Patent ID: 6337639
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
A toll collection system, including a toll collection apparatus and a wireless toll collection apparatus, for collecting a toll, comprising:said wireless toll collection apparatus including: means for collecting a toll through a wireless communication with a vehicle side; first take means for taking a vehicle number plate data of the vehicle when said wireless toll collection apparatus could not collect a toll; and means for sending the vehicle number plate data taken by said first take means to said toll collection apparatus as an unfair passage vehicle data; said toll collection apparatus including: storage means for storing the vehicle data sent from and sending means; processing means for collecting a toll from the vehicle; second take means for taking a vehicle number plate data for the vehicle when the toll collection process is performed by said processing means; means for inspecting whether the vehicle number plate data of the vehicle taken by said second take means is stored in said storage means; and means for deleting the vehicle number plate data stored as the unfair passage vehicle data from said storage means when said inspecting means found that the vehicle number plate data is stored in said storage means.