JPWO2007110944A1 - Traffic management system and traffic management device - Google Patents

Abstract

A traffic management system for managing a driving state of a vehicle according to a traffic rule includes a traffic rule notification means for transmitting traffic rule information indicating a traffic sign, and an external communication control means for receiving traffic rule information from the traffic rule notification means. And controlling the engine of the vehicle, and recording the traffic rule information received by the external communication control means in an engine control means capable of detecting the current speed of the vehicle and a recording area accessible to high-speed data, Driving state determination means for determining the driving state for the traffic rule information using the current speed, and the driving state determination means is configured to perform speed control of the engine control means according to the driving state.

Description

  The present invention relates to a traffic management system and a traffic management device, and in particular, enables information on traffic rules to be implemented from the outside to be received by high-speed wireless communication, and the driving state of a vehicle based on the traffic rules indicated in the received information. The present invention relates to a traffic management system and a traffic management apparatus that perform processing corresponding to the vehicle.

  Conventionally, vehicles such as automobiles have been provided with a license plate with which a registration number can be visually confirmed. Based on this registration number, the driver of the vehicle has been made to comply with traffic rules by controlling speeding. In addition, a license plate reading device is provided on a main road or the like, and a license plate of a vehicle passing through the vicinity of the reading device is stored, and this is used for finding a stolen vehicle or for investigating a crime.

  Currently, in order to solve problems such as traffic jams, traffic accidents, and environmental burdens using the most advanced information and communication technology (IT), research and practical application of Intelligent Transport System (ITS) are carried out every day. Among them, a system called a probe car is currently being tested.

  This is because the vehicle itself functions as a sensor, and information such as the vehicle's position and travel speed obtained from the ECU (Electric Control Unit) of the traveling vehicle is recorded at regular time intervals by an in-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle. By wireless transmission, it is possible to provide information such as traffic congestion information that changes in real time or to detect a speed violation by reproducing a travel route based on the record.

  However, in this conventional apparatus, the information obtained from the recorded information in the memory is only the average speed from when the vehicle starts to run until it finishes running. It was not possible to give instructions to improve the safety of driver behavior from the recorded information.

  Therefore, it is proposed that the vehicle travels while receiving speed information and the like, and a receiving device installed on the road receives the information (for example, Patent Document 1). When the vehicle starts running, driver information including the license number, date of birth, current address, permanent address, and traffic violation information read from the IC license whose license information is stored in the IC card, and the vehicle information section Vehicle information including the vehicle information including the current vehicle speed, the current vehicle speed, and the seat belt wearing situation is always transmitted from the information transmission unit. For this reason, traffic violations such as overspeed violations and seed belt non-wearing violations can be easily controlled.

In addition, it is proposed that information relating to traffic rules received from a roadside transmitter is compared with information obtained by driving information acquisition means mounted on a vehicle, and violation information is transmitted to the outside (for example, patent document). 2). In addition, it is proposed that the vehicle-mounted device reads traffic information installed on the road, detects the speed, etc., determines whether there is a traffic violation, issues a warning if a violation is predicted, and sends it to the enforcement center. (For example, Patent Document 3).
JP 2003-296872 A JP 2003-331388 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-312897

  However, the traffic management system described in Patent Document 1 uses an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) or a flash memory as an IC card. The access speed of these non-volatile memories is very slow when applied to a vehicle moving at high speed. For example, an EEPROM requires approximately 3 milliseconds, and a flash memory requires approximately 1 second. In particular, on the expressway, if you convert 120 km / hour, it will travel 33 meters per second, so if you add other data communication and data processing time, you will receive data from the vehicle before converting the data. The vehicle will move away from the receiving device. Therefore, the monitoring effect was not sufficient.

  Similarly, in the traffic management systems as described in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3, since the reading speed from the IC card and the writing speed to the IC card are slow, the monitoring effect is not sufficient. It was. When the transfer speed is low, there is a problem that traffic management cannot be performed sufficiently because the vehicle passes and goes far away before data is transferred.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and enables information regarding traffic rules to be implemented from the outside to be received by high-speed wireless communication, and driving a vehicle based on the traffic rules indicated in the received information. It aims at providing the traffic management system which performs the traffic regulation process according to a state with respect to a vehicle.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a traffic management system for managing the driving state of a vehicle according to a traffic rule, the traffic rule notifying means for transmitting traffic rule information indicating a traffic sign, and the traffic rule notifying means. External communication control means for receiving traffic rule information from the vehicle, engine control means for controlling the engine of the vehicle and capable of detecting the current speed of the vehicle, and the external communication control means for recording areas accessible for high-speed data Recording the traffic rule information received by the vehicle, and driving state determination means for determining a driving state corresponding to the traffic rule information using the current speed, the driving state determination means according to the driving state, the engine It is comprised so that the speed control of a control means may be performed.

  In such a traffic management system, information on traffic rules to be implemented from outside is received, and traffic regulation processing corresponding to the driving state of the vehicle is performed on the vehicle based on the traffic rules indicated in the received information. Can do.

