Devices and methods for simplyfying ocr-based enforcement in automatic toll systems
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1. A method for monitoring the correct operation of a toll payment apparatus involving a vehicle with a vehicle license number, comprising:
- producing at least one optical signal, characteristic of the operating state of the toll payment apparatus, on the vehicle;
monitoring at least one of a status of a usage authorization and the status of the toll payment apparatus in terms of whether it is switched on or off, in at least one of a prepayment card and in a billing center wherein the usage authorization is in at least one of a form of credit for toll fees incurred, in the form of a time card for the use of predetermined, subject to a toll, in a certain time period, in the form of route credits, and in the form of timings; and
transmitting the usage authorization desired by a vehicle driver as a code to the toll payment apparatus wherein the code is transmitted in a scrambled form.
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A method if for monitoring the regular operation of a charging device for a vehicle with a vehicle characteristic number. At least one given optical pattern/signal is generated on the vehicle, which is characteristic for the operating state of the charging device.
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1. A method for monitoring the correct operation of a toll payment apparatus involving a vehicle with a vehicle license number, comprising:
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producing at least one optical signal, characteristic of the operating state of the toll payment apparatus, on the vehicle;
monitoring at least one of a status of a usage authorization and the status of the toll payment apparatus in terms of whether it is switched on or off, in at least one of a prepayment card and in a billing center wherein the usage authorization is in at least one of a form of credit for toll fees incurred, in the form of a time card for the use of predetermined, subject to a toll, in a certain time period, in the form of route credits, and in the form of timings; and
transmitting the usage authorization desired by a vehicle driver as a code to the toll payment apparatus wherein the code is transmitted in a scrambled form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26)
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8. A monitoring system for monitoring correct operation of a toll payment apparatus for a vehicle with a vehicle license number, wherein the monitoring system is designed to produce at least one optical signal at the vehicle, the signal being predeterminable and characteristic of the operating state of the toll payment apparatus, the system comprising:
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a controller, designed to monitor at least one of status of a usage authorization in at least one of a prepayment card and a billing center and status of the toll payment apparatus in terms of whether it is switched on or off, wherein the usage authorization is in the form of at least one of credit for toll fees incurred, in the form of a time card for use of routes, which are predetermineable and subject to a toll, in a certain time period, in the form of route credits, and in the form of timings, and wherein the usage authorization desired by a vehicle driver is transmitable as a scrambled code to the toll payment apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27)
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