EP1088286B2 - Roadside control device for a toll apparatus installed in a motor vehicle - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a roadside control device for controlling the proper operation of a toll device installed in a vehicle passing the control device and having an identifying license plate, the toll device performing a satellite-based electronic toll bill.
- the known system provides that in each vehicle a toll device is installed, in which a receiver for the signals of a navigation satellite system such.
- GPS Global Positioning System
- Glosnar has and is provided with an electronic memory in which the paid routes and the geographical zones (in the following is simply spoken of toll roads or routes) and the respective associated usage rates are recorded.
- the toll device On the basis of the signals of the navigation satellite system, the toll device has at all times the current geographical position of the vehicle and recognizes from the stored data on the toll roads, whether the vehicle is on a toll route or not, and in this way the possibly due tolls determine automatically.
- the known system provides for the use of value-added-value-cards (eg chip card) on which the respectively due toll amounts are debited by the toll-collecting device.
- a tolling device which for this purpose has a device for self-monitoring of unauthorized manipulation of the individual components of the toll device and a fault memory for recording of diagnosing data in case of unauthorized manipulation.
- the tolling device can emit a signal via an appropriate signaling device, which indicates an improper operation of the device.
- a tolling device which has a signaling device, via which diagnostic data, which provide information about the functionality of the toll device or its individual components, can be interrogated wirelessly from the outside.
- diagnostic data which provide information about the functionality of the toll device or its individual components.
- the control device has a communication device for the wireless exchange of information between the control device and the toll device in passieranden vehicle.
- the toll device is able to determine toll amounts based on time-based usage tariffs and electronically debit from a stored on a stored credit card value assets.
- the devices of the control device are activated by triggering a corresponding signal of an optical sensor.
- the communication device of the control device transmits to the vehicle currently passing a data query which must be answered within a predetermined time.
- the response of the vehicle is then checked by the control for the presence of an error code.
- An error code will be stored by the toll collection device if the externally visible device light becomes damaged, if the value balance on the memory card becomes negative and if the antenna of the communication device has been shielded for a certain time and was therefore not ready to receive. If no error code is detected, the controller assumes proper operation of the toll device. If, on the other hand, an error code is detected or the dialogue between the passing vehicle and the control device fails, then a camera is activated which takes a picture of the vehicle.
- US 5,767,505 also a roadside control device for the operation of a toll device in vehicles that pass the control device.
- the toll device performs a satellite-based electronic toll settlement. In this case, billing of single amounts always takes place when the vehicle has passed a virtual toll booth whose position data are stored in the toll device.
- the tolling device also has the position data of control points in which Do it pass automatically by means of digital mobile radio certain control data to a central office. Cameras installed at the checkpoint pick up all passing vehicles with their license plates and pass this information on to the central office. There, a picture analysis and a comparison with the respectively übermitteiten by the vehicle control data takes place, which are not explained in detail content. If there is no correlation between the compared data, a report will be prepared at the central office for manual follow-up of the matter. Otherwise, the data transmitted to the central office will be deleted.
- Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a roadside control device for the control of the proper operation of a toll device for the satellite-based electronic toll collection, on the one hand ensures a high accuracy in the controls to be performed, but on the other hand the least possible effort for the equipment and the operation of the Control device required.
- the invention thus provides a control device which can perform the required roadside monitoring of the passing vehicles practically automatically. Via the communication device, the control device can wirelessly request the toll device of the respectively passing vehicle to transmit information about the current operating state of the toll device.
- Such information includes, in particular, information about the class of vehicle used for the billing and about the proper booking of the toll amounts, for example on a prepaid card, or alternatively about the proper transfer of the toll amounts to a billing center.
- the control device In principle, it is also possible to use a communication device in which the information is transmitted via infrared or ultrasound signals. However, optical transmission methods are less preferred because of their sensitivity to physical obstacles in the transmission path. It is also advisable to carry out the dialogue between the control device and the toll unit of the respective vehicle in encrypted form. For this purpose, appropriate encryption and final encryption components are to be provided in the control device and in the vehicle or in the toll device of the vehicle. As a result, the security against manipulation is significantly increased. In the vehicle, the keys necessary for encryption can be stored, for example, in a chip card or a fixed memory of the toll device or the communication device used on the vehicle side.
- a particularly effective protection against tampering can then be ensured if, in addition to current charge and chip card information, satellite, position and / or other device information is also queried and transmitted to the control device.
- the roadside control device is equipped with a receiver for the signals of the navigation satellite system used in a manner similar to the vehicle-side tolling device, then, for example, the satellite signals currently received on the vehicle side can be compared with the satellite signals currently received by the roadside control device. In this way, confusion with other vehicles passing the roadside control device simultaneously or very soon, and data manipulation can be virtually eliminated. The same applies if the passing Vehicle gives direct information about his current position at the time of the dialogue.
- information from the vehicle could also be transmitted via the communication device for police purposes that go beyond the mere monthly statement (for example: travel times of a truck driver or vehicle data that could be read out via a CAN bus).
- a particularly important part of the road-side control device is the Klassfikations issued, which expediently works according to an acoustic or optical measuring principle. It has the task of recognizing the type of the passing vehicle on the basis of characteristic signals so accurately that it can be clearly assigned to a certain fee class with utmost security.
- acoustic measurement principles for example, the sounds emitted by a vehicle can be analyzed.