  You may comprise as a program which makes a computer perform the process performed by the said driving | running state judgment means. Moreover, it can also be set as the memory which recorded such a program.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to receive information on traffic rules to be implemented from outside by high-speed wireless communication, and traffic regulation processing corresponding to the driving state of the vehicle is performed on the vehicle based on the traffic rules indicated in the received information. Can be performed.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the traffic management system which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the traffic management system which an IC card monitors the driving | running state of a vehicle and controls a vehicle. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information which concerns on a traffic regulation process. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information which concerns on a traffic regulation process. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the traffic rule radio based on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other structure of the traffic management system which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the traffic control program process which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the traffic control program process which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the message displayed by traffic control processing.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101,102 Vehicle 5 Utility pole 11 IC card communication apparatus 11b Control part 12 Wireless communication control apparatus 12a, 30a Transmission / reception part 13 Engine control apparatus 14 Interface 14a Navigation apparatus 14b Monitoring camera 15 Display control apparatus 20, 21, 22 IC card 30 Traffic sign 35 Traffic rule information 39 Violation information 210, 220 IC chip 211, 221 Control unit 212, 212b, 222 Recording unit 213, 213b, 223 Speed information recording unit 214, 214b, 224 Car information recording unit 215, 215b Road periphery information Recording unit 219, 219b Traffic regulation program recording unit 1000, 1001, 1002 Traffic management system

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of a traffic management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the traffic management system 1000 shown in FIG. 1, the traffic rule radio 300 provided on the utility pole 5 on which one or more traffic signs 30 are installed and the vehicle 1 are connected by infrared communication, high-speed wireless LAN (Local Area Network). ) Etc. for high-speed communication connection.

  In addition, the portable medium 20 acquires and records driving state information indicating the driving state of the vehicle 1 by reading and writing means provided in the vehicle 1. In this example, the electric pole 5 is provided with the traffic sign 30 and the traffic rule radio 300, but is not limited to this installation configuration. It is only necessary that the traffic rule radio 300 is installed in a place where the traffic rule at the place can be transmitted.

  The portable medium 20 includes at least a ferroelectric memory (for example, FRAM (registered trademark) (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory)) and a non-volatile memory that enables high-speed data reading and writing, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) IC. (Integrated Circuit) A medium on which a chip is mounted, for example, an IC card, but is not limited to an IC card, and may be a medium that a driver can wear. The portable medium 20 may have a license held by the driver.

  The traffic rule radio 300 is traffic rule information such as speed limit information, slowing information, and pause information indicated by one or more traffic signs 30 installed on the utility pole 5 provided via the transceiver unit 30a. 35 is transmitted.

  When the vehicle 1 enters an area where the traffic rule information 35 from the traffic rule radio 300 can be received, the vehicle 1 receives the traffic rule information 35 via the transmission / reception unit 12a.

  The vehicle 1 records speed information of the vehicle 1 on the portable medium 20 at a high speed. Further, when the vehicle 1 determines that the traffic violation is based on the traffic rule information 35 received via the transmission / reception unit 12a, the vehicle 1 records the violation information 39 indicating the type of traffic violation in the portable medium 20. Further, the vehicle 1 itself performs a traffic regulation process corresponding to the traffic violation determined based on the traffic rule information 35.

  The traffic regulation process performed on the vehicle 1 is a process for controlling the vehicle 1 performed by executing a software program, and is implemented in the portable medium 20 or the vehicle 1. When mounted on the portable medium 20, the control information related to traffic regulation is transmitted from the portable medium 20 to the vehicle 1, and the vehicle 1 alerts the driver based on the control information or the vehicle 1. The driving state is regulated by controlling its own engine.

  Further, the violation information 39 indicating the type of traffic violation determined based on the traffic rule information 35 and the vehicle information specifying the vehicle 1 are transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 12a of the vehicle 1 to the transmission / reception unit 30a of the traffic rule radio 300. The violation information 39 and the vehicle information transmitted by high-speed communication and received by the traffic rule radio 300 are transmitted to the center that monitors the traffic state together with the radio information specifying the traffic rule radio 300. Good.

  The wireless device information may include only wireless device specifying information for specifying the traffic rule wireless device 300, or only wireless device installation location information for specifying the installation location of the traffic rule wireless device 300 may be included. It may be. The wireless device information may include wireless device identification information and wireless device installation location information. The wireless device information may be information sufficient to identify the location where the vehicle 1 specified by the center based on the vehicle information is in violation of traffic.

  A case where the portable medium 20 controls the vehicle 1 by monitoring the driving state of the vehicle 1 will be described. Hereinafter, although an IC card is assumed as the portable medium 20, the present invention is not limited to the IC card.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a traffic management system 1001 in which the portable medium 20 controls the vehicle 1 by monitoring the driving state of the vehicle 1. In FIG. 2, the vehicle 1 includes an IC card communication device 11, a wireless communication control device 12, an engine control device 13, an interface 14 for optional devices such as a navigation device 14 a and a monitoring camera 14 b, and a display control device 15. The devices 11 to 15 are connected by a bus.

  The IC card communication device 11 generates power by transmitting a certain frequency to the portable medium 20 to communicate with the portable medium 20, and also includes a wireless communication control device 12, an engine control device 13, and an interface 14 And a device that mediates communication between each of the display control devices 15 and the portable medium 20. The IC card communication device 11 can execute a traffic regulation process for the vehicle 101 using the portable medium 20.

