Vehicle device, system and method for payment processing using vehicle device
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsYun Joong Park, Jong Pil Park, Kyowoong Choo
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Abstract
A vehicle device includes: a communication device configured to transmit or receive a signal to or from a cloud server operating in conjunction with a service device of a parking lot upon entering the parking lot; and a controller configured to output parking lot information received from the cloud server upon entering the parking lot, and to identify charge settlement information of the parking lot from the cloud server to pay a settlement charge, when a predetermined charge settlement event occurs.
Claims21
A vehicle device comprising:
- a communication device configured to transmit or receive a signal to or from a cloud server operating in conjunction with a service device of a parking lot upon entering the parking lot;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- output parking lot information received from the cloud server upon entering the parking lot, and
- identify charge settlement information of the parking lot from the cloud server to pay a settlement charge, when a predetermined charge settlement event occurs,
- wherein the charge settlement information includes outstanding charge information about a vehicle before entry of the parking lot.
A payment processing system using a vehicle device of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- the vehicle device configured to pay a settlement charge of a parking lot;
- a service device of the parking lot;
- and
- a cloud server configured to:
- recognize information of the vehicle entering the parking lot,
- when a predetermined charge settlement event occurs from the vehicle, guide the vehicle device with charge settlement information of the parking lot generated from the service device, and
- process the settlement charge based on payment information received from the vehicle device,
- wherein the cloud server is configured to, when it is determined that the vehicle is capable of making an electronic payment based on the information of the vehicle recognized when the vehicle enters the parking lot, identify parking lot information from the service device to guide the parking lot information to the vehicle device.
A payment processing method of a payment processing system including a vehicle device, a service device, and a cloud server, the method comprising:
- when a vehicle enters a parking lot, recognizing, by the cloud server, information of the vehicle;
- when a predetermined charge settlement event occurs from the vehicle, identifying, by the cloud server, charge settlement information of the parking lot from the service device linked through a gateway to guide the charge settlement information to the vehicle device,
- wherein the charge settlement information includes outstanding charge information about a vehicle before entry of the parking lot, in response to determination that there is outstanding charge information about the vehicle before entry of the parking lot;
- transmitting, by the vehicle device, payment information about a settlement charge to the cloud server based on the charge settlement information;
- and
- processing, by the cloud server, the settlement charge based on the payment information received from the vehicle device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.