EP1368790A1

EP1368790A1 - Traffic toll charging system

Info

Publication number: EP1368790A1
Application number: EP02753559A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Albert Renftle
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2001-03-16
Filing date: 2002-03-01
Publication date: 2003-12-10
Also published as: WO2002075664A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a traffic toll charging system (1) comprising a detection device (4), which is provided in a motor vehicle of a user, whereby book values can be transferred in the detection device (4).

Description

RF1004WO February 28, 2002

Albert Renftle, 71083 Herrenberg

Transport fees-collection system

The invention relates to a traffic fee collection system with the features of the preamble of claim 1, a chip card with the features of the preamble of claim 8, an OBU with the features of the preamble of claim 9 and a method for collecting traffic fees with the features of the preamble of Claim 10.

Traffic fee collection systems are known in principle. According to the currently most widespread traffic fee collection system, traffic fees for road use at toll stations are collected as cash. Instead of cash, you can also pay at the toll stations with a credit card, a pre-loaded money card or a one-way card with a certain starting cash value, which in principle corresponds to a telephone card.

Also known from DE 43 10 099 AI is a traffic fee collection system that works with the help of the Global Positioning System (GPS). The necessary electronics, the GPS receiver with antenna and additional equipment for recording traffic fees and direct debiting are provided in the vehicle. The highway description is saved in the GPS receiver based on selected route points as a coordinate network. While driving, the GPS receiver continuously calculates the current coordinates and compares them with the stored data. If the coordinates match, the traffic fee calculation system for the section of the motorway that is driven automatically starts. The traffic fee is debited using an integrated read / write device from a value card that is zip corresponds to the cash card or one-way card described above. The cash card function can also be integrated in an EC / credit card. The traffic fee is paid directly to the operator.

A disadvantage of such a traffic fee collection system is that manipulations by third parties are possible. In addition, the maximum amount allowed on a cash card of € 200, - is currently too low in Germany, so that truckers with heavy goods vehicles would often have to reload money.

The invention is therefore based on the object of increasing the safety and user-friendliness in such a traffic fee collection system. This object is achieved according to the invention by a traffic fee collection system with the features of claim 1 and the independent claims. Advantageous further developments and refinements are the subject of the dependent claims.

According to the invention, in a traffic fee collection system with a detection device provided in a vehicle of a user (ie a vehicle used by a user), book values can be transferred in the detection device, i.e. there are no rebookings of anonymous monetary values, but book values are transferred to an owner or are assigned according to entitled persons, transferred in the amount of the traffic charges collected and payable within the detection device. The book values are preferably transferred in closed units, for example in a mechanically and electromagnetically shielding housing (Faraday cage), and / or via data-secured online connections. The transfer of book values within a closed unit (for example through contact connections or contactless connections in shielded housings) or via a data-secured online connection increases security and reduces the risk of manipulation by third parties. The security of money transfers is further increased by the fact that monetary values only exist between at least one bank of the user and at least one bank of a service provider (clearing house) and / or at least one bank of the operator or the various operators of the objects included in the traffic fee collection system can be transferred, these routes being used for the transfer of the monetary values also for normal payment transactions, for example for normal transfers or rebooking.

For increased security, the book values are preferably stored in hardware-secured memories (safes), which are secured, for example, with a hierarchical access system that is twice 64-bit. The transfer of the book values between the safes is preferably carried out exclusively by a separate, internal computer, i.e. Processor with memory, or similar device. This internal computer generally transmits a book value, the amount of which corresponds to the traffic fees collected and payable to an operator of an object in the traffic fee collection system, from a safe assigned to the user to a safe assigned to the operator, and stores there this book value, which is now due to the operator. The transmission preferably takes place internally according to certain security criteria upon external request. In the case of several operators for different traffic sections, i.e. various objects in the sense of the invention, the book value is transmitted together with a key for the operator of the section concerned and is stored in the operator safe.

