A method, system and storage medium for non-sensing activation of ETC

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, system and storage medium for contactless activation of ETC. In the present application, after the server verifies that the ETC application order initiated by the designated device is in a pending activation state, the contactless activation process of the intelligent ETC device is started: verifying the current pressing state of the intelligent ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the label status description information are consistent with the record, and then executing in sequence: querying and obtaining a configuration object, writing the configuration object to the recorder of the intelligent ETC device, and sending the written configuration object to the Department of Transportation for verification, wherein the configuration object includes, in sequence: card information, device system information, and vehicle information; after the configuration object is written and verified, writing activation bit information to the recorder to achieve activation.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of ETC activation technology, and in particular to a method, system and storage medium for contactless ETC activation. Background Art

[0002] The implementation of ETC is inseparable from smart ETC devices, which must be activated before they can be used normally.

[0003] The activation process of existing smart ETC devices is as follows: (1) The user must first turn on the Bluetooth of the smart OBU device. (2) Use the mobile phone APP to connect to the Bluetooth of the smart ETC device. (3) Use the mobile phone APP to verify the user's identity. (4) Use the mobile phone Bluetooth to write data and activate the ETC via Bluetooth with the smart ETC device. This process requires the user to operate the mobile phone, ETC device and other objects alternately, and different brands of ETC have different operation methods. The excessive number of user operation steps leads to a high learning cost for the user, which in turn leads to a high activation failure rate of the smart ETC device. At the same time, this stage will also generate a large number of after-sales customer service consultation calls, resulting in high operating costs for the issuer. Currently, there are more and more connection methods based on mobile phone Bluetooth, such as wireless headphones, Bluetooth watches, car computers, etc. Since the number of Bluetooth devices that mobile phones can connect to is limited and prone to conflicts, when the mobile phone device is connected to the smart ETC device, there may be interference from other Bluetooth devices, resulting in activation failure. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems or at least partially solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a method, system and storage medium for contactless activation of ETC.

[0005] In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for non-sensing activation of ETC, comprising:

[0006] After the server verifies that the ETC application order initiated by the designated device is in the pending activation state, it starts the non-sensing activation process of the smart ETC device:

[0007] When verifying that the current pressing state of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the tag state description information are consistent with the record, the following steps are executed in order: querying and obtaining a configuration object; writing the configuration object to the recorder of the smart ETC device; and sending the written configuration object to the Department of Transportation for verification, wherein the configuration object includes, in order: card information, device system information, and vehicle information;

[0008] After the configuration object is written and verified, activation bit information is written to the recorder to activate it.

[0009] Furthermore, initiating an ETC application order through a designated device includes: initiating an ETC application request to the server through the designated device, generating a 32-bit device identifier based on the designated device information operated by the user during the request process, uploading the 32-bit device identifier, ETC application number and the ETC application materials to the server, and then generating an ETC application order.

[0010] Furthermore, after the issuer reviews and approves the ETC application materials, the corresponding pending activation status of the ETC application order will be synchronized to the server.

[0011] Furthermore, before verifying that the current pressing state of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the tag state description information are consistent with the record:

[0012] Binding the designated device for ETC application with the smart ETC device, so as to associate the ETC application order with the corresponding smart ETC device through the designated device;

[0013] After the smart ETC device is installed, the smart ETC device ID, press event ID, press event type, and tag status description information are synchronized to the server;

[0014] When performing the contactless activation process of the smart ETC device, the current pressing status of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, the tag status description information, and the smart ETC device ID, pressing event ID, pressing event type, and tag status description information of the smart ETC device to be activated recorded in the server are obtained and verified.

[0015] Furthermore, in the process of querying the configuration object, the content of the configuration object is queried through the preset query API interface with the press event ID and the smart ETC device ID as input parameters.

[0016] Furthermore, in the process of writing the configuration object to the recorder, the configuration object is written to the recorder through a preset write API interface with the press event ID, the smart ETC device ID and the content of the configuration object as input parameters.

