JP2000048300A - Traffic information collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a traffic information collection system capable of exactly collecting traffic information while considering vehicle parking or stopping without requiring a lot of costs. SOLUTION: A position information detecting means 7 detects the position, traveling direction and traveling speed or the like of a traffic information providing vehicle and sends the information such as the position to a control means 10. An engine operation detecting means 8 sends engine operation information showing whether the engine of a vehicle 2 is under operating or not to the control means 2. A car stop detecting means 9 detects whether the vehicle 2 is under traffic jamming caused by signal waiting on a route or under parking in a parking lot or the like and transfers car stop information to the control means 10. When the engine operation information shows the engine under operating and the car stop information shows the vehicle is not parked at the edge of a road or in the parking lot, the control means 10 sends the position information from the position information detecting means 7 through a communication means 11 to an information providing center 1. When the car stop information shows that the vehicle is under parking at the edge of the road or in the parking lot, the position information is not sent to the center 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a traffic information collecting system for collecting traffic congestion information and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional traffic information collecting system, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-60237, is provided with a vehicle passage detecting means in a specific traveling lane to determine the number of vehicles passing, the passing speed, and the like. I was getting information. Recently, proposals have been made to communicate with passing vehicles using microwaves or optical communication to obtain traffic information from the vehicles.
A method of collecting vehicle position information using mobile communication means has also been proposed.

[0003]

However, in the prior art described in the above-mentioned publication, the vehicle passage detecting means must be installed on each route, so that a very large cost is required. Therefore, it is conceivable to send the position information of the vehicle directly to the information center or the like without using the passage detection means.In this case, is the vehicle stopped during traffic or waiting for a traffic light? However, it is difficult to determine whether the vehicle is simply parked or stopped on the road, and the information is uncertain.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems without parking a vehicle at a high cost.
An object of the present invention is to realize a traffic information collection system capable of collecting accurate traffic information in consideration of a stop.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. (1) A traffic information providing vehicle that collects traffic information, an information providing center that aggregates traffic information transmitted from the traffic information providing vehicle, and distributes a result of the aggregation, and a traffic information aggregated from the information providing center. In the traffic information collection system having the traffic information providing means for receiving the traffic information, whether the vehicle is stopped in traffic or waiting for traffic lights while the vehicle is traveling, or simply parked or stopped on the road Stop detecting means for judging the condition.

The stop detecting means determines whether the vehicle is stopped in traffic or waiting for a traffic signal while the vehicle is running, or simply parked or stopped on the road. It is possible to determine that the traffic information obtained when the vehicle is waiting and stopped is valid, and that the traffic information obtained when the vehicle is simply parked and stopped on the road is not valid.

Accordingly, accurate traffic information can be transmitted from the traffic information providing vehicle to the information providing center.
The information providing center collects and aggregates data from the traffic information providing vehicle, and distributes the traffic information providing vehicle or the traffic information to necessary facilities as traffic information.

(2) A traffic information providing vehicle for collecting traffic information, an information providing center for collecting traffic information transmitted from the traffic information providing vehicle and distributing a result of the aggregation, and a A traffic information collection system having a traffic information provision means for receiving the aggregated traffic information, wherein the traffic information provision vehicle includes an engine operation detection means for detecting whether or not an engine of the vehicle is operating; During operation, traffic information is transmitted to the information providing center.

(3) Preferably, in the above (2),
The traffic information providing vehicle is provided with stop detection means for judging whether the vehicle is stopped in traffic or waiting for a traffic light while traveling, or simply parked on a road, or stopped, when the engine is operating, The traffic information is transmitted to the information providing center when the vehicle is running and when the vehicle is stopped due to traffic congestion or traffic light.

(4) Preferably, in the above (3), when the vehicle is simply parked or stopped on the road, information indicating this is transmitted to the information providing center.

(5) Preferably, the above (1),
In (3) or (4), the stop detecting means is a door open / close detecting means for detecting opening / closing of a door for getting on and off the traffic information providing vehicle.

(6) Preferably, the above (1),
In (3) or (4), the stop detecting means detects whether or not the traffic information providing vehicle is on a rent.
This is a means for detecting wagon running.

