ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,682, issued on March 25, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).
"Toll module" was invented by Robert R. Turnbull (Holland, Mich.) and Douglas C. Papay (Zeeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a vehicle toll module, which may comprise a first antenna, a radio frequency power detector, an attenuator, and/or a controller. The first antenna may receive a first signal from a toll collection system remotely located relative the vehicle and generate a first output based thereon. The radio frequency power detector may be configured to adjust the first output to generate a second output. Th...