Patent ID: 7487108

Claim:
A collected-charge distribution system for a vehicle which comprises an on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus mounted on a vehicle and a ground terminal apparatus disposed on the ground, and which is adapted to distribute charges collected through said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus, wherein said on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus comprises: first holding means for removably holding an information readable, writable recording medium having a balance recorded thereon; charge processing means for calculating a charge amount to be charged to the vehicle on the basis of position information representing the position of the vehicle, reading the balance from the recording medium held by said first holding means, subtracting the calculated charge amount from the balance, and writing the subtracted balance into the recording medium; and charge record write means for writing into the recording medium a charge record, including information which said charge processing means used in order to calculate the charge amount, for specifying the charge amount and a party to which a fee corresponding to the charge amount is to be distributed, and wherein said ground terminal apparatus comprises: second holding means for removably holding the recording medium; and charge record read-out means for reading out the charge record including the charge amount and the party to which a fee corresponding to the charge amount is to be distributed from the recording medium held by said second holding means.