EP1344190B1 - Method for charging tolls - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for charging user fees for the use of toll road sections of traffic routes in a traffic network by vehicles according to the preamble of claim 1.
- sections may also be limited geographical zones, such as inner cities or other demarcated areas.
- a device for charging user charges for the use of toll road sections of traffic routes in a traffic route network by vehicles, which is respectively arranged in a user taking vehicle, is known, based on position data representative of the current position of the vehicle and route data representative of the geographic course of the paid sections of the roads, the respective use of a paid section (or geographical area) is determined.
- a device for determining user charges for the use of toll road sections of traffic routes of a traffic network by vehicles is known, which is arranged in the vehicle and provided with vehicle-side means for determining the position of the vehicle, ie to determine its current geographical location and beyond a vehicle side Storage device has, in which route data is stored, which characterize the geographical course of the individual toll road sections of the traffic route network. Furthermore, this device has in its memory via data (tariff data), which are assigned to the individual toll road sections and are representative of the amount of fees that are due in case of use of the respective section of the route by the vehicle.
- tariff data data
- a computer unit of this device it is determined whether the vehicle is using a toll road section and which fee amount is to be paid in each case. This amount can be deducted in each case by a vehicle-side debiting unit connected to the computer unit on a user card (eg credit card).
- a user card eg credit card
- a corresponding system for billing user fees for a toll-way network is also from the EP 0 691 013 B1 known.
- a vehicle-side device that independently determines the respective vehicle position and has geographic route data and tariff data of the toll road, deducted for use of the route by a respective vehicle user charges and deducted from a carried in the vehicle prepaid prepaid card for uses of the road network.
- the signals of a navigation satellite system are preferably used for determining the position of the vehicle.
- an outwardly acting signaling device is still provided, which is activated after consumption of the balance on the value date card in the case of further stay of the vehicle on one of the payload underlying route and thus abusive uses makes recognizable through established along the toll road network control facilities.
- the EP 0 741 891 B1 discloses a method for determining usage charges for traffic routes and traffic areas, which uses an in-vehicle device, with the help of which due to position data and tariff data in the vehicle user charges are calculated and transmitted via a digital mobile network to a central office.
- a digital mobile network to a central office.
- Such a centralized procedure is primarily suitable for commercial road traffic because of the subsequent traceability of the toll road sections used by individual vehicles, that is to say for the distance-based charging for the use of lorries and buses, because here the data protection requirements are different than for the private road traffic.
- the central debiting of the individual usage amounts has the advantage that for the operator of the user fee collection system, ie for example a charging agency operating on behalf of the state, the usage-based billing of the usage actions carried out by a plurality of vehicles can be carried out with high accuracy and safety and that on the other
- the drivers of the vehicles are relieved of the necessity of manual activities to pay the user fees, since the required cash flow for paying the user charges is possible in each case through invoicing and / or in the account debiting procedure (postpaid procedure).
- Object of the present invention is to propose a generic method in which waiving a vehicle-based determination of the billed sums when using a toll road tolls still a safe billing of fees can be done either by the postpaid method or the prepaid method. It should therefore be ensured that a timely replenishment of a value-added credit balance or a renewal of the credit line can be made without the risk that, if the journey continues through the toll road network, a billing of individual amounts to an insufficient credit balance or credit line fails, ie the general right of use of the respective vehicle (meaning the ability that the respective amounts of fees due can actually be debited, ie a readiness for billing) can no longer be guaranteed and thus unauthorized use of the route (“dodgy”), if the vehicle remains in the toll road network ,
- the present invention is based on a method for charging user charges for the use of toll road sections of traffic routes in a traffic route network, which may also be a subnet of a more comprehensive traffic route network, by vehicles by means of a device which is arranged in each case in a vehicle undertaking the use and due to positional data corresponding to the current geographical position of the Vehicles representative of route data that are representative of the geographical course of the paid sections of the routes, the respective use of toll road sections determined by the vehicle.
- usage data which are characteristic for the use of the toll route sections are transmitted by this device in each case wirelessly, in a timely manner to the individual uses, to a central office for billing the user charges.
- the term "near-time” in this context means that the data transmission still takes place while the vehicle is running. This procedure ensures that, during use, the general use of the vehicle (reservation readiness), which is linked to the existence of a sufficiently high unused portion of either a pre-paid charge or a charge of a predetermined maximum amount, shall be paid in good time by effecting a payment transaction Operator of the vehicle (eg driver or holder of the vehicle) is available without interruption.
- Vehicle-specific and / or route-specific and / or time-specific parameters enter into the determination of the user charges, ie the user charges due according to the respective fare are generally not independent fixed amounts, but are based, for example, on specific vehicle parameters (eg vehicle weight, number of axles, emission class, etc.). ) or according to location-dependent criteria (eg location-dependent higher fees for sections with expensive tunnels or bridges) or also according to time-dependent criteria (higher fees for times of day or on certain days with particularly high traffic load).
- the invention provides that the exact determination of the due user fees not in the vehicle, but only in the central office based on centrally stored tariff data and based on the transmitted from the respective vehicle-side device usage data.
- an estimate is repeatedly made as to whether the part of the charge credit or the charge credit still available is sufficient to bill the expected usage charge for one or more of the next not yet reached sections of the toll road network.
- a fixed predetermined flat cost rate is used as the basis for this estimation, irrespective of the actual usage tariff, so that storage of the respectively applicable tariff, which may change in the short term (eg depending on the actual traffic load on a toll section) is not required.
