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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
  • G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
  • G07B15/06—Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems
  • G07B15/063—Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station

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• the invention is based on a method for automatically collecting fees for the use of road or traffic areas or on a device for automatically collecting fees according to the category of the independent claims.
• a method for automatically collecting fees for the use of road or traffic areas or on a device for automatically collecting fees according to the category of the independent claims is already known from DE 19 61 57 33 AI, in which GPS data are processed to determine the fees to be paid. This procedure is limited to roads with beacons.
• the method according to the invention or the device according to the invention for carrying out the method with the characterizing features of the independent claims has the advantage over the prior art of enabling an optimized overall system for charging, which, for example, in metropolitan areas enables short-range electronic communication such as the MW-DSRC method (“Microwave Dedicated” Short Range Communication "method) and on overland routes such as on thin motorways populated areas far from the subordinate road network uses a long-range communication method, for example using a mobile radio connection, with the vehicle being determined, for example, using GPS.
• the MW-DSRC process requires complex infrastructure in the form of send / receive beacons on the roadside or at bridges; the on-board equipment required in the vehicle is relatively cheap; the data transmission between the beacon and on-board devices only costs electrical energy to operate the beacon.
• a GPS mobile radio system does not cause any additional infrastructure costs if it is to be used for charging.
• the on-board devices are relatively complex to manufacture and install; There are significant telephone costs for data transmission.
• the method according to the invention can now be flexibly adapted to the daily practice of charging, depending on which type of motor vehicle is to be charged with fees or which parts of the road network these vehicles mainly drive on. This enables the total system costs for automatic fee entry and collection to be minimized.
• the device according to the invention enables a vehicle in a convenient manner to charge automatically both on routes equipped with beacons and on a route
• To pay road network part which consists of toll but beaconless roads. If a vehicle subject to tolls only has a conventional on-board device that only works according to the MW-DSRC process, it can still be possible to buy single tickets. These single tickets then allow the owner of a conventional on-board device or a vehicle without an on-board device to travel on parts of the road network.
• the method according to the invention is therefore preferred over a time Comprehensive equipment of the vehicles can be implemented with the on-board device according to the invention.
• the detection of toll road sections on which no beacons are attached can advantageously be carried out by comparing positions with a data memory arranged in the vehicle, so that the long-range communication required for charging in this case is automatically activated.
• This combines the advantages of the beacon system and the beaconless fee collection system in a simple manner.
• the beacon system in metropolitan areas is advantageous because there are many underpasses and noise barriers that do not impair short-range data transmission, but that do not allow long-range data transmission, for example via GSM mobile radio, or that can hinder position determination via GPS satellites.
• a beacon system in metropolitan areas makes it possible to clearly differentiate between closely located toll and toll-free roads; Positioning using GPS, for example, is not reliable enough here, as there may be ambiguous results when determining the location can arise because the location accuracy is not reduced as a result of GPS signals received directly but rather only after reflection; in addition, the military satellite operators will artificially create an inaccuracy until further notice.
• the method according to the invention can be used particularly advantageously for heavy goods vehicles which move almost only in a conurbation. As a result, it is sufficient for many trucks to initially equip them with conventional on-board devices that can only communicate with external control bodies using the MW-DSRC process. As a result, the sum of on-board infrastructure and operating costs for the complete system is minimal and the method can be introduced quickly, even if the device for automatic fee collection according to the invention is not yet installed in all vehicles.
• FIG. 1 shows a flowchart
• FIG. 2 shows a vehicle-side charging module. Description of the embodiments
• a vehicle is started and a charging module arranged in the vehicle is started up.
• Position data of the vehicle for example position data from a satellite-based GPS (Global Positioning System), are thus received by the charge module (method step 20).
• the fee module is on standby in order to pass a beacon arranged on the street
• step 20 is returned to.
• a charge is carried out via long-range communication, for example via GSM mobile radio (Step 60).
• the method step 20 is then returned to.
• the method consists of combining two different types of fee collection, whereby the advantages of the MW-DSRC method come into play particularly in metropolitan areas, while on overland routes, for example, a CD-ROM memory stored in the vehicle contains the data of the road subnetwork, which is subject to charges, however has no beacons. In the latter case, the charging of charges via mobile radio is then automatically activated by the vehicle device by the vehicle device communicating with a control center of the operator of the charging system.
• the position determination in method step 20 can optionally also be carried out via position determination systems other than GPS.
• route detection systems mounted on the vehicle side can be arranged, which register the respective direction and route of the vehicle and can accordingly determine the current position of the vehicle.
• a comparison of the current vehicle position data with the appropriately equipped position memory can also be carried out in order to decide whether one is actually on a route that is subject to charges, be it a route on which beacons are arranged are, or a stretch of the road subnet; if no, branching to 41 takes place, otherwise to 42.
• beacon debit case 51
• a corresponding message is sent to the control unit via mobile radio or to the fee collector at Communication with the next beacon, which is passed and recognized, to supply information about the previous malfunction, which the fee collector can then query or automatically receive via beacon via transceiver devices in communication with the control unit of the beacon.
• step 32 it can also be checked first after step 32 whether beacon signals can be received; if so, then a withdrawal takes place in accordance with step 80 and then a return to step 20; if no, then the vehicle position is compared with the stored road data of the road subnetwork and, in the case of a charge, step 60 is carried out, then returned to 20. If the comparison with the road network is also negative, the system immediately returns to 20. Alternatively, the procedure can also be reversed by first carrying out a comparison of the position data with the road network and then, if this is negative, checking whether beacon signals are received.
• FIG. 2 shows a charge module 200 that can be arranged in a vehicle, hereinafter referred to briefly as “device”, with which the method according to FIG. 1 can be carried out.
• the device 200 has a microwave transponder 5 for carrying out short-range electronic communication 110a with a beacon 110 arranged on the street side , a GSM mobile radio module 4 for carrying out long-range electronic communication via mobile radio 100a with the mobile radio connection 100 of the operator of the system for charging, and a GPS
• Satellite navigation module 6 for receiving 120a signals from GPS satellites 120.
• the units 4, 5 and 6 are connected to a control unit 1 via connecting lines 4a, 5a and 6a, which in turn is connected via a Connection line 3a can communicate with a payment unit 3.
• the payment unit is designed, for example, in the form of an electronic chip card module, the chip card being a credit card from which money can be debited electronically.
• the control unit 1 is connected to a CD-ROM or generally mass storage device 2 via a connecting line 2a.
• the satellite navigation module 6 receives position data, and the microwave transponder 5 waits for signals transmitted by toll beacons arranged on the roadside which can be received when the vehicle comes close to these beacons. If the transponder 5 receives such signals, it establishes communication with the beacon via an MW-DSRC connection.
• the control unit 1 uses the information provided by the transponder 5 to initiate a corresponding fee withdrawal on the chip card inserted in the payment unit. in the
• Data memory 2 stores all the streets which, although subject to charges, do not have any beacons.
• the control unit 1 will determine, by comparing the position data supplied by the satellite navigation module 6 with the data stored in the data memory 2, that the vehicle is on such routes, in particular overland routes, and a corresponding debiting of the fees from the chip card in the payment unit 3 cause. The information about the amount of the fees required for this is queried by the fee system operator via the cell phone module 4 via cell phone.
• the device 200 can either have its own modules 4 and 6 or, alternatively, only via connecting lines 4a and 6a are connected to cellular and GPS modules that are already in the vehicle anyway.
• the debiting can also take place in that the control unit 1 transmits the vehicle registration number and the route used by the mobile radio module 4 to the mobile radio connection 100, which was determined by the control unit 1 via the satellite navigation module 6, for example in order to subsequently debit user fees that have become due from the vehicle owner's bank account.
• the toll roads equipped with beacons can also be stored in the data memory 2 in order to make the system easier to check, as explained above in the description of FIG. 1.

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