  The wireless communication control device 12 transmits the traffic rule information 35 of the traffic sign 30 transmitted from the traffic rule wireless device 300 provided in the utility pole 5 or the like where the traffic sign 30 is installed, to the transmission / reception unit 12a of the wireless communication control device 12 itself. And the traffic rule information 35 is transmitted to the IC card 11 by receiving the data via the transmission / reception unit 30a of the traffic rule radio 300 and notifying the IC card communication device 11 of the traffic rule information 35. Also, the violation information 39 received from the IC card 21 by the IC card communication device 11 is transmitted to the traffic rule radio 300.

  The engine control device 13 receives the current speed signal indicating the current speed from the sensor installed on the wheel, and transmits it to the IC card 21 by notifying the IC card communication device 11 as the current speed information 41. The engine control device 13 receives the traffic regulation instruction information 40 from the IC card 21 notified from the IC card communication device 11 and controls the engine based on the traffic regulation instruction information 40.

  The interface 14 notifies the IC card 21 by notifying the IC card communication device 11 of road surrounding information 42 about the current position around the traveling in response to a request from the IC card communication device 11 or at predetermined time intervals. Send.

  The display control device 15 displays a message corresponding to the traffic regulation instruction information 40 on the screen based on the traffic regulation information received from the IC card 21 via the IC card communication device 11.

  The IC card 21 is a card equipped with an IC chip 210 for causing the vehicle 101 to execute traffic regulation processing.

  The IC chip 210 executes a traffic regulation process and manages data relating to the traffic regulation process, a recording unit 212, a speed information recording unit 213, a vehicle information recording unit 214, and a road periphery information recording Unit 215, terminal 216 for communicating with IC card communication device 11 of vehicle 101, and traffic regulation program recording unit 219.

  A rewritable nonvolatile memory is applied to the recording unit 212, the speed information recording unit 213, the vehicle information recording unit 214, and the road periphery information recording unit 215, and the traffic regulation program recording unit 219 is read only. Possible non-volatile memory is applied. Each recording unit 212 to 215 may be an individual memory, or a corresponding area may be provided in one memory.

  In the IC chip 210, for example, a part related to execution of traffic regulation processing is configured by SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), and a part related to recording and reading various data is made of a ferroelectric such as FRAM (registered trademark). By using the nonvolatile memory that is used, it is possible to process a program at a high speed and record and read various data. Since these processing speeds are within microseconds, even when the vehicle 101 is moving at a high speed, processing according to the traffic regulations indicated by the traffic sign 30 can be performed in a timely manner around the traffic sign 30. . In addition, an MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory), a PRAM (Parameter Random Access Memory), an OUM (Ovonic Unified Memory), or the like may be applied. It is desirable that data transmission / reception with the vehicle 101, control related to traffic regulation processing, and data recording are processed at 1 Mbit (1 Mbps) per second.

  The control unit 211 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and causes the vehicle 101 to perform traffic regulation processing via a terminal 216. The terminal 216 may be a contact type or a non-contact type. The IC card 21 may be in a state where it can stably communicate with the IC card communication device 11 in contact or non-contact, and if necessary, the IC card 21 is supported around the IC card communication device 11.

  The recording unit 212, the speed information recording unit 213, the vehicle information recording unit 214, and the road periphery information recording unit 215 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams illustrating a configuration example of information related to traffic regulation processing.

  In FIG. 3, the vehicle position and surrounding information, in which items such as time, vehicle position, vehicle surrounding information, and surrounding image are configured as one record, are recorded in the road surrounding information recording unit 215. The vehicle position, vehicle peripheral information, peripheral image, and the like are, for example, information acquired from the navigation device 14a of the vehicle 101, information acquired from the traffic rule information 35 received from the traffic rule radio 300, and the like. The vehicle periphery information includes one or more traffic rule information 35 such as speed limit information, slow speed information, and temporary stop information.

  The driving history information is information that configures items such as time, current speed, position, and surrounding restriction information as one record. The current speed in the driving history information is a value indicating the instantaneous speed indicated by the current speed information acquired from the current speed signal transmitted from the sensor installed on the vehicle 101, and the time in the driving history information is This value indicates the time when the current speed was acquired. The value of the time and the current speed is recorded in the speed information recording unit 213 as needed, and the recording area of the speed information recording unit 213 is, for example, cyclically within a predetermined period or an allocated predetermined area range every hour after the engine is started. Used by overwriting.

  The operation history information in which values such as position and surrounding restriction information are set in the time and current speed values is recorded in the recording unit 212. As the value of the position and surrounding restriction information, the value of the vehicle position and the vehicle surrounding information of the vehicle position and surrounding information are set.

  The traffic violation record information is information indicating the violation contents when the control unit 211 determines that the vehicle 101 has made a traffic violation by executing the traffic control program stored in the traffic control program recording unit 219. Therefore, it is recorded in a predetermined recording area of the recording unit 212 together with the driving history information that is the object of the violation determination. The predetermined recording area for recording the traffic violation record information is an area that cannot be erased or overwritten.

