Toll Server Failure Detection and Manual Registration Switch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current toll collection systems face disruptions when vehicle devices fail during journeys, requiring drivers to interrupt their trips and manually register at toll stations, leading to inconvenience and potential toll evasion risks.
Innovation Solution
A toll collection system and vehicle device that include a central and decentralized computing device to detect failures and initiate a manual toll registration process without interrupting the journey, allowing seamless transition from automatic to manual toll collection by sending failure messages and determining alternative routes for continued travel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic toll collection is used, then toll collection efficiency is improved, but system reliability deteriorates when vehicle devices fail
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring backup manual registration procedures and pre-positioning alternative toll collection methods. When device failure is detected, the system has already prepared the necessary infrastructure and procedures to switch to manual registration, ensuring continuous operation without interruption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters by switching from automatic to manual toll collection mode. This involves changing the collection method parameter, the user interaction parameter, and the processing location parameter to maintain system functionality under failure conditions.
2Reliability
If vehicle device failure is detected, then manual registration procedure is initiated, but journey interruption occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism - a failure detection and response system that acts as a mediator between the automatic toll collection system and the manual registration procedure. This intermediary detects failures, initiates appropriate responses, and coordinates the transition to maintain continuous toll collection without requiring journey interruption.
3Reliability
If automatic switching to manual registration is implemented, then toll evasion is prevented, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor the operational status of vehicle devices and toll collection systems. When failures are detected, the feedback loop triggers automatic switching to manual registration procedures, ensuring toll collection integrity while managing system complexity through intelligent monitoring and response.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a toll control center (100) for collecting a toll from a vehicle subject to tolls when using a toll road, comprising a central communication device (120) and a central computing device (101) which is communicatively coupled to the central communication device (120), wherein the central computing device (101) is configured to recognize and/or register the use of a toll road from identification data and/or position data and/or toll data received via the central communication device (120) from a vehicle device (200) and to collect and/or register a toll fee related to the vehicle for the use of the toll road, wherein the central computing device (101) is further configured toto receive a failure message of the vehicle equipment (200) via the central communication device (120) and/or to detect a failure of the vehicle equipment (200) and/or a failure of at least one component (220, 230) used by the vehicle equipment and, in response to receiving the failure message and/or detecting the failure, to initiate a procedure for registering at least one vehicle-related authorization to use a toll road area preceding the toll vehicle, wherein the central computing device (101) is communicatively coupled to a storage device which contains data relating to the toll network, and the central computing device (101) is configured toIn response to receiving the failure notification and/or determining the failure based on the data relating to the toll network, at least one target position is to be generated based on a determined starting position, and wherein the central computing unit (101) is configured to transmit the determined target positions via the central communication unit (120) to a mobile device of the user for selection by the user, and in response to a selection received via the central communication unit (120), the selected target position is to be used when initiating the procedure for registering the authorization to use the tollable road area in front of the tollable vehicle.