502 results about "Electronic toll collection" patented technology

Electronic toll collection for a motorist and/or subscriber having a wireless mobile device that links the device to (a) specific vehicle(s) and billing account(s) with a service provider(s), third party(s) and or toll authority(s). When a motorist having the mobile device in the vehicle approaches and passes a “virtual” toll location(s) and/or “virtual” toll barriers(s) and/or “virtual” toll boundary(s) having a given toll a central server determines whether the motorist and/or subscriber has activated an electronic ETC service associated with the mobile device, and sends a charge transaction from the central server to a service provider(s), third party(s) and/or directly to the toll authority(s) system. After every transaction, a confirmation (which may be SMS or text, vibration, voice, audible alert, email, etc.) is sent to the mobile device and/or subscriber indicating the amount paid and the status of the account.

A self-service vending unit allows a potential user of a toll transponder to buy the transponder without having to visit a customer-service facility. The vending unit automatically accepts payment, such as cash or a credit or debit card, and issues the transponder with a paid value. The vending unit communicates with a customer-service computer through a TCP/IP connection and allows the user to top off the value on the transponder and otherwise to manage the account.

The invention relates to a multi-lane free flow video vehicle position and control method, the processes thereof are that: step 1, virtual coils are arranged in the visual field of a panoramic camera to form a detection area. Step 2, when a vehicle enters the detection area, a video detector starts an algorithm program to obtain the position of the vehicle. Step 3, a central processing unit starts a microwave communication system and an image snapshot system. Step 4, a logical comparison system judges whether the vehicle has electronic label information, if without, executing step 8. Step 5, the logical comparison system judges whether a vehicle license plate number in the electronic label information and the vehicle license plate number which is identified by a license plate recognition system are consistent, if not consistent, executing step 8 is. Step 6, the images of the vehicle which are snapshot are deleted. Step 7, toll transaction is done, and a transaction record is formed after the transaction. Step 8, the transaction record which is transferred to a background billing system is further treated. Step 9, returning to a main process. The method can achieve an electronic toll collection function in a multi-lane free flow mode through the accurate location for the vehicle and the coordination control for a system.

The invention discloses an electronic toll collection system and method. The system consists of a lane control computer and a road side unit, wherein the lane control computer is used for receiving information of the road side unit and performing corresponding treatment on the information; the road side unit comprises a wireless location module used for locating a vehicle-mounted e-tag, a toll transaction module used for communicating with the vehicle-mounted e-tag, acquiring billing and vehicle information of the vehicle-mounted e-tag and completing toll transaction, a video detection module used for detecting vehicle positions, capturing vehicle images and recognizing vehicle registration plates, and a control module used for realizing real-time position matching between position information, acquired by the wireless location module, of the vehicle-mounted e-tag and the vehicle position information detected by the video detection module and achieving corresponding process control. According to the invention, the toll transaction success rate can be effectively improved, car-following interference is reduced and toll dodging is prevented.

An encrypting conversion apparatus, a decrypting conversion apparatus, a cryptographic communication system and an electronic toll collection apparatus are provided which are capable of changing algorithms of cryptographic conversion to hide the algorithm in use from a third party so that the apparatuses and system are resistant against a cryptographic attack from the third party and can operate at high speed. In the cryptographic communication system.

The invention provides a multiple trading area electronic toll collection lane system and a charging method thereof. The system comprises a main control computer, and roadside read-write equipment, an automatic railing, a vehicle detection sensor, a fee amount displayer and auxiliary brushing card equipment which are respectively connected with the main control computer, wherein the roadside read-write equipment comprises more than two groups of microwave antennas which cover different regions of the toll collection lane, and each microwave antenna is connected with a same antenna controller or respectively connected with different antenna controllers. The method switches communication coverage regions under the control of a lane system according to the vehicle positions and the trading status, releases vehicles which complete normal trading or stops vehicles which do not complete the trading, and when a non-ETC vehicle appears, releases the vehicle after carrying out supplementary brushing card treatment. The invention solves the problems of vehicle-following interference and the contradiction between the speed of vehicle passage and trading correctness, occupies small space of a toll plaza, has small civil reconstruction work amount, and can ensure the vehicles to pass normally when microwave antennas in any trading range fail.

