EP2346004A1 - Appareil de télémétrie mobile - Google Patents

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EP2346004A1
EP2346004A1 EP10252110A EP10252110A EP2346004A1 EP 2346004 A1 EP2346004 A1 EP 2346004A1 EP 10252110 A EP10252110 A EP 10252110A EP 10252110 A EP10252110 A EP 10252110A EP 2346004 A1 EP2346004 A1 EP 2346004A1
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Philip J Harris
David K. Linsdall
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/01—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
    • G08G1/0104—Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/123—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams
    • G08G1/127—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/20—Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
    • G08G1/207—Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles with respect to certain areas, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas with possible alerting when inside or outside boundaries
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
    • G07B15/06—Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems
    • G07B15/063—Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
    • G07C5/008—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles communicating information to a remotely located station

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  • This invention relates to mobile telemetry apparatus for use in a vehicle, and to a method of mobile telemetry. It is particularly useful in relation to Global Navigation Satellite System, GNSS, or other positioning systems, and is particularly useful for road vehicle user charging.
  • GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
  • Existing mobile telemetry systems typically transmit a superset of data over mobile data networks such as the GSM, and these can incur significant operational charges that could be avoided if only the required data were transmitted.
  • the storage of this superset of data may require prohibitive amounts of on-device memory (e.g. flash memory) compared to only recording the data required at a particular location.
  • on-device memory e.g. flash memory
  • the amount of data, or the frequency of data, that are required to be transmitted to a back-office system, for example for road user charging varies significantly as a function of the position of the vehicle, for example in an urban or suburban or motorway road scheme.
  • Existing telemetry systems are unable to adapt to the transmission of only what is required at a given time.
  • the present invention provides mobile telemetry apparatus for use in a vehicle, comprising a processor and a data storage unit containing a map database, the apparatus configured to store in a long term storage unit or to transmit to an external back-office system output data representative of the position or speed of the vehicle, the processor being programmed to respond to measured parameters indicative of vehicle motion and to access the map database representative of possible vehicle positions, to generate the output data; wherein the map database comprises a plurality of zones and a set of data reporting parameters associated with each zone, and the processor is programmed to determine in which zone the vehicle is positioned and to transmit the output data in accordance with the reporting parameters associated with that zone.
  • the apparatus may have a transmitter configured for data communication with road-side apparatus, and the processor then may be configured to determine that the vehicle has moved to a new zone based on the data received from the road-side apparatus.
  • the vehicle position is preferably determined using a GNSS receiver. Where a GNSS receiver is used, the vehicle position data it provides are used as the measured parameters from which to derive the zone in which the vehicle is located.
  • the map database comprises data indicative of a priority level for each zone, some at least of the zones partially overlapping each other, and the processor is programmed to determine that the appropriate set of data reporting parameters is that set associated with the zone with the higher or the highest priority level in the event that it determines the vehicle position to be in plural zones.
  • the data reporting parameters comprise: the frequency of data reporting events, or the number of data reporting events for a given distance travelled, or the triggering of a data reporting event by a vehicle heading change of at least a predetermined angle or by a speed change of at least a predetermined speed difference, or an authentication key for the transmission, or more than one of the aforesaid parameters.
  • the invention also provides a method of mobile vehicle telemetry comprising transmitting to an external back-office system or storing in a long term storage unit output data representative of the position or speed of the vehicle, responding to measured parameters indicative of vehicle motion and accessing a map database representative of possible vehicle positions, to generate the output data; wherein the map database comprises a plurality of zones and a set of data reporting parameters associated with each zone; the method comprising determining in which zone the vehicle is positioned and transmitting the output data in accordance with the reporting parameters associated with that zone.
  • location "awareness" in a mobile telemetry device in accordance with the invention allows the reporting or other behaviour of a road user charging or telemetry system to be changed to satisfy the operational requirements of the device at its current location.
  • Mobile telemetry equipment embodying the invention is made location-aware to behave correctly in multiple different operational scenarios. For example, in the road user charging domain the in-vehicle telemetry device may need to provide different access credentials for communication with road-side equipment according to its current location. Alternatively the device may need to change its reporting interval or reported parameter set according to location to meet the operational requirements of different charging schemes while minimising communicated data volumes and therefore operational cost.
  • Such changes in operational behaviour may be required when moving between different road user charging systems with different security, privacy, or enforcement legislation, for example when crossing international borders.
  • Other examples include changing the reporting frequency in driver behaviour monitoring or "pay as you drive” insurance schemes as the vehicle moves between motorway, suburban, and urban road environments.
  • Location awareness in the telemetry unit is also beneficial in so-called back-office systems as it can significantly reduce computational load and therefore the cost of equipment and the related power consumption by allowing the elimination of data that is not relevant to the current operational scenario.
  • the mobile telemetry device can dynamically modify its behaviour according to its current location in a collection of multiple potentially overlapping geographical regions as the zones. These regions may be defined arbitrarily as any geometric shape, such as a polygon or circle. Additionally it supports time-of-day restrictions to capture any required time-based behavioural changes. As a result the operational behaviour can be controlled in much finer detail than in existing systems, resulting in a more optimal use of scarce communications, data storage, and computing resources, and therefore it can reduce both equipment in the mobile and back office systems and operational costs.
