Toll Violation Tracking via Mobile Device and Central Data Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current toll systems are unable to effectively track and intercept vehicles with suspected toll violations, as stationary control devices can only identify but not pursue or punish such vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A method where license plates of vehicles recorded by control devices are transmitted to a central data processing device and forwarded to a mobile device, allowing the selection of control devices based on their presence position, enabling timely interception and pursuit of vehicles with suspected toll violations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If stationary control devices are used to identify vehicles with toll violations, then the ability to detect control cases is improved, but the ability to track and intercept these vehicles is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the toll control function into two separate components: stationary control devices that specialize in detecting control cases (license plate recognition, violation detection), and mobile devices that specialize in tracking and intercepting violators. This segmentation allows each component to excel at its specific function without compromise.
Solution Approach 2:
A central data processing device serves as an intermediary that receives detection data from stationary control devices, processes it to identify control cases, and forwards relevant license plate information to mobile devices. This mediator enables communication and coordination between the stationary detection system and mobile tracking system.
2Loss of information
If all recorded license plates are transmitted to mobile devices, then the completeness of tracking information is improved, but the data transmission load and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The central data processing device extracts only the essential information needed for tracking (license plates associated with control cases) from the complete set of recorded vehicles. This selective extraction reduces data transmission loads while maintaining all necessary tracking information.
Solution Approach 2:
Different data processing is applied based on location and context: stationary control devices perform comprehensive vehicle parameter detection, while mobile devices receive and process only the specific subset of data relevant to active tracking operations, optimizing processing efficiency at each location.
3Area of stationary object
If mobile devices receive license plate data from multiple control devices, then the coverage area for tracking is improved, but the difficulty of selecting relevant control cases increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where mobile devices can request specific control case information from the central data processing device based on their current location and tracking needs. The central device uses this feedback to selectively retrieve and forward only the relevant control cases from multiple control devices, reducing the selection burden.
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AI summary
Among other things, a method for tracking toll-liable vehicles (3XY) in a toll system (500) is provided, in which license plates (3XYk) of the toll-liable vehicles recorded by control devices (2X0) are transmitted to a central data processing unit (502) and forwarded by the central data processing unit (502) to a mobile device (470), wherein the selection of the forwarded license plates (364k) is made on the basis of a request from the mobile device (470) to the central data processing unit (502), in which at least one selected control device (260) is specified by the mobile device (470), from which recorded license plates are to be selected for forwarding and which the mobile device (470) has determined depending on a presence position of the mobile device (470).