ETC door frame toll collection system
By introducing a multi-channel gantry antenna, a gantry antenna controller, and a built-in PCIE password card into the ETC gantry toll collection system, the problems of poor hardware performance and slow interface communication speed in the existing ETC gantry toll collection system are solved, achieving high-speed data transmission and security, and adapting to installation in multiple scenarios.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422950322.4
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-02
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-30
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-02
AI Technical Summary
The existing ETC gantry toll collection system has poor hardware performance of the gantry controller, slow interface communication speed, and only supports PSAM card encryption and decryption algorithms, but does not support PCIE password card encryption and decryption algorithms, which makes installation and deployment difficult.
It adopts a multi-channel gantry antenna, gantry antenna controller and gantry toll collection industrial control computer, with built-in PCIE cryptographic card, and serial communication between the Linux industrial control computer and PSAM card. It adds a variety of interfaces, supports PCIE cryptographic card encryption and decryption, and improves the confidentiality and effectiveness of data transmission.
It achieves high-speed multi-task parallel processing, ensures data security and adaptability, is easy and quick to install and deploy, and is suitable for various scenarios.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to ETC relevant technical field especially relates to ETC gantry toll collection system. BACKGROUND
[0002] ETC is an advanced road and bridge toll collection mode, through microwave special short range communication between the vehicle-mounted electronic tag installed on the vehicle windshield and the microwave antenna on the ETC lane of the toll station, using computer networking technology and bank for background settlement processing, so as to achieve the purpose of vehicle passing through the road and bridge toll station without stopping and paying road and bridge toll.
[0003] The current ETC gantry toll collection system has poor hardware performance of the gantry controller, slow interface communication rate, and only supports PSAM card encryption and decryption algorithm, does not support PCIE password card encryption and decryption algorithm, and the interface cannot be applied to more scenes, resulting in installation and deployment difficulties in some scenes. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS
[0004] The utility model aims at at least solving one of the deficiencies of the prior art, and provides an ETC gantry toll collection system.
[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
[0006] Specifically, an ETC gantry toll collection system is provided, which comprises:
[0007] Multi-path gantry antennas;
[0008] A gantry antenna controller is electrically and communicatively connected to each gantry antenna, supplies power to each gantry antenna through an internal power module, and exchanges information with each gantry antenna through an internal switch and a network port 1;
[0009] A gantry toll industrial computer is communicatively connected to a network port 0 of the gantry antenna controller based on TCP / IP, and is used to receive control signals from the gantry antenna controller and collect fees;
[0010] The gantry antenna controller further comprises a PCIE password card, which exchanges information with a PSAM card built-in in the gantry antenna controller through a linux industrial computer based on serial communication.
[0011] Further, specifically,
[0012] The internal power module is used to provide 12V DC current to each gantry antenna.
[0013] Further, specifically, the gantry antenna is provided with five paths, and the internal switch has five interfaces correspondingly.
[0014] Further, the CPU of the portal antenna controller is constructed based on an RK3568 chip, has an ARM64 architecture, 4-core A55, and a memory of 2G / 4G / 8G optional, and an emmc size of 8G / 16G / 32G optional.
[0015] Further, the CPU of the portal antenna controller is further provided with a USB interface, an HDMI interface and an expansion serial port 1, the USB interface is used for providing the CPU with a USB function, the HDMI interface is used for providing the CPU with an HDMI function, and the expansion serial port 1 is an external RS232 interface and is used for subsequent expansion functions.
[0016] Further, specifically, the portal antenna controller is provided with a PSAM board card, the PSAM board card is connected with the CPU through a serial communication connection, the PSAM board card is provided with a plurality of PSAM card slots, the PSAM card slots are used for placing the PSAM cards, and the PSAM cards are used for assisting the entire system to process PSAM card data of the 7816 protocol.
[0017] Further, the PSAM board card is further provided with an expansion serial port 2 and an expansion IO port.
[0018] The utility model provides ETC portal toll collection system, PCIE password card is additionally arranged for ETC portal toll collection system, PCIE password card carries out information interaction with the PSAM card built -in in portal antenna controller through the mode of serial communication based on linux industrial computer, can provide high -speed, multi -task parallel processing password operation further, guarantees the confidentiality, integrity and validity of transmission information, and additionally sets up the diversified interface for portal antenna controller, can be applicable to various scenes, and installation deployment is convenient and fast. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019] The above and other features of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals designate the same or similar elements, and in which:
[0020] Figure 1 Fig. 1 shows a structure principle block diagram of the ETC portal toll collection system of the utility model;
[0021] Figure 2 Fig. 1 shows a structure principle block diagram of the ETC portal toll collection system of the utility model;
[0022] Figure 3 Fig. 1 shows a preferred software architecture design schematic diagram under the hardware basis of the ETC gantry toll collection system of the present application;
[0023] Figure 4 Fig. 2 shows a software flowchart for transaction using a traditional PSAM card under the hardware basis of the ETC gantry toll collection system of the present application;
[0024] Figure 5 Fig. 3 shows a software flowchart for transaction using a PCIE cryptographic card under the hardware basis of the ETC gantry toll collection system of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] The concept, specific structure and generated technical effects of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in combination with embodiments and drawings, so as to fully understand the purpose, scheme and effects of the present application. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict. The same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same or similar parts.
