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CN1311223C
CN1311223C CNB2003101186423A CN200310118642A CN1311223C CN 1311223 C CN1311223 C CN 1311223C CN B2003101186423 A CNB2003101186423 A CN B2003101186423A CN 200310118642 A CN200310118642 A CN 200310118642A CN 1311223 C CN1311223 C CN 1311223C
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Provided is a car with tollgate-related data, without spending a huge cost for setting up the infrastructures. A car navigation apparatus 100 is connected to a mobile phone, which can be connected to a management center 20 via a public line. The management center 20 receives gate information from each tollgate of toll roads to collectively manage these information, and when a tollgate ID is uploaded from a car 10, downloads the car 10 with latest gate information on the tollgate corresponding to the ID. This arrangement allows the management center 20 to provide the car navigation apparatus 100 with the necessary information for guiding the passage of the tollgate, without setting up on the toll roads infrastructures for providing the car 10 with the information. As a result, an enormous cost for setting up infrastructures are not necessitated.

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Onboard navigation system
Technical field
The relevant onboard navigation system of the present invention.
Background technology
In the past, be equipped with automatic fare collection system (Electronic Toll Collection: hereinafter to be referred as ETC.) in the vehicle of vehicle-mounted machine, have a kind of ETC system could utilize judgment means, its according to charge passage automatically (hereinafter to be referred as the ETC passage.) have or not and be provided with and the remaining sum of IC-card, the current prompting of carrying out the cash desk is (for example: with reference to patent documentation 1.)。
Could utilize judgment means according to the disclosed ETC of this patent documentation 1 system, for example, judge the paying road toll that automobile continues to travel and is positioned at the place ahead from current location, whether can use the IC-card defrayment, carry out the current prompting of cash desk with this.That is to say that judgement should be paid the cash desk of toll, whether can charge automatically, and, if in the time of can charging automatically, judge whether the remaining sum that IC-card is stored can satisfy payable toll, the prompting of passing through of corresponding this judged result.
In view of the above, if when judging the cash desk that to pay toll and can not charge automatically, make in cash or highway card (Ha ィ ゥ ェ ィ カ one De) waits and pays toll to user report, if perhaps judging the cash desk that should pay toll can charge automatically, and the remaining sum of IC-card to be enough to payment current time-consuming, the report recommends to the user and use the designated lane of charge automatically.
Patent Document 1: the spy opens the 2000-99785 communique
Above-mentioned past ETC system could utilize in the judgment means, and should pay the cash desk of toll and whether can charge automatically, be to judge with reference to the cash desk data of being stored in the database of cash desk.These cash desk data, for example, wait and obtain this data by being arranged on the road on the paying road traffic hinge antenna and beacon (signal station), therefore, to on all paying roads, all assort these infrastructure that provides the cash desk data to use, can imagine the cost that it is huge.
The present invention achieves in view of above-mentioned relevant issues just, and its purpose is to provide a kind of needn't spend the huge cost that infrastructure is set, and the onboard navigation system of relevant cash desk data just can be provided.
Summary of the invention
Technical scheme 1 described onboard navigation system is characterized in that, has: by and the automatic charge passage of paying road on communication between the roadside unit that is provided with, come the automatic payment device of the capable expense of automatic PayPal; The communication module of utilizing public line to be connected with outside vehicle; Collect, preserve the channel information of each cash desk of paying road, and with above-mentioned channel information with can utilize at the toll of the paying road center that provides to the outside of the expense remaining sum information in the payment automatically; By above-mentioned communication module, download the communication control unit of above-mentioned channel information and expense remaining sum information from above-mentioned center; According to this each information, judge the judgment means of the automatic charge passage that automatic payment by above-mentioned automatic payment device whether can be by the paying road; Judged result that should judgment means is carried out the cash desk of passing through prompting of cash desk and pass through suggestion device.
Like this, onboard navigation system of the present invention obtains channel information and expense remaining sum information by public line from the center.Thus, needn't on the paying road, be equipped with the infrastructure that provides information to use to vehicle, just can the cash desk pass through point out necessary information to offer the user.As a result, needn't spend infrastructure and be equipped with needed significant cost, just can use above-mentioned each information the cash desk pass through the prompting.
Technical scheme 2 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that, collect, storage is by the automatic charge passage in the running, common passage, charge automatically/common and with the number of passage with the channel information that the place is formed is set at above-mentioned center.Thus, be not only having or not of automatic charge passage, having or not and the place being set of the automatic charge passage in the continuous cropping industry also can confirm, in the cash desk by in the suggestion device, can corresponding actual cash desk state, carry out the passage prompting that can pass through.
According to technical scheme 3 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned judgment means, the automatic charge passage in having running in the cash desk that should pay toll and can be current time-consuming by above-mentioned expense remaining sum payment, being judged as can be by charge passage automatically.Judge thus and in fact whether can cross the cash desk, therefore,, by suggestion device, carry out definite cash desk by prompting by the cash desk if be judged as in the time of to cross the cash desk by automatic PayPal based on automatic PayPal.
Technical scheme 4 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that possessing: the position detecting device that detects the vehicle current location; The map datum memory storage of store map data; According to the position on the above-mentioned map of the above-mentioned current location that is detected of correspondence, judge whether to download the download judgment means of at least 1 information in above-mentioned channel information and the expense remaining sum information; Above-mentioned communication control unit when this download judgment means is judged as download, is downloaded at least 1 information in above-mentioned channel information and the expense remaining sum information.
Like this, can judge whether download channel information and expense remaining sum information, when for example vehicle is near the cash desk, can be judged as the channel information of this cash desk of download etc. according to the vehicle current location.And vehicle ' is downloaded the channel information on the working direction when the paying road, thus, can obtain the up-to-date channel information of relevant road ahead cash desk.Again, store obtained channel information, for example, obtain channel information every the fixed time, the distance to a declared goal that perhaps whenever travels is obtained channel information, can often obtain up-to-date channel information thus.
According to technical scheme 5 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that, possesses the travel specified device of specifying travel from the historical record of the detected current location of above-mentioned position detecting device, above-mentioned download judgment means, when vehicle is positioned in the preset distance for the cash desk of the working direction of above-mentioned travel, be judged as the channel information of downloading above-mentioned working direction cash desk.Thus, can obtain the channel information of relevant vehicle forward direction cash desk.As a result, can carry out by prompting according to obtained channel information.
In the technical scheme 6 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned automatic payment device, when satisfying the predetermined condition relevant, can pay toll automatically with automatic payment, above-mentioned download judgment means, when vehicle for the cash desk of above-mentioned travel working direction be positioned at preset distance with so that when satisfying above-mentioned predetermined condition, be judged as mail downloading charge remaining sum information.
For example, even carried the vehicle of ETC vehicle-mounted machine,, can not carry out expense by the automatic payment device and pay automatically if the power supply of ETC vehicle-mounted machine does not have to connect or the appointment socket of ETC vehicle-mounted machine when not inserting the ETC card.Therefore, in the time of can paying automatically by the automatic payment device, be judged as the download of execution cost remaining sum information, thus, can the corresponding expense remaining sum of downloading, carry out cash desk on the travel pass through point out.
