20100076878 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A ROAD PRICING SCHEME - A vehicle monitoring device, comprising: a location device for determining location data indicating a location of a vehicle during a journey between an origin point and a destination point; a fuel consumption device for determining fuel consumption data indicating an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle during the journey, or an emission measurement device for determining emission data indicating an amount of emission produced by the vehicle during the journey; and a vehicle monitoring processor for receiving and processing the location data and the fuel consumption data. A vehicle charging device, comprising: a vehicle charging processor for receiving and processing location data indicating a location of a vehicle comprising a vehicle monitoring device during a journey between an origin point and a destination point, and fuel consumption data indicating an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle during the journey from the vehicle monitoring device or emission data indicating an amount of emission produced by the vehicle during the journey from the vehicle monitoring device; and a road fee calculator for calculating a fee associated with the at least one vehicle monitoring device based on the received data. | 03-25-2010 |