System based on highway checkpoint and comprehensive monitoring

By integrating a comprehensive monitoring module, a data processing module, a data analysis module, and an information dissemination module into the highway checkpoint system, the problem of data isolation in the highway checkpoint system has been solved, enabling real-time traffic management and optimizing vehicle routes, thereby improving traffic efficiency and safety.

CN120998020APending Publication Date: 2025-11-21SHANXI TRAFFIC PLANNING PROSPECTING & DESIGN INST
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Application Number
CN202510997566.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Filing Date
2025-07-19
Publication Date
2025-11-21

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Technical Problem

The existing highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring systems lack real-time data sharing and fusion analysis mechanisms, resulting in low traffic efficiency and an inability to formulate effective traffic management strategies when traffic congestion occurs.

Method used

Design a system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring, including an integrated monitoring module, a data processing module, a data analysis module, an information dissemination module, and a central control module. By collecting road conditions and environmental parameters in real time, performing normalization processing and analysis, the system dynamically assesses the congestion level and guides vehicles to select the optimal travel lane through road signs and variable message signs.

Benefits of technology

It has enabled information sharing and collaborative processing in the highway management system, improving management efficiency and security, reducing traffic congestion, and optimizing resource allocation and vehicle waiting time.

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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of expressway management, and particularly discloses an intelligent management system based on expressway checkpoints and comprehensive monitoring, a comprehensive monitoring module collects road condition information and real-time environment parameters of all traffic lanes of the expressway checkpoints in real time, and a data processing module extracts road condition characteristic parameters of video images and sends the road condition characteristic parameters to a server; and the data analysis module analyzes the congestion index of each passing lane of each intersection based on the road condition characteristic parameters and the real-time environment parameters, performs congestion evaluation on the lanes of each intersection, screens out the optimal passing lane, and performs data analysis on the optimal passing lane. The information distribution module issues an analysis result to a driver, the central control module controls the number of passable lanes according to the analysis result, and the expressway gate system and the comprehensive monitoring system are fused to realize sharing and cooperative processing of information, so that the management efficiency and safety of the expressway are improved, and traffic congestion is reduced.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of highway management, in particular to a system based on highway toll gate and comprehensive monitoring. BACKGROUND

[0002] The highway toll gate is an important part of the highway traffic management system, relying on advanced camera equipment, intelligent instruments and software systems to realize the intelligent management and control of road traffic in all directions.

[0003] With the continuous development of highway construction in China, the traffic flow of highways is increasing, and the management of highways is facing many challenges. As a core component of the modern transportation system, the safety and efficiency of the highway toll gate directly affects social and economic development and the public travel experience. The current highway toll gate and comprehensive monitoring system has the following technical problems: 1. The road condition, environment and road management data systems operate independently, lack real-time sharing and fusion analysis mechanism, and affect the toll gate traffic efficiency; 2. The opening strategy of each toll lane lacks data support, and in traffic congestion, the traffic data and monitoring video information of the toll gate cannot be comprehensively analyzed to develop effective relief strategies; Therefore, the present application provides a system based on highway toll gate and comprehensive monitoring. SUMMARY

[0004] The purpose of the present application is to provide a system based on highway toll gate and comprehensive monitoring to solve the above technical problems: The purpose of the present application can be achieved by the following technical solutions: The system based on highway toll gate and comprehensive monitoring comprises a comprehensive monitoring module, a data processing module, a data analysis module, an information distribution module and a central control module; The comprehensive monitoring module is composed of a plurality of monitoring cameras and sensors of different types distributed in different toll gates of the highway, for real-time acquisition of road condition information and real-time environmental parameters of each toll lane of the highway toll gate; The data processing module is used to extract road condition feature parameters of video images and normalize the road condition feature parameters to make different road condition feature parameters conform to the same standard for subsequent analysis, and to normalize the environmental parameters; The data analysis module is used to analyze the processed parameters and dynamically evaluate the congestion level of each toll lane of the toll gate; The information distribution module is used to guide vehicles to select the optimal toll lane through road surface indicator lights and variable message boards according to the congestion level of each toll lane; The central control module is used to automatically manage the traffic conditions of each highway toll lane according to the analysis results of the data analysis module.

