135 results about "Toll road" patented technology

To ensure the toll collection of a vehicle carrying an in-vehicle unit without stopping the vehicle at an entrance toll gate or an exit toll gate, an entrance toll gate lane is equipped sequentially from the entrance with a vehicle class discriminator, an entrance vehicle number reader, a first antenna, a vehicle detector, a ticket issuer, a display unit, a vehicle detector, a second antenna and a start detector. The first antenna communicates with an in-vehicle unit of a coming vehicle to write the entrance toll gate data. The display unit is caused, when the communication succeeds, to permit the passage of the vehicle therethrough. When the communication fails, the display unit is caused to stop the vehicle, and the ticket issuer issues the ticket. The second antenna writes the vehicle class data and the registered number data, as detected by the vehicle class discriminator and the vehicle number reader, in an in-vehicle unit. Thus, the existing facilities can be used as they are.

This invention relates to a system and method to generate a private, auditable, evidentiary quality record of the location-history of an asset or person. This invention addresses ten critical improvements over existing systems that are proposed or used for metering for payment services for tolling roads, parking or pay-as-you-drive insurance, namely, cost-effective location accuracy in harsh signal environments, evidentiary assurance of location estimation, handling of dynamic and stationary positioning in a single device, high-ratio compression for a set of stationary positions in urban canyon, high-ratio compression for a dynamic tracklog in urban canyon, high-ratio compression for a set of asset motion behaviors, a method of remote device health check, including anti-tampering, removal of residual price assignment errors, anonymous use without on-board maps, and a method of deconsolidating payments to multiple payees with multiple payment regimes. This system can be applied to road-pricing, congestion-pricing, metered-by-the-minute parking and pay-as-you-drive insurance, incorporating privacy management, and legal admissibility of the evidentiary record. This same device can also be applied to vehicular fleets, military ordinance, or other location audits for assets whether motorized or not, as might be needed in evidence of contract fulfillment or other forms of non-realtime geofencing audits.

An information center generates packets of route guidance information, each corresponding to a prescribed road length of a recommended route. The information center may generate major guide point information and guidance information and transmit both to a vehicular apparatus. The vehicular apparatus provides guidance only for major guide points based on the received major guide point information if it cannot receive the guidance information. According to another aspect of the invention, if the end of a route segment which was the subject of the preceding route guidance information is on an expressway or toll road, guidance information for a preliminary route from that end to an escape position ahead on the expressway or toll road is first transmitted and then information for a remaining route, that is a segment of the recommended route having the prescribed road length minus the preliminary route, is then transmitted. If communication with the information center is lost, the vehicular apparatus performs guidance for the preliminary route to an interchange, for example, of the expressway using the preliminary route guidance information.

A toll road charge collection system comprises a vehicle (7) having an on-vehicle machine (11, 130) mounted thereon, an artificial satellite (1), and a system data center (20). The on-vehicle machine (11, 130) receives radio signal from the artificial satellite (1), and calculates the latitude, the longitude, and the altitude as the vehicle position according to the received radio signal. Latitude data, longitude data, and altitude data indicating the traveling vehicle position history are stored in an external storage unit (46) as a time-series log file, and transmitted to the system data center (20), where the data are stored / accumulated in a storage unit (63) for each vehicle. In the system data center (20), a toll road section in which the vehicle (7) has traveled is determined according to the toll road path position data including the latitude data, the longitude data, and the altitude data indicating the traveling vehicle position history transmitted from the vehicle (7) and stored / accumulated in a database. The traveling charge is calculated for each person traveling on the toll road according to the traveling charge data specified for each route section, and the charge is collected by the automatic payment through an account of a financial institution (25) set by the toll road traveling person in advance.

