ROAD PASSAGE CHARGING SYSTEM AND ROAD PASSAGE CHARGING METHOD

Title:

ROAD PASSAGE CHARGING SYSTEM AND ROAD PASSAGE CHARGING METHOD

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/098128

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A road passage charging system which charges a toll for vehicles which run a road in a predetermined segment is equipped with a position detection section which detects the position of a vehicle, a number of vehicles calculation section which calculates the number of vehicles present on a road in a predetermined segment from the positional information of vehicles detected by the position detection section, a traffic jam decision section which decides whether the road in the predetermined segment is congested or not by comparing the number of vehicles calculated by the number of vehicles calculation section with the predetermined threshold, a charging segment setting section which sets the predetermined segment as a charging segment when a decision is made that the predetermined segment is congested by the traffic jam decision section, a charging segment information delivery section which delivers information indicating that the predetermined segment set by the charging segment setting section is the charging segment, and a charging section which charges a toll for vehicles which run the road set as the charging segment.

Inventors:

MIYAJIMA YUTAKA (JP)
TANIGUCHI MISAO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2010/001324

Publication Date:

September 02, 2010

Filing Date:

February 26, 2010

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
MIYAJIMA YUTAKA (JP)
TANIGUCHI MISAO (JP)

International Classes:

G01C21/26; G06Q30/04; G06Q30/06; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/30; G07B15/00; G08G1/00; G08G1/01; G08G1/09; G01C21/00

Foreign References:

JP2006004266A	2006-01-05
JPH11213192A	1999-08-06
JP2009045985A	2009-03-05
JP2004326263A	2004-11-18

Other References: