DE102008026949A1 - Overall system for developing automatic or manual current information and maps for user and vehicle, is provided with respective object type, where locally detected object data and movement data are computed from collected data - Google Patents

Abstract

The overall system is provided with respective object type, where locally detected object data and movement data are computed from the collected data and they exchange along with the movement. The synchronization in connections and central cost-free data bank is a central component, where connections are dynamic communication connections. The information is selected by corresponding automatic or manual filter and eventually dynamic criteria is filtered differently.

Description

Technical Field: Navigation Information System

overall system for automatic collection, processing, classification, collection and reconciliation of traffic and environmental data. As well as the data exchange between partner systems through automatic formation of loose, free information networks and the use and expansion of existing, free data sources on the Internet.

State of the art:

• – Ansagen für
• – Straße,
• – nächste Aktion
• – Geschwindigkeit-Überschreitung
• – usw.

Navigation is currently done using GPS technology and typically provides simple static information such as:

• - Announcements for
• - Street,
• - next action
• - Speed exceeded
• - etc.

• – Ort-Zeit-Erfassung (Tracking)
• – Staumeldungen über TMC in Routing-Planung einarbeiten
• – Erste Einbeziehung der User durch manueller Rückmeldung von Verbesserungsvorschlägen

Likewise, these systems can deliver the following additional functions in further expansion stages:

• - Location-time recording (tracking)
• - Incorporate traffic jams via TMC in routing planning
• - First inclusion of users through manual feedback of suggestions for improvement

The Map material is elaborately developed by the companies and the required map updates are typically provided for a fee and after manual Download fed into the systems.

By the integration into the vehicle technology can partially the systems also accompany the journey without GPS signal (tunnel, city) or determine.

navigation information of all kinds you can soon via radio networks recall.

• – Kolonnen fahren
• – Abstandswarner
• – Spurhalter
• – Tempomat
• – Roboterfahrzeuge
• – Flottenmanagement

Outside of navigation, there are developments in the field of vehicle communication, which should make traffic more controllable, better and safer and have been known for some time by the media:

• - drive columns
• - distance warning
• - track holder
• - cruise control
• - Robot vehicles
• - Fleet management

One holistic, cheaper Approach is missing until today.

The partially existing information will be in different Systems processed in matching formats. Also missing today a system that handles the processing of all conceivable data on an "open Platform "allowed.

Technical problem:

All known navigation systems work with manually created maps and updates. Likewise, the interesting points (POI) and other information maintained manually. First approaches involve the user, but still require a manual one Intervention.

Troubleshooting:

All potential Use information and data, process and immediately for free provide. A system, in addition to manual capture and post-processing the automatic capture of all relevant and other data for moving and immobile objects and also for Persons recorded and graphically processed represents and others Integrates information sources and partner systems.

The System should use all sources of information actively or passively. The System is to supply information sources, which then again all be active or passive.

at The presentation is usually next to others the map view offered. In addition, should also acoustic and optical outputs according to the prior art and also a direct data exchange with the vehicle and additional, supported locally or externally.

The Method to use various sources of information and from it to generate up-to-date information (maps and other messages) and to balance with each other and centrally and to provide all again and thereby provide a very current state locally and centrally, is a goal.

Just by bundling suitable sources of information can be for each object type (eg: truck) one optimal information supply can be achieved.

• – Ort und Zeit erfassen
• – Geschwindigkeit
• – Beschleunigung
• – Bewegungsrichtung
• – Höhe über NN
• – Temperatur
• – Feuchtigkeit, Niederschlag
• – Luft-Druck
• – Helligkeit
• – Geräusch-Schall-Auswertung
• – Erschütterung und kurzzeitige Lageveränderungen zum Beispiel Bodenwellen, Absätze und andere Ereignisse
• – tatsächliche Beschleunigung (auch dreidimensional)
• – Windstärke und Richtung
• – Erfassung der Fahreigenschaften (Verhalten des Fahrzeugs und Fahrer)
• – Erfassung von Fahrzeugdaten
• – Wasserbewegung, Luftbewegung
• – weitere Sensoren aller Art

daraus abgeleitet unter anderen:

• – Richtgeschwindigkeit für die Strecke
• – Bewegungstyp (Auto, LKW, Fußgänger, Flugzeug..)
• – und weitere Informationen, die für das Kartenmaterial und andere Systemnutzer sinnvoll sind.
• – Information an Fahrer und Fahrzeug-Technik zur Durchführung bestimmter Aktionen (wie z. B.: ungewöhnliche Bremsmanöver oder Unfall in 500 m, Licht einschalten, Vorsicht Glatteis, Rutschgefahr, Nebelbank voraus, usw..
• – Wertigkeit und Typ des Weges Einstufung und Klassifizierung (Typ (Wanderweg, Fußgängerweg neben der Straße, Radweg, Bundesstraße, Autobahn, Fluss, Fährverbindung))
• – und beliebige andere Infos, die sich aus den möglichen Messwerten ableiten lassen.

