Vehicle unit, vehicle system and program for same
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorKenta Hayashi
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Abstract
A portable terminal receives a settlement record information instruction from a user for reading settlement record information, and requests a vehicle unit for an output of corresponding information represented by the user instruction. The vehicle unit then reads the corresponding settlement record information from among all information readable by the portable terminal, and transmits the information to the portable terminal. The settlement record information becomes therefore more accessible for the user without compromising privacy.
Claims20
A vehicle unit for use in a toll process that processes data for setting a toll by using a card ID in communication with a roadside unit, the vehicle unit comprising:
- a receiver receiving an activation instruction that activates the card ID by setting the card ID to an activated condition;
- a controller setting the card ID to the activated condition in correspondence to the activation instruction received by the receiver for specifying, a specific card ID after performing a setting of one of the activated condition and an inactivated condition that makes the card ID unavailable;
- a storage storing information on toll settlement;
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- an output unit outputting various information, wherein,
- when the controller receives an output instruction for outputting predetermined information from information regarding a toll settlement process stored in the storage, the controller performs a determination process that determines whether an output of the predetermined information to an external destination is allowed or not, and
- the controller outputs, as an output process, the predetermined information to the external destination through the output unit if the determination process determines that the output of the predetermined information to the external destination is allowed.
A program product stored in a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, when executing causing a computer to perform steps of a method, the method comprising:
- performing a determination process using the controller when the controller receives an output instruction for outputting predetermined information from information regarding a toll settlement process stored in a storage from an activation terminal through a receiver that determines whether an output of the predetermined information to an external destination by using the activation terminal that has originated the output instruction received by the receiver is allowed or not, and
- outputting, as an output process using the controller, the predetermined information to the external destination through the output unit if it is determined in the determination process that the output of the predetermined information to the external destination is allowed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.