EP4315283A1

EP4315283A1 - Method for providing context-dependent information about and/or paying for road sections subject to a toll, and system

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Publication number: EP4315283A1
Application number: EP22716005.8A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jörg Echard; Martin Keppler
Original assignee: Mercedes Benz Group AG
Current assignee: Mercedes Benz Group AG
Priority date: 2021-03-30
Filing date: 2022-03-16
Publication date: 2024-02-07
Also published as: US20240185642A1; WO2022207324A1; JP2024513041A; DE102021001674A1; CN117083647A; KR20230141858A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for providing context-dependent information about and/or paying for road sections (1) subject to a toll on a route that is used by a vehicle (2), wherein information relating to the use of at least one road section (1) subject to a toll is transmitted to a billing service provider (3) authorized to bill for the payment. The invention is characterized in that a current vehicle position and a current direction of travel of the vehicle (2) are compared with a digital road map in order to detect when the vehicle (2) approaches a road section (1) subject to a toll, and, by means of manual call-up or when it is detected that the vehicle (2) is approaching the road section (1) subject to a toll, information characterizing said road section is displayed on a display (4) in the vehicle (2), and/or an authorization to use the road section (1) subject to a toll is obtained from the billing service provider (3).

Description

Methods for context-dependent information and/or payment of charges

Route sections and system

The invention relates to a method for context-dependent information and/or payment of toll route sections of a route traveled by a vehicle according to the type defined in more detail in the preamble of claim 1 and a system according to the type defined in more detail in the preamble of claim 11.

The maintenance and expansion of a road network is associated with high costs. In order to cover these costs, authorities or service providers responsible for operating the road network can charge fees for driving on individual sections of the road network. These include, for example, toll fees or costs incurred for driving in a designated environmental zone. Such an environmental zone fee is to be paid in the London region, for example, through the London Congestion Charge. Tolls are typically levied on a vehicle-specific basis, for example, lower tolls apply to cars than to trucks. In addition, there are country-specific differences in the way tolls are collected and paid. A vignette is compulsory in some countries. A vignette is to be affixed visibly to the inside of a vehicle's windshield, and allows a temporary driving on route sections that are subject to tolls. A vignette is typically valid for a period of a few days, weeks or a year. In other countries there are payment stations at the end of a toll road section, with provision being made for the fee required for driving on the respective road section to be paid directly after driving on the road section that is subject to a toll.

The different fee schedules applicable in different countries for driving on route sections that are subject to tolls increase the effort involved in planning a trip through these very countries. So the person needs to find out about it for which sections of the route are charged and how they are to be paid. The need to attach a vignette to a vehicle is also associated with increased effort.

DE 102005 015693 A1 discloses a method and a device for automated route booking. With the help of the method, it is possible to pay a toll required for driving on a route. For this purpose, a destination is entered into a navigation device, whereupon the navigation device determines a route from a position of a vehicle to the destination. A route analysis device then checks whether the route includes at least one toll route section. The route analysis device transmits the route to a toll system and/or a customer-specific control device so that a person driving the vehicle can check whether a service provider collecting the toll has calculated the toll correctly. If there is an unscheduled change in the route or at least one route section, the route analysis device checks which route sections of the original route are no longer traveled and which route sections are added to the route instead. Accordingly, route sections that are not used are canceled and the newly added route sections are booked for toll collection. The method and the device for the automated log-in of routes allow a convenient collection and payment of tolls. The disadvantage here, however, is that a route must first be programmed into a navigation device in order to collect the toll. In addition, a person driving the vehicle cannot find out about the toll costs incurred before driving on a toll route section. Only after driving the entire route does one of the tolls corresponding to the individual toll route sections become due.

The present invention is based on the object of specifying an improved method for context-dependent information and/or payment for route sections that are subject to tolls on a route traveled by a vehicle, with the aid of which a person driving the vehicle is informed particularly easily and conveniently about route sections that are subject to tolls and/or by driving on a corresponding one can pay the fees incurred for each section of the route. According to the invention, this object is achieved by a method for context-dependent information and/or payment of toll sections of a route traveled by a vehicle having the features of claim 1 and a system having the features of claim 11 . Advantageous configurations and developments result from the dependent claims.