Technical scheme 7 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that possessing, and according to above-mentioned map datum, calculate the path calculation device in the path of the paying road till comprising from origin to destination; Point out the path suggestion device in this calculated path; Carry out path when prompting by this path suggestion device, above-mentioned download judgment means when vehicle is positioned in the preset distance for the cash desk of the working direction on the above-mentioned path, is downloaded the channel information of above-mentioned working direction cash desk.
Thus, can obtain the channel information of the cash desk on the working direction of relevant prompting path.As a result, can carry out by prompting based on obtained channel information.
Technical scheme 8 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned automatic payment device, when satisfying the predetermined condition relevant, can pay toll automatically with automatic payment, above-mentioned download judgment means, when vehicle for above-mentioned path on the cash desk of working direction be positioned at preset distance with so that when satisfying above-mentioned predetermined condition, be judged as the mail downloading charge remaining sum information of implementing.
In view of the above, in the time of can being paid automatically by the automatic payment device, be judged as the download of execution cost remaining sum information, the expense remaining sum that can download is thus pointed out the prompting of passing through of cash desk on the path.
Technical scheme 9 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that above-mentioned communication control unit is specified the paying road toll place that wants download channel information to above-mentioned center, above-mentioned center makes the channel information at above-mentioned appointed paying road toll place download to above-mentioned communication control unit.
Limit the cash desk that to download thus, therefore can suppress the download message amount and expand.And if carry out path when prompting, the cash desk channel information that does not have on the path can be obtained in the cash desk of the channel information by specifying the paying road toll place that will download on the specified path to be comprised therefore.
Technical scheme 10 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that, above-mentioned cash desk is by suggestion device, are positioned at the moment on the by-pass at the paying road toll place of leading to forward march the place ahead at vehicle, and pass through of beginning cash desk pointed out.Thus, can begin the prompting of passing through of cash desk in the front of cash desk.What as a result, the user can have leeway drives towards the purpose passage.And, as described in technical scheme 11, suggestion device is passed through in above-mentioned cash desk, corresponding car speed, cash desk port number, there is at least 1 zero hour of changing by prompting in clog-free in the cash desk, thus, can begin with the moment of corresponding vehicle-state and cash desk state by prompting.
Technical scheme 12 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that,, finish by prompting when vehicle passes through the cash desk by suggestion device above-mentioned cash desk.Thus, when having passed through the cash desk, can finish rapidly by prompting.And, also can be near the cash desk vehicle finish by prompting when quickening, finish when perhaps communicate by letter by pointing out with machine on the ETC road, cash desk.
Technical scheme 13 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that possessing: by and be set at paying road charge automatically communication between the roadside unit on the passage, the automatic payment device of the current expense of payment automatically; Utilize public line, the communication module that is connected with the outside of vehicle; Collect, the channel information of each cash desk of storage paying road, and above-mentioned channel information offered the center of outside; By above-mentioned communication module, download the communication control unit of above-mentioned channel information from above-mentioned center; According to this channel information, can judgement come the judgment means by the automatic charge passage of paying road by the automatic payment of above-mentioned automatic payment device; Suggestion device is passed through in the cash desk of passing through prompting that correspondence is carried out the cash desk according to the judged result of this judgment means.Thus, can carry out the prompting of passing through of cash desk according to the channel information of downloading by public line.
Technical scheme 14 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that, collect, storage is by the automatic charge passage in the running, common passage, charge automatically/common and with the number of passage with the channel information that the place is formed is set at above-mentioned center.Thus, be not only having or not of automatic charge passage, having or not and the place being set of the automatic charge passage in the continuous cropping industry also can be confirmed by the center, therefore downloads the vehicle of this channel information, can carry out the passage prompting that to pass through according to the virtual condition of cash desk.
Technical scheme 15 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned judgment means, automatic charge passage in having running in the cash desk that should pay toll and when satisfying the predetermined condition of automatic payment of relevant above-mentioned automatic payment device, being judged as can be by charge passage automatically.
For example, even be provided with automatic charge passage, if do not drop into operation, can not be by the passage of charging automatically.And, even carried the vehicle of ETC vehicle-mounted machine in addition, if the power supply of ETC vehicle-mounted machine does not have to connect or the appointment socket of ETC vehicle-mounted machine on do not insert the situation of ETC card etc., can not pay automatically by the automatic payment device.
Like this, can judgement thus, if be judged as in the time of can crossing the cash desk by automatic PayPal, can be carried out passing through prompting based on the cash desk of this judged result in fact by the passage of charging automatically.
Technical scheme 16 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that possessing: be judged as can be by above-mentioned automatic charge passage the time by above-mentioned judgment means, report the above-mentioned annunciator that should pay the toll amount of money; Report after the above-mentioned toll amount of money by above-mentioned annunciator, select by/the selecting arrangement by above-mentioned automatic charge passage not; Above-mentioned cash desk adds the selection result of utilizing above-mentioned selecting arrangement by suggestion device, carries out the prompting of passing through of cash desk.
Thus, for example, when selecting by charge passage automatically, the passage of charging automatically pass through prompting, in addition, when selecting by charge passage automatically, the passing through of other passages beyond the passage of can charging automatically pointed out.
Technical scheme 17 described onboard navigation systems possess: the position detecting device that detects the vehicle current location; The map datum memory storage of store map data; According to the position on the above-mentioned map of the above-mentioned current location that is detected of correspondence, judge whether to download the download judgment means of above-mentioned channel information, above-mentioned communication control unit when this download judgment means is judged as download, is downloaded above-mentioned channel information.
Like this, according to the vehicle current location, judge whether download channel information, therefore, for example, vehicle just can be judged as the channel information of this cash desk of download when the cash desk.And vehicle ' is downloaded the channel information on the working direction when the paying road, thus, can obtain the up-to-date channel information of cash desk, relevant road the place ahead.And, store obtained channel information, for example, obtain channel information every the schedule time, the distance to a declared goal that whenever travels, it is also passable to obtain channel information.Thus, can often obtain up-to-date channel information.
Technical scheme 18 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that, historical record from the detected current location of above-mentioned position detecting device, specify the travel specified device of travel, above-mentioned download judgment means, when vehicle is positioned in the preset distance for the cash desk of above-mentioned travel working direction, be judged as the channel information of downloading above-mentioned working direction cash desk.Thus, can obtain the channel information of relevant vehicle forward direction cash desk.
Technical scheme 19 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that possessing, and according to above-mentioned map datum, calculate the path calculation device in the path of the paying road till comprising from origin to destination; Point out the path suggestion device in this calculated path; Carry out path when prompting by this path suggestion device, above-mentioned download judgment means when vehicle is positioned in the preset distance for the cash desk of the working direction on the above-mentioned path, is downloaded the channel information of above-mentioned working direction cash desk.Thus, can obtain the channel information of the working direction cash desk on the prompting path.As a result, can carry out by prompting based on obtained channel information.
Technical scheme 20 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that above-mentioned communication control unit is specified the paying road toll place that wants download channel information to above-mentioned center, above-mentioned center makes the channel information at above-mentioned appointed paying road toll place download to above-mentioned communication control unit.Limit thus and should download the channel information of cash desk, the quantity of information that therefore can suppress to download expands.And, if carry out path when prompting, by specifying the cash desk of the channel information of wanting the paying road toll place that download path comprises, so can obtain the channel information of the cash desk that does not have on the path.
