KR101908696B1 - System for inducing speed down on toll gate - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for inducing speed down on a toll gate, and a technical object of the present invention is to induce the slow speed of a vehicle entering a toll collection system (TCS) passage from a toll gate having the TCS passage and an electronic toll collection system (ETCS) passage. The system for inducing speed down on a toll gate includes: a first vehicle sensing unit installed on a TCS lane to sense a vehicle entering a TCS passage; a first slow speed inducing unit installed on the TCS lane and blinking when an incoming vehicle is sensed through the first vehicle sensing unit; a second vehicle sensing unit installed in front of a calculation station of the TCS passage to sense a vehicle entering the calculation station; and a second slow speed inducing unit installed on the TCS passage and blinking when an incoming vehicle is sensed through the second vehicle sensing unit.

Description

SYSTEM FOR INDUCING SPEED DOWN ON TOLL GATE

The present invention relates to a tollgate vehicle slowing induction system, and more particularly, to a toll vehicle slowing induction system for inducing a slowing of a vehicle entering a TCS passage from a tollgate equipped with a Toll (Toll Collection System) and an Electronic Toll Collection System (ETCS) ≪ / RTI >

Toll gates or tollgates are facilities on the road that are installed to collect tolls in certain areas of toll roads, including highways.

These tolls are collected by TCS (Toll Collection System) and ETCS (Electronic Toll Collection System). TCS is a system for manually collecting tolls for toll roads by a machine or manpower. ETCS is a system for toll roads that uses state-of-the-art electronic equipment (such as wireless communications) It is a system that supports automatic payment of tolls.

Generally, the tollgate is operated with TCS and ETCS lanes mixedly operated, and the distance from the lane section to the exit entrance lanes is set to be very short.

In this case, if the distinction between the TCS and the ETCS lane is not clearly indicated, the high-pass vehicle enters the general lane, escapes after the toll payment, or collides with the forward vehicle while collecting or collecting toll charges.

In addition, the intersection signal lamp is often located directly in the exit entrance lane of the toll gate. In this case, when the front intersection signal light is recognized ahead of the facility signal, the overspeed operation for receiving the intersection signal frequently occurs. many.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a system for inducing slowness of a vehicle entering a TCS passage from a toll gate equipped with a Toll (Toll Collection System) passage and an ETCS (Electronic Toll Collection System) passage.

A tollgate slowdown induction system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first vehicle sensing unit installed on a TCS (Toll Collection System) vehicle and detecting a vehicle entering a TCS passage; A first gradual entry inducing unit installed on the TCS lane and blinking when an incoming vehicle is detected through the first vehicle sensing unit; A second vehicle sensing unit installed in front of the calculation station of the TCS passage and sensing a vehicle entering the calculation station; And a second gradual entry inducing unit installed on the TCS passage and blinking when an incoming vehicle is detected through the second vehicle sensing unit.

In addition, each of the first gradual entry inducing unit and the second gradual entry guiding unit may be arranged in the form of a fan-shaped fan unit, and may perform a flicker operation according to a predetermined pattern.

In addition, it may further include an ETCS terminal confirmation unit installed on the TCS lane for confirming whether or not an ETCS (Electronic Toll Collection System) terminal is installed in a vehicle entering the TCS lane using DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communications) have.

Also, the ETCS terminal confirmation unit may include a transmitting / receiving antenna unit for transmitting a DSRC test signal to a vehicle entering the TCS lane and receiving a DSRC response signal for the DSRC test signal from the vehicle; And a terminal confirmation signal output unit for outputting an ETCS terminal installation confirmation signal confirming that an ETCS terminal is installed in the vehicle when the DSRC response signal is received through the antenna unit for transmission and reception.

In addition, if it is determined that the ETCS terminal is installed in the entry vehicle through the ETCS terminal confirmation unit, the ETCS access road guiding controller may control the blinking of the first slow entry guiding unit to control the entry direction of the ETCS access road to be displayed .

The first gradual entry guiding unit may include a first light guiding display unit in which a plurality of light emitting lines are arranged in the form of a fan bar of a folding type; And a second light-shielding display unit provided on an end of at least one light-emitting line of the light-emitting line, the light-emitting pattern having a special character form for forming an arrow with the corresponding light-emitting line, One of the light emission lines and the light emission pattern may emit light in accordance with an entry direction control signal of the ETCS passage to guide the entrance direction of the ETCS passage.