- a commercial vehicle trucks or bus
- From ultrasound signals can be derived, for example, information that can be used to determine the size of a vehicle in order to make a class assignment in this way.
- several different measurement methods can be combined with each other to increase the security of the assignment.
- the classification device has a sensor system which has an electronic image sensor.
- This image sensor enables the electronic recording of images of the respective vehicle, which can then be compared with stored images from a vehicle class database.
- the assignment to a vehicle class takes place according to the greatest agreement in the image features.
- the classification device operates on the principle of optical correlation. In this case, not the image information, but the spatial frequencies of the images are optically superimposed and transversely illuminated with a light source.
- the intensity of the transmitted light is a direct measure of the correlation of the images and thus of the vehicle class.
- the vehicle class could also be modeled on the heat distribution over the vehicle length using an infrared image sensor, e.g. by means of a microbolometer array.
- an infrared image sensor e.g. by means of a microbolometer array.
- Another alternative is to see in the assignment of passing the control device vehicles based on a geometric vehicle measurement using infrared detectors.
- this type of vehicle classification is relatively complex and usually requires the installation of the control device on a bridge over the track to be observed.
- the central component of the control device is a trigger device, which activates the various devices and components of the control device functionally and also determines the timing of the vehicle classification.
- the trigger device detects the time at which a vehicle has reached a defined position on the road or a defined distance from the control device and supplies as needed z. B. also an indication of the respective vehicle speed.
- the trigger device has an electronic image sensor with downstream image processing. Alternatively, a radar sensor or even a laser sensor can be provided. Of course, the combination of several different sensors is possible.
- the evaluation unit has the task of determining whether the controlled vehicle is driving the road lawfully or not, ie whether the tolls due from the in-vehicle toll collection device are properly calculated and deducted according to the respective applicable tariff. For this purpose, the information that is provided on the one hand via the dialogue with the toll device and on the other hand by the classification device, compared and checked for plausibility. If the vehicle class queried, for example, by radio via the communication device from the toll device of the vehicle deviates from the vehicle class determined by the classification device, the evaluation device delivers a signal which causes further measures to punish the infringement which is likely to be present. Instead of fraudulent manipulation, there could also be a technical error. The most important measure is to secure evidence that provides reliable evidence that the vehicle under observation has undoubtedly failed to properly calculate and charge the applicable road user charge.
- a receiving device which, in the event of a negative result of the plausibility check or in the event that no dialogue with the vehicle or the toll device of the vehicle has come about, takes a picture of the vehicle with which this vehicle is clearly identifiable , Of course, this is primarily the inclusion of the number plate of the vehicle.
- a recording device may comprise, for example, an electronic camera. It is also possible that the electronic camera of the recording device is physically identical to an electronic camera that forms the sensors of the classification device, so that the cost of this component can be saved. The time at which the registration of the license plate is made is given by the trigger device by a corresponding signal.
- control device comprises a radio device, in particular a data radio device, via which, in the event of improper operation of the in-vehicle toll device detected by the evaluation device, the number plate of the vehicle concerned and, if necessary, further data of the respective control process are sent to a control center is transferable.
- control device has a data compression device, so that the data transmission to the control center can take place in compressed form.
- the control device according to the invention consists essentially of electronic components that require little space and have low energy consumption. Therefore, this control device can be produced as a compact device-technical unit. It can be installed in fixed locations, eg. B. on serving as a device carrier mast or on a bridge leading over the respective road. However, the installation in a vehicle is particularly advantageous with regard to the effectiveness of random checks, so that the control device can be used as a mobile device at any location. This has the advantage on the one hand that a large number of control points can be operated with a single device and that on the other hand the users of the toll routes can not adjust to control points known in advance in order to remain undetected as "dodgers", for example.
- control device is built so compact that it can be used as a handheld device (similar to a "radar gun" for speed control).
- the present invention makes it possible to carry out a check of the proper operation of satellite-based tolling devices in random or in a gapless form with a comparatively low effort for the construction and operation of a roadside control device, with a very high level of security regarding the factual accuracy of the control operations performed reachable is. It is essential that the necessary personnel expenses are extremely low, since the inspection runs practically in a fully automated form.
- control device 1 has a communication device 2, for example, as. Short-range radio is designed for a frequency in the range of 5.8 GHz. Furthermore, the control device 1 comprises a classification device 3, the sensor system of which includes an electronic image sensor (eg in the form of an electronic camera). Furthermore, the control device 1 has a trigger device 4, which is connected by signal technology to the communication device 2 and the classification device 3. An evaluation device 5 and a recording device 7 are also connected by signal technology to the trigger device. The evaluation device 5 is z. B. from an electronic computer, which makes a plausibility check with regard to the vehicle class of the currently controlled and the control device passing vehicle.
- this computer compares relevant information obtained via the communication device 2 from the controlled vehicle or its toll device, with the corresponding information about the passing vehicle, which were determined by the control device itself in order to determine the relevant vehicle class. If the evaluator 5 determines that the vehicle class applied in the in-vehicle toll apparatus is different from the vehicle class determined by the controller 1 itself, then a signal is generated which is representative of the condition that the vehicle currently passing does not properly account for tolls performs. Via the triggering devices 4, a corresponding signal is then given to the receiving device 7 in order to make a picture identifying the affected vehicle.
- This receiving device 7 is formed for example as an electronic camera. This can advantageously be used simultaneously as a sensor for the classification device 3.