(7) Preferably, the above (1),
In (3) or (4), the stop detecting means is a stop position storing means in which data of a place where the traffic information providing vehicle stops is stored in advance.

(8) Preferably, the above (1),
In (3) or (4), the stop detecting means is a steering wheel operation detecting means for detecting whether or not a steering wheel of the traffic information providing vehicle is being operated.

(9) Preferably, in the above (1), the traffic information providing vehicle is provided with a toll road traveling detecting means for detecting that the vehicle is traveling on a toll road, and is either traveling on a toll road or traveling on a general road. The information for discriminating is transmitted to the information providing center.

(10) Also, preferably, in the above (9), the toll road travel detecting means has a communication means and a toll road travel storage means, and the toll road entrance, the toll road exit, Alternatively, the toll road travel information obtained on the toll road travel lane is stored in the toll road travel storage means, and the toll road travel information is transmitted to the information providing center in addition to the traffic information.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the general outline of the traffic information collection and distribution system of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the entire traffic information collecting system. In FIG. 1, 1 is an information providing center, 2, 3, and 4 are traffic information providing vehicles, and 5 and 6 are traffic information provided vehicles.

Each of the traffic information providing vehicles 2, 3, and 4 is a vehicle running on a route, and has a position information detecting means (details thereof will be described later). The position information detecting means detects the position of the vehicle, the traveling direction, and the traveling speed. Further, each of the traffic information providing vehicles 2, 3, and 4 is provided with a detecting means (described later) for determining whether the vehicle is stopped due to traffic congestion or waiting for a traffic light, or is simply parked or stopped on the road. . And the traffic information providing vehicles 2, 3,
Reference numeral 4 denotes an information providing center 1 which transmits the detected detection data such as the position of the vehicle via communication means (details will be described later).
Transfer to

The information providing center 1 receives position information, traveling direction information of each vehicle from traffic information providing vehicles 2, 3, and 4.
Traffic information such as travel speed information is received, and traffic information such as which route has a certain amount of traffic and how much traffic is congested are sent to the traffic information provided vehicles 5 and 6.

The traffic information-provided vehicles 5 and 6 receive the traffic information from the information providing center 1 and notify the drivers in the traffic information-provided vehicles 5 and 6. Traffic information provided vehicle 5,
The driver in No. 6 can travel avoiding congested routes based on the notified traffic information.

If the traffic information collecting system shown in FIG. 1 is used, it is possible to use the traffic information from the traffic information providing vehicle quantity, so that it is not necessary to arrange the traffic information collecting equipment on each passage. Lower capital investment.

In FIG. 1, only three and two traffic information providing vehicles and two or more traffic information providing vehicles are shown. However, in an actual system, the traffic information providing vehicle is required to be about 1% or 2% of all vehicles. It is said that there is.

Since the traffic information provision in the present system is a vehicle actually traveling on a route, it is possible to obtain not only information on a main road but also information on a side road, a bypass, a private road, and the like.

Next, a first embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a portion related to traffic information provision of the traffic information provision vehicle 2 in FIG.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 7 denotes position information detecting means;
Is an engine operation detecting means, 9 is a stop detecting means, 10 is a control means, and 11 is a communication means.

In FIG. 2, components denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 have the same functions and perform the same operations as those in FIG.

The position information detecting means 7 detects the position, running direction, running speed and the like of the traffic information providing vehicle, and sends information such as the detected position to the control means 10. Position information detecting means 7
Can be realized by a global positioning system (GPS) currently used for a navigation system or the like, a speed sensor, or the like.

The engine operation detecting means 8 detects whether the engine of the traffic information providing vehicle 2 is operating or not, and sends the detected engine operation information to the control means 10.

The stop detecting means 9 detects whether the traffic information providing vehicle 2 is waiting for a traffic light on the route, is congested due to construction work, a traffic accident or the like, or is parked on the roadside, in a parking lot, or the like (when the driver is present). The switching may be manually performed while the vehicle is stopped, or may be automatically detected as described later), and the detected stop information is transferred to the control unit 10.