Also, if it is determined that the ETCS terminal is installed in the corresponding entry vehicle through the ETCS terminal confirmation unit, the laser beam is emitted from one side of the TCS lane to the other side to display a temporary block for the TCS lane , A TCS ramp control and an ETCS traffic road entry announcement indicating the direction of entry of the ETCS traffic corridor.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a system for inducing slow-moving of a vehicle entering a TCS passage from a tollgate equipped with a Toll (Toll Collection System) passage and an ETCS (Electronic Toll Collection System) passage.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a toll gate induction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first gradual entry guiding device shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
FIG. 3 is a view showing an embodiment of the first gradual entry guiding device shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the ETCS terminal confirmation unit shown in FIG.
5 is a view showing a first vehicle sensing unit, a first gradual entry guiding unit, a second vehicle sensing unit, and a second gradual entry guiding unit installed on a toll gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 and 7 are diagrams for explaining a method of operating the first gradual entry guiding device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams for explaining a configuration and an operation method of an ETCS terminal confirmation unit and an ETCS passage entrance control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are diagrams for explaining the configuration and operation method of the TCS access road control and the ETCS access road guidance information unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The terms used in this specification will be briefly described and the present invention will be described in detail.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term, not on the name of a simple term, but on the entire contents of the present invention.

When an element is referred to as "including" an element throughout the specification, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements as well, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Also, the terms "part," " module, "and the like described in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a toll gate induction system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first slow entrance induction unit shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the ETCS terminal identifying unit shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the ETCS terminal identifying unit shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 and 7 are views showing a first vehicle sensing unit, a first gradual entry inducing unit, a second vehicle sensing unit, and a second gradual entry inducing unit, And Fig.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 7, a toll gate slowdown inducing system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first vehicle sensing unit 100, a first gradual entry inducing unit 200, a second vehicle sensing unit 300 and a second gradual entry inducing unit 400. In addition, a separate power source unit 800 for supplying power to the second gradual entry instructing unit 400 may be further provided.

The first vehicle sensing unit 100 is installed on a Toll (Toll Collection System) vehicle and senses a vehicle entering the TCS passage. When the first vehicle sensing unit 100 senses a vehicle entering the TCS passage, The control unit 200 can output the vehicle detection signal. The first vehicle sensing unit 100 forms a predetermined sensing area provided in front of the TCS passage and senses the motion of the vehicle entering the sensing area.

The first vehicle sensing unit 100 may include a camera motion sensor. However, the first vehicle sensing unit 100 may be applied to any means capable of sensing whether the vehicle has entered the specific sensing area.

The first gradual entry inducing unit 200 is installed on the TCS lane and can be flickered when an incoming vehicle is detected through the first vehicle sensing unit 100. The detection of the ETCS terminal identifying unit 500 Depending on the result, you may be guided to the ETCS lane. For this purpose, the first gradual entry device 200 may include a first light guide display unit 210 and a second light guide display unit 220.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first light-shielding display 210 may include a plurality of light-emitting lines arranged in the form of a fan-shaped fan, and may perform a blinking operation according to a predetermined pattern. Such a light emitting line may include a plurality of LED modules and may operate as a single beacon.

As shown in FIG. 6, the first light-shielding display unit 210 may perform a flicker operation to induce slow-down in a manner that each light-emitting line is flickered simultaneously, The flashing sequence from the light emitting line located at the uppermost position to the light emitting line located at the lowermost position may be sequentially turned on and the light emitting line located at the lowest position may be sequentially blinked.

The second light-shielding display unit 220 displays light of a special character form for forming the shape of an arrow along with the corresponding light-emitting line at the end of at least one light-emitting line of each light-emitting line constituting the first light- Patterns can be installed. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, on both sides of the light emitting lines arranged in the horizontal direction among the light emitting lines of the first lightening display unit 210, an arrowhead shape indicating the left side and the right side is patterned and installed . 9 (A), the second light-shielding display unit 220 can guide the left part to emit light and move to the left ETCS lane according to the situation, and as shown in Fig. 9 (B) As shown in Fig. 5A, the right portion of the light is emitted to the right to travel to the ETCS lane.

The second vehicle sensing unit 300 may be installed in front of the calculation station of the TCS passage and may detect a vehicle entering the calculation station of the TCS passage. If the second vehicle sensing unit 300 senses a vehicle entering the calculation station, Unit 400 to output a vehicle detection signal. The second vehicle sensing unit 400 may form a predetermined sensing area provided in front of the calculation room in the tollgate and sense a vehicle entering the sensing area.

