KR100711030B1 - A management system that information of vehicles using recognition of a number plate and that of the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle information management system using a license plate recognition and a method for identifying a location of a specific vehicle using a known license plate recognition technology, and a license plate from a camera module already installed on the road. Receives an image containing a license plate recognizes the license plate and compares with the number of the wanted number registered by the police to easily identify the location of the wanted vehicle, the licensed by the general user when someone borrowed or In case of theft, the location of the vehicle is notified so that users can easily identify the location of their vehicle before reporting it to the police.

The present invention is to facilitate the rapid arrest of the arrangement of the vehicle, and to store and manage not only the recognized license plate but also the entire photographed image to be used as evidence in the event of a future dispute, vehicle number by general users By receiving the registration, the location of the vehicle can be transmitted by a text message or the like, so that the management of the vehicle is easy when another person is borrowed, and even if stolen, the effect can be quickly identified.

Description

Vehicle information management system using license plate recognition and its method {A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT INFORMATION OF VEHICLES USING RECOGNITION OF A NUMBER PLATE AND THAT OF THE METHOD}

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system to which the present invention is applied

Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an operation server according to an embodiment of the present invention

3 is a flowchart briefly illustrating a process of managing vehicle information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10: operation server 11: database

12 control unit 13 image receiving unit

14: vehicle number recognition unit 15: vehicle number receiving unit

16: vehicle information transmitter 17: character signal combination unit

18: text transmission unit 20: police station terminal

30: user computer 35: user mobile terminal

40: camera module 41: vehicle sensor

42: image capturing unit 43: image processing unit

44: image transmitter

The present invention relates to a vehicle information management system using a license plate recognition and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a vehicle information management system using license plate recognition to identify the location of a specific vehicle using a commonly known license plate recognition technology. And to a method thereof.

 Today, the supply of vehicles is rapidly increasing so that most households have two vehicles. As a result, vehicles are becoming a necessity to help a more relaxed life, but traffic accidents due to the increase of vehicles are also increasing rapidly. Moreover, various vehicle crimes such as hit-and-run crimes in automobile accidents and theft of automobiles and theft of vehicles are also on the rise.

Vehicle crimes as described above are excellent in mobility due to the nature of using a vehicle, so it is not practical to catch them at the scene after the crime is performed, and accordingly, they are solved through continuous inquiry tracking of the vehicle. However, there is a problem in that a police officer inquires and arrests a vehicle number one by one, which consumes a lot of manpower and requires a lot of time.

In order to solve such a problem, efforts are made to recognize license plates and to increase the efficiency of criminal vehicle arrest accordingly, and representative techniques thereof are presented in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2003-0007464.

The prior art includes a CCD camera and an illumination device for photographing a vehicle license plate of a vehicle passing through a predetermined point where a vehicle detection sensor is installed, a capture board for obtaining an image from an image photographed through the CCD camera and the illumination device, The present invention relates to a license plate recognition system comprising a terminal having a recording medium for recognizing a license plate by processing an image captured by the capture board.

According to the conventional technology, it is possible to recognize the license plate more accurately, while connecting the license plate recognition system with an external device to print the vehicle number to the parking ticket and highway pass, so that more accurate and efficient fare settlement and vehicle management In addition, by using a license plate recognition system, various violations and criminal vehicles are screened and caught, and then transmitted to the corresponding office through the network to enable more efficient enforcement.

However, the prior art as described above may be used only in a specific building or a police station, thereby causing a problem in that the user is limited, and there may be a problem in which a dispute such as an objection may occur by recognizing only the license plate and transmitting it to the corresponding office.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of which is to receive the image including the license plate from the camera module already installed on the road to recognize the license plate and registered with the licensed vehicle number and the police The present invention provides a vehicle information management system using license plate recognition and a method for easily identifying the position of an arrangement vehicle.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to receive the registration of the member vehicle number by the general users and to inform the position of the member vehicle, such as when the other person is borrowed or stolen, so that the location of his vehicle before the user reports to the police The present invention provides a vehicle information management system and a method using a license plate recognition that can be easily understood and improved.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, an operation server for providing a service, such as vehicle number search, arranging vehicle confirmation, and the like installed on the police station to transmit the vehicle number of the arranging vehicle to the operation server or the operation A police station terminal receiving position information of a wanted vehicle from a server, a user terminal transmitting and registering a vehicle number desired to be identified to the operation server, or receiving the position information of the vehicle from the operation server, and installed on a road It provides a vehicle information management system using a license plate recognition, characterized in that it comprises a camera module for acquiring an image of the driving vehicle and transmitting it to the operation server.