The detection device can preferably be temporarily connected to a service provider, ie a computer of the same, for example via a read / write device, a direct connection or an indirect connection via a service station (workshop), a line and / or an online connection. According to a particularly preferred embodiment, the detection device has a vehicle-specific detection unit (on-board unit, OBU) arranged in the motor vehicle and a user-specific chip card which can be inserted, inserted or otherwise inserted or inserted in the detection unit. The connection to the service provider then preferably takes place via a stationary chip card device as a read / write device into which the chip card can be inserted. In a hardware-secured sector, the chip card preferably has the various safes and the internal computer for the transfer of the book values, and is therefore designed as a security card. With regard to its external appearance, the chip card can be designed, for example, in the manner of a conventional, contact-type chip card, a contactless, inductive Mifare card, a combination thereof or a SIM card. In addition to the hardware-secured sector, a conventional, software-secured sector of the chip card can be provided for unsecured functions. The OBU preferably has a position detection unit and various communication channels, for example in addition to the portable chip card, a DSRC unit (dedicated short-range communication, via infrared or microwave) and a mobile radio unit. Alternatively, other transportable storage media and matching read / write devices are suitable, however, the storage medium should not be manipulable from the outside. In a modified embodiment, a corresponding, additional registration unit without a chip card for trailers and trailers (hanger-on-unit, HOU) is provided, which preferably communicates with the OBU of the motor vehicle via Bluetooth (or another network) or DSRC.

In conjunction with a surveillance system, toll chatter can be tracked and recorded quickly without too much effort, especially if there is cooperation, for example via online connections, with the police and / or customs. For example, the detection device can have a device which emits signals as soon as the credit is zero or negative. To facilitate monitoring, the recording device is provided with a display, in particular in the form of a dynamically variable control digit or correspondingly changeable bit points, which is at least temporarily visible from the outside and preferably changes its appearance when the credit is zero or negative. With positive credit, the display can show the toll class of the vehicle or team in a controllable manner. It is also conceivable that a label with the vehicle-specific toll class is attached in the immediate vicinity of the display, which can be recorded together with the display. According to a preferred embodiment, the toll routes, in particular toll roads, and the tariffs for this are stored in the recording unit (for example in non-volatile memories such as EEPROMs) and any additions and changes to the toll routes are stored on the chip card. Furthermore, the tariffs or other data and / or programs for determining the traffic charges (ie software for the internal computer) and / or additions and changes thereto can be stored on the chip card. A special chip card (data transfer card) can also be provided, which only stores this data and / or programs and / or additions and changes, but no book values.

With the aid of the read / write device, in particular a chip card device, book values can be transferred from the recording device, in particular the chip card, to the operator's bank, preferably via the service provider, via secure connections. Preferably, with the aid of the read / write device, in particular a chip card device, book values can be transferred from the user's bank to the recording device, in particular the chip card, preferably via the service provider. A transfer of monetary values takes place exclusively between the banks of the user, the service provider and the operator or the operator. The chip card device can be provided as a card terminal in a toll station, which can also be connected to the user's bank. As a card terminal, the chip card device can also be connected directly or indirectly via the service provider to a cash register terminal for cash payment or can form part of the same

The invention is explained in more detail below with the aid of an exemplary embodiment shown in the drawing with various variants. Show it

1 shows a schematically illustrated traffic fee collection system according to the exemplary embodiment, 2 shows the schematic structure of an exemplary chip card,

3 shows a schematically illustrated toll road,

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of the traffic fee collection system including chip card in a slightly modified version, and

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the OBU.

1 shows, in a highly schematic manner, a traffic fee collection system 1 with a chip card 2 and a registration unit referred to below as OBU 3, which together form a registration device 4. Another chip card 2 is shown inserted into the OBU 3. In the lower part of Fig. 1, a chip card device 5 is shown, in which a chip card 2 is also inserted. The chip card device 5 is connected by means of a data-secured online connection, hereinafter referred to as connection 6, to a computer of a service provider, hereinafter referred to as the clearing house 7. The computer of the clearing house 7 is in turn connected to a bank 9 of the user of the chip card 2 via a data-secured online connection, hereinafter referred to as connection 8. The user's bank 9 is in turn connected to a bank 11 of the operator of the traffic fee collection system 1 via a data-secured online connection, hereinafter referred to as connection 10.

