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US 2022/0188853 A1Published application
Control apparatus and fee determination method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToyokazu NAKASHIMA, Shunsuke SAGARA, Naoya OKA
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Abstract
A control apparatus includes a controller configured to detect a vehicle parked on a road at a first time point, and determine an amount of a parking fee to be charged to the vehicle according to a traffic congestion condition on the road at a second time point that is same as or later than the first time point.
Claims20
A control apparatus comprising a controller configured to:
- detect a vehicle parked on a road at a first time point;
- and
- determine an amount of a parking fee to be charged to the vehicle according to a traffic congestion condition on the road at a second time point that is same as or later than the first time point.
A fee determination method comprising:
- detecting, by a control apparatus, a vehicle parked on a road at a first time point;
- and
- determining, by the control apparatus, an amount of a parking fee to be charged to the vehicle according to a traffic congestion condition on the road at a second time point that is same as or later than the first time point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.