[0017] Furthermore, the activation is achieved by writing activation bit information to the recorder, which includes: the server takes the pressing event ID, the smart ETC device ID and the activation bit information content as input parameters, and writes the activation bit information to the corresponding recorder through the sixth API interface.

[0018] Furthermore, after the writing is successfully completed, a writing success instruction is sent back to the server; after the server receives the writing success instruction, it reminds the user of the activation success through the voice of the designated device and pushes a success message to the user.

[0019] In a second aspect, the present invention provides a system for non-sensing ETC activation, comprising:

[0020] An ETC application order generation module, which receives the designated device information based on the user operation to generate a 32-bit device identifier, and generates an ETC application order by combining the 32-bit device identifier, the ETC application number and the ETC application information;

[0021] a pending activation state configuration module, wherein the pending activation state configuration module configures the ETC application order whose ETC application materials have been reviewed and approved by the issuer into a pending activation state;

[0022] The non-sensing activation module verifies that the ETC application order is in the pending activation state, and then starts the non-sensing activation process of the smart ETC device:

[0023] When verifying that the current pressing status of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the tag status description information are consistent with the record, the following are executed in sequence: query and obtain the configuration object, write the configuration object to the recorder of the smart ETC device, and send the written configuration object to the Transportation Department for verification, wherein the configuration object includes, in sequence: card information, device system information, and vehicle information; after the configuration object is written and verified, write the activation bit information to the recorder to achieve activation.

[0024] In a third aspect, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for implementing the method for contactless activation of ETC when the computer program is executed by a processing unit.

[0025] The above technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention has the following advantages compared with the prior art:

[0026] In this application, the user only needs to initiate an ETC application request to the server through a designated device, and bind the designated device to the smart ETC device to be activated by scanning the code. After that, after the server verifies that the ETC application order initiated by the designated device is in the pending activation state, it starts the contactless activation process of the smart ETC device: verifying the current pressing state of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the label status description information are consistent with the record, and then executing in sequence: querying and obtaining the configuration object, writing the configuration object to the recorder of the smart ETC device, and sending the written configuration object to the Department of Transportation for verification, wherein the configuration object includes, in sequence: card information, device system information, and vehicle information; after the configuration object is written and verified, the activation bit information is written to the recorder to achieve activation.

[0027] Users do not need to view the activation instructions, turn on the Bluetooth of the smart ETC device, connect their mobile phone to the Bluetooth of the smart ETC device, or verify their identity, thus reducing the impact of connecting the mobile phone to other Bluetooth devices on activation. The user of this application only needs to initiate an ETC application request and bind the designated device to the smart ETC device. After that, the smart ETC device will automatically realize the senseless activation process, simplifying the user's operation process when activating the smart ETC device and improving activation efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

[0029] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art. Obviously, for ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative labor.

[0030] Figure 1 A flowchart of a method for non-sensing ETC activation provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 2 Flowchart of the sensorless activation process of the smart ETC device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0032] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a system for contactless ETC activation provided by an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more clear, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts shall fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0034] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "includes," or any other variations thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. In the absence of further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising the element.

[0035] Example 1

[0036] See Figure 1 As shown, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for seamless activation of ETC, which is applied to an intelligent ETC device. The intelligent ETC device includes: a recorder (DVR) and an on-board terminal (OBU), and the intelligent ETC device has a 4G wireless communication module and supports 4G wireless communication.

[0037] An ETC application request is initiated to the server through a designated device, such as a mobile phone. The content to be submitted in the ETC application request includes the ETC application materials. Specifically, after receiving the smart ETC product, the user needs to apply for ETC on the designated device. When the user submits the ETC application materials through the designated device, a 32-bit device identifier (Stringdeviceid) is generated based on the designated device information of the user operation. The device identifier is unique to the designated device. The 32-bit device identifier, ETC application number and the ETC application materials are uploaded to the server.

