EP2256695A1 - Road toll system, vehicle device and method for same - Google Patents

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EP2256695A1
EP2256695A1 EP09450105A EP09450105A EP2256695A1 EP 2256695 A1 EP2256695 A1 EP 2256695A1 EP 09450105 A EP09450105 A EP 09450105A EP 09450105 A EP09450105 A EP 09450105A EP 2256695 A1 EP2256695 A1 EP 2256695A1
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  • the present invention relates to a vehicular apparatus for road toll systems, which has a short range receiver for receiving identifiers of fixed beacons and a mobile radio transmitter for issuing bakenkennungs termeer position reports or toll transactions via a mobile network to a toll center, and a road toll system with such vehicle devices and a method therefor.
  • Onboard units of the type mentioned are also referred to as “hybrid OBUs", because they are both with radio beacons conventional DSRC toll systems (dedicated short range communication - toll charging) and with so-called GNSS toll systems (global navigation satellite system - great charging) can work together.
  • DSRC toll systems dedicated short range communication - toll charging
  • GNSS toll systems global navigation satellite system - great charging
  • LACs localization augmentation communication beacons
  • receives In order to achieve a sufficient locating accuracy of GNSS toll systems, a corresponding number of LAC beacons are required, which makes LAC-GNSS systems very expensive.
  • the invention has as its object to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a simpler road toll system with high tracking accuracy and tolling reliability.
  • This object is achieved in a first aspect of the invention with a vehicle device of the type mentioned, which is characterized in that the vehicle device determines its position exclusively by means of locally distributed beacons, without the use of satellite signals.
  • the invention is based on the new approach of setting up a road toll system communicating via mobile radio networks in the manner of a GNSS toll system exclusively with the aid of the infrastructure of already available fixed beacons, such as DSRC beacons, WLAN hotspots, etc.
  • the invention is based on known hybrid OBUs, but uses them in a new context, which dispenses with any satellite navigation and based solely on a position determination of the vehicle devices by means of locally distributed beacons. If a sufficient number of such beacons is provided, it can be used to construct a complete, geographically widely distributed road toll system in which the vehicle devices independently determine their position only on the basis of the beacon IDs and send position reports or toll transactions via an arbitrary mobile network to the toll center for evaluation.
  • vehicle device could in principle contain a satellite receiver not used in the context of the invention, it is preferred to use completely satellite navigation receiver-free vehicle devices.
  • said short range receiver is a DSRC, RFID, WLAN, WAVE or infrared receiver or an optical receiver for the visible light range. It is particularly advantageous if the short-range receiver is a receiver for at least two different types of beacons, preferably of the following types: DSRC beacons, RFID beacons, WLAN beacons, WAVE beacons, infrared beacons, light-emitting beacons. As a result, the vehicle device can use a multiplicity of different types of beacons for position determination.
  • the identifier received by the beacon also includes the location of the beacon, which facilitates the geographic mapping of the vehicle devices.
  • the short-range receiver is a short-range transceiver for authenticated and / or encrypted 2-way communication with a beacon designed as a transceiver, so that a very high location and tolling reliability can be achieved.
  • the invention also provides a road toll system which is based exclusively on vehicle devices of the type presented here and also has a toll center receiving the position reports or toll transactions of the vehicle devices via a mobile radio network.
  • the road toll system of the invention is suitable for all types of toll collection, e.g. segment-based toll, area-based toll, time-related toll, road-length toll, etc.
  • the invention finally provides a method for generating toll transactions in a road toll system having a plurality of stationary beacons and at least one vehicle device having a short range receiver for receiving beacons and a mobile radio transmitter for issuing bill ID-related position reports or toll transactions over a mobile network to one Toll center, which is characterized in that the position reports or toll transactions are generated exclusively from the received in the vehicle unit identifiers of stationary beacons.