  In the recording unit 212, the operation history information is cyclically overwritten in the area for storing the operation history information, and the latest operation history information is held. The recording unit 212 includes a predetermined recording area that stores only information related to violations and does not allow overwriting, and the driving history information and traffic violation recording information that are subject to determination of violations are included in the predetermined recording areas. Record. Information indicating speed violation, signal ignorance, etc. is recorded as violation content.

  In FIG. 4, the license information is information that configures the items described in the license such as the driver's name, date of birth, address, license number, date of license acquisition, license type, etc. as one record. . The vehicle verification information is information that configures items such as a vehicle number, registration date, first year registration date, person name, model, vehicle weight, displacement, and chassis number as one record. Furthermore, other information includes information such as insurance information and vehicle travel cumulative information.

  Such license information, vehicle verification information, and other information are recorded in the vehicle information recording unit 214.

  The IC chip 210 is provided with a security mechanism so that only authorized persons (for example, police station authorized persons) can rewrite the recording units 212 to 215 and 219, and the driver does not allow tampering. To do.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a traffic rule radio according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, a traffic rule radio 300 includes a traffic rule transfer control unit 301, a radio communication control unit 302 including a transmission / reception unit 30a, a traffic sign information storage unit 303, an installation position information storage block 304, a notification destination And an information storage block 305.

  The traffic rule transfer control unit 301 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and controls the entire traffic rule radio 300.

  The wireless communication control unit 302 transmits the traffic rule information 35 stored in advance in the traffic sign information storage unit 303 read by the traffic rule transfer control unit 301 in accordance with an instruction from the traffic rule transfer control unit 301, and the vehicle When the violation information 39 is received from 101, the traffic rule transfer control unit 301 is notified.

  The traffic sign information storage unit 303 stores one or more traffic rule information 35. For example, speed limit information indicating 50 km / h, slow information indicating slow speed, temporary stop information indicating temporary stop, and the like. The traffic rule information 35 is information corresponding to each traffic sign 30.

  The installation position information storage unit 304 stores installation position information indicating the position where the traffic sign 30 is installed. The traffic rule transfer control unit 301 reads the installation position information from the installation position information storage unit 304, adds the information to the traffic rule information 35 read from the traffic sign information storage unit 303, and instructs the wireless communication control unit 302 to transmit. May be.

  The notification destination information storage unit 305 stores notification destination information indicating a notification destination of the traffic control management system to which the received violation information 39 should be transferred. The traffic rule transfer control unit 301 transfers the violation information 39 received by the wireless communication control unit 302 via the transmission / reception unit 30a to the traffic control management system based on the notification destination information stored in the notification destination information storage unit 305. An instruction to transmit the violation information is given to the wireless communication control unit 302.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another configuration of the traffic management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the same components as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the configuration of the traffic management system 1002 shown in FIG. 6, traffic regulation processing is executed on the vehicle 102 side, and no information is recorded in the IC chip 220 of the IC card 22 and only information is recorded.

  Therefore, in addition to the configuration of the vehicle 101 shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle 102 includes a recording unit 212, a speed information recording unit 213, a vehicle information recording unit 214, and a road periphery information recording unit 215 of the IC chip 210 of FIG. And a recording unit 212b, a speed information recording unit 213b, a vehicle information recording unit 214b, a road periphery information recording unit 215b, and a traffic regulation program recording unit 219b, which correspond to the traffic regulation program recording unit 219.

  Further, the vehicle 102 includes a control unit 11b that performs a traffic regulation process as well as a communication function with the IC card 22 instead of the IC card communication device 11 of the vehicle 101 illustrated in FIG.

  The control unit 11b that executes the traffic regulation process has a CPU (Central Processing Unit), has a function equivalent to that of the IC card communication device 11 shown in FIG. 2, performs communication with the portable medium 20, and wireless communication. It mediates communication between the control device 12, the engine control device 13, the interface 14, and the display control device 15 and the portable medium 20.

  In addition, the control unit 11b executes access from the recording units 212b to 215b and 219b at high speed. Then, the control unit 11 b reads the traffic regulation program from the traffic regulation program recording block 219 b and performs traffic regulation processing on the vehicle 102.

  In the configuration of the vehicle 102 shown in FIG. 6, at least the recording unit 212b and the traffic regulation program recording unit 219b are configured by a nonvolatile memory. In the vehicle 102, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) is used to perform processing at a higher speed.

  In the vehicle 102, the IC card 22 is a card on which an IC chip 220 is mounted.

  The IC chip 220 includes a control unit 221, a recording unit 222, a speed information recording unit 223, a vehicle information recording unit 224, and a terminal 226 for communicating with the IC card communication device 11 of the vehicle 102. Since the IC chip 220 is only for data recording, the IC chip 220 is configured using a nonvolatile memory using a ferroelectric such as FRAM (registered trademark) to realize high-speed processing.

  The control unit 221 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and causes the vehicle 102 to perform traffic regulation processing via a terminal 226. The terminal 226 may be a contact type or a non-contact type. Any structure may be used as long as the IC card 21 is supported around the IC card communication device 11 in a state where the IC card 21 can stably communicate with the IC card communication device 11 in a contact or non-contact manner.

