Automatic toll exaction system for urban and extraurban highways, for bridge and tunnel crossings and for accesses to urban areas and car parks

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EP 0 425 961 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.11.1991 Bulletin 1991/45

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	08.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/19

(21)	Application number: 90120224.2

(22)	Date of filing: 22.10.1990

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: G07B 15/00, G07C 9/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

25.10.1989 IT 2212289

(71)	Applicant: AUTOSTRADE CONCESSIONI E COSTRUZIONI AUTOSTRADE S.P.A.
	I-00159 Roma (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ceseri, Pierluigi I-50100 Firenze (IT)

(74)	Representative: Modiano, Guido, Dr.-Ing. et al
	Modiano & Associati S.r.l. Via Meravigli, 16 I-20123 Milano I-20123 Milano (IT)

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(54)	Automatic toll exaction system for urban and extraurban highways, for bridge and tunnel crossings and for accesses to urban areas and car parks

(57) An automatic toll exaction system which comprises an onboard apparatus (5-9) which can be mounted onboard a motor vehicle (1) for the reception and transmission of messages, the handling and storage of the transactions and for interaction with the user, a personal card suitable (2) for activating the onboard apparatus, identifying the user and storing the payment transactions, and a ground-based apparatus (3,4) for ensuring the linkup with the onboard apparatus (5-9) for the exchange of data and messages, for sensing physical parameters suitable for classifying the vehicle (1) and for performing the processing of the data and parameters supplied by the onboard apparatus (5-9) and sensed by the ground-based apparatus (3,4) itself.

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