The control means 10 indicates that the engine operation information from the engine operation detection means 8 indicates that the engine is operating, and the stop information from the stop detection means 9 indicates that the vehicle is parked on a road shoulder, a parking lot, or the like. When the information indicates that the traffic information is not valid, that is, when the traffic information is valid, the position information from the position information detecting means 7 is sent to the information providing center 1 via the communication means 11. When the stop information from the stop detecting means 9 indicates that the vehicle is parked at a road shoulder, a parking lot, or the like, that is, when the information is not valid as traffic information, the position information from the position information detecting means 7 is used as the information providing center 1. Do not send to

The communication means 11 may transfer the information using a mobile phone, a PHS, or the like, or may transfer the information using a traffic information input / output device installed on the route.

When a traffic information input / output device installed on a route is used, a position information storage means for storing position information in the traffic information providing vehicle 2 is required.

As described above, when the traffic information providing vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention is used, when the traffic information providing vehicle transfers the traffic information, the traffic information providing vehicle moves to the shoulder or the parking lot. Since data when the vehicle is parked and not traveling is not transferred, more accurate traffic information can be collected, and accurate traffic information considering vehicle parking and stopping can be collected without requiring large costs. A traffic information collection system capable of collection can be realized.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, a case is described in which traffic information is not transferred while the vehicle 2 is stopped at the shoulder of a road, a parking lot, or the like. May be transferred to the information providing center 1.

Next, a second embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle will be described with reference to FIG. The second embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is an example in which a door open / close detection unit is used as the stop detection unit 9 described in the example of FIG.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 12 denotes a traffic information providing vehicle;
13 is a door open / close detecting means. In FIG. 3,
Those having the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 have the same functions and perform the same operations.

The door opening / closing detecting means 13 detects whether the door for getting on and off the traffic information providing vehicle 12 is open or closed, and sends the door opening / closing detection information to the control means 10. Then, the control unit 10 indicates that the engine operation information from the engine operation detection unit 8 indicates that the engine is operating,
When the door opening / closing detection information from the door opening / closing detecting means 13 indicates that the door is closed, that is, when the information is valid as traffic information, the position information from the position information detecting means 7 is transmitted to the communication means. 11 to the information providing center 1.

When the door opening / closing detection information from the door opening / closing detecting means 13 indicates that the door is open, that is, when the information is not valid as traffic information, the position information from the position information detecting means 7 is not sent to the information providing center 1.

When the traffic information providing vehicle 12 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is used, when a route bus is considered as the traffic information providing vehicle 12, the vehicle stops for getting on and off,
When the door is open, it can be distinguished from the case where the vehicle is stopped due to traffic congestion, more reliable traffic information can be provided to the information center 1, and the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained. be able to.

Next, a third embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle will be described with reference to FIG. The third embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is an example in which a toll detection means is used as the stop detection means 9 described in the example of FIG.

In FIG. 4, 14 is a traffic information providing vehicle,
Numeral 15 denotes a wage running detecting means. In FIG. 4, FIG.
Those denoted by the same reference numerals have the same functions and perform the same operations.

The toll detecting means 15 is provided for the traffic information providing vehicle 1
4 detects whether or not the vehicle 4 is traveling with passengers, and sends the detected toll driving detection information to the control means 10. Then, when the engine operation information from the engine operation detection means 8 indicates that the engine is operating and the wage running detection information from the wage running detection means 15 indicates wagon running, That is, when it indicates that the traffic information is valid, the position information from the position information detecting means 7 is sent to the information providing center 1 via the communication means 11.

When the wage running detection information from the wage running detection means 15 indicates that it is not a wage running detection, the position information from the position information detection means 7 is not sent to the information providing center 1.

When the traffic information providing vehicle 14 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is used, when a taxi or the like is considered as the traffic information providing vehicle, the vehicle is parked in a parking lot or the like when the vehicle is actually driven by a passenger. Since there is no need to provide the traffic information only at the time of tolling, more reliable traffic information can be provided, and the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle will be described with reference to FIG. The fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is an embodiment using a stop position storage unit as the stop detection unit 9 described in the example of FIG.

In FIG. 5, 16 is a traffic information providing vehicle,
17 is a stop position storage means.

In FIG. 5, components denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 have the same functions and perform the same operations.