[0005] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the road condition characteristic parameters extracted by the data processing module include: passing time, traffic volume, vehicle speed and headway time; The passing time is the average value of the time spent by all vehicles in the unit time from entering the monitoring range of the tollgate to completely leaving the monitoring range of the tollgate; The traffic volume is the number of vehicles passing through the tollgate in the unit time; The vehicle speed is the average vehicle speed of all vehicles in the monitoring range of the tollgate in the unit time; The headway time is the average time difference of the front and rear vehicles passing through the tollgate in the unit time in the monitoring range of the tollgate; The environmental parameters include visibility and road surface temperature and humidity.

[0006] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the working process of the data analysis module includes: Obtaining the number of traffic lanes being passed through by the tollgate to be monitored, numbering the current traffic lanes being passed through, in turn: 1, 2, …, n, wherein n is the number of traffic lanes being passed through by the tollgate to be monitored; Obtaining the passing time of the i-th traffic lane , traffic volume , vehicle speed and headway time , wherein i belongs to n; Building a congestion index calculation model of the i-th traffic lane, the expression is: ; In the formula, , , and are respectively the time, traffic volume, vehicle speed and headway time reference values set by the system, W is an environmental influence coefficient, is an environmental correction coefficient, is the congestion index of the i-th traffic lane, X is a special event influence coefficient, , and are respectively the weight coefficients corresponding to the time, traffic volume, vehicle speed and headway time, is the congestion index of the i-th traffic lane.

[0007] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the working process of obtaining the environmental influence coefficient includes: Obtaining real-time visibility S, road surface temperature C and road surface humidity H, and building an environmental influence coefficient calculation model, the expression is: ; In the formula, is a maximum reference visibility, is an optimal road surface temperature, is a reference value of the environmental influence coefficient set by the system, , and are weight coefficients corresponding to the visibility, the road surface temperature and the road surface humidity respectively, is an environmental influence coefficient.

[0008] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the special event influence coefficient represents the influence of the special event on the congestion index, when no special event occurs, when a special event occurs, 1.

[0009] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the working process of the data analysis module further includes: real-time acquisition of the congestion indexes of the n traffic lanes and sorting in descending order, and selection of the traffic lane with the lowest congestion index as the optimal priority traffic lane; comparison of the congestion index of the ith traffic lane with the congestion index threshold of the ith traffic lane set by the system , when the congestion index of the ith traffic lane is greater than or equal to the congestion index threshold of the ith traffic lane , it indicates that the ith traffic lane is a severely congested traffic lane, and the central control module is started to open the nearest traffic lane to the ith traffic lane that is not in use, and the number of traffic lanes being monitored by the barrier is updated to n+1.

[0010] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the working process of the data analysis module further includes: re-evaluation of the congestion levels of the traffic lanes of each barrier at a fixed time interval, when the relevant data of a road section is detected to change, causing the congestion level to change, the updated congestion information is immediately transmitted to the central control module, so that the central control module can respond in time and adjust the corresponding management strategy.

[0011] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the working process of the information distribution module includes: sending the congestion information of each barrier lane to the driver through various ways to guide the driver to reasonably plan the travel route.

[0012] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the system further includes a communication module: The communication module is responsible for data transmission and communication between modules, adopts a combination of wired communication and wireless communication to perform data transmission and communication, and is also responsible for communication connection with an external system to realize information sharing and interaction.

[0013] The beneficial effects of the present application are: 1. The present application provides an intelligent management system based on highway toll gate and comprehensive monitoring. First, the comprehensive monitoring module collects real-time road condition information and real-time environmental parameters of each traffic lane of the highway toll gate. Then, the data processing module extracts the road condition characteristic parameters of the video image, and normalizes the extracted characteristic parameters and environmental parameters. Then, the data analysis module analyzes the congestion index of each traffic lane of each toll gate based on the road condition characteristic parameters and real-time environmental parameters, evaluates the congestion of each traffic lane of each toll gate, selects the optimal traffic lane, and the information distribution module publishes the analysis results to the driver. Finally, the central control module controls the number of passable lanes according to the analysis results, integrates the highway toll gate system and the comprehensive monitoring system to realize information sharing and collaborative processing, improves the management efficiency and safety of the highway, and reduces traffic congestion. 2. According to the traffic flow and road condition information, the vehicle driving route is planned, the resource allocation of the highway is optimized, the road traffic efficiency is improved, and the waiting time and fuel consumption of the vehicle are reduced. 3. The traffic condition is in dynamic change at all times, the congestion level of the traffic lane of each toll gate is re-evaluated at fixed time intervals, the instantaneous surge of traffic flow or sudden abnormal events of the road section can be captured in time, information lag caused by untimely data collection is avoided, and accurate and real-time data basis is provided for subsequent analysis and decision-making. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] The present application will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0015] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the system of the present application based on the highway toll gate and the comprehensive monitoring. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0017] Please refer to Figure 1As shown, the present application provides a system based on highway toll and comprehensive monitoring, which comprises a comprehensive monitoring module, a data processing module, a data analysis module, an information distribution module and a central control module. The comprehensive monitoring module is composed of a plurality of monitoring cameras and sensors of different types distributed in different tolls of the highway, for real-time collection of road condition information and real-time environmental parameters of each traffic lane of the toll; The data processing module is used to extract road condition characteristic parameters of video images and normalize the road condition characteristic parameters, so that different road condition characteristic parameters are in the same standard, facilitating subsequent analysis, and the environmental parameters are also normalized; The data analysis module is used to analyze the processed parameters and dynamically evaluate the congestion level of each traffic lane of the toll; The information distribution module is used to guide vehicles to select the optimal traffic lane through road surface indicator lights and variable message boards according to the congestion level of each traffic lane; The central control module is used to automatically manage the traffic conditions of each highway toll lane according to the analysis results of the data analysis module.

