Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus and storage medium for priority passage in accompaniment of fee

A communication apparatus that is for communicating with an information processing apparatus for controlling lighting of a traffic light and that is associated with a vehicle, the communication apparatus comprising:

• a communication circuit that, for passage controlled by lighting of the traffic light, transmits to the information processing apparatus information of a transaction condition relating to priority passage;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication apparatus to function as:
• a control unit configured to cause the vehicle to perform priority passage of a location where passage is controlled by the traffic light in accordance with priority passage becoming possible based on information of the transaction condition by the information processing apparatus;
• and
• a processing unit configured to process a payment of a fee based on the transaction condition on priority passage,
• wherein the processing unit, in a case where the vehicle is caused to perform priority passage of the location where passage is controlled by the traffic light, processes payment of a fee for priority passage so that the fee is paid.

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus that is for controlling lighting of a traffic light, the method comprising:

• acquiring information of a transaction condition relating to priority passage from a communication apparatus associated with a vehicle within a predetermined distance of the traffic light;
• controlling lighting of the traffic light according to the transaction condition on priority passage being satisfied, based on the information of the transaction condition;
• and
• processing a payment of a fee based on the transaction condition on priority passage,
• wherein in the processing step, in a case where lighting of the traffic light has been controlled in the control step, processes the payment of the fee so as to collect a fee for priority passage from a party on behalf of a vehicle for which priority passage became possible.

A method for controlling a communication apparatus that is for communicating with an information processing apparatus for controlling lighting of a traffic light and that is associated with a vehicle, the communication apparatus comprising:

• for passage controlled by lighting of the traffic light, transmitting, to the information processing apparatus, information of a transaction condition relating to priority passage;
• causing the vehicle to perform priority passage of a location where passage is controlled by the traffic light in accordance with priority passage becoming possible based on information of the transaction condition by the information processing apparatus;
• and
• processing a payment of a fee based on a transaction condition relating to priority passage,
• wherein in the processing step, payment of a fee for priority passage is processed so as to pay the fee in a case where the vehicle is caused to perform priority passage of the location where passage is controlled by the traffic light.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is for causing a computer to function as each unit of a communication apparatus, wherein

• the communication apparatus is associated with a vehicle and communicates with an information processing apparatus for controlling lighting of a traffic light, and comprises:
• a communication unit configured to, for passage controlled by lighting of the traffic light, transmit to the information processing apparatus information of a transaction condition relating to priority passage;
• a control unit configured to cause the vehicle to perform priority passage of a location where passage is controlled by the traffic light in accordance with priority passage becoming possible based on information of the transaction condition by the information processing apparatus;
• and
• a processing unit configured to process a payment of a fee based on the transaction condition on priority passage,
• wherein the processing unit, in a case where the vehicle is caused to perform priority passage of the location where passage is controlled by the traffic light, processes payment of a fee for priority passage so that the fee is paid.