In the exemplary embodiment, the traffic fee collection system 1 functions as follows: a user, according to the exemplary embodiment at the same time the driver, of a vehicle, according to the exemplary embodiment of a truck which is subject to toll on certain roads S, but which is also any other vehicle (for example, car, motorcycle, trailer) or object to be transported (e.g. container) is, for example, at a toll station of the traffic fee collection system 1, which can otherwise be a normal border station, gas station, restaurant, bank or the like, in a suitable chip card device 5 available there that is assigned to this user and a chip card 2, preferably issued for this truck. The chip card device 5 establishes a contact connection c (or, in a modified version, a contactless, inductive connection) with the inserted chip card 2. First of all, it is checked via the computer of the clearing house 7 without further action whether bookings of traffic charges already incurred have to be made in a manner described later (clearing) and whether these bookings are carried out if necessary. Then the computer of the clearing house 7 asks whether money should be loaded onto the chip card 2, if necessary from which bank 9 of the user the money should be made available, and what amount. The corresponding amount is credited as a book value in a hardware-secured memory assigned to the user, hereinafter referred to as user vault 19, on the chip card 2 in a secured area thereof. The query takes place via the computer of the clearing house 7. The chip card 2 is then removed from the chip card device 5.

If the chip card 2 is a combined toll EC / credit / prepaid card (with a conventional chip computer 20, money card function 21, EC / credit card function 22, credit card function 23 and preferably value-added service function 24) acts, as shown in Fig. 2, this can remain in the chip card device 5 or is re-inserted into the chip card device 5, otherwise an EC / credit card or one or more prepaid cards is inserted and the amount corresponding to that on the chip card 2 in the user vault 19 corresponds to the user-related book value, is automatically transferred via the computer of the clearing house 7 from the bank 9 of the user to a blocked account assigned to the user at bank 9, so that this amount is at least provisionally for further payments from the account of the User is no longer available. As an alternative to this, the amount which corresponds to the user-related book value in the user safe 19 on the chip card 2 is automatically transferred from the user's bank 9 via the computer of the clearing house 7 to a bank account controlled by the clearing house 7, the latter Amount can also be assigned to the user at the bank of the clearing house 7 by suitable sub-account management. In order to carry out the transfer of actual monetary values in the form of cash and internal chip card book values in the manner described above, a known cash register terminal 5 'can also be provided in the toll station, for example in the immediate vicinity of the chip card device 5 functioning as a card terminal, on which the user can import or load a prepaid card (cash card) by importing cash, provided that the two terminals are not designed as a common terminal with a single chip card device or the transfer is carried out with the aid of the cash card function 21, if necessary with multiple repetitions Change of chip card 2 between the terminals is done.

After the chip card 2 has been loaded, it is inserted into the OBU 3 (on-board unit), which is preferably located in the truck, preferably in the driver's cab, and / or, for example, protected by a lock also outside of it, for example as Hanger-On-Unit - hereinafter referred to as HOU 3 '- with reduced functionality on the trailer. The OBU 3 is provided with a mechanically robust housing, which has a control panel on the inside facing the driver as a human-machine interface (MMI), in the exemplary embodiment a touchscreen, which also serves as an inside display, and a piezo beeper. The touchscreen can be designed, for example, as an OLED display (Organic Light Emitting Diodes). In the preferred securing of the chip card 2 by a PIN, the user must enter this PIN in the OBU 3 to activate the chip card 2, for example via the touchscreen as an operating element, via which the vehicle classes for the tractor and trailer can also be typed in, for example. On the outside facing away from the driver, a few solar cells are preferably attached in the upper area, which provide the power supply necessary for normal operation. A status display in the form of three powerful diodes or a bistable cholesteric LCD display is provided as an external display on the edge of the middle and lower area. Other visual displays are also possible. There are also acoustic devices provided for the transmission of information, in particular as a warning when the book value credit is running low or has been used up.

