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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
This invention is to provide a travel time information arithmetic operation method and apparatus for calculating travel time information using data obtained by a toll collection system. The travel time information arithmetic operation apparatus includes a travel time arithmetic operation section for calculating a travel time (time required by a vehicle to travel from a given point to another given point) of a vehicle on the basis of data obtained by the toll collection system installed on a tollroad and representing the entry point, entry time, exit point, exit time, and model of the vehicle, and date, a tollgate data storage section for storing the data obtained by the toll collection system and travel time data obtained by the travel time arithmetic operation section, and a travel time information arithmetic operation section for calculating an average travel time value using the travel time n-minutes accumulated data stored in the tollgate data storage section and generating travel time information.