JP6229917B2 - OBE and control method of OBE - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted device used in a reverse running prevention system using road-to-vehicle communication and a method for controlling the vehicle-mounted device.

  Reverse running on a one-way road such as an expressway is very dangerous because it is likely to lead to a serious accident such as a fatal injury. There is a risk that the vehicle will also get involved in the accident. In recent years, with the complexity of road structures such as interchanges and the aging of drivers, the problem has become more serious than before.

  Conventionally, as a general countermeasure against reverse running, a road sign, a signboard, or a sign that easily guides the approach direction at a point where it is easy to enter by mistake (for example, near the entrance of a highway or near the entrance of a service area or parking area) There are road markings (hereinafter referred to as “signs etc.”) and signs that warn of reverse running. Some ideas have been devised to effectively call attention such as increasing the size of these signs or increasing the brightness.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for detecting a reverse running of a host vehicle and calling attention using a car navigation system mounted on the vehicle. In the vehicle reverse running prevention system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the own vehicle moves backward by comparing the detailed map information including the reverse running prohibited road information with the traveling position and traveling direction of the own vehicle acquired by the GPS function. It is detected whether or not.

  In addition, an intelligent traffic system (ITS: Intelligent) that solves road traffic problems such as traffic accidents and traffic jams by exchanging information between roadside equipment installed on the road and onboard equipment mounted on the vehicle A countermeasure against reverse running using Transport Systems has also been proposed (for example, Patent Document 2). In Patent Document 2, the vehicle trajectory information included in the uplink information provided from the vehicle-mounted device to the roadside device is used, and the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted device is mounted runs backward on the roadside device side (including the management center). A dangerous traveling information providing system that determines whether a vehicle is a forward traveling vehicle and provides dangerous traveling information when there is a reverse traveling vehicle is disclosed. Specifically, it is warned that the reverse running vehicle is running backward, and the forward running vehicle is notified that the reverse running vehicle is approaching.

  According to the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is possible to alert a reverse running vehicle not only at a point where a sign or the like is installed, but also on the main road of the expressway.

JP 2007-139531 A JP 2009-294812 A

  However, since the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 uses map information of a car navigation system, there is a possibility that reverse running cannot be accurately detected when the actual road condition is not reflected in the map information. . Moreover, since the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 is processed on the roadside device side based on uplink information from the vehicle-mounted device, there is a risk that provision of dangerous traveling information to the reverse traveling vehicle may be delayed. Moreover, when incorrect information is included in the uplink information due to problems such as map matching in the vehicle-mounted device, an error may occur in the reverse running determination at the management center.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle-mounted device and a method for controlling the vehicle-mounted device that can easily and accurately alert a reverse running vehicle using existing road infrastructure.

The vehicle-mounted device reflecting one aspect of the present invention is
An in-vehicle device that can be installed in a vehicle,
From the roadside machine installed on the road for the vehicle in which one of the traveling directions is defined, the information providing position including information on the latitude and longitude that corresponds to the upstream in the traveling direction from the roadside machine along the road is received, and When the position of the vehicle-mounted device comes to correspond to the latitude and longitude, a reverse running warning is output.
An on-vehicle device control method reflecting one aspect of the present invention is as follows.
A vehicle-mounted device control method that can be used in a vehicle-mounted device that can be installed in a vehicle,
From the roadside machine installed on the road for the vehicle in which one of the traveling directions is defined, the information providing position including information on the latitude and longitude that corresponds to the upstream in the traveling direction from the roadside machine along the road is received, and When the position of the vehicle-mounted device comes to correspond to the latitude and longitude, a reverse running warning is output.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to call attention to a reverse running vehicle easily and accurately using existing road infrastructure.

It is a figure which shows the reverse running prevention system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of onboard equipment. It is a figure which shows the structure of a roadside machine. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the reverse running prevention process which the control part 11 of onboard equipment performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the condition where reverse running warning information is reproduced | regenerated. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the reverse running prevention process which the control part 11 of onboard equipment performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the condition where reverse running warning information is reproduced | regenerated. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the reverse running prevention process performed by the roadside machine side. It is a figure which shows an example of the condition where reverse running attention information is reproduced | regenerated.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a reverse running prevention system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the reverse running prevention system 1 includes an on-vehicle device 10, a roadside device 20, and a management center 30.

