CN104575062A - Intelligent traffic control system and control method thereof - Google Patents

Intelligent traffic control system and control method thereof Download PDF

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CN104575062A
CN104575062A CN201410799555.7A CN201410799555A CN104575062A CN 104575062 A CN104575062 A CN 104575062A CN 201410799555 A CN201410799555 A CN 201410799555A CN 104575062 A CN104575062 A CN 104575062A
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    • B60KARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
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Abstract

The invention discloses an intelligent traffic control system and a control method thereof. The intelligent traffic control system comprises a vehicle management unit and a cloud platform server, wherein the vehicle management unit comprises a vehicle information identification module, a driving direction identification module, an MCU control module and a vehicle speed control module; the MCU control module receives vehicle identity information sent by the vehicle information identification module and vehicle driving direction information sent by the driving direction identification module and sends the information to the cloud platform server; a data analysis module in the cloud platform server analyzes road condition information in the driving direction of a vehicle according to the received vehicle identity information and the received vehicle driving direction information, determines a driving speed threshold value of the vehicle according to the analyzed road condition information and sends the driving speed threshold value of the vehicle to the vehicle speed control module; the vehicle speed control module controls the driving speed of the vehicle according to the driving speed threshold value of the vehicle sent by the cloud platform server.

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A kind of intelligent traffic control system and control method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to technical field of intelligent traffic, particularly a kind of intelligent traffic control system and control method thereof.
Background technology
Along with the quickening of urbanization process, urban transport problems highlights all the more.On the one hand, the go down town vehicle in direction of the peak load conditions that is on duty is more, and the vehicle in direction of going out of the city is less, and the go down town vehicle in direction of peak load conditions of coming off duty is less, the vehicle in direction of going out of the city is more, and this kind of situation very easily causes vehicle to get congestion when peak load conditions on and off duty is gone down town or gone out of the city phenomenon.On the other hand, because most driver is difficult to understand front traffic information in time, so that the moving velocity of vehicle cannot be adjusted in time according to the traffic information in front, traffic accident may be there is.
Summary of the invention
Technical matters to be solved by this invention is to provide a kind of intelligent traffic control system and control method thereof, and car owner can be made to understand the traffic information of travel direction in time, and adjusts the moving velocity of vehicle according to traffic information.
The technical scheme that the present invention solves the problems of the technologies described above is as follows:
According to one aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of intelligent traffic control system, it comprises Vehicle management unit and cloud Platform Server;
Described Vehicle management unit comprises:
For identifying the information of vehicles identification module of vehicle identity information;
For obtaining the travel direction identification module of vehicle heading information;
MCU control module and speed of a motor vehicle control module, described MCU control module receives the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module transmission and the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module transmission, and this vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information are sent to described cloud Platform Server;
Data analysis module in described cloud Platform Server is according to receiving vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information, analyze the traffic information of this vehicle heading, and according to the traffic information determination Vehicle Speed threshold value analyzed, this Vehicle Speed threshold value is sent to described speed of a motor vehicle control module;
The Vehicle Speed threshold value that described speed of a motor vehicle control module sends according to data analysis module in cloud Platform Server, controls the moving velocity of vehicle.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of intellectual traffic control method, comprising:
MCU control module receives the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module transmission and the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module transmission, and this vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information are sent to cloud Platform Server;
Data analysis module in cloud Platform Server is according to the traffic information of the vehicle identity information received and this travel direction of vehicle heading information analysis, and according to this traffic information determination Vehicle Speed threshold value, this Vehicle Speed threshold value is sent to the speed of a motor vehicle control module in Vehicle management unit;
The Vehicle Speed threshold value that described speed of a motor vehicle control module sends according to data analysis module in cloud Platform Server, controls the moving velocity of vehicle.
A kind of intelligent traffic control system provided by the invention and control method thereof, information of vehicles identification module identification vehicle identity information in Vehicle management unit, travel direction identification module judges vehicle heading, and by MCU control module, the vehicle heading information of the vehicle identity information of identification and judgement is sent to cloud Platform Server, cloud Platform Server is according to the traffic information of this travel direction of information analysis received, speed of a motor vehicle control module in Vehicle management unit controls the moving velocity of adjustment vehicle according to traffic information, by method provided by the invention, car owner can understand the traffic information of travel direction in time, and the moving velocity of vehicle is adjusted in time according to traffic information, avoid traffic accident occurs.
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Fig. 1 is a kind of intelligent traffic control system structural representation of the embodiment of the present invention one;
Fig. 2 is a kind of intellectual traffic control method flow diagram of the embodiment of the present invention two.
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Be described principle of the present invention and feature below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, example, only for explaining the present invention, is not intended to limit scope of the present invention.
