Road toll collection system
First Claim
1. A road toll collection system having a vehicle device for vehicle-autonomous determination of a road toll for a vehicle within a use billing area, wherein:
- data required for determining the road toll are transmitted, when required, from an operator control center to the vehicle device by means of a communications device;
the vehicle device determines partial tolls which are incurred continuously for traveled route sections, and determines the total toll for a journey by summing the individual partial tolls;
when predefined criteria are fulfilled, the vehicle device transmits a current determined total toll, via the communications device, to the operator control center for billing;
the road toll collection system includes various use billing areas with differing electronic toll systems; and
the road toll which is due for a vehicle when different use billing areas are traveled through is determined by a single vehicle device.
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Abstract
A road toll collection system includes a vehicle device for the vehicle-autonomous determination of a road toll for a vehicle within a use billing area. Data required for determining the road toll are transmitted, when required, from an operator control center to the vehicle device by means of a communications device, and the vehicle device determines partial tolls which are incurred continuously for traveled route sections, as well as the total toll for a journey by summing the individual part tolls. When predefined criteria are fulfilled, the vehicle device transmits the currently determined total toll via the communications device to an operator control center for billing.
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6 Claims
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1. A road toll collection system having a vehicle device for vehicle-autonomous determination of a road toll for a vehicle within a use billing area, wherein:
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data required for determining the road toll are transmitted, when required, from an operator control center to the vehicle device by means of a communications device;
the vehicle device determines partial tolls which are incurred continuously for traveled route sections, and determines the total toll for a journey by summing the individual partial tolls;
when predefined criteria are fulfilled, the vehicle device transmits a current determined total toll, via the communications device, to the operator control center for billing;
the road toll collection system includes various use billing areas with differing electronic toll systems; and
the road toll which is due for a vehicle when different use billing areas are traveled through is determined by a single vehicle device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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