A system, mobile device, backend server, and RFID toll module work in cooperation to automatically pay vehicular tolls to a toll agency that operates toll stations along a roadways traveled by the user of the mobile device. Upon approaching a toll station the mobile device enables the RFID toll module. The toll reader at the toll station transmits a toll reader signal that is received by the RFID toll module, which responds by transmitting a unique identifier. The unique identifier is associated with the mobile device at a toll account maintained by a toll service backend server. Upon completion of a toll transaction, the RFID toll module indicates the transaction to the mobile device, which forwards toll transaction information to the toll service backend server for payment from the toll account to the toll agency.

A traffic-information providing method includes steps of accepting registration from a terminal to a center concerning ID information for identifying a vehicle, billing both information associated with the ID information and information about a travel route along which the vehicle is scheduled to drive and which includes a toll road, calculating, at the center, future traffic information based on the travel route registered into the center, and providing the calculated future traffic information via a communications line. The traffic amount is predicted based on the travel route which the user has registered. It then becomes possible to provide the fine-grained traffic information.

The present invention describes the system of centralized toll identification, payment and monitoring, which uses geo-location enabled devices such as mobile phone, pager or wireless connected laptops to do so. The invention receives the series of readings, distributed over the length of the toll road, by Location Based Services (LBS) provided by geo-enabled devices along with geo-location database lookup and statistical algorithms to accurately identify whether the vehicle is travelling on toll road, distance travelled by the vehicle on toll road and accordingly calculate and deduct charge by online mode. Using such system, person can do the payment of toll when passing through toll road area directly from his geo-location enabled devices without any intervention of any attendant and simultaneously police can use the toll data from the centralized toll system for enforcement.

A card processing system using an IC card that is capable of exchanging information through the electrical contact with the on-board unit installed in a vehicle using a toll road and the wireless communication with an antenna unit installed at the roadside of a toll road includes a first processing unit to execute the process through the wireless communication with an on-board unit with an IC card inserted so as to electrically contact the on-board unit and a second processing unit to execute the process through the wireless communication with the IC card when an error is generated in the process by the first processing unit.

The invention discloses a multi-functional toll collection lane controlling and managing system of toll roads. An industrial personal computer, a car controlled machine, an IC (integrated circuit) card reader, a toll special keyboard and a display screen at an entrance lane direction are arranged in a toll booth; an entrance lane IC card automatic card sender and an entrance lane full-automatic toll data wireless emitter / receiver are arranged at the right side of the toll booth; the industrial personal computer, the car controlled machine, the IC card reader, the toll special keyboard and the display screen at an exit lane direction are arranged in the toll booth; and an exit lane full-automatic toll data wireless emitter / receiver is arranged at the left side of the toll booth. The system of the invention can organically combine three functions of manual toll lane, ETC (electronic toll collection) lane and automatic card sending and reading lane, so that various of vehicles can pass through the entrance and exit lanes of the toll station in a short time; and the system can disperse the vehicles on the square to a maximum extent without building new lanes. The system is safe and quick. In addition, the system can accelerate vehicle traffic capacity and reduce labor intensity of the toll staff.

The invention relates to a method for electronically charging tolls, whereby actual position coordinates (OKO) of a vehicle are determined by means of at least one position fixing system, in order to determine if a toll road segment has been taken. Said position coordinates (OKO) are determined at least temporarily by means of a satellite-aided position fixing system (SGS). At least one signature (SIG), which is characteristic of the road segment taken by said vehicle, is calculated by means of said position coordinates of the vehicle (FA1, FA2). Said signature (SIG) permits the determination of whether the road segment taken is a toll road segment or not. At least in case of partial failure of said satellite-aided position fixing system (SGS), the position coordinates are determined by means of an inertial navigation system (TNS).

The invention discloses a system for acquiring and recognizing entrance / exit lane vehicle information of a toll station at a toll road. The system comprises a plurality of vehicle detection devices arranged at an entrance lane and an exit lane of the toll station at the toll road, wherein the vehicle detection devices at a toll lane of the toll road comprise a license plate recognition device arranged in the toll lane, as well as a first vehicle detection device and a second vehicle detection device which are vertical to the direction of travel and are parallelly arranged on the lane; an axle load sensor is arranged between the first vehicle detection device and the second vehicle detection device; the vehicle detection devices at the toll lane of the toll road comprise a third vehicle detection device and a fourth vehicle detection device which are parallely arranged on the lane; an electric handrail is arranged between the third vehicle detection device and the fourth vehicle detection device. The system disclosed by the invention can be used for recognizing information, such as vehicle models, wagons, vehicle types, license plate numbers, hangers, axle types, axle loads, total weight and the direction of travel, of vehicles passing by the toll lane, and preventing cheat behaviors such as a phenomenon that the driver of a vehicle takes more cards during a reversing process.

