METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING TOLL COLLECTION INFORMATION BASED ON A NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS IN A VEHICLE

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APP PUB NO 20150379782A1
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14316488

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A method of communicating information regarding a number of occupants in a vehicle for an electronic toll collection system having an antenna at a toll lane entrance, the vehicle and a transponder in the vehicle, includes detecting occupancy in the vehicle by at least one sensor in the vehicle, computing a number of one or more occupants based on the detected occupancy by the at least one sensor, setting one of a plurality of toll configurations based on the number of one or more occupants, transmitting the one of the plurality of toll configurations and account information associated with the transponder to the antenna, receiving the one of the plurality of toll configurations and the account information from the transponder, and charging a predetermined toll amount on an account corresponding to the received account information based on the one of the plurality of toll configurations from the transponder.

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ALPINE ELECTRONICS INCTOKYO

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Nakagawa, Atsushi Torrance, US 120 3288

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