The invention discloses a vehicle management method and management system for an electronic toll collection lane, wherein the method comprises the following steps: detecting the on-board unit information of vehicles to be detected by a road-side unit, arranging a queue for the vehicles to be detected corresponding to the detected on-board unit information, and storing the parameter information of each vehicle to be detected in queue terms; detecting the vehicles to be detected by an auxiliary vehicle detector and a license plate recognition system, and updating the queue according to the parameter information of the vehicles to be detected; and managing the vehicles corresponding to the queue terms in the queue according to the parameter information of the vehicles in the queue.The invention can increase the passing speed of the ETC lane.

An electronic toll collection (ETC) system comprises an on-vehicle unit mounted on a vehicle and a stationary-station communication system. This communication system operates to perform communication for accounting processing toward the on-vehicle unit mounted on the vehicle that passes a predetermined communication area. The stationary-station communication system comprises a controller and an antenna unit. The controller includes a protocol controller configured to produce a protocol selection signal and a communication controller configured to control the communication based on the produced communication protocol selection signal. The antenna unit includes a modem unit configured to selectively have a plurality of types of modulation/demodulation techniques corresponding to a plurality of types of protocols for the communication and control means configured to selectively allow the modem unit to be switched into a particular modulation/demodulation technique specified by the protocol selection signal.

The invention discloses a method for controlling an antenna wave beam to point to a moving vehicle, an antenna and a no-stop parking charge system, which relate to the technical field of antenna and are designed for better ensuring the passing speed of the vehicle and better avoiding the following interference. The method for controlling the antenna wave beam to point to the moving vehicle comprises the following steps: detecting the position of the moving vehicle in the process of running; adjusting the pointing angle of the antenna wave beam according to the detected position of the moving vehicle to control the antenna wave beam to follow and point to the moving vehicle. The antenna comprises a wave beam controller and a phased antenna array, wherein the wave beam controller is used for determining a phase-shifting angle of each basic antenna array in a phased antenna array according to the position of the moving vehicle, and generating a phase-shifting control code according to the phase-shifting angle; the phased antenna array is used for utilizing the phase-shifting control code to adjust the pointing angle of the antenna wave beam in the phased antenna array so as to control the antenna wave beam to follow and point to the moving vehicle. The invention can be used for the no-stop electronic toll collection.

The invention discloses a phased-array antenna applied to an ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) system. The phased-array antenna applied to the ETC system comprises a transmitting antenna array, a receiving antenna array, a phased-array transmitting assembly, a phased-array receiving assembly, a waveform control interface, a communication control module, a ground sensing interface, a vehicle speed computing module, a vehicle tracking module, a power supply communication adaptor and a safety certificate module, wherein the transmitting antenna array is composed of antenna subarrays; the receiving antenna array is composed of antenna subarrays; and the communication control module is used for collecting a ground sensing coil signal, estimating the position and speed of a vehicle in real time, working out a waveform control command, and respectively controlling phase positions and amplitudes of each path of radio-frequency signals of the phased-array transmitting assembly and the phased-array receiving assembly so as to form a radio-frequency beam for tracking the vehicle in space. The invention also discloses an application method. According to the invention, dynamic and long-distance continued communication is realized, vehicle-following interference is eliminated, the transaction success rate is improved, the traffic speed is improved, the use efficiency of the ETC system and cost performance for construction are improved, and the construction cost is reduced.

An ETC tag holder for motorcycles is provided. A securing case comprises a back panel with a bottom surface extending outwardly at a substantially right angle. A receptacle wall extending upwardly from the outer edges of the bottom surface, and along its length, connect with the back panel to form a hollow receptacle for removably receiving an ETC tag. The case is mounted onto a motorcycle by an engaging portion that securedly engages the back panel and a clamping portion for clamping onto a cylindrical part of a motorcycle.

The invention relates to a control method for an electronic charging system without a stop of a vehicle. The control method comprises the following steps: step 1: a driveway controller communicates with a vehicle-mounted electronic tag responder to complete a withdrawing transaction, and the driveway controller stores vehicle data and the transaction record to a vehicle information storage unit; step 2: when a vehicle travels through an earth induction coil of an entrance, the driveway controller adds the vehicle data and the transaction record in the vehicle information storage unit to a vehicle queue storage unit, and sets up the status of an external executive equipment according to the data of the vehicle queue storage unit; step 3: when the vehicle approaches an earth induction coil of an exit, the driveway controller reads the data of the vehicle queue storage unit and sets up the status of transportation lights and the content of an information displaying screen according to the data; step 4: when the vehicle leaves the earth induction coil of the exit, the driveway controller writes in the passing record of the vehicle to a hard disk for storage, and sets up the status of the external executive equipment according to the data of the vehicle queue storage unit. The method of the invention has the advantages of good universality, is beneficial to nationwide networking management and enhances the using efficiency of highways.

