EP4456318B1 - Unité embarquée pour système d'identification de véhicule sans fil - Google Patents

Unité embarquée pour système d'identification de véhicule sans fil

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EP4456318B1
EP4456318B1 EP23170058.4A EP23170058A EP4456318B1 EP 4456318 B1 EP4456318 B1 EP 4456318B1 EP 23170058 A EP23170058 A EP 23170058A EP 4456318 B1 EP4456318 B1 EP 4456318B1
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antenna
conductive layer
electrically conductive
radio waves
housing
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EP4456318B9 (fr
EP4456318A1 (fr
EP4456318C0 (fr
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Stefan SCHIDL
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Kapsch TrafficCom AG
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Priority to MA71191A priority Critical patent/MA71191B1/fr
Priority to MA71154A priority patent/MA71154B1/fr
Priority to ES24162051T priority patent/ES3052058T3/es
Priority to ES23170058T priority patent/ES3057143T3/es
Priority to EP23170058.4A priority patent/EP4456318B9/fr
Priority to EP24162051.7A priority patent/EP4459788B9/fr
Priority to PCT/EP2024/055868 priority patent/WO2024223125A1/fr
Priority to AU2024263212A priority patent/AU2024263212A1/en
Priority to EP24715171.5A priority patent/EP4702619A1/fr
Priority to PCT/EP2024/058346 priority patent/WO2024223205A1/fr
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Priority to CL2025003303A priority patent/CL2025003303A1/es
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/32—Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles
    • H01Q1/3208—Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles characterised by the application wherein the antenna is used
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/1271—Supports; Mounting means for mounting on windscreens
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q19/00—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic
    • H01Q19/10—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
    • H01Q9/045—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna with particular feeding means
    • H01Q9/0457—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna with particular feeding means electromagnetically coupled to the feed line