Technical scheme 21 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that, above-mentioned cash desk is by suggestion device, are positioned at the moment on the by-pass at the paying road toll place of leading to forward march the place ahead at vehicle, and pass through of beginning cash desk pointed out.Thus, the user can carry out the prompting of passing through of cash desk in front of the cash desk.As a result, the user can have and drives towards the purpose passage more than neededly.And as described in technical scheme 22, above-mentioned cash desk is by suggestion device, the port number of corresponding car speed, cash desk, arranged at least 1 zero hour of changing by prompting in clog-free in the cash desk.Thus, can begin with the moment of corresponding vehicle-state and cash desk situation by prompting.
Technical scheme 23 described onboard navigation systems is characterized in that,, finish by prompting when vehicle passes through the cash desk by suggestion device above-mentioned cash desk.Thus, when having passed through the cash desk, can finish rapidly by prompting.And, also can be near the cash desk vehicle finish by prompting when quickening, finish by prompting during communication between the machine perhaps and on the ETC road of cash desk.
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Fig. 1 is the block scheme of the relevant embodiment of the invention onboard navigation system schematic configuration of expression;
Fig. 2 is the block scheme of expression about the schematic configuration of the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 of the 1st embodiment;
Fig. 3 is first half is handled in relevant the 1st embodiment cash desk of expression by prompting a process flow diagram;
Fig. 4 is latter half is handled in relevant the 1st embodiment cash desk of expression by prompting a process flow diagram;
Fig. 5 be relevant the 1st embodiment variation 1 of expression and the paying road converge the picture display map figure of the display device 10 when travelling afterwards;
Fig. 6 is the map that picture shows in relevant the 1st embodiment passage prompting;
Fig. 7 is that expression shows the map of the arrow that should sail channel direction in relevant the 1st embodiment passage prompting;
Fig. 8 is in relevant the 1st embodiment passage prompting, the map of simple and easy expression passage;
Fig. 9 is relevant the 2nd embodiment, and the process flow diagram of first half is handled in the expression cash desk of carrying out in the prompting of path by prompting;
Figure 10 is relevant the 2nd embodiment, and the process flow diagram of latter half is handled in the expression cash desk of carrying out in the prompting of path by prompting;
Figure 11 is that relevant the 3rd embodiment of expression represents that the cash desk is by pointing out the process flow diagram of handling first half;
Figure 12 is that relevant the 3rd embodiment of expression represents that the cash desk is by pointing out the process flow diagram of handling latter half;
Figure 13 is first half is handled in the cash desk of relevant the 3rd embodiment variation 3 of expression by prompting a process flow diagram;
Figure 14 is latter half is handled in the cash desk of relevant the 3rd embodiment variation 3 of expression by prompting a process flow diagram;
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10: vehicle, 20: administrative center, machine on the 30:ETC road
100: on-vehicle navigation apparatus, 114: portable phone, 116:ETC vehicle-mounted machine
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Below, with reference to diagram, the onboard navigation system of the relevant embodiment of the invention is described.
The 1st embodiment
Fig. 1 is the block scheme of the relevant present embodiment onboard navigation system schematic configuration of expression.As shown in the drawing, the onboard navigation system of present embodiment, by carry administrative center 20 that ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 that the on-vehicle navigation apparatus with communication function 100 on the vehicle 10 is connected with this on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 and on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 communicate and and the ETC road that communicates of ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 on machine 30 form.
Administrative center 20 is connected with the outside by public line, from the relevant information of the passage of each cash desk collection of paying road and storage and cash desk (below, be called channel information).This channel information by the ETC passage in the operation of cash desk, common passage, whether ETC/ is common and with the number of passage with the place is set and is the information that the passage etc. of payment toll is formed during by passage, to administrative center's 20 transmission up-to-date informations.
Administrative center 20 when collecting above-mentioned channel information from each cash desk of paying road, preserves the information of these collections in the lump.And, if uploaded the fixing ID that distributes to each cash desk, just on vehicle 10, download the up-to-date information of the cash desk that meets this ID from vehicle 10.
Again, administrative center 20 is connected with the ETC center of carrying out toll account settlement process etc. (not diagram), and this toll account is provided with according to pre-payment ETC card.For example, when uploading, this user ID is issued the ETC center from the ID that distributes to each user (user ID) that vehicle 10 receives.Receive the ETC center of this user ID, sent the expense remaining sum information of corresponding this user ID, on vehicle 10, downloaded this expense remaining sum information.
Machine 30 on the ETC road, be located on the ETC passage of each cash desk of paying road, by and ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 between two-way communication, the processing of the authentication processing when carrying out and the automatic payment of toll etc. by the ETC passage.
Fig. 2 is the block scheme of relevant present embodiment on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 schematic configuration of expression.As shown in the drawing, the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 of present embodiment possesses position detector 101, map datum input unit 106, operating switch group 107, external memory storage 109, display device 110, instantaneous speech power 111, distance sensor 112 and is connected in control circuit 108 on these devices.And, control circuit 108, in succession portable phone 114 and ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116.
And control circuit 108 is made up of common computing machine, and inside possesses well-known CPU, ROM, RAM, I/O and connects the bus of these compositions.The program of write control circuit 108 operation usefulness in the ROM, according to this program, CPU etc. carry out the calculation process of appointment.And this program also can be passed through external memory storage 109, obtains from the outside.
Position detector 101 all has geomagnetic sensor 102, gyroscope (gyrostat) 103, range sensor of knowing 104 and GPS (the Global Positioning System: GPS receiver 105 GPS) that detects vehicle location according to the electric wave from satellite.These, each all has qualitative different error, and therefore, it consists of to be remedied mutually by a plurality of sensors and uses.And according to the precision of each sensor, it is also passable to form position detector 101 by above-mentioned one of them, and perhaps using does not have the rotation sensor of illustrated steering, the vehicle speed sensor of each rotor wheel etc. passable yet.
Map datum input unit 106 is that the various data of input comprise the so-called map match that the improves position detection accuracy device of data, map datum and flag data.As the medium of store various kinds of data, generally use CD-ROM or DVD-ROM according to its data volume, the medium of perhaps using storage card, hard disk etc. to write is also passable.
And map datum input unit 106 is being stored the toll table of the paying road of highway etc.The toll table is being stored the toll between all paying road junctions, with reference to this toll table, and can be with reference to the toll between the transport hub of appointment.And, can also store the up-to-date toll table of obtaining by portable phone 114 and external memory storage 109.
Operating switch group 107 for example can use soft-touch control or mechanical switch described later and that display device 110 becomes one, is used for various inputs.
Display device 110, for example can form by LCDs, on the picture of display device 110, can show from this parking stall tagging of the corresponding vehicle current location of position detector 101 input with by the vehicle periphery road-map that map datum generated of map datum input unit 106 inputs.Instantaneous speech power 111 is made up of loudspeaker or note amplifier etc., carries out voice suggestion etc.
And relevant present embodiment onboard navigation system possesses a kind of so-called path prompt facility, if promptly by remote control terminal (below be called remote control.) 113, from distance sensor 112 or operating switch group 107 input destination locations, then search for the optimal path of current location (the perhaps departure place of user's appointment) till the destination automatically, form the prompting path and show.This method that optimal path is set automatically, methods such as the enlightening Coase that has everybody to be familiar with thorough (Dijkstra) method.