- a GPS receiver 8 with the signals of the navigation system used by the vehicle-side tolling satellite system are receivable, and a z. B. trained as a data radio radio device 9, with the made recording of the vehicle or its license plate can be transmitted together with other information about the detected Vorkommis to a control center wirelessly.
- This control center then has reliable evidence after transmission whose basis the detected violation of the law of the driver of the vehicle is traceable.
- FIG. 2 the process of control by the control device 1 is shown schematically.
- a vehicle 10 equipped with a toll device 11 and carrying a license plate 6 identifying the vehicle travels on a toll road.
- the control device 1 according to the invention is set up on a mobile stand.
- the reference numeral 12 three satellites of a navigation satellite system are shown, which emit signals, based on which an accurate two-dimensional determination of the spatial position of the respective GPS receiver and thus the vehicle position is possible.
- the control device 1 which of course could also be installed in a vehicle parked at the roadside, addresses the toll device 11 via its short-range radio and queries the data necessary for determining the orderliness of the operation of the toll device 11.
- the control device 1 detects a vehicle 10 in which the plausibility check leads to a negative result in terms of regularity, the information given in FIG FIG. 2 Unillustrated recording unit a verweisichemde recording of the vehicle 10, preferably of the license plate 6, made and z. B. via an in FIG. 2 Not shown wireless device transmitted to a control center for the follow-up of the identified violation of law.
- the vehicle in question may then be withdrawn from service by the police at a suitable location (eg at a parking lot or at a rest area) and the relevant driver may be confronted with the evidence. On this occasion, it can then be determined whether the improper operation of the toll device 11 is based on a manipulation or a technical failure of the toll device 11, which would not be responsible for the driver of the vehicle 10.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine straßenseitige Kontrolleinrichtung für die Kontrolle des ordnungsgemäßen Betriebs eines Mautgerätes, das in einem die Kontrolleinrichtung passierenden und ein identifizierendes Nummernschild aufweisenden Fahrzeug installiert ist, wobei das Mautgerät eine satellitengestützte elektronische Mautabrechnung durchführt.The invention relates to a roadside control device for controlling the proper operation of a toll device installed in a vehicle passing the control device and having an identifying license plate, the toll device performing a satellite-based electronic toll bill.
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Diese mit vergleichsweise geringem Aufwand durchführbare Art der Erhebung der Mautbeträge eröffnet aber im Grundsatz eine Reihe von Betrugsmöglichkeiten für den Betreiber des jeweiligen Fahrzeugs. Daher sind geeignete Vorkehrungen zur Erkennung entsprechender mißbräuchlicher Nutzungshandlungen unabdingbar.However, this type of collection of toll amounts, which can be carried out with comparatively little effort, in principle opens up a series of possibilities for fraud for the operator of the respective vehicle. Therefore, appropriate precautions to detect appropriate misuse are indispensable.
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Dies setzt selbstverständlich voraus, daß das Gerät selbst auch eingeschaltet ist und daß die Signaleinrichtung nicht abgeschaltet oder in sonstiger Weise manipuliert wurde.This assumes, of course, that the device itself is also turned on and that the signaling device has not been switched off or manipulated in any other way.
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Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es daher, eine straßenseitige Kontrolleinrichtung für die Kontrolle des ordnungsgemäßen Betriebs eines Mautgeräts für die satellitengestütze elektronische Mautabrechnung anzugeben, die einerseits eine hohe Treffsicherheit bei den durchzuführenden Kontrollen gewährleistet, andererseits aber einen möglichst geringen Aufwand für die Gerätetechnik und den Betrieb der Kontrolleinrichtung erfordert.Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a roadside control device for the control of the proper operation of a toll device for the satellite-based electronic toll collection, on the one hand ensures a high accuracy in the controls to be performed, but on the other hand the least possible effort for the equipment and the operation of the Control device required.
Gelöst wird diese Aufgabe erfindungsgemäß durch eine Kontrolleinrichtung mit den in Patentanspruch 1 angegebenen Merkmalen. Diese Kontrolleinrichtung läßt sich durch die Merkmale der abhängigen Unteransprüche in vorteilhafterweise weiter ausgestalten.This object is achieved according to the invention by a control device with the features specified in claim 1. This control device can be advantageously further developed by the features of the dependent subclaims.
Erfindungsgemäß verfügt die Kontrolleinrichtung zumindest über folgende Einrichtungen:
- a) eine Kommunikationseinrichtung zum drahtlosen Austausch von Informationen zwischen der Kontrolleinrichtung und dem Mautgerät im passierenden Fahrzeug,
- b) eine Klassifikationseinrichtung zur Zuordnung des passierenden Fahrzeuges zu einer vorgegebenen Fahrzeugklasse,
- c) eine Triggereinrichtung zur zeitgerechten Aktivierung der Einrichtungen der Kontrolleinrichtung,
- d) eine Auswerteeinrichtung zur Plausibilitätsüberprüfung der von der Kommunikationseinrichtung und der Klassifikationseinrichtung gelieferten Daten aus dem und über das passierende Fahrzeug (bzw. dessen Mautgerät) und
- e) eine Aufnahmeeinrichtung zur Aufnahme des Nummemschildes des passierenden Fahrzeugs, wobei im Falle eines nicht zustande kommenden Informationsaustausches der Kommunikationseinrichtung mit dem Mautgerät des passierenden Fahrzeugs oder im Falle eines negativen Ergebnisses der Plausibilitätsüberprüfung. Von der Auswerteeinrichtung über die Triggereinrichtung ein Signal an die Aufnahmeeinrichtung gegeben wird zur Aufnahme der Nummernschildes.
