Rfid vehicle tag with manually adjustable data fields
AssigneeAmtech Systems, LLC
InventorsKelly Gravelle, Charles A. Johnson, Matthew K. Burnett, Dale L. Scott
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Abstract
An RFID tag for use in a vehicle for use in an electronic toll collecting system. The tag is capable of transmitting data to a tag interrogator indicating the occupancy status of the vehicle. In an embodiment, the tag has a user input and a visual and audible tag status indicator. The user input is used to change the occupancy status of the tag, wherein the occupancy status is a portion of a message sent by radio frequency to the interrogator when the vehicle passes through a toll area.
Claims7
A system for electronic toll collection comprising:
- a tag interrogator;
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- a tag comprising a manual user input, and an audible or visual status indicator wherein
- said manual user input sets a state of said tag, said tag interrogator reads said state and said interrogator performs an action based on said state of said tag and wherein
- said status indicator indicates said state upon said setting of said state and further indicates information transmitted to said tag by said tag interrogator.
A method of collecting vehicle information for a vehicle having an RFID tag comprising:
- providing the tag with a manual user input and a feedback indicator;
- setting a tag attribute with said manual user input;
- indicating with said feedback indicator said tag attribute state upon said setting;
- reading said tag attribute by a tag interrogator;
- and further indicating by said feedback indicator information received by the tag from said tag interrogator.
A system for electronic toll collection comprising:
- a first tag interrogator operating in a first communication protocol;
- a second tag interrogator operating in a second communication protocol;
- and a tag comprising a manual user input, wherein
- said manual user input sets a communication protocol of said tag to said first or second communication protocol, said first tag interrogator reads said tag if said tag is set to said first communication protocol and said second tag interrogator reads said tag if said tag is set to said second communication protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.