[0038] The issuer reviews the ETC application materials submitted by the user in the server. After the ETC application materials are reviewed and approved by the issuer, the pending activation status of the corresponding ETC application order is synchronized to the server. The ETC application order is distinguished by the ETC application number.

[0039] When binding the recorder, the user scans the binding QR code of the smart ETC device through the designated device to upload the smart ETC device ID (DeviceID) and the 32-bit device identifier (Stringdeviceid) to the server for binding. By binding the 32-bit device identifier of the designated device and the smart ETC device ID, the ETC application order corresponding to the 32-bit device identifier is associated with the smart ETC device.

[0040] After the smart ETC device is installed, that is, after the user sticks the smart ETC device to the front windshield, the anti-dismantling switch of the smart ETC device is pressed. After the pressing time exceeds 3 minutes, the smart ETC device automatically synchronizes the smart ETC device ID, press event ID (PressID), press event type (Event), and tag status description (date) information to the server through the 4G wireless communication module.

[0041] The server executes a scheduled task, matches the binding relationship between the ETC application order and the designated device through the 32-bit device identifier, and after verifying that the ETC application order is in the pending activation state, starts the contactless activation process of the smart ETC device.

[0042] In the specific implementation process, please refer to Figure 2 As shown, the non-sensing activation process of the smart ETC device includes:

[0043] Obtain and verify the current pressing state of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, the tag state description information, and the smart ETC device ID, pressing event ID, pressing event type, and tag state description information of the smart ETC device to be activated recorded in the server. Verify whether the current pressing state of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the tag state description information are consistent with those recorded in the server. If they are inconsistent, update the data and re-verify. If they are consistent, execute in order:

[0044] Query and obtain the configuration object. Specifically, in the process of querying the configuration object, the content of the configuration object is queried through the preset query API interface with the press event ID and the smart ETC device ID as input parameters.

[0045] The configuration object is written to the recorder of the smart ETC device. Specifically, in the process of writing the configuration object to the recorder, the configuration object is written to the recorder through a preset write API interface with the press event ID, the smart ETC device ID, and the content of the configuration object as input parameters.

[0046] The written configuration object is sent to the Department of Transportation for verification.

[0047] The configuration objects include, in order: card information, device system information, and vehicle information.

[0048] In the specific implementation process, the process of querying the configuration object, writing the configuration object to the recorder of the smart ETC device, and sending the written configuration object to the Ministry of Transportation for verification is as follows:

[0049] (1) Query card information. The server uses the press event ID and the smart ETC device ID as input parameters to query the card information (icInfo) in the smart ETC device in real time through the first API interface and generate a random number (icSerial). If the card information is successfully queried, step (2) is performed. If the card information is not successfully queried, step (1) is repeated.

[0050] (2) Writing the card information to the recorder. The server uses the press event ID, the smart ETC device ID, and the card information as input parameters and writes the card information to the recorder through the second API interface. If the card information is successfully written, step (3) is performed; otherwise, step (2) is performed.

[0051] (3) The card information that has been written successfully is sent to the Department of Transportation for verification. If the Department of Transportation fails to verify the card information, step (1) is repeated. If the Department of Transportation passes the verification, step (4) is performed.

[0052] (4) Query the device system information of the recorder. The server uses the press event ID and the smart ETC device ID as input parameters to query the device system information of the recorder through the third API interface. If the device system information is successfully queried, step (5) is performed. If the device system information is not successfully queried, step (4) is repeated.

[0053] (5) Writing the device system information to the recorder. The server uses the press event ID, the smart ETC device ID, and the device system information as input parameters and writes the device system information to the recorder through the fourth API interface. If the device system information is successfully written, proceed to step (6); otherwise, proceed to step (5).

[0054] (6) The written device system information is sent to the Transportation Department for verification. If the Transportation Department fails to verify the device system information, step (4) is repeated. If the device system information is successfully verified, step (7) is performed.

