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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Kapsch Trafficcom Ag, Vienna, AT;
Inventor:
Björn Crona, Jönköping, SE;
Assignee:
Kapsch TrafficCom AG, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/06 (2011.01); G08G 1/015 (2006.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/063 (2013.01); G06K 9/00771 (2013.01); G08G 1/015 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); G06K 2209/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tolling station for tolling vehicles of different classes comprises an entrance section, a tolling section, and an intermediate section. The tolling section comprises a gate for each tolling lane and the entrance section comprises at least one classification device to link an identifier to a determined class. The tolling station further comprises a tracking device configured to track vehicles moving through the intermediate section and to pass the vehicle's identifier to the respective gate the vehicle exits to. Each gate is configured to toll, or let pass, a vehicle based on the class linked to the identifier.