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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
May. 07, 2018
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Itaru Nishioka, Tokyo, JP;
Wemer Wee, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toll control apparatusincludes a traffic volume prediction unitthat predicts a future overall traffic volume on a first roadand a second road, a toll control unitthat outputs, with the predicted overall traffic volume and a predetermined road toll as inputs, a future traffic volume and a predicted traveling speed on the second road for a case where a toll on the second road is set to the predetermined road toll, and a toll optimization unit. The toll optimization unitsets one or more road toll candidates, selects a road toll candidate for which the predicted traveling speed obtained by inputting the road toll candidate to the toll control unitis greater than or equal to a threshold value, and sets the road toll candidate that maximizes the toll revenue for the second road among the selected road toll candidates.