening / closing control signal for the passage gate is transmitted in response to the response signal, and a gate for the passage gate. A gate radio base station having means for notifying the toll road toll collection center via a fixed network of the number and the identification number of the mobile radio telephone device in the vehicle that has passed through the passage gate.

(2) Means for calculating a toll road charge based on the gate number of the passing gate notified from the gate radio base station, and a mobile radio telephone for the toll road charge to a mobile radio telephone device. It is provided with a toll road charge collection center having means for notifying through the system and means for electronically paying the toll road charge.

The mobile radiotelephone terminal device of the present invention is
(3) Means for receiving beacon identification information transmitted by a base station information notification channel in a mobile radio telephone system from a gate radio base station installed near a passage gate of a traveling lane on a toll road, and the received beacon The identification number of the device itself and the gate number included in the beacon identification information as a response signal to the gate radio base station via the control channel for connection control of the mobile radio telephone system. And means for returning it.

[0011]

1 shows the configuration of a mobile radio telephone / toll road toll collection system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile radio telephone / pay road toll collection system includes a mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3 such as a mobile phone or PHS brought into a vehicle 1-2 traveling on a toll road 1-1. , A gate radio base station 1-5 installed near the passage gate 1-4 of the toll road, and a toll road toll collection center 1 connected to the gate radio base station 1-5 via a mobile communication network 1-6. −
Use 7 and. Toll road toll collection center 1-7
May be connected to the gate radio base station 1-5 via the fixed network 1-8 connected to the mobile communication network 1-6.

On the mobile radio telephone system side, a command for using the toll road toll collection system is newly defined in advance, and the user of the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-1 uses the toll road toll collection system. If you do, indicate your intention toll road toll collection system (ETC system)
The ETC use command including the identification information of the mobile radiotelephone terminal 1-1 through the control channel with the gate radio base station 1-5 in advance to the mobile communication network 1-6.
Sent to the toll road toll collection center 1-7 via
Register the ETC system usage request.

On the side of the toll road toll collection center 1-7, based on the identification information of the mobile radiotelephone terminal device 1-1, the identity of the user is verified and the user is authenticated, and if necessary, an inquiry to a certification authority or Confirm the existence of a deposit account. After the identification or authentication is completed, download the software processing function in the mobile wireless telephone terminal device 1-1 required to use the toll road toll collection system from the toll road toll collection center 1-7. To prepare for it.

Further, beacon identification information different for each passage gate is assigned and set to the gate radio base station 1-5 near the passage gate 1-4 on the toll road. The beacon identification information may be a number obtained by adding a gate number unique to each passage gate to a common number indicating the passage gate wireless base station of the toll road toll collection system.

As a channel for transmitting beacon identification information from the gate radio base station 1-5, a base station information broadcast channel transmitted from a normal radio base station is used. The base station information broadcast channel is used to constantly transmit information of its own station from each wireless base station, and the gate wireless base stations 1-5 continue to send beacon identification information using this base station information broadcast channel. . In the mobile radio telephone system, by defining the beacon identification information as the base station information, any mobile radio telephone terminal device subscribing to the mobile radio telephone system can recognize the beacon information.

The gate radio base station 1-5 emits the beacon identification information with a beam width that is approximately the same as the width of the lane passing through the passage gate 1-4. This prevents malfunction due to a response from the mobile radio telephone terminal device traveling in the adjacent lane. Radio waves having such a narrow beam width can be radiated using an array antenna or the like.

The mobile radio telephone terminal device 1 that has received the beacon identification information transmitted from the gate radio base station 1-5.
When 3 recognizes the common number and the gate number indicating that it is the wireless base station of the passage gate of the toll road toll collection system, it sends an ETC response signal (toll road toll collection system to the toll wireless base station 1-5). The common number indicating the usage request, the received gate number, and the identification information of the mobile radio telephone terminal device stored in advance) are transmitted.

The gate radio base station 1-5 constantly monitors whether or not the ETC response signal is returned from the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3, and when receiving the ETC response signal from the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3, The passage gate 1-4 corresponding to the gate number included in the ETC response signal is opened, and a passage gate opening / closing control signal for closing the passage gate 1-4 is sent after a certain period of time or after the passage of the vehicle is detected.

