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US 10,896,552 B2Granted
Vehicle-based electronic toll system with interface to vehicle display
AssigneeAmtech Systems, LLC
InventorKelly Gravelle
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Abstract
A system carried by a vehicle for computing tolls that interfaces with vehicle data entry and display components. The system uses these components to display toll-related information and to accept user input for toll-related information. The system may also incorporate vehicle sensors including seat occupancy sensors, infra-red sensors and cameras to determine vehicle occupancy for tolling purposes.
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A vehicle-based toll information system comprising:
- an onboard toll unit,
- a data entry device, and
- an occupancy sensor,
- wherein said onboard toll unit is configured to receive data from said data entry device and to receive data wirelessly from said occupancy sensor, and to compare occupancy information input by an occupant from said data entry device with said data from said occupancy sensor, and
- wherein said onboard toll unit includes a wireless transceiver for receiving the data from said data entry device.
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A vehicle-based toll information system comprising:
- an onboard toll unit,
- vehicle electronic display,
- a data entry device, and
- an occupancy sensor,
- wherein said onboard toil unit is configured to receive data from said data entry device and to receive data wirelessly from said occupancy sensor, to compare occupancy information input by an occupant from said data entry device with said data from said occupancy sensor, and to send data for display to said vehicle electronic display based on either said data from said data entry device or said data from said occupancy sensor or both, and
- wherein said onboard toil until includes a wireless transceiver for receiving the data from said data entry device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.