- a) a communication device for the wireless exchange of information between the control device and the toll device in the passing vehicle,
- b) a classification device for assigning the passing vehicle to a predetermined vehicle class,
- c) a trigger device for the timely activation of the devices of the control device,
- d) an evaluation device for checking the plausibility of the data supplied by the communication device and the classification device from and about the passing vehicle (or its toll device) and
- e) a receiving device for receiving the number plate of the passing vehicle, wherein in the event of a failure to come information exchange of the communication device with the toll device of the passing vehicle or in the case of a negative result of the plausibility check. From the evaluation device via the trigger device, a signal is given to the receiving device for receiving the license plate.
Die Erfindung stellt somit eine Kontrolleinrichtung zur Verfügung, die die erforderliche straßenseitige Überwachung der passierenden Fahrzeuge praktisch automatisch erledigen kann. Über die Kommunikationseinrichtung kann die Kontrolleinrichtung auf drahtlosem Wege das Mautgerät des jeweils passierenden Fahrzeugs dazu auffordern, Informationen über den aktuellen Betriebszustand des Mautgeräts zu übermitteln.The invention thus provides a control device which can perform the required roadside monitoring of the passing vehicles practically automatically. Via the communication device, the control device can wirelessly request the toll device of the respectively passing vehicle to transmit information about the current operating state of the toll device.
Solche Informationen beinhalten insbesondere Angaben über die für die Gebührenabrechnung zugrunde gelegte Fahrzeugklasse und über die ordnungsgemäße Verbuchung der Mautbeträge etwa auf einer Wertguthabenkarte oder alternativ über die ordnungsgemäße Übermittlung der Mautbeträge an eine Gebührenabrechnungszentrale. Vorzugsweise ist die Kommunikationseincichtung als Kurzstreckenfunkeinrichtung (DSRC = Dedicated Short-Range Communikation) für den Frequenzbereich von 2,4 bis 5,8 GHz ausgebildet. Es kann auch zweckmäßig sein, als Kommunikationseinrichtung ein Endgerät für ein zellulares Mobilfunknetz (CN = Cellular Network) oder ein Datenfunknetz zu verwenden. Ein solches Endgerät ist besonders dann vorteilhaft, wenn es für den digitalen Mobilfunk geeignet ist und z. B. dem GSM-Standard entspricht. Auch ein Endgerät für das System Mobitex läßt sich mit Vorteil verwenden. Grundsätzlich ist es auch möglich, eine Kommunikationseinrichtung zu verwenden, bei der die Informationen über infrarot- oder Ultraschall-Signale übermittelt werden. Optische Übertragungsverfahren sind aber wegen ihrer Empfindlichkeit gegenüber körperlichen Hindernissen im Übertragungsweg weniger bevorzugt. Es empfiehlt sich ferner, den Dialog zwischen der Kontrolleinrichtung und dem Mautgerät des jeweiligen Fahrzeugs in verschlüsselter Form zu führen. Hierzu sind entsprechende Ver- und Endschlüsselungskomponenten in der Kontrolleinrichtung und im Fahrzeug bzw. im Mautgerät des Fahrzeugs vorzusehen. Hierdurch wird die Sicherheit gegen Manipulationen deutlich erhöht. Im Fahrzeug können die für die Verschlüsselung notwendigen Schlüssel beispielsweise in einer Chipkarte oder einem festen Speicher des Mautgeräts bzw. der fahrzeugseitig eingesetzten Kommunikationseinrichtung abgelegt sein. Einen besonders effektiven Manipulationsschutz kann man dann gewährleisten, wenn neben aktuellen Gebühren- und Chipkarteninformationen auch Satelliten-, Positions- und/oder sonstige Geräteinformationen abgefragt und an die Kontrolleinrichtung übertragen werden. Wenn die straßenseitige Kontrolleinrichtung in entsprechender Weise wie das fahrzeugseitige Mautgerät mit einem Empfänger für die Signale des benutzten Navigationssatellitensystems ausgestattet ist, dann können beispielsweise die aktuell fahrzeugseitig empfangenen Satellitensignale verglichen werden mit den aktuell von der straßenseitigen Kontrolleinrichtung empfangenen Satellitensignalen. Auf diese Weise können Verwechslungen mit anderen Fahrzeugen, die gleichzeitig oder sehr zeitnah die straßenseitige Kontrolleinrichtung passieren, und Datenmanipulationen praktisch ausgeschlossen werden. Entsprechendes gilt auch, wenn das passierende Fahrzeug direkte Angaben über seine aktuelle Position im Zeitpunkt des Dialogs gibt.Such information includes, in particular, information about the class of vehicle used for the billing and about the proper booking of the toll amounts, for example on a prepaid card, or alternatively about the proper transfer of the toll amounts to a billing center. The communication device is preferably designed as a dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) for the frequency range from 2.4 to 5.8 GHz. It may also be expedient to use a terminal for a cellular mobile radio network (CN = Cellular Network) or a data radio network as the communication device. Such a terminal is particularly advantageous if it is suitable for digital mobile communications and z. B. corresponds to the GSM standard. A terminal for the system Mobitex can be used with advantage. In principle, it is also possible to use a communication device in which the information is transmitted via infrared or ultrasound signals. However, optical transmission methods are less preferred because of their sensitivity to physical obstacles in the transmission path. It is also advisable to carry out the dialogue between the control device and the toll unit of the respective vehicle in encrypted form. For this purpose, appropriate encryption and final encryption components are to be provided in the control device and in the vehicle or in the toll device of the vehicle. As a result, the security against manipulation is significantly increased. In the vehicle, the keys necessary for encryption can be stored, for example, in a chip card or a fixed memory of the toll device or the communication device used on the vehicle side. A particularly effective protection against tampering can then be ensured if, in addition to current charge and chip card information, satellite, position and / or other device information is also queried and transmitted to the control device. If the roadside control device is equipped with a receiver for the signals of the navigation satellite system used in a manner similar to the vehicle-side tolling device, then, for example, the satellite signals currently received on the vehicle side can be compared with the satellite signals currently received by the roadside control device. In this way, confusion with other vehicles passing the roadside control device simultaneously or very soon, and data manipulation can be virtually eliminated. The same applies if the passing Vehicle gives direct information about his current position at the time of the dialogue.