Embodiment one, a kind of intelligent traffic control system.Below in conjunction with Fig. 1, the system that the present embodiment provides is described in detail.
In Fig. 1, the intelligent traffic control system that the present embodiment provides comprises Vehicle management unit and cloud Platform Server, wherein, Vehicle management unit comprises information of vehicles identification module and travel direction identification module, information of vehicles identification module is mainly used to identify the identity information of vehicle, the seat information etc. of the unique identifier of such as vehicle, vehicle type (passenger vehicle, lorry, bus or private car) and vehicle; The built-in GPS of travel direction identification module (Global Positioning System, GPS (Global Position System)) module, travel direction identification module utilizes GPS locating module to the location of vehicle to judge the travel direction of this vehicle and then to obtain vehicle heading information.
Vehicle management unit also comprises MCU control module, be mainly used to receive the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module identification and the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module acquisition, and the vehicle identity information of reception and vehicle heading information are sent to cloud Platform Server by the mode of radio communication; In addition, the difference of the communication protocol that the communication protocol and the cloud Platform Server that use due to Vehicle management unit adopt, MCU control module is also converted to from the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module identification and from the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module acquisition the vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information that cloud Platform Server can identify.
Cloud Platform Server receives vehicle identity information and the vehicle heading information of MCU control module transmission, the traffic information (degree etc. of block up or do not block up, blocking up) that data analysis module is wherein analyzed on this travel direction according to this vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information, and according to the traffic information determination Vehicle Speed threshold value (i.e. vehicle can reach the max speed) on this travel direction analyzed.
Vehicle management unit also comprises speed of a motor vehicle control module, display module and alarm module, traffic information on this travel direction analyzed is sent to the display module in Vehicle management unit by the data analysis module in cloud Platform Server, understands the traffic information in this travel direction front for car owner in time.The Vehicle Speed threshold value determined also is sent to the speed of a motor vehicle control module in Vehicle management unit by the data analysis module in cloud Platform Server, speed of a motor vehicle control module controls according to this Vehicle Speed threshold value the moving velocity adjusting vehicle, when the actual travel speed of vehicle reaches Vehicle Speed threshold value, alarm module shows the information of overspeed of vehicle to user, wherein, alarm module shows that to user the mode of the information of overspeed of vehicle has multiple, such as, the information of overspeed of vehicle can be shown to user by the mode of word or voice broadcast, with reminding user.
Embodiment two, a kind of intellectual traffic control method.Below in conjunction with Fig. 2, the method that the present embodiment provides is described in detail.
In Fig. 2, MCU control module in S201, Vehicle management unit receives the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module transmission and the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module transmission, and this vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information are sent to cloud Platform Server.
Concrete, the information of vehicles identification module in Vehicle management unit is mainly used to the identity information identifying vehicle, the seat information etc. of the unique identifier of such as vehicle, vehicle type (passenger vehicle, lorry, bus or private car etc.) and vehicle; Travel direction identification module is mainly used to obtain vehicle heading information, wherein, the built-in GPS of travel direction identification module (Global Positioning System, GPS (Global Position System)) module, travel direction identification module utilizes GPS locating module to the location of vehicle to judge the travel direction of this vehicle and then to obtain vehicle heading information.
MCU control module in Vehicle management unit receives the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module identification and the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module acquisition, and the vehicle identity information of reception and vehicle heading information are sent to cloud Platform Server by the mode of radio communication; In addition, the difference of the communication protocol that the communication protocol and the cloud Platform Server that use due to Vehicle management unit adopt, MCU control module is also converted to from the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module identification and from the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module acquisition the vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information that cloud Platform Server can identify.
S202, cloud Platform Server are according to the traffic information of the vehicle identity information received and this travel direction of vehicle heading information analysis, and according to this traffic information determination Vehicle Speed threshold value, this Vehicle Speed threshold value is sent to the speed of a motor vehicle control module in Vehicle management unit.
Concrete, cloud Platform Server receives vehicle identity information and the vehicle heading information of MCU control module transmission, the traffic information (degree etc. of block up or do not block up, blocking up) that data analysis module is wherein analyzed on this travel direction according to this vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information, and according to the traffic information determination Vehicle Speed threshold value (i.e. vehicle can reach the max speed) on this travel direction analyzed.Traffic information on this travel direction analyzed is sent to the display module display in Vehicle management unit by the data analysis module in cloud Platform Server, understand the traffic information in this travel direction front for car owner in time, and the Vehicle Speed threshold value determined is sent to the speed of a motor vehicle control module in Vehicle management unit.
The Vehicle Speed threshold value that S203, speed of a motor vehicle control module send according to cloud Platform Server, controls the moving velocity of vehicle.
