Design strategy for smart toll gate billing system

Abstract

This paper expresses an overview of the design strategy of smart toll and billing collection system. Nowadays, due to an improved transportation infrastructure, a huge rush can be seen at the toll plazas in order to pay the toll taxes. Hence, an effective model for automation in toll tax payment is being designed so that the traffic at these toll plazas can be reduced. The so-called model uses a combination of an image capturing device with high-resolution processor which would not only reduce the monetary loss due to faults in manual operation but also save the time of the riders. The objective of the project is to design a layout which automatically identifies approaching vehicles, records the data related to the vehicles, and generates an appropriate toll bill which can be paid either in cash or using e-wallets, plastic money, or by providing a system for automatic deduction of the amount from a predefined user account. This vision when implemented would help to reduce traffic congestion at toll plazas and decrease the fuel consumption of vehicles waiting in the queue.