In a method for context-dependent information and/or payment of toll route sections of the type mentioned at the outset, a current vehicle position and a current direction of travel of the vehicle are compared with a digital road map in order to detect when the vehicle is approaching a toll route section. In particular, it is provided that when the vehicle approaches, a distance of the vehicle from the route section that is subject to toll is determined, so that the approach is recognized when the distance falls below a minimum. This can be done by measuring/determining the distance between the current vehicle position on the digital map and the route section or a toll area. By manually calling it up or recognizing that the vehicle is approaching the toll route section, information characterizing the toll route section is shown on a display in the vehicle and/or authorization to drive on the toll route section is acquired from the billing service provider.

With the aid of the method according to the invention, it is possible for a person driving the vehicle to view information about route sections that are subject to tolls in a particularly simple and convenient manner and, if necessary, to settle the costs incurred when driving on such a route section that is subject to tolls. It is thus possible to inform a person driving the vehicle about any charges that may be incurred, even if the person driving the vehicle has not programmed a route into a navigation device of the vehicle, i.e. the navigation device is without active route guidance, which is provided according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. For example, a global navigation satellite system such as GPS can be used to determine the current vehicle position. By comparing the vehicle's position with the digital road map, it is determined which road the vehicle is traveling on and in which direction. points For example, a corresponding road ahead in the direction of travel of the vehicle has at least one toll road section, the corresponding information is shown on the vehicle display. The display can be any display such as an instrument cluster, a head unit, a head-up display, a display of an infotainment system or the like.

In order to output the information, it is not absolutely necessary for the vehicle to head directly for a toll road section. The information can also be output if the vehicle is less than a minimum distance from a toll road section, for example 10 km. For this purpose, the vehicle can, for example, also drive on a road which does not lead directly to the toll route section, but which, for example, runs parallel to it or leads past it. Since in this case there is also the probability that the vehicle will turn off in order to shortly enter a toll road section, the person driving the vehicle can thus be presented with relevant information at an early stage.

The person driving the vehicle can also actively request the information by entering an operator action in a corresponding device on which the information is displayed. This increases convenience for the person driving the vehicle, since they can thus view the information at a time that suits them.

For example, the following information can be displayed: a route of the route section that is subject to tolls, conditions relevant for charging the tolls, such as tolls dependent on the type of vehicle or the number of people, possible payment methods or the like. If it is necessary to purchase physical permission, for example in the form of a vignette, to drive on the toll route section, the information can also include information about where there are possible sales outlets close to the current vehicle position and what their opening times are. A validity period for an authorization to drive on the route section that is subject to tolls can also be output. In addition to the output of information, it is also possible to obtain authorization to drive on the toll route section from the billing service provider. If this is desired, for example, by the person driving the vehicle, a corresponding option for acquiring authorization can be shown on the display. By entering an operator action, the person driving the vehicle is then able to confirm or reject the acquisition of the authorization. The person driving the vehicle can then enter the data required for this via a corresponding device for inputting operating actions, for example a touch screen. The information is then wirelessly transmitted directly from the vehicle to the billing service provider. It is also possible for data traffic to run via a service provider connected between the vehicle and the billing service provider. To further improve comfort for the person driving the vehicle, the authorization can also be acquired automatically by the billing service provider, for example when the vehicle enters a route section that is subject to tolls. The data required for this can have been stored in advance in a corresponding device in the vehicle, so that the person driving the vehicle does not have to re-enter the required data each time.

After the transaction has taken place, information, for example in the form of a booking confirmation, can be issued about the acquisition of the authorization. In this case, an identification feature of the vehicle is stored with the billing service provider or an operator of the route section that is subject to a fee, using which a corresponding authorization can be assigned to the vehicle if the vehicle wants to enter the route section that is subject to a fee. This can be, for example, a license plate number or a chassis number of the vehicle, or the like. If, on the other hand, it was not possible to acquire the authorization, for example due to a data transmission error, an error message can also be issued in this regard.

In this context, information about the toll route sections traveled on in the past can also be stored in the vehicle, for example a name of the corresponding toll route section, a purchase price, a confirmation code, a period of validity or the like, in order to enable a person driving the vehicle to be able to track transactions that have been made later.

An advantageous further development of the method provides that at least part of the information characterizing a route section that is subject to a toll is visualized graphically on a digital road map. In addition to displaying the information in text form and/or enriched by static and/or animated symbols, it is also possible for route sections that are subject to toll to be displayed on a digital road map of a navigation system. For example, free route sections can be displayed in yellow and toll route sections in red. If authorization to drive on a route section that is subject to charges has already been obtained, such a red section of route can also be displayed in green, for example, in order to show the person driving the vehicle particularly intuitively that no further charges are incurred for driving on the green marked route section that is subject to charges.