  • a conventional LAC-GNSS road toll system comprises a plurality of OBUs 1 each provided with a satellite navigation receiver 2 for autonomously detecting its own position LOC in a satellite navigation system 3 and identified by an OBU identifier OID. Furthermore, the OBUs 1 also contain a short range receiver 4 for improving satellite navigation determination by interrogating or receiving the identifiers BID of locally distributed stationary LAC radio beacons 5. Based on the known location of the LAC beacons 5, an improved GNSS position determination can be performed.
  • the OBUs 1 are finally equipped with a mobile radio transmitter 6, for example a GSM, GPRS or UMTS communication module, with the aid of which a beacon identification BID improves the GNSS position report or toll transaction T via a mobile radio network 7 to a toll center 8.
  • a mobile radio transmitter 6 for example a GSM, GPRS or UMTS communication module
  • Fig. 2 shows in contrast a road toll system according to the invention, in which the position determination for the first time relies exclusively on a network of geographically distributed beacons 9.
  • a vehicle device 10 according to the invention is equipped for this purpose only with a short range receiver 4 and a mobile radio transmitter 6 connected thereto in order to transmit the beacon IDs BID received by the beacons 9 via the mobile radio transmitter 6 and the mobile radio network 7 as position reports or toll transactions T to the toll center 8 , Any server or proxy computer can be involved in the transmission via the mobile radio network 7 to the toll station 8, as known to the person skilled in the art.
  • the vehicle device 10 is completely satellite navigation receiver-less.
  • the remote from the vehicle unit 10 to the toll center 8 position messages T contain in the simplest case, the OBU identifier OID and the beacon identifier BID and the toll booth 8 can -. with the help of a database - on the location of the beacon 9 and thus close the current location of the vehicle unit 10.
  • this location can already be determined in the vehicle device 10, if it contains a corresponding database, from the beacon identifier BID and sent to the toll center 8 as a toll transaction T.
  • the beacon identifier BID itself contains an explicit indication of the location of the beacon 9 or directly represents its location, e.g. in the form of geographic coordinates. It is also possible for the vehicle device 10 to cache the beacon IDs BID of a sequence of passed beacons 9 and place them in a collective position report or collective toll transaction to the toll center 8.
  • the short range receiver 4 may operate on various short range transmission standards known in the art, in particular dedicated short range communication (DSRC), radio frequency identification (WLAN), wireless local area network (WLAN), wireless access in a vehicle environment (WAVE) corresponding DSRC radio beacons, RFID beacons, eg passive RFID transponder chips distributed along a street, WLAN beacons, eg WLAN access points, or WAVE beacons 9. It is also possible infrared or visible light emitting beacons 9, in the simplest case, only visible graphic markers to use as beacons 9, which are detected by a short range receiver 4 in the form of a corresponding infrared or optical receiver and evaluated with respect to the beacon identifier BID can.
  • DSRC dedicated short range communication
  • WLAN radio frequency identification
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • WAVE beacons 9 wireless access in a vehicle environment
  • infrared or visible light emitting beacons 9 in the simplest case, only visible graphic markers to use as beacons 9, which are detected by a short range receiver 4 in the form of a corresponding
  • the short-range receiver 4 of the vehicle device 10 may also be designed to receive various types of beacons 9 in order to achieve the highest possible positioning reliability and geographic coverage.
  • the communication between the short range receiver 4 and a beacon 9 may optionally be 2-way communication, e.g. in the form of a mutually authenticated and / or encrypted transmission protocol, so that a beacon 9 with respect to the vehicle unit 10 and subsequently also against the toll center 8 can be identified tamper-proof.