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an onboard unit for wireless communication with a vehicle identification system, in particular a road toll, parking space management or access system, via radio waves.
  • Onboard units of this type use a wide variety of short range communication standards for wireless communication such as DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication), in particular CEN-DSRC, ETSI ITS-G5, WAVE, WLAN (in particular IEEE 802.11x), RFID, NFC etc. Radio waves around 5,8 GHz or 5,9 GHz are commonly used, yielding wave lengths of about 5 cm.
  • the onboard units typically have a battery-powered transponder with an antenna for this sort of wireless communication.
  • solar-powered onboard units have been proposed to extend the battery life or get rid of the battery at all, see, e.g., CN 203567522 U , CN 105469610 A , CN 209730882 U , CN 110751739 A , US 2012/0234922 A1 or US 2006/0244573 .
  • an onboard unit for wireless communication with a vehicle identification system via radio waves comprising:
  • the onboard unit of the invention uses the electrically conductive layer of the solar cell as a reflector for the radio waves of the antenna, not only to avoid loosing radio power towards the solar cell but to use it as additional steering radio power for communication.
  • the electrically conductive layer of the solar cell redirects the radio waves towards the antenna, improving the antenna gain in a selected direction.
  • the antenna is a patch antenna parallel to the electrically conductive layer
  • the distance between the antenna and the electrically conductive layer is constant and can be easily calculated. For example, when the distance is chosen such that the radio waves penetrating the front side constructively interfere at the antenna with the radio waves reflected by the electrically conductive layer, the antenna gain in a direction normal to the extension of the antenna is increased. Alternatively, if the distance is chosen such that the radio waves penetrating the front side destructively interfere at the antenna with radio waves reflected by the electrically conductive layer, the antenna gain in side lobes off the normal direction is increased.
  • the inventive onboard unit has thus two distinctive sides, a front side with an antenna for improved radio communication and a rear side with a solar cell exclusively for powering.
  • the front side can face the vehicle's identification system, e.g., radio beacons along or across the road, while the rear side can face the ambient light in the vehicle interior to energise the solar cell.
  • a solar-powered onboard unit with improved radio communication is provided.
  • the distance of the electrically conductive layer of the solar cell to the antenna is an integer multiple of half the wavelength of the center frequency of the radio waves, optimising constructive interference in a given frequency band.
  • the electrically conductive layer of the solar cell can be any type, e.g., a grid or mesh of wires across the photosensitive side of the cell ("front-contacted solar cell") or, in case of a rear-contacted solar cell, a continuous sheet or coating of conductive material across its rear side.
  • a grid or mesh the holes of the grid or mesh should, of course, be significantly smaller than the wavelength of the radio waves.
  • the electrically conductive layer of the solar cell might even face away from the antenna.
  • the electrically conductive layer faces the antenna to avoid attenuation of the reflected radio waves used for constructive interference.
  • the front side of the onboard unit may optionally be provided with an adhesive strip or a suction cup for attaching the housing to a windscreen of a vehicle.
  • the onboard unit's rear side with the solar cell will then face the vehicle's interior and gather the ambient light in the vehicle, while the front side with the antenna can be turned to roadside equipment of the vehicle identification system.
  • the wireless communication 2 between the onboard unit 1 and the system 3 can be based on any short range communication standard, e.g., a DSRC standard according to CEN, UNI or ETSI ITS-G5, a WAVE standard according to IEEE 802.11x, a WLAN, RFID, NFC or Bluetooth standard or the like.
  • the onboard unit 1 is a DSRC OBU for an ETCS, and the wireless communication 2 operates in frequency bands around center frequencies of 5,8 GHz or 5,9 GHz, respectively, equivalent to a wavelength ⁇ of about 5 cm.
  • the housing 4 protects and mounts a circuit board 11, e.g., a printed circuit board (PCB), with all the electronics that form an active or passive transponder for the wireless communication 2 with the system 3.
  • An antenna 12 is electrically connected to the circuit board 11.
  • the antenna 12 will in most cases be a patch antenna, i.e., an antenna extending in two dimensions.
  • the antenna 12 may lie parallel to the front side 5 of the housing 4 to save space. For optimum communication the antenna 12 can be nearly as large as the entire front side 5.
  • the antenna 12 is near the front side 5 of the housing 4 and may be supported by the circuit board 11 and/or the housing 4.
  • Fig. 3 shows an example of an aperture-coupled patch antenna 12 in form of a metallic layer on a substrate 12' attached to the front (here: top) side of the circuit board 11.
  • the circuit board 11 has a slot going through from its front to its rear (here: bottom) side, where a microstrip connector 12" is used to couple a high frequency signal through the slot 11' into the patch antenna 12 for emission as radio waves.
  • the circuit board 11 is powered by a solar cell 13 either directly or via a rechargeable battery B as an energy buffer.
  • the solar cell 13 is supported by the housing 4 near the rear side 6 of the housing 4.
  • the solar cell 13 can be applied onto the rear side 6 of the housing 4.
  • the solar cell 13 can be installed in the housing 4 behind a window 14 in the rear side 6 that leaves at least the photosensitive side 15 of the solar cell 13 visible from outside the housing 4.
  • the window 14 can be closed by a transparent cover or be left open.
  • the solar cell 13 can be of any known type, e.g., crystalline or amorphous, rigid or flexible.
  • the solar cell 13 has a photovoltaic layer 16 converting light energy impinging on its photosensitive side 15 into electric energy.
  • the photovoltaic layer 16 is contacted by at least one electrically conductive layer 17.
  • the electrically conductive layer 17 will be a continuous sheet or coating of conductive material on the side of the solar cell 13 that faces away from its photosensitive side 15, while a grid or mesh of wires 18 at the photosensitive side 15 serves as an opposite electrode for the photovoltaic layer 16.
  • the electrically conductive layer 17 may, however, itself be a grid or mesh of wires or conductors, for example in front-contacted solar cells.
  • the solar cell 13 has at least one electrically conductive layer 17 co-extending with its photosensitive side 15 that is either a continuous conductive sheet or coating or at least a grid or mesh of electrical conductors with a spacing significantly smaller than the wavelength ⁇ so that it acts very much like a continous electrically conductive layer for that wavelength.
  • the antenna 12 is arranged at a distance D from the electrically conductive layer 17 of the solar cell 13.
  • the antenna 12 is parallel to the electrically conductive layer 17 so that the distance D is constant over the extension of the antenna 12, although different profiles of the distance D may be suited for different types of antennas 12.
  • the antenna 12 and the electrically conductive layer 17 may thus not necessarily be planar as shown but could also be curved, e.g., in parallel.
  • the distance D - which includes here also the averaged distance D of a distance profile - is chosen such that the electrically conductive layer 17 acts as a useful reflector for the antenna 12.
  • the antenna 12 emits/receives both (i) radio waves W from/to its front side 19 that faces the front side 5 of the housing 4 and (ii) radio waves W' from/to its rear side 20 that faces the solar cell 13.
  • the latter radio waves W' are reflected by the electrically conductive layer 17 and redirected as reflections to the antenna 12.
  • the reflected radio waves W' interfere at the antenna 12 with the radio waves W in constructive interference when the distance D is about half the wavelength ⁇ of the center frequency of the frequency bands of the radio waves W, W', or any integer multiple thereof.
  • the reflected radio waves W' interfere at the antenna 12 with the radio waves W in destructive interference when the distance D is outside of the above ranges.
  • the front side 5 of the housing 4 may be provided with one or more adhesive strips or suction cups 21 for attachment to, e.g., the inside of a windscreen of a vehicle.
  • the front side 5 will then be directed - through the windscreen - outwards, towards the system 3, whereas the rear side 6 with the photosensitive side 15 of the solar cell 13 will face the vehicle's interior to gather ambient light there.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Details Of Aerials (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)