A further advantageous embodiment of the method provides that driving on a route with at least one toll route section has an advantage over driving on a completely free route, with information about the advantage arising from driving on the toll route being output. The information about the benefit can be shown in analog form on the display in the vehicle. As a result, a person driving the vehicle can be encouraged to drive on a route section that is subject to tolls, even if they originally did not plan to do so. It is generally conceivable that, for example, the billing service provider of a route section that is subject to a fee will grant discounts if a certain number of kilometers has been covered on a route section that is subject to a fee and/or a corresponding route section that is subject to a fee has been driven a certain number of times, for example twenty times a month. If the person driving the vehicle is still missing, for example, 10 kilometers and/or driving twice on the toll road section, the person driving the vehicle can do so in order to receive a discount. Such a discount can be granted, for example, if the time required to cover a toll route section is longer than the time typically required for this, for example due to traffic jams and/or construction work.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the method, the advantage is that the toll route can be covered in a shorter time than the free route and/or that the toll route has a shorter route length than the free route. It is necessary for the person driving the vehicle to pay for driving on the route that is subject to tolls, but they can get to their desired destination more quickly. If the route subject to charges is shorter than the route free of charge, the person driving the vehicle also saves on fuel costs, since the vehicle requires less fuel. This at least partly compensates for the fee for driving on the route that is subject to a fee. Analogously, a corresponding vehicle emits fewer emissions to reach a destination.

A further advantageous embodiment of the method also provides that at least one piece of additional information is output together with the information about the benefit, in particular additional information about various available purchase options for the authorization to drive on the route section that is subject to a fee. For example, the billing service provider can offer different authorizations for a specific toll route section. The authorizations can differ, for example, in terms of a period of validity with which they authorize the person driving the vehicle to drive on the route section that is subject to tolls. For example, a first validity period can be one day, a second validity period can be a week, and a third validity period can be a month. If the person driving the vehicle knows that they have to drive on the route section that is subject to a fee several times within a certain period of time, the person driving the vehicle can thus acquire a valid authorization for driving on the route section that is subject to a fee that is suitable for them. It can be provided that the costs incurred for one day for an authorization valid for a longer period of time are lower than the costs incurred for one day for an authorization valid for a shorter period of time Authorization. In general, however, the additional information can also include any information, for example a current volume of traffic on the toll road section. For example, if there is a traffic jam on the free route and the chargeable route is free, the driver can decide to choose the chargeable route to get to their destination.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the method, there is at least one route section that is subject to tolls on a planned route of the vehicle, with the approach of the vehicle to the section that is subject to tolls already being recognized when planning the route. Thus, the advantages achieved with the aid of the method according to the invention can also be used for planned travel routes, for example a travel route planned using a navigation device.

A further advantageous refinement of the method also provides that data relevant to the use of the toll route section is collected by a service provider and transmitted to the billing service provider. As a result, convenience for the person driving the vehicle when using their vehicle can be improved even further, since the service provider takes care of the steps involved in obtaining authorization to drive on a route section that is subject to charges. The relevant data include, for example, a license plate number and/or emission values of the vehicle, as well as a vehicle type, for example a passenger car, truck or also a drive type, for example a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle. The relevant data can also include, for example, whether or not the vehicle has a trailer or how many people are currently being transported in the vehicle. The relevant data can be stored with the service provider before the start of the journey. It is therefore not necessary for the person driving the vehicle to transmit the data to the billing service provider himself before entering the toll section. This improves comfort, in particular during travel. In particular, blockchain technology can be used to transmit data. The service provider can be, for example, a vehicle manufacturer or an authority such as a registration office or a road maintenance department. The service provider can also act as a spin-off, for example as a subsidiary of the be carried out by the vehicle manufacturer. The service provider can provide its own infrastructure such as Internet servers and wireless communication facilities. Communication between the service provider and billing service provider preferably takes place via the Internet. This ensures reliable and fast transmission of the relevant data.

The relevant data can also be transmitted automatically. For example, the relevant data are stored in the vehicle and are transmitted to the service provider from the vehicle after receiving a request signal from the service provider. This may also require authentication. It is also conceivable that the person driving the vehicle defines criteria as to when the relevant data may be transmitted to the service provider. For example, the relevant data may only be transmitted to the service provider if the service provider grants a discount for driving on the toll route section.