A GPS unit 31 is provided inside the OBU 3 as a position determination unit. In addition to an internal chip card device for chip card 2, OBU 3 has, as further communication channels with clearing house 7, a unit for dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), hereinafter referred to as DSRC unit 32, which generally has stationary beacons communicate at a prominent point on the traffic route, and a mobile radio unit 33 (GSM, UMTS or the like), the antenna of which is isolated or led out of the housing of the OBU 3, which otherwise shields electromagnetically as a Faraday cage. At least one interface 34 is also provided on the side of the housing. In the exemplary embodiment, there are several interfaces 34, for example RS232, IrDA, USB as a wired network and Bluetooth as a wireless network. In addition, there is also a connection to the vehicle electrical system as an emergency power supply and, if appropriate, an antenna socket.

An OBU processor 35 controls the data transfer within the OBU 3 and to the outside, but not on the chip card 2. A digitized road map is stored in a memory 36 of the OBU 3, preferably a FLASH memory, on which the toll road users Streets S and / or other objects included in the traffic fee collection system, possibly including the corresponding traffic fees. The streets S preferably form a large street network, but can also be provided in a single city area or a single object. The aforementioned components of the OBU 3 or the logic components thereof (without frontend components) can be integrated, for example, in an ASIC (application specified integrated circuit) or can be designed as separate modules. Mixed forms are also possible.

The OBU 3 described above is, for example, permanently installed in the truck and connected to its electrical system. According to a variant of the embodiment OBU 3 is a loan device that is placed in a truck at a toll border station at the respective borders of a state and is attached, for example, to the windscreen with suction cups or adhesive strips and is connected, for example, to the truck battery via the cigarette lighter. In addition to connections to devices in the vehicle, such as printers or scanners, the Bluetooth network via the interface 34 can also be provided for communication between the OBU 3 located in the tractor and a HOU 3 'arranged on the trailer in order to provide trailer-specific information, ie which one Trailer really hangs behind the tractor, the OBU 3 internally.

When starting the engine of the truck, the GPS unit 31 is activated. The GPS unit 31 can also be activated, for example, with the aid of a vibration sensor. The position of the truck is regularly determined with the help of the GPS unit 31. The data are processed accordingly in the OBU 3 and with the aid of an internal computer 27 integrated in the chip card 2. If the truck travels via an entrance / exit A onto a toll road S, this is recognized and the corresponding data is determined and stored. The corresponding data, in particular the traffic statistics data, are stored on chip card 2 in a hardware-secured statistical memory provided for this purpose, hereinafter referred to as statistical vault 26, from where they can later be called up anonymously or personally, depending on the authorization key. If the truck arrives at an intersection K on toll road S or if it leaves a toll road at entrance / exit A or drives into parking lot P, the book value is rebooked internally, which corresponds to the traffic fee payable for road use , between the memories 19 and 25, ie the book value stored in the user safe 19 and assigned to the user is reduced by the book value to be transferred to a hardware-secured, operator-specific memory, hereinafter referred to as operator safe 25, for the fee to be paid and the operator's due Book value in the operator vault 25 increases accordingly. Alternatively, an internal transfer would be possible with each item determination, which results in a fee to be paid. For sure For reasons of safety, the internal rebooking takes place exclusively between the memories 19, 25 and possibly 26 via the internal computer 27, so that no manipulation can take place from the outside. The internal computer 27 thus manages all security-relevant data. For security reasons, the internal rebookings are preferably only made upon external request, in particular the OBU 3 or a chip card device 5 connected to the clearing house 7. The internal computer 27 provides the respective values for the above-mentioned status display of the OBU 3.

If, during the journey, the book value in the user safe 19 approaches, which corresponds to the originally available book value minus the fee to be paid (book value credit) to zero or falls below it, the status display warns the user that his book value has changed Credit is soon or already in the minus and he should drive to the next toll station or load new credit via current radio communication using the mobile radio unit 33. If the book value of the user is in the minus, the truck can be detected by a monitoring system described later.