  The vehicle-mounted device 10 is a wireless communication terminal capable of bidirectional communication with the roadside device 20. In the present embodiment, an ETC2.0-compliant on-vehicle device that performs bidirectional communication using DSRC is applied as the on-vehicle device 10. The vehicle-mounted device 10 transmits and receives information necessary for an ITS service (for example, payment of a toll road fee) to and from the roadside device 20. Here, although the onboard equipment 10 demonstrates as what does not have a car navigation function (what is called a speech-type onboard equipment), you may have a car navigation function.

  The roadside machine 20 is installed on the road and radiates radio waves from an antenna 26 disposed on the roadside or on the road to form a communicable area A in the vicinity of the roadside machine 20. When using DSRC, a radio wave of 5.8 GHz band is radiated from the antenna 26, and a communicable area A of several meters to several tens of meters is formed in the traveling direction of the vehicle. Regardless of whether or not the vehicle passing through the communicable area is a forward running vehicle, the downlink information provided by the roadside device 20 is received by the passing vehicle.

  The management center 30 distributes information to the vehicle-mounted device 10 via the roadside device 20, and accumulates probe information and the like included in the uplink information provided from the vehicle-mounted device 10. The accumulated probe information is used, for example, for analysis of usage routes. Further, for example, the accumulated probe information is used for a provided service, and is used for selecting an optimum route when the user moves and for managing a commercial vehicle (such as tracking a distribution route).

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the vehicle-mounted device 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle-mounted device 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a GPS unit (GPS: Global Positioning System) 13, a DSRC communication unit 14, an audio output unit 15, and the like.

  The storage unit 12 is an auxiliary storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), or an SD (Secure Digital) card. The storage unit 12 stores downlink information and the like provided from the roadside device 20.

  The GPS unit 13 includes a GPS receiver that detects (positions) the position of the host vehicle based on a radio wave transmitted from an artificial satellite, a gyro sensor that detects the rotational angular velocity of the host vehicle, an acceleration sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, and the like. Based on the detection result of the GPS unit 13, the traveling direction and traveling position (latitude, longitude) of the vehicle can be detected.

  The DSRC communication unit 14 has an antenna (not shown) and performs wireless communication with the roadside device 20 using the DSRC. The DSRC communication unit 14 determines whether or not communication with the roadside device 20 is possible based on, for example, a detection state of an FCMC signal (FCMC: Frame Control Message Channel) transmitted from the roadside device 20. The DSRC communication unit 14 establishes a connection state with the roadside device 20 in the communicable range, transmits uplink information including a travel history to the roadside device 20, and is provided from the roadside device 20. Receive downlink information.

  In the present embodiment, the downlink information includes a reverse running warning information indicating that the vehicle is running backward and a reproduction condition for reproducing the reverse running warning information. In other words, in the vehicle-mounted device 10, the reverse running warning information is reproduced only when the reproduction condition is satisfied.

  The audio output unit 15 is a so-called speaker, and outputs information reproduced by the information reproduction unit 114 as audio.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as an arithmetic / control device and a RAM and a ROM as a main storage device (both not shown). The CPU reads a program corresponding to the processing content from the ROM or the storage unit 12 and develops it in the RAM, and controls each block in cooperation with the developed program. The ROM stores in-vehicle device information and vehicle information in addition to a basic program called BIOS (Basic Input Output System). The in-vehicle device information includes ID information for each on-vehicle device, such as the manufacturer and model number of the on-vehicle device 10. The vehicle information includes vehicle type information (large vehicle, medium vehicle, small vehicle, etc.) and is registered when the vehicle-mounted device 10 is mounted on the vehicle.

  The control unit 11 functions as an uplink control unit 111, a downlink control unit 112, a reverse running prevention processing unit 113, and an information reproduction unit 114.

  The uplink control unit 111 performs control when uplinking information to the roadside device 20. The uplink control unit 111 uplinks uplink information including basic information and probe information to the roadside device 20 when the connection state with the roadside device 20 is established by the DSRC communication unit 14.

  The basic information includes the on-board device information and vehicle information recorded in the ROM, as well as the identification of the roadside device that passed the previous time (for example, the previous beacon latitude / longitude information). The probe information includes travel history information and behavior history information. The travel history information includes time information, position information (latitude and longitude), speed information, and the like. The behavior history information includes time information, position information (latitude and longitude), traveling direction information, longitudinal acceleration information, speed information, and the like.

  The downlink control unit 112 performs control when downlink information is provided from the roadside device 20. For example, the downlink control unit 112 records the received downlink information in the storage unit 12.

  The reverse running prevention processing unit 113 determines whether or not the reproduction condition included in the received downlink information is established, and reproduces the reverse running warning information when the reproduction condition is established.