  In the vehicle 102 and the IC card 22, the configurations of information recorded in the recording units 212b and 222, the speed information recording units 213b and 223, the vehicle information recording units 214b and 224, and the road periphery information recording unit 215b are shown in FIG. Since it is as having demonstrated in FIG. 4, the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Further, the IC chip 210 is provided with a security mechanism so that only an authorized person (for example, a police station authority) can rewrite each recording unit 222 to 224, and tampering by the driver is not permitted. .

  Next, traffic regulation processing executed by the traffic regulation program will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams for explaining traffic regulation program processing according to an embodiment of the present invention. 7 and 8, the vehicle 101 and the vehicle 102 are collectively referred to as the vehicle 1.

  In FIG. 7, in the traffic regulation process, when the current speed information A is acquired, it is recorded at a high speed together with the current time in the speed information recording unit 213 (step S101). Then, the traffic regulation process determines whether or not the speed A indicated in the current speed information A is slower than the predetermined high speed value SP80 (step S102). The predetermined high speed value SP80 is, for example, 80 km / h as a standard speed limit on a highway. If the current speed information A is equal to or faster than the predetermined high speed value SP80, the traffic regulation process proceeds to step S110 in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the current speed information A is slower than the predetermined high speed value SP80, the traffic regulation processing is further performed at a time equal to or within a predetermined time when the current speed information A recorded in the road periphery information recording unit 215 is acquired. It is determined whether or not the speed limit information C indicating the speed limit C on the running road has been acquired from the vehicle periphery information of the closest time (step S103). The speed limit C is a reference speed for limiting the traveling speed of a normal road, not a highway.

  When the speed limit information C cannot be acquired, the traffic regulation process is performed when the other traffic rule information 35 is equal to the time at which the current speed information A is acquired from the road periphery information recording unit 215 or the closest time within a predetermined time. It is determined whether or not there is (step S103-2). That is, it is determined whether or not there is traffic rule information 35 indicating a traffic rule other than the speed limit. If there is another traffic rule 35, the traffic regulation process proceeds to step S107.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S103-2 that there is no other traffic rule 35, the traffic regulation process is continued for the vehicle 1 (step S109) and ends. The traffic regulation process is restarted from step S101 by acquiring the current speed information A.

  If it is determined in step S103 that the speed limit information C has been acquired, the traffic restriction process is performed by subtracting the speed C indicated by the speed limit information C from the speed A indicated by the speed limit information A (hereinafter referred to as A- It is determined whether or not (referred to as C difference) is smaller than a preset first speed difference NSD20 (step S104). When the A-C difference is equal to or larger than the first speed difference NSD20, the process proceeds to step S110-2 in FIG. The first speed difference NSD20 is a value for which it is determined that speed limitation is essential on a general road, and for example, the difference from the speed limit is 20 km / h.

  On the other hand, when the A-C difference is smaller than the first speed difference NSD20, the traffic regulation process determines whether or not the A-C difference is smaller than the second speed difference NSD15 (step S105). When the A-C difference is equal to or greater than the first speed difference NSD15, the display control device 15 displays a message warning that the vehicle 1 is over the speed limit and the speed needs to be reduced ( Step S105-2) ends. The second speed difference NSD15 is a value for which it is determined that a warning is essential even if the speed is not forcibly limited on a general road. For example, the difference from the speed limit is 15 km / h.

  On the other hand, when the A-C difference is smaller than the first speed difference NSD15, the traffic regulation process determines whether there is other traffic rule information (step S106). That is, it is determined whether or not there is traffic rule information 35 indicating a traffic rule other than the speed limit. If there is another traffic rule 35, the traffic regulation process proceeds to step S107. On the other hand, when there is no other traffic rule information, the traffic regulation process is continued by causing the vehicle 1 to continue normal operation (step S109) and ends. The traffic regulation process is restarted from step S101 by acquiring the current speed information A.

  When it is determined that there is another traffic rule 35 in steps S103-2 and S106, the traffic regulation process determines whether or not the travel state needs to be restricted (step S107). For example, it is determined whether another traffic rule 35 indicates one or more of slowing information, temporary stop information, and the like. If it is not a travel state that needs to be restricted, the traffic regulation process is continued by causing the vehicle 1 to continue normal operation (step S109), and ends. The traffic regulation process is restarted from step S101 by acquiring the current speed information A.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S107 that the travel state needs to be restricted, the traffic regulation process further determines whether or not other traffic rules 35 are being observed (step S108). For example, if the other traffic rule 35 is slow information, it is determined whether or not the speed A indicated by the current speed information A is less than 20 km / h. Further, if the other traffic rule 35 is temporary stop information, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is stopped within a predetermined time range including the time of the current speed information A and the current speed information A.

  In step S108, when other traffic rules 35 are observed, the traffic regulation process is continued with the vehicle 1 continuing normal operation (step S109), and is terminated. The traffic regulation process is restarted from step S101 by acquiring the current speed information A.

  On the other hand, when the other traffic rules 35 are not observed, the traffic regulation process causes the display control device 15 to display the traffic rules indicated by the other traffic rules 35 (step S108-2) and ends. The traffic regulation process is restarted from step S101 by acquiring the current speed information A.

