171results about "Transportation facility access" patented technology

A system and method for facilitating collection of Road User Charges (RUC) using a digital currency within a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) network are disclosed. The system generates secure digital wallets for Road Users and Facility Owners, receives trip, position, distance, and cost data from vehicles, sensors, and facility systems, and encodes settlement logic into smart contracts. These contracts automatically execute jurisdiction-specific disbursements across blockchain, directed acyclic graph (DAG), or hashgraph frameworks, ensuring scalability and auditability without reliance on centralized tolling infrastructure. An AI Activity Module processes multi-source telemetry—including vehicle sensors, GNSS / PNT data, roadside infrastructure, and third-party traffic feeds—to detect congestion, forecast conditions, optimize routing, and dynamically adjust segment-level RUC pricing in real time. The integration of AI-driven adaptive pricing with distributed ledger settlement provides a decentralized, infrastructure-agnostic framework for secure, transparent, and verifiable road use fee collection across multiple jurisdictions, distinct from conventional tolling systems.

Aspects of the present disclosure describe a system comprising a processor and memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, enable the system to detect a payment-related event using vehicle sensors, such as a camera or GPS unit. The detection can involve a machine learning model trained to recognize objects associated with the payment-related event while minimizing false positives. Upon detecting the event, the system can handle the electronic payment by utilizing an in-vehicle digital wallet to execute the payment and recording the transaction on a blockchain-based ledger.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for managing a safety solution in a shared mobility apparatus system, wherein the method may include identifying whether the safety kit is stored in the safety kit storage case, identifying whether an applicant of the mobility apparatus withdraws and wears the safety kit identified as being stored in the safety kit storage case, in response to the applicant being identified as wearing the safety kit, the management server unlocking a starting mode of the mobility apparatus, and in response to confirming that an engine of the mobility apparatus with the unlocked starting mode is turned on, the management server notifying that charging starts according to use of the mobility apparatus to a mobility apparatus APP of the applicant.

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for on-vehicle electronic fee collection. An example system includes at least one processor configured to receive event data from a vehicle operated by a user, the event data including a digital signature based on sensor data generated by at least one sensor of the vehicle. The at least one processor may be configured to determine a merchant system from a plurality of merchant systems based on the payment event and determine a payment event based on the event data. The at least one processor may be configured to generate transaction data based on the payment event and the merchant system and transmit a payment request message including the transaction data to the vehicle. The at least one processor may be configured to process a payment transaction based on the transaction data in response to receiving a payment confirmation message from the vehicle.

A system for automated check-in and routing of trucks at a shipping facility includes a queue camera capturing images of the facility entry area and a lane camera capturing images of vehicles within the entry area. A computing device receives a first video stream from the queue camera and detects a truck approaching a gate. Upon detecting the truck near the gate, the computing device receives a second video stream from the lane camera, detects an identifier for the truck, and matches the identifier to an order number. When the identifier is matched to the order number, the system transmits a destination to the truck driver, facilitating efficient check-in and routing within the shipping facility.

A reservation management method according to the present disclosure includes a first step and a second step. The first step is a step of receiving information about a user. The second step includes determining, based on the received information, whether an electric vehicle of the user is an emergency vehicle. The second step includes setting a group of first slots from among multiple slots by one of methods, the multiple slots each being defined by a charging spot and a time slot and each allowing a charging station to provide a charging service, the methods being different depending on whether or not the electric vehicle of the user is an emergency vehicle. The second step includes displaying the group of first slots to be reservable by the user.

A travel support device supports vehicle traveling. The travel support device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute travel management processing when a target vehicle is traveling on a road having a specific lane in which a specific type of vehicle preferentially travels. The target vehicle is of a different type from the specific type. The travel management processing includes travel permission processing of permitting the target vehicle to travel in the specific lane when the target vehicle is traveling in a vehicle train being a train of vehicles that perform platooning, and entry inhibition processing of inhibiting entry of the target vehicle into the specific lane when the target vehicle is not traveling in the vehicle train.