The invention discloses a quick charging system and method for a toll road. The quick charging system for the toll road comprises a navigation payment terminal, an online payment service system, a road charge management system and a lane charge control system. The quick charging method for the toll road mainly comprises an online payment request starting process and an online payment request executing process. The quick charging system and method for the toll road use the online payment mode of the navigation payment terminal to replace the time-consuming cash payment link of the current manual charging mode to realize the fast pass of vehicles in the toll lane; the quick charging system can use the existing base facilities of the toll lane in common so as to facilitate the system implementation and application; as more and more people use the online payment means, the quick charging system and method for the toll road are more convenient to attract more users to use the payment means of the quick charging system and method for the toll road.

A method and a system are provided for authenticating secure payment card transactions and verifying and validating payment card user identities. The method includes determining a numeric or alphanumeric code on a vehicle registration plate of a vehicle (e.g., a driverless vehicle or a drone) bearing a processing device that is approaching a payment area (e.g., a toll road, a refueling station, or a retail store). A wireless communication circuit (e.g., Near Field Communication (NFC) circuit) is communicatively coupled to the processing device. The method also includes determining a numeric or alphanumeric identification of the processing device; comparing the numeric or alphanumeric code on the vehicle registration plate with the numeric or alphanumeric identification of the processing device to determine whether or not an association exists between the vehicle and the processing device; and assessing the determined association to facilitate determining whether a payment transaction using the processing device is valid or invalid (e.g., potential fraud).

The invention relates to a charging system and method for electronic commerce, in particular to the charging system and method applied to park lots and toll roads based on license plate recognition and the internet cloud service technology. By means of the charging method, the charging process of the toll roads and the park lots are optimized, high automation of charging is achieved, and a smooth operation channel is established. The charging system is formed by hardware, software and internet and used by vehicle users and managers of the park lots. The charging system relates to aspects of license plate recognition, vehicle access, billing, charging, information statistics and the like of the park lots and highway toll stations. The charging system comprises a third-party service platform established on a background server based on the cloud computing technology and a plurality of integration units arranged at tollgates of the park lots.

Methods and systems for dynamically determining a toll rate with respect to a high-occupancy toll road. A dynamic pricing controller can be configured to include one or more proactive components in association with one or more reactive component to determine the toll rate based on the real-time measurement and future prediction for the high-occupancy toll road. The controller is able to rapidly respond to real-time changes in the high-occupancy toll road and maintain a steady, free-flowing traffic with maximal throughput on the high-occupancy toll lanes.

The invention relates to a transponder system for use in conjunction with an interrogator of a toll highway, which comprises: (a) a transponder having two modes: (a.1) an “active” mode during which the transponder is mostly in standby, while it sends an identification signal upon receipt of an interrogator signal; and (a.2) an “inactive” mode during which the transponder is inactive; (b) a switch within the transponder having two states, a first state in which it causes the transponder to be in said “active” mode, and a second state in which it causes the transponder to be in said “inactive” mode; (c) a hanging device for enabling placement of the transponder in it, said hanging device being attached to a part of the vehicle where the transponder, when placed, is capable of receiving interrogating signals coming from a proximate interrogator; and (d) an activator at said hanging device for causing said switch to be in said first state only when the transponder is placed within the hanging device, and to be in an “inactive” state when the transponder is not placed within the hanging device.