[0055] (7) Obtain vehicle information and write the vehicle information to the recorder. The server uses the press event ID, the smart ETC device ID, and the written vehicle information as input parameters and writes the vehicle information to the recorder through the fifth API interface. If the vehicle information is successfully written, proceed to step (8); otherwise, proceed to step (7).

[0056] (8) The written vehicle information is sent to the Transportation Department for verification. If the Transportation Department fails to verify the vehicle information, step (7) is repeated. If the Transportation Department verifies the vehicle information successfully, step (9) is performed to write activation bit information to the recorder to activate it.

[0057] (9) Writing the activation bit information to the recorder. The server takes the press event ID, the smart ETC device ID, and the written activation bit information as input parameters and writes the activation bit information to the recorder through the sixth API interface. If the writing is successful, the writing success instruction is returned to the server. If it is unsuccessful, step (9) is repeated.

[0058] After the server receives the activation bit information and successfully writes the information, it reminds the user of the successful activation through the voice of the designated device and pushes a success message to the user.

[0059] Example 2

[0060] An embodiment of the present invention provides a system for contactless ETC activation, comprising:

[0061] An ETC application order generation module receives the designated device information based on user operations to generate a 32-bit device identifier, and then generates an ETC application order using the 32-bit device identifier, the ETC application number and the ETC application information.

[0062] After generating the ETC application order, the issuer needs to review the ETC application materials in the ETC application order.

[0063] The pending activation status configuration module is used by the issuer to review the ETC application documents and configure the approved ETC application orders to the pending activation status. For ETC application orders that fail the review, the user is reminded to re-initiate the ETC application request.

[0064] The non-sensing activation module verifies that the ETC application order is in the pending activation state, and then starts the non-sensing activation process of the smart ETC device:

[0065] When verifying that the current pressing status of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the tag status description information are consistent with the record, the following are executed in sequence: query and obtain the configuration object, write the configuration object to the recorder of the smart ETC device, and send the written configuration object to the Transportation Department for verification, wherein the configuration object includes, in sequence: card information, device system information, and vehicle information; after the configuration object is written and verified, write the activation bit information to the recorder to achieve activation.

[0066] Example 3

[0067] An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processing unit, the method for contactless ETC activation is implemented. The method includes:

[0068] After verifying that the ETC application order initiated through the designated device is in the pending activation state, the non-sensing activation process of the smart ETC device will begin:

[0069] When verifying that the current pressing state of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the tag state description information are consistent with the record, the following steps are executed in order: querying and obtaining a configuration object; writing the configuration object to the recorder of the smart ETC device; and sending the written configuration object to the Department of Transportation for verification, wherein the configuration object includes, in order: card information, device system information, and vehicle information;

[0070] After the configuration object is written and verified, activation bit information is written to the recorder to activate it.

[0071] Through the above description of the implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented with the help of software and necessary general-purpose hardware, and of course it can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer floppy disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory (FLASH), hard disk or optical disk, etc., including a number of instructions for enabling an electronic device (which can be a mobile phone, personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present invention.

[0072] In the embodiments provided by the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed structures and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the structural embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the units is merely a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, structure or unit, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0073] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of these units may be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0074] In addition, the functional units in the various embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into a single processing unit, each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into a single unit. The aforementioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units.

[0075] The foregoing description is intended only to provide specific embodiments of the present invention, which will enable those skilled in the art to understand and implement the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but is intended to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features claimed herein.

