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US 2012/0232964 A1Published application
Road toll system and method
AssigneeNXP B.V.
InventorJan Rene BRANDS
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AssigneeNXP B.V.
InventorJan Rene BRANDS
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The invention relates to a road toll system using a vehicle-mounted satellite navigation receiver, from which routes taken and road prices incurred are determined. A billing system bills a user in dependence on the road prices incurred. A portable activation device transmits information concerning the owner of the portable activation device to the vehicle-mounted unit, and the vehicle-mounted unit provides information to the billing system to enable identification of the owner of the portable activation device. In combination, the portable activation device and the vehicle-mounted unit can be considered to function in a similar way to a known vehicle-mounted OBU. However, by separating the data necessary to provide user-personalisation into the portable activation device, the vehicle-mounted unit can become more standard, and the user is able to drive other vehicles more easily.
A road toll arrangement comprising a vehicle mounted unit for use in a road toll system, wherein the vehicle mounted unit comprises a satellite navigation receiver implementing a position tracking function and wherein the road toll system comprises a routing system for determining the routes taken by the vehicle based on the position tracking information, a pricing system for determining road prices incurred based on the routes taken, and a billing system for billing a user of the system in dependence on the road prices incurred,
A method of implementing road tolling comprising:
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