At this time, according to an additional feature of the present invention, the operation server is a control unit for controlling the operation of each part and confirms the arrangement through the comparison of the vehicle number and the like, the image received from the camera module transmitted from the camera module is processed An image receiving unit, a vehicle number recognition unit for recognizing a vehicle number by analyzing the image of the vehicle received by the image receiving unit, a vehicle number receiving unit for receiving a vehicle number transmitted from a police station terminal or a user terminal, and arrangement by the controller When the vehicle is found, the vehicle information transmitter for transmitting the vehicle number and the location information of the vehicle to the police station terminal, and the text signal for combining the text message to be sent to the user's portable terminal when the location of the vehicle registered by the user is confirmed A combination message and the text message combined by the text signal combination section; It is preferably configured to include a text transmission unit for transmitting to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a first step of registering and storing the vehicle number received from the police station terminal or the user terminal divided into the arrangement and the member vehicle;

A second process of storing the image data of the vehicle received from the camera module after the first process is performed, and analyzing the image to recognize the vehicle number;

A third step of searching for an arrangement vehicle and a member vehicle by comparing the vehicle number to be searched registered in the first process with the image vehicle number recognized in the second process;

A fourth process of transmitting location information and direction information to the police station terminal when a search for an arrangement vehicle registered in the police station terminal is performed in the third process; And

And a fifth step of combining location information and direction information in a text message and transmitting it to the user terminal when the search for the member vehicle registered in the user terminal is performed in the third step. Provides a vehicle information management method used.

The above object and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an operation server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. According to an embodiment, a flowchart briefly illustrating a process of managing vehicle information.

Referring to the configuration of the overall system with reference to the accompanying drawings, reference numeral 10 denotes an operation server for providing the overall service, such as the arrangement of the arrangement vehicle and member vehicle according to the present invention, 20 is installed in the police station and the like The police station terminal transmits a vehicle number of an arrangement vehicle to the operation server 10 or receives vehicle information such as a location of an arrangement vehicle from the operation server 10.

In addition, reference numeral 30 denotes a user computer connected to the operation server 10 through a communication network 50 and operated by a general user, and 35 denotes a user portable terminal such as a mobile phone, a PDA, etc. carried by general users. . At this time, through the user computer 30 or the user portable terminal 35, the operation server 10 is registered with the member vehicle number that you want to check the location, when the location of the member vehicle is confirmed the operation server ( 10) the user portable terminal 35 informs the location information of the corresponding member vehicle by a text message.

Also, reference numeral 40 denotes a camera module which acquires an image of a vehicle installed on the road and transmits the image to the operation server 20. At this time, since the camera module 40 is installed in a number of different areas, it is preferable to have a unique number indicating its location.

On the other hand, the communication network 50 includes both wired and wireless communication networks, such as the Internet network, telephone network, wireless network.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a database that stores a vehicle number registered from the police station terminal 20 or the user terminals 30 and 35, and simultaneously stores an image of a vehicle photographed by the camera module 40. Indicates.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation server 10 controls the operation of each part and checks the arrangement of vehicles through comparison of vehicle numbers, and the like, transmitted from the camera module 40. Image receiving unit 13 for receiving and processing the image of the vehicle, Vehicle number recognition unit 14 for recognizing the vehicle number by analyzing the image of the vehicle received by the image receiving unit 13, Police station terminal 20 or The vehicle number receiver 15 receiving the vehicle number transmitted from the user terminals 30 and 35 and the vehicle number and the location information of the vehicle when the arranging vehicle is searched by the control unit 12 are sent to the police station terminal 20. A text signal combination unit 17 for combining a vehicle information transmitting unit 16 to transmit, and a text message to be transmitted to the user portable terminal 35 when the position of the vehicle registered by the user in the control unit 12 is confirmed; Text signal combination And a text transmitter 18 for transmitting the combined text message to the user portable terminal 35.

In addition, the camera module 40 detects the presence or absence of a driving vehicle as shown in FIG. 1 and outputs a detection signal, and a detection signal from the vehicle sensor unit 41. Is input when the image is taken by the image taking unit 42 for capturing the image of the vehicle, the image processing unit 43 for receiving the image taken by the image taking unit 42 to process the image, and the image processing unit ( And an image transmitter 44 for transmitting the image data of the vehicle processed at 43 to the operation server 10.

