Secure C-V2X smart tolling

US11423705B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Allen R. Murray · Lake Orion, US
• Syed Amaar Ahmad · Canton, US
• Ivan Vukovic · Arlington Heights, US
• Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda · Northville, US
• Erik KILEDAL · Hillsdale, US
• Joseph F. Stanek · Northville, US
• Thomas Varghese · San Mateo, US
• Brennan Hamilton · Birmingham, US
• Krishna Bandi · Farmington Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 23, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q2240/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Toll advertisement messages (TAMs) are broadcast via V2X communication, each of the TAMs indicating geographic locations of lanes of a roadway for which tolls are due and cost information for traversing the lanes of the roadway. A tolling usage message (TUM) is received via the V2X communication, the TUM indicating, to a roadside unit (RSU), information regarding a vehicle entering one of the lanes of the roadway and a unique random account identifier to be used by the RSU to identify the vehicle. A toll receipt message (TRM) is broadcast via the V2X communication, the TRM including the unique random account identifier and indicating, to the vehicle, a final cost charged to the vehicle for access to the one of the lanes of the roadway.