Portable phone 114 is for be connected the mobile communication equipment of usefulness with external network 115, by this portable phone 114, by external network 115, can be connected in present embodiment on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 in the above-mentioned administrative center 20.And, in the present embodiment, PC) or PDA (PersonalDigital Assistants: personal digital assistant) etc. what adopt as mobile communication equipment is portable phone, but is not limited to this, also can adopt mobile PC with communication function (Personal Computer:.And communication function also can be built in the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100.
ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 is carried out two-way communication by machine 30 on the ETC road that is provided with paying road toll place, pays toll thus automatically.And this ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 can not have illustrated pre-payment ETC card to use with insertion, is to pay toll to reduce the constituted mode that can utilize the amount of money at every turn.And distributing above-mentioned user ID on the ETC card, if upload this user ID to administrative center 20, just can download the remaining sum information of the ETC card of corresponding this user ID from administrative center 20 by portable phone 114.
Control circuit 108 according to the destination from operating switch group 107 or remote control 113 inputs, uses the map datum calculating path of map datum input unit 106.Then, prompting path by these control circuit 108 search, this parking stall tagging of the expression vehicle location that calculates together with the information of utilizing position detector 101 and map datum input unit 106, one highlights on the road-map that is shown on the display device 110.
Below, use Fig. 3 and process flow diagram shown in Figure 4, illustrate that the feature of present embodiment has promptly been utilized from the channel information of administrative center 20 and the cash desk passage prompting processing of expense remaining sum information.
At first, in step S100, obtain the current location of vehicle.And, from the historical record of this vehicle current location that obtains, the travel that designated vehicle will go to.As the designation method of this travel, for example, grasp the direction that will go to from the historical record of vehicle location, be appointed as travel from the road that the vehicle current location is extended by the direction of this grasp.In addition, the designation method of travel is not limited to this.
Among the step S110, judge that vehicle is whether near the cash desk of paying road.As judging vehicle whether near the determination methods of this cash desk, in step S100, judge the cash desk that whether has the paying road on the vehicle forward direction of travel of appointment, judge vehicle whether near this cash desk in distance to a declared goal.Perhaps, from current location, judge that the appointment radius is also passable with the interior cash desk that whether exists.
In this step S110, if be judged as, processing is turned to step S100 not near the cash desk, if be judged as the cash desk close, forward in the processing of step S120.
Among the step S120, utilize the portable phone 114 that is connected in on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100, the communication between beginning and the administrative center 20.In step S130, after the cash desk of download channel information is wanted in appointment, the cash desk ID of this appointment is uploaded to administrative center 20, download the up-to-date channel information of the cash desk that meets this ID from administrative center 20.And, from the cash desk that vehicle is uploaded, nearest cash desk on the vehicle forward direction on the appointment travel, the ID of this cash desk can carry out reference from the map datum of map datum input unit 106.Like this, by specifying the cash desk of wanting download channel information, the quantity of information that can suppress to download becomes huge.
And, on this channel information basis, can for example obtain from administrative center 20, the passage figure information that arrow during the situation of the passage figure information that place and operational situation degree are set that can grasp various passages that shows on the picture of display device 10 as shown in Figure 6, the situation that enters the ETC passage as shown in Figure 7/enter common passage is also described simultaneously perhaps can draw the information of difference that the channel information of medelling figure and the passage kind that sorts successively from the right side (the common passage of ETC/) and running close etc. on the picture of display device 10 as shown in Figure 8.Perhaps, can consider also to judge that having or not passage to show on the map datum input unit 106 of on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 goes up necessary information, if the information that there is no need just receives the method for figure information.
Like this, in the on-vehicle navigation apparatus of present embodiment, be not only having or not of ETC passage, can also obtain the number of the ETC passage in the running and place etc. is set, therefore pass through for example to carry out the prompting that designated vehicles such as " please enter which number passage from right number " is answered admission passage in the prompting at passage described later.
Among the step S140, judge whether the preparation of ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 automatic payments is ready.That is to say, judge, the card plug that whether power supply is connected, whether the ETC card has inserted appointment of whether in succession on the car-mounted device 100 ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 etc., whether the preparation of setting up communication on judgement and the ETC road between the machine 30 is ready.
Again, only situation about not being inserted into regard to the ETC card might the user have been forgotten insertion ETC card, therefore can consider to remind the user.As the method for reminding, for example on the picture of display device 10, show message such as " not inserting the ETC card " or with this information of voice suggestion.Like this, in step S140, if ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 is not ready, just the connection between cut-out and the administrative center 20 on this basis, turns to step S190 to processing, when ready, processing is advanced to step S150.
Like this, judge whether and can pay toll in fact automatically, thus, cash desk described later pass through the prompting in, can carry out definite current prompting.
Among the step S150, in the nearest cash desk of travel, the payment toll of judging that whether it is necessary or not.Here, if there is no need to pay toll, on the connection basis between cut-out and the administrative center 20, processing is turned to step S200, payment turns to step S160 to processing if necessary.And, whether be necessary to pay toll, by passage the time, judge whether it is the passage that will pay toll with reference to channel information.
Among the step S160, download the expense remaining sum information of ETC card by administrative center 20.Administrative center 20 receives the user ID of uploading from vehicle 10, and this is issued the ETC center.The ETC center from the user ID that the DB (database) at ETC center searches for reception, is extracted the ETC card remaining sum of corresponding this user ID out.Afterwards, the expense remaining sum information of extracting out, issue administrative center 20, administrative center 20 gives vehicle 10 this expense remaining sum download of information.Download the time point that finishes at this, on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100, cut-out and administrative center 20 are connected.
Step S170 shown in Figure 4, relatively payable toll in the remaining sum of the ETC card of Xia Zaiing and the nearest cash desk of vehicle forward direction.This comparison process also can be implemented in ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, perhaps implements also can in on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100.
And, be necessary the toll paid in the cash desk, try to achieve also passable from the toll table of map datum input unit 106, perhaps the information of the inlet cash desk of storing by paying road access road the time is issued administrative center 20, and it is also passable to calculate the payable expense in nearest cash desk from administrative center 20.
Among the step S180,,, processing is advanced to step S190,, processing is turned to step S200 if be judged as remaining sum when enough if be judged as the remaining sum of ETC card when not enough in step S170 result relatively.
Among the step S190, show the prompting that enters of common passage beyond user report ETC passage with voice or picture.For example,, show the schematic drawing of cash desk, speech messages such as perhaps output " come in go in several the 2nd, the 3rd of the left side any common passage " as above-mentioned Fig. 6~shown in Figure 8.
Among the step S200, show to the enter prompting of user report to the ETC passage with voice or picture.For example,, show the schematic drawing of cash desk, speech messages such as perhaps output " come in go in right several the 1st, the 2nd any ETC passage " as above-mentioned Fig. 6~shown in Figure 8.
Like this,, judge and in fact in the ETC passage, whether can pay automatically that therefore, in step S200, can carry out should be by the detailed prompting of passage by the processing of step S140, step S150 and step S180.
