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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Krishna Bandi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda, Northville, MI (US);
Brennan Hamilton, Birmingham, MI (US);
Samer Ibrahim, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ivan Vukovic, Birmingham, MI (US);
Syed Amaar Ahmad, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Smart tolling for vehicles is provided. A toll advertisement message (TAM) is received by a vehicle, broadcast from a road-side unit (RSU) via V2X communication, the TAM defining a plurality of toll road tariff data elements, each of the toll road tariff data elements specifying a set of tolling factors indexed by a unique toll context identifier. Roadway usage of the vehicle is determined. A charge for the roadway usage is determined according to the set of tolling factors of the TAM. A toll usage message (TUM) is sent via the V2X communication, the TUM indicating, to the RSU, the tariff for the roadway usage of the vehicle.