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Verfahren und vorrichtung zur steuerung von sich durch einen sicherheitskritischen verkehrsbereich eines strassennetzes, insbesondere durch einen strassentunnel, bewegenden verkehrsströmen mit gefahrguttransport-fahrzeugen Download PDF

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EP2201550B1
EP2201550B1 EP08803477A EP08803477A EP2201550B1 EP 2201550 B1 EP2201550 B1 EP 2201550B1 EP 08803477 A EP08803477 A EP 08803477A EP 08803477 A EP08803477 A EP 08803477A EP 2201550 B1 EP2201550 B1 EP 2201550B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for controlling itself by a safety-critical traffic area of a road network, in particular by a road tunnel, moving traffic streams with dangerous goods vehicles according to the preamble of claim 1 and a device for controlling according to the preamble of claim 11.
  • a system for managing dangerous goods transports is known, with mobile on-board transceiver devices, with a number of roadside transceiver stations and with a data network for bidirectional communication with the vehicular devices via the roadside stations.
  • the vehicle device can be arranged on the dashboard, attached to the vehicle or directly to the dangerous goods container and contains information about the transported dangerous goods.
  • Charge monitoring sensors measure the state of the dangerous goods during transport and trigger an alarm if there is a risk - for example due to excessive pressure or temperature values - threatens. The alarm is reported to the driver and the communication network to the carrier.
  • JP 2003323689 A From the JP 2003323689 A it is known to arrange directly before and after a tunnel and at a certain distance in front of the tunnel video cameras that record video images of passing vehicles. By means of an image processing unit it is determined whether the recorded vehicle is a special vehicle with dangerous goods label. Based on an information panel, which is located at a certain distance in front of the tunnel, an access ban can be displayed. It is also easy to determine how many special vehicles are currently in the tunnel.
  • JP 2003242595 A It is also known to read from images of vehicles whose license plate and to determine the speed of the change in the time of the vehicle on a video sequence.
  • the known methods and devices for controlling traffic flows with dangerous goods vehicles suffer from the disadvantage that the dangerous goods transporting vehicles with complex facilities, such as transmitter / receiver devices, charge monitoring sensors, positioning systems, transponders or the like, must be equipped.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to provide a method and an apparatus of the aforementioned types, with the aid of a detection and control of dangerous goods vehicles is easy, safe and largely independent of the vehicle-mounted equipment is possible.
  • the procedural part of the object is achieved by a generic method with the characterizing features of claim 1.
  • a generic method By taking a digital image of a vehicle approaching the traffic area and digitally evaluating the recorded image for recognition of a feature which characterizes a dangerous goods transport vehicle, it can be determined without special vehicle devices whether the approaching vehicle is a dangerous goods transport vehicle. Vehicle acts.
  • a feature and a speed and a time of a dangerous goods transport vehicle when entering and leaving the safety-critical traffic area transmitted to a control center and the traffic signals to avoid dangerous passage of hazardous goods vehicles within the safety-critical traffic area are issued centrally triggered the possibly required control interventions, that is to say the delivery of a traffic signal, are determined and triggered.
  • a time series of digital images is recorded by a vehicle approaching the traffic area.
  • the detection reliability can be increased.
  • temporally variable phenomena such as a change in size of the characterizing feature, can be observed on the image series.
  • a detail of a recorded image containing the feature is determined.
  • the digital evaluation of only one image feature having the feature of interest accelerates the evaluation process, since the recognition software has to process a smaller amount of image data.
  • the feature is formed by a display area for characters and / or images arranged on the dangerous goods transport vehicle.
  • a display surface mounted on a vehicle can be determined by its border or by its arrangement position on the vehicle as the image section of interest, which is then evaluated in a further step on detection of a dangerous goods transport vehicle.
  • the feature is preferably determined by the shape and / or size and / or arrangement position and / or coloring and / or character content and / or image content of the display area. Recognition algorithms known per se recognize, on the basis of one or more of these properties, the feature which characterizes a vehicle as a dangerous goods transporter.
  • the display surface is designed as a sign and / or orange marking and / or marking for substances which are conveyed in a heated state. These characteristics are defined in the "Annex to the Recast Annexes A and B of the European Convention on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road,” or ADR, and are mandatory for vehicle registration.
  • the display surface is designed as an official motor vehicle license plate.
  • Recognition of the official registration number is an additional identification feature represents, by means of which a vehicle can be recognized or recognized as dangerous goods transport vehicle.
  • the license plates of the fleet vehicles of dangerous goods transport companies could be centrally managed electronically and linked to the information on each transported dangerous goods.
  • the traffic signal indicates a blocking or release for an entrance to the traffic area and / or a speed limit and / or a direction for a lane change.
  • These signals preferably relate only to drivers of dangerous goods vehicles, so that the rest of the traffic flow is not hindered.