In this step S190 and step S200, beginning is to the time of user report, usually to begin report from the main line bifurcated of paying road, moment of leading to moving vehicle on the road of cash desk.Thus, begin to carry out in front of the cash desk by prompting, therefore, what the user can have leeway leads to the purpose passage.
And beginning is to the prompting time that enters of this passage, preferably according to Vehicle Speed and cash desk port number, cash desk have clog-free etc. be set as variable.For example, under the situation of the speed of vehicle more than at a predetermined velocity many cash desks near the situation of cash desk and port number, begin report with moment of earlier than usual, like this, the user can leeway sails passage into.
Again, in the time of can obtaining blockage information by portable phone 114, if the situation of obstruction is arranged in front of the cash desk, to begin report than the common slow moment.Thus, can begin the prompting of passing through of passage with the moment of corresponding cash desk situation.
Among the step S210, judge whether the passage prompting finishes.End as the passage prompting is judged, for example when vehicle passes through the cash desk, that is to say, when the vehicle current location has surmounted the position of cash desk, when perhaps vehicle quicken to arrive the speed of a motor vehicle more than the command speed near the cash desk, perhaps begin and ETC road, cash desk on during communication between the machine 30 etc., finish the passage prompting.
Here, be judged as when finishing the passage prompting, processing is pushed to step S220, in step S220, the picture of leaving out the passage prompting shows.Thus, can leave out by prompting in the suitable moment.On the other hand, if be judged as when not finishing the passage prompting, processing is turned to step S100, above-mentioned repeatedly processing.
Like this, relevant present embodiment onboard navigation system and on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 by public line, are obtained channel information and expense remaining sum information from administrative center 20.Thus, needn't on the paying road, be equipped with the infrastructure of providing various information to use for vehicle 10, the necessary information of prompting of passing through of cash desk just can be provided the user.Its result needn't spend infrastructure and be equipped with upward necessary huge cost, just can carry out the prompting of passing through of cash desk.
Variation 1
In the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 of relevant present embodiment, in step S130, as the cash desk ID that will upload, though appointment is nearest cash desk on the vehicle forward direction on the travel, when if vehicle converges to the paying road, as several cash desks of the cash desk designated vehicle working direction that obtains channel information, and it is also passable to download the channel information of cash desk of this appointment.
For example, as the cash desk of wanting download channel information,,, download channel information in front compared with nearest cash desk if when having specified the cash desk in 3 places, front from current location.Thus, the channel information of having downloaded can be used, as shown in Figure 5,, the operational situation (right) of the cash desk ETC passage till 3 places of road ahead can be one shown with figure together with the road-map that shows the vehicle current location (with a figure left side).And, shown in this figure right side, can expense remaining sum information and toll add up show also passable.And, whenever vehicle advances more than the distance to a declared goal or download channel information whenever through the fixed time time, show that up-to-date ETC passage operational situation is just passable.
Thus, be not only the channel information of nearest cash desk, can also obtain the cash desk channel information in a plurality of places of appointment of road ahead, the channel information that uses this to obtain, can be the information of the operational situation of ETC passage and relevant remaining sum, be presented on the picture of display device 10, thus, the user can be used as the reference of driving to plan.
The 2nd embodiment
The place that the 2nd embodiment is identical with the 1st embodiment is a lot, therefore, below, save detailed description for identical part, stress different parts.In the 1st embodiment, specify travel, carry out the prompting of passing through about cash desk in this travel, and in present embodiment, different points are in the path prompting of carrying out certain destination, to do the current prompting of this prompting included cash desk, path.
Below, use Fig. 9 and process flow diagram shown in Figure 10, illustrate that the prompting of passing through of the cash desk passage in the prompting of path is handled.And, for the step of execution and the 1st embodiment same treatment, omit its explanation.
At first, in step S10 shown in Figure 9, departure place and destination are set.About the departure place, it is also passable that current location is set to the departure place.In addition, from operating switch group 107 or remote control 113 input destinations.
Among the step S20, the prompting path till calculating from the departure place of input to the destination.Afterwards, in step S30, according to the prompting path of this calculating, the prompting of beginning path.
In step S100a, obtain the vehicle current location.In step S110a, judge that whether vehicle is near the cash desk on the prompting path.Whether near the determination methods of this cash desk, judge whether vehicle is approaching in distance to a declared goal for cash desk nearest on the prompting path as vehicle.
In this step S110, if be judged as, just processing is turned to step S100a not near the cash desk, if be judged as, turn to the processing of step S120 near the cash desk.
In step S120, use the portable phone 114 that is connected in on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100, the communication between beginning and the administrative center 20.In step S130, after the cash desk that appointment will be downloaded, upload the ID of the cash desk of this appointment, download the up-to-date channel information in cash desk that meets this ID from administrative center 20.And, from the cash desk that vehicle is uploaded, appointment be nearest cash desk on the vehicle forward direction of prompting on the path.
Among the step S140, judge whether the preparation of ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 automatic payments is ready, ready if the preparation of ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 does not have, on the connection basis between cut-out and the administrative center 20, processing is turned to step S190,, just processing is advanced on the step S150a if ready.
Among the step S150a as shown in figure 10,, judge whether to pay toll for nearest cash desk on the prompting path.Here, if there is no need payment, on the connection basis between cut-out and the administrative center 20, processing is turned to step S200, payment turns to step S160 to processing if necessary.Below, in step S160~step S220, carry out the passage prompting of the corresponding remaining sum that in the 1st embodiment, illustrates and handle.
Like this, the onboard navigation system of present embodiment and on-vehicle navigation apparatus, in the middle of the path prompting of certain destination is carried out, when being in the distance to a declared goal time near this prompting nearest cash desk on path, download the channel information and the expense remaining sum information of this nearest cash desk, carry out passage by prompting according to the information of this download.Thus, can definitely point out the prompting of passing through of working direction cash desk on the path.
And, in the present embodiment, variant embodiment 1 as the 1st embodiment, when if vehicle merges in the paying road of pointing out on the path, as the cash desk of obtaining channel information, several cash desks of working direction on the designated vehicle prompting path, and it is also passable to download the channel information of cash desk of this appointment.And according to the channel information of downloading, the demonstration of carrying out as shown in Figure 5 is also passable.
The 3rd embodiment
The 1st embodiment is according to the preparation situation of the automatic payment of channel information, ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 and the remaining sum of ETC card, enter the prompting that enters that enters prompting and enter the ETC passage of common passage, and in the present embodiment, situation is prepared in automatic payment according to channel information and ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, enters the prompting that enters that enters prompting and enter the ETC passage of common passage.Below, according to diagram, the onboard navigation system of present embodiment is described.
Fig. 1 is the block scheme of the relevant present embodiment onboard navigation system schematic configuration of expression.As shown in the drawing, the onboard navigation system of present embodiment, possess: carry the on-vehicle navigation apparatus with communication function 100 of 10 li on vehicle and be connected in the ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 of this on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 and administrative center 20 that on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 communicates and and the ETC road that communicates of ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 on machine 30, it is the same with the onboard navigation system of the 1st embodiment that it forms structure.
Administrative center 20 is connected with outside by public line, collects, stores the channel information of cash desk from each cash desk of paying road.This channel information by ETC passage, common passage in the running of relevant cash desk, ETC/ is common and counting and being provided with the place and whether be to pay the information that the passage etc. of toll is formed during by passage with passage, each cash desk of paying road sends up-to-date channel information to administrative center 20.
