Automated toll payment system for driverless vehicles

Abstract

The present invention provides an unmanned vehicle automatic payment system and a method thereof which enable an unmanned vehicle to pay automatically without needing user presence when the unmanned vehicle is at a parking lot, a gasoline station, a road toll station and the like. The system comprises a control module, a voice module, a display module, a fastening groove module and a cash module. An automatic payment flow comprises the steps of firstly determining a payment environment, then carrying out the man-machine conversation with a toll collector to determine the corresponding payment content and mode, and then executing a decision scheme, and finally paying and leaving. The payment modes mainly comprise the credit-card consumption, the cash payment and the two-dimension code scanning, and basically can satisfy the payment of the vehicles on various conditions.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an automatic toll payment system, in particular to an automatic toll payment system for unmanned vehicles. Background technique [0002] At present, in the field of vehicle toll payment, such as in parking lots, gas stations or road toll stations, most of the toll payments still require interaction between the vehicle owner and the toll collector. Now, although special ETC channels have been set up at expressway toll stations, which can be passed directly by swiping cards, not all road toll stations have ETC dedicated channels; However, it must be completed by the presence of the car owner, and the cost of equipment installation and maintenance is relatively high, making it difficult to popularize. [0003] The above status quo has led to the limitations of unmanned vehicles when paying fees. Generally, it is difficult to complete the payment without the owner of the vehicle, and it is impossible to reflect the advantages of u...

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Now, although special ETC channels have been set up at expressway toll stations, which can be passed directly by swiping cards, not all road toll stations have ETC dedicated channels; However, it must be completed by the presence of the car owner, and the cost of equipment installation and maintenance is high, so it is difficult to popularize

[0003] The above status quo has led to the limitations of unmanned vehicles when paying fees. Generally, it is difficult to complete the payment without the owner's presence, and it is impossible to reflect the advantages of unmanned vehicles.

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