CA2339433A1 - Road toll system for alleviating traffic congestion - Google Patents

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CA2339433A1
CA2339433A1 CA002339433A CA2339433A CA2339433A1 CA 2339433 A1 CA2339433 A1 CA 2339433A1 CA 002339433 A CA002339433 A CA 002339433A CA 2339433 A CA2339433 A CA 2339433A CA 2339433 A1 CA2339433 A1 CA 2339433A1
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Priority to PT04020043T priority patent/PT1482451E/en
Priority to AT02712676T priority patent/ATE274729T1/en
Priority to DE60201075T priority patent/DE60201075T2/en
Priority to EP04020043A priority patent/EP1482451B1/en
Priority to DE60237116T priority patent/DE60237116D1/en
Priority to BRPI0207927-5B1A priority patent/BR0207927B1/en
Priority to PT02712676T priority patent/PT1368789E/en
Priority to PL02364468A priority patent/PL364468A1/en
Priority to EP02712676A priority patent/EP1368789B1/en
Priority to AT04020043T priority patent/ATE475155T1/en
Priority to CNB028060059A priority patent/CN1308898C/en
Priority to PCT/CA2002/000297 priority patent/WO2002071338A1/en
Priority to ES02712676T priority patent/ES2229107T3/en
Priority to DK04020043.8T priority patent/DK1482451T3/en
Priority to ES04020043T priority patent/ES2349252T3/en
Priority to US10/469,905 priority patent/US7818204B2/en
Priority to MXPA03008015A priority patent/MXPA03008015A/en
Priority to JP2002570183A priority patent/JP4354699B2/en
Priority to CA2439345A priority patent/CA2439345C/en
Publication of CA2339433A1 publication Critical patent/CA2339433A1/en
Priority to HK04103224A priority patent/HK1060423A1/en
Priority to HK05104645.6A priority patent/HK1074099A1/en
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Abstract

A Road Tolling System comprising unique vehicle identification means and remote regulator identifying means to enable said regulator to identify said vehicle within a selected area; and communication means for said regulator to communicate with said vehicle in real-time to provide toll cost data to the operator in said vehicle, or to later provide toll cost data to the operator. The system and associated method provides a means of reducing traffic congestion among other environmental and economic costs, by offering a vehicle driver/operator the choice of avoiding the congested road or paying a variable toll to remain on the road.

Description

ROAD TOLL SYSTEM FOR ALLEVIATING TRAFFIC CONGESTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a system for identifying and alleviating road traffic congestion, among other road-related costs, and particularly to said system comprising identifying, communicating with and, optionally, charging vehicle operators with toll charges.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Poor management of road systems, particularly in towns and cities, leads to environmental and economic costs to society. For example, road congestion, resulting from too many vehicles, or the wrong types of vehicles, using the same road at the same time causes loss of time to the drivers and expense to business. Further, excessive wear and tear on roads, for example due to heavy vehicles using roads designed for light use, will result in expensive, premature repair, inconvenience and cost. Yet further, pollutants from idling or slowly moving vehicles, or pollutants from vehicles in certain areas at certain times, particularly, smog-related pollutants in the summer season can cause avoidable health problems. Still yet further, accidents, for example, by driving on hazardous roads, or in hazardous conditions and excessively expensive vehicle collision, particularly, insurance increases cost to society.
1:n attempts to address these problems, governments have, to the extent that their budgets and political considerations allow, increased the numbers and sizes of roads, regulated use of the roads, regulated access to roads and regulated emissions from vehicles.
'Electronic toll-road systems are presently in use wherein the movement of vehicles traveling along controlled access highways or bridges is tracked through an electronic means, such as a camera or transreceiver/transponder means. Each vehicle is charged by the distance traveled, vehicle type and length of use, with higher peak rates being generally applied to discourage congestion.
In related systems, Global Positioning Satellites (GPS)~wireless, Geographic Information System (GIS) wireless and other communications systems track the movement of individual vehicles, typically, commercial vehicles, such as taxicabs and trucks, and communicate with them using wireless, Internet, or other communications technologies. Such systems are commonly used to dispatch vehicles, to determine routes, to control motors, to locate shipments, to alert vehicles to unexpected road conditions, and to meet a large number of other needs. The communication can be I