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The vehicle device (10) has a short range distance receiver (4) for receiving identification marks (BID) of stationary navigation guides (9), and has a mobile radio transmitter (6) for setting navigation guide identification mark related position report or toll transactions (T) through a mobile network (7) at a toll center (8). The vehicle device determines its position exclusively by locally distributed navigation guides without using satellite signals. An independent claim is also included for a method for generating toll transactions in toll systems.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Fahrzeuggerät für Straßenmautsysteme, welches einen Kurzreichweitenempfänger zum Empfang von Kennungen ortsfester Baken und einen Mobilfunksender zum Absetzen bakenkennungsbezogener Positionsmeldungen oder Mauttransaktionen über ein Mobilfunknetz an eine Mautzentrale aufweist, sowie ein Straßenmautsystem mit solchen Fahrzeuggeräten und ein Verfahren hiefür.The present invention relates to a vehicular apparatus for road toll systems, which has a short range receiver for receiving identifiers of fixed beacons and a mobile radio transmitter for issuing bakenkennungsbezogener position reports or toll transactions via a mobile network to a toll center, and a road toll system with such vehicle devices and a method therefor.

Fahrzeuggeräte (onboard units, OBUs) der genannten Art werden auch als "Hybdrid-OBUs" bezeichnet, weil sie sowohl mit Funkbaken herkömmlicher DSRC-Mautsysteme (dedicated short range communication - toll charging) als auch mit sogenannten GNSS-Mautsystemen (global navigation satellite system - toll charging) zusammenarbeiten können.Onboard units (OBUs) of the type mentioned are also referred to as "hybrid OBUs", because they are both with radio beacons conventional DSRC toll systems (dedicated short range communication - toll charging) and with so-called GNSS toll systems (global navigation satellite system - great charging) can work together.

Zu diesem Zweck werden derartige Fahrzeuggeräte in herkömmlicher Weise mit einem Satellitennavigationsempfänger zur autarken Ermittlung ihrer eigenen Position in einem GNSS-System ausgestattet, und der Kurzreichweitenempfänger wird nur unterstützend zur Erhöhung der Ortungsgenauigkeit der GNSS-Positionsbestimmung verwendet, indem er lokal verteilte Stützbaken, sogenannte LAC-Baken (localisation augmentation communication beacons), empfängt. Um eine hinreichende Ortungsgenauigkeit von GNSS-Mautsystemen zu erzielen, sind entsprechend viele LAC-Baken erforderlich, was LAC-GNSS-Systeme sehr aufwendig macht.For this purpose, such vehicle devices are conventionally provided with a satellite navigation receiver for autarkic detection of their own position in a GNSS system, and the short range receiver is used only to augment the positioning accuracy of GNSS positioning by providing locally distributed support beacons, so-called LACs. Beacons (localization augmentation communication beacons), receives. In order to achieve a sufficient locating accuracy of GNSS toll systems, a corresponding number of LAC beacons are required, which makes LAC-GNSS systems very expensive.

Die Erfindung setzt sich zum Ziel, die Nachteile des Standes der Technik zu überwinden und ein einfacheres Straßenmautsystem mit hoher Ortungsgenauigkeit und Vermautungszuverlässigkeit zu schaffen. Dieses Ziel wird in einem ersten Aspekt der Erfindung mit einem Fahrzeuggerät der eingangs genannten Art erreicht, das sich dadurch auszeichnet, daß das Fahrzeuggerät seine Position ausschließlich mittels der lokal verteilten Baken, ohne Verwendung von Satellitensignalen, bestimmt.The invention has as its object to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a simpler road toll system with high tracking accuracy and tolling reliability. This object is achieved in a first aspect of the invention with a vehicle device of the type mentioned, which is characterized in that the vehicle device determines its position exclusively by means of locally distributed beacons, without the use of satellite signals.

