KR20160055390A - The hipass system using smart phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A smartphone can be installed with an application and use the application. The smartphone is equipped with various wireless communication functions, such as Wi-Fi or mobile communications. In the case of an existing Hi-pass system, it is necessary to purchase a separate terminal and mount the separate terminal on a vehicle. The present invention relates to a system in which a wireless communication device such as a Wi-Fi access point (AP) capable of communicating with a smartphone is installed at a tollgate and an application is installed on the smartphone to allow the smartphone and a tollgate server to transmit and receive data therebetween, thereby realizing Hi-pass without a separate Hi-pass terminal. According to the present invention, since a user does not need to purchase a Hi-pass terminal, it is possible to reduce purchase costs and rapidly spread Hi-pass. In addition, a text message containing a notification of traffic offense or a processing result thereof can be transmitted to a smartphone of an actual user.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a high pass system using a smart phone,

The present invention relates to a high-pass system using a smartphone.

Smartphones can install and use apps and are equipped with various wireless communication functions such as Wi-Fi and mobile communication.

Currently, the high-pass system needs to purchase a separate terminal and install it in the car.

The present invention relates to a system for implementing a high pass without a separate high-pass terminal by installing a wireless communication device capable of communicating with a smart phone such as a Wi-Fi AP in a toll gate and transmitting / receiving data between the smart phone and the toll gate server by installing an app in a smart phone to be.

According to the present invention, a user does not need to purchase a high-pass terminal, so that not only a purchase cost can be reduced, but also a high pass can be rapidly spread.

In addition, it is also possible to transmit a text message to the actual user on the smartphone whether the violation has occurred or the processing result.

1 is an example of a system configuration to which the present invention is applied.
2 is a method of recognizing each toll gate to which the present invention is applied.
3 is a method for comparing the starting and ending toll gates to which the present invention is applied.

The use of highpass is increasing due to the convenience of automatic toll settlement if the vehicle is stopped, the pass is not paid, or the toll gate is passed without paying the toll to pay for the expressway toll. The smart tolling system The test is in operation.

If the real-time recognition rate of the license plate recognition device installed on the highway toll gate is 100%, it is possible to accurately grasp the car number, the origin toll gate and the destination toll gate, and there is no need for a separate high-pass terminal.

However, since the recognition rate is about 98%, a more accurate apparatus is required.

On the other hand, the penetration rate of smartphones in Korea is more than 70%.

Smart phones can install and use apps and are equipped with various wireless communication devices such as WiFi and mobile communication.

In addition, the smartphone can download and save the tollgate location, and can recognize the location of the vehicle in conjunction with a GPS or a mobile phone base station.

Of course, you can implement prepaid or postpay highpass card functions, and you can add charging and settlement functions.

Also, a text message can be transmitted using a smart phone number.

However, it may be necessary to provide an auxiliary device for camera verification, etc., in order to prevent accidental or inadvertent operation of the app or operation of the vehicle with the vehicle number of the vehicle having a different toll.

For the present invention

Toll server

Tollgate communication department

Smartphone

High Pass Apps

Vehicle number recognition device, vehicle classifying device, camera, and other devices

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Toll servers can be located or centrally located for each toll gate.

If the toll server is located at the center, it is not necessary for the high pass application to recognize each toll server address, but if it is located for each toll gate, the toll server address must be recognized.

First, download the toll server address and save it.

Second, it receives from the server located in the center in real time.

Third, set the toll server address to a specific address.

For example, WiFi is normally connected to a private network and is assigned an address starting with 192.168.1. The server address can be set to 192.168.1.10.

However, it is possible to exchange data to distinguish it from a case where it is connected to a Wi-Fi AP other than a toll gate Wi-Fi.

In addition, the server address can be recognized in various ways.

There are many ways to communicate with the toll server.

First, install a WiFi AP on the toll gate and connect it to WiFi.

Typical Wi-Fi APs have narrow coverage and no directionality, but they can increase coverage and increase their straightness depending on the shape and power of the antenna, so vehicles that are driving on highways can connect and exchange data.

In addition, by installing a speed control camera on the tollgate to reduce the driving speed of the vehicle, data can be exchanged for more time.

Second, they connect using a mobile communication network.

However, when connecting to a toll gate server using Wi-Fi, it is impossible to communicate if it is outside the area, so it must connect to a toll gate server or a road construction server using mobile communication network.

To make a high pass settlement, you need to recognize the toll that the car is currently passing through. The high pass app can recognize the toll gate in the following way.

First, when a smartphone is connected to a WiFi AP installed on a toll gate, it can be recognized that the connected toll gate is a toll currently passing through.

Secondly, the tollgate can be recognized by receiving the mobile communication base station or the repeater information connected to the smartphone from the mobile communication company.

Third, the smartphone can download and store the tollgate location, and can recognize the location of the vehicle using GPS, so it can judge the tollgate by itself.

The present invention will be described in detail for each case step by step.

First, the user installs and configures the highpass app on the smartphone.

Step 1, the user installs the Highpass app on their smartphone.

Step 2, Register your vehicle number and vehicle type in the High Pass app.