one-way or two-way between the central dispatcher and vehicle driver, depending upon the application.
However, none of the aforesaid systems provide the benefit of alleviating traffic congestion among other economic and environmental costs, in a controlled, variable and selected road-by-road manner in real-time, while offering the driverloperator of the vehicle a choice whether or not to participate and drive within the designated road location.
There is, therefore, a need for a traffic control system which allows for the alleviation of congestion and the other aforesaid benefits.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention allows road owners, generally governments and municipalities but also private owners, to control the use of any or all vehicles, on any and all roads in a selected area, on a road-by-road basis. The control is exercised through real-time knowledge of the location of all vehicles by means of aforesaid GPS, GIS and/or wireless systems, and by applying different tolls to different vehicles, different road conditions and/or other factors as discussed hereinbelow. The controls may be exercised for one or more of the various purposes hereinbefore discussed.
Accordingly, the invention provides in one aspect, a road tolling system comprising unique vehicle identification means and remote regulator identifying means to enable the regulator to identify the vehicle within a selected area; and communication means for the regulator to communicate with the vehicle in real-time to provide toll cost data to the operator in the vehicle.
The term "regulator" includes owner, government authority or agency and the like, of the road, located remote from the vehicle.
The term "operator" includes the driver, owner, agent, or the like, of the vehicle.
The identifying means, for example, may comprise a camera for reading or otherwise detecting data, such as found on a vehicle license plate, a logo or other identification marker unique to each vehicle.
In an alternative preferred aspect, the identification means comprises a vehicle transceiver, transponder or the like in or on the vehicle, activatable by a wireless GPS, GIS, or the like signal emitted by a regulator transceiver at a distance proximal to the vehicle or distal such as from a satellite, which vehicle transceiver has operably accessible unique vehicle identification data.
The communication means preferably comprises regulator wireless signal means for emitting a data-containing signal receivable by the vehicle receiver to effect communication of the toll data to the operator, for example, by visual display or sound from speakers within the vehicle.
In a further aspect, the invention provides a method of alleviating vehicular traffic congestion in a selected area under the control of a regulator under a road toll system, said method comprising: providing each of the vehicles with unique identification means;
detecting and locating the vehicle in the selected area; forwarding the unique vehicle identification in real time to the regulator when initiated by the regulator when the vehicle is in the selected area and communicating with the vehicle in real-time to provide toll cost data to the vehicle.
Thus, a vehicle has one or more one- or two- way communications devices, or is capable of being identifted by camera. To inhibit vehicle theft, one or more of the communication devices are preferably installed in a difficult-to-access location in the vehicle. The vehicle may communicate with a regulator via a satellite or other communications means.
In a preferred practice of the present invention, a regulator advises the occupant of the vehicle, initially, that in real-time a toll does or is about to apply to the vehicle by reason of its present or intended location on the road within the selected area by detecting, identifying and communicating with the vehicle by the means as herebefore defined. The toll may be set based on selected parameters, such as those listed, hereinbelow.
The rates may vary from vehicle to vehicle based on:
day of week and time of day, since higher rates may apply during weekdays and in rush hour;
with road conditions, such as, for example, on slippery roads or roads congested by a stalled car or an accident;
with the general accident rating of a road;
with the speed or manner in which a vehicle is being operated, such as, for example, depending on the number of lane changes;
with the operator's road history;
with the weight and type of vehicle , in order to discourage destructive uses of roads;
with the season, such as, for example, to discourage smog in particular air sheds;
with climactic conditions, for example, with wind direction, in order to discourage acid gas depositions in environmentally sensitive areas;
with other conditions to control other environmental or economic costs; and with the insurance coverage desired, such as, for example, vehicle owners and operators could purchase risk-based automobile insurance, that would vary by the risk-adjusted distance that they were traveling.
Thus, in the practice of the present invention, vehicle owners and operators would have the option of avoiding higher rates by choosing alternative routes, alternative times, or alternative ways to meet their transportation needs, or by minimizing their need for transportation.
Accordingly, the invention in a preferred aspect further comprises a road tolling system as hereinbefore defined further comprising regulator data storage means containing data comprising information selected from the group consisting of weight and type of vehicle, operator's road history, general accident rating of said selected area and insurance coverage data.
In a more preferred aspect the invention provides a system as hereinbefore defined further comprises real-time information selected from the group consisting of day and time, road conditions, climatic conditions, numbers and types of vehicles within said selected area.
To assist in the practice of the aforesaid system, the invention further comprises computer I S processing unit means to compute the aforesaid data as a real-time toll for transmission to the vehicle.
Thus, the system of the present invention is of maximum value when the system comprises said identifying means and said communication means adapted to cooperate with a plurality of said vehicles to enable the regulator to identify and communicate with the plurality of vehicles, simultaneously, in real-time.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order that the invention may be better understood, preferred embodiments will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig I is a pictorial representation of a road toll system according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
With reference to Fig I, this shows generally as 10, a road toll system according to the invention comprising a plurality of vehicles 12, in a multi-lane gridlock on a road 14.
Each vehicle has a transceiver 16, which is activatable by a signal I 8 transmitted from regulator satellite 20 to automatically transmit the vehicle's identification data 22 to satellite 20, by conventianal electronic toll means.

