Control devices and methods for a road toll system
US9286628B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/205
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Control devices and methods for a road toll system that is based on on-board units carried by vehicles, using at least one recording vehicle and at least one control vehicle, which communicate with a central violation server, wherein the recording vehicle reads out a toll parameter from the on-board unit of a passing vehicle via a DSRC radio interface, compares it to a shape parameter of the vehicle detected by a sensor, and based thereon, in case of inconsistency, generates a violation data record and transmits it to the violation server, wherein the control vehicle registers the position or surroundings thereof in the violation server, and the violation server makes available to this control vehicle those violation data records, the locations of the violations of which are within the surroundings of a position of a control vehicle, and wherein the control vehicle issues an alert message when it detects a violating vehicle in the surroundings thereof.
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