  In step S102, when the speed A indicated in the current speed information A is equal to or higher than the predetermined high speed value SP80, the process proceeds to step S110, and it is assumed that the vehicle is traveling on the highway as shown in FIG. Control is performed on the vehicle 1.

  In FIG. 8, in step S <b> 110, the speed regulation process indicates that the road on which the vehicle is traveling is a highway from the vehicle peripheral information at the time closest to the time when the current speed information A is acquired from the road peripheral information recording unit 215. It is determined whether or not highway information has been acquired (step S110).

  If it is determined in step S110 that highway information could not be acquired, the speed regulation process determines that the vehicle is traveling on a general road and starts automatic control for the vehicle 1 (step S110-2). . That is, the speed regulation process instructs the engine control device 13 to decelerate. Then, the vehicle 1 is forcibly decelerated to a speed based on the predetermined high speed value SP80 when the process is continued from step S110 or the speed limit information C on a general road when the process is continued from step S102. In this case, for example, when the running state of the vehicle 1 is unstable, automatic control may be performed so that the vehicle 1 is stopped.

  In the speed regulation process, traffic violation information based on the traffic rule information 35 is further recorded in the recording unit 212 (step S110-4). In step S110-4, the speed regulation process may notify the wireless communication control device 12 of traffic violation information. In that case, violation information 39 created by the wireless communication control device 12 based on the traffic violation information is transmitted via the transmission / reception unit 12a. Thereafter, the speed regulation process ends.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S110 that the expressway information has been acquired, the speed regulation process determines whether or not the limit speed information B indicating the limit speed B on the expressway has been acquired from the road periphery information recording unit 215. (Step S111). The speed limit B is a reference speed for limiting the traveling speed of the highway. The speed limit B indicates a speed higher than the speed limit C.

  When the speed limit information B cannot be acquired, the speed restriction process determines whether or not the current speed information A is slower than the predetermined high speed value SP130 (step S112). As the predetermined high speed value SP130, a speed corresponding to a speed violation is set on the highway, and is, for example, 130 km / h. If the current speed information A is equal to or higher than the predetermined high speed value SP130, the speed regulation process proceeds to step S110-2 to start automatic control.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S112 that the current speed information A is slower than the predetermined high speed value SP130, the speed rule process further determines whether or not the current speed information A is slower than the predetermined high speed value SP120 (step S113). . As the predetermined high speed value SP120, an allowable speed within the range of normal driving on the highway is set, for example, 120 km / h. When the current speed information A is equal to or faster than the predetermined high speed value SP120, the speed regulation process causes the display controller 15 to display a message warning that the speed limit on the highway has been exceeded. (Step S113-2), the process ends.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S113 that the current speed information A is slower than the predetermined high speed value SP120, the traffic regulation process is continued for the vehicle 1 (step S114) and is terminated. The traffic regulation process is restarted from step S101 by acquiring the current speed information A.

  In the above-described step S111, when the speed limit information B can be acquired, the speed restriction process is performed by subtracting the speed B indicated by the speed limit information B from the speed A indicated by the speed limit information A (hereinafter, AB). It is determined whether or not the difference is smaller than a preset third speed difference HSD30 (step S115).

  If the A-B difference is equal to or larger than the third speed difference HSD30, the speed regulation process issues a message warning that the vehicle 1 is automatically controlled and decelerated because the speed limit is significantly exceeded. It is displayed on the display control device 15 (step S115-2). The process proceeds to step S110-2 to limit the speed of the vehicle 1. The third speed difference HSD30 is a value for which it is determined that speed limitation is essential on a highway. For example, the difference from the speed limit is 30 km / h.

  On the other hand, if the AB difference is smaller than the third speed difference HSD30, the traffic regulation process determines whether the AB difference is smaller than the fourth speed difference HSD20 (step S116). When the A-B difference is equal to or larger than the fourth speed difference HSD20, a message is displayed on the display control device 15 to warn the vehicle 1 that the speed is over the speed limit and the speed needs to be reduced. (Step S116-2), and the process ends. The fourth speed difference HSD20 is a value for which it is determined that a warning is indispensable even if the speed limit is not forcibly limited on the highway. For example, the difference from the speed limit is 20 km / h.

  On the other hand, when the A-B difference is smaller than the first speed difference HSD20, the traffic regulation process is continued by causing the vehicle 1 to continue normal operation (step S117) and is terminated. The traffic regulation process is restarted from step S101 by acquiring the current speed information A.

  In the traffic control process, the predetermined high speed value SP80, the predetermined high speed value SP130, the predetermined high speed value SP120, the first speed difference NSD20, the second speed difference NSD15, the third speed difference HSD30, the fourth speed difference HSD20, etc. Or may be set as a table in a predetermined storage area in the traffic regulation program recording unit 219 or 219b.

  The warning message displayed on the display control device 15 by the traffic control process as described above is, for example, a message as shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message displayed by the traffic control process.

  FIG. 9A shows an example of a message displayed on the display control device 15 in step S105-2 in FIG. For example, a message such as “The speed exceeds 15 km / h or more from the speed limit. Reduce the speed and drive safely.” Is displayed.

