Patent ID: 8132724

Claim:
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; and 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.