Method and device for generating toll information in a road-toll system

US9269197B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kapsch TrafficCom AG · SE

Inventors

• Peter Van Haperen · Burgstetten, DE
• Jan Kersten · Oppenweiler, DE
• Jasja Tijink · Purkersdorf, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07B15/063
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for generating toll information for vehicle devices in a road-toll system with a toll center and geographically distributed radio beacons. The method includes providing a set of location data of toll-requiring geo-objects from the respective local environment of a beacon in this beacon, recording a sequence of position data of a vehicle device in this vehicle device, if the aforementioned vehicle device is in the transmitting/receiving range of a beacon: receiving the location-data set from this beacon in the vehicle device, comparing the position-data sequence with the received location-data set in the vehicle device in order to generate toll information therefrom, and if the above-mentioned vehicle device is in the transmitting/receiving range of a beacon: transmitting the toll information from the vehicle device via the beacon to the toll center. The invention further relates to a vehicle device, a beacon and a monitoring device for such a road-toll system.