Toll Gate Section Determination Using Multi-Sensor Fusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traffic congestion and delays occur at toll gates due to inaccurate vehicle positioning and excessive competition among drivers, leading to increased risk of accidents and prolonged transit times.
Innovation Solution
A toll gate section determining apparatus and method using map information, neighboring vehicle movement data, and line information from cameras, radars, and navigation devices to identify toll gate sections and control vehicle longitudinal or transverse driving, providing notifications or deceleration to ensure safe passage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If vehicles compete to pass through toll gates without accurate positioning, then drivers may attempt to pass ahead, but this leads to congestion and increased accident risk
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously receives real-time positioning information from multiple vehicles, determines toll gate sections based on this feedback, and provides notifications to drivers. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables accurate vehicle positioning and timely awareness of toll gate approaches, resolving the contradiction between positioning accuracy and transit time efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system determines toll gate sections and notifies drivers in advance before vehicles reach the toll gate. This preliminary action allows drivers to prepare appropriately, reducing last-minute maneuvering and competition, thereby improving positioning accuracy while maintaining efficient transit through the toll gate.
2Reliability
If multiple vehicles pass through a limited number of toll gates sequentially, then toll collection is possible, but vehicles must wait causing congestion and delay
Solution Approach 1:
By continuously receiving positioning information from all vehicles and determining which vehicles are currently in the toll gate section, the system provides real-time feedback for accurate toll collection. This enables simultaneous identification of multiple vehicles awaiting toll payment, potentially allowing parallel processing and improving overall throughput while maintaining collection accuracy.
3Ease of operation
If drivers compete excessively to pass ahead at toll gates, then individual vehicles may attempt to bypass, but this causes vehicles to drive to one side and delays passage
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides preliminary notification to drivers about approaching toll gate sections, allowing drivers to adjust their behavior in advance. This reduces excessive competition and erratic maneuvering at the toll gate itself, enabling smoother vehicle flow and reducing passage time while maintaining appropriate driver freedom.
4Measurement precision
If the system uses multiple sensors and data sources to determine toll gate sections, then positioning accuracy improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server performs multiple functions using the same infrastructure: receiving positioning information, determining toll gate sections, managing toll collection, and providing notifications. This multi-functional approach improves measurement precision through comprehensive data processing while avoiding the need for separate complex systems for each function.
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AI summary
A toll gate section determining apparatus may include an information providing device that provides information by use of a camera, a radar, and a navigation device; a toll gate section determining device that determines a toll gate section based on movement information and line information of a neighboring vehicle, which are provided from the camera and the radar, and map information provided from the navigation device; and a vehicle control device that controls longitudinal driving or transverse driving of a vehicle when a current section is determined as the toll gate section.