Die Erfindung beruht auf dem neuen Ansatz, ein in der Art eines GNSS-Mautsystems über Mobilfunknetze kommunizierendes Straßenmautsystem ausschließlich mit Hilfe der Infrastruktur von bereits verfügbaren ortsfesten Baken, wie DSRC-Baken, WLAN-Hotspots usw., aufzubauen. Dazu setzt die Erfindung auf bekannten Hybrid-OBUs auf, setzt diese jedoch in einem neuen Kontext ein, welcher auf jegliche Satellitennavigation verzichtet und ausschließlich auf einer Positionsbestimmung der Fahrzeuggeräte mittels lokal verteilter Baken basiert. Wenn eine ausreichende Anzahl solcher Baken vorgesehen wird, kann damit ein vollständiges, geographisch weit verteiltes Straßenmautsystem aufgebaut werden, in welchem die Fahrzeuggeräte autark ihre Position nur anhand der Bakenkennungen ermitteln und Positionsmeldungen bzw. Mauttransaktionen über ein beliebiges Mobilfunknetz an die Mautzentrale zur Auswertung senden.The invention is based on the new approach of setting up a road toll system communicating via mobile radio networks in the manner of a GNSS toll system exclusively with the aid of the infrastructure of already available fixed beacons, such as DSRC beacons, WLAN hotspots, etc. For this purpose, the invention is based on known hybrid OBUs, but uses them in a new context, which dispenses with any satellite navigation and based solely on a position determination of the vehicle devices by means of locally distributed beacons. If a sufficient number of such beacons is provided, it can be used to construct a complete, geographically widely distributed road toll system in which the vehicle devices independently determine their position only on the basis of the beacon IDs and send position reports or toll transactions via an arbitrary mobile network to the toll center for evaluation.

Auch wenn das Fahrzeuggerät grundsätzlich einen im Rahmen der Erfindung nicht verwendeten Satellitenempfänger enthalten könnte, werden bevorzugt vollkommen satellitennavigationsempfängerlose Fahrzeuggeräte eingesetzt.Even if the vehicle device could in principle contain a satellite receiver not used in the context of the invention, it is preferred to use completely satellite navigation receiver-free vehicle devices.

Bevorzugt ist der genannte Kurzreichweitenempfänger ein DSRC-, RFID-, WLAN-, WAVE- oder Infrarot-Empfänger oder ein optischer Empfänger für den Bereich des sichtbaren Lichts. Besonders vorteilhaft ist es, wenn der Kurzreichweitenempfänger ein Empfänger für zumindest zwei verschiedene Arten von Baken ist, bevorzugt der folgenden Arten: DSRC-Baken, RFID-Baken, WLAN-Baken, WAVE-Baken, Infrarot-Baken, lichtabstrahlende Baken. Dadurch kann das Fahrzeuggerät eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Arten von Baken zur Positionsbestimmung heranziehen.Preferably, said short range receiver is a DSRC, RFID, WLAN, WAVE or infrared receiver or an optical receiver for the visible light range. It is particularly advantageous if the short-range receiver is a receiver for at least two different types of beacons, preferably of the following types: DSRC beacons, RFID beacons, WLAN beacons, WAVE beacons, infrared beacons, light-emitting beacons. As a result, the vehicle device can use a multiplicity of different types of beacons for position determination.

Bevorzugt enthält die von der Bake empfangene Kennung auch den Ort der Bake, was die geographische Zuordnung ("map maching") der Fahrzeuggeräte vereinfacht.Preferably, the identifier received by the beacon also includes the location of the beacon, which facilitates the geographic mapping of the vehicle devices.

Besonders vorteilhaft ist es, wenn der Kurzreichweitenempfänger ein Kurzreichweiten-Sendeempfänger zur authentifizierten und/oder verschlüsselten 2-Wege-Kommunikation mit einer als Sendeempfänger ausgebildeten Bake ist, sodaß eine sehr hohe Verortungs- und Vermautungszuverlässigkeit erreicht werden kann.It is particularly advantageous if the short-range receiver is a short-range transceiver for authenticated and / or encrypted 2-way communication with a beacon designed as a transceiver, so that a very high location and tolling reliability can be achieved.

In einem weiteren Aspekt schafft die Erfindung auch ein Straßenmautsystem, das ausschließlich auf Fahrzeuggeräten der hier vorgestellten Art beruht und dazu auch eine die Positionsmeldungen oder Mauttransaktionen der Fahrzeuggeräte über ein Mobilfunknetz empfangende Mautzentrale hat. Das Straßenmautsystem der Erfindung eignet sich für alle Arten der Mauteinhebung, z.B. abschnittsbasierte Maut, gebietsbezogene Maut, zeitbezogene Maut, weglängenbezogene Maut usw.In a further aspect, the invention also provides a road toll system which is based exclusively on vehicle devices of the type presented here and also has a toll center receiving the position reports or toll transactions of the vehicle devices via a mobile radio network. The road toll system of the invention is suitable for all types of toll collection, e.g. segment-based toll, area-based toll, time-related toll, road-length toll, etc.