  • the telemetry apparatus consists of the following major subsystems: a mobile telemetry device fitted to the vehicle and comprising of a position determination unit (e.g. GNSS receiver), a processing unit, a communications unit for reporting (e.g. GPRS modem), a data storage unit, and a power supply; and a central processing facility (or "back office") which can communicate with the telemetry device via a communications network or by manual exchange of data storage media.
  • a position determination unit e.g. GNSS receiver
  • a processing unit e.g. GPRS modem
  • data storage unit e.g. GPRS modem
  • the processing unit is responsible for sub-sampling the position data, packaging and compressing the data for transmission or storage, and forwarding it to the back office via the communications network.
  • the telemetry device may also receive commands and configuration data from the back office for remote device management.
  • the configuration parameters that control the sub-sampling process effectively determine the reporting behaviour of the device.
  • these parameters may include the maximum distance travelled or time elapsed between position reports, and/or the maximum change in heading or speed between position reports.
  • Additional parameters may include the authentication keys required for communicating with the roadside equipment or the communications network.
  • the telemetry device supports the management of multiple groups of configuration parameters, with each group associated with at least one geographical region or zone. Through this association the behaviour of the device can be made to change according to its current location provided the device can identify the correct zone amongst several possibly overlapping alternatives.
  • the vehicle can enter a new zone by moving inside a zone with a higher priority than the current zone, or by moving outside the current zone into a zone of lower priority. Entry into a zone is detected by comparing the current position of the vehicle against a list containing the definitions of each zone using any appropriate "point-in-polygon" algorithm.
  • zone event signifying the change. This zone event can be used either within the telemetry device or in external supporting systems to trigger changes in behaviour or mode of operation.
  • the priority level, and a map database defining the zones, is stored in the data storage unit.
  • the sequence of generated events numbered 1 to 5 occurs as the vehicle crosses over the zone boundaries. Initially the vehicle moves from the default zone (priority 0, defined as everywhere other than the defined zones) into the first defined zone causing event 1.
  • the sequence of generated zone events is: Zone event From Zone To Zone 1 Default A 2 A B 3 B A 4 A C 5 C Default
  • Each zone is associated with a data reporting parameter set that can cause a change in the behaviour of the telemetry device when that zone is entered.
  • a parameter set may uniquely represent a particular set of operational requirements (e.g. a particular road user charging scheme), or may satisfy multiple sets of requirements through appropriate aggregation of requirements.
  • the parameter set associated with the current zone (i.e. the last zone to generate a zone event) stays in effect until it is superseded by a subsequent zone event. If no parameter set is associated with a zone then the current parameter set remains in effect, possibly indefinitely.
  • zones A, B, and C in Figure 1 each encompassing a different road user charging scheme, labelled Suburban Scheme, Urban Scheme, and Motorway Scheme respectively. If vehicles in the Urban Scheme also had to satisfy the operational requirements of the Suburban Scheme, then the parameter set for zone B would be constructed by merging the requirements from both schemes.
  • Parameter Set for Zone A Set for Zone B Set for Zone C Applicable Schemes Suburban Scheme Urban Scheme Suburban Scheme Motorway Scheme Report by distance interval 100 m 100 m 10 km Report by time interval 60 s 60 s 1 hour Report by heading change 180° 45° 180° Report by speed change 50 km/hour 50 km/hour 75 km/hour Authentication key EB5A 89FD A78E Network name d78@local.network d78@local.network m12er@national.network
  • the processing unit can re-configure the communication devices as required, and re-initialise the sub-sampling algorithm to begin generating a data stream compliant with the operational requirements of the new zone.
  • the sub-sampling algorithm can be efficiently implemented as a logical-OR operation.
  • the parameter set for Zone B results in the simple sub-sampling algorithm "if (vehicle has travelled more than 100 m since last reported event) or (more than 60 s has elapsed since the last reported event) or (the vehicle heading has changed by more than 45° since the last reported event) or (the vehicle speed has changed by more than 50 km/hour since the last reported event) then (generate a new reported event)".
  • This approach is readily extendible to additional sub-sampling parameters.
  • the zone event generated on entry into a new zone forms the first reported event in the new sub-sampled sequence.
  • the sub-sampled events are then collated and compression to ensure efficient storage or transmission, and the resulting packaged events or either stored in the device data store or transmitted to the back office system for further analysis and report generation.
  • the invention can be implemented as a combination of hardware and software suitable for installation in a vehicle.
  • a preferred implementation uses a GNSS receiver as the position determination unit, a central processing unit (CPU) as the processing unit, non-volatile flash memory for storage of the software, zone definitions, parameter sets, and buffering of sub-sampled event data, and a GPRS or WiFi communications interface.
  • the CPU executes customised software which includes the algorithms described above for detection of zone entry and sub-sampling of event data.
  • the CPU For every position event provided by the GNSS receiver the CPU first checks if the vehicle has entered a new zone by comparing the current position against the zone definitions held in flash memory. If a new zone has been entered and has a parameter set attached then the new parameter set takes effect in the CPU thus changing the device behaviour. In addition an event is added to the event buffer contained in the flash memory identifying where and when the new parameter set came into effect. The CPU continues to process positions from the GNSS receiver, applying the sub-sampling algorithm described above. The resulting sub-sampled events are also stored in the event buffer. When sufficient events have been buffered in the flash memory the CPU compresses the buffer and packages it for transmission to the back office via the communications interface and associated network. Alternatively the packaged event data may be stored permanently in the flash memory for later manual retrieval.
  • the process of communicating with the road-side equipment can also be used to trigger entry into a defined zone.
  • road-side equipment e.g. a DSRC modem
  • the process of communicating with the road-side equipment can also be used to trigger entry into a defined zone.
  • This capability is to use the road-side equipment to place the mobile telemetry device in a high-reporting rate diagnostics mode, for example to obtain detailed event data from a suspicious or possibly faulty device.
  • the zone definitions are typically generated in the back office system using appropriate GIS tools, and similarly the associated parameter sets may be either manually or automatically generated using appropriate support tools in the back office system. If required the zone definitions and associated parameter sets can be sent to the telemetry device using the communications network thus facilitating remote maintenance of the device without removing it from the vehicle.

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