Bei Bedarf könnten über die Kommunikationseinrichtung auch Informationen aus dem Fahrzeug für polizeiliche Zwecke, die über die reine Monatsabrechnung hinausgehen, übermittelt werden (z.B: Fahrzeiten eines LKW-Fahrers oder Fahrzeugdaten, die über einen CAN-Bus ausgelesen werden könnten).If required, information from the vehicle could also be transmitted via the communication device for police purposes that go beyond the mere monthly statement (for example: travel times of a truck driver or vehicle data that could be read out via a CAN bus).
Ein besonders wesentlicher Teil der straßenseitigen Kontrolleinrichtung ist die Klassfikationseinrichtung, die zweckmäßigerweise nach einem akustischen oder optischen Meßprinzip arbeitet. Sie hat die Aufgabe, anhand charakteristischer Signale den jeweiligen Typ des passierenden Fahrzeugs so genau zu erkennen, daß er mit größter Sicherheit eindeutig einer bestimmten Gebührenklasse zugeordnet werden kann. In bezug auf akustische Meßprinzipien können beispielsweise die von einem Fahrzeug emittierten Geräusche analysiert werden. So hat etwa ein Nutzkraftwagen (LKW oder Bus) ein deutlich anderes Frequenzspektrum als ein PKW oder ein Motorrad. Aus Ultraschallsignalen lassen sich beispielsweise Informationen ableiten, die zur Feststellung der Größe eines Fahrzeugs herangezogen werden können, um auf diese Weise eine Klassenzuordnung vornehmen zu können. Generell können auch mehrere unterschiedliche Meßmethoden miteinander kombiniert werden, um die Sicherheit der Zuordnung zu erhöhen. Besonders bevorzugt werden im Rahmen der vorliegenden Erfindung optische Meßmethoden. Daher verfügt die Klassifikationseinrichtung in einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform über eine Sensorik, die einen elektronischen Bildsensor aufweist. Dieser Bildsensor ermöglicht die elektronische Aufnahme von Bildern des jeweiligen Fahrzeugs, die dann mit gespeicherten Bildern aus einer Fahrzeugklassen-Datenbank verglichen werden können. Die Zuordnung zu einer Fahrzeugklasse erfolgt jeweils nach der größten Übereinstimmung in den Bildmerkmalen. Um den Rechenaufwand für ein solches Vergleichsverfahren zu vermindern und den Zeitbedarf zu verkürzen ist es besonders zweckmäßig, wenn die Klassifikationseinrichtung nach dem Prinzip der optischen Korrelation arbeitet. In diesem Fall werden nicht die Bildinformationen, sondern die Ortsfrequenzen der Bilder optisch überlagert und senkrecht mit einer Lichtquelle durchleuchtet. Die Intensität des transmittierten Lichtes ist dabei ein direktes Maß für die Korrelation der Bilder und damit der Fahrzeugklasse. Die Fahrzeugklasse könnte beispielsweise auch anhand der Wärmeverteilung über die Fahrzeuglänge mit Hilfe eines Infrarot-Bildsensors, z.B. mittels eines Mikrobolometer-Arrays, ermittelt werden. Eine andere Alternative ist in der Zuordnung der die Kontrolleinrichtung passierenden Fahrzeuge anhand einer geometrischen Fahrzeugvermessung mittels Infrarotdetektoren zu sehen. Diese Art der Fahrzeugklassifikation ist aber vergleichsweise sehr aufwendig und erfordert im Regelfall die Installation der Kontrolleinrichtung auf einer Brücke über der zu beobachtenden Fahrbahn.A particularly important part of the road-side control device is the Klassfikationseinrichtung, which expediently works according to an acoustic or optical measuring principle. It has the task of recognizing the type of the passing vehicle on the basis of characteristic signals so accurately that it can be clearly assigned to a certain fee class with utmost security. With regard to acoustic measurement principles, for example, the sounds emitted by a vehicle can be analyzed. For example, a commercial vehicle (truck or bus) has a significantly different frequency spectrum than a car or a motorcycle. From ultrasound signals can be derived, for example, information that can be used to determine the size of a vehicle in order to make a class assignment in this way. In general, several different measurement methods can be combined with each other to increase the security of the assignment. In the context of the present invention, optical measurement methods are particularly preferred. Therefore, in a preferred embodiment, the classification device has a sensor system which has an electronic image sensor. This image sensor enables the electronic recording of images of the respective vehicle, which can then be compared with stored images from a vehicle class database. The assignment to a vehicle class takes place according to the greatest agreement in the image features. In order to reduce the computational effort for such a comparison method and to shorten the time required, it is particularly expedient if the classification device operates on the principle of optical correlation. In this case, not the image information, but the spatial frequencies of the images are optically superimposed and transversely illuminated with a light source. The intensity of the transmitted light is a direct measure of the correlation of the images and thus of the vehicle class. For example, the vehicle class could also be modeled on the heat distribution over the vehicle length using an infrared image sensor, e.g. by means of a microbolometer array. Another alternative is to see in the assignment of passing the control device vehicles based on a geometric vehicle measurement using infrared detectors. However, this type of vehicle classification is relatively complex and usually requires the installation of the control device on a bridge over the track to be observed.