- the amount of the still available part of the charge credit will be transmitted by the central office at least once during a trip to the vehicle-mounted device, depending on the type of the selected accounting process. Preferably, the transmission takes place several times (eg at predetermined time or distance intervals).
- the vehicle-mounted device issues a signal to the driver in the event that the estimate does not confirm a still sufficient amount of the available charge credit or the fee credit with the request to buy a new charge credit, or cause the central office to settle the almost exhausted fee credit and provide a new fee credit.
- the cause of the flow of money by the traffic route user or an authorized by him body to the operator of the billing system meant. For example, this is an account debit from a bank account of the driver or a forwarding company, to which the respective route-consuming vehicle belongs.
- a navigation satellite system In a preferred embodiment of the method is provided to determine the position data in the vehicle in each case based on signals of a navigation satellite system.
- a navigation satellite system are exemplified by GPS (Global Positioning System) operated by the USA or GLONASS operated by Russia.
- GPS Global Positioning System
- GLONASS Global System
- the position determination could also be carried out with the aid of a terrestrial transmitter-based positioning system or by a mobile radio positioning method.
- a combination of multiple systems or radio-transmitted correction data e.g., DGPS
- known dead-reckoning methods can ensure the uninterrupted position determination.
- a digital mobile network used, preferably according to the standard GMS or UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone System).
- Charging a prepaid charge credit standing shortly before it is exhausted can expediently be carried out via vending machines stations, which are operated in particular at motorway service areas, filling stations and parking spaces along the toll road network.
- This may, for example, using a subscriber card, as provided in a similar manner for the operation of mobile phones and on the characteristic data of the respective vehicle (eg license plate data, vehicle class, emission class, etc.) are registered.
- This data can then be transmitted to the central office via an existing between the respective machine station and the central office for billing communication to identify or re-establish the required value credit account.
- the payment of the amount of money required to purchase a value credit can be made by cash or for example by means of a bank card or credit card or cash card.
- the driver may also take his vehicle out of the toll path network at the next opportunity (e.g., motorway exit) to avoid unauthorized driving in that toll route network.
- the invention provides that the estimate made by the vehicle-mounted device in each case takes into account the route from the current location of the vehicle to the one or more nearest automatic stations in the direction of travel, on which a charge credit balance can be made.
- the estimate made by the vehicle-mounted device in each case takes into account the route from the current location of the vehicle to the one or more nearest automatic stations in the direction of travel, on which a charge credit balance can be made.
- the toll path network e.g., motorway junction or interchange
- the flat rate cost rate used for the estimation is merely a fixed amount which is based on the highest charge of the most expensive section of the traffic route network. In this case, therefore, the length of the next to be traveled section of the toll road network would not play a role.
- the flat rate cost rate used for the estimation is a length-of-distance-related cost rate (kilometer rate), e.g. oriented to the most expensive vehicle class (for example, according to the highest permissible number of axles of a vehicle) and / or the most expensive route category.
- the amounts determined during the journey, at least at intervals, of the billed or billed user charges and / or their total and / or optionally a remaining remainder of a prepaid billing fee are displayed in order to avoid the Driver of the vehicle to inform about the development of billable fee volume continuously.
- acknowledgment information about already cleared route sections is stored for control purposes.
- a receipt information also stores the charge credit or fee credit from which the charge for the route sections or the used tolling geographical area has been or should be deducted.
- DSRC Dedicated Short Range Communication
- control stations which are positioned along the toll route sections (stationary or preferably also mobile stations), and in Need to compare with data from the central office.
- the control stations can have a data connection with the central office.
- the method according to the invention ensures reliable billing of the user charges for the use of toll sections by vehicles, without it being necessary to store the current tariff data for the traffic route network in the vehicle-side devices to be carried by the vehicles.
- the readiness for a proper payment of fees can thereby without interruption, i. be maintained without leaving the toll road network by the vehicle.
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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Erhebung von Nutzungsgebühren für die Nutzung gebührenpflichtiger Streckenabschnitte von Verkehrswegen in einem Verkehrswegenetz durch Fahrzeuge gemäß dem Gattungsbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1.The invention relates to a method for charging user fees for the use of toll road sections of traffic routes in a traffic network by vehicles according to the preamble of claim 1.
Streckenabschnitte im Sinne der vorliegenden Erfindung können auch begrenzte geographische Zonen wie etwa Innenstädte oder sonstige abgrenzbare Gebiete sein.For the purposes of the present invention, sections may also be limited geographical zones, such as inner cities or other demarcated areas.
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Ein entsprechendes System zur Abrechnung von Nutzungsgebühren für ein gebührenpflichtiges Wegstreckennetz ist auch aus der
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Gemeinsam ist den vorgenannten Abrechnungssystemen das Merkmal, dass die einzelnen Nutzungsgebührenbeträge jeweils im Fahrzeug ermittelt werden, so dass die fahrzeugseitige Einrichtung zur Ermittlung der Nutzungsgebühren über die aktuellen Tarife der Nutzung des Wegstreckennetzes verfügen muss. Dadurch ist es auf der anderen Seite problemlos möglich, den Fahrer des jeweiligen Fahrzeugs über den Umfang seiner gebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennutzung und den zu erwartenden Rechnungsbetrag für die Nutzung bzw. den aktuellen Stand seines noch verfügbaren vorbezahlten Wertguthabens für Streckennutzungen zu informieren.Common to the aforementioned billing systems is the feature that the individual user fee amounts are determined in each case in the vehicle, so that the vehicle-side device for determining the user charges must have the current rates of use of the route network. As a result, on the other hand, it is easily possible to inform the driver of the respective vehicle about the extent of his toll road use and the expected invoice amount for the use or the current status of his still available prepaid value assets for route uses.