A first roadside apparatus for giving entry gate pass information indicating that a vehicle passing a communicative area has entered a toll road is provided at an entrance ramp of the toll road. A second roadside apparatus for acquiring the given entry gate pass information is provided at an exit ramp of the toll road. The second roadside apparatus having a function as an administration device judges whether or not the entry gate pass information is acquired from the passing vehicle. If the entry gate pass information is not acquired, the second roadside apparatus provides the vehicle with reverse-way driving warning information for warning the vehicle that the vehicle is traveling in the reverse direction. Thus, if there is a vehicle which is fully expected to travel in the reverse direction on a one-way road such as a toll road, a road-vehicle communication system for warning or giving caution to the vehicle traveling in the reverse way and vehicles traveling along the correct lanes.

An automatic toll collection system includes a mobile app that receives a plurality of toll gantry information from a database, reads GPS location data received front the mobile device hosting the app, and creates a plurality of trip segments using the GPS location data and time stamp. The system then determines whether the mobile device is travelling on a road where toll ought to be collected by comparing the trip segments with the toll gantry information. If the vehicle is passing through a gantry or toll road, the system will then calculate toll charges based on the trip segments and gantry information, generate a toll charge transaction, and notify the mobile user of the toll charge.

A toll system for a set of road portions where tolls are set on a per vehicle and per journey basis. Each time a given vehicle plans to take a journey the tolls are computed for that vehicle and for that journey, and the amount of the tolls are set based, at least in part, on the characteristics of the vehicle and / or the planned journey. This can incentivize more socially desirable traffic flows.

Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for randomly setting a travel fee. A usage attribute of vehicle traffic travelling upon a toll thoroughfare is observed and compared to a threshold. As a function of comparing the attribute to the threshold, a plurality of different toll rates are randomly assigned to each of a plurality of vehicles, each of the vehicles either travelling upon the toll thoroughfare or potentially entering the toll thoroughfare. An occupant of a vehicle is notified of a toll rate randomly assigned, and fees or credits associated with travel by the occupant's vehicle are charged (levied or awarded) at the randomly assigned toll rate.

A method and system are provided in which average vehicle speeds of tolled and non-tolled road segments between two locations are monitored and saved for reference in providing dynamic adjustment of the toll amount to be charged for use of the tolled segment in order to insure an efficient use of the tolled segment and a determination of an appropriate toll amount to be charged drivers in the tolled segment in view of real time traffic conditions of the tolled and the non-tolled segment. The toll adjustments are determined based upon the difference between actual average speeds of the tolled segment and actual average speeds of the non-tolled segment such that the toll adjustments are dynamic and depend upon real time traffic conditions in both the tolled and non-tolled segments of the travel route.

A process for determining travel through at least one toll road section by at least one vehicle (FAR) by means of a position determination system (POS) which is set up to determine the current position of the at least one vehicle (FAR), whereby positions of the at least one vehicle (FAR) are compared with the position of at least one reference point characteristic for an entrance (AUF) to a toll road section, whereby the orientation (ORI) of the vehicle is determined within a specifiable region (BER) about the entrance (AUF), whereby it is determined whether the orientation (ORI) determined agrees within a specifiable tolerance range with the orientation (ORA) characteristic of entry onto the toll road section.

The invention relates to a wireless radio track technique, under-well work position track and the management of segment charge road, wherein it utilizes the micro power wireless semaphore with fixed position to wirelessly communicate with pass-by wireless license plate, to record the position and time when the wireless license plate pass each semaphore, to track the real line of vehicle or other movable target. The invention has the advantages that: the system has simple structure, low cost and easy maintenance, to solve the problem of under-well worker positioning, charge and segment charge. And it can avoid additive worker, only based on present charge manage system.

