MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL OF ROAD TOLL SYSTEM

The successful operation of a road toll system requires that vehicles wishing to use it can pass through relatively freely, and that there is a foolproof method of assessing and collecting the correct revenues. Previous solutions to this problem have used hardware logic. This article describes a software approach based on microprocessor firmware.

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  Juniper Journals, Limited

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  London EC1N 8XS,   England 
• Authors:
  • Punter, M
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 24-29
• Serial:
  • New Electronics
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 13
  • Publisher: Findlay Publications Limited
  • ISSN: 0047-9624

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Control; Highway transportation; Highways; Microcomputers; Microprocessors; Revenues; Software; Systems; Toll collection; Tolls
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware
• Old TRIS Terms: Computers (Microprocessor); Highway systems; Toll systems
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00176757
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1978 12:00AM