EP0708427B1 - A system for control and management of a fleet of vehicles - Google Patents

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EP0708427B1
EP0708427B1 EP95830435A EP95830435A EP0708427B1 EP 0708427 B1 EP0708427 B1 EP 0708427B1 EP 95830435 A EP95830435 A EP 95830435A EP 95830435 A EP95830435 A EP 95830435A EP 0708427 B1 EP0708427 B1 EP 0708427B1
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    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
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  • This invention relates to a system for control and management of a fleet of vehicles comprising an equipment to be mounted on-board of a vehicle and adapted to collect data furnished by a set of sensors provided on the vehicle and a ground station having means for transmitting ground data to the vehicles and for receiving from the vehicles the data collected during the service.
  • the invention concerns a novel information collecting system adapted to integrate all necessary parameters for controlling and managing a fleet of motor vehicles for transport of passengers in urban and extra-urban areas, as well as for displaying this information to the public.
  • This project is aimed at collecting, analyzing and sorting all typical operation parameters of the concerned motor vehicles, all service managing parameters and any other productivity related parameters.
  • the instruments implemented in stable steady state conditions will form an analytical base adapted to continuously furnish in real time all necessary data upon which the daily control of the whole fleet can be based.
  • a vehicle monitoring system having both an arrangement installed within a vehicle for collecting and storing information regarding the vehicle itself and the vehicle operator, and a base station or ground station for communicating with the vehicles in order to receive the collected information and optimise the maintenance of the vehicle.
  • the known vehicle monitoring system comprises interface modules for transmitting messages to and for receiving messages from the driver of the vehicle.
  • the known system does not provide an integrated and flexible vehicle monitoring system for automatically collecting information over a geographic communications network and dynamically managing information related to running parameters, like waiting time, type of the vehicle approximating etc., in order to keep aware users inside and outside of the vehicle of the above running parameters.
  • the system according to this invention solves problems that had not even been tackled by the prior art.
  • a further specific object of this invention is to provide a system comprising various apparatuses installed on-board of vehicles for overviewing and constantly controlling the operation parameters of all installed, both main and auxiliary devices (engine, course indicators, obliteration devices, gear-box operators, contamination indicators, and so on) and, upon utilization of all collected information, for vehiclerying out an information service in real time for the users. All collected data items are automatically transmitted, on returning back to the garage, to a ground based system which handles and analyzes them in real time.
  • main and auxiliary devices engine, course indicators, obliteration devices, gear-box operators, contamination indicators, and so on
  • a system is provided, based upon a geographical network, for detecting the passage of the vehicles at the bus-stops and for processing this information in order to compute the waiting times at the other bus-stops along the run course.
  • the system according to this invention enables the vehicles to be managed according to real criteria of preventive maintainance and with a vehicleefully timed frequency so as to prevent severe failures from occurring as well as to reduce the inactivity times of the vehicles for maintainance purposes; this invention additionally enables an informative system to be realized, based upon statistical data generated in the field and integrated (amended) with any real time data coming from the territory.
  • Advantageous effects resulting from adoption of a system according to this invention are related to noticeably reducing the environmental pollution, increasing the throughput, improving the relationships with the users and with the operation personnel, optimizing the services.
  • the system according to this invention is adapted to receive, to evaluate and to process a large number of data items, including not only all data relating to the controlled vehicle, but also all data concerning the route followed and the frequency of use of the concerned line by the passengers, together with any data concerning the diagnostics of the vehicle itself.
  • the objects which can be aimed at by adoption of such a system can be divided into two main categories: external objects and internal objects.
  • the internal objects are mainly as follows:
  • the main external objects namely all objects related to the users, are as follows:
  • This modification of the modal distribution reduces on the whole the number of vehicles in use and this reduction, when added to the reduction of the environmental pollution generated by the vehicles, as above noted, entails a further reduction of the global pollution level generated by the whole service within the urban area thereby covered.
  • the system comprises (A) an equipment on-board of the vehicle and (B) a ground equipment for providing information to the user.
  • the equipment on-board of the vehicle is adapted to collect all data furnished by a set of sensors either provided on said vehicle or conveniently arranged to these purposes (running and diagnostic data). This equipment is also adapted to collect all data transmitted by the ground (garage) station to all exiting vehicles.
  • a bus 10 exiting from and a bus 11 entering into a garage are shown, each provided with an on-board equipment with a logic unit and a transceiver unit associated therewith, as well as a ground equipment 12 which communicates through a data network with a plurality of control ports for communicating with the entering and with the exiting buses. Further details of the ground equipment can be derived from Figure 2, which shows a computer server assembly linked to four control ports A, B, C and D through a data network.
  • the on-board system or equipment comprises the following main macro blocks, being it understood that some functions can be distributed to different blocks or portions of the equipment, for instance the weighing and counting function of the passengers: a logic unit 13 that comprises a controller block 14, a central box 15 for collecting the operation parameters and a central box 16 for collecting the running parameters.
  • Said controller block 14 is a block by which the whole pick-up system is managed. It collects data coming from the various peripheral units, then it organizes and stores all data. Furthermore, it communicates with the transceiver system to get access to the Local Area Network (L.A.N.) of the garage. Lastly, it receives all data relating to the operation parameters and transmits all data collected along its route.
  • L.A.N. Local Area Network
  • the central unit 5 that collects the operation parameters converts all analogue data furnished by the various sensors and communicates them to said controller block 14. It specifically deals with the signals concerning the operation of the engine as well as the operation of the various apparatuses, such as the temperatures, the pressures, etc.