Die zentralseitige Abbuchung der einzelnen Nutzungsbeträge hat den Vorteil, dass für den Betreiber des Nutzungsgebührenerhebungssystems, also z.B. eine im Auftrag des Staates tätige Gebührenerhebungsgesellschaft die nutzungsgerechte Abrechnung der durch eine Vielzahl von Fahrzeugen vorgenommenen Nutzungshandlungen mit hoher Genauigkeit und Sicherheit durchgeführt werden kann und dass auf der anderen Seite die Fahrer der Fahrzeuge von der Notwendigkeit manueller Tätigkeiten zur Entrichtung der Nutzungsgebühren entbunden sind, da der erforderliche Geldfluss zur Begleichung der Nutzungsgebühren jeweils durch Rechnungsstellung und/oder im Kontoabbuchungsverfahren möglich ist (Postpaid-Verfahren). Selbstverständlich kann auch bei diesem System mit einem vorbezahlten Wertguthaben gearbeitet werden, für das jeweils ein entsprechendes Guthabenkonto in der zentralen Abrechnungsstelle geführt wird (Prepaid-Verfahren). Wegen der Vielzahl von Fahrzeugen, die der Nutzungsgebührenabrechnung unterliegen, kommt dem Kommunikationsaufwand, der für den Datenaustausch zwischen der fahrzeugseitigen Einrichtung zur Ermittlung der einzelnen Nutzungsgebührenbeträge und der zentralen Abrechnungsstelle eine erhebliche Bedeutung zu. Um den Aufwand möglichst gering zu halten, kann man statt einer Übermittlung jedes einzelnen Teilbetrags für die Teilstrecken während einer Fahrt auch vorsehen, dass im Fahrzeug eine gewisse Aufsummierung von Einzelbeträgen vorgenommen wird, bevor diese Summe mit den erforderlichen Einzelinformationen zur Abrechnung an die Zentrale übermittelt wird. Dadurch verringert sich der Kommunikationsaufwand entsprechend auf einen Bruchteil des sonst erforderlichen Aufwandes. Da die Ermittlung der Einzelbeträge im Fahrzeug autark erfolgt, ist es, wie vorstehend bereits erwähnt wurde, jeder Zeit möglich, den Fahrer über den Betrag der während einer Fahrt bis dahin angefallenen Nutzungsgebühren bzw. über den aktuellen Stand eines Nutzungsgebühren-Wertguthabens zu informieren. Damit kann sichergestellt werden, dass ein vorgegebener Kreditrahmen im Falle des Postpaid-Verfahrens nicht überstritten wird, indem nämlich rechtzeitig eine Abrechnung des bisherigen Kredits vorgenommen und ein neuer Kreditrahmen zur Verfügung gestellt wird, oder rechtzeitig eine Auffüllung des Wertguthabens beim Prepaid-Verfahren veranlasst wird.The central debiting of the individual usage amounts has the advantage that for the operator of the user fee collection system, ie for example a charging agency operating on behalf of the state, the usage-based billing of the usage actions carried out by a plurality of vehicles can be carried out with high accuracy and safety and that on the other The drivers of the vehicles are relieved of the necessity of manual activities to pay the user fees, since the required cash flow for paying the user charges is possible in each case through invoicing and / or in the account debiting procedure (postpaid procedure). Of course, you can also work in this system with a prepaid value credit, for each of which a corresponding credit account in the central clearing office is performed (prepaid method). Because of the large number of vehicles that are subject to the fee billing, the communication effort that is for the exchange of data between the on-board device for determining the individual user fee amounts and the central clearing house is of considerable importance. In order to keep the effort as low as possible, you can also provide that a certain summation of individual amounts in the vehicle is made before submitting this sum with the required individual information for billing to the central office instead of a transmission of each individual partial amount for the legs , This reduces the communication effort accordingly to a fraction of the otherwise required effort. Since the determination of the individual amounts in the vehicle is self-sufficient, it is, as already mentioned above, any time possible, the driver on the amount of to inform you during a trip until then incurred user fees or the current status of a value-added tax credit. This can ensure that a given credit line is not disputed in the case of the postpaid procedure, namely by making a timely settlement of the previous loan and a new credit line is made available, or in good time a refill of the prepaid value is made in the prepaid procedure.
Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es, ein gattungsgemäßes Verfahren vorzuschlagen, bei dem unter Verzicht auf eine fahrzeugseitige Bestimmung der abzurechnenden Einzelbeträge bei der Benutzung eines nutzungsgebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennetzes dennoch eine sichere Abrechnung der Gebühren wahlweise nach dem Postpaid-Verfahren oder dem Prepaid-Verfahren erfolgen kann. Es soll also gewährleistet werden, dass eine rechtzeitige Auffüllung eines Nutzungsgebühren-Wertguthabens bzw. eine Erneuerung des Kreditrahmens vorgenommen werden kann, ohne dass die Gefahr besteht, dass bei Fortsetzung der Fahrt durch das gebührenpflichtige Wegstreckennetz eine Abrechnung von Einzelbeträgen an einem nicht ausreichenden Wertguthaben oder Kreditrahmen scheitert, d.h. die generelle Nutzungsberechtigung des jeweiligen Fahrzeugs (gemeint ist die Fähigkeit, dass die jeweils fälligen Gebührenbeträge tatsächlich abgebucht werden können, also eine Abbuchungsbereitschaft) nicht mehr gewährleistet werden kann und somit unberechtigte Wegstreckennutzungen erfolgen ("Schwarzfahren"), wenn das Fahrzeug weiterhin im nutzungsgebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennetz verbleibt.Object of the present invention is to propose a generic method in which waiving a vehicle-based determination of the billed sums when using a toll road tolls still a safe billing of fees can be done either by the postpaid method or the prepaid method. It should therefore be ensured that a timely replenishment of a value-added credit balance or a renewal of the credit line can be made without the risk that, if the journey continues through the toll road network, a billing of individual amounts to an insufficient credit balance or credit line fails, ie the general right of use of the respective vehicle (meaning the ability that the respective amounts of fees due can actually be debited, ie a readiness for billing) can no longer be guaranteed and thus unauthorized use of the route ("dodgy"), if the vehicle remains in the toll road network ,
Gelöst wird diese Aufgabe erfindungsgemäß durch ein Verfahren mit den im Patentanspruch 1 angegebenen Merkmalen. Dieses Verfahren ist durch die in den Unteransprüchen 2 bis 15 angegebenen Merkmale in vorteilhafte Weise weiter ausgestaltbar.This object is achieved according to the invention by a method having the features specified in claim 1. This method can be further developed by the features specified in the subclaims 2 to 15 in an advantageous manner.
Die vorliegende Erfindung geht aus von einem Verfahren zur Erhebung von Nutzungsgebühren für die Nutzung gebührenpflichtiger Streckenabschnitte von Verkehrswegen in einem Verkehrswegenetz, das auch ein Teilnetz eines umfassenderen Verkehrswegenetz sein kann, durch Fahrzeuge mittels einer Einrichtung, die jeweils in einem die Nutzung vornehmenden Fahrzeug angeordnet ist und aufgrund von Positionsdaten, die für die aktuelle geographische Position des Fahrzeugs repräsentativ sind, und von Streckendaten, die für den geographischen Verlauf der gebührenpflichtigen Streckenabschnitte der Verkehrswege repräsentativ sind, die jeweilige Nutzung der gebührenpflichtigen Streckenabschnitte durch das Fahrzeug ermittelt. Dabei werden Nutzungsdaten, die für die Nutzung der gebührenpflichtigen Streckenabschnitte kennzeichnend sind, von dieser Einrichtung jeweils auf drahtlosem Wege zeitnah zu den einzelnen Nutzungen an eine Zentralstelle zur Abrechnung der Nutzungsgebühren übermittelt. Unter dem Begriff "zeitnah" ist in diesem Zusammenhang zu verstehen, dass die Datenübermittlung noch während der Fahrt des Fahrzeugs stattfindet. Bei diesem Verfahren wird sichergestellt, dass während der Nutzung die generelle Nutzungsberechtigung des Fahrzeugs (Buchungsbereitschaft), die geknüpft ist an das Vorhandensein eines noch ausreichend hohen unverbrauchten Teils entweder eines vorbezahlten Gebührenguthabens oder eines Gebührenkredits mit vorbestimmter maximaler Höhe, rechtzeitig durch Bewirkung eines Zahlungsvorgangs zulasten des Betreibers des Fahrzeugs (z.B. Fahrer oder Halter des Fahrzeugs) unterbrechungsfrei erhaltbar ist. In die Bestimmung der Nutzungsgebühren gehen dabei fahrzeugspezifische und/oder streckenspezifische und/oder zeitspezifische Parameter ein, d.h. die nach dem jeweiligen Tarif fälligen Nutzungsgebühren sind im Regelfall keine unabhängigen Fixbeträge, sondern richten sich beispielsweise nach bestimmten Fahrzeugparametern (z.B. Fahrzeuggewicht, Achszahl, Schadstoffklasse usw.) oder nach ortsabhängigen Kriterien (z.B. ortsabhängig höhere Gebühren bei Streckenabschnitten mit teuren Tunneln oder Brücken) oder auch nach zeitabhängigen Kriterien (höhere Gebühren für Tageszeiten oder an bestimmten Tagen mit besonders hoher Verkehrsbelastung).The present invention is based on a method for charging user charges for the use of toll road sections of traffic routes in a traffic route network, which may also be a subnet of a more comprehensive traffic route network, by vehicles by means of a device which is arranged in each case in a vehicle undertaking the use and due to positional data corresponding to the current geographical position of the Vehicles representative of route data that are representative of the geographical course of the paid sections of the routes, the respective use of toll road sections determined by the vehicle. In this case, usage data which are characteristic for the use of the toll route sections are transmitted by this device in each case wirelessly, in a timely manner to the individual uses, to a central office for billing the user charges. The term "near-time" in this context means that the data transmission still takes place while the vehicle is running. This procedure ensures that, during use, the general use of the vehicle (reservation readiness), which is linked to the existence of a sufficiently high unused portion of either a pre-paid charge or a charge of a predetermined maximum amount, shall be paid in good time by effecting a payment transaction Operator of the vehicle (eg driver or holder of the vehicle) is available without interruption. Vehicle-specific and / or route-specific and / or time-specific parameters enter into the determination of the user charges, ie the user charges due according to the respective fare are generally not independent fixed amounts, but are based, for example, on specific vehicle parameters (eg vehicle weight, number of axles, emission class, etc.). ) or according to location-dependent criteria (eg location-dependent higher fees for sections with expensive tunnels or bridges) or also according to time-dependent criteria (higher fees for times of day or on certain days with particularly high traffic load).