  FIG. 9B shows an example of a message displayed on the display control device 15 in step S108-2 of FIG. For example, “Warning. You ignored“ pause ”. "And so on.

  FIG. 9C shows an example of a message displayed on the display control device 15 in step S115-2 in FIG. For example, “30 km / h or more is exceeded from the speed limit. After a few seconds, automatic control that decelerates and stops starts” is displayed.

  Further, in the traffic regulation process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, such a message may be appropriately displayed based on an excess speed, a traffic rule, or the like.

  When the warning message is displayed on the display control device 15, the driver may be notified by voice, warning sound, or the like.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the traffic rule radio 300 installed on the roadside or the like can communicate with the vehicle 1 at high speed, and data processing between the vehicle 1 and the portable medium 20 can be performed at high speed. Therefore, it is possible to perform automatic control such as warning or decelerating the vehicle 1 in a timely manner.

  Further, in order to calculate the speed difference between the traffic rule information 35 of the traffic sign 30 and the current speed, a warning is given to the driver of the vehicle 1 according to the level of the speed difference, and automatic control for forcibly decelerating is started. can do. Further, the vehicle 1 can be controlled to stop after being decelerated.

  Further, in the recording unit 212, the driving history information is cyclically overwritten and used, and the traffic violation recording information is recorded in a predetermined recording area that cannot be erased and overwritten. Therefore, it is possible to refer to the traffic violation content and the driving state at the time of the traffic violation from the traffic violation record information, and to confirm the latest driving state by referring to the driving history information.

  Further, when the vehicle 1 receives the traffic rule information 35, the traffic rule information 35 is displayed and notified by voice or the like, thereby causing roads caused by physical factors such as bad weather or roadside trees or lack of driver's attention. It is possible to prevent oversight of signs and traffic lights. Therefore, intentional traffic violations by the driver can be prevented from being allowed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent traffic accidents due to intention or carelessness and to reduce the number of occurrences.

  Furthermore, since the violation information is notified from the vehicle 1 to the traffic control management system via the traffic rule radio 300, it is possible to verify the information regarding the vehicle 1 when the vehicle 1 is stolen.

  In order to respond to traffic violations in a more timely manner, it is desirable that high-speed data transfer, high-speed data processing, and long life are achieved.

  In order to achieve high-speed data transfer, the communication between the vehicle 1 and the traffic rule wireless device 300 uses an infrared ray, a high-speed wireless LAN, a GPS (Global Positioning System), etc., and the transfer speed per second is 1 Mbit (1 Mbps) or more. . A broadband frequency that enables high-speed communication is applied.

  In addition, by adopting the configuration of the portable medium 20 as described above for high-speed data processing, the access time for writing and reading in the portable medium 20 can be set to 100 μsec or less.

  Further, in order to extend the life, an IC card equipped with an IC chip having FRAM (registered trademark), PRAM, OUM or higher performance that is 10 10 (10 ^ 10) or more times of rewriting is used. .

  In the embodiment described above, the following mechanism can be applied.

  As information that can be detected by the vehicle 1, in addition to the current speed signal indicating the current speed, a signal indicating whether the seat belt is worn or not is used as the traffic rule information 35. You may make it record on the recording part 212 as recording information. In this case, a message that warns of traffic violation may be displayed on the display control device 15.

  The vehicle 1 stores information that can identify the driver corresponding to the license information stored in the portable medium 20 in a predetermined storage area in advance, and the license information stored in the portable medium 20 When the information stored in the predetermined storage area matches the driver-identifiable information, the above-described various information is recorded on the portable medium 20. By having such a mechanism for confirming the coincidence of information related to the driver, it is possible to perform control so that the engine does not start when the information related to the driver does not match. Such control makes it possible to prevent the vehicle 1 from being stolen. Further, the owner of the vehicle 1 can be specified.

  The driver's fingerprint data is stored in the vehicle 1 and the portable medium 20 instead of the driver's license information or the information that can specify the driver. You may make it like this. Further, in order to increase security, the vehicle 1 is provided with a fingerprint reader that reads the fingerprint of the driver's finger, and the portable medium 20 is obtained by matching the fingerprint data stored in the vehicle 1 with the fingerprint data read by the fingerprint reader. Vehicle 1 and the fingerprint data read by the fingerprint reader, or the match between the fingerprint data stored in the vehicle 1 and the portable medium 20 and the fingerprint data read by the fingerprint reader. You may make it start an engine.

  The traffic management system 1002 stores information that can identify each driver for a plurality of drivers of the vehicle 1, and records various information in the vehicle 1 for each driver. It is possible to verify in which driving state 1 is used by which driver.

  The present invention is not limited to the specifically disclosed embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims.

