Patent ID: 11908247
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for collecting a toll owed by a rental vehicle traveling along a toll road, the system comprising:
a network interface hardware;
two or more sensors comprising at least a GPS unit and one or more vehicle cameras mounted to the rental vehicle, the two or more sensors configured to output a signal indicative of a location of the rental vehicle relative to a toll booth;
a user interface device;
a memory module; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the network interface hardware, the two or more sensors, the user interface device, and the memory module, wherein the memory module stores a toll payment logic that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
receive a rental start notification from the network interface hardware; and
automatically execute the toll payment logic throughout a rental period stored on the memory module in response to receipt of a rental start notification, wherein the toll payment logic causes the processor to:
detect, using the two or more sensors, a location of the system relative to the toll booth based on the signal from the GPS unit and by performing object recognition on image data from the one or more cameras to identify the toll booth from the image data;
determine a toll payment event wherein a toll payment is due based on the location of the system relative to the toll booth;
access a stored rental agreement stored on the memory module;
split the toll payment between a renter, an owner, and a driver, based on the stored rental agreement;
generate an alert with the user interface device that the toll payment is due based on the location of the system relative to the toll booth, wherein the alert provides at least one of a notification of payment of the toll, a selection to pay the toll, and a selection to dispute the toll,
receive a rental end notification from the network interface hardware;
automatically end the toll payment logic in response to receipt of the rental end notification;
generate a payment report for a balance paid; and
transmit the payment report to a toll booth server with the network interface hardware.