Bei einem solchem Verfahren ist erfindungsgemäß vorgesehen, dass die genaue Bestimmung der fälligen Nutzungsgebühren nicht im Fahrzeug, sondern erst in der Zentralstelle anhand von zentralseitig gespeicherten Tarifdaten und anhand der von der jeweiligen fahrzeugseitigen Einrichtung übermittelten Nutzungsdaten erfolgt. Dabei wird in der fahrzeugseitigen Einrichtung wiederholt eine Abschätzung vorgenommen, ob der jeweils noch verfügbare Teil des Gebührenguthabens oder des Gebührenkredits ausreicht, die zu erwartende Nutzungsgebühr für einen oder mehrere der nächsten noch nicht erreichten Streckenabschnitte des gebührenpflichtigen Verkehrswegenetzes abrechnen zu können. Erfindungsgemäß wird für diese Abschätzung unabhängig vom tatsächlichen Nutzungstarif ein fest vorgegebener pauschaler Kostensatz zu Grunde gelegt, so dass eine Speicherung des jeweils anzuwendenden Tarifs, der sich unter Umständen kurzfristig ändern kann (z.B. in Abhängigkeit von der tatsächlichen Verkehrsbelastung auf einer gebührenpflichtigen Teilstrecke) nicht erforderlich ist. Es ist vorgesehen, dass die Höhe des noch verfügbaren Teils des Gebührenguthabens je nach Art des gewählten Abrechnungsverfahrens von der Zentralstelle mindestens einmal während einer Fahrt an die fahrzeugseitige Einrichtung übermittelt wird. Vorzugsweise findet die Übermittlung mehrmals (z.B. in vorgegebenen zeitlichen oder entfernungsmäßigen Abständen) statt. Weiterhin sieht die Erfindung vor, dass die fahrzeugseitige Einrichtung für den Fall, dass sich bei der Abschätzung keine Bestätigung für eine noch ausreichende Höhe des verfügbaren Gebührenguthabens oder des Gebührenkredits ergibt, ein Signal an den Fahrer ausgibt mit der Aufforderung, ein neues Gebührenguthaben zu kaufen, oder die Zentralstelle veranlasst, den fast erschöpften Gebührenkredit abzurechnen und einen neuen Gebührenkredit zur Verfügung zu stellen. Mit der Abrechnung des Gebührenkredits ist die Veranlassung des Geldflusses vom Verkehrswegenutzer oder einer von ihm autorisierten Stelle zum Betreiber des Gebührenabrechnungssystems gemeint. Beispielsweise handelt es sich hierbei um eine Kontoabbuchung von einem Bankkonto des Fahrers oder eines Speditionsunternehmens, zu dem das jeweilige streckennutzende Fahrzeug gehört.In such a method, the invention provides that the exact determination of the due user fees not in the vehicle, but only in the central office based on centrally stored tariff data and based on the transmitted from the respective vehicle-side device usage data. In the vehicle-mounted device, an estimate is repeatedly made as to whether the part of the charge credit or the charge credit still available is sufficient to bill the expected usage charge for one or more of the next not yet reached sections of the toll road network. According to the invention, a fixed predetermined flat cost rate is used as the basis for this estimation, irrespective of the actual usage tariff, so that storage of the respectively applicable tariff, which may change in the short term (eg depending on the actual traffic load on a toll section) is not required. It is envisaged that the amount of the still available part of the charge credit will be transmitted by the central office at least once during a trip to the vehicle-mounted device, depending on the type of the selected accounting process. Preferably, the transmission takes place several times (eg at predetermined time or distance intervals). Furthermore, the invention provides that the vehicle-mounted device issues a signal to the driver in the event that the estimate does not confirm a still sufficient amount of the available charge credit or the fee credit with the request to buy a new charge credit, or cause the central office to settle the almost exhausted fee credit and provide a new fee credit. With the settlement of the fee credit, the cause of the flow of money by the traffic route user or an authorized by him body to the operator of the billing system meant. For example, this is an account debit from a bank account of the driver or a forwarding company, to which the respective route-consuming vehicle belongs.