Administrative center 20 from each cash desk of paying road, when collecting above-mentioned channel information, preserves the information of these collections in the lump.And, if upload the fixing ID that distributes to each cash desk, on vehicle 10, download the up-to-date channel information in cash desk that meets this ID from vehicle 10.And administrative center 20 is connected with the ETC center (not diagram) of the account's settlement process that sticks into capable toll by ETC.
Machine 30 is set on the ETC passage of each cash desk of paying road on the ETC road, by carrying out two-way communication with ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, with this carry out the ETC passage by the time authentication processing and the processing such as automatic payment of toll.
Fig. 2 is the block scheme of the schematic configuration of expression present embodiment on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100.As shown in the drawing, the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 of present embodiment, possess: position detector 101, map datum input unit 106, operating switch group 107, external memory storage 109, display device 110, instantaneous speech power 111, distance sensor 112 and be connected in control circuit 108 on these devices, the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 of forming structure and the 1st embodiment is the same.And, control circuit 108 in succession portable phone 114 and ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116.
And control circuit 108 is made up of common computing machine, the bus that inside possesses well-known CPU, ROM, RAM, I/O and connects these compositions.The program of the last write control circuit 108 operation usefulness of ROM, according to this program, the calculation process of operation such as CPU appointment.And this program also can obtain from the outside by external memory storage 109.
Position detector 101 all has geomagnetic sensor 102, gyroscope 103, range sensor of knowing 104 and GPS (the GlobalPositioning System: GPS) the GPS receiver 105 of usefulness that detects vehicle location according to the electric wave from satellite.These, each all has qualitative different error, and therefore, it forms structure is to be remedied mutually by a plurality of sensors to use.And according to the precision of each sensor, it is also passable to form position detector 101 by above-mentioned one of them, and perhaps using does not have the rotation sensor of illustrated steering (ス テ ァ リ Application グ), the vehicle speed sensor of each rotor wheel etc. passable yet.
Map datum input unit 106 is devices that the various data of input comprise so-called map match usefulness data, map datum and flag data that the raising position detection accuracy is used.As the medium of store various kinds of data, generally use CD-ROM or DVD-ROM according to its data volume, the medium of perhaps using storage card, hard disk etc. to write is also passable.
And map datum input unit 106 is being stored the toll table of paying roads such as highway.The toll table is being stored the toll between all paying road junctions, with reference to this toll table, and can be with reference to the toll between the hinge of appointment.And, can also store the up-to-date toll table of obtaining by portable phone 114 and external memory storage 109.
Operating switch group 107 for example can use soft-touch control that described later and display device 110 becomes one or mechanical switch etc., is used for various inputs.
Display device 110, for example form by LCDs, on the picture of display device 110, can show from this parking stall tagging of the corresponding vehicle current location of position detector 101 input with by the vehicle periphery road-map that map datum generated of map datum input unit 106 inputs.Instantaneous speech power 111 is made up of loudspeaker or note amplifier etc., carries out voice suggestion etc.
And the onboard navigation system of present embodiment possesses a kind of so-called path prompt facility, if promptly by remote control terminal (below be called remote control.) 113, from distance sensor 112 or operating switch group 107 input destination locations, then search for the optimal path of current location (the perhaps departure place of user's appointment) till the destination automatically, form the prompting path and show.This method that optimal path is set automatically, methods such as the enlightening Coase that has everybody to be familiar with thorough (Dijkstra) method.
Portable phone 114 is the mobile communication equipments that are connected usefulness with external network 115, by this portable phone 114, by external network 115, can be connected in present embodiment on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 in the above-mentioned administrative center 20.And, in the present embodiment, PC) or PDA (Personal DigitalAssistants: personal digital assistant) etc. what adopt as mobile communication equipment is portable phone, is not limited to this, also can adopt mobile PC with communication function (Personal Computer:.And communication function also can be built in the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100.
ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, by with paying road toll place on the ETC road that is provided with machine 30 carry out two-way communication, pay toll thus automatically.And this ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 can not have illustrated ETC card to use with insertion, is to pay toll to reduce the structure that can utilize the amount of money at every turn.And distributing user ID on the ETC card, and upload this user ID by portable phone 114 to administrative center 20, carry out User Recognition with this administrative center 20.Account number when thus, specifying the clearing toll.
Control circuit 108 according to the destination of operating switch group 107 or telepilot 113 inputs, uses the map datum calculating path of map datum input unit 106.Then, prompting path by these control circuit 108 search, this parking stall tagging of the expression vehicle location that calculates together with the information of utilizing position detector 101 and map datum input unit 106, one highlights on the road-map that is shown on the display device 110.
Below, use Figure 11 and process flow diagram shown in Figure 12, the feature that present embodiment be described has promptly been utilized the cash desk passage prompting processing from the channel information of administrative center 20.
At first, in step S100, obtain the current location of vehicle.And, from the historical record of this vehicle current location that obtains, the travel that designated vehicle will go to.As the designation method of this travel, the same with the 1st embodiment explanation.
Among the step S110, judge that whether vehicle is near the cash desk of paying road.Whether near the determination methods of this cash desk, is to judge cash desk, the vehicle that has the paying road on the vehicle forward direction of travel of appointment in step S100 whether close this cash desk is in distance to a declared goal as vehicle.Perhaps, from current location, judge that the appointment radius is also passable with the interior cash desk that whether exists.
In this step S110, if be judged as, processing is turned to step S100 not near the cash desk, if be judged as the cash desk close, forward in the processing of step S120.
Among the step S120, utilize the portable phone 114 that is connected on the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100, the communication between beginning and the administrative center 20.Among the step S130, specify and want after the cash desk of download channel information, the cash desk ID of this appointment is uploaded in the administrative center 20, download the up-to-date channel information of the cash desk that meets this ID from administrative center 20.And, from the cash desk that vehicle is uploaded, the nearest cash desk of working direction on the designated vehicle travel, the ID of this cash desk can carry out reference from the map datum of map datum input unit 106.Like this, by specifying the cash desk of wanting download channel information, the quantity of information that can suppress to download becomes huge.
And, on this channel information basis, as illustrating among the 1st embodiment, can for example obtain from administrative center 20, the passage figure information that place and operational situation degree are set that can grasp various passages that on the picture of display device 10, shows as shown in Figure 6, the passage figure information of the arrow when describing to enter the situation of the situation of ETC passage/enter common passage in the time of as shown in Figure 7 perhaps can draw the channel information of medelling figure and the passage kind that sorts successively from the right side (the common passage of ETC/) and running on the picture of display device 10 as shown in Figure 8, information such as the difference of closing.Perhaps, can consider also to judge that having or not passage to show on the map datum input unit 106 of on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 goes up necessary information, if the information that there is no need just considers to receive the method for figure information.
Like this, in the on-vehicle navigation apparatus of present embodiment, be not only having or not of ETC passage, that can also obtain ETC passage in the running counts and is provided with place etc., therefore pass through for example to carry out the prompting that designated vehicles such as " please enter which number passage from right number " is answered admission passage in the prompting at passage described later.