The second vehicle sensing unit 300 may include an optical vehicle detector (OVD) that recognizes a vehicle using optical technology. However, the second vehicle sensing unit 300 may detect the presence or absence of a vehicle in a specific sensing area Applicable means are available.

The second gradual entry guiding unit 400 may be installed on the TCS passage and may blink when an incoming vehicle is detected through the second vehicle sensing unit 300. The second gradual entry entrance device 400 is constructed in the same manner as the first gradual entrance entrance device 400 described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the present embodiment detects an incoming vehicle using the first vehicle sensing unit 100 on the TCS lane ahead of the toll gate, and when detecting an incoming vehicle, the first slow approach inducing unit 200 ) May perform a blinking operation to primarily guide the slow moving of the vehicle entering the TCS passage. When the toll gate approaches the calculation place after entering the toll gate through the TCS passage, the second vehicle sensing unit 300 senses it, The entry guiding device 400 can perform the blinking operation. Accordingly, it is possible to induce the second person to slow down the vehicle entering the toll gate through the TCS lane.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams for explaining a configuration and an operation method of an ETCS terminal confirmation unit and an ETCS passage entrance control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the toll gantry inducing system 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an ETCS terminal confirmation unit 500.

The ETCS terminal confirmation unit 500 is installed on the TCS lane and confirms whether the electronic toll collection system (ETCS) terminal is installed in the vehicle entering the TCS lane using DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communications) .

The DSRC refers to a short-distance dedicated communication method for implementing an intelligent transportation system. In general, the DSRC is installed in a tollgate or a roadside to communicate with a high-pass terminal device mounted on a vehicle, Quot; information "

However, the ETCS terminal check unit 500 of the present embodiment is not configured for exchanging information for collecting traffic charges, but may be configured to detect whether or not an entry vehicle is mounted on the ETCS terminal . For this purpose, the ETCS terminal confirmation unit 500 may include a transmission / reception antenna unit 510 and a terminal confirmation signal output unit 520.

The transmitting and receiving antenna unit 510 can transmit a DSRC test signal to the vehicle entering the TCS lane and receive the DSRC response signal for the DSRC test signal from the vehicle. At this time, when there is no ETCS terminal in the vehicle, the DSRC response signal is not received. When the DSRC response signal is received from the vehicle, the transceiver antenna unit 510 considers that the entry vehicle enters the TCS passage even though the ETCS terminal is mounted, and transmits a predetermined electrical signal Can be output. For example, the signal may be a high level signal. However, in the present embodiment, the transmission / reception antenna unit 510 does not limit the type of the signal output to the terminal confirmation signal output unit 520, And output an electrical signal for notifying the entry of a vehicle.

When receiving the DSRC response signal through the transmitting / receiving antenna unit 510, the terminal confirmation signal output unit 520 outputs an ETCS terminal installation confirmation signal, which confirms that the ETCS terminal is installed in the entry vehicle, And output it to the device unit 200.

In this case, when the ETCS terminal installation confirmation signal is received through the terminal confirmation signal output unit 520, the first gradual entry guiding unit 200 blinks in the light emission pattern of the vehicle detection of the first vehicle sensing unit 100 The first and second light-shielding display portions 220 may be combined together to display the left or right side as shown in FIG. In this case, it is assumed that the vehicle equipped with the ETCS terminal is entering the TCS passage, and a message to move to the ETCS passage on the left or right side is guided through the light emitting display to induce the entry vehicle to enter the correct toll gate .

The blinking control for the entrance guidance of the ETCS passage may be performed through the ETCS passage entrance control unit 600 installed in the first gradual entry guiding unit 200. [ When it is determined that the ETCS terminal is installed in the entry vehicle through the ETCS terminal identification unit 500, the ETCS access road guiding control unit 600 displays the first and second light guiding display units 200, It is possible to control the display direction of the ETCS passage to be displayed by controlling the blinking of the LEDs 210 and 220. At this time, the ETCS passage entrance guiding controller 600 may guide the ETCS traffic route toward the ETCS passage with a relatively low settlement speed or a low settlement frequency in consideration of the settlement rate or the settlement frequency for the automatic fare collection of the ETCS passage. Thus, when the settlement speed or the settlement frequency is low, it means that the number of vehicles passing through the ETCS passage is relatively low or the density of the vehicles passing through the ETCS passage is relatively low. Therefore, the ETCS passage entrance control unit 600 moves to the ETCS passage It is possible to guide the entry direction to a vehicle equipped with an ETCS terminal.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are diagrams for explaining the configuration and operation method of the TCS access road control and the ETCS access road guidance information unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 10 and 11, the toll gantry induction system 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a TCS access road control and an ETCS access road guide 700.

