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TOLLING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  • US 20170124775A1
  • Filed: 01/13/2017
  • Published: 05/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for tolling vehicles, comprising:

  • a location determining system arranged partly on each vehicle to determine the vehicle location at a plurality of different times during vehicular travel such that multiple locations are provided by said location determining system, said location determining system having an accuracy to be able to determine the specific one of a plurality of possible lanes in which the vehicle is located on a multi-lane roadway to thereby provide lane-specific location of the vehicle;

    a toll database including data about tolls for use of a plurality of lanes of a multi-lane roadway at a plurality of different geographic points, the toll data being different for different lanes of the multi-lane roadway at at least one geographic point;

    a communications device arranged on each vehicle; and

    a processor coupled to said location determining system and to said communications device and configured to direct a transmission including the determined vehicle location and an identification of the vehicle or an identification of the communications device using said communications device to a remote site separate and apart from the vehicle,whereby a toll is determined at the remote site based on said toll database and the determined vehicle location transmitted by said communications device to the remote site which is the lane-specific location of the vehicle or based on at least two determined vehicle locations transmitted by said communications device to the remote site each of which is a lane-specific location of the vehicle,wherein said communications device is configured to send the identification of the vehicle or the identification of said communications device to the remote site in or with each transmission of the determined vehicle location such that payment of the determined toll is charged to an entity associated with the vehicle or said communications device.

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