Automatic toll exaction system for urban and extraurban highways, for bridge and tunnel crossings and for accesses to urban areas and car parks
CA 2028459 A1 · Owner: Autostrade Concessioni E Costruzioni Autostrade S.P.A. · Inventors: Ceseri, Pierluigi
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An automatic toll exaction system which comprises an onboard apparatus which can be mounted onboard a motor vehicle for the reception and transmission of messages the, handling and storage of the transactions and for interaction with the user, a personal card suitable for activating the onboard apparatus, identifying the user and storing the payment transactions, and a ground-based apparatus for ensuring the linkup with the onboard apparatus for the exchange of data and messages, for sensing physical parameters suitable for classifying the vehicle and for performing the processing of the data and parameters supplied by the onboard apparatus and sensed by the groundbased apparatus itself.
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- Filed October 24, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 24, 2010.
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