In noch einem weiteren Aspekt schafft die Erfindung schließlich ein Verfahren zum Erzeugen von Mauttransaktionen in einem Straßenmautsystem mit einer Vielzahl ortsfester Baken und zumindest einem Fahrzeuggerät mit einem Kurzreichweitenempfänger zum Empfang von Kennungen der Baken und einen Mobilfunksender zum Absetzen bakenkennungsbezogener Positionsmeldungen oder Mauttransaktionen über ein Mobilfunknetz an eine Mautzentrale, welches sich dadurch auszeichnet, daß die Positionsmeldungen bzw. Mauttransaktionen ausschließlich aus den im Fahrzeuggerät empfangenen Kennungen der ortsfesten Baken erzeugt werden.In a still further aspect, the invention finally provides a method for generating toll transactions in a road toll system having a plurality of stationary beacons and at least one vehicle device having a short range receiver for receiving beacons and a mobile radio transmitter for issuing bill ID-related position reports or toll transactions over a mobile network to one Toll center, which is characterized in that the position reports or toll transactions are generated exclusively from the received in the vehicle unit identifiers of stationary beacons.

Hinsichtlich der weiteren Merkmale und Vorteile des erfindungsgemäßen Straßenmautsystems und Verfahrens wird auf die obigen Ausführungen zum Fahrzeuggerät verwiesen.With regard to the further features and advantages of the road toll system and method according to the invention, reference is made to the above statements on the vehicle device.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend anhand eines in den beigeschlossenen Zeichnungen dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels näher erläutert. In den Zeichnungen zeigt

  • Fig. 1 ein LAC-GNSS-Straßenmautsystem nach dem Stand der Technik in schematischer Blockschaltbildform; und
  • Fig. 2 ein erfindungsgemäßes Straßenmautsystem mit einem beispielhaften Fahrzeuggerät in schematischer Blockschaltbildform.
The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings. In the drawings shows
  • Fig. 1 a LAC GNSS road toll system according to the prior art in a schematic block diagram form; and
  • Fig. 2 an inventive road toll system with an exemplary vehicle device in a schematic block diagram form.

Gleiche Bezugszeichen bezeichnen gleiche Komponenten in den Figuren.Like reference numerals designate like components throughout the figures.

Gemäß Fig. 1 umfaßt ein herkömmliches LAC-GNSS-Straßenmautsystem eine Vielzahl von Fahrzeuggeräten bzw. OBUs 1, die jeweils mit einem Satellitennavigationsempfänger 2 zur autarken Ermittlung ihrer eigenen Position LOC in einem Satellitennavigationssystem 3 ausgestattet und durch eine OBU-Kennung OID gekennzeichnet sind. Ferner enthalten die OBUs 1 auch einen Kurzreichweitenempfänger 4 zur Verbesserung der Satellitennavigationsbestimmung, indem sie die Kennungen BID lokal verteilter ortsfester LAC-Funkbaken 5 abfragen bzw. empfangen. Anhand des bekannten Orts der LAC-Baken 5 kann eine verbesserte GNSS-Positionsbestimmung durchgeführt werden. Die OBUs 1 sind schließlich mit einem Mobilfunksender 6, z.B. einem GSM-, GPRS- oder UMTS-Kommunikationsmodul ausgestattet, mit Hilfe dessen eine durch die Bakenkennung BID verbesserte GNSS Positionsmeldung bzw. Mauttransaktion T über ein Mobilfunknetz 7 an eine Mautzentrale 8 abgesetzt wird.According to Fig. 1 For example, a conventional LAC-GNSS road toll system comprises a plurality of OBUs 1 each provided with a satellite navigation receiver 2 for autonomously detecting its own position LOC in a satellite navigation system 3 and identified by an OBU identifier OID. Furthermore, the OBUs 1 also contain a short range receiver 4 for improving satellite navigation determination by interrogating or receiving the identifiers BID of locally distributed stationary LAC radio beacons 5. Based on the known location of the LAC beacons 5, an improved GNSS position determination can be performed. The OBUs 1 are finally equipped with a mobile radio transmitter 6, for example a GSM, GPRS or UMTS communication module, with the aid of which a beacon identification BID improves the GNSS position report or toll transaction T via a mobile radio network 7 to a toll center 8.