  • a blocking signal can be given to an approaching vehicle, which prevents a driver of this dangerous goods vehicle from entering the traffic area until this - after leaving another, already in the traffic area Getting Dangerous Goods Transport Vehicle Moving A Release Signal.
  • FIG. 1 leads a road with a lane S and an oncoming lane S 'through a tunnel T, which represents a safety-critical traffic area due to its rigid lane boundaries, the prevailing limited visibility and ventilation conditions as well as the limited holding and escape possibilities.
  • a tunnel T which represents a safety-critical traffic area due to its rigid lane boundaries, the prevailing limited visibility and ventilation conditions as well as the limited holding and escape possibilities.
  • E and E' signal generator 30 is arranged, by means of which to drivers on their own approaching dangerous goods transport vehicles G and G 'traffic signals can be issued.
  • the signalers 30 issue blocking or release signals in order to block or release the entrance into the tunnel T for a dangerous goods transport vehicle G or G '.
  • the signalers 30 issue blocking or release signals in order to block or release the entrance into the tunnel T for a dangerous goods transport vehicle G or G '.
  • traffic signals for speed limitation or lane change.
  • a video camera 10 is arranged on the road side at a sufficiently great distance upstream of the signal generator 30.
  • the video cameras take digital pictures of vehicles approaching the tunnel T, which are digitally evaluated by a device 11 for recognition of a feature which identifies a dangerous goods transport vehicle G or G '.
  • a device 11 for recognition of a feature which identifies a dangerous goods transport vehicle G or G '.
  • the internationally prescribed vehicle registration marks Z according to ADR for the transport of dangerous goods on the road which are shown on display surfaces and in the FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 are shown.
  • the official motor vehicle license plate K which is likewise shown on display surfaces, can also be used to detect or recognize a dangerous goods transport vehicle G or G '.
  • optical pattern recognition methods are used on the basis of which, on the basis of shape, size, arrangement position and coloration, the character content and optionally the image content of the display area and therefrom the feature which characterizes the transported dangerous goods can be determined.
  • the video cameras are arranged in number and alignment of their optical axis such that all features Z or K of an approaching vehicle G is detected and from the time change of the size of a feature whose speed v is determined.
  • the evaluation device 11 sends a dangerous goods transport message m, which has data on the characteristic z or k, the speed v and the measuring time t, to a control center 20 of the tunnel T.
  • Such messages m receives the control center 20 also of video cameras 10 and evaluation devices 11, which are arranged at the exits A and A 'of the tunnel T, there to determine whether a detected dangerous goods transport vehicle G or G' has left the tunnel T again.
  • the control center 20 Based on the received messages m is the control center 20 by means of data processing means, not shown in a position to decide whether a risky vehicle passage threatens, and to send corresponding switching commands to the signal generator 30.
  • the evaluation devices 11 are connected, for example via a wireless communication link and the signal generator 30, for example via a data line to the control center 20.
  • the approaching of a vehicle F, which does not have a dangerous goods transport vehicle characterizing feature is recognized by the evaluation device 11 as such; a dangerous goods transport message m to the control center 20 is omitted.
  • the control center 20 the entrance of a dangerous goods transport vehicle G 'has been reported on the opposite lane S', but not yet its exit.
  • the control center 20 thus has the information that in the tunnel T on the opposite lane S 'a dangerous goods transport vehicle G' moves, which conveys a Z 'corresponding dangerous goods and possibly the official motor vehicle license plate K' has.
  • the dangerous goods corresponding to the identifiers K and K 'become adjusted to their risk potential in a collision.
  • a switching command for a blocking signal is triggered in the control center 20, which is output via the signal generator 30 to the driver of the dangerous goods transport vehicle G.
  • the dangerous goods transport vehicle G can then be stopped on a waiting lane in front of the entrance E into the tunnel until the signal generator 30 issues an enable signal after the oncoming dangerous goods transport vehicle G 'has left the tunnel T through the exit A'.
  • a billboard Z1 As an example for arranged on dangerous goods transport vehicles display areas with dangerous goods indicator Z is in FIG. 2 a billboard Z1, a so-called Placard, shown for flammable gases.
  • This billboard Z1 is formed by a square (rhombus) on a corner with at least 250 mm side length, which is provided with a black border and has a black flame symbol on a red background and the number "2" in the lower corner.
  • An orange marking Z2 according to FIG. 3 has two rectangular, retroreflective, vertically mounted orange panels with side lengths of 400 mm by 300 mm and a 15 mm wide edge.
  • a number to indicate the danger for example "33” for a highly flammable liquid substance (flashpoint below 23 ° C).
  • a four-digit UN number for example "1088", for the labeling of substances or articles in accordance with UN model regulations.
  • a marking Z3 for substances which are transported in a heated state has the shape of a triangle with a side of at least 250 mm in the hatched area FIG. 4 must be displayed in red. It has to be affixed to both sides of the vehicle and behind, for example, for tank vehicles, according to a special provision.

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