  The information reproducing unit 114 converts information (eg, reverse warning information) included in the provided downlink information into reproducible data and outputs the data from the audio output unit 15.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the roadside machine 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the roadside machine 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a DSRC communication unit 23, an inter-center communication unit 24, and the like.

  The storage unit 22 is an auxiliary storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The storage unit 12 stores uplink information provided from the vehicle-mounted device 10.

  The DSRC communication unit 23 has an antenna (not shown), and performs wireless communication with the vehicle-mounted device 10 using DSRC. The DSRC communication unit 23 always transmits downlink information including reverse running warning information and reproduction conditions to the communicable area A (so-called broadcast communication). Further, the DSRC communication unit 23 receives uplink information provided from the vehicle-mounted device 10 of the vehicle passing through the communicable area A.

  The road-to-road communication unit 24 transmits / receives information to / from other roadside devices 20 via, for example, an Ethernet line. The center communication unit 25 transmits / receives information to / from the management center 30 via, for example, an Internet line. The inter-center communication unit 25 transmits, for example, uplink information provided from the vehicle-mounted device 10 to the management center 30. The road-to-road communication may be performed via the management center 30.

  The control unit 21 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as an arithmetic / control device and a RAM and a ROM as a main storage device (both not shown), like the control unit 11 of the vehicle-mounted device 10. The control unit 21 functions as an uplink control unit 211, a downlink control unit 212, and a reverse running prevention processing unit 213.

  The uplink control unit 211 performs control when uplink information is provided from the vehicle-mounted device 10. The downlink control unit 212 performs control when providing downlink information to the vehicle-mounted device 10.

  The reverse running prevention processing unit 213 determines whether or not the passing vehicle is a reverse running vehicle based on the running history included in the received uplink information. When the passing vehicle is a reverse running vehicle, the reverse running prevention processing unit 213 instructs the other roadside unit 20 to provide downlink information including reverse running warning information indicating that there is a reverse running vehicle. To do.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the reverse running prevention process executed by the control unit 11 (reverse running prevention processing unit 113) of the vehicle-mounted device 10. This process is realized by, for example, the CPU calling and executing a predetermined program stored in the ROM in association with receiving downlink information from the roadside device 20.

  Here, the information provision direction is used as the reproduction condition of the reverse running warning information. In this case, “safe driving support information” defined as downlink information in ETC 2.0 can be used. The safe driving support information is information that should be immediately reproduced when received. Specifically, the information provision direction flag in the safe driving support information is set to “1”, and the information provision direction is set to a direction (designated from among 16 directions) that can be regarded as a direction opposite to the specified traveling direction. .

  In step S101, the control unit 11 extracts reverse running warning information and information providing direction (reproduction conditions) included in the downlink information.

  In step S102, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the information provision direction and the traveling direction of the vehicle match. The traveling direction of the vehicle can be detected based on the detection result of the GPS unit 13. When the information providing direction matches the traveling direction of the vehicle (“YES” in step S102), the process proceeds to step S103. If the information providing direction does not match the traveling direction of the vehicle (“NO” in step S102), the process ends without reproducing the reverse traveling warning information.

  In step S103, the control unit 11 instructs to reproduce the reverse running warning information. In accordance with this instruction, the information reproduction unit 114 controls the output of the reverse running warning information, and the audio output unit 15 outputs a sound indicating that the vehicle is running backward. The output of reverse running warning information is continued until, for example, reverse running is resolved.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 5, in the reverse running vehicle, since the traveling direction and the information providing direction coincide with each other, the reverse traveling warning information is reproduced. On the other hand, in the forward running vehicle, the running direction and the information providing direction do not coincide with each other, so the reverse running warning information is not reproduced. In this way, using the existing ETC2.0 on-board unit and ETC2.0 roadside machine, it is easy to alert the reverse running vehicle simply by changing the content of the downlink information (safe driving support information). be able to.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the reverse running prevention process executed by the control unit 11 (reverse running prevention processing unit 113) of the vehicle-mounted device 10. This process is realized by, for example, the CPU calling and executing a predetermined program stored in the ROM in association with receiving downlink information from the roadside device 20.

  Here, the information provision position (latitude, longitude) is used as the reproduction condition of the reverse running warning information. In this case, “attention warning information” defined as downlink information in ETC 2.0 can be used. The warning alert information is stored information in which the effective time and effective distance for providing information can be set. Specifically, the information provision position designation presence / absence flag in the alert / warning information is set to “1”, and the latitude / longitude of the information provision position is more upstream in the prescribed traveling direction than the roadside device 20 that provides the downlink information. Is set.

