Method and a system for registering vehicle fees

US6252523A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Combitech Traffic Systems AB · SE

Inventor

• Thomas Mostrom

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2001
• Expiry date: May 28, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M15/81
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and system for registering vehicle fees by means of radio communication between stationary toll collection facilities in a toll border (1, 2) of a main zone and communication equipments in passing vehicles when making predetermined checking operations such as for securing the authority of the vehicle equipment. Within the main zone a number of radio transmitters are arranged, which transmit data carrying signals relating to additional fees related to passing the respective transmitter. When passing in, the toll collection facilities carry out an introductory part of the checking operations and activate the vehicle equipment to register signals from the transmitters when passing them. When passing out, the registering operation is terminated including the checking operations, then summing up the registered fees and debiting the total fee. Thereby the main zone can be divided into a number of inner zones (A, B, C, 9) so that the total fee is made to be dependent on the inner zones into which the vehicle is driven and without the need for complete toll collection facilities for bidirectional communication within the main zone.