[0018] Through the above technical solution, the present application provides an intelligent management system based on highway toll and comprehensive monitoring. First, the comprehensive monitoring module collects real-time road condition information and real-time environmental parameters of each traffic lane of the highway toll. Then, the data processing module extracts road condition characteristic parameters of video images, and normalizes the extracted characteristic parameters and environmental parameters. Then, the data analysis module analyzes the congestion index of each traffic lane of each toll based on the road condition characteristic parameters and real-time environmental parameters, evaluates the congestion of each lane of each toll, selects the optimal traffic lane, and the information distribution module publishes the analysis results to the driver. Finally, the central control module controls the number of passable lanes according to the analysis results. By integrating the highway toll system and the comprehensive monitoring system, information sharing and collaborative processing are realized, the management efficiency and safety of the highway are improved, and traffic congestion is reduced.

[0019] As a further description of the technical solution of the present application, the road condition characteristic parameters extracted by the data processing module include: passing time, traffic volume, vehicle speed and vehicle headway; The passing time is the average value of the time spent by all vehicles in the unit time from entering the toll monitoring range to completely leaving the toll monitoring range; The traffic volume is the number of vehicles passing through the toll in the unit time; The vehicle speed is the average speed of all vehicles in the toll monitoring range in the unit time; The vehicle headway is an average time difference of two vehicles passing through the loop in a unit time in a monitoring range of the loop; The environmental parameters include visibility and road surface temperature and humidity.

[0020] As a further description of the technical scheme of the application, the working process of the data analysis module includes: Obtaining the number of traffic lanes passing through the loop to be monitored, numbering the current traffic lanes passing through, in sequence: 1, 2, …, n, wherein n is the number of traffic lanes passing through the loop to be monitored; Obtaining the passing time of the i-th traffic lane , traffic volume , vehicle speed , and vehicle headway , wherein i belongs to n; Building a congestion index calculation model of the i-th traffic lane, the expression being: ; In the formula, , , and are respectively time, traffic volume, vehicle speed and vehicle headway reference values set by the system, W is an environmental influence coefficient, is an environmental correction coefficient, is the congestion index of the i-th traffic lane, X is a special event influence coefficient, , and are respectively the weight coefficients corresponding to time, traffic volume, vehicle speed and vehicle headway, is the congestion index of the i-th traffic lane.

[0021] Through the above technical scheme, the embodiment provides a method for obtaining a traffic lane congestion index. First, the passing condition and number of traffic lanes passing through each loop are extracted, and the traffic lanes passing through each loop are numbered. The current passing time, traffic volume, vehicle speed and vehicle headway of each traffic lane are obtained. Then, the passing time , traffic volume , vehicle speed and vehicle headway of the i-th traffic lane are substituted into the formula to calculate the congestion index of the i-th traffic lane. In the formula, the greater the traffic volume, the greater the congestion risk, the lower the vehicle speed, the greater the congestion risk, the smaller the headway, the greater the congestion risk, and the longer the time, the greater the congestion risk, The influence of real-time environment on the congestion index is considered to be positively correlated, is an environmental correction coefficient, which is selected according to real-time weather, rain, snow, and fog , and is set by a person skilled in the art according to actual conditions, and X is a special event influence coefficient, and the special event includes a traffic accident, medical emergency, fire emergency, and the like.