The payment for the authorization to drive on the route section that is subject to a fee is preferably billed via the service provider. For this purpose, payment information, for example an IBAN of the person driving the vehicle, can be stored with the service provider. This forwards the payment information to the billing service provider accordingly. Since the person driving the vehicle does not have to worry about paying for the authorization to drive on the toll road section, comfort for the person driving the vehicle can be improved even further.

In a system made up of at least one vehicle, a computing unit, a navigation device and a wireless communication device, the vehicle, the computing unit, the navigation device and the wireless communication device are set up to carry out a method described above. The vehicle is any vehicle such as a car, truck, van, bus or the like. The vehicle can have a central on-board computer, a telematics unit, a separate computing unit, a control unit of a vehicle subsystem or the like as the computing unit. The navigation device can also be integrated into the processing unit. In particular, the navigation device is a global one Navigation satellite systems such as GPS-based navigation system. The navigation device can be permanently integrated into the vehicle or be designed to be mobile. The wireless communication device enables wireless communication between the vehicle, billing service provider and/or service provider. Any wireless communication technology, for example radio, in particular mobile radio, can be used for this purpose. In general, wireless communication is also possible, for example via WiFi, Bluetooth or the like. In general, it is also conceivable for the computing unit, the navigation device and/or the wireless communication device to be included in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the system, at least one computing unit is designed as a vehicle-internal computing unit and/or a vehicle-external, central computing unit. In particular, a server of the service provider is understood as the vehicle-external central processing unit. This is connected in particular to the Internet. The vehicle can transmit its current vehicle position to the vehicle-external central processing unit, whereupon the latter checks whether the vehicle is approaching a toll route section and, if this is the case, the information and/or the possibility of acquiring authorization to drive on it of the toll route section back to the vehicle. In this case, data relevant to acquiring the authorization are advantageously stored on the vehicle-external central processing unit. The relevant data can be stored on the vehicle-external central processing unit, for example, by a person driving the vehicle conveniently from home before starting the journey. The relevant data can be entered via a mobile terminal device and/or a desktop computer, which communicates with the service provider via the Internet, for example.

The system preferably includes an identification device for wireless identification of the vehicle. This is, for example, a transmission device which emits an identifier identifying the vehicle. The transmitter can transmit the identifier by means of electromagnetic waves, for example by microwaves, radio, light or the like. The identifier can, for example, be stored digitally in a memory of a computing unit. the Identification device can also be formed by a transponder. With the help of the identification device, it is possible to check the authorization to drive on the toll route section in a particularly convenient manner, since this eliminates the need for physical authorizations, for example in the form of a vignette.

In a broader sense, a license plate of the vehicle can also be understood as an identification device. Nowadays, vehicle license plates are often recorded with the help of cameras, whereupon a system operated by the billing service provider checks whether an authorization to drive on a toll route section has been stored for the corresponding license plate number.

In particular, by providing different identification devices, it can be ensured that the vehicle can be automatically identified at different collection points or control points for route sections that are subject to tolls by different operators of the respective route sections. This reduces the risk that the person driving the vehicle will have to attach a physical identification feature, for example a vignette, to the vehicle when driving on a specific toll route section whose billing service provider does not enable wireless identification of the vehicle.

Further advantageous refinements of the method according to the invention for context-dependent information and/or payment of route sections that are subject to tolls and of the system also result from the exemplary embodiments, which are described in more detail below with reference to the figures.

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1 shows a schematic representation of a vehicle moving in a road traffic network; and

2 shows a schematic plan view of a vehicle with a system according to the invention for information and/or payment of route sections that are subject to tolls. FIG. 1 shows a road network 10 which is made up of a large number of different roads 11 . The road network 10 includes a toll area 12, whose streets 11 are formed by toll road sections 1. The toll route sections 1 or the toll area 12 are, for example, a motorway for which a toll is payable, tunnels for which a tunnel toll is payable, an urban area for which a city toll is payable, an environmental zone , for which an environmental fee is payable or the like.

