US 12,175,800 B2
System comprising an on-board unit for telematic traffic services
Emilio Speciale, Rome (IT); and Fabio Francioli, Rome (IT)
Assigned to TELEPASS S.P.A., Rome (IT)
Appl. No. 17/624,099
Filed by TELEPASS S.P.A., Rome (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/056246
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/001776, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000010758 (IT), filed on Jul. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0358793 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G07B 15/06 (2011.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC G07B 15/063 (2013.01) [B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/21 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an on-board unit for providing an automatic toll collection service, the on-board unit being a portable device removably fixable inside a vehicle,
an external user device which is external to the on-board unit and which comprises a user interface, the external user device executing an external user device software application,
wherein said on-board unit comprises:
a data processing unit which executes:
an on-board unit first software application for providing said automatic toll collection service; and
at least one on-board unit second software application for providing at least one service additional too said automatic toll collection service;
a radio frequency communication module suitable for communicating with at least one road-side device of a system suitable for providing said automatic toll collection; and
a proximity communications module suitable for communicating with said external user device,
wherein said external user device software application is configured to provide a user of said external user device, via said user interface and said proximity communications module, with access to said at least one service additional too said automatic toll collection service provided by said at least one on-board unit second software application;
wherein said external user device software application is configured to provide said user of said external user device with information relating to the functional state of said on-board unit via said user interface of said external user device, wherein the information relating to the functional state of said on-board unit comprises:
first information indicative of a first functional state in which
the on-board unit is powered but the contractual state in a given toll collection domain is not in order, or
the on-board unit is subjected to malfunctions which do not allow compliance with rules of a toll collection domain where it is situated; and
second information indicative of a second functional state in which the on-board unit is powered and the on-board unit is in contractual and technical order for providing the automatic toll collection service in the toll collection domain where it is situated.