Bundling and evaluation for example:

• - Capture location and time
• - speed
• - acceleration
• - Direction of movement
• - height above sea level
• - temperature
• - Moisture, precipitation
• - Air pressure
• - Brightness
• - Noise-sound evaluation
• - Shock and short-term changes in position such as bumps, heels and other events
• - actual acceleration (also three-dimensional)
• - Wind force and direction
• - registration of driving characteristics (behavior of the vehicle and driver)
• - Registration of vehicle data
• - Water movement, air movement
• - other sensors of all kinds

derived from among others:

• - Guiding speed for the route
• - Movement type (car, truck, pedestrian, plane ..)
• And other information that makes sense for maps and other system users.
• - Information to driver and vehicle technology to perform certain actions (such as: unusual braking maneuvers or accident in 500 m, turn on the lights, caution ice, slip hazard, fog bank ahead, etc ..
• - Validity and type of path Classification and classification (type (trail, pedestrian path next to the road, bike path, main road, highway, river, ferry))
• - and any other information that can be derived from the possible measured values.

The collected data and geo-data should be filtered between the devices be replaced. The goal is to transfer the data to all locally accessible systems to provide and as possible Immediately to central databases for further processing and provision store. These components, software and hardware for each State of the art used and are therefore interchangeable.

Embodiment:

The Test equipment be first realized as prototypes based on notebooks and should be depending on Object Type provide a customized set of the above features.

Local on a single device related, the user can for For example, the traffic routes with the above locally Collect collected data. Locally it will be a usable Map with all information collected and possibly additional information.

All collected data is automatically provided with timestamp, stored and further processed. The processing of the currently collected In turn, data influences the way data is collected.

• – Richtgeschwindigkeit der Strecke (z. B. Teilstrecke mit 30 km/h (Schule))
• – Bewegungstyp (Auto, LKW, Kraftrad, Radfahrer, Bus, Bahn, Schiff, Fußgänger, usw.)
• – Wegetyp (Fußgängerweg, Radweg, Strasse, Ortschaft, Landstraße, Wasser, Autobahn,..)
• – der erlaubten Höchstgeschwindigkeit und Richtgeschwindigkeit (Normalwerte).
• – Steigung, Topologie, Höhenprofil, 3D-Ansicht, usw.
• – Beschleunigung, Lageveränderung,
• – Veränderung des Verkehrsverhaltens, typischen Gefahrenerkennung.

This enables optimal information gathering. This includes, among others:

• - Guiding speed of the route (eg section with 30 km / h (school))
• - Type of movement (car, truck, motorcycle, cyclist, bus, train, boat, pedestrian, etc.)
• - Path type (pedestrian path, cycle path, road, village, highway, water, highway, ..)
• - the maximum speed allowed and the recommended speed (normal values).
• - slope, topology, elevation profile, 3D view, etc.
• - acceleration, change of position,
• - Change in traffic behavior, typical hazard detection.

• – Wegepunkten: Kreuzung, Vorfahrtsregeln, Ampel, Abbiegespuren, Abbiegemöglichkeiten und allen anderen Ereignissen, die für die Karten und andere Systemnutzer sinnvoll sind. Ziel ist es möglichst viele Informationen automatisch zu erkennen.

Here in particular the acoustic warning in the microsleep. The still poor recognition rate is significantly increased with the improvement of the technique.

• - Waypoints: intersection, right of way, traffic light, turn lanes, turn off and all other events that make sense for the maps and other system users. The goal is to automatically recognize as much information as possible.

The really interesting, additional possibilities become possible only through the networking of the systems. The networking takes place initially cost-effective with proven technology (for example: wireless, TCP / IP), which also provides a direct connection and the data exchange with the Internet is made possible. The connection to the internet can also over other interfaces take place.

Thereby can Vehicles and drivers making changes perceive, over the current traffic situation and situation the still following or other systems inform and the information to the drivers and pass on other communication partners.