  In step S201, the control unit 11 extracts reverse running warning information and information providing positions (reproduction conditions) included in the downlink information.

  In step S202, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the information providing position matches the traveling position of the vehicle. The traveling position of the vehicle can be detected based on the detection result of the GPS unit 13. If the information providing position matches the traveling position of the vehicle (“YES” in step S202), the process proceeds to step S204. If the information providing position does not match the traveling position of the vehicle (“NO” in step S202), the process proceeds to step S203.

  In step S203, the control unit 11 determines whether or not a certain time has elapsed since the downlink information was received. If the predetermined time has elapsed, the process ends without reproducing the reverse running warning information. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process proceeds to step S202.

  In step S204, the control unit 11 instructs to reproduce the reverse running warning information. In accordance with this instruction, the information reproduction unit 114 controls the output of the reverse running warning information, and the audio output unit 15 outputs a sound indicating that the vehicle is running backward. The output of reverse running warning information is continued until, for example, reverse running is resolved.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 7, in the reverse running vehicle, after receiving the downlink information including the reverse running warning information, the vehicle passes through the information providing position, so that the reverse running occurs at the timing when the traveling position matches the information providing position. Warning information is played back. On the other hand, in a forward running vehicle, after passing through the information providing position, downlink information including reverse running warning information is received, so the information providing position is not passed after reception and the reverse running warning information is not reproduced. In this way, using existing ETC 2.0 on-board equipment and ETC 2.0 roadside equipment, it is easy to alert the reverse running vehicle simply by changing the contents of the downlink information (caution warning information). Can do.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the reverse travel prevention process executed by the control unit 21 (reverse travel prevention processing unit 213) of the roadside machine 20. This process is realized by, for example, the CPU calling and executing a predetermined program stored in the ROM in association with receiving uplink information from the vehicle-mounted device 10.

  In step S301, the control unit 21 extracts a travel history included in the uplink information. The uplink information provided from the vehicle-mounted device 10 includes, as basic information, information on the roadside device 20 that has passed the previous time (previous beacon latitude / longitude information). The previous beacon latitude / longitude information includes beacon information (latitude / longitude of the installation position of the roadside device 20) and beacon passage time. This beacon information can be used as a travel history. Note that travel history information included in the probe information may be used as the travel history.

  In step S302, the control unit 21 determines whether the vehicle that provided the uplink information is a reverse running vehicle based on the extracted running history. When the said vehicle is a reverse running vehicle, it transfers to the process of step S303. If the vehicle is not a reverse running vehicle, that is, a forward running vehicle, the process ends.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, three roadside machines 20A, 20B, and 20C are installed adjacent to each other in order from the upstream side in the prescribed traveling direction, and roadside machine IDs “N−1”, “N”, and “N + 1” are respectively installed. ”Is assigned. When the previous beacon latitude / longitude information included in the uplink information provided to the roadside machine 20B indicates “N−1”, it is determined that the vehicle is a forward running vehicle. On the other hand, when the previous beacon latitude / longitude information included in the uplink information provided to the roadside device 20B indicates “N + 1”, the vehicle is determined to be a reverse running vehicle.

  In step S303, the control unit 21 performs reverse running caution information for the other roadside machine 20, specifically, the roadside machine 20 on the upstream side in the specified traveling direction (in FIG. 9, the roadside machine upstream of the roadside machine 20A). Instruct to provide. In response to this instruction, the upstream roadside device 20 provides downlink information including reverse running warning information to the vehicle-mounted device 10 of the vehicle passing through the communicable area (step S304). In the vehicle-mounted device 10 that has received the downlink information, the reverse running attention information indicating that the reverse running vehicle is approaching from the front is reproduced (step S305). The output of the reverse running attention information is continued until, for example, the reverse running is resolved or the reverse running vehicle passes.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 9, when there is a reverse running vehicle ahead, the reverse running warning information is provided to the forward running vehicle, so the driver of the forward running vehicle knows the existence of the reverse running vehicle. Can be obtained. Accordingly, it is possible to cope with such as switching to low speed running (or stopping) in consideration of the fact that the reverse running vehicle is approaching, so that the possibility of avoiding a collision accident is increased.