The stop position storage means 17 stores in advance the position information at which the traffic information providing vehicle 16 stops. Then, the stop position storage unit 17 sends the position information stored in advance to the control unit 10. When the position information from the position information detecting means 7 and the position information from the stop position storing means 17 match, the control means 10 stops transmission of traffic information, or outputs information indicating that the vehicle is stopped. Send out.

That is, the control means 10 indicates that the engine operation information from the engine operation detection means 8 indicates that the engine is operating, and the position information from the position information detection means 7 and the stop position storage means 17 When the position information does not match, that is, when it indicates that it is valid as traffic information, the position information from the position information detecting means 7 is transmitted to the information providing center 1 via the communication means 11. .

When the traffic information providing vehicle 16 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is used, when a cargo transporting vehicle or the like is considered as the traffic information providing vehicle, the actual position of the vehicle is determined by substantially determining the stop position. It is possible to distinguish between the case where the vehicle is parked and the case where the vehicle is parked, it is possible to provide more reliable traffic information, and it is possible to obtain the same effect as in the first embodiment.

Next, a fifth embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle will be described with reference to FIG. The fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is an embodiment using a steering wheel operation detecting means as the stop detecting means 9 described in the example of FIG.

In FIG. 6, 18 is a traffic information providing vehicle,
19 is a stop position storage means.

In FIG. 6, components denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 have the same functions and perform the same operations.

The steering wheel operation detecting means 19 detects whether or not the driver of the traffic information providing vehicle 18 is operating the steering wheel.

The steering wheel operation detecting means 19 may be a sensor for detecting that the steering wheel has been turned, or a touch sensor for detecting that the driver is touching the steering wheel may be provided on the steering wheel, and may be detected by this. .

The handle operation detecting means 19 sends the detected handle operation detection information to the control means 10. Control means 1
When 0 indicates that the steering wheel operation detection information from the steering wheel operation detecting means 19 is not operating the steering wheel, the transmission of the traffic information is stopped.

In other words, the control means 10 indicates that the engine operation information from the engine operation detection means 8 indicates that the engine is operating, and the handle operation detection information from the handle operation detection means 19 indicates that the steering operation is being performed. When this indicates, that is, when it indicates that it is valid as traffic information, the position information from the position information detecting means 7 is sent to the information providing center 1 via the communication means 11.

When the traffic information providing vehicle 18 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is used, the traffic information indicating that the vehicle is traveling is transmitted only when the driver operates the steering wheel.
It can be distinguished from the case where the vehicle is stopped in a parking area or the like, and more reliable traffic information can be provided, and the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

Next, an embodiment of a vehicle provided with traffic information will be described with reference to FIG. 7, reference numeral 20 denotes control means, 21 denotes communication means, and 22 denotes display means. The communication unit 21 receives the traffic information from the information providing center 1 and sends it to the control unit 20. Then, the control unit 20 converts the traffic information transmitted from the communication unit 21 into data that can be displayed by the display unit 22 and sends the data to the display unit 22. The display means 22 displays traffic information as data that can be recognized by the driver of the traffic information provided vehicle 5.

As a method for notifying the driving car of the display means 22 of the traffic information, traffic congestion information, accident information, and recommended detour information may be displayed on a map as shown in FIG. That is, in FIG. 8, the traffic congestion or accident portion 22a can be displayed on the map in a different display color or the like from the other displays, and the recommended detour information can be displayed by arrows. Alternatively, the driver may be notified of the traffic congestion information, the accident information, and the recommended detour information by voice.

Display means 22 of this traffic information provided vehicle 5
Is information provided from the traffic information providing vehicles 2, 3, and 4 via the information providing center 1 and thus accurately represents the current traffic information. Is high information.

Next, an embodiment of a traffic information providing vehicle having a function of combining the traffic information providing vehicle and the traffic information providing vehicle will be described with reference to FIG.

Since it is considered that the traffic information provided by the information providing center 1 is often used effectively in the traffic information providing vehicle, the traffic information provided vehicle shown in FIG. 9 is actually used in practice. It is expected that

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 23 denotes a traffic information providing vehicle, 24 denotes communication means, and 25 denotes control means. In FIG. 9, components denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 or FIG. 7 have the same functions and perform the same operations.

