An apparatus (1100) for generating an itinerary a travelling object has travelled comprising an input unit configured to receive location information data (3001 . . . 300n) from a mobile computer (1200) of said travelling object; an itinerary generation unit (1113) which is configured to generate itinerary history data (1105) including a plurality of itinerary subsection information data 6001 . . . 600n); and an output unit (1115) which is configured to output at least one itinerary of the travelling object based on the itinerary subsection information data (6001 . . . 600n) and based on a weight value to the mobile computer (1200).

This application provide a vehicle communication method performed by an electronic toll collection (ETC) system. The ETC system includes an ETC roadside unit (RSU) and an ETC onboard unit (OBU), and the vehicle communication method includes: establishing, when an ETC OBU of any vehicle is detected, a connection between the ETC OBU and the ETC RSU; performing ETC billing on the vehicle through the ETC RSU after the ETC RSU establishes the connection with the ETC OBU; and performing, after the ETC RSU performs ETC billing, vehicle communication message interaction with the ETC OBU through the ETC RSU via the connection with the ETC OBU when the ETC OBU is still within a communication range of the ETC RSU.

A method and system for determining a path taken by a vehicle are disclosed. A path portion is determined from a plurality of position estimates of the vehicle using a satellite positioning system. From the position estimates a determination is made that the path includes a poor satellite signal zone and the path portion is combined with a predetermined path portion corresponding to the poor satellite signal zone to provide the determined path.

A method and system for determining a path taken by a vehicle are disclosed. A path portion is determined from a plurality of position estimates of the vehicle using a satellite positioning system. From the position estimates a determination is made that the path includes a poor satellite signal zone and the path portion is combined with a predetermined path portion corresponding to the poor satellite signal zone to provide the determined path.

An information presentation system for evaluating a billing location includes a signal output unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to output a signal at a timing at which a billing process has been performed based on a location of the vehicle; a signal acquisition unit installed at a predetermined location and configured to acquire a signal from the signal output unit; and a billing location detection unit configured to detect a location at which the billing process has been performed based on the signal acquired by the signal acquisition unit.

An information presentation system for evaluating a billing location includes a signal output unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to output a signal at a timing at which a billing process has been performed based on a location of the vehicle; a signal acquisition unit installed at a predetermined location and configured to acquire a signal from the signal output unit; and a billing location detection unit configured to detect a location at which the billing process has been performed based on the signal acquired by the signal acquisition unit.

A vehicular communication device is provided. The vehicular communication device includes a reception section that receives, from a periphery vehicle equipped with a narrow area communicator for performing vehicle interior communication, a communication performance index representing performance of the narrow area communicator, and a controller. The controller includes: a reference value setup section that successively sets a reference value of the communication performance index based on the communication performance indexes received from multiple the periphery vehicles; an acquisition section that acquires the communication performance index for a targeted narrow area communicator; and an anomaly determination section that determines anomaly of the targeted narrow area communicator, based on comparison between the reference value set by the reference value setup section and the communication performance index acquired by the acquisition section for the targeted narrow area communicator.

A vehicle may transmit, to a network entity, a lane use request message associated with a lane for the vehicle. The network entity may identify lane information associated with a lane for a vehicle. The network entity may identify vehicle information associated with the vehicle. The network entity may transmit, to the vehicle, and the vehicle may receive, from the network entity, a lane use grant message based on at least one of the identified lane information or the identified vehicle information. The lane use grant message may be indicative of a permission for the vehicle to use the lane. The vehicle may not be permitted to use the lane without the permission. The lane may correspond to a flexible direction lane, an emergency lane, a road shoulder, an HOV lane, or a passing lane.

The present disclosure is enclosed in the area of validation of vehicles in road tolls, which may also be designated as tolling systems. The present disclosure includes an automated computational method for the determination of the validity of the passage of a vehicle in a toll which includes two detection modes of a vehicle, through optical means and a mobile device receiving a wireless beacon with unique information associated with the toll and subsequently in connection with a remote backend server. The wireless beacon is a simple type of message which does not require that the mobile device and a fixed wireless device establish a connection. Such feature is one particularly relevant in the applications of the present disclosure, as it highly improves the efficacy of the receipt of the unique information associated with the toll by the mobile device. The present disclosure further includes a corresponding system.

A method for purchasing goods, access authorizations or authorizations for using a service from a plurality of offered goods, access authorizations or authorizations for using a service. A defined spatial region is subdivided into defined subregions assigned, in each case, to a purchasable good, access authorization or authorization for using a service. A good, an access authorization or an authorization for using a service from a plurality of offered goods, access authorizations or authorizations for using a service is purchased, and a user registered in advance for carrying out the method on the basis of biometric features and/or on the basis of features, which may be assigned to the user uniquely, or an item registered in advance for carrying out the method is identified and localized in the defined subregion (1, 2, 3) assigned to the good, access authorization or authorization for using a service.