Among the step S140, judge whether the preparation of ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 automatic payments is ready.That is to say whether machine 30 is set up the preparation of communicating by letter on the card plug that whether power supply is connected, whether the ETC card has inserted appointment etc. of judging whether in succession on the on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 and the ETC road ready.
Again, only situation about not being inserted into regard to the ETC card might the user have been forgotten insertion ETC card, can consider to remind the user thus.As the method for reminding, for example on the picture of display device 10, show " not inserting ETC card etc. " message or with this message of voice suggestion.Like this, in step S140, if ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 is not ready, just the connection between cut-out and the administrative center 20 on this basis, turns to step S190 to processing, when ready, processing is advanced to step S200.
Among the step S190, the prompting that enters of the common passage beyond the ETC passage is shown to user report with voice or picture.For example,, show the schematic drawing of cash desk, speech messages such as perhaps output " come in go in the 2nd, the 3rd passage of left number arbitrary common passage " as above-mentioned Fig. 6~Fig. 8.
And, among the step S200, the prompting that enters of ETC passage is shown to user report with voice or picture.For example,, show the schematic drawing of cash desk, speech messages such as perhaps output " come in go in the 1st, the 2nd passage of right number arbitrary ETC passage " as above-mentioned Fig. 6~Fig. 8.
In this step S190 and step S200, beginning is to the moment of user report, usually begins report with the moment of moving vehicle from the main line bifurcated of paying road, the road that leads to the cash desk.Thus, begin in front of the cash desk by prompting, therefore, what the user can have leeway leads to the purpose passage.
And, begin the moment that enters prompting to this passage, preferably according to Vehicle Speed and cash desk port number, cash desk have clog-free etc. be set as variable.For example, near under the situation of cash desk and in the many cash desks of port number, begin report with time of earlier than usual in the speed of vehicle more than at a predetermined velocity, like this, the user can allow some leeway in time sails same passage.
Again, blockage information can obtain by portable phone 114, and in front of the cash desk when congestion situations is arranged, with than the also slow time begins to report usually.Thus, can begin the prompting of passing through of passage with the moment of corresponding cash desk situation.
Among the step S210, judge whether to finish the passage prompting.End as the passage prompting is judged, for example when vehicle passes through the cash desk, that is to say, when the vehicle current location has surmounted the position of cash desk, when perhaps vehicle quicken to arrive the speed of a motor vehicle more than the command speed near the cash desk, perhaps begin and ETC road, cash desk on during communication between the machine 30 etc., finish the passage prompting.
Here, be judged as when finishing the passage prompting, processing is pushed to step S220, in step S220, the picture of leaving out the passage prompting shows.Thus, can be to leave out suitable opportunity by prompting.In addition, if be judged as when not finishing the passage prompting, processing is turned to step S100, above-mentioned repeatedly processing.
Like this, relevant present embodiment onboard navigation system and on-vehicle navigation apparatus 100, pass through public line, obtain channel information from administrative center 20, situation is prepared in automatic payment according to this channel information obtained and ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, does the prompting that enters that enters prompting and enter the ETC passage that enters common passage.
That is to say, for example, even be provided with the ETC passage, if this ETC passage can not pass through the ETC passage if not being in the running.And, also having, the power supply of ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 not have not insert the ETC card on the appointment socket of connection or ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, automatically defrayment.Therefore, as mentioned above, according to the preparation situation of channel information and ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, in fact can judgement pass through the ETC passage, thus, if be judged as in the time of can coming by the cash desk by automatic payment, the appropriate cash desk of carrying out corresponding this judged result is by prompting.
Variation 2
On-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 in the present embodiment, in step S130, as the cash desk ID that will upload, though nearest cash desk on the designated vehicle travel working direction, if but vehicle and paying road are when converging, specify cash desk on several vehicle forward direction as the cash desk of obtaining channel information, the cash desk channel information of downloading this appointment is also passable.
For example, as the channel information that will download,,, download channel information at first compared with nearest cash desk if during the cash desk till the vehicle current location is specified 3 places.Thus, use the channel information downloaded, can show the road-map (this figure left side) of expression vehicle current location as shown in Figure 5, can also show the ETC passage operational situation (this figure right side) of the cash desk till 3 places, road the place ahead simultaneously.And, shown in this figure right side, charge remaining sum information and toll add up show also passable.Moreover vehicle whenever travels preset distance when above, and perhaps every through the schedule time when above, download channel information shows that the operational situation of up-to-date ETC passage is also passable.
Thus, be not only the channel information of nearest cash desk, can also obtain the cash desk channel information till the number place is specified in road the place ahead, the channel information that uses this to obtain, the information of relevant ETC passage operational situation etc., on the picture of display device 10, show, thus, the reference that the user can drive to plan.
Variation 3
On-vehicle navigation apparatus 100 in the present embodiment, situation is prepared in automatic payment according to channel information and ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116, enter the prompting that enters that enters prompting and enter the ETC passage of common passage, and then, if by will pay the cash desk of toll the time, on the basis of this defrayment of report, allow the user select by/by the ETC passage, the result of corresponding this selection carry out the cash desk pass through point out also passable.
Below, use Figure 13 and process flow diagram shown in Figure 14, the cash desk passage prompting processing that this variation is relevant is described.And, step S100~S130 among relevant Figure 13 and the processing of relevant Figure 14 step S190~S220, the same with the processing of present embodiment, omit its explanation.
By step S130 shown in Figure 13, after administrative center's 20 download channel information, in step S140, judge whether ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 carries out the preparation of automatic payment.Here,, on the connection basis between cut-out and the administrative center 20, processing is turned to step S190,, processing is pushed to step S150 if ready if ETC vehicle-mounted machine 116 is offhand ready.
Among the step S150,, judge whether to pay toll in the nearest cash desk of travel.Here, if there is no need to pay toll, on the connection basis between cut-out and the administrative center 20, processing is turned to step S200, payment turns to step S160a to processing if necessary.And, whether be necessary to pay toll, judge whether it is that will to pay the passage of toll during by passage just passable with reference to channel information.
Among the step S160a shown in Figure 14, to the amount of money of user report defrayment.For example, the amount of money that on display device 110, shows defrayment also can, perhaps use this amount of money of voice output also passable.And, in the cash desk, be necessary to pay the amount of money of toll, obtain also passable from the toll table of map datum input unit 106, perhaps the information of the inlet cash desk of storing by paying road access road the time is issued administrative center 20, by administrative center 20, calculate the expense that nearest cash desk will be paid, it is also passable to allow vehicle 10 download.
Among the step S170a, allow the user select whether to pass through the ETC passage.Here, when having selected, processing is turned to step S200, when having selected, processing is turned to step S190 not by the ETC passage by the ETC passage.Afterwards,, enter the prompting that enters of common passage, in step S200, enter the prompting that enters of ETC passage in addition by step S190.
And the user of relevant step S170a selects, for example on display device 110, select by/not the demonstration by usefulness, by operating switch group 107 select any also can, perhaps by phonetic entry by/not by also can.
Like this, allow the user select whether to pass through the ETC passage, corresponding this selection result is carried out the prompting that enters of passage, thus, can carry out the prompting that enters of the desired passage that enters of user.
Variation 4
Present embodiment is to specify travel, carries out the prompting of pass through of relevant this travel cash desk, and in the middle of the execution that the path of certain destination is pointed out, and the current prompting of carrying out the cash desk that this prompting path comprised is also passable.