In bevorzugter Weiterbildung des Verfahrens ist vorgesehen, die Positionsdaten im Fahrzeug jeweils anhand von Signalen eines Navigationssatellitensystems zu ermitteln. Solche Navigationssatellitensysteme sind Beispiel GPS (Global Positioning System), das von den USA betrieben wird, oder GLONASS, das von Russland betrieben wird. Alternativ könnte die Positionsbestimmung auch mit Hilfe eines auf terrestrischen Sendern basierenden Positionsbestimmungssystems oder durch ein Mobilfunk-Ortungsverfahren vorgenommen werden. Zur Erhöhung der Verfügbarkeit und Genauigkeit können auch eine Kombination mehrerer Systeme oder über Funk übermittelte Korrekturdaten (z.B. DGPS) verwendet werden. Für den Fall der zeitweiligen Nichtverfügbarkeit solcher Systeme können an sich bekannte Dead-Reckoning-Verfahren die unterbrechungsfreie Positionsbestimmung sichern.In a preferred embodiment of the method is provided to determine the position data in the vehicle in each case based on signals of a navigation satellite system. Such navigation satellite systems are exemplified by GPS (Global Positioning System) operated by the USA or GLONASS operated by Russia. Alternatively, the position determination could also be carried out with the aid of a terrestrial transmitter-based positioning system or by a mobile radio positioning method. To increase availability and accuracy, a combination of multiple systems or radio-transmitted correction data (e.g., DGPS) may also be used. In the case of temporary unavailability of such systems known dead-reckoning methods can ensure the uninterrupted position determination.
Für die Kommunikation zwischen der fahrzeugseitigen Einrichtung und der für die Gebührenabrechnung zuständigen Zentralstelle, also für die Übermittlung der auszutauschenden Daten wird zweckmäßiger Weise ein digitales Mobilfunknetz verwendet, vorzugsweise nach dem Standard GMS oder UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone System).For the communication between the vehicle-side device and the charge for the billing center, so for the transmission of data to be exchanged expediently a digital mobile network used, preferably according to the standard GMS or UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone System).
Wie bereits vorstehend erläutert wurde, wird bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren mit Vorteil im Regelfall nicht jede einzelne befahrene gebührenpflichtige Teilstrecke abgerechnet, sondern wird eine gewisse Sammlung in der fahrzeugseitigen Einrichtung vorgenommen und nach Möglichkeit jeweils eine gemeinsame Datenübertragung für die kennzeichnenden Daten der Benutzung mehrerer hintereinander liegender Teilstrecken vorgenommen.As already explained above, in the method according to the invention, as a rule, not every single paid segment subject to toll charges is billed, but a certain collection is made in the vehicle-mounted device and, if possible, a common data transmission for the characteristic data of the use of several successive sub-sections performed.
Die Aufladung eines kurz vor seiner Erschöpfung stehenden vorbezahlten Gebührenguthabens kann zweckmäßig über Automatenstationen vorgenommen werden, die insbesondere an Autobahnraststätten, Tankstellen und Parkplätzen entlang des gebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennetzes betrieben werden. Dies kann beispielsweise unter Benutzung einer Teilnehmerkarte, wie sie in ähnlicher Weise für den Betrieb von Mobilfunktelefonen vorgesehen ist und auf der kennzeichnende Daten des jeweiligen Fahrzeugs (z.B. Nummernschilddaten, Fahrzeugklasse, Schadstoffklasse usw.) eingetragen sind. Diese Daten können dann über eine zwischen der jeweiligen Automatenstation und der Zentralstelle für die Gebührenabrechnung bestehende Kommunikationsverbindung an die Zentralstelle übertragen werden zur Identifizierung bzw. Neueinrichtung des jeweils benötigten Wertguthabenkontos. Die Entrichtung des zum Kauf eines Wertguthabens erforderlichen Geldbetrags kann mit Bargeld oder beispielsweise auch mittels einer Scheckkarte oder Kreditkarte oder Geldkarte erfolgen. Damit ein Guthabenkauf oder die Aufladung eines bereits bestehenden vorbezahlten Gebührenguthabenkontos ohne Unterbrechung der Fahrt des Fahrzeugs erfolgen kann, ist in vorteilhafte Weiterbildung der Erfindung vorgesehen, dass ein solcher Guthabenkauf mittels Mobilfunk, insbesondere über das Internet durchführbar ist. Wie bei anderen Internet-Geschäften kann die Geldzahlung dann beispielsweise über die Angabe der Kreditkartennummer einer gültigen Kreditkarte bewirkt werden. Selbstverständlich ist es auch möglich, dass die Auffüllung eines Gebührenguthabens durch eine externe Stelle, zum Beispiel des Speditionsunternehmen zu dem der jeweilige Fahrer des Fahrzeugs gehört, ausgelöst wird, nachdem der Fahrer sich z.B. über Mobilfunk mit seiner Spedition in Verbindung gesetzt hat. In diesem Fall können die für die Auslösung des Zahlungsvorgangs erforderlichen Informationen selbstverständlich auch über das Festnetz übermittelt werden.Charging a prepaid charge credit standing shortly before it is exhausted can expediently be carried out via vending machines stations, which are operated in particular at motorway service areas, filling stations and parking spaces along the toll road network. This may, for example, using a subscriber card, as provided in a similar manner for the operation of mobile phones and on the characteristic data of the respective vehicle (eg license plate data, vehicle class, emission class, etc.) are registered. This data can then be transmitted to the central office via an existing between the respective machine station and the central office for billing communication to identify or re-establish the required value credit account. The payment of the amount of money required to purchase a value credit can be made by cash or for example by means of a bank card or credit card or cash card. In order for a purchase of a credit or the charging of an existing pre-paid charge balance account can be made without interrupting the drive of the vehicle is provided in an advantageous development of the invention that such a purchase of funds by means of mobile, in particular via the Internet is feasible. As with other Internet stores, the cash payment can then be effected, for example, by specifying the credit card number of a valid credit card. Of course, it is also possible that the replenishment of a fee credit by an external body, for example, the forwarding company to which the respective driver of the vehicle belongs, is triggered after the driver has set up, for example, via mobile phone with his forwarding. In this case, those for the Of course, triggering the payment transaction required information will also be transmitted via the landline.