Concrete, the Vehicle Speed threshold value determined is sent to the speed of a motor vehicle control module in Vehicle management unit by above-mentioned steps cloud Platform Server, speed of a motor vehicle control module controls according to this Vehicle Speed threshold value the moving velocity adjusting vehicle, when the actual travel speed of vehicle reaches Vehicle Speed threshold value, alarm module shows the information of overspeed of vehicle to user, wherein, alarm module shows that to user the mode of the information of overspeed of vehicle has multiple, such as, the information of overspeed of vehicle can be shown to user by the mode of word or voice broadcast, with reminding user.
A kind of intelligent traffic control system provided by the invention and control method thereof, information of vehicles identification module identification information of vehicles in Vehicle management unit, travel direction identification module judges vehicle heading, and by MCU control module, the vehicle heading information of the information of vehicles of identification and judgement is sent to cloud Platform Server, cloud Platform Server is according to the traffic information of this travel direction of information analysis received, and send to the display module of Vehicle management unit to show the traffic information after analyzing, so that car owner understands traffic information in time, speed of a motor vehicle control module in Vehicle management unit controls the moving velocity of adjustment vehicle according to traffic information, cloud Platform Server is also according to traffic information determination Vehicle Speed threshold value, and when the moving velocity of vehicle reaches Vehicle Speed threshold value, the alarm module in Vehicle management unit shows the information of overspeed of vehicle to user.By method provided by the invention, car owner can understand the traffic information of travel direction in time, and adjusts the moving velocity of vehicle in time according to traffic information, avoids traffic accident occurs.
The foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present invention, not in order to limit the present invention, within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any amendment done, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. an intelligent traffic control system, is characterized in that, described system comprises Vehicle management unit and cloud Platform Server;
Described Vehicle management unit comprises:
For identifying the information of vehicles identification module of vehicle identity information;
For obtaining the travel direction identification module of vehicle heading information;
MCU control module and speed of a motor vehicle control module, described MCU control module receives the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module transmission and the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module transmission, and this vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information is sent to the data analysis module of described cloud Platform Server;
Data analysis module in described cloud Platform Server is according to the vehicle identity information received and vehicle heading information, analyze the traffic information of this vehicle heading, and according to the traffic information determination Vehicle Speed threshold value analyzed, this Vehicle Speed threshold value is sent to described speed of a motor vehicle control module;
The Vehicle Speed threshold value that described speed of a motor vehicle control module sends according to data analysis module in cloud Platform Server, controls the moving velocity of vehicle.
2. a kind of intelligent traffic control system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the built-in GPS locating module of described travel direction identification module, described travel direction identification module judges vehicle heading by the location of GPS locating module to vehicle and then obtains vehicle heading information.
3. a kind of intelligent traffic control system as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described Vehicle management unit also comprises display module, for receiving the traffic information of described data analysis module transmission and showing this traffic information.
4. a kind of intelligent traffic control system as described in any one of claim 3, it is characterized in that, described Vehicle management unit also comprises alarm module, for when the speed of a motor vehicle of vehicle reaches described Vehicle Speed threshold value, shows the information of overspeed of vehicle to user.
5. a kind of intelligent traffic control system as claimed in claim 4, is characterized in that, described alarm module shows the information of overspeed of vehicle to user with the form of word or voice broadcast.
6. an intellectual traffic control method, is characterized in that, it adopts a kind of intelligent traffic control system described in claim 1-5, comprising:
MCU control module in S201, Vehicle management unit receives the vehicle identity information of information of vehicles identification module transmission and the vehicle heading information of travel direction identification module transmission, and this vehicle identity information and vehicle heading information are sent to cloud Platform Server;
Data analysis module in S202, cloud Platform Server is according to the traffic information of the vehicle identity information received and this travel direction of vehicle heading information analysis, and according to this traffic information determination Vehicle Speed threshold value, this Vehicle Speed threshold value is sent to the speed of a motor vehicle control module in Vehicle management unit;
The Vehicle Speed threshold value that S203, described speed of a motor vehicle control module send according to data analysis module in cloud Platform Server, controls the moving velocity of vehicle.
7. a kind of intellectual traffic control method as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, described travel direction identification module judges vehicle heading by the mode that GPS locates and then obtains vehicle heading information.
8. a kind of intellectual traffic control method as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, the traffic information that cloud Platform Server sends is presented at the display module of Vehicle management unit.
9. a kind of intellectual traffic control method as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, when the moving velocity of vehicle reaches Vehicle Speed threshold value, shows the information of overspeed of vehicle to user.
10. a kind of intellectual traffic control method as claimed in claim 9, is characterized in that, shows the information of overspeed of vehicle with the form of word or voice broadcast to user.
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