US 11,704,914 B2
Method and system for reducing manual review of license plate images for assessing toll charges
Jaime Andres Borras, Miramar, FL (US); and Wyatt Drake Geist, Davie, FL (US)
Assigned to GEOTOLL INC., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed by GEOTOLL, INC., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/92,819.
Application 18/092,819 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/368,323, filed on Jul. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,544,942.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,245, filed on Jul. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0154209 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/62 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/62 (2022.01) [G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for avoiding manual image review to determine an identity of a toll subscriber, comprising:
at a mobile device associated with a vehicle;
determining, based on a location of the mobile device, that the vehicle has entered a local geofenced zone of a tolling location on a toll roadway;
responsive to determining that the vehicle has entered the local geofenced zone, attempting to determine a geofenced lane in which the vehicle is traveling;
determining a time, based on a location determination by the mobile device, at which the vehicle crosses an imaging location of the tolling location; and
transmitting to a tolling server a message including data indicating the time and lane information at which the vehicle crossed the imaging location;
responsive to receiving the time and lane information, the tolling server attempting to match a license plate in an image taken by a toll camera at the tolling location of the imaging location at the time and failing to find a match;
responsive to failing to find a match, the tolling server applying a reconciliation process to identity a toll account to be billed.