After stopping, in which case an internal rebooking takes place so that a current book value is stored in the user safe 19, the user can remove the chip card 2 from the OBU 3 and insert the chip card 2 into the chip card device 5 at the toll station. Via the connection 6, which is one of the secured online connections o, the computer of the clearing house 7 is contacted and this is informed of the current book values, which are stored in the memories 19 and 25 of the chip card 2. Furthermore, the user is preferably asked whether money should again be made available for the traffic fees, if appropriate from which bank 9 of the user the money should be made available, and what amount. The corresponding amount is added to the current book value and credited to the chip card 2 as a book value credit in the user safe 19. The corresponding data are stored on the computer of the Clearmg House 7. The following modifications are also carried out Jobs to the bank 9 of the user or in a modified version to the bank 7 'of the clearing house 7: a) immediately or during the next payment transaction from the specified account of the user should first internally from the user's account to the user's blocked account the newly added book value corresponding amount of money is transferred (or in a modified version to the account controlled by the clearing house 7 at its bank 7 ') and b) from the blocked account of the user (or in a modified version to the account controlled by the clearing house 7 at the bank 7 '), a transfer is to be made to the bank 11 of the operator in the amount of the book value stored in the operator safe 25, the book value in the operator safe 25 being marked as transferred after the transfer order has been submitted or deleted in variants without a booking protocol. Both the rebooking between stores 19 and 25 and the transfer between banks 9 and 11 are therefore carried out exclusively with owner-related money.

The chip card 2 is designed so that numerous bookings are stored, for example the last 30 or those of the last 30 days. This enables the toll station to be found even after a short stay abroad. The further communication channels via the DSRC unit 32 and the mobile radio unit 33 can additionally for special situations, for example border crossings, or in the periods between visits to the toll stations for a prompt connection to the clearing house 7 and for the use of any additional value-added services that may be implemented such as navigation logistic services and the like can be used.

At this point it should be noted that, for security reasons, only transfers to the account at bank 11 of the operator are possible from the blocked account set up at bank 9 of the user or from the account controlled by clearing house 7 at his bank 7 '. Furthermore, the clearing house 7 can carry out plausibility checks, for example whether the operator is known to them or whether the route for which the traffic fees are to be paid is plausible, and in all non-plausible cases, cannot carry out transfers and rebookings on the Undo chip card 2 in the affected memories, if necessary also via radio communication.

If the chip card 2 is a combined toll EC / credit / prepaid card, it remains in the chip card device 5 or is inserted again, otherwise the corresponding EC / credit card is the bank 9 of the user or one or more Inserted prepaid cards and the above Bank transfers are carried out. The EC / credit card is then available again for normal payment transactions. The prepaid cards may have to be loaded again at a cash register terminal 5 '.

The computer of the clearing house 7 can also carry out accounting corrections when taking over the book values from the chip card 2, for example taking discounts, interim traffic charge adjustments and the like into account, and, if necessary, carry out or suggest additional rebookings and chargebacks between the stores 19 and 25.

In addition to the above Stores 19, 25 and 26 can be provided for the driver, hereinafter referred to as driver safe 28, in which, for example, travel times, routes, his PIN, but also the account number of his bank 9 can be stored. This is particularly interesting for the cases in which the driver is an employee of the freight forwarder who is the actual user according to the teaching according to the invention. It is also conceivable for vehicle data to be stored in a memory in order to determine the amount of the traffic charges, in particular permissible total weight, with one card possibly being sufficient for different vehicles.

In addition to the book values, further data can also be exchanged between the chip card 2 and the computer of the clearing house 7 at a toll station (or via the DSRC unit 32 or the mobile radio unit 33), such as traffic statistics from the statistics safe 26, route / Travel time of the user, changes in traffic fees conditions and changes to the digital road map. The data newly transferred to the chip card 2 can be prepared by the internal computer 27 and forwarded to the corresponding memories 19, 25, 26. A data comparison is possible after inserting the chip card 2 in the OBU 3, so that the memory space required for this on the chip card 2 can be kept relatively small and the OBU 3 always completely stores the most current data, in particular vehicle data and road data, and possibly also traffic fee data are. Corresponding, learnable programs in OBU 3 ensure that data that is no longer required is deleted and the memory space is released.

