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HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE STATUS SIGNALING USING ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION INFRASTRUCTURE

  • US 20100085213A1
  • Filed: 04/09/2009
  • Published: 04/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic toll collection transponder for use in an electronic toll collection system for communicating high occupancy status to a reader, the transponder comprising:

  • a controller;

    a memory storing transponder information;

    a selection device operable by a user to select a high occupancy state; and

    a transceiver and antenna configured to, under control of the controller, receive a trigger signal, send a response signal to the reader in reply to the trigger signal, and receive a programming signal, wherein the response signal includes the transponder information and includes the high occupancy state selected via the selection device,and wherein the controller is configured to record a high occupancy claim indicator in the memory evidencing that the transponder claimed high occupancy state if the programming signal includes the high occupancy claim indicator.

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