Fig. 2 zeigt demgegenüber ein erfindungsgemäßes Straßenmautsystem, bei welchem zur Positionsbestimmung erstmals ausschließlich nur auf ein Netz geographisch verteilter Baken 9 vertraut wird. Ein erfindungsgemäßes Fahrzeuggerät 10 ist zu diesem Zweck nur mit einem Kurzreichweitenempfänger 4 und einem daran angeschlossenen Mobilfunksender 6 ausgestattet, um die von den Baken 9 empfangenen Bakenkennungen BID über den Mobilfunksender 6 und das Mobilfunknetz 7 als Positionsmeldungen bzw. Mauttransaktionen T an die Mautzentrale 8 zu senden. An der Übertragung über das Mobilfunknetz 7 zur Mautzentrale 8 können dabei beliebige Server- oder Proxyrechner beteiligt sein, wie dem Fachmann bekannt. Es ist insbesondere zu beachten, daß das Fahrzeuggerät 10 vollkommen satellitennavigationsempfängerlos ist. Fig. 2 shows in contrast a road toll system according to the invention, in which the position determination for the first time relies exclusively on a network of geographically distributed beacons 9. A vehicle device 10 according to the invention is equipped for this purpose only with a short range receiver 4 and a mobile radio transmitter 6 connected thereto in order to transmit the beacon IDs BID received by the beacons 9 via the mobile radio transmitter 6 and the mobile radio network 7 as position reports or toll transactions T to the toll center 8 , Any server or proxy computer can be involved in the transmission via the mobile radio network 7 to the toll station 8, as known to the person skilled in the art. In particular, it should be noted that the vehicle device 10 is completely satellite navigation receiver-less.

Die vom Fahrzeuggerät 10 an die Mautzentrale 8 abgesetzten Positionsmeldungen T enthalten im einfachsten Fall die OBU-Kennung OID und die Bakenkennung BID und die Mautzentrale 8 kann - z.B. mit Hilfe einer entsprechenden Datenbank - auf den Ort der Bake 9 und damit den aktuellen Aufenthaltsort des Fahrzeuggeräts 10 schließen. Alternativ kann bereits im Fahrzeuggerät 10, wenn dieses eine entsprechende Datenbank enthält, aus der Bakenkennung BID dieser Ort bestimmt und als Mauttransaktion T an die Mautzentrale 8 gesendet werden. Noch eine weitere Möglichkeit ist, daß die Bakenkennung BID selbst eine explizite Angabe des Orts der Bake 9 enthält oder direkt ihren Ort darstellt, z.B. in Form von geographischen Koordinaten. Auch ist es möglich, daß das Fahrzeuggerät 10 die Bakenkennungen BID einer Abfolge passierter Baken 9 zwischenspeichert und in einer Sammel-Positionsmeldung oder Sammel-Mauttransaktion an die Mautzentrale 8 absetzt.The remote from the vehicle unit 10 to the toll center 8 position messages T contain in the simplest case, the OBU identifier OID and the beacon identifier BID and the toll booth 8 can -. with the help of a database - on the location of the beacon 9 and thus close the current location of the vehicle unit 10. Alternatively, this location can already be determined in the vehicle device 10, if it contains a corresponding database, from the beacon identifier BID and sent to the toll center 8 as a toll transaction T. Yet another possibility is that the beacon identifier BID itself contains an explicit indication of the location of the beacon 9 or directly represents its location, e.g. in the form of geographic coordinates. It is also possible for the vehicle device 10 to cache the beacon IDs BID of a sequence of passed beacons 9 and place them in a collective position report or collective toll transaction to the toll center 8.

