Patent ID: 7567919
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: G07B,G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-onboard electronic toll collection apparatus, comprising: (a) vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a speed of a motor vehicle which passes through a toll gate station equipped with an electronic toll collection system; (b) communication means for exchanging electronic toll collection information for settlement of toll charge/payment transaction with said toll gate station upon passing through said toll gate station; (c) measuring means for measuring reception field intensity of the received electronic toll collection information within a communication coverage area; and (d) decision means for making decision on the basis of said detected vehicle speed and said measured reception field intensity as to a location within said communication coverage area where electronic toll collection information communication can be started while sustaining favorable reception field intensity at said detected vehicle speed, to thereby allow said communication means to perform communication processing on the basis of result of said decision, wherein said vehicle-onboard electronic toll collection apparatus comprises elements (a)-(d), and wherein said elements (a)-(d) are provided on a vehicle.