  • the central unit 16 that collects the running parameters operates nearly in the same manner as the first central unit 15 that collects the operation parameters, but it deals with all signals concerning the operation of the transport system, such as the number of kilometers and the running times, the speeds, the fuel consumption, etc.
  • a passenger weighing device having a physical passenger counting system logically associated thereto, possibly implemented by means of a cell system.
  • a pneumatic suspension device is arranged between the vehicle body and the wheel axes. When suitable and known pressure sensors are used, this device collects instant-by-instant all data concerning the total weight of the vehicle and implements a specific filter and average algorithm, correlated with the route. In addition, it transmits the information representing the number of passengers on-board of the vehicle to the controller block.
  • An interface for the external line indicator comprising a peripheral unit designed with the aim to read the line indicator board carried by each bus, by picking up the line number and its description for transmission to the above said controller module. If desired, it is possible for this module to automatically set up the new data upon the indicator, without any personnel intervention.
  • a further central box provided in the on-board equipment is the particulate filter control central box.
  • This central box performs the function to manage the correct operation of the particulate filter (catalytic muffler) and to indicate, by means of various alarm levels, the incorrect operation of the system or the need of maintainance intervents.
  • a further interface is provided for annunciating the next stop by optical or acoustical means.
  • This central box enables the data concerning the route followed by the vehicle to be stored and to repeat at the various bus-stops all messages relating to them.
  • transceiver unit comprises a complete microprocessor system, adapted to handle protocols, codes and cryptographies of any kind. It can be observed that, in effect, it includes an Central Processing Unit (CPU), connected to a RAM/EPROM memory and to a ROM memory, coupled to a radio transceiver apparatus with related antenna. Said transceiver unit is of course installed in front position on each vehicle and it is connected to the on-board system by means of a special line.
  • CPU Central Processing Unit
  • RAM/EPROM memory RAM/EPROM memory
  • ROM memory read-only memory
  • Said transceiver unit is of course installed in front position on each vehicle and it is connected to the on-board system by means of a special line.
  • the on-board microprocessor implements a program contained within the ROM memory, adapted to establish a communication session with the ground based station. This communication session permits the packet exchange between the two stations and said packets can be utilized both within the transceiver unit itself and in information exchanges with peripheral equipments coupled to said transceiver unit.
  • ROM memory also a RAM memory and an EPROM memory are provided to configurate the transceiver unit itself, according to the application type and to the coupled device kind.
  • the transmission from the ground station is active and the transmission from the transceiver is passive. No power is utilized on said transceiver unit for generating the radio frequency carrier for retransmission to the ground station. The oncoming carrier from the ground station is simply reflected.
  • the transmission protocol is proprietary.
  • the transceiver unit is "slave" with respect of the ground station: the transceiver unit is normally in quiescent condition. When it is reached by a carrier at a frequency of 300 Mhz, it is awaked with a re-starting time of 100-150 msec and becomes ready to receive messages from the ground station.
  • These messages can be of so-called personal kind, that is messages addressed to an individual transceiver unit; or they can be addressed to all transceiver units reached by the carrier signal.
  • a reply can be contemporaneously transmitted by more than one transceiver unit and, for this reason, a collision solving procedure is activated in order to individually recognize all of the transceiver units involved within the antenna range.
  • the transmission protocol similar to ADLC, is adapted to assure the correctness and the succession order of the transmitted packets.
  • the ground station equipment is adapted to recognize the vehicles and to collect all data stored during the service.
  • This equipment is also adapted to transmit data from the ground station to the various vehicles.
  • the macroblocks of the equipment comprise control ports and a server.
  • Said control ports, such as A, B, C and D, are effectively data picking up members and comprise a P.C. type microprocessor, capable to be interfaced to any data network and to any remote computer.
  • These ports are installed at the fuel supply apparatuses and/or at the garage inlet gates and have a directional antenna directed to the front face of the vehicle which is intended to be controlled.
  • the server apparatus as a matter of fact can be a Personal Computer.
  • the antenna type depends on the specific application. For remote control of moving vehicles, high directionality, double antenna systems will be used, such as a plural component YAGI system.
  • the antenna is coupled to a front end block 17, designed to amplify the output signal so as to raise it to the necessary level for transmission.
  • a front end block 17 designed to amplify the output signal so as to raise it to the necessary level for transmission.
  • Receiver 18 demodulates the received signal and prepares it for subsequent digital processing.
  • it tracks the frequency of the signal by acting upon the local oscillator 19 by means of an AFC (Automatic Frequency Control) signal.
  • AFC Automatic Frequency Control
  • a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) 20 implements some particular algorithms for signal recovery in hard propagation conditions, reflections, etc.
  • the core of this equipment is an Industrial P.C. 21. It includes a microprocessor board (for instance a 12 Mhz CPU 286, provided with a 1 M byte RAM memory), two serial ports 22, 23, a parallel port 24, a controller with FDD 25 and HDD 26, a graphics card VGA 27, a port for a keypad 28, a port for a mouse 29.
  • the above mentioned P.C. is provided with a 8-bit Ethernet card 30, having a 50 ohm Thin Ethernet output and a Transceiver output, a 1.44 M Floppy Disc driver as well as a Hard Disc with a capacity of at least 40 M bytes.
  • the data exchange between the P.C. and the radio frequency section is carried out by means of a bus expansion card.
  • I/O devices can be used for external world control (optoinsulators, relais, sensors and actuators of various kinds).

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