• – frühzeitige Information über Staus (sobald die ersten Fahrzeuge stehen)
• – frühzeitige Information über außergewöhnliche Beschleunigungen aller Art (Unfall, Vollbremsung, harte Fahrmanöver, usw., eben alles was eine Gefahr für die anderen Verkehrsteilnehmer darstellen kann oder eine hilfreiche Information ist. Insbesondere Unterstützung der vorausschauenden Fahrweise durch Kommunikation der Systeme untereinander zur Vermeidung von zum Beispiel Auffahrunfällen.
• – Info über Umleitungen, Sperrungen, Bereichen mit Kontrollen, Nebel, Glatteis...
• – Info über freigegebene Strecken,...
• – Info über Notfälle,...
• – Info zu Parkplätzen (Parkleitsystemen)
• – Info zu lokalen Angeboten aller Art, Firmen,
• – Veränderung der Bewegungseigenschaften (z. B. Wegewahl) durch den Fahrer, gleichwertige Ereignisse festhalten, übermitteln an andere, abgleichen und evtl. Update erzeugen. Dazu muss die Information über evtl. mehrere Systeme weitergereicht und verarbeitet werden und möglichst bald ein Update an die Internet-Datenbanken und evtl. Weiterverarbeitung erfolgen.

These include:

• - early information about traffic jams (as soon as the first vehicles are available)
• - Early information on extraordinary accelerations of all kinds (accident, emergency braking, hard driving maneuvers, etc.), anything that may pose a danger to other road users or is helpful information, in particular support for predictive driving by communicating with each other to avoid Example rear-end collisions.
• - Info about detours, closures, areas with controls, fog, black ice ...
• - Info about approved routes, ...
• - Info about emergencies, ...
• - Parking information (parking guidance systems)
• - Information on local offers of all kinds, companies,
• - Change of the movement characteristics (eg routing) by the driver, hold equivalent events, transmit to others, adjust and possibly generate update. For this purpose, the information about possibly several systems must be passed on and processed and carried out as soon as possible an update to the Internet databases and possibly further processing.

So long the internet is not available the information can also be used in local, dynamic networks (radio fields) the respectively achievable systems are kept and expanded. You could build up the information even without Internet databases and hold. However, the information should be made available to the general public.

If the new information at some point through movement or disclosure arrived from areas without Internet access in the Internet databases and systems that have this new information already on the Internet the location with the new event described above reach out, pass this information on to everyone else and the "upload" order will be withdrawn. So even in areas without online connection, a current level of information being constructed.

Of course you should also the manual import into the local and central databases, be possible. In order to Everyone can build up their own information base locally not necessarily passed.

Application areas and advantages

User groups: are next to the objects on traffic routes (eg: pedestrians, cyclists, Motorcycles, Motorcycle, car, truck, bus, boat, heavy transport, suburban train, Train, plane) many other also dormant objects using this technique can use profitably. For example: information exchange and management, traffic management, Routing systems, city information, parking guidance systems (where can I park), Traffic lights transmit the clock and flow and allow for predictive planning; News service, ticker systems, traffic monitoring, weather services, Search messages, emergency call, military, Expeditions, crises, Expedition. All over where, where the rapid spread of local, recorded, current Data makes sense.

commercial Usage: Opens up also the commercial use. For one thing, the hardware can work with you Software may be offered and for another, the software may be for different Hardware platforms and as a supplement to existing systems. Likewise, for commercial Offers fees be collected.

Claims (1)

It is intended to protect an entire system which can automatically or manually generate very up-to-date information and maps for users and vehicles and the local communication networks from the locally recorded object and movement data. The system automatically calculates the object type (vehicle) from the collected data as well as its change based on the movement. The reconciliation of information in networks and to central, free databases is a central component. The drawing shows the loose, dynamic communication networks. Within the overall system, this information exchange serves to provide up-to-date information, which need not only concern the traffic and routes themselves. With appropriate automatic or manual filters, the information can be selected and filtered according to different, possibly even dynamic criteria. The transmission, distribution and display of advertising information of all kinds is possible and can be restricted by the user through filters. Depending on the object type, the system offers the user corresponding manual input options and function keys. In normal and emergency situations, manual events and messages can thus be entered into the system and immediately distributed in the communication networks. Tracing the data source can be done by vehicle features, system ID, location and timestamp. Further description: At danger zones also an additional manual information (for example by individuals, fire brigade, police) can take place, which is distributed immediately in the communication federations. Undesirable advertisers on the roadside will surely be there too. These are controlled by technical means. Highwaymen who simulate a traffic jam or accident with several vehicles (or technology) at night will immediately communicate with the police either directly or through relaying the events and calling. An emergency call button is offered. The radio field can be selected as large as required by automatic selection of the appropriate radio technology and thus maintain the radio contact. The system should not only be installed stationary, but also be self-sufficient. Thus it can be used at any time in other objects (vehicles) or as a pedestrian. The system should automatically recognize the new object properties and make the assignment for further data processing and communication in the overall system.