Many highways in India are having toll booth to collect toll tax. There is a manual method existing of hand written or computerized toll ticket issuing & collecting cash from Toll road user (like truck, car, bus etc). This method has many limitations & weaknesses. In India, government is planning for RFID tag based toll collection, which is expensive & time consuming. This method of "Mobile Phone Based Automatic Toll Collection" is a simple to deploy method for toll collection & uses readily available

1. Automatic Toll Collection ...by using individual car owner’s mobile phone & micro mobile towers...

3. Micro mobile tower with range of 2 m fast camera satellite Central Database computer < - Approach Road to Toll Booth Toll booth computer Communication device gate gate 1000 m Description of Idea Major components III

4. Micro mobile tower with range of 2 m fast camera satellite Central Database computer Toll booth Communication device gate gate 1000 m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Description of Idea Process Flow 12 IV

5. 12 Database computer instructs mobile company to debit toll tax from customer mobile balance/bill. SMS is sent to customer for deduction of same. Description of Idea Process flow - description V 1 Car approaches toll booth & 1000 m away from toll booth gate. 2 Micro mobile tower detects mobile number of car driver + other people in car 3 A high speed camera clicks a photograph of the car, with a number plate visible. 4 Photograph + mobile number details are send to computer at toll booth 5 Computer sends these details to a communication system 6 Communication system send these details to a satellite 7 Satellite sends these details to a central database computer 8 Database computer sends back car details + mobile phone balance details 9 Satellite relays information received from the central computer 10 Communication device receives information & gives it to booth computer 11 Booth computer operator takes a decision & car is stopped OR gate is opened.

10. What happens later on.. Mobile Service Provider No:1 computer Central Database computer Details of Mobile NO / toll charge / time / date / reference number 81 Rs charged to your monthly bill / balance for toll tax. For receipt @ extra 5 Rs reply “YES” to this message. Or get free receipt at www.tolltax.com with reference no:31DE9971 From : LM-Toll Tax Instant SMS sent to car owner At the month end all amount collected from prepaid will be transferred to Toll booth operator a/c At the two month end all amount collected from post paid will be transferred to Toll booth operator. 12 12 X

11. Comparison with other Automatic Vehicle Identification system XI Easy, as nothing to be installed in car/vehicle. Easy, as nothing to be installed in car/vehicle. Tough, as individual car / vehicle needs to be tagged with RFID label Ease of deployment for public Easy, as only 1 camera + micro mobile tower to be installed. Tough, as many multi angle camera/biometrics scanner to be installed Easy, as only RFID tag scanner to be installed Ease of deployment for Toll booth operator NO YES & linking bank details with car registration details is a tedious & inaccurate job. YES & linking bank details with car registration details is a tedious & inaccurate job. Individual car owner’s bank details required Can work for 24 h, day & night & rainy season. Can have difficulty in night or in rainy season. Can work for 24 h, day & night. Operational time available Yes, with every car passing through toll booth, database can be updated instantly. No idea, but unless database is available of bank details of individuals, it is not possible to go ahead. No idea, but unless database is available of bank details of individuals, it is not possible to go ahead. Phase wise Deployment possible ? High High High Identification accuracy Nothing to be installed in car Nothing to be installed in car RFID tag or similar kind of device to be installed in each car For public Mobile phone based Biometrics based system RFID based Parameter