Patent ID: 8615424

Claim:
An electronic toll settlement system embedded in a dashboard of a vehicle, the system comprising: a high-pass terminal configured to be electrically connected with a smart card being charged with a balance amount, in conjunction with a toll settlement server, performs a settlement with a balance charged on the smart card, wherein when the amount of the balance remaining on the smart card is insufficient to settle the toll requested by the toll settlement server, the high pass terminal generates information of a toll payable based on the insufficient amount to settle a remaining portion of the toll on a mobile communication server via a mobile phone micro settlement; and an electronic toll settlement device including: a data receiver, embedded within the dashboard of the vehicle, configured to receive the information of toll payable according to an insufficient amount generated in a toll settlement between a toll settlement server and a high-pass terminal; and a wireless local communications module, embedded within the dashboard of the vehicle, configured to deliver the information of the toll payable and vehicle to a mobile communications server through a mobile communications terminal embedded within the vehicle, the mobile communications server processing payment of the toll payable and delivering the information of a paid toll and vehicle to the toll settlement server for a settlement, wherein the information of the toll payable is a total amount or the insufficient amount of a toll, and when the amount of the balance charged in the smart card is insufficient to settle the toll requested by the toll settlement server, the high pass terminal settles the toll with the balance charged in the smart card first, then generates the information of the toll payable for the insufficient amount, or stops the settlement and then generates the information of the toll payable for the total amount of the toll requested by the toll settlement server.