The communication means 24 transmits the traffic information obtained as the traffic information providing vehicle from the control means 25 to the information providing center 1, and sends the aggregated traffic information from the information providing center 1 to the control means 25.

The control means 25 has the functions of the control means 10 and the control means 20 described above, and creates traffic information based on information from the position information detection means 7, the stop detection means 9 and the engine operation detection means 8. Then, the traffic information collected from the communication means 24 is sent to the communication means 24 and the display means 2 displays the traffic information.
Send to 2.

According to the traffic information providing provided vehicle 23, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained, and in addition, the information which accurately represents the current traffic information and which has high reliability can be driven. Can be displayed on the car.

Next, a sixth embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle will be described with reference to FIG. The sixth embodiment shown in FIG. 10 is an embodiment in which a traffic information providing vehicle is provided with a toll road traveling detecting means so that information indicating that the vehicle is traveling on a toll road can be obtained.

In FIG. 10, 26 is a traffic information providing vehicle, 27 is a toll road running detecting means, and 28 is a control means. In FIG. 10, components denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 have the same functions and perform the same operations.

The toll road travel detecting means 27 receives a signal of an automatic toll system provided at an entrance or an exit of the toll road or a traveling lane, detects that the vehicle is traveling on a toll road, and detects a detection signal. To the control means 28.

Toll road travel detecting means 27 or control means 2
Numeral 8 stores that the vehicle has entered the toll road at the entrance of the toll road, and erases the stored information indicating that the vehicle has entered the toll road when leaving the toll road.

When the stop detecting means 9 detects that the vehicle is not parked in a parking lot or the like while traveling on a toll road, the control means 28 transmits the position information from the position information detecting means 7 and the engine operation detecting means 8. The traffic information is transmitted to the information providing center 1 via the communication means 11 by adding the toll road driving information to the engine operation information of the vehicle.

Next, an embodiment of the toll road travel detecting means 27 described in the example of FIG. 10 will be described with reference to FIG. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the toll road travel detecting means 27 is constituted by the communication means 29 and the toll road travel storage means 30,
It receives signals from an automatic tolling system provided at the entrance or exit of a toll road or a traffic lane and stores the information.
This is an embodiment in which the information is stored in 0, and the information on traveling on a toll road can be used when transmitting traffic information.

In FIG. 11, reference numeral 29 denotes communication means, and reference numeral 30 denotes toll road travel storage means. In FIG. 11, components denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 10 have the same functions and perform the same operations.

The toll road travel detecting means 27 receives a signal from the toll road toll collection device 31 of the automatic toll system provided at the entrance or exit of the toll road or the traveling lane, and the vehicle is traveling on the toll road. A certain thing is detected, and the information is stored in the toll road travel storage means 30.

The control means 28 transmits the position information from the position information detecting means 7 and the engine information from the engine operation detecting means 8 when transmitting the traffic information when the stop detecting means 9 detects that the vehicle is not parked in a parking lot or the like. The toll road travel information from the toll road travel storage means 30 is added to the operation information to generate traffic information, which is transmitted to the information hand mirror center 1 via the communication means 11.

Using the traffic information providing vehicle 26 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and a toll road is formed above a general road. In this case, since it is possible to distinguish which route the traffic information from the traffic information providing vehicle 26 is traveling, more reliable traffic information can be provided.

The above-described engine includes not only an internal combustion engine but also an electric motor. Therefore, the traffic information providing vehicle, the traffic information providing vehicle, and the traffic information providing vehicle include a gasoline engine vehicle, an electric vehicle, and a hybrid car, respectively.

In the above-described example, the engine operation detecting means 8 and the stop detecting means 9 are separately provided. However, the stop detecting means 9 is omitted, and the engine operation detecting means 8 controls the engine. Even if the traffic information is transmitted to the information providing center 1 only during operation, effective traffic information can be transmitted.

[0081]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. A traffic information collection system that collects traffic information from each vehicle without installing vehicle passage detection means on each route, and when the traffic information is obtained from a vehicle running on the route, the vehicle is It distinguishes whether it is stopped due to signal waiting or traffic congestion, or whether it is parked or stopped on the roadside or parking area for a purpose other than traffic congestion, etc., and transmits only valid traffic information to the information provision center With this configuration, it is possible to realize a traffic information collection system capable of collecting accurate traffic information in consideration of parking and stopping of a vehicle without requiring a large cost.