The passage gate opening / closing control will be described in detail. The opening / closing of the entrance gate may be controlled according to the ETC response signal returned from the mobile radiotelephone terminal 1-3 as described above. Regarding the opening and closing, it is necessary to control whether or not the mobile radiotelephone terminal device 1-3 has entered at the entrance gate by being recognized by the gate radio base station 1-5 of this system.

As its embodiment, the gate radio base station 1
An embodiment of making a determination in -5 will be described with reference to the processing flow of FIG. In the case of this embodiment, the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3 includes the gate radio base station 1 at the entrance.
A function of storing the gate number transmitted from -5 and returning the ETC response signal to the gate wireless base station 1-5 at the exit together with the gate number at the entrance is also provided.

As described above, the exit gate radio base station 1-5 continues to send the beacon identification information using the base station information broadcast channel (step 2- of FIG. 2).
1) The presence or absence of the return of the ETC response signal from the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3 is monitored (step 2-2).

Upon receiving the return of the ETC response signal from the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3, the exit gate radio base station 1-5 checks whether the ETC response signal includes the entrance gate number, Thereby, it is determined whether the passage gate 1-4 is opened (step 2-3). When the entrance gate number is included, a control signal for opening the exit passage gate 1-4 is sent (step 2-4).

Alternatively, in place of the above embodiment, when the mobile radiotelephone terminal 1-3 receives a beacon at the entrance gate radio base station 1-5 and transmits an ETC response signal, the entrance gate by the present system ETC for the gate wireless base station 1-5 at the exit is stored in advance.
When returning the response signal, the information indicating that the system has passed through the entrance gate is also returned, and the exit gate radio base station 1-5 returns the information indicating that the entrance gate has been passed. It is also possible to check whether or not it has been done in the above-mentioned step 2-3, and when the information indicating that it has passed through the entrance gate is returned, a control signal for opening the passage gate 1-4 at the exit may be sent.

Further, the identification information for beacons transmitted from the gate radio base station 1-5 is added with the identification information indicating whether the passage gate is an entrance gate or an exit gate, and the beacon is transmitted. When the terminal device 1-3 recognizes that the beacon identification information is the exit gate based on the identification information, the terminal device 1-3 does not return the ETC response signal when the information indicating that the beacon has passed through the entrance gate is not stored. You can also do it.

The information indicating whether the passage gate is an entrance gate or an exit gate may be set by adding a flag to the gate number, or the gate number may be set to an even number or an odd number at the entrance and the exit. Different numbering system,
The mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3 may determine whether or not it is an exit gate based on the gate number system.

Furthermore, at the entrance gate of the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3, the gate radio base station 1 according to the present system is used.
As another embodiment for deciding whether or not the vehicle has been recognized by -5 and entered, the gate wireless base station 1 at the entrance
At -5, the identification information of the mobile radiotelephone terminal 1-3 that has passed through the entrance gate is notified to the gate radio base stations 1-5 of all the exit gates connected to the entrance gate, and the exit gate radio is notified. The base station 1-5 uses the identification information of the mobile radio telephone terminal device included in the ETC response signal returned from the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3, and the mobile radio notified from the entrance gate radio base station 1-5. By comparing and comparing with the identification information of the telephone terminal device, it is checked whether or not the matching mobile radio telephone terminal identification information exists (step 2-
3) If there is matching mobile radio telephone terminal device identification information, a control signal for opening the exit gate may be transmitted.

Further, the judgment of the opening / closing of the exit gate is not made by the gate radio base station as in the above-mentioned embodiment, but is made by the toll road toll collection center and the judgment result information is transmitted to the passage gate to open / close the gate. The control may be performed, and the processing flow of this embodiment is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, steps 2-1 and 2-2 are the same as the processing flow shown in FIG. The exit gate radio base station 1-5 is a mobile radio telephone terminal device 1
-3, the mobile radiotelephone terminal device 1-3 included in the ETC response signal is received.
Of the passage information including the identification information of the above and the gate number of the exit is transmitted to the toll road toll collection center 1-7 (step 3-
1).

