IP Library Patent Application 15543410
Patent Application
App. No. 15/543,410

INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BILLING LOCATION

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App. No.
15/543,410
Abstract

An information presentation system for evaluating a billing location includes a signal output unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to output a signal at a timing at which a billing process has been performed based on a location of the vehicle; a signal acquisition unit installed at a predetermined location and configured to acquire a signal from the signal output unit; and a billing location detection unit configured to detect a location at which the billing process has been performed based on the signal acquired by the signal acquisition unit.

Claims (37)

1 . An information presentation system for evaluating a billing location comprising:

a signal output unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to output a signal at a timing at which a billing process has been performed based on a location of the vehicle;

a signal acquisition unit installed at a predetermined location and configured to acquire a signal from the signal output unit; and

a billing location detection unit configured to detect a location at which the billing process has been performed based on the signal acquired by the signal acquisition unit.

2 . The information presentation system for evaluating a billing location according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal output unit includes a lighting device and outputs light as the signal,

wherein the signal acquisition unit includes a camera and captures an image including an image of the vehicle, and

wherein the billing location detection unit detects a location at which the billing process has been performed based on a location of an image of the vehicle which is included in the image and in which the lighting device is turned on.

3 . The information presentation system for evaluating a billing location according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal output unit outputs a sound as the signal,

wherein the signal acquisition unit includes a microphone and acquires a sound from the signal output unit, and

wherein the billing location detection unit detects a location at which the billing process has been performed based on sound information acquired by the signal acquisition unit.

4 . The information presentation system for evaluating a billing location according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal output unit outputs light having directionality as the signal,

wherein the signal acquisition unit includes a plurality of light receiving sensors that are provided along a traveling path of the vehicle and are able to acquire the light, and

wherein the billing location detection unit detects a location at which the billing process has been performed based on a light receiving sensor that is used for the signal acquisition unit to acquire the light.

5 . An information presentation system for evaluating a billing location comprising:

a billing processing unit configured to perform a billing process based on a location of a vehicle;

a force detection unit configured to detect a force applied to the vehicle due to a change in height of a surface provided at a predetermined location on a path along which the vehicle travels; and

a billing location detection unit configured to detect a location at which the billing process has been performed based on a timing at which the billing processing unit has performed the billing process and a timing at which the force detection unit detects the force applied.

6 . The information presentation system for evaluating a billing location according to claim 5 ,

wherein the force detection unit detects a force applied to the vehicle when traveling due to a change in height of the surface provided at two places on a path along which the vehicle travels, and

wherein the billing location detection unit detects whether a location at which the billing process has been performed is included in a range having the two places as two ends thereof.

7 . The information presentation system for evaluating a billing location according to claim 6 ,

wherein the force detection unit detects a force applied to the vehicle when traveling due to a change in height of the surface that is additionally provided between the two places, and

wherein the billing location detection unit detects a section in which a location at which the billing process has been performed is included among sections of the path along which the vehicle travels that are separated by a change in height of the surface.

8 . An information presentation system for evaluating a billing location comprising

an imaging unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to image the outside from the vehicle at a timing at which a billing process has been performed based on a location of the vehicle.

9 . The information presentation system for evaluating a billing location according to claim 8 , comprising

a storage unit configured to store an image captured from a predetermined location; and

a billing location detection unit configured to detect a location at which the billing process has been performed,

wherein the billing location detection unit determines a relationship between a location at which the imaging unit has performed imaging and a location at which an image stored in the storage unit is captured according to the association of images of the same object included in the image captured by the imaging unit and the image stored in the storage unit.

10 . The information presentation system for evaluating a billing location according to claim 8 ,

wherein a predetermined marker is provided at a predetermined reference location.

11 . The information presentation system for evaluating a billing location according to claim 8 ,

wherein a predetermined marker is provided above a path along which the vehicle travels, and

wherein the imaging unit is installed pointing upward and performs imaging.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044819/0041 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: IEHARA, MASATO; HIURA, RYOTA; FUKASE, TAKESHI; OKAZAKI, TAKUMA; ADACHI, TETSUYA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 043000/0076 →