Vehicle-centric road usage application using vehicle sensors

A method for computing vehicle-centric road usage without high definition (HD) road maps, comprising:

• receiving, via a V2X transceiver of a vehicle, road usage charging (RUC) charge geometry rules defining a zone in which RUC are charged;
• determining, by the vehicle, a roadway type based on captured sensor data indicative of the surroundings of the vehicle, the roadway type being selected from a plurality of roadway types including a first roadway type where RUC charge is incurred and a second roadway type where RUC charge is not incurred;
• identifying, by the vehicle, applicable rules of the RUC charge geometry rules according to a current location of the vehicle, the applicable rules specifying how tariffs are computed for the determined roadway type;
• accumulating, by the vehicle, vehicle RUC charge using vehicle bus data indicative of progress of the vehicle within the zone and the determined roadway type;
• and
• providing, via the V2X transceiver, a message indicative of the vehicle RUC charge.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for computing vehicle-centric road usage without high definition (HD) road maps that, when executed by one or more controllers of a vehicle, cause the vehicle to perform operations including to:

• receive, via a V2X transceiver of a vehicle, road usage charging (RUC) charge geometry rules defining a zone in which RUC are charged;
• determine, by the vehicle, a roadway type based on captured sensor data indicative of the surroundings of the vehicle, the roadway type being selected from a plurality of roadway types including a first roadway type where RUC charge is incurred and a second roadway type where RUC charge is not incurred, including to perform a semantic segmentation of the captured sensor data to label elements in the captured sensor data, and to infer the determined roadway type according to the labeled elements;
• identify, by the vehicle, applicable rules of the RUC charge geometry rules according to a current location of the vehicle, the applicable rules specifying how tariffs are computed for the determined roadway type;
• accumulate, by the vehicle, vehicle RUC charge using vehicle bus data indicative of progress of the vehicle within the zone and the determined roadway type;
• and
• provide, via the V2X transceiver, a message indicative of the vehicle RUC charge.