At the toll road toll collection center 1-7, similar passage information from the gate radio base station 1-5 transmitted when passing through the entrance gate, and transmission from the gate radio base station 1-5 at the exit gate The obtained pass information is compared and compared, it is checked whether or not the matching identification information of the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3 exists, and it is judged whether the passage gate is opened or closed (step 3-2). When the identification information of the terminal device 1-3 is present, a passage gate opening / closing control signal for opening the exit gate is transmitted from the toll road toll collection center 1-7 (step 3-3). At Exit Gate 1-4,
The gate is opened / closed in accordance with a passage gate opening / closing control signal notified from the toll road toll collection center 1-7.

These embodiments are suitable for cost and reliability according to the traffic volume of vehicles using the mobile radio telephone / toll road toll collection system, the processing speed of the system, and the diffusion rate of the system usage. It is only necessary to select the most suitable embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Next, the calculation of the toll will be described. When the gate radio base station 1-5 receives the ETC response signal from the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3, the toll road toll collection center 1-7 is charged. The road gate passage information (gate number and mobile wireless telephone terminal device identification information) is transmitted (step 2-5 in FIG. 2 or step 3-1 in FIG. 3),
The toll road toll collection center 1-7 calculates a toll based on the toll road gate passage information.

The calculated toll is notified to the user by delivering it to the mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-3 by e-mail or the like, and is handed over to the process of withdrawing it from a pre-registered deposit account, or for a predetermined period. Depending on the user's request, the passage information (for example, for one month) is recorded, the toll for the predetermined period is collected in a lump, and the billing is made together with the telephone charge. It is possible to adopt the receiving form of.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The mobile radio telephone terminal device that transmits the beacon identification information of the passage gate of the toll road from the gate radio base station using the base station information notification channel in the mobile radio telephone system and receives the beacon identification information is the radio base station. It is possible to collect toll road charges using a mobile radio telephone terminal device and a wireless base station by incorporating a toll road charge collection system by returning a response signal containing the terminal identification information using the control channel for Becomes

As a result, the toll road charge can be collected by effectively using the equipment of the mobile radiotelephone system, the toll road charge collection system can be constructed at low cost, and the mobile radiotelephone terminal. A user who owns the device can easily use the toll road toll collection system by changing the software processing unit of the mobile wireless telephone terminal device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a mobile radio telephone / toll road toll collection system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flow for making a gate open / close determination in the gate radio base station according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow for making a gate opening / closing judgment at a toll road toll collection center according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1-1 toll road 1-2 vehicle 1-3 Mobile radio telephone terminal device 1-4 Toll road passage gate 1-5 Gate radio base station 1-6 Mobile communication network 1-7 ETC Center 1-8 Fixed network

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A means for transmitting beacon identification information at a passage gate on a toll road using a base station information notification channel in a mobile radio telephone system, and transmission of the beacon identification information from a mobile radio telephone device in a vehicle. A response signal to the signal is received via a control channel for connection control of the mobile radiotelephone system, an opening / closing control signal of a passage gate is transmitted according to the response signal, and a gate number of the passage gate and the passage gate. A mobile radio telephone / toll road having a gate radio base station having means for notifying the toll road toll collection center of the identification number of the mobile radio telephone device in the vehicle that has passed through the fixed network. Toll collection system. 2. A means for calculating a toll road traveling charge based on the gate number of the passage gate notified from the gate radio base station, and a means for calculating the toll road traveling charge to a mobile radio telephone device via a mobile radio telephone system. 2. The mobile radiotelephone / toll road toll collection system according to claim 1, further comprising: a toll road toll collection center having means for notifying the toll road and electronically paying the toll road charge. 3. A means for receiving beacon identification information transmitted by a base station information notification channel in a mobile radio telephone system from a gate radio base station installed near a passage gate of a traveling lane on a toll road, and the reception. The identification information of the own device and the gate number included in the identification information for the beacon, as a response signal, to the gate radio base station, a control channel for connection control of the mobile radio telephone system. A mobile radiotelephone terminal device comprising means for returning via a mobile phone.