The instructing signal from satellite 20 may be sent on the regulator's instructions in consequence of a real-time situation, such as a build-up in congestion for whatever reason, for example, crash 23 or dependent on the day and time in that selected area. Upon identification of the vehicle and reference to regulator's data base on CPU 24, on the individual vehicle and real-time environment road situation data, a toll charge is computed and transmitted 26 to the vehicle by speakers 28 or visual display 30 communication to the operator. The operator has the options of continuing on road 14 with its attendant toll, or leaving road 14 via exit 32, or ramp 34. The toll charge is collected, subsequently, by invoice from the regulator, or debited in real-time from a pre-paid account. Alternative identifying means may be cameras 36 and electronic toll transponders 38 located above road 14.
Although this disclosure has described and illustrated certain preferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not restricted to those particular embodiments.
Rather, the invention includes all embodiments which are functional or mechanical equivalents of the specific embodiments and features that have been described and illustrated.

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Claims:
1. A Road Tolling System comprising unique vehicle identification means and remote regulator identifying means to enable said regulator to identify said vehicle within a selected area; and communication means for said regulator to communicate with said vehicle in real-time to provide toll cost data to the operator in said vehicle.
2. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said identifying means comprises transponder means or Global Positioning Satellite means.
3. A system as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein said communication means comprises display screen means within said vehicle.
4. A system as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein said communication means comprises voice speaker means within said vehicle.
5. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 further comprising regulator data storage means containing data comprising information selected from the group consisting of weight and type of vehicle, operator's road history, general accident rating of said selected area and insurance coverage data.
6. A system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said data further comprises real-time information selected from the group consisting of day and time, road conditions, climatic conditions, numbers and types of vehicles within said selected area.
7. A system as claimed in claim 6 further comprising CPU means computing said data with said toll cost.
8. A system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein said identifying means and communication means comprises means for said regulator to determine the numbers of and to identify and communicate with each of a plurality of said vehicles, simultaneously, in real time.
9. A method of alleviating vehicular traffic congestion and other environmental and economic costs in a selected area under the control of a regulator under a road toll system, said method comprising:
providing each of said vehicles with unique identification means;
detecting and locating said vehicle in said selected area;
forwarding said unique vehicle identification in real time to said regulator when initiated by said regulator when said vehicle is in said selected area; and communicating with said vehicle in real-time to provide toll cost data to said vehicle.
10. A method as defined in claim 9 comprising providing said vehicle with transceiver means.
11. A method as defined in claim 9 comprising detecting and locating said vehicle by Global Positioning Satellite means.
12. A method as defined in any one of claims 9-11 comprising visually displaying said toll cost data within said vehicle.
13. A method as defined in any one of claims 9-11 comprising orally displaying said toll cost data within said vehicle.
14. A method as defined in claim 8 further comprising providing a CPU with data selected from the group consisting of weight and type of vehicle, operator's road history, general accident rating of said selected area, insurance coverage data, day and time, road conditions, climatic conditions, and numbers and types of vehicles within said selected area;
feeding said unique vehicle identification to said CPU; and computing data for said vehicle to provide said toll cost data.
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CA002339433A CA2339433A1 (en) 2001-03-07 2001-03-07 Road toll system for alleviating traffic congestion
DE60201075T DE60201075T2 (en) 2001-03-07 2002-03-07 TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ROAD USE CHARGES DEPENDING ON THE STREAMING STAGE OF THE ROADS
MXPA03008015A MXPA03008015A (en) 2001-03-07 2002-03-07 Traffic control system with road tariff depending on the congestion level.
CNB028060059A CN1308898C (en) 2001-03-07 2002-03-07 Traffic control system with road tariff depending on congestion level
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PT02712676T PT1368789E (en) 2001-03-07 2002-03-07 TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ROAD RATE DEPENDING ON THE CONGESTION LEVEL
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JP2002570183A JP4354699B2 (en) 2001-03-07 2002-03-07 Traffic control system based on road tariff according to traffic level
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HK04103224A HK1060423A1 (en) 2001-03-07 2004-05-07 Traffic control system with road tariff depending on the congestion level.
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