For software maintenance purposes or the like, the OBU 3 can be connected to a maintenance computer via its interface 34 in a service station 5 "of the traffic fee collection system 1, for example a specially equipped toll station or an auto repair shop with appropriate equipment, and / or or can be connected to the central computer of the clearing house 7. The corresponding line connection is indicated in Fig. 1 between the OBU 3 and the clearing house 7. The interface 34 can also be used, in particular via Bluetooth, for sensors (eg weight sensors ) or other peripheral devices in the vehicle to connect to the OBU 3.

In the service station 5 ", of course, not only the OBU 3, but also the chip card 2 as well as a possibly existing HOU 3 'of a trailer can be serviced, ie also set up, replaced, blocked or deleted, with software access to these units via one Computer of the clearing house 7 takes place. The service station 5 "can be collectable and take over the function of a call center.

Alternatively, different chip cards 2 can also be used for the different functions, for example in the form of a data transfer chip card, on which the toll roads S with journeys on / off A, petrol stations, service stations located thereon and Parking spaces P with distance information are stored in digital form, and a separate booking chip card for updating the data. The booking chip card is the chip card 2 described above with the memories 19 and 25. The data of the data transfer chip card can be stored in the OBU 3 and updated with the booking chip card. The data transfer chip card can also contain the vehicle-specific data, so that a vehicle-specific data transfer chip card and a user-specific booking chip card are then available.

In order to save energy, the OBU 3 can be programmed so that there is no constant position determination with the aid of the GPS unit 31, but the time interval between the position determinations is dependent on the spatial distance from toll roads S or the average time until when toll road S could be reached. If the truck is on a toll road S, the position is determined depending on the distance to the next intersection K or entrance / exit A or the average time until it can be reached. Furthermore, a vibration sensor can be used to determine whether the vehicle is moving, so that no unnecessary position determinations are carried out during downtimes, for example in a parking lot P or in a traffic jam with a standstill.

To monitor the payment of traffic fees, in particular when passing a toll border station, and to facilitate the pursuit of a perpetrator, which may be necessary, the OBU 3 is attached to the windshield of a vehicle near the driver, so that the OBU 3 is arranged in an area which is usually covered by speed cameras and similar traffic monitoring devices. A perpetrator tracking unit 40 according to the invention has, for example, one of the latter devices in order to take infrared pictures ir. The data for the status display of the OBU 3 are supplied by the internal computer 27. To save electricity, the status display can be designed in such a way that it is activated only by a pre-flash sensor and otherwise there is no external display. The status display of the OBU 3 can also be triggered "manually" by an infrared flash for manual checking of the coverage of traffic fees be, so that the display is outside for a short time. Official, permanent labels with the toll class (weight class badges), hereinafter referred to as toll class labels 38, are arranged on or preferably in the vicinity of the OBU 3 so that they can be seen from the outside, so that when the display is recorded, it is taken with it - and preferably the number plate 39 to become. A separate toll class label 38 is provided for trailers. Such toll class labels 38 can be acquired and attached at the service stations 5 "or toll border stations.

In order to make it easier to recognize whether the book value last loaded into the user safe 19 covers the traffic charges incurred so far, the display can be inverted if the coverage falls short. For example, only a part of the display appears inverted as a warning or within a certain tolerance range. The status display is designed, for example, as a single-digit seven-segment display or as a three-bit display and shows the last digit of the current number of minutes in order to control manipulations. Due to the GPS unit 31, this has a high accuracy, even in GPS query pauses, due to an integrated real-time clock, so that only tolerances of ± 1 are required in the switchover times. According to a variant, randomly selected digits and / or letters and / or other characters (hereinafter simply referred to as random information) are displayed, a variable key being provided for the selection and duration of the display, for example an algorithm, possibly a connection with the current number of minutes can also be provided. Octal numbers (3 bits) from a specific area of the operating system can also be used as addition or multiplication factors for the current number of minutes, and the time jump in the change of these factors can also take place depending on the sequence of digits, whereby only the last digit of the result is always displayed to the outside, however, for tolerance reasons, this can be the previous or the following value in the switchover times.