Der Kurzreichweitenempfänger 4 kann nach verschiedenen in der Technik bekannten Kurzreichweiten-Übertragungsstandards arbeiten, insbesondere DSRC (dedicated short range communication), RFID (radio frequency identification), WLAN (wireless local area network), WAVE (wireless access in a vehicle environment), um dementsprechende DSRC-Funkbaken, RFID-Baken, z.B. entlang einer Straße verteilte passive RFID-Transponderchips, WLAN-Baken, z.B. WLAN-Accesspoints, oder WAVE-Baken 9 zu empfangen. Auch ist es möglich, infrarotes- oder sichtbares Licht abstrahlende Baken 9, im einfachsten Fall auch nur sichtbare graphische Markierungen, als Baken 9 einzusetzen, welche von einem Kurzreichweitenempfänger 4 in Form eines entsprechenden Infrarot- oder optischen Empfängers detektiert und hinsichtlich der Bakenkennung BID ausgewertet werden können.The short range receiver 4 may operate on various short range transmission standards known in the art, in particular dedicated short range communication (DSRC), radio frequency identification (WLAN), wireless local area network (WLAN), wireless access in a vehicle environment (WAVE) corresponding DSRC radio beacons, RFID beacons, eg passive RFID transponder chips distributed along a street, WLAN beacons, eg WLAN access points, or WAVE beacons 9. It is also possible infrared or visible light emitting beacons 9, in the simplest case, only visible graphic markers to use as beacons 9, which are detected by a short range receiver 4 in the form of a corresponding infrared or optical receiver and evaluated with respect to the beacon identifier BID can.

Bevorzugt kann der Kurzreichweitenempfänger 4 des Fahrzeuggeräts 10 auch für den Empfang verschiedener Arten von Baken 9 ausgebildet sein, um eine möglichst hohe Ortungszuverlässigkeit und geographische Abdeckung zu erzielen.Preferably, the short-range receiver 4 of the vehicle device 10 may also be designed to receive various types of beacons 9 in order to achieve the highest possible positioning reliability and geographic coverage.

Die Kommunikation zwischen dem Kurzreichweitenempfänger 4 und einer Bake 9 kann optional eine 2-Wege-Kommunikation sein, welche z.B. in Form eines gegenseitig authentifizierten und/oder verschlüsselten Übertragungsprotokolls erfolgt, sodaß eine Bake 9 gegenüber dem Fahrzeuggerät 10 und in weiterer Folge auch gegenüber der Mautzentrale 8 manipulationssicher identifiziert werden kann.The communication between the short range receiver 4 and a beacon 9 may optionally be 2-way communication, e.g. in the form of a mutually authenticated and / or encrypted transmission protocol, so that a beacon 9 with respect to the vehicle unit 10 and subsequently also against the toll center 8 can be identified tamper-proof.

Die Erfindung ist nicht auf die dargestellten Ausführungsformen beschränkt, sondern umfaßt alle Varianten und Modifikationen, die in den Rahmen der angeschlossenen Ansprüche fallen.The invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments, but includes all variants and modifications that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

