APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A ROAD PRICING SCHEME
First Claim
1. A vehicle monitoring device, comprising:
- a location device for determining location data indicating a location of a vehicle during a journey between an origin point and a destination point;
a fuel consumption device for determining fuel consumption data indicating an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle during the journey; and
a vehicle monitoring processor for receiving and processing the location data and the fuel consumption data.
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Abstract
A vehicle monitoring device, comprising: a location device for determining location data indicating a location of a vehicle during a journey between an origin point and a destination point; a fuel consumption device for determining fuel consumption data indicating an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle during the journey, or an emission measurement device for determining emission data indicating an amount of emission produced by the vehicle during the journey; and a vehicle monitoring processor for receiving and processing the location data and the fuel consumption data. A vehicle charging device, comprising: a vehicle charging processor for receiving and processing location data indicating a location of a vehicle comprising a vehicle monitoring device during a journey between an origin point and a destination point, and fuel consumption data indicating an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle during the journey from the vehicle monitoring device or emission data indicating an amount of emission produced by the vehicle during the journey from the vehicle monitoring device; and a road fee calculator for calculating a fee associated with the at least one vehicle monitoring device based on the received data.
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185 Claims
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1. A vehicle monitoring device, comprising:
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a location device for determining location data indicating a location of a vehicle during a journey between an origin point and a destination point; a fuel consumption device for determining fuel consumption data indicating an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle during the journey; and a vehicle monitoring processor for receiving and processing the location data and the fuel consumption data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 87, 151)
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46. A vehicle monitoring device, comprising:
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a location device for determining location data indicating a location of a vehicle during a journey between an origin point and a destination point; an emission measurement device for determining emission data indicating an amount of emission produced by the vehicle during the journey; and a vehicle monitoring processor for receiving and processing the location data and the emission data. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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88. A vehicle charging device, comprising:
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a vehicle charging processor for receiving and processing location data indicating a location of a vehicle comprising a vehicle monitoring device during a journey between an origin point and a destination point, and fuel consumption data indicating an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle during the journey from the vehicle monitoring device; and a road fee calculator for calculating a fee associated with the at least one vehicle monitoring device based on the received data. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120)
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121. A vehicle charging device, comprising:
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a vehicle charging processor for receiving and processing location data indicating a location of a vehicle comprising a vehicle monitoring device during a journey between an origin point and a destination point, and emission data indicating an amount of emission produced by the vehicle during the journey from the vehicle monitoring device; and a road fee calculator for calculating a fee associated with the at least one vehicle monitoring device based on the received data. - View Dependent Claims (122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150)
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152. A method of determining a road usage fee, comprising:
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receiving vehicle data from a vehicle monitoring device; determining distance traveled and road section traveled by a vehicle comprising the vehicle monitoring device during a journey, time and date of the journey, and fuel consumed during the journey based on the vehicle data; and calculating a road usage fee for the journey. - View Dependent Claims (153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169)
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170. A method of determining a road usage fee, comprising:
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receiving vehicle data from a vehicle monitoring device; determining distance traveled and road section traveled by a vehicle comprising the vehicle monitoring device during a journey, time and date of the journey, and an amount of emission during the journey based on the vehicle data; and calculating a road usage fee for the journey. - View Dependent Claims (171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184)
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185. A method of determining a road usage fee, the method comprising:
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determining a debit based on roads used at a time of day; determining a credit or debit based on fuel consumed as a result of fuel tax already paid; determining a credit or debit based on low emission levels, when compared with manufactures stated levels of emissions for the vehicle; determining a credit or debit based on low mileage over a predetermined period of time as a result of road tax already paid; and determining a credit or debit for using roads at off peak times.
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