According to foreign media reports, Ford Motor Company has applied for a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an automatic vehicle toll payment and road use adjustment and processing system, which may be used in future Ford vehicles.
The patent was filed on March 9, 2023 and published on September 12, 2024.
The serial number is 0302176.
, As early as July 2022, Ford published a patent outlining the idea of a smart toll application system that can communicate with roadside toll devices and send toll amounts to drivers, as well as automatically electronically. Pay. Currently, similar functions can be achieved through RFID stickers on the windshield or toll collection machines, or in some states through license plate readers, but Ford’s technology will rely entirely on Internet of Vehicles (C-V2X) communications to do the job.
, Now, this newly published patent demonstrates an idea for a vehicle toll and road use adjustment and processing system that could be used in future Ford vehicles.
The concept is similar to previous ones, in that users do not need to stick RFID stickers or install toll meters on their cars, nor do they need to rely on license plate readers.
But the difference is that the system will use map data to analyze various routes in a more comprehensive way and automatically pay tolls.
, In the future, Ford vehicles will be able to detect whether there is a toll section on the driving route ahead, and determine whether there is a first alternative road between the vehicle’s current position and the starting point of the toll section that can avoid the toll section based on map data.
If there is an alternative route, the vehicle will display the first alternative route on the on-board display based on the determined toll road within a certain distance before approaching the toll road section.
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