Further, when traveling on a toll road or the like which is composed of a general road and a three-dimensional structure, traffic information can be provided while distinguishing the traveling from the general road, so that more accurate traffic information can be collected. A traffic information collection system can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a traffic information collection and distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a traffic information providing vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the traffic information providing vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a vehicle provided with traffic information.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of displaying traffic information in the example of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a vehicle provided with traffic information provision according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a traffic information providing vehicle according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an internal block diagram of a toll road traveling detection unit in the example of FIG. 10;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information provision center 2, 3, 4 Traffic information provision vehicle 5, 6 Traffic information provision vehicle 7 Position information detection means 8 Engine operation detection means 9 Stop detection means 10 Control means 11 Communication means 12 Traffic information provision vehicle 13 Door open / close detection Means 14 Traffic information providing vehicle 15 Rental detection means 16 Traffic information providing vehicle 17 Stop position storage means 18 Traffic information providing vehicle 19 Handle operation detecting means 20 Control means 21 Communication means 22 Display means 23 Traffic information providing vehicle 24 Communication means Reference Signs List 25 control means 26 traffic information providing vehicle 27 toll road travel detection means 28 control means 29 communication means 30 toll road travel storage means 31 toll road automatic toll collection device

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A traffic information providing vehicle for collecting traffic information,
A traffic information collection system including an information providing center that aggregates traffic information transmitted from the traffic information providing vehicle and distributes the aggregation result, and a traffic information provided unit that receives the aggregated traffic information from the information providing center. In the above traffic information providing vehicle, the traffic information providing vehicle is provided with stop detection means for judging whether the vehicle is stopped in traffic congestion or waiting for a traffic light, or simply parked or stopped on a road. Information collection system. 2. A traffic information providing vehicle for collecting traffic information,
A traffic information collection system including an information providing center that aggregates traffic information transmitted from the traffic information providing vehicle and distributes the aggregation result, and a traffic information provided unit that receives the aggregated traffic information from the information providing center. Wherein the traffic information providing vehicle includes an engine operation detecting means for detecting whether an engine of the vehicle is operating,
A traffic information collecting system for transmitting traffic information to the information providing center when the engine is operating. 3. The traffic information collecting system according to claim 2, wherein the traffic information providing vehicle is stopped in traffic or waiting for a traffic light while the vehicle is traveling, or is simply parked or stopped on the road. Stop detecting means for determining
A traffic information collection system for transmitting traffic information to the information providing center when the engine is operating and when the vehicle is running and when the vehicle is stopped due to traffic congestion or traffic light. 4. The traffic information collecting system according to claim 3, wherein when the vehicle is simply parked or stopped on the road, information indicating that is transmitted to the information providing center. Collection system. 5. The traffic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the stop detecting means is a door open / close detecting means for detecting opening / closing of a door for getting on and off the traffic information providing vehicle. Traffic information collection system. 6. The traffic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein said stop detecting means detects whether or not said traffic information providing vehicle is hiking. A traffic information collection system characterized by the following. 7. The traffic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein said stop detecting means is a stop position storing means which stores in advance data of a place where said traffic information providing vehicle stops. Traffic information collection system. 8. The traffic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein said stop detecting means is a steering wheel operation detecting means for detecting whether or not a steering wheel of said traffic information providing vehicle is being operated. A traffic information collection system characterized by the following. 9. The traffic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the traffic information providing vehicle includes a toll road running detecting means for detecting that the vehicle is running on a toll road, and determines whether the vehicle is running on a toll road or a general road. A traffic information collection system, characterized in that information for distinguishing the information is transmitted to the information providing center. 10. A traffic information collecting system according to claim 9, wherein said toll road travel detecting means has a communication means and a toll road travel storage means, and said toll road entrance, toll road exit, Alternatively, toll road travel information obtained on the toll road travel lane is stored in the toll road travel storage means, and the toll road travel information is transmitted to the information providing center in addition to the traffic information. Collection system.