Claims

1. A method for non-sensing activation of ETC, characterized in that: include: When binding the recorder of the smart ETC device, the user scans the binding QR code of the smart ETC device through the designated device to upload the smart ETC device ID and the 32-bit device identifier to the server. The 32-bit device identifier is generated based on the designated device information used by the user operation. The smart ETC device ID and the 32-bit device identifier are bound to associate the ETC application order with the corresponding smart ETC device through the designated device; Initiate an ETC application request to the server through the designated device. During the request process, receive a 32-bit device identifier generated based on the designated device information operated by the user, upload the 32-bit device identifier of the designated device, the ETC application number and the ETC application materials to the server, and integrate them to generate an ETC application order; The issuer reviews the ETC application materials submitted by the user in the server. After the ETC application materials are reviewed and approved by the issuer, the pending activation status of the corresponding ETC application order is synchronized to the server; After the server verifies that the ETC application order initiated by the designated device is in the pending activation state, it starts the non-sensing activation process of the smart ETC device: After the smart ETC device is installed, the smart ETC device ID, press event ID, press event type, and tag status description information are synchronized to the server; When the server verifies that the current pressing state, pressing event ID, pressing event type, and tag state description information of the smart ETC device to be activated are consistent with the smart ETC device ID, pressing event ID, pressing event type, and tag state description information of the smart ETC device to be activated recorded in the server, the server executes the following steps in order: querying and obtaining a configuration object; writing the configuration object to the recorder of the smart ETC device; and sending the written configuration object to the Department of Transportation for verification, wherein the configuration object includes, in order: card information, device system information, and vehicle information; After the configuration object is written and verified, activation bit information is written to the recorder to activate it.

2. The method for non-sensing ETC activation according to claim 1, characterized in that: During the process of querying the configuration object, the content of the configuration object is queried through the preset query API interface with the press event ID and the smart ETC device ID as input parameters.

3. The method for non-sensing ETC activation according to claim 1, characterized in that: In the process of writing the configuration object to the recorder, the configuration object is written to the recorder through a preset write API interface with the press event ID, the smart ETC device ID and the content of the configuration object as input parameters.

4. The method for non-sensing ETC activation according to claim 1, characterized in that: The activation is achieved by writing activation bit information to the recorder, which includes: the server takes the pressing event ID, the smart ETC device ID and the content of the activation bit information as input parameters, and writes the activation bit information to the corresponding recorder through the sixth API interface.

5. The method for non-sensing ETC activation according to claim 4, characterized in that: After the writing is successful, a writing success instruction is sent back to the server; after the server receives the writing success instruction, it outputs a voice reminder of the activation success through the designated device and pushes a success message to the user.

6. A system for non-sensing ETC activation, characterized in that: include: An ETC application order generation module receives a 32-bit device identifier generated based on the specified device information operated by the user, and integrates the 32-bit device identifier, the ETC application number, and the ETC application information to generate an ETC application order; A pending activation status configuration module, wherein the issuer reviews the ETC application documents submitted by the user in the server, and the pending activation status configuration module configures the ETC application order whose ETC application documents are approved by the issuer into a pending activation status; The non-sensing activation module verifies that the ETC application order is in the pending activation state, and then starts the non-sensing activation process of the smart ETC device: The contactless activation process requires the server to pre-receive the uploaded smart ETC device ID and 32-bit device identifier. The 32-bit device identifier is generated based on the designated device information used by the user. The smart ETC device ID and the 32-bit device identifier are bound to associate the ETC application order with the corresponding smart ETC device through the designated device. After the smart ETC device is installed, the smart ETC device ID, press event ID, press event type, and tag status description information are synchronized to the server; When verifying that the current pressing status of the smart ETC device to be activated, the pressing event ID and the pressing event type, and the tag status description information are consistent with the smart ETC device ID, pressing event ID, pressing event type, and tag status description information of the smart ETC device to be activated recorded in the server, execute the following in sequence: query and obtain the configuration object, write the configuration object to the recorder of the smart ETC device, and send the written configuration object to the Department of Transportation for verification, wherein the configuration object includes, in sequence: card information, device system information, and vehicle information; after the configuration object is written and verified, write the activation bit information to the recorder to achieve activation.

7. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processing unit, the method for contactless ETC activation according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is implemented.

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