A vehicle 2 is approaching the toll area 12. The vehicle 2 includes a navigation device 7 shown in FIG. 2, which determines which road is on by comparing a geoposition of the vehicle with digital map material

11 and in which direction the vehicle 2 is driving. It can also be ascertained/determined whether the vehicle 2 is less than a predetermined minimum distance from the area 12 or from a toll road section 13.1, so that it can be assumed that the vehicle 2 will drive into the area. Since a road section 13 used by the vehicle 2 leads to the toll area 12 , there is a possibility that the vehicle 2 will soon have to pay a toll for entering the toll area 12 . However, the road section 13 forks between the current position of the vehicle 2 and the toll area 12 in a first 13.1 and a second road section 13.2. There is no information about which of the road sections 13.1 or 13.2 the vehicle 2 will take, particularly if no route guidance is activated in the navigation device 7, ie no route has been entered. The second road section 13.2 leads around the toll area 12, so that the vehicle 2 does not have to pay a toll.

Since the vehicle 2 is likely to enter the toll area

12, information about the toll area 12 or the toll route sections 1 it includes is shown on a display 4 in the vehicle 2, which is also shown in FIG . As a result, a person driving the vehicle 2 is informed, for example, of a name, fee conditions, costs incurred, and possible payment methods or the like of the toll road section 1 informed. Since this information is displayed on the display 4 in good time, the person driving the vehicle can decide to drive around the toll area 12 or to enter it before reaching the fork. The corresponding information is displayed automatically thanks to the analysis of the vehicle position, which increases comfort for the person driving the vehicle.

The information can also be called up manually by the person driving the vehicle by entering an operating action, for example on a display 4 designed as a touch screen.

The information can also be output before the start of the journey, for example in the step of planning a route using the navigation device 7. In particular, the information and/or the possibility of acquiring authorization to drive on a route section 1 that is subject to a fee is issued if it is determined that the route is a route section that is subject to a fee 1 includes.

If the person driving the vehicle wants to drive into the area 12 that is subject to a toll, then there are various options available for acquiring an authorization to drive on at least one route section 1 that is subject to a toll. If a physical authorization, for example a vignette, is required to drive in the area 12 that is subject to a fee, this must be purchased by the person driving the vehicle and attached to the vehicle 2 in a visible manner. In order to make it easy for the person driving the vehicle to acquire such a physical entitlement, the information shown on the display 4 can, for example, include the location of a payment point 14 for acquiring such a physical entitlement, as well as opening hours and/or a web address or telephone number for the payment point 14 include. As a result, the person driving the vehicle is informed in a particularly convenient manner about options for acquiring the physical authorization.

Nowadays it is no longer necessary to attach a physical authorization to a vehicle 2 for a large number of route sections 1 that are subject to tolls. For example, a digital authorization to drive on a toll road section 1 can be acquired, whereupon an operator of the toll Area 12 when the vehicle 2 arrives at the edge of the toll area 12 checks whether the vehicle 2 has paid a corresponding fee and the toll area 12 is therefore allowed to drive on. An identification feature is required for this in order to be able to allocate an authorization to a vehicle 2 . For example, a license plate number of the vehicle 2 can be stored with the operator of the toll area 12 for this purpose. For example, automated barriers can be installed at a payment point 14, with vehicles 2 driving into the toll area 12 being detected using cameras and the license plates of the vehicles 2 being scanned. If information about a specific number plate is available, the automated barrier can open and clear a path for the vehicle 2 into the area 12 that is subject to a charge. Identification using license plates is just one example here. In general, vehicle 2 can be identified using any other tried-and-tested method, for example using an identification device 9 shown in FIG.

In order to increase comfort even further for the person driving the vehicle 2, the person driving the vehicle is enabled to automatically obtain the authorization to drive in the area 12 that is subject to a toll or at least one section of the route 1 that is subject to a toll. In this way, the vehicle 2 can send relevant data for acquiring the authorization directly or indirectly to the operator of the toll area 12 . These relevant data include, for example, a license plate number of the vehicle 2, emission values of the vehicle 2, a vehicle type such as a car, truck, a vehicle with a combustion engine or an electric vehicle, a trailer attached to the vehicle 2, a number of people traveling in the vehicle 2 or the like. The relevant data can also include, for example, payment information such as an IBAN for the person driving the vehicle.

Communication between the vehicle 2 and the operator of the toll area 12 preferably takes place wirelessly, for example via radio. Any radio technology such as mobile radio, WiFi, Bluetooth or the like can be used for this purpose. The relevant data can be stored in the vehicle 2 or from the be entered directly into the vehicle 2 by the person driving the vehicle for the transmission of the relevant data.

It is also conceivable for the relevant data and/or the payment information to be transmitted indirectly via a service provider 5 . This is also shown in FIG. The service provider 5 is, for example, an authority or a vehicle manufacturer. The service provider 5 provides the infrastructure required for this, such as an Internet server.