[0026] REFERENCE Figure 1 and Figure 2 In embodiment 1, the present application proposes an ETC gantry toll collection system, which comprises:
[0027] A plurality of gantry antennas;
[0028] A gantry antenna controller, which is electrically and communicatively connected with each gantry antenna, supplies power to each gantry antenna through a built-in power module, and exchanges information with each gantry antenna through a built-in switch and a network port 1;
[0029] A gantry toll industrial personal computer, which is communicatively connected with a network port 0 of the gantry antenna controller based on TCP / IP, is used to receive control signals of the gantry antenna controller and then collect fees;
[0030] The gantry antenna controller further has a built-in PCIE cryptographic card, which exchanges information with a PSAM card built in the gantry antenna controller through a linux industrial personal computer based on serial communication.
[0031] In the present embodiment 1, a PCIE cryptographic card is additionally provided for the ETC gantry toll collection system, which exchanges information with a PSAM card built in the gantry antenna controller through a linux industrial personal computer based on serial communication, thereby providing high-speed, multi-task parallel processing of cryptographic operations, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and validity of the transmitted information, and additionally providing the gantry antenna controller with diversified interfaces, which can be applied to various scenarios and is convenient and fast to install and deploy.
[0032] The gantry antenna controller, together with the gantry antenna and the gantry toll industrial computer system, forms an ETC gantry antenna toll system.
[0033] The device adopts a gigabit network port to ensure real-time data transmission, and contains a PCIE password card function, so that the device can be used in a system requiring PCIE password card encryption and decryption, thereby ensuring data security, and six PSAM card slots are reserved for compatibility with systems requiring PSAM card encryption and decryption.
[0034] The gantry antenna controller plays the following roles in the entire system framework:
[0035] 1. providing 12V power supply for the gantry antenna
[0036] 2. relaying data between the gantry toll industrial computer and the gantry antenna
[0037] 3. communicating with the PSAM board card to encrypt and decrypt data and ensure data security
[0038] As a preferred embodiment of the utility model, specifically,
[0039] The built-in power module is used to provide 12V DC current to each channel of the gantry antenna.
[0040] In the preferred embodiment, considering the standard of the gantry, 12V DC current is used to power each channel of the gantry antenna.
[0041] As a preferred embodiment of the utility model, specifically, the gantry antenna is provided with five channels, and the number of interfaces of the built-in switch is five.
[0042] In the preferred embodiment, considering the actual application scenario, the gantry is provided with five channels.
[0043] As a preferred embodiment of the utility model, the CPU of the gantry antenna controller is constructed based on an RK3568 chip, has an ARM64 architecture, 4-core A55, and a memory of 2G / 4G / 8G optional, and an emmc size of 8G / 16G / 32G optional.
[0044] As a preferred embodiment of the utility model, the CPU of the gantry antenna controller is also provided with a USB interface, an HDMI interface and an expansion serial port 1, the USB interface is used to provide USB function for the CPU, the HDMI interface is used to provide HDMI function for the CPU, and the expansion serial port 1 is an external RS232 interface, which is used for subsequent expansion function.
[0045] As the preferred embodiment of the utility model, specifically, the tower antenna controller is provided with a PSAM board card, the PSAM board card is connected with the CPU through serial communication, the PSAM board card is provided with a plurality of PSAM card slots, the PSAM card slot is used for placing the PSAM card, and the PSAM card is used for assisting the whole system to process PSAM card data of 7816 protocol.
[0046] As the preferred embodiment of the utility model, the PSAM board card is further provided with an expansion serial port 2 and an expansion IO port.
[0047] In specific application, the utility model has the following advantages,
[0048] 1, use high-performance 4-core ARM64 architecture CPU, and the running efficiency is higher.
[0049] 2, use gigabit network port, make network transmission more stable and faster.
[0050] 3, provide HDMI interface display, can be directly connected to display.