The invention discloses a multilane free-flow electronic toll collection system and method based on a multi-beam antenna. The multilane free-flow electronic toll collection system comprises a background system and a front end lane system, wherein the background system carries out charging processing, user service and information search; the front end lane system comprises a vehicular access communication and electronic tag positioning subsystem, a vehicle detecting and positioning subsystem, a snapshot and number plate recognition subsystem, and a lane control subsystem, wherein vehicle-mounted electronic tags are positioned through the adoption of the multi-beam antenna, orientation downlink beams are emitted to complete charging trading with the vehicle-mounted electronic tags, and real-time self-adaptation dynamic regulation is carried out on an emission area according to motion tracks of the vehicle-mounted electronic tags; the vehicle detecting and positioning subsystem detects toll area vehicle position information and triggers number plate snapshot; the snapshot and number plate recognition subsystem carries out vehicle snapshot and number plate recognition; the lane control subsystem collects and processes information outputted by the subsystems, and transmits processed data to the background system. According to the multilane free-flow electronic toll collection system and method, applicability of existing national standard ETC electronic tags in multilane free-flow electronic tool collection application on roads and city roads can be guaranteed.

The invention discloses a communication method for an on board unit (OBU) and a road side unit (RSU) of an electronic toll collection (ETC) system. The method comprises that: the OBU receives microwave signals transmitted by the RSU, and acquires intensity information of the received microwave signals; the OBU adjusts internal communication parameters according to the intensity information of the microwave signals; and the OBU communicates with the RSU by adopting the internal communication parameters. The success rate of microwave communication between the OBU and the RSU of the ETC system can be improved by the method.

A no-stop electronic toll collection (ETC) system based on WLAN is disclosed in the present invention. The system includes an on-board equipment, roadside equipments, a multiple access carriageway control system and a toll balance center. The communication is implemented between the on-board equipment and the roadside equipments according to the demand determined by the wireless local network protocol. The system offered in the present invention applies several technology means to effectively overcome the technology prejudice that the WLAN technology is not suitable for the ETC system. Compared with the existing technology, the present ETC system has the advantages of low cost, high efficiency, complete function and good performance index, therefore the present invention is very meaningful for the application and extension of the ETC system and the improvement of the industrial technology.

The invention discloses an ETC (electronic toll collection) communication control method, a multi-beam antenna, a RSU (road side unit) and an ETC system. The method comprises the following steps: a step of position detection and a step of communication area control, wherein in the step of position detection, the position information of an automobile is detected by the RSU; and in the step of communication area control, the communication areas of an antenna array on a lane is switched over by the RSU according to the detected position information of the automobile and referring to a corresponding relationship between preset automobile position information and the communication areas of the antenna array on the lane; wherein at least two communication areas are provided; different communication areas have different distances with the antenna array; the corresponding relationship is preset in the specific mode that the closer the automobile is apart from the RSU, the smaller the distance between the communication areas and the antenna array is. With the adoption of the method, the automobile interference phenomenon during the communication between the RSU and an OBU (on-board unit) can be avoided effectively, and the reliability and the accuracy in communication between the RSU and the OBU are improved.

The invention relates to the fields of Internet of vehicles and vehicle electronic toll collection, and provides a vehicle electronic toll collection system and an implementation method to solve the problems of high construction cost and unstable work of the existing ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) system. The vehicle electronic toll collection system comprises a mobile terminal, an auxiliary terminal and a server, wherein the mobile terminal comprises an account binding unit and a vehicle binding unit, the auxiliary terminal comprises a vehicle identification unit, a passage processing unit and a toll administration unit, and the server comprises an account management unit, a vehicle information unit, an entrance passage management unit and a payment management unit. According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the vehicle electronic toll collection system is convenient and efficient, and low in cost.

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic toll collection (ETC), in particular to a front-mounted ETC on board unit online publication system and a front-mounted ETC on board unit online publication method. The system consists of an on board unit, a mobile publication device, a remote server and an encryptor, wherein the mobile publication device is used for awakening the on board unit, and performing dedicated short range communication (DSRC) with the on board unit by using publication data acquired in real time from the remote server and key data calculated by the encryptor through a wireless communication network such as a third-generation (3G) wireless communication network; and the remote server is used for performing publication operation such as initialization, personalization and tamper activation on the front-mounted on board unit through a communication channel of the mobile publication device. According to the system and the method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the publication data can be acquired from the remote server in real time, the on board unit can be updated in real time, the respective storage of keys for operating the on board unit in each piece of publication equipment is avoided, and the security of a key medium and convenience for a publication service are improved.