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Fahrzeuggerät (10) für Straßenmautsysteme, welches einen Kurzreichweitenempfänger (4) zum Empfang von Kennungen (BID) ortsfester Baken (9) und einen Mobilfunksender (6) zum Absetzen bakenkennungsbezogener Positionsmeldungen oder Mauttransaktionen (T) über ein Mobilfunknetz (7) an eine Mautzentrale (8) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Fahrzeuggerät (10) seine Position ausschließlich mittels der lokal verteilten Baken (9), ohne Verwendung von Satellitensignalen, bestimmt.Vehicle device (10) for road toll systems, which has a short range receiver (4) for receiving identifiers (BID) stationary beacons (9) and a mobile radio transmitter (6) for issuing bakenkennungsbezogener position reports or toll transactions (T) via a mobile network (7) to a toll center ( 8), characterized in that the vehicle unit (10) determines its position exclusively by means of the locally distributed beacons (9), without the use of satellite signals. Fahrzeuggerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Fahrzeuggerät (10) satellitennavigationsempfängerlos ist.Vehicle device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the vehicle device (10) is satellite navigation receiver-less. Fahrzeuggerät (10) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kurzreichweitenempfänger (4) ein DSRC-, RFID-, WLAN- oder WAVE-Empfänger ist.Vehicle device (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the short-range receiver (4) is a DSRC, RFID, WLAN or WAVE receiver. Fahrzeuggerät (10) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kurzreichweitenempfänger (4) ein Infrarot-Empfänger oder ein optischer Empfänger für den Bereich des sichtbaren Lichts ist.Vehicle equipment (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the short range receiver (4) is an infrared receiver or an optical receiver for the visible light range. Fahrzeuggerät (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kurzreichweitenempfänger (4) ein Empfänger für zumindest zwei verschiedene Arten von Baken (9) ist, bevorzugt der folgenden Arten: DSRC-Baken, RFID-Baken, WLAN-Baken, WAVE-Baken, Infrarot-Baken, lichtabstrahlende Baken.Vehicle device (10) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the short range receiver (4) is a receiver for at least two different types of beacons (9), preferably of the following types: DSRC beacons, RFID beacons, WLAN Beacons, WAVE beacons, infrared beacons, light-emitting beacons. Fahrzeuggerät (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kennung (BID) den Ort der Bake (9) enthält.Vehicle device (10) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the identifier (BID) contains the location of the beacon (9). Fahrzeuggerät (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kurzreichweitenempfänger (4) ein Kurzreichweiten-Sendeempfänger zur authentifizierten und/oder verschlüsselten 2-Wege-Kommunikation mit einer als Sendeempfänger ausgebildeten Bake (9) ist.Vehicle device (10) according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the short-range receiver (4) authenticates a short-range transceiver and / or encrypted 2-way communication with a trained as a transceiver beacon (9). Straßenmautsystem, umfassend Fahrzeuggeräte (9) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7 und zumindest eine die Positionsmeldungen oder Mauttransaktionen (T) der Fahrzeuggeräte (10) über ein Mobilfunknetz (7) empfangende Mautzentrale (8).Road toll system, comprising vehicle devices (9) according to one of claims 1 to 7 and at least one of the position reports or toll transactions (T) of the vehicle devices (10) via a mobile network (7) receiving toll center (8). Verfahren zum Erzeugen von Mauttransaktionen in einem Straßenmautsystem mit einer Vielzahl ortsfester Baken (9) und zumindest einem Fahrzeuggerät mit einem Kurzreichweitenempfänger (4) zum Empfang von Kennungen (BID) der Baken (9) und einen Mobilfunksender (6) zum Absetzen bakenkennungsbezogener Positionsmeldungen oder Mauttransaktionen (T) über ein Mobilfunknetz (7) an eine Mautzentrale (8), dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Positionsmeldungen bzw. Mauttransaktionen (T) ausschließlich aus den im Fahrzeuggerät (10) empfangenen Kennungen (BID) der ortsfesten Baken (9) erzeugt werden.A method for generating toll transactions in a road toll system having a plurality of fixed beacons (9) and at least one vehicle device having a short range receiver (4) for receiving identifiers (BID) of the beacons (9) and a mobile radio transmitter (6) for issuing bakkenennungsbezogener position reports or toll transactions (T) via a mobile network (7) to a toll center (8), characterized in that the position reports or toll transactions (T) exclusively from the in the vehicle unit (10) received identifiers (BID) of the stationary beacons (9) are generated. Verfahren nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kennungen (BID) jeweils den Ort der Bake (9) enthalten.Method according to Claim 9, characterized in that the identifiers (BID) each contain the location of the beacon (9).
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