Sofern für den Fahrer keine Möglichkeit oder keine Bereitschaft besteht, ein Gebührenguthaben aufzufüllen, kann der Fahrer sein Fahrzeug selbstverständlich auch bei der nächsten Gelegenheit (z.B. Autobahnabfahrt) aus dem gebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennetz herausführen, um ein unberechtigtes Fahren in diesem gebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennetz zu vermeiden.Of course, if the driver is unable or unwilling to replenish a charge credit, the driver may also take his vehicle out of the toll path network at the next opportunity (e.g., motorway exit) to avoid unauthorized driving in that toll route network.
Zweckmäßigerweise sieht die Erfindung vor, dass die von der fahrzeugseitigen Einrichtung vorgenommene Abschätzung jeweils den Weg vom aktuellen Aufenthaltsort des Fahrzeugs bis zu der oder den in Fahrtrichtung gelegenen nächsten Automatenstationen, an denen eine Gebührenguthabenauffüllung erfolgen kann, berücksichtigt. Sofern in Fahrtrichtung des Fahrzeugs eine Verzweigung des gebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennetzes (z.B. Autobahndreieck oder Autobahnkreuz) vorliegt, ist bei der Abschätzung selbstverständlich zu berücksichtigen, dass das Fahrzeug unterschiedliche Wege auf seiner Fahrt nehmen kann. In diesem Fall ist für die Abschätzung jeweils die Alternative zu berücksichtigen, bei der die nächstgelegene Automatenstation am weitesten entfernt ist.Conveniently, the invention provides that the estimate made by the vehicle-mounted device in each case takes into account the route from the current location of the vehicle to the one or more nearest automatic stations in the direction of travel, on which a charge credit balance can be made. Of course, if there is a branching of the toll path network (e.g., motorway junction or interchange) in the direction of travel of the vehicle, it should be appreciated in the estimation that the vehicle may take different routes on its way. In this case, the estimation should always take into account the alternative where the nearest terminal is furthest away.
Im einfachsten Fall kann bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren vorgesehen sein, dass der für die Abschätzung zu Grunde gelegte pauschale Kostensatz lediglich ein Festbetrag ist, der sich an der höchsten Gebühr des teuersten Streckenabschnitts des Verkehrswegenetzes orientiert. In diesem Fall würde also die Länge der nächsten zu befahrenden Teilstrecke des gebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennetzes keine Rolle spielen. Eine sehr viel realistischere Abschätzung lässt sich jedoch erreichen, wenn der für die Abschätzung zu Grunde gelegte pauschale Kostensatz ein streckenlängenbezogener Kostensatz (Kilometersatz) ist, der sich z.B. an der teuersten Fahrzeugklasse (beispielsweise entsprechend der höchsten zulässigen Achszahl eines Fahrzeugs) und/oder der teuersten Streckenkategorie orientiert.In the simplest case, it may be provided in the method according to the invention that the flat rate cost rate used for the estimation is merely a fixed amount which is based on the highest charge of the most expensive section of the traffic route network. In this case, therefore, the length of the next to be traveled section of the toll road network would not play a role. However, a much more realistic estimation can be achieved if the flat rate cost rate used for the estimation is a length-of-distance-related cost rate (kilometer rate), e.g. oriented to the most expensive vehicle class (for example, according to the highest permissible number of axles of a vehicle) and / or the most expensive route category.
Zweckmäßigerweise werden im Fahrzeug während der Fahrt zumindest in zeitlichen Abständen die in der Zentralstelle ermittelten Beträge der abgerechneten bzw. abzurechnenden Nutzungsgebühren und/oder deren Summe und/oder gegebenenfalls ein verbleibender Rest eines vorbezahlten Gebührenguthabens angezeigt, um den Fahrer des Fahrzeugs über die Entwicklung des abzurechnenden Gebührenvolumens fortlaufend zu informieren.Expediently, the amounts determined during the journey, at least at intervals, of the billed or billed user charges and / or their total and / or optionally a remaining remainder of a prepaid billing fee are displayed in order to avoid the Driver of the vehicle to inform about the development of billable fee volume continuously.
Zweckmäßigerweise werden in der fahrzeugseitigen Einrichtung Quittungsinformationen über bereits abgerechnete Streckenabschnitte, zu denen auch der aktuell befahrene Streckenabschnitt gehört, zu Kontrollzwecken gespeichert. Vorteilhaft wird in einer solchen Quittungsinformation auch das Gebührenguthaben oder der Gebührenkredit gespeichert, von dem die Gebühr für die Streckenabschnitte oder das benutzte gebührenpflichtige geografische Gebiet abgebucht wurden oder werden sollen. In diesem Zusammenhang ist es besonders vorteilhaft, die Quittungsinformationen zu Kontrollzwecken auf drahtlosem Wege, insbesondere mittels DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication), durch Kontrollstationen abfragen zu können, die entlang der gebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckenabschnitte positioniert sind (ortsfeste oder vorzugsweise auch mobile Stationen), und bei Bedarf mit Daten aus der Zentralstelle zu vergleichen. Hierzu können die Kontrollstationen über eine Datenverbindung mit der Zentralstelle verfügen.Conveniently, in the vehicle-mounted device, acknowledgment information about already cleared route sections, which also includes the currently traveled route section, is stored for control purposes. Advantageously, such a receipt information also stores the charge credit or fee credit from which the charge for the route sections or the used tolling geographical area has been or should be deducted. In this connection, it is particularly advantageous to be able to interrogate the acknowledgment information for purposes of control by wireless means, in particular by means of Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC), by control stations which are positioned along the toll route sections (stationary or preferably also mobile stations), and in Need to compare with data from the central office. For this purpose, the control stations can have a data connection with the central office.