Claims (4)

  1. Unité embarquée pour communication sans fil avec un système d'identification de véhicule via des ondes radio, comprenant :
    un boîtier (4) avec un côté avant (5) et un côté arrière (6),
    une carte de circuit (11) dans le boîtier,
    une antenne (12) pour ondes radio (W, W') qui est connectée à la carte de circuit (11) et agencée dans le boîtier (4) près du côté avant (5), et
    une cellule solaire (13) soutenue par le boîtier (4) près du côté arrière (6), conçue pour alimenter la carte de circuit (11) et ayant un côté photosensible (15) et une couche électriquement conductrice (17), le côté photosensible (15) étant visible depuis l'extérieur du boîtier (4),
    où l'antenne (12) est agencée à une distance (D) de la couche électriquement conductrice (17) de la cellule solaire (13) de telle sorte que des ondes radio (W) pénétrant le côté avant (5) interfèrent au niveau de l'antenne (12) avec des ondes radio (W') réfléchies par la couche électriquement conductrice (17),
    caractérisé en ce que l'antenne (12) est une antenne planaire qui est parallèle à la couche électriquement conductrice (17).
  2. Unité embarquée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la distance (D) est un entier multiple de la moitié de la longueur d'onde (λ) de la fréquence centrale des ondes radio (W, W').
  3. Unité embarquée selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la couche électriquement conductrice (17) de la cellule solaire (13) fait face à l'antenne (12).
  4. Unité embarquée selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que le côté avant (5) est pourvu d'une bande adhésive ou d'une ventouse (21) pour attacher le boîtier (4) au pare-brise d'un véhicule.
EP23170058.4A 2023-04-26 2023-04-26 Unité embarquée pour système d'identification de véhicule sans fil Active EP4456318B9 (fr)

Priority Applications (12)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
MA71191A MA71191B1 (fr) 2023-04-26 2023-04-26 Unité embarquée pour un système d'identification des véhicules sans fil
MA71154A MA71154B1 (fr) 2023-04-26 2023-04-26 Unité embarquée pour système d'identification de véhicule sans fil
ES24162051T ES3052058T3 (en) 2023-04-26 2023-04-26 Onboard unit for a wireless vehicle identification system
ES23170058T ES3057143T3 (en) 2023-04-26 2023-04-26 Onboard unit for a wireless vehicle identification system
EP23170058.4A EP4456318B9 (fr) 2023-04-26 2023-04-26 Unité embarquée pour système d'identification de véhicule sans fil
EP24162051.7A EP4459788B9 (fr) 2023-04-26 2023-04-26 Unité embarquée pour un système d'identification des véhicules sans fil
AU2024263212A AU2024263212A1 (en) 2023-04-26 2024-03-06 Onboard unit for a wireless vehicle identification system
PCT/EP2024/055868 WO2024223125A1 (fr) 2023-04-26 2024-03-06 Unité embarquée pour un système d'identification de véhicule sans fil
EP24715171.5A EP4702619A1 (fr) 2023-04-26 2024-03-27 Unité embarquée pour un système d'identification de véhicule sans fil
PCT/EP2024/058346 WO2024223205A1 (fr) 2023-04-26 2024-03-27 Unité embarquée pour un système d'identification de véhicule sans fil
CL2025003292A CL2025003292A1 (es) 2023-04-26 2025-10-24 Unidad a bordo para un sistema inalámbrico de identificación de vehículos
CL2025003303A CL2025003303A1 (es) 2023-04-26 2025-10-24 Unidad a bordo para un sistema inalámbrico de identificación de vehículos

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EP23170058.4A Active EP4456318B9 (fr) 2023-04-26 2023-04-26 Unité embarquée pour système d'identification de véhicule sans fil
EP24715171.5A Pending EP4702619A1 (fr) 2023-04-26 2024-03-27 Unité embarquée pour un système d'identification de véhicule sans fil

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AU (1) AU2024263212A1 (fr)
CL (2) CL2025003303A1 (fr)
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WO2024223125A1 (fr) 2024-10-31
MA71191B1 (fr) 2025-10-31
ES3057143T3 (en) 2026-02-26
CL2025003303A1 (es) 2026-02-06
EP4456318A1 (fr) 2024-10-30
EP4702619A1 (fr) 2026-03-04
EP4459788B1 (fr) 2025-09-03
WO2024223205A1 (fr) 2024-10-31
EP4459788B9 (fr) 2025-10-29
EP4456318C0 (fr) 2025-10-01
EP4459788C0 (fr) 2025-09-03
MA71154B1 (fr) 2025-11-28
ES3052058T3 (en) 2025-12-30
EP4459788A1 (fr) 2024-11-06

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