To improve a technique related to reservation of a vacant parking lot.SOLUTION: A terminal device 10 selectively displays, on a map, a plurality of vacant parking lots respectively registered by a plurality of service companies. When a vacant parking lot is selected by a user, the terminal device 10 displays a use charge for the vacant parking lot. When electrical payment of the use charge for the vacant parking lot is completed, the terminal device 10 displays completion of reservation of the vacant parking lot.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

A reservation management method according to the present disclosure includes a first step and a second step. The first step is a step for receiving user information. The second step includes a step of determining whether the electric vehicle of the user is an emergency vehicle based on the received information. In addition, the second step includes a step of setting the group of the first frame from among a plurality of frames capable of providing a charging service from a charging station defined by the charging position and the time period by a different method depending on whether or not the electric vehicle of the user is an emergency vehicle. In addition, the second step includes a step of displaying the group of the set first frame so that the user can reserve.

A method of conducting a client transaction with a portion of a total quantity of certified standard uniform characteristic (SUC) precious metal units held within a physically secure environment is provided. According to the method, a registration system is maintained containing unique precious metal identification information, physically secure location information and lot identification information of precious metal, and one of certification information or de-processing information of precious metal. The method allocates a portion of the certified SUC precious metal units in a first location within the physically secure environment to be associated with a first lot and creates a first private registry with corresponding records associated with the allocated portion of certified SUC precious metal units in the first location. The method authorizes at least one administrative privilege for the allocated SUC precious metal units of a lot for a trusted partner outside of the physically secure environment.

A system, and method thereof, is provided for determining a vehicle trip on a roadway. The system may include a plurality of detection zones and a computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by one or more processors to direct performance of operations comprising: receiving one or more vehicle detection events corresponding to a given vehicle, each of the one or more vehicle detection events associated with one of a plurality of detection zones; storing a plurality of predefined trip patterns, each of the plurality of predefined trip patterns including at least one detection zone of the plurality of detection zones; and matching the one or more vehicle detection events to a longest matching trip pattern of the plurality of predefined trip patterns to define a trip.

Disclosed are methods and systems for automatic generation and distribution of curbside map data. A server receives municipal regulation data from an external source, and processes the municipal regulation data to generate curbside map data. The server also transmits a message conveying at least a portion (e.g. relevant portion based on request) of the curbside map data to a client computing device. By obtaining and processing the municipal regulation data, the curbside map data can be generated and distributed without time consuming and error prone disadvantages of manual surveying.

A system and method is disclosed for automated remote transactions between a vehicle and a lodging system The system may enable the vehicle to initiate an automated remote transaction to the lodging system to book an accommodation and complete a remote payment. The lodging system may transmit available accommodations to the vehicle. The vehicle may respond with a booking request comprising an accommodation selection and vehicle identifying data and the lodging system may communicate the vehicle identifying data to a payment network to authorize the remote transaction. In response to authorizing the remote transaction, the lodging system may complete the booking request with the vehicle.