[0022] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the working process of obtaining the environmental influence coefficient includes: obtaining real-time visibility S, road surface temperature C, and road surface humidity H, constructing an environmental influence coefficient calculation model, and the expression is: ; In the expression, is a maximum reference visibility, is an optimal road surface temperature, is an environmental influence coefficient reference value set by the system, , and are weight coefficients corresponding to the visibility, the road surface temperature, and the road surface humidity respectively, is the environmental influence coefficient.

[0023] Through the above technical scheme, the present embodiment provides an environmental influence coefficient obtaining process, real-time visibility, road surface temperature, and road surface humidity are obtained, and the following is considered: low visibility → slow driver reaction → reduced vehicle speed → more prone to congestion; excessively high or low road surface temperature → possible skidding or tire performance degradation → impact on traffic efficiency; excessively high road surface humidity (e.g., water accumulation → increased risk of water sliding → limited driving speed; therefore, an environmental influence coefficient calculation model is constructed based on the obtained parameters , and the greater the value, the more serious the negative impact of the environment on traffic (i.e., more prone to congestion), and in the expression, the environmental influence coefficient is inversely proportional to the visibility and proportional to the humidity.

[0024] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the special event influence coefficient represents the influence of a special event on the congestion index, when no special event occurs, when a special event occurs, 1.

[0025] As a further description of the technical scheme of the present application, the working process of the data analysis module further includes: real-time obtaining of congestion indexes of n traffic lanes and sorting in descending order, and selecting a traffic lane with the lowest congestion index as an optimal priority traffic lane; comparing the congestion index of the i-th traffic lane with a congestion index threshold value of the i-th traffic lane set by the system , when the congestion index of the i-th traffic lane The congestion index threshold of the ith traffic lane is greater than or equal to When the congestion index threshold of the ith traffic lane is greater than or equal to, it indicates that the ith traffic lane is a serious congestion traffic lane, and the central control module is started to open the nearest unused traffic lane to the ith traffic lane, and the number of traffic lanes being passed through in the monitoring gap is updated to n+1. As a further description of the technical scheme of the application, the working process of the data analysis module further includes: The congestion levels of the traffic lanes of each gap are re-evaluated at fixed time intervals, and when changes in the relevant data of a certain road section are detected, resulting in a change in the congestion level, the updated congestion information is immediately transmitted to the central control module, so that the central control module can respond in time and adjust the corresponding management strategy.

[0026] Through the above technical scheme, the congestion of the traffic lanes of each gap is evaluated based on the congestion index, and the highway gap system and the comprehensive monitoring system are integrated to realize information sharing and collaborative processing. First, the congestion index of each traffic lane of the target gap is calculated, and the order from large to small is sorted, wherein the traffic lane with the lowest congestion index is the optimal priority traffic lane of the current gap. At the same time, the congestion index of each traffic lane is compared with the system set congestion index threshold, and if the congestion index of the traffic lane is greater than or equal to the system set congestion index threshold, it indicates that the current traffic lane is a serious congestion traffic lane, and the central control module is started to open the nearest unused traffic lane to the current traffic lane, and the number of traffic lanes being passed through in the monitoring gap is increased by one. Finally, the congestion levels of the traffic lanes of each gap are re-evaluated at fixed time intervals, and when changes in the relevant data of a certain road section are detected, resulting in a change in the congestion level, the updated congestion information is immediately transmitted to the central control module, so that the central control module can respond in time and adjust the corresponding management strategy.

[0027] As a further description of the technical scheme of the application, the working process of the information distribution module includes: The relevant information is issued to the driver in multiple ways, and the congestion of the traffic lanes of each gap is sent to the driver to guide the driver to reasonably plan the travel route.

[0028] As a further description of the technical scheme of the application, the system further includes a communication module: The communication module is responsible for data transmission and communication between modules, and adopts a combination of wired communication and wireless communication for data transmission and communication. At the same time, the communication module is also responsible for communication connection with external systems to realize information sharing and interaction.

[0029] It should be noted that the formula in the present application is to calculate the value without dimension, the formula is obtained by collecting a large amount of data to simulate the closest real situation, the threshold and the coefficient involved in the present application are empirical values, which are selected by the person skilled in the art according to the actual situation.

[0030] The above has carried out the detailed description to one embodiment of the present application, but the content described is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and cannot be considered to limit the implementation range of the present application. Any equivalent change and improvement made according to the scope of the present application should still belong to the patent coverage range of the present application.