When the TCS access road control and ETCS access road guide 700 is installed on both sides of the TCS car and it is confirmed through the ETCS terminal check unit 500 that the ETCS terminal is installed in the entry vehicle, It emits a laser beam to virtually mark the temporary blockage of the TCS lane and indicate the direction of entry into the ETCS passage.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the TCS access road control and ETCS access road guide 700 includes a first guide portion 710 on the left side and a second guide portion 710 on the right side of the TCS lane, 720 may be installed.

The first guide portion 710 may emit a laser beam and the second guide portion 720 may receive a laser beam emitted from the first guide portion 710. Accordingly, a virtual shielding film can be displayed between the first and second guide portions 710 and 720.

In addition, an arrow pattern directed to the left or right can be displayed on one surface of the first and second guide portions 710 and 720, that is, a surface viewable by the entry vehicle, and can be implemented by various display means such as an LED lamp and a display Do. The display of the arrow pattern may perform the same function as that of the first and second light guide display units 210 and 220 of the first graduation entry guiding device 200. [ In other words, it is considered that the entry vehicle enters the TCS passage even though the ETCS terminal is mounted, and the driver of the entry vehicle is guided to the ETCS passage on the left or right side through the light emission display, It is possible to induce toll gate entry.

The TCS access road control and ETCS access road guide 700 may be substituted for the first and second slow entry devices 200 and 400 or may be disposed together in the TG.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be applied to a system and method for controlling a toll gate of a toll gate according to the present invention, It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1000: Toll gate induction system
100: a first vehicle sensing unit
200: First slow going entry device
210: first light-
220: second light-shielding display section
300: second vehicle sensing unit
400: the second gradual entry guiding unit
500: ETCS terminal confirmation unit
510: Antenna section for transmitting /
520: Terminal confirmation signal output unit
600: ETC passage entrance control unit
700: TCS access road control and ETCS access road guide
710:
720: second guide section
800:

Claims (7)

A first vehicle sensing unit installed on a Toll (Toll Collection System) vehicle and sensing a vehicle entering the TCS passage;
A first gradual entry inducing unit installed on the TCS lane and blinking when an incoming vehicle is detected through the first vehicle sensing unit;
A second vehicle sensing unit installed in front of the calculation station of the TCS passage and sensing a vehicle entering the calculation station; And
And a second gradual entry inducing unit installed on the TCS passage and blinking when an incoming vehicle is detected through the second vehicle sensing unit.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein each of the first gradual entry guiding device and the second gradual entrance guiding device comprises:
Wherein a plurality of light emitting lines are arranged in a fan-shaped form of a folding system to perform a flicker operation according to a preset pattern.
The method according to claim 1,
And an ETCS terminal confirmation unit for confirming whether or not an ETCS (Electronic Toll Collection System) terminal is installed in a vehicle installed on the TCS lane and entering the TCS lane using DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communications) A toll gate induction system.
The method of claim 3,
The ETCS terminal confirmation unit,
A transmitting / receiving antenna unit for transmitting a DSRC test signal to a vehicle entering the TCS lane and receiving a DSRC response signal for the DSRC test signal from the vehicle; And
And a terminal confirmation signal output unit for outputting an ETCS terminal installation confirmation signal confirming that an ETCS terminal is installed in the vehicle when receiving the DSRC response signal through the antenna unit for transmission and reception.
The method of claim 3,
And an ETCS passage entrance guiding controller for controlling the blinking of the first gradual entry guiding unit to display an entry direction of the ETCS passage when it is confirmed that the ETCS terminal is installed in the entry vehicle through the ETCS terminal confirmation unit A toll gate induction system.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the first gradual entry guiding device comprises:
A first light shielding display unit in which a plurality of light emitting lines are arranged in the form of a fan frame of a folding type; And
And a second light-shielding display unit having a light-emitting pattern of a special character type for forming an arrow shape along with the corresponding light-emitting line at the end of at least one light-emitting line of the light-
Wherein one of the light emitting lines and the light emission pattern emit light in accordance with the entry direction control signal of the ETCS passage controlled through the ETCS passage entrance control unit to guide the entrance direction of the ETCS passage.
The method of claim 3,
If it is determined that the ETCS terminal is installed in the entry vehicle through the ETCS terminal confirmation unit, the laser beam is emitted from one side of the TCS lane to the other side to virtually display the temporary blocking for the TCS lane, and ETCS Further comprising a TCS access road control and an ETCS access road entrance information section indicating a direction of the access road.

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