A system for purchasing travel documents and for paying tolls and / or parking fees is based on the use of Blockchain technology. It comprises a VTS Server (10), a Blockchain Server Node (15) synchronized with a Blockchain network (100) and a plurality of Smartphone user devices (20(i)). An application (APP(i), APPAuto(i)) for managing purchases towards at least one Transport company or Operator (40(j), 50(k)) is present on every Smartphone user device (20(i)). The Smartphone user device (20(i)) is provided with a first public address (addAPP(i), addAPPAuto(i)) and said Transport company or Operator (40(j), 50(k)) is provided with a second public address (add40(j), addAPPAuto(k)). The Blockchain Server Node (15) is connected to the Blockchain (100) by means of a connection (30) in Peer to Peer mode, P2P, and locally saves and stores (15w) a copy (BC) of the Blockchain (100), the first public addresses (addAPP(i), addAPPAuto(i)) associated with each user and the private keys (KEYpr(i)) of the users. The VTS Server (10) creates the public addresses (addAPP(i), addAPPAuto(i)) for each application (APP(i), APPAuto(i))) associated with a user, calculates the current balance of the user of the Smartphone (20(i)) and, in the event of sufficient value, creates and delivers, to the application (APP(i), APPAuto(i)), a pass or Token which allows the use of the Transport network and which generates a transaction (TE) on the Blockchain (100), in which the VTS Server (10) authorizes the transaction by means of the user private key (KEYpr(i)) saved (15w) in the Blockchain Server Node (15). The transaction (TE) transfers the content, or part of it, from a first wallet (20w(i)) belonging to the Smartphone user (20(i)) and associated with a first public address (addAPP(i), addAPPAuto(i))) to a second wallet (40w(j)) belonging to the Transport company or Operator (40(j), 50(k)) and associated with a second public address (add40(j), add50(k)).

A traffic management device (102) comprises an estimation unit (103) and a determination unit (104). The estimation unit (103) estimates the emission amounts of vehicles. The determination unit (104) uses said estimated emission amount to determine a toll for allowing passage of a subject vehicle through a prescribed road section.

A computer-implemented method can include receiving an object identifier through an object identification device. The method can also include, based upon the received object identifiers, identifying (i) an associated parking permission of an object, (ii) an object location as viewed by the object identification device, (iii) a parking validity status of an object. In addition, the method can include prompting a user of parking violations through a user interface. Still further, the method can include upon confirmation from the parking monitor, assigning a parking citation to an object or an operator of the object.

A communication system according to an embodiment includes a fixed terminal and a mobile terminal. The fixed terminal includes: a first communication unit configured to perform wireless communication in a first communication method; and a first control unit configured to control communication performed by the first communication unit. The mobile terminal includes: a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication in the first communication method; a second control unit configured to control communication performed by the second communication unit; and a storage unit. The first control unit transmits identification information unique to the mobile terminal connected using the first communication unit, to the mobile terminal, disconnects the connection with the mobile terminal after transmitting the identification information, designates the mobile terminal by using the identification information using the first communication unit, and reconnects to the mobile terminal. The second control unit stores the identification information acquired through the communication with the fixed terminal performed by the second communication unit. After the communication with the fixed terminal is disconnected, the second control unit reconnects with the fixed terminal by the second communication unit in response to reception of identification information matching the stored identification information.

To support vehicle traveling so that the whole road can be effectively utilized without disturbing order in a road having a specific lane where a specific kind of vehicle is made to preferentially travel.SOLUTION: The travel support device supports vehicle travel. The driving assistance device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the travel management processing when a target vehicle of a type different from a specific type is traveling on a road having a specific lane in which a vehicle of the specific type is preferentially traveled. The travel management process includes a travel permission process of permitting the target vehicle to travel in the specific lane when the target vehicle is performing platooning, and an entry suppression process of suppressing entry of the target vehicle into the specific lane when the target vehicle is not performing platooning.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Systems and methods are provided for facilitating interoperability of network traffic. One example method includes receiving, by a commerce platform computing device, a vehicle identifier from a toll agent, where the vehicle identifier is specific to a vehicle and captured at a toll plaza of the toll agent, and identifying a wallet provider associated with the vehicle identifier. The method also includes requesting, by the commerce platform computing device, from the wallet provider, authentication of a user associated with the vehicle, whereby the wallet provider authenticates the user at the vehicle or a communication device associated with the user, and receiving, from the wallet provider, an authentication complete result. The method further includes providing, by the commerce platform computing device, a transaction payload for a transaction to pay a toll for the vehicle passing through the toll plaza, where the transaction payload includes a token specific to the card identifier.