Claims

1. A system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring, characterized in that, The system includes a comprehensive monitoring module, a data processing module, a data analysis module, an information dissemination module, and a central control module; The integrated monitoring module consists of multiple monitoring cameras and different types of sensors distributed at different checkpoints on the highway, used to collect real-time road condition information and real-time environmental parameters of each lane at the highway checkpoints. The data processing module is used to extract road condition feature parameters from video images and normalize the road condition feature parameters so that different road condition feature parameters are at the same standard, which facilitates subsequent analysis. At the same time, environmental parameters are also normalized. The data analysis module is used to analyze the processed parameters and dynamically assess the congestion level of each traffic lane at the checkpoint. The information distribution module is used to guide vehicles to select the optimal traffic lane based on the congestion level of each traffic lane through road indicator lights and variable message signs. The central control module is used to automatically manage the traffic conditions of each highway checkpoint lane based on the analysis results of the data analysis module.

2. The system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring according to claim 1, characterized in that, The road condition feature parameters extracted by the data processing module include: transit time, traffic volume, vehicle speed, and headway. The passage time is the average time taken by all vehicles per unit time from entering the monitoring range of the checkpoint to completely leaving the monitoring range of the checkpoint. The traffic flow refers to the number of vehicles passing through the checkpoint per unit time. The vehicle speed is the average speed of all vehicles within the monitoring range of the checkpoint per unit time. The headway is the average time difference between two vehicles passing through the checkpoint within the checkpoint's monitoring range per unit time. The environmental parameters include visibility and road surface temperature and humidity.

3. The system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring according to claim 1, characterized in that, The working process of the data analysis module includes: Get the number of lanes currently being used at the checkpoint to be monitored, and number the currently used lanes as follows: 1, 2, ..., n, where n is the number of lanes currently being used at the checkpoint to be monitored. Get the passage time of the i-th lane. Traffic flow Speed Distance between the front and rear of the vehicle Where i belongs to n; Construct a congestion index calculation model for the i-th traffic lane, with the expression: ; In the formula, , , and These represent the system-defined reference values ​​for time, traffic flow, vehicle speed, and headway, respectively, with W being the environmental impact coefficient. This is the environmental correction factor. Let X be the congestion index for the i-th traffic lane, and let X be the impact coefficient of special events. , and These are the weighting coefficients corresponding to time, traffic flow, vehicle speed, and headway, respectively. Let be the congestion index for the i-th traffic lane.

4. The system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring according to claim 3, characterized in that, The process for obtaining the environmental impact coefficient includes: Real-time visibility S, road surface temperature C, and road surface humidity H are obtained to construct an environmental impact coefficient calculation model, the expression of which is: ; In the formula, For maximum reference visibility, For optimal road surface temperature, The reference value for the environmental impact coefficient set for the system. , and These are the weighting coefficients for visibility, road surface temperature, and road surface humidity, respectively. This represents the environmental impact coefficient.

5. The system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring according to claim 3, characterized in that, The special event impact coefficient represents the influence of special events on congestion indicators. When no special event occurs... When a special event occurs, 1.

6. The system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring according to claim 3, characterized in that, The working process of the data analysis module also includes: The congestion index of n traffic lanes is obtained in real time and sorted in descending order. The traffic lane with the lowest congestion index is selected as the optimal priority traffic lane. The congestion index of the i-th traffic lane The congestion index threshold set by the system for the i-th traffic lane Compare the congestion index of the i-th traffic lane. Congestion index threshold greater than or equal to the i-th traffic lane When the i-th lane is severely congested, the central control module is activated to open the nearest unused lane to the i-th lane, and the number of lanes currently being used at the monitored checkpoint is updated to n+1.

7. The system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring according to claim 6, characterized in that, The working process of the data analysis module also includes: The congestion level of each checkpoint lane is reassessed at fixed time intervals. When a change in the relevant data of a certain road segment is detected, resulting in a change in the congestion level, the updated congestion information is immediately transmitted to the central control module so that the central control module can respond in a timely manner and adjust the corresponding management strategies.

8. The system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring according to claim 1, characterized in that, The operation process of the information distribution module includes: Relevant information is disseminated to drivers through various means, including sending information on lane congestion at each checkpoint, to guide drivers in planning their travel routes accordingly.

9. The system based on highway checkpoints and integrated monitoring according to any one of claims 1-8, characterized in that, The system also includes a communication module: The communication module is responsible for data transmission and communication between various modules. It uses a combination of wired and wireless communication for data transmission and communication. At the same time, the communication module is also responsible for communication connections with external systems to realize information sharing and interaction.