One person can drive several cars, so you can enter multiple car numbers and choose the car number when you travel.

At this time, the authorized vehicle number can be authenticated through an authentication procedure in order to set the authorized person's smartphone.

When entering the vehicle number into the high pass app, the vehicle type can be automatically recognized by, for example, linking with the server of the vehicle storing the vehicle information. In the same way as the high pass terminal, You may.

Of course, the general user should not be able to change the model.

In this way, it is not necessary to install a vehicle identification device on the highway toll gate.

Step 3, Purchase prepaid or postpaid cards.

Of course, there is no real card, but you can add a high pass card function to your smartphone like an electronic wallet.

In the case of a prepaid card, charge it using a smartphone.

Charging can be charged by car number as it is, or by individual driver.

The settlement process according to the present invention will be described step by step.

For convenience of explanation, the following terms are defined.

The high pass car number refers to the car number transmitted from the high pass app.

The camera car number means the car number transmitted from the car number recognition device.

Although the vehicle number can be recognized by a method other than camera image reading, since the camera image reading is a general method, the camera image reading is taken as an example, and the vehicle number transmitted from the vehicle number recognizing device is collectively referred to as a camera car number .

First, the driver runs the High Pass app and selects the car number if there are more than one car number registered in the High Pass app.

If you are running the Highpass app and access the starting toll gate

Step 1, HighPass app automatically connects to the toll server and transmits information such as car number, car type, and smart phone number, and the toll gate server stores the transmitted information and the current time in a temporary table.

In step 2, the tollgate camera automatically recognizes the vehicle number and stores the vehicle number and the current time in a temporary table.

Of course, the order of steps 1 and 2 may be reversed.

Step 3, the toll gate server compares the high pass car number with the camera car number.

When the vehicle number matching the high pass vehicle number and the camera car number is searched, the toll gate server is normally recognized, so the following process is performed.

The tollgate server stores the vehicle number and the transit time.

The toll server informs Highpass app that it has been recognized normally.

The High Pass app notifies the driver by screen and voice.

Of course, the High Pass app will not allow you to change the car number until the car passes through the destination tollgate.

If not searched, the following causes can be found.

First, if the driver is not running the Highpass app

Second, if the driver incorrectly selects the car number

Third, if the camera misidentifies the car number

The toll gate server may send a message to the high pass app that the unidentified vehicle number is not received from the camera for a certain period of time or send a text message to the received phone number.

If the HighPass app is not running, you will not be able to receive messages from the Tollgate server and will not be able to guide you. However, if the HighPass app is running, you can do the following:

First, when a message is received from the toll server, the highpass app can deliver the received message to the driver on the screen or voice.

Second, the HighPass app informs the driver that it has not been recognized normally on the screen or by voice when a normal message is not received after a certain period of time or after disconnecting from the server or after leaving the tollgate area on GPS.

Third, it may not convey any message to the user.

If the driver receives no message or receives a message that it is not recognized normally, the driver can confirm that the High Pass app is running or that the car number has been properly selected.

If the driver is not running the High Pass app, launch the app and select the car number.

At this time, the selected vehicle number is transmitted to the toll gate server or the road construction server, and compared with the camera car number, it is possible to recognize the start toll gate if there is a matching vehicle.

If the driver incorrectly selects the vehicle number, the driver selects it again.

Also, the selected vehicle number is transmitted to the toll gate server, and compared with the camera car number, the start toll gate can be recognized when there is a matching vehicle.

At this time, the highpass app sends the wrong car number to the toll gate server before, and the toll gate server can automatically correct the wrong car number to the normal car number.

Of course, instead of selecting the driver, the high pass app can automatically select the matching vehicle number by sequentially transmitting the registered vehicle number to the toll gate server.

If multiple identical high-pass car numbers are received within a certain period of time, the error information is sent to all high-pass apps so that the driver can confirm the car number, You can compare and process them on a tollgate.

In addition, the tollgate that is settled in the middle of the departure and destination tollgate is not processed here, but the processing is completed here, and the untreated case re-reads the car number image and processes it. It is determined that the vehicle is not a high-pass vehicle, and a charge can be made.

When the vehicle approaches the destination toll gate, the high pass vehicle number and the camera car number are compared with each other in the same manner as described above.

In addition, there may be several cases in the starting toll gate and the destination toll gate.

First, it is recognized normally by the origin toll gate, and when it is normally recognized by the destination toll gate

Second, if it is recognized normally at the origin toll gate, but not at the destination toll gate

Third, if the originals are not normally recognized on the tollgate but only on the destination tollgate

Fourth, when the originals are not normally recognized on the tollgate and are not normally recognized on the destination tollgate

, And each case is processed as follows.

First, it is recognized normally at the origin toll gate, and it is normal when it is normally recognized at the destination toll gate.

The HighPass app works in conjunction with the toll gate server to settle the information, and to inform the user of the payment amount and balance.

The destination toll server stores information such as the vehicle number and telephone number, the origin toll and pass time, the destination toll and the passing time, and deletes the information from the temporary table.

Second, there are cases where it is recognized normally at the origin toll gate but