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A traffic management system that manages the driving state of a vehicle according to traffic rules,
A traffic rule notification means for transmitting traffic rule information indicating a traffic sign;
External communication control means for receiving traffic rule information from the traffic rule notification means;
Engine control means for controlling the engine of the vehicle and capable of detecting a current speed of the vehicle;
Recording the traffic rule information received by the external communication control means in a high-speed data accessible recording area, and driving state determination means for determining a driving state for the traffic rule information using the current speed,
The traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein the driving state determination means controls the speed of the engine control means according to the driving state.   The traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein the recording area is FRAM (registered trademark).   2. The traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein the driving state determination means is a computer-readable program executed by a computer with high-speed data processing of 1 Mbps or more. Communication means provided in the vehicle for performing communication between each of the traffic rule notification means, the external communication control means, and the engine control means with the driving state means by transmitting a frequency for starting the driving state means. And
2. The operation state means is a computer-readable program stored in an integrated circuit, and is mounted on a portable medium that can be activated and operated by receiving the frequency. Traffic management system. The driving state means is a computer-readable program mounted on the vehicle,
The recording area is mounted on a portable medium,
The traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle includes a control unit that executes the driving state unit and records the traffic rule information and the driving state in the recording area. The driving state determining means notifies the external communication control means of the driving state for the traffic rule information from the vehicle,
The external communication control means transmits vehicle rule state information indicating the driving state to the traffic rule notification means,
The traffic management system according to claim 1, wherein the traffic rule notification means transmits the vehicle rule state information to a predetermined organization that performs traffic management.   The recording area is a first recording area that can be circulated and overwritten in a predetermined period or a predetermined area range in which the current speed and the traffic rule information are recorded corresponding to the time at which the current speed is detected, and the driving The traffic management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a second recording area in which the driving state information indicating the driving state determined by the state determining unit cannot be overwritten.   The traffic management system according to claim 7, wherein violation information indicating contents of violation of the vehicle with respect to the traffic rule information is recorded as the driving information in the second recording area.   The operating state determination unit includes a restriction control unit that controls the engine control unit to regulate the current speed according to a level of a difference between the current speed and the speed limit. The traffic management system according to claim 1. The regulation control means is
A first violation judging means for performing a control to decelerate the vehicle by judging that the traffic is violated when the magnitude of the difference between the current speed and the speed limit is a first speed difference or more;
When the magnitude of the difference between the current speed and the speed limit is greater than or equal to the second speed difference smaller than the first speed difference and less than the first speed difference, the driver is warned that a traffic violation has occurred. Two violation determination means;
And a third violation determining means for suppressing control for limiting the speed of the vehicle when the difference between the current speed and the speed limit is less than the second speed difference. The traffic management system according to claim 9. The first speed difference and the second speed difference are values adapted to travel on a highway,
The operating state determination means includes
A highway driving determination means for determining whether the current speed is equal to or faster than a speed corresponding to driving on a highway;
11. The traffic management system according to claim 10, wherein when the current speed is determined by the highway travel determination means to be a speed corresponding to a highway travel, processing by the restriction control means is executed. The first speed difference and the second speed difference are values that are adapted to travel on other than highways,
The operating state determination means includes
A highway driving determination means for determining whether the current speed is equal to or faster than a speed corresponding to driving on a highway;
11. The traffic management system according to claim 10, wherein when the highway travel determination means determines that the current speed has not reached a speed corresponding to highway travel, processing by the restriction control means is executed. . A vehicle that controls the driving state of a vehicle according to traffic rules,
An external communication control means for controlling high-speed data communication at a predetermined frequency and receiving traffic rule information around the current position from the outside of the vehicle;
Engine control means for controlling the engine of the vehicle and capable of detecting a current speed of the vehicle;
Driving condition judging means for recording the traffic rule information received by the external communication control means in a high-speed data accessible recording area and judging the driving condition for the traffic rule information using the current speed; ,
The vehicle characterized in that the driving state determination means causes the engine control means to control the current speed. Communication means for performing communication between each of the traffic rule notification means, the external communication control means, and the engine control means and the driving state means by transmitting a frequency for starting the driving state means,
14. The operating state means is a computer readable program stored in an integrated circuit, and is mounted on a portable medium that can be activated and operated by receiving the frequency. Vehicle. A memory that records a program that causes a computer to perform a process of controlling the driving state of a vehicle according to traffic rules,
Record the traffic rule information received from the outside in a recording area where high-speed data can be accessed, and execute a driving state determination procedure for determining the driving state for the traffic rule information using the current speed,
The driving state determination procedure includes a restriction control procedure for controlling the current speed of the vehicle to be regulated according to a level of a difference between the current speed and the speed limit. Memory. The regulation control procedure is:
A first violation determination procedure for performing a control to decelerate the vehicle by determining that the traffic is violated when the magnitude of the difference between the current speed and the speed limit is greater than or equal to a first speed difference;
When the magnitude of the difference between the current speed and the speed limit is greater than or equal to the second speed difference smaller than the first speed difference and less than the first speed difference, the driver is warned that a traffic violation has occurred. Two violation determination procedures;
And a third violation determination procedure for suppressing control for limiting the speed of the vehicle when the difference between the current speed and the speed limit is less than the second speed difference. The memory of claim 15. Receiving means for receiving traffic rule information;
Control means for controlling the vehicle engine and detecting the current speed;
A traffic management apparatus comprising storage means for storing the traffic rule information received by the receiving means and the current speed detected by the control means in a recording area where high-speed data access is possible.

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