System and method for electronic toll collection based on vehicle load

US8065181B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kapsch TrafficCom AG · SE

Inventors

• Justin Paul McNew · Del Mar, US
• Refi Tugrul Guener · Baden, AT
• Markus Russold · Hartberg, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for electronic toll collection from a vehicle including an electronic tag for capturing information including a number of passengers in the vehicle and an electronic tag identification, a wireless transmitter for transmitting the captured information; and a wireless receiver for receiving the captured information. The system further includes a toll computer for determining a toll fee for the vehicle based on the received number of passengers and a time of day. The wireless transmitter may be an IR or RF transmitter.The toll computer determines the toll fee for the vehicle based on the received number of passengers, and one or more of the time of day, the day and the traffic information.