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

Claim 9:
10. A computer implemented method for paying a toll owed by a rental vehicle traveling along a toll road, the method comprising:
receiving via a network interface hardware a rental start notification; and
automatically executing toll payment logic with a processor, the toll payment logic comprising:
detecting, using 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 location of the rental vehicle 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;
determining a toll payment event wherein a toll payment is due based on the location of the vehicle relative to the toll booth;
accessing a rental agreement;
splitting the toll payment between a renter, an owner, and a driver, based on the rental agreement;
generating an alert with a user interface device that the toll payment is due based on the location of the rental vehicle 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 section to dispute the toll,
automatically generating via a vehicle rental service server the rental start notification based on receipt of a rental request;
transmitting the rental start notification to the processor via the network interface hardware;
generating a payment report for a balance paid; and
transmitting the payment report to a toll booth server with the network interface hardware.