  Thus, the reverse running prevention system 1 according to the present embodiment includes the vehicle-mounted device 10 mounted on the vehicle and the roadside device 20 capable of bidirectional communication with the vehicle-mounted device 10, and the roadside device 20 includes Reproduction conditions for reproducing reverse running warning information and reverse running warning information indicating that the vehicle is running backward with respect to the vehicle-mounted device 10 of the vehicle passing through the communicable area A of the roadside machine 20 (for example, Downlink information including the information providing direction or the information providing position) is provided, and the vehicle-mounted device 10 reproduces the reverse running warning information when the reproduction condition is satisfied.

  According to the reverse running prevention system 1, it is possible to call attention to the reverse running vehicle easily and accurately using the existing road infrastructure. Therefore, it is extremely useful for preventing a serious accident caused by reverse running.

  As mentioned above, the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be changed without departing from the gist thereof.

  For example, when the vehicle-mounted device 10 has a car navigation function, reverse running warning information and reverse running warning information may be output as images. Further, for example, danger avoidance information (in the case of multiple lanes, which lane the reverse running vehicle is traveling) may be provided together with reverse running warning information or reverse running warning information. Further, the process for providing reverse running attention information (see FIG. 8) may be performed by the management center 30 instead of the roadside machine 20.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  The vehicle-mounted device according to the present invention is suitable for calling attention to a reverse running vehicle easily and accurately using existing road infrastructure.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reverse running prevention system 10 Onboard equipment 11 Control part 111 Uplink control part 112 Downlink control part 113 Reverse running prevention process part 114 Information reproduction part 12 Storage part 13 GPS unit 14 DSRC communication part 15 Voice output part 20 Roadside machine 21 Control Unit 211 uplink control unit 212 downlink control unit 213 reverse run prevention processing unit 22 storage unit 23 DSRC communication unit 24 roadside communication unit 25 center communication unit 30 management center

Claims (10)

An in-vehicle device that can be installed in a vehicle,
From the roadside machine installed on the road for the vehicle in which one of the traveling directions is defined, the information providing position including information on the latitude and longitude that corresponds to the upstream in the traveling direction from the roadside machine along the road is received, and When the position of the OBE comes to correspond to the latitude and longitude, a reverse running warning is output.
Onboard equipment. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1,
A GPS unit is further provided,
The GPS unit outputs the latitude and longitude of the vehicle-mounted device.
Onboard equipment. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1 or claim 2,
An audio output unit;
The voice output unit outputs a reverse running warning voice when the position of the in-vehicle device corresponds to the latitude and longitude.
Onboard equipment. It is an onboard equipment as described in any one of Claims 1-3,
A control unit;
When the position of the vehicle-mounted device corresponds to the latitude and longitude, the control unit controls to output a reverse running warning.
Onboard equipment. The on-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The information providing position is provided to the vehicle-mounted device as caution warning information defined by DSRC.
Onboard equipment. A vehicle-mounted device control method that can be used in a vehicle-mounted device that can be installed in a vehicle,
From the roadside machine installed on the road for the vehicle in which one of the traveling directions is defined, the information providing position including information on the latitude and longitude that corresponds to the upstream in the traveling direction from the roadside machine along the road is received, and When the position of the OBE comes to correspond to the latitude and longitude, a reverse running warning is output.
Control method for in-vehicle equipment. It is a control method of the onboard equipment according to claim 6,
The on-vehicle device further includes a GPS unit,
The GPS unit outputs the latitude and longitude of the vehicle-mounted device.
Control method for in-vehicle equipment. It is the control method of the onboard equipment according to claim 6 or 7,
The on-vehicle device further includes an audio output unit,
From the roadside machine installed on the road for the vehicle in which one traveling direction is defined, the information providing position including information on the latitude and longitude that hits the upstream in the traveling direction along the road from the roadside machine, When received from the roadside machine and the position of the vehicle-mounted device comes to correspond to the latitude and longitude, the voice output unit outputs the reverse running warning,
Control method for in-vehicle equipment. It is the control method of the onboard equipment according to any one of claims 6 to 8,
A control unit;
The control unit includes an information providing position including information on latitude and longitude that is upstream of the roadside machine along the road from the roadside machine installed on the road for the vehicle in which one of the running directions is defined. , Received from the roadside machine, and when the position of the vehicle-mounted device comes to correspond to the latitude and longitude, control to output a reverse running warning,
Control method for in-vehicle equipment. It is the control method of the onboard equipment according to any one of claims 6 to 9,
The information providing position is provided to the vehicle-mounted device as caution warning information defined by DSRC.
Control method for in-vehicle equipment.

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