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1. onboard navigation system is characterized in that possessing:
By and the automatic charge passage of paying road on communication between the roadside unit that is provided with, come the automatic payment device of the capable expense of automatic PayPal;
The communication module of utilizing public line to be connected with outside vehicle;
Collect, preserve the channel information of each cash desk of paying road, and with above-mentioned channel information with can utilize at the toll of the paying road center that provides to the outside of the expense remaining sum information in the payment automatically;
By above-mentioned communication module, download the communication control unit of above-mentioned channel information and expense remaining sum information from above-mentioned center;
According to this each information, judge the judgment means of the automatic charge passage that automatic payment by above-mentioned automatic payment device whether can be by the paying road;
Judged result that should judgment means is carried out the cash desk of passing through prompting of cash desk and pass through suggestion device.
2. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, collect, storage is by the automatic charge passage in the running, common passage, charge automatically/common and with the number of passage with the channel information that the place is formed is set at above-mentioned center.
3. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned judgment means, when the cash desk that should pay toll exist in the running automatic charge passage and can be current time-consuming by above-mentioned expense remaining sum payment, being judged as can be by charge passage automatically.
4. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that possessing:
Detect the position detecting device of vehicle current location;
The map datum memory storage of store map data;
According to the position on the above-mentioned map of the above-mentioned current location that is detected of correspondence, judge whether to download the download judgment means of at least 1 information in above-mentioned channel information and the expense remaining sum information;
Above-mentioned communication control unit when this download judgment means is judged as download, is downloaded at least 1 information in above-mentioned channel information and the expense remaining sum information.
5. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, possesses the travel specified device of specifying travel from the historical record of the detected current location of above-mentioned position detecting device,
Above-mentioned download judgment means when vehicle is positioned in the preset distance for the cash desk of the working direction of above-mentioned travel, is judged as the channel information of downloading above-mentioned working direction cash desk.
6. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned automatic payment device can be paid toll automatically when satisfying the predetermined condition relevant with automatic payment,
Above-mentioned download judgment means, when vehicle for the cash desk of above-mentioned travel working direction be positioned at preset distance with and when satisfying above-mentioned predetermined condition, be judged as mail downloading charge remaining sum information.
7. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that possessing:
According to above-mentioned map datum, calculate the path calculation device in the path of the paying road till comprising from origin to destination;
Point out the path suggestion device in this calculated path;
Carry out path when prompting by this path suggestion device, above-mentioned download judgment means when vehicle is positioned in the preset distance for the cash desk of the working direction on the above-mentioned path, is downloaded the channel information of above-mentioned working direction cash desk.
8. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned automatic payment device can be paid toll automatically when satisfying the predetermined condition relevant with automatic payment,
Above-mentioned download judgment means, when the cash desk of the working direction of vehicle on above-mentioned path be positioned at preset distance with and when satisfying above-mentioned predetermined condition, be judged as the download of implementation cost remaining sum information.
9. as each described onboard navigation system of claim 4~8, it is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned communication control unit is specified the paying road toll place that wants download channel information to above-mentioned center,
Above-mentioned center makes the channel information at above-mentioned appointed paying road toll place download to above-mentioned communication control unit.
10. as each described onboard navigation system of claim 4~8, it is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned cash desk is by suggestion device, is positioned at the moment on the by-pass at the paying road toll place of leading to forward march the place ahead at vehicle, and pass through of beginning cash desk pointed out.
11. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, above-mentioned cash desk is by suggestion device, and arranged according to car speed, cash desk port number, in the cash desk at least 1 zero hour of changing by prompting in clog-free.
12. each the described onboard navigation system as claim 4~8 is characterized in that,
, finish by prompting when vehicle passes through the cash desk by suggestion device above-mentioned cash desk.
13. an onboard navigation system is characterized in that possessing:
By and be set at paying road charge automatically communication between the roadside unit on the passage, the automatic payment device of the current expense of payment automatically;
Utilize public line, the communication module that is connected with the outside of vehicle;
Collect, the channel information of each cash desk of storage paying road, and above-mentioned channel information offered the center of outside;
By above-mentioned communication module, download the communication control unit of above-mentioned channel information from above-mentioned center;
According to this channel information, can judgement come the judgment means by the automatic charge passage of paying road by the automatic payment of above-mentioned automatic payment device;
Carry out the cash desk of passing through prompting of cash desk according to the judged result of this judgment means and pass through suggestion device.
14. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, collect, storage is by the automatic charge passage in the running, common passage, charge automatically/common and with the number of passage with the channel information that the place is formed is set at above-mentioned center.
15. as claim 13 or 14 described onboard navigation systems, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned judgment means, when there was the automatic charge passage in the running in the cash desk that should pay toll and satisfy the predetermined condition of automatic payment of relevant above-mentioned automatic payment device, being judged as can be by charge passage automatically.
16. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, possesses:
Be judged as can be by above-mentioned automatic charge passage the time by above-mentioned judgment means, report the above-mentioned annunciator that should pay the toll amount of money;
Report after the above-mentioned toll amount of money by above-mentioned annunciator, select by/the selecting arrangement by above-mentioned automatic charge passage not;
Above-mentioned cash desk also utilizes the selection result of above-mentioned selecting arrangement by suggestion device, carries out the prompting of passing through of cash desk.
17. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, possesses:
Detect the position detecting device of vehicle current location;
The map datum memory storage of store map data;
According to the position on the above-mentioned map of the above-mentioned current location that is detected of correspondence, judge whether to download the download judgment means of above-mentioned channel information,
Above-mentioned communication control unit when this download judgment means is judged as download, is downloaded above-mentioned channel information.
18. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that possessing: according to historical record, specify the travel specified device of travel by the detected current location of above-mentioned position detecting device,
Above-mentioned download judgment means when vehicle is positioned in the preset distance for the cash desk of above-mentioned travel working direction, is judged as the channel information of downloading above-mentioned working direction cash desk.
19. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that,
According to above-mentioned map datum, calculate the path calculation device in the path of the paying road till comprising from origin to destination;
Point out the path suggestion device in this calculated path;
Carry out path when prompting by this path suggestion device, above-mentioned download judgment means when vehicle is positioned in the preset distance for the cash desk of the working direction on the above-mentioned path, is downloaded the channel information of above-mentioned working direction cash desk.
20. each the described onboard navigation system as claim 17~19 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned communication control unit is specified the paying road toll place that wants download channel information to above-mentioned center,
Above-mentioned center makes the channel information at above-mentioned appointed paying road toll place download to above-mentioned communication control unit.
21. each the described onboard navigation system as claim 17~19 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned cash desk is by suggestion device, is positioned at the moment on the by-pass at the paying road toll place of leading to forward march the place ahead at vehicle, and pass through of beginning cash desk pointed out.
22. onboard navigation system as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that, above-mentioned cash desk is by suggestion device, and arranged according to the port number of car speed, cash desk, in the cash desk at least 1 zero hour of changing by prompting in clog-free.
23. each the described onboard navigation system as claim 17~19 is characterized in that,
, finish by prompting when vehicle passes through the cash desk by suggestion device above-mentioned cash desk.
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