Das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren stellt eine zuverlässige Abrechnung der Nutzungsgebühren für die Nutzung gebührenpflichtiger Streckenabschnitte durch Fahrzeuge sicher, ohne dass in den jeweils von den Fahrzeugen mitzuführenden fahrzeugseitigen Einrichtungen eine Speicherung der aktuellen Tarifdaten für das Verkehrswegenetz erforderlich ist. Die Bereitschaft zu einer ordnungsgemäßen Gebührenentrichtung kann dabei ohne Unterbrechung, d.h. ohne ein Verlassen des gebührenpflichtigen Wegstreckennetz durch das Fahrzeug aufrechterhalten werden.The method according to the invention ensures reliable billing of the user charges for the use of toll sections by vehicles, without it being necessary to store the current tariff data for the traffic route network in the vehicle-side devices to be carried by the vehicles. The readiness for a proper payment of fees can thereby without interruption, i. be maintained without leaving the toll road network by the vehicle.
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- Method for collecting tolls for the use by vehicles of toll sections of traffic routes in a traffic-route network or at least a sub-network of a traffic-route network, using a device which is arranged in each case in a vehicle undertaking the use, and which uses position data that are representative of the current position of the vehicle and section data that are representative of the geographical course of the toll sections of the traffic routes to determine the respective use of a toll section or geographical area by the vehicle, wherein characteristic use data are sent wirelessly by the device, near to the time of the uses, to a central point for calculating the tolls, wherein it is ensured that during the use the general use authorisation in the sense of a readiness of the vehicle for charging, which is linked to the presence of a still sufficiently large unused part of either a prepaid toll credit or a toll credit of predetermined maximum amount, can be received in good time, without interruption, by effecting a payment process to the debit of the operator of the vehicle, wherein vehicle-specific and/or section-specific and/or time-specific parameters are included in the determination of the tolls, and wherein the precise determination of the tolls due is performed only at the central point on the basis of tariff data and the use data transmitted by the respective device,
characterised- in that an estimation is repeatedly made in the vehicle-borne device as to whether the part of the toll credit in each case still available is sufficient to be able to calculate the toll to be expected for one or more of the next sections of the toll traffic-route network which have not yet been reached, a fixedly preset flat cost unit rate being used as a basis for the estimation independently of the actual use tariff,- in that the amount of the part of the toll credit still available is transmitted by the central point to the vehicle-borne device while travelling and- in that if during the estimation no confirmation of an amount of the available toll credit which is still sufficient is received, the vehicle-borne device emits a signal to the driver as a request to buy a new toll credit or prompts the central point to calculate the toll credit which is almost used up and to make available a new toll credit. - Method according to Claim 1,
characterised
in that the position data are determined in the vehicle using signals of a navigation satellite system, in particular GPS (Global Positioning System) or GLONASS, or of a positioning system having terrestrial transmitters or a combination of different positioning systems. - Method according to Claim 2,
characterised
in that the position data are determined with the aid of correction data. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 3,
characterised
in that a dead-reckoning method is used for uninterrupted position determination. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 4,
characterised
in that the transmission of data between the vehicle-borne device and the central point is carried out by means of digital mobile communications, in particular according to the GMS or UTMS (Universal Mobile Telephone System). - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 5,
characterised
in that the topping-up of the prepaid toll credit is carried out, without interrupting the travelling of the vehicle, by a credit purchase effected by means of mobile communications via the mobile Internet. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 5,
characterised
in that the credit purchase is carried out via automated-machine stations, in particular automated-machine stations at motorway service stations, filling stations and car parks along the toll traffic-route network. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 7,
characterised
in that a credit card or a cheque card or a money card is used for the credit purchase. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 8,
characterised
in that the estimation made by the vehicle-borne device takes account in each case of the distance from the current stopping place of the vehicle to the nearest automated-machine station(s) in the direction of travel. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 9,
characterised
in that the flat cost unit rate used as a basis for the estimation is a fixed amount based on the highest toll of the most expensive section of the traffic-route network. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 9,
characterised
in that the flat cost unit rate used as a basis for the estimation is a cost unit rate based on the section length. - Method according to Claim 11,
characterised
in that the cost unit rate is based on the highest, most expensive vehicle class and/or the most expensive section category. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 12,
characterised
in that the amounts of the tolls determined at the central point and/or the total thereof and/or, if appropriate, a remainder of a prepaid toll credit is/are displayed at least at intervals of time in the vehicle while travelling. - Method according to one of Claims 1 to 13,
characterised
in that receipt information relating to calculated or travelled-on sections and showing the toll credit from which the tolls for the sections have been or are to be debited are stored in the vehicle-borne device. - Method according to Claim 14,
characterised
in that the receipt information can be retrieved for checking purposes wirelessly, in particular by means of DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication), from checking stations along the toll sections and, if required, compared with data from the central point.
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