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

A method of performing a location based service and in particular a contactless check-in procedure in a public transportation vehicle, which is considered very user-friendly, but also robust, reliable and accurate. In a first aspect there is provided, a method of performing a location-based service using a radio frequency, RF, signal based positioning system, the method comprising the steps of: - broadcasting, by a mobile device, an RF signal upon approaching the location of the location based service; - receiving, by at least one RF beacon, said RF signal, wherein the RF beacon is installed at the location of the location based service; - measuring, by a processing unit, said a signal strength of the received RF signal, wherein the processing unit is in communicative connection with said at least one RF beacon; - determining, by the processing unit, a location of the mobile device within said location of the location-based service, wherein said location is determined by said measured signal strength; - forwarding, by the processing unit, said location of the mobile device to a central server over a wireless telecommunication network, for comparing the location with a predefined service location for performing a service of said location-based service to said mobile device, wherein the RF beacon comprises an array of antennas arranged for monopulse tracking to accurately determine the location of the mobile device within said predefined service location.

Systems, methods, and apparatus are described that enable a serial bus to be operated in one or more modes that employ additional wires for communicating data. A method includes a method includes providing a first interrogating signal configured to cause a controller in a vehicle that is entering the parking facility to monitor status of the vehicle while the vehicle is present within the parking facility, and measure a duration of time in which the vehicle is parked within the parking facility. The method further incudes providing a second interrogating signal when the vehicle is exiting the parking facility, the second interrogating signal being configured to cause the controller to transmit information that includes the duration of time in which the vehicle was parked within the parking facility.

The present invention provides a vehicle lighting controller, a vehicle system including the controller, and a vehicle lighting control method. The vehicle lighting controller includes a processor and a storage device. The processor controls the operation of a lighting device in the vehicle based on driving conditions and payment conditions for vehicle use; the storage device is configured to store data used to drive the processor.

A camera includes: an image sensor; and a processing circuit configured to identify a position of a license plate of the vehicle in a plurality of frames, where each of the plurality of frames corresponds to an image of a plurality of images processed by an image signal processor included in an image sensor, a second frame of the plurality of frames corresponding to the second time (t1) and a first frame of the plurality of frames corresponding to the first time (t0) are transmitted to the server, where t0 is earlier than t1, where the vehicle enters the parking space when the size of the license plate at t1 is greater than the size of the license plate at t0, and where the size of the license plate at t1 is less than the size of the license plate at t0, the vehicle enters the parking space when the size of the license plate at t1 is greater than the size of the license plate at t0. The vehicle leaves the parking space.

At least one three-dimensional roadway segment cuboid nodal system and at least one stationary resource node subsystem(s) includes a computing device comprising at least a memory, a processor, and processing logic for execution in the processor. The processing logic is configured to acquire information regarding a mobile node and the three-dimensional roadway segment cuboid subsystem(s). The information includes a location of the mobile node and a location of the roadway segment cuboid subsystem(s) and a type of use of the mobile node and roadway segment cuboid subsystem(s) to identify and determine acceptable usage.

A parking payment method, apparatus, and system are provided. The parking payment method includes: obtaining sensing information collected by a vehicle-mounted sensing apparatus, where the sensing information is used to determine payment information of a parking lot in which a vehicle (100) is located; and sending the payment information of the parking lot to a server (200) after paying a parking fee of the vehicle (100) in the parking lot based on the sensing information.

A parked vehicle charging method includes inputting vehicle information of a vehicle that is parked, parking space information, charging information requested by the vehicle, and necessary time information preliminarily secured by the vehicle to a management server, scheduling, by the management server, charging of the vehicle based on the requested charging information and the necessary time information of the vehicle, controlling, by the management server, charging intensity of charging equipment based on the vehicle information of the vehicle, the parking space information, and a charging schedule, and receiving, by the management server, charging result information from the charging equipment after charging end of the vehicle and calculating an amount of money to be charged to a user of the vehicle.