Zentraler Baustein der erfindungsgemäßen Kontrolleinrichtung ist eine Triggereinrichtung, die die verschiedenen Einrichtungen und Komponenten der Kontrolleinrichtung funktionsgerecht aktiviert und auch den zeitlichen Ablauf der Fahrzeugklassifikation bestimmt. Die Triggereinrichtung erfaßt den Zeitpunkt, an dem ein Fahrzeug eine definierte Position auf der Fahrbahn oder eine definierte Entfernung von der Kontrolleinrichtung erreicht hat und liefert bei Bedarf z. B. zusätzlich auch eine Angabe über die jeweilige Fahrzeuggeschwindigkeit. Zweckmäßigerweise verfügt die Triggereinrichtung über einen elektronischen Bildsensor mit einer nachgeschalteten Bildverarbeitung. Alternativ kann auch ein Radarsensor oder auch ein Lasersensor vorgesehen sein. Selbstverständlich ist auch die Kombination mehrerer unterschiedlicher Sensoren möglich.The central component of the control device according to the invention is a trigger device, which activates the various devices and components of the control device functionally and also determines the timing of the vehicle classification. The trigger device detects the time at which a vehicle has reached a defined position on the road or a defined distance from the control device and supplies as needed z. B. also an indication of the respective vehicle speed. Expediently, the trigger device has an electronic image sensor with downstream image processing. Alternatively, a radar sensor or even a laser sensor can be provided. Of course, the combination of several different sensors is possible.
Die Auswerteeinrichtung hat die Aufgabe, zu ermitteln, ob das kontrollierte Fahrzeug die Straße rechtmäßig befährt oder nicht, ob also von dem fahrzeuginternen Mautgerät die fälligen Straßenbenutzungsgebühren nach dem jeweils zutreffenden Tarif ordnungsgemäß ermittelt und abgebucht werden. Hierzu werden die Informationen, die einerseits über den Dialog mit dem Mautgerät und andererseits von der Klassifikationseinrichtung geliefert werden, miteinander verglichen und auf Plausibilität geprüft. Wenn die beispielsweise per Funk über die Kommunikationseinrichtung vom Mautgerät des Fahrzeugs abgefragte Fahrzeugklasse von der durch die Klassifikationseinrichtung ermittelten Fahrzeugklasse abweicht, liefert die Auswerteeinrichtung ein Signal, das weitere Maßnahmen veranlaßt, um den wahrscheinlich vorliegenden Rechtsverstoß zu ahnden. Statt einer betrügerischen Manipulation könnte unter Umständen auch ein technischer Fehler vorliegen. Die wichtigste Maßnahme besteht darin, Beweismaterial zu sichern, das einen zuverlässigen Nachweis dafür ermöglicht, daß unzweifelhaft das jeweils beobachtete Fahrzeug keine ordnungsgemäße Berechnung und Weiterbelastung der jeweils fälligen Straßenbenutzungsgebühr vorgenommen hat.The evaluation unit has the task of determining whether the controlled vehicle is driving the road lawfully or not, ie whether the tolls due from the in-vehicle toll collection device are properly calculated and deducted according to the respective applicable tariff. For this purpose, the information that is provided on the one hand via the dialogue with the toll device and on the other hand by the classification device, compared and checked for plausibility. If the vehicle class queried, for example, by radio via the communication device from the toll device of the vehicle deviates from the vehicle class determined by the classification device, the evaluation device delivers a signal which causes further measures to punish the infringement which is likely to be present. Instead of fraudulent manipulation, there could also be a technical error. The most important measure is to secure evidence that provides reliable evidence that the vehicle under observation has undoubtedly failed to properly calculate and charge the applicable road user charge.