The acquisition of the authorization to drive on at least one route section 1 that is subject to tolls can have to be confirmed by the person driving the vehicle 2 before acquisition. This prevents the person driving the vehicle from spending money unintentionally. In this way, information about a possible acquisition of the authorization can be shown on the display 4, which the person driving the vehicle must agree to by entering a corresponding operator action. The display of the request to acquire the authorization or the automatic obtaining of the authorization can take place, for example, when the vehicle 2 falls below a critical distance from the area 12 that is subject to a charge. This is the case, for example, when the vehicle 2 has approached a corresponding payment point 14 within 50 m or less. A sensor fusion can also take place here. For example, the vehicle 2 can have cameras (not shown), camera images generated by the cameras being evaluated with the aid of image recognition algorithms. If the payment point 14 is recognized in at least one camera image, the authorization to drive into the area 12 that is subject to a fee can then be acquired automatically. It is also conceivable that the vehicle 2 communicates with the payment point 14 by means of a wireless communication interface 8 , which is also shown in FIG. 2, and/or the identification device 9 .

FIG. 2 shows a larger view of the vehicle 2. In addition to the display 4, the wireless communication interface 8, the identification device 9 and the navigation device 7, the vehicle 2 also includes at least one in-vehicle computing unit 6.1. It is also conceivable that the vehicle-internal computing unit 6.1 is integrated into the navigation device 7. In the vehicle's internal processing unit 6.1 however, it can also be a separate computing unit, a control unit of a vehicle subsystem, a telematics unit or the like. The vehicle 2 communicates via the wireless communication interface 8 with the service provider 5 and/or a billing service provider 3 authorized to bill a toll route section 1. The service provider 5 provides a relevant infrastructure for switching between the vehicle 2 and the billing service provider 3, here in the form of a vehicle-external central Processing unit 6.2, for example a cloud server ready. The service provider 5 can communicate with the billing service provider 3 by cable, for example. Communication preferably takes place via the Internet.

Claims

patent claims

1. A method for context-dependent information and/or payment for route sections (1) that are subject to charges on a route traveled by a vehicle (2), information about driving on at least one route section (1) that is subject to charges being transmitted to a billing service provider (3) authorized to bill the payment is characterized in that a current vehicle position and a current direction of travel of the vehicle (2) are compared with a digital road map in order to recognize that the vehicle (2) is approaching a route section (1) that is subject to a toll, and by manually calling it up or upon recognition the vehicle (2) approaches the route section (1) that is subject to a fee, information characterizing this is shown on a display (4) in the vehicle (2) and/or authorization to drive on the route section (1) that is subject to a fee is acquired from the billing service provider (3). becomes.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that for the detection of the approach of the vehicle (2) to the route section (1) falling below a minimum distance from the vehicle (2) to the route section (1) is determined.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a navigation device (7) of the vehicle (2) is in a state without active route guidance.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least part of the information characterizing a toll route section (1) is visualized graphically on a digital road map.

5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that driving on a route with at least one route section (1) that is subject to a fee has an advantage over driving on a route that is completely free of charge, information about the advantage arising from driving on the route that is subject to a fee being output becomes.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that the advantage is that the route subject to toll can be covered in a shorter time than the route free of charge and / or that the route subject to toll has a shorter distance than the route free of charge.

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that at least one piece of additional information is output together with the information about the benefit, in particular additional information about various available purchase options for the authorization to drive on the toll road section (1).

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least one toll route section (1) is on a planned route of the vehicle (2) and the approaching of the vehicle (2) to the toll route section (1) already during planning of the route is recognized.

9. The method as claimed in one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that data relevant to the use of the toll route section (1) is collected by a service provider (5) and transmitted to the billing service provider (3).

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that the payment for the authorization to drive on the toll route section (1) is billed via the service provider (5).

11. System consisting of at least one vehicle (2), a computing unit (6.1, 6.2), a navigation device (7) and a wireless communication device (8), characterized in that the vehicle (2), the computing unit (6.1, 6.2) , the navigation device (7) and the wireless communication device (8) are set up to carry out a method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. System according to claim 11, characterized by a vehicle-internal computing unit (6.1) and/or a vehicle-external, central computing unit (6.2).

13. System according to claim 11 or 12, characterized by an identification device (9) for wireless identification of the vehicle (2).