In addition or as an alternative, the DSRC unit 32 or the mobile communications Unit 33 communicates the relevant data, in particular the book value in the user safe 19 and the toll class, by means of a data exchange protected by an authorization code. Vehicles whose OBU 3 does not respond via DSRC due to manipulating shields, for example, would have to be stopped and checked as a precaution.

The display of the OBU 3 together with the toll class label 38 or the data transmitted via DSRC or mobile radio is recorded by the perpetrator tracking unit 40, which is connected to a control center 41 (eg police, customs, toll border station, private security service provider) which in the event that the amount of the traffic fees to be paid falls short of the book value credit and can take appropriate measures. The OBU 3 can be connected directly to the perpetrator tracking unit 40 or the monitoring center 41 to facilitate monitoring and, if necessary, perpetrator tracking, for example via radio (mobile radio unit 33).

The traffic fee recording system 1 functions accordingly, albeit with a greater outlay on the data to be processed, if different operators are responsible for different toll roads S in each case. In principle, cross-border traffic fee recording systems 1 are also possible.

The traffic fee collection system 1 can also include, with the user-specific chip card 2, a bonus system for the use of public transport, bicycles or the like. It is conceivable to expand the toll traffic routes from the toll roads to public transport routes. For smaller amounts, transfers outside closed units and data-secured online connections are also conceivable, for example via a contactless interface of chip card 2. OBU 3 can also be part of a navigation, logistics, communication or multimedia system , for example via the interface to the hands-free system of a mobile telephone, the This mobile phone can also form the mobile radio unit 33 outsourced from the OBU 3. Control of emergency vehicles is also possible.

The hierarchical access system through the hardware encryption of the safes allows different groups of differently authorized persons to query data from the statistical safe 26 or the like with different keys, which act as filters, filtered differently. For example, a freight forwarder, as the owner of the vehicle, can query the complete traffic behavior of his driver and only a doctor or a clinic the medical data of the driver from the same, common data record, while the clearing house 7 together with the query of the due traffic charges only anonymous traffic flow data receives. This traffic flow data can be used, for example, to obtain information about traffic jams or slow traffic which can be used for the navigation system mentioned.

Claims

claims

1. Traffic fee collection system (1) with a detection device (4) provided in a vehicle of a user, characterized in that book values can be transferred in the detection device (4).

2. Traffic fee collection system (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the book values in closed units (2, 3, 5) and / or via data-secured online connections (6, 8) are transferable.

3. Traffic fee collection system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the detection device (4) has an OBU (3) arranged in the motor vehicle as a detection unit and a chip card (2) which can be inserted into the OBU (3).

4. Traffic charge collection system (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the chip card (2) has a device, in particular an internal computer (27), for secure internal transmission of a book value, which corresponds to the traffic charges to be collected, from one of the User-assigned memory (19) to a memory (25) assigned to the operator of the traffic fee collection system (1), in particular after an external request.

5. Traffic fee collection system (1) according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the chip card (2) has hardware-secured memory (19, 25, 26, 28).

6. Traffic fee collection system (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the recording device (4) can be temporarily connected to a service provider (7), the connection being via a chip card device (5) trained write / read device into which the chip card (2) can be inserted, and / or via a DSRC unit (32) and / or via a mobile radio unit (33) and / or via an interface (34) by means of a line connection is made.

7. traffic fee collection system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the traffic fee collection system (1) in connection with a monitoring system (40, 41, wherein from the detection device (4) from the connection in particular via at least one status display that is sometimes visible from the outside and / or via a DSRC unit (32) and / or via a mobile radio unit (33).

8. Chip card (2) for use in a traffic fee collection system (1) according to one of the preceding claims.

9. OBU (3) for use in a traffic fee collection system (1) according to one of the preceding claims.

10. A method for collecting traffic fees with a traffic fee collection system (1) according to one of the preceding claims.