The invention relates to an automatic charging system and method for roads in southeast prefecture of Guizhou province positioned by a double-card double-network mobile phone. The automatic charging system for roads in southeast prefecture of Guizhou province positioned by a double-card double-network mobile phone comprises a double-card double-network mobile phone (3) arranged on each car and an disbursement account of each driver, wherein the service range of a mobile phone network (2) covers all toll roads, the mobile phone network (2) acquires position information of a current geographical coordinate position of each double-card double-network mobile phone (3) every other periods of time by utilizing a mobile phone positioning technology and transmits the position information of each double-card double-network mobile phone (3) and identity information of the double-card double-network mobile phone (3) in the mobile phone network (2) to a monitoring center (1), and the monitoring center (1) figures the charge amount of the car which runs on the toll road and is provided with the double-card double-network mobile phone (3) according to the position information of the double-card double-network mobile phone (3) and then collects fees of the charge amount from the disbursement account corresponding to a driver card (5) in the double-card double-network mobile phone (3).

A method for identification, geolocation, validation and transactional processing via 802.11b / g / n frequencies involving a radio, most often a commercial mobile electronic device and a receiver, most often a wireless router connected to a computer server. The radio being physically located next to the agent, in some cases inside a method of conveyance and in some cases not, the radio being geographically separated from the receiver. Validation of agent occurs at a moment temporally segregated from moment of granting access to the vendor access control zone.An example embodiment of this invention is the use of a cell phone to transact toll payment on a toll road. In this embodiment, the vehicle operator has inside the vehicle an cell phone in the on position that is executing client software that is in communication with server software executing on a server located at a toll plaza. Communication between client and server happens exclusively through wireless fidelity frequencies. Validation occurs by comparing signature information from the cell phone with database records and ensuring the cell phone is the property of a customer with sufficient funds in the account. Simultaneous processes locate the moving vehicle by virtue of trilateration on the cell phone inside the vehicle. This is accomplished by converting received signal strength patterns into distances between the cell phone and at least three wireless routers. Upon completion of funds transfer out of the customer's account and into the account of the toll plaza operator—the gate can now be opened. This is triggered by a paid vehicle resting on an induction loop in a single toll booth that triggers gate opening.

An ETC system for a toll road includes a road-side device. The road-side device transmitting a polling signal. The road-side device receives a response of an on-vehicle device to the transmitted polling signal. A decision is made as to whether or not the response is received a plural number of times. In cases where it is decided that the response is received a plural number of times, next radio communications with the on-vehicle device are started.

The invention discloses a vehicle toll supervision method relating to the technical field of road vehicle toll supervision and parking lot toll supervision, in particular to the toll collector aspect. The vehicle toll supervision method solves the problem of high difficulty of the traditional road (including highways, common toll roads, bridges and tunnels) toll collector and parking lot toll collector supervision. The method comprises the following steps of: analyzing and comparing vehicle toll information and pass induction information in a vehicle pass record, and if the pass induction information is in the record, but the toll information is not in the record, judging the record to be an abnormal toll record, and marking the vehicle pass record or extracting shooting information of the vehicle for isolated storage. The vehicle information of abnormal toll is mainly looked up when in supervision, and huge supervision work is completed in several minutes, which effectively improves the supervision work efficiency.

An ETC (electronic toll collection) system includes an antenna having a predetermined directivity for providing a limited radio-communication service zone. A vehicle sensor operates for detecting a vehicle which reaches a predetermined position in the limited radio-communication service zone. A radio signal is transmitted via the antenna. A decision is made as to whether or not a radio response to the radio signal is received via the antenna. In cases where a radio response to the radio signal is received, it is judged that there is an ETC vehicle incoming. In cases where the vehicle sensor detects a vehicle while a radio response to the radio signal is not received, it is judged that there is a non-ETC vehicle incoming.

The invention provides a road cost payment method and device, and relates to the field of intelligent transportation. The road cost payment method and device can effectively avoid cumbersome operations of a user when the balance in an IC card is not enough, and significantly improve payment speed and efficiency. The payment method comprises the steps that the use cost of a toll road is determined; the account balance associated with the integrated circuit IC card which is prebound is determined; and when the account balance associated with the IC card is not enough to pay the use cost, a payment account associated with a portable communication tool of a car driver is used to pay the use cost. According to the invention, the road cost payment method and device can be applied to an electronic toll collection ETC technology.