Toll collection system
US5872525A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 9, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B15/063
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A radio communication system is provided at an entrance gate of traffic facilities for radio communicating with a communication device carried by a vehicle. The system includes a first communication unit for transmitting first entrance data relative to the entrance gate of the traffic facilities to the communication device carried by the vehicle coming into the entrance gate, a discriminating unit for determining a vehicle type showing a kind of incoming vehicle, and a second communication unit, provided on an opposite side of the entrance gate from the first communication unit, along a direction of progress of the vehicle, for transmitting a second entrance data including data relative to the determined vehicle type to the communication device when the first communication unit transmits the first entrance data to the communication device.
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