METHOD AND DEVICES FOR COLLECTING A TRAFFIC-RELATED TOLL FEE
First Claim
1. A method for collecting a traffic-related toll fee for at least one vehicle which is part of a toll-determining group of a plurality of vehicles, comprising:
- radio reception of at least a first message which was generated by a first vehicle as a result of at least one first detection report made by at least one first vehicle about the occurrence of an exceptional traffic event, and was transmitted by radio, including data of the first detection report,the production of a second detection report about the occurrence of an exceptional traffic event by a second vehicle, andthe collection of a traffic-related toll fee for the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle,if a comparison of data of the first detection report from the first message and data of the second detection report in the course of data processing of this data by a processor reveals a similarity between these data items within a predefined scope, which similarity causes that the first vehicle and the second vehicle are assigned to the toll-determining group.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for collecting a traffic-related toll fee in a tolling system for at least one vehicle engaged in traffic. The method has the steps of wirelessly receiving and data-processing at least one first message from a group of multiple vehicles, said message being generated and wirelessly transmitted by a first vehicle as a result of an extraordinary traffic event detected by the first vehicle, and collecting a traffic-related toll fee for a second vehicle, which has likewise detected the extraordinary traffic event, depending on the result of the data-processing of the first message. The invention also relates to a vehicle device and to a central data-processing device with which at least sub-steps of such a method can be carried out.
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1. A method for collecting a traffic-related toll fee for at least one vehicle which is part of a toll-determining group of a plurality of vehicles, comprising:
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radio reception of at least a first message which was generated by a first vehicle as a result of at least one first detection report made by at least one first vehicle about the occurrence of an exceptional traffic event, and was transmitted by radio, including data of the first detection report, the production of a second detection report about the occurrence of an exceptional traffic event by a second vehicle, and the collection of a traffic-related toll fee for the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle, if a comparison of data of the first detection report from the first message and data of the second detection report in the course of data processing of this data by a processor reveals a similarity between these data items within a predefined scope, which similarity causes that the first vehicle and the second vehicle are assigned to the toll-determining group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15)
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12. A vehicle device for collecting a traffic-related toll fee for at least one vehicle which is part of a toll-determining group of a plurality of vehicles, wherein
the vehicle device has a radio receiver device, wherein the vehicle device is included in a second vehicle and is configured for producing automatically a detection report about the occurrence of an exceptional traffic event, receiving at least a first message from at least a first vehicle via the radio receiver device, comparing with one another data items of the first message and of the detection report in the course of data processing of these data items, and for, when determining a similarity between the data items within a predefined scope, detecting an assignment of the first vehicle and of the second vehicle to the toll-determining group, and as a result i) collecting a traffic-related toll fee relating to the second vehicle and/or ii) transmitting an instruction for the collection of a traffic-related toll fee relating to the first vehicle and/or to the second vehicle to a central data processing unit via a radio transmitter device.
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14. A central data processing unit for collecting a traffic-related toll fee for at least one vehicle which is part of a toll-determining group of a plurality of vehicles,
wherein the central data processing unit configured for receiving at least one first message, which is triggered in relation to traffic and transmitted by radio, from at least one first vehicle, receiving at least one second message, which is triggered in relation to traffic and transmitted by radio, from at least one second vehicle, and processing the first message and the second message, in order to generate an instruction for the collection of a traffic-related toll fee for the second vehicle if a comparison, which has taken place in the course of the data processing, of data of the first message and of the second message reveals a similarity of data of the first message with data of the second message within a predefined scope, as a result of which the first vehicle and the second vehicle are assigned to the toll-determining group of vehicles.
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