Electronic toll management

A system for identifying a vehicle in a toll system, the system comprising:

• an accessing module configured to:
• access a set of toll transaction entries, each entry in the set designating a toll transaction between a vehicle and the toll system and including a transaction descriptor and a transaction time stamp, and
• access a series of toll transaction pictures, the series including a plurality of pictures, each of which is associated with a picture time stamp;
• a first identification module configured to identify a toll transaction entry from the set as a violation transaction entry based on the transaction descriptor;
• a selecting module configured to select a toll transaction picture from the series;
• a comparing module including at least one processor configured to compare the transaction time stamp of the violation transaction with the picture time stamp of the selected toll transaction picture;
• and
• a second identification module configured to identify the selected toll transaction picture as a violation picture corresponding to the violation transaction entry based on a result of the comparison.

An apparatus for identifying a vehicle in a toll system, the apparatus comprising:

• means for accessing a set of toll transaction entries, each entry in the set designating a toll transaction between a vehicle and the toll system and including a transaction descriptor and a transaction time stamp;
• means for accessing a series of toll transaction pictures, the series including a plurality of pictures, each of which is associated with a picture time stamp;
• means for identifying a toll transaction entry from the set as a violation transaction entry based on the transaction descriptor;
• means for selecting a toll transaction picture from the series;
• means for comparing, by a processing device, the transaction time stamp of the violation transaction with the picture time stamp of the selected toll transaction picture;
• and
• means for identifying the selected toll transaction picture as a violation picture corresponding to the violation transaction entry based on a result of the comparison.