Hierzu ist eine Aufnahmeeinrichtung vorgesehen, die für den Fall eines negativen Ergebnisses der Plausibilitätsüberprüfung oder für den Fall, daß gar kein Dialog mit dem Fahrzeug bzw. dem Mautgerät des Fahrzeugs zustande gekommen ist, eine Aufnahme des Fahrzeugs anfertigt, mit der dieses Fahrzeug eindeutig identifizierbar ist. Hierzu eignet sich selbstverständlich in erster Linie die Aufnahme des Nummemschildes des Fahrzeugs. Eine solche Aufnahmeeinrichtung kann beispielsweise eine elektronische Kamera umfassen. Dabei ist es auch möglich, daß die elektronische Kamera der Aufnahmeeinrichtung körperlich identisch ist mit einer elektronischen Kamera, die die Sensorik der Klassifikationseinrichtung bildet, so daß der Aufwand für diese Komponente eingespart werden kann. Der Zeitpunkt, zu dem die Aufnahme des Nummernschildes vorgenommen wird, wird durch die Triggereinrichtung durch ein entsprechendes Signal vorgegeben.For this purpose, a receiving device is provided which, in the event of a negative result of the plausibility check or in the event that no dialogue with the vehicle or the toll device of the vehicle has come about, takes a picture of the vehicle with which this vehicle is clearly identifiable , Of course, this is primarily the inclusion of the number plate of the vehicle. Such a recording device may comprise, for example, an electronic camera. It is also possible that the electronic camera of the recording device is physically identical to an electronic camera that forms the sensors of the classification device, so that the cost of this component can be saved. The time at which the registration of the license plate is made is given by the trigger device by a corresponding signal.
Besonders vorteilhaft ist es, wenn die Kontrolleinrichtung eine Funkeinrichtung, insbesondere eine Datenfunkeinrichtung, umfaßt, über die im Falle eines durch die Auswerteeinrichtung festgestellten nicht ordnungsgemäßen Betriebes des fahrzeuginternen Mautgeräts die Aufnahme des Nummemschildes des betroffenen Fahrzeugs und soweit erforderlich weitere Daten des jeweiligen Kontrollvorgangs an eine Kontrollzentrale übermittelbar ist. In diesem Zusammenhang ist es weiterhin zweckmäßig, wenn die Kontrolleinrichtung über eine Datenkompressionseinrichtung verfügt, damit die Datenübermittlung an die Kontrollzentrale in komprimierter Form erfolgen kann. Dadurch lassen sich die Kapazitätsanforderungen an die Übertragungskanäle und damit die Kosten der Datenübermittlung deutlich reduzieren.It is particularly advantageous if the control device comprises a radio device, in particular a data radio device, via which, in the event of improper operation of the in-vehicle toll device detected by the evaluation device, the number plate of the vehicle concerned and, if necessary, further data of the respective control process are sent to a control center is transferable. In this context, it is furthermore expedient if the control device has a data compression device, so that the data transmission to the control center can take place in compressed form. As a result, the capacity requirements for the transmission channels and thus the costs of data transmission can be significantly reduced.
Die erfindungsgemäße Kontrolleinrichtung besteht im wesentlichen aus elektronischen Komponenten, die wenig Bauvolumen erfordern und einen geringen Energieverbrauch aufweisen. Daher läßt sich diese Kontrolleinrichtung als kompakte gerätetechnische Einheit herstellen. Sie kann an festen Orten installiert werden, z. B. auf einem als Geräteträger dienenden Mast oder auch an einer über die jeweilige Straße führenden Brücke. Besonders vorteilhaft im Hinblick auf die Effektivität von stichprobenartig durchgeführten Kontrollvorgängen ist jedoch die Installation in einem Fahrzeug, so daß die Kontrolleinrichtung als mobiles Gerät an beliebigen Orten einsetzbar ist. Dies hat einerseits den Vorteil, daß mit einem einzigen Gerät eine Vielzahl von Kontrollpunkten bedient werden kann und daß andererseits sich die Benutzer der gebührenpflichtigen Wegstrecken nicht auf im voraus bekannte Kontrollpunkte einstellen zu können, um beispielsweise in der Weise als "Schwarzfahrer" unentdeckt zu bleiben, daß immer rechtzeitig vor solchen Kontrollpunkten ein ordnungsgemäßer Betrieb des Mautgeräts vorgenommen wird, während im übrigen das Mautgerät z. B. einfach abgeschaltet wird. Ein besonders hohes Maß an Einsatzflexibilität und Kontrolleffektivität läßt sich erreichen, wenn man die Kontrolleinrichtung so kompakt baut, daß es als Handgerät (ähnlich wie eine "Radar-Pistole" zur Geschwindigkeitskontrolle) einsetzbar ist.The control device according to the invention consists essentially of electronic components that require little space and have low energy consumption. Therefore, this control device can be produced as a compact device-technical unit. It can be installed in fixed locations, eg. B. on serving as a device carrier mast or on a bridge leading over the respective road. However, the installation in a vehicle is particularly advantageous with regard to the effectiveness of random checks, so that the control device can be used as a mobile device at any location. This has the advantage on the one hand that a large number of control points can be operated with a single device and that on the other hand the users of the toll routes can not adjust to control points known in advance in order to remain undetected as "dodgers", for example. that always in good time before such checkpoints a proper operation of the toll device is made while the rest of the toll device z. B. is simply turned off. A particularly high degree of versatility and control efficiency can be achieved if the control device is built so compact that it can be used as a handheld device (similar to a "radar gun" for speed control).
Die vorliegende Erfindung ermöglicht es, mit einem vergleichsweise niedrigen Aufwand für den Bau und den Betrieb einer straßenseitigen Kontrolleinrichtung eine Überprüfung des ordnungsgemäßen Betriebes von satellitengestützten Mautgeräten in stichprobenartiger oder auch in lückenloser Form durchzuführen, wobei eine sehr hohe Sicherheit bezüglich der sachlichen Richtigkeit der durchgeführten Kontrollvorgänge erreichbar ist. Wesentlich dabei ist es, daß der dafür notwendige personelle Aufwand äußerst gering ist, da die Kontrollgänge praktisch in vollautomatisierter Form ablaufen.The present invention makes it possible to carry out a check of the proper operation of satellite-based tolling devices in random or in a gapless form with a comparatively low effort for the construction and operation of a roadside control device, with a very high level of security regarding the factual accuracy of the control operations performed reachable is. It is essential that the necessary personnel expenses are extremely low, since the inspection runs practically in a fully automated form.