The operation of the vehicle information management system using the license plate recognition according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

First, the operation server 10 receives the vehicle number from the police station terminal 20 or the user terminals 30 and 35 and stores the registration number in the database 11 (see step S10). In this case, the police station terminal 20 ) Transmits an arrangement vehicle number such as a crime vehicle, theft vehicle, etc. through the communication network 50, the vehicle number receiving unit 15 receives the vehicle number. In addition, in the user terminal, that is, the user computer 30 or the user portable terminal 35, the user can register his / her own vehicle number as a member of the operation server 10 and check the position of his vehicle as necessary. Make sure

After the registration of the vehicle number to be searched in step S10 as described above, the operation server 10 receives the image data of the vehicle from the camera module 40. In this case, the operation of the camera module 40 will be described in more detail. When the vehicle sensor unit 41 detects the presence of a vehicle being driven and outputs a detection signal while the standby mode state is maintained, the image photographing unit In operation 42, when the detection signal is input from the vehicle sensor unit 41, the operation mode is switched to capture an image of the vehicle.

Thereafter, the image processor 43 receives an image captured by the image capturing unit 42 and processes the image into an image, and transmits the image data of the processed vehicle to the operation server 10 through the image transmitting unit 44. Will be sent.

The image receiving unit 13 of the operation server 10 receives image data of the vehicle transmitted through the image transmitting unit 44, and transmits the image of the vehicle to the database 11 according to a control signal of the control unit 12. To save it (see step S20).

Thereafter, the vehicle number recognition unit 14 analyzes the image of the vehicle received by the image receiving unit 13 to recognize the vehicle number and provide it to the control unit 12 (see step S30).

The control unit 12 of the operation server 10 checks the vehicle number registered in step S10 and the image vehicle number recognized in step S30 to check whether the vehicle is to be searched (see step S40). At this time, if it is determined that the comparison result is a vehicle to be searched, the position of the vehicle is determined. In this case, a variety of methods may be used to determine the vehicle location, but it is preferable to use the unique number assigned to each camera module 40 to grasp the location information and the heading direction information (see step S50).

In the above process, the control unit 12 of the operation server 10 determines whether the retrieved vehicle is a registered vehicle registered in the police station terminal 20 or a member vehicle registered in the user terminals 30 and 35.

If the arranging vehicle registered by the police station terminal 20, the control unit 12 transmits the position information and the heading direction information of the arranging vehicle to the police station terminal 20 through the vehicle information transmitter 16 (S60). See step)

If the member vehicle registered by the user terminals 30 and 35, the text signal combination unit 17 combines text messages to be transmitted to the user portable terminal 35 (see step S70), and the controller 12 transmits a text message. The combined text message is transmitted to the user portable terminal 35 through the reference numeral 18 (see step S80).

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

As described above, by applying the vehicle information management system and the method using the license plate recognition according to the present invention to determine the location of the wanted vehicle registered by the police to facilitate the rapid arrest of crime or stolen vehicles It works.

In addition, by storing and managing the entire photographed image as well as the license plate, there is an effect that can be used as evidence in the event of a future dispute.

In addition, by receiving the vehicle number registration by the general user to transmit the location of the vehicle by text message, etc. can be checked, it becomes effective to manage the vehicle when another person borrowed, even if stolen There is an effect that can be quickly identified.

Claims (3)

An operation server for providing a service such as a vehicle number search and an arrangement of a vehicle, a police station terminal installed at a police station and transmitting a vehicle number of an arrangement of vehicles to the operation server or receiving location information of an arrangement of vehicles from the operation server; A user terminal for transmitting and registering a vehicle number to be identified to the operation server or receiving location information of the vehicle from the operation server, and acquiring an image of a vehicle installed on the road and transmitting it to the operation server. Includes a camera module, The operation server controls the operation of each part and checks the arrangement of the vehicle through the comparison of the vehicle number, an image receiving unit for receiving and processing the image of the vehicle transmitted from the camera module, and received from the image receiving unit A vehicle number recognition unit for recognizing a vehicle number by analyzing an image of the vehicle, a vehicle number receiver for receiving a vehicle number transmitted from a police station terminal or a user terminal, and a vehicle number of a corresponding vehicle when an arranging vehicle is searched by the controller; A vehicle information transmitter for transmitting the location information to the police station terminal, a text signal combination unit for combining a text message to be transmitted to the user's portable terminal when the position of the vehicle registered by the user is confirmed by the controller, and the text signal combination unit A text transmission unit for transmitting a text message to the user terminal The vehicle information management system using a number plate recognition, characterized in that configured. delete delete

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