An external indicator for use in proximity to an on-board unit or transponder for an electronic toll collection (ETC) system. The external indicator senses RF transmissions from the on-board unit and/or roadside readers of the ETC system and produces sensory outputs when transmissions are detected. The external indicator receives RF signals, demodulates them, and analyses the demodulated RF signals to determine if it has received a roadside reader trigger signal and/or a transponder response signal. A sensory indicator, such as a visual, auditory, or kinetic device, alerts an occupant of a vehicle to the detected RF transmissions and, accordingly, to the likely occurrence of an ETC transaction.

The invention discloses a multi-functional toll collection lane controlling and managing system of toll roads. An industrial personal computer, a car controlled machine, an IC (integrated circuit) card reader, a toll special keyboard and a display screen at an entrance lane direction are arranged in a toll booth; an entrance lane IC card automatic card sender and an entrance lane full-automatic toll data wireless emitter/receiver are arranged at the right side of the toll booth; the industrial personal computer, the car controlled machine, the IC card reader, the toll special keyboard and the display screen at an exit lane direction are arranged in the toll booth; and an exit lane full-automatic toll data wireless emitter/receiver is arranged at the left side of the toll booth. The system of the invention can organically combine three functions of manual toll lane, ETC (electronic toll collection) lane and automatic card sending and reading lane, so that various of vehicles can pass through the entrance and exit lanes of the toll station in a short time; and the system can disperse the vehicles on the square to a maximum extent without building new lanes. The system is safe and quick. In addition, the system can accelerate vehicle traffic capacity and reduce labor intensity of the toll staff.

The invention provides a system and method for carrying out the toll authentication in an intelligent transport system. The system provided by the invention comprises a vehicle-mounted unit and an authentication label, wherein the vehicle-mounted unit is installed on a vehicle and used for executing fee reduction in a toll station; the authentication label is installed on the vehicle and arranged to be matched with the vehicle-mounted unit; the authentication label is used for executing the authentication with the vehicle-mounted unit by carrying out the wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted unit; the authentication label is used for determining whether the vehicle-mounted unit is matched with the authentication label or not; when the authentication result shows that the vehicle-mounted unit is matched with the authentication label, the vehicle-mounted unit is allowed to be continuously operated; and when the authentication result shows that the vehicle-mounted unit is not matched with the authentication label, the vehicle-mounted unit enters a failure state, thus the fee reduction can not be executed. The invention can be applied to the intelligent transport system, thereby preventing the vehicle-mounted unit from being stolen in an electronic toll collection scheme.

Embodiments of the invention are directed to electronic collection, display and association of payment credentials or tokens by providing a comprehensive management platform for managing multiple digital wallets. The invention provides an integrated digital wallet management interface that enables the user to view and modify the payment credentials or tokens associated with the multiple wallets, stored at different locations, without requiring the user to access the payment credentials or tokens thorough conventional channels separately. In this regard, the integrated digital wallet management interface may display one or more payment credentials on a dashboard on a user mobile device along with one or more characteristics of the payment credentials. Embodiments of the invention are also directed to authenticate the user and enable the user to initiate one or more transactions associated with the payment credentials or tokens from a single interface.

The invention provides an electronic toll collection method and system for parking and relates to a field of intelligent traffic and IoT. The system includes a stall-type roadside device RSE, a vehicle detector, a national standard ETC onboard unit OBU and/or a national standard electronic license plate RFID, and a rear end system. According to the invention, a technical scheme adopting combination of radio frequency communication and video recognition and flexible selection of external power supply and solar energy self power is adopted and a complete information link from wireless collection of toll collection element information and license plate/stall images from a vehicle to encrypted communication until the complete of a timing-based fee deduction transaction is provided. The method and the system are environment friendly and resource-saving, are high in automation degree and complete in evidence taking, break limitation of the onboard unit in highway ETC toll collection and overcome restriction of heavy dependence on commercial power supply of a traditional roadside device. The method and the system provide a good application foundation for national electronic license plates RFID in immediate putting into use and also create technical conditions for unattended electronic toll collection for roadside parking.