Anhand der in den beiden Figuren wiedergegebenen schematischen Darstellungen wird die vorliegende Erfindung nachfolgend exemplarisch näher erläutert. Es zeigen:
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Für die Funktion der erfindungsgemäßen Kontrolleinrichtung 1 sinnvoll, sind ein GPS-Empfänger 8, mit dem Signale des von dem fahrzeugseitigen Mautgerät benutzten Navigationssatellitensystems empfangbar sind, und eine z. B. als Datenfunkeinrichtung ausgebildete Funkeinrichtung 9, mit der die gemachte Aufnahme des Fahrzeugs bzw. dessen Nummernschild zusammen mit weiteren Informationen über das festgestellte Vorkommis an eine Kontrollzentrale auf drahtlosen Wege übermittelbar sind. Diese Kontrollzentrale verfügt dann nach der Übertragung über zuverlässiges Beweismaterial, auf dessen Basis der festgestellte Rechtsverstoß des Fahrers des jeweiligen Fahrzeugs verfolgbar ist. Durch die Informationen des GPS-Empfängers 8, die mit entsprechenden GPS-Informationen verglichen werden können, die von der Kontrolleinrichtung 1 aus dem Fahrzeug abgefragt werden, kann die Authentizität der abgefragten Daten vollständig gewährleistet werden.For the function of the control device 1 according to the invention makes sense, a GPS receiver 8, with the signals of the navigation system used by the vehicle-side tolling satellite system are receivable, and a z. B. trained as a data
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- Roadside monitoring device (1) for monitoring the regular operation of a toll instrument (11), which is installed in a vehicle (10) passing the monitoring device (1) and comprising an identifying number plate (6), wherein the toll instrument (11) executes a satellite-aided electronic toll settlement, and is equipped with the following devices:- a communication device (2) for the wireless exchange of information between the monitoring device (1) and the toll instrument (11) in the passing vehicle (10),- a trigger device (4) for the punctual activation of the devices (2, 3, 5, 7) of the monitoring device (1),- a classification device (3) for associating the passing vehicle (10) with a predetermined vehicle category, the classification device (3) having a sensor system which operates by an acoustic or optical measuring principle;- an evaluation device (5) for checking the plausibility of the data from and via the passing vehicle (10) which are supplied by the communication device (2) and the classification device (3),- a recording device (7) for recording the number plate (6) of the passing vehicle (10), wherein, should there be no exchange of information between the communication device (2) and the toll instrument (11) of the passing vehicle (10), or should the result of the plausibility check be negative, a signal is transmitted by the evaluation device (5) via the trigger device (4) to the recording device (7) to record the number plate; andwherein the monitoring device (1) comprises a receiver (8) for the satellite navigation system (12) used by the toll instrument (11) and the evaluation device (5) is adapted for comparing self-established data with the data of the satellite navigation system (12) which are retrieved from the toll instrument (11) and which can be routed via the communication device (2) to the evaluation device (5).
- Monitoring device (1) according to Claim 1,
characterised in that the communication device (2) is formed as a short-range radio device, e.g. DSRC, i.e. Dedicated Short-Range Communication, in particular as a radio device for the frequency range from 2.4 to 5.8 GHz. - Monitoring device (1) according to Claim 1,
characterised in that the communication device (2) is formed as a terminal for a cellular mobile radio network or radio data network, in particular according to the GSM standard, or for the Mobitex system. - Monitoring device (1) according to any one of Claims 1 to 3,
characterised in that the communication device (2) is adapted for conducting the dialogue with the vehicle (10) in encoded form. - Monitoring device (1) according to Claim 1,
characterised in that the sensor system of the classification device (3) comprises an electronic image sensor. - Monitoring device (1) according to Claim 5, characterised in that the classification device (3) operates according to the optical correlation principle.
- Monitoring device (1) according to any one of Claims 1 to 6,
characterised in that the trigger device (4) comprises an image sensor with downstream image processing or a radar sensor or a laser sensor. - Monitoring device (1) according to any one of Claims 1 to 7,
characterised in that the evaluation device (5) is adapted for comparing the vehicle category which is transmitted via the communication device (2) by the toll instrument (11) of the vehicle (10) with the vehicle category which is established by the classification device (3). - Monitoring device (1) according to any one of Claims 1 to 8,
characterised in that the recording device (7) comprises an electronic camera. - Monitoring device (1) according to Claim 9, characterised in that the electronic camera of the recording device (7) is physically identical with an electronic camera which forms the sensor system of the classification device (3).
- Monitoring device (1) according to any one of Claims 1 to 10,
characterised in that the monitoring device (1) comprises a radio device (9), in particular a radio data device, via which, should it be ascertained through the evaluation device (5) that the toll instrument (11) is not operating properly, the recording of the number plate (6) of the vehicle (10) can be transmitted to a control centre. - Monitoring device (1) according to Claim 11, characterised in that the monitoring device (1) comprises a data compression device for transmitting data to the control centre in compressed form.
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