[0051] 4, the equipment is equipped with three network ports, which avoids the trouble of network interconnection through the switch.
[0052] 5, provide six PSAM cards and one PCIE password card, adapt to old tower system.
[0053] 6, provide 4G+WIFI connection, avoid the trouble of wiring.
[0054] 7, strong expandability, up to 12 serial port communications and 18 input / output IO controls.
[0055] Main technical indexes are as follows:
[0056] 1) general technical index
[0057] Operating voltage: AC 220V;
[0058] Operating current: ≤300mA;
[0059] CPU parameter: ARM64 architecture 4-core A55
[0060] Memory: 2G / 4G / 8G
[0061] Hard disk: 8G / 16G / 32G emmc + 1T solid state disk
[0062] External interface:
[0063] 2 gigabit network ports + 1 hundred megabit network port + 5 embedded industrial switches
[0064] HDMI interface 4K display
[0065] 4G network + WIFI
[0066] 1 USB2.0 + 1 USB3.0
[0067] RS232 DEBUG
[0068] 6 PSAM card slots
[0069] 1 PCIE interface
[0070] 1 RS232 communication interface
[0071] Product size: 220mm*180mm*28mm;
[0072] Weight: ≤2.5kg
[0073] 2) Environmental indicators
[0074] Operating temperature: -20℃~+65℃;
[0075] Storage temperature: -25℃~+85℃;
[0076] Drop resistance: 1 meter free fall.
[0077] On the basis of the hardware of the application, referring to Figure 3 , a layered software architecture design is adopted, an analog multi-task scheduling mechanism is used, and multi-task processing is realized. The software has strong readability and maintainability.
[0078] Referring to Figure 4 , if a traditional PSAM card is used for transaction, the software flow is as follows:
[0079] After the gantry industrial computer software is started,
[0080] 1. A TCP server is created for connection with the gantry toll industrial computer,
[0081] 2. A serial port communication is opened for interaction with the PSAM board,
[0082] 3. A TCP client is created for interaction with the antenna,
[0083] Referring to Figure 5 , if a PCIE password card is used for transaction, the software flow is as follows:
[0084] 1. A TCP server is created for connection with the gantry toll industrial computer,
[0085] 2. A PCIE channel is opened for interaction with the PCIE password card,
[0086] 3. Create a TCP client to interact with the antenna.
[0087] Although the description of the present application has been quite detailed and particularly described with respect to several embodiments, it is not intended to be limited to any of these details or embodiments or any particular embodiment, but should be considered to be broadly interpreted in view of the prior art by the appended claims to provide a broad scope of possibilities for these claims to effectively encompass the intended scope of the present application. Furthermore, the above description of the present application is made with respect to embodiments that the inventors can foresee, and the purpose is to provide a useful description, and non-essential modifications to the present application that have not yet been foreseen can still represent equivalent modifications to the present application.
[0088] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but any technical solution and / or implementation method within the protection scope of the present application should belong to the protection scope of the present application. The technical solution and / or implementation method can have various modifications and changes within the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. An ETC gantry tolling system characterized in that, The utility model relates to a multi-path portal antenna, a portal antenna controller, a portal antenna control computer and a PSAM card. The portal antenna controller is electrically and communicatively connected to each portal antenna, powered by an internal power module and exchanges information with each portal antenna through an internal switch and a network port 1. The portal antenna control computer is connected to the network port 0 of the portal antenna controller based on TCP / IP communication and receives control signals from the portal antenna controller to charge fees. The portal antenna controller also has a PCIE password card that exchanges information with the PSAM card inside the portal antenna controller through a linux industrial computer based on serial communication. Specifically, 2. The ETC gantry toll system of claim 1, wherein, The internal power module provides 12V DC current to each portal antenna. Specifically, the portal antenna has five paths, and the internal switch has five interfaces.
3. The ETC gantry toll system of claim 1, wherein, The CPU of the portal antenna controller is based on RK3568 chip, ARM64 architecture, 4-core A55, 2G / 4G / 8G memory, and 8G / 16G / 32G emmc.
4. The ETC gantry toll system of claim 1, wherein, The CPU of the portal antenna controller also has a USB interface, an HDMI interface and an expansion serial port 1.
5. The ETC gantry toll system of claim 4, wherein, Specifically, the portal antenna controller has a PSAM board card that is connected to the CPU through serial communication.
6. The ETC gantry toll system of claim 4, wherein, The PSAM board card has multiple PSAM card slots for placing the PSAM card, which helps the entire system process PSAM card data of 7816 protocol.
7. The ETC gantry toll system of claim 6, wherein, The PSAM board card also has an expansion serial port 2 and an expansion IO port.