METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLES WITH TRAILERS
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1. A method for detecting vehicles with trailers in a road toll system, which comprises at least one radio beacon for radio communication with radio onboard units (OBUs), the method comprising:
- providing a vehicle with a vehicle OBU carried by the vehicle;
providing a trailer with a trailer OBU; and
detecting that said vehicle and said trailer as belonging to one another, when an evaluation of radio communications with the vehicle OBU and the trailer OBU indicates that said OBUs are moving at a limited and constant distance from one another.
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Abstract
A method for detecting vehicles with trailers in a road toll system, which comprises at least one radio beacon for radio communication with radio OBUs, wherein vehicles and trailers are respectively provided with their own OBUs carried by them, and a vehicle and a trailer are detected as belonging to one another when an evaluation of the radio communications with their OBU indicates that these are moving at a limited and constant distance from one another.
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1. A method for detecting vehicles with trailers in a road toll system, which comprises at least one radio beacon for radio communication with radio onboard units (OBUs), the method comprising:
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providing a vehicle with a vehicle OBU carried by the vehicle; providing a trailer with a trailer OBU; and detecting that said vehicle and said trailer as belonging to one another, when an evaluation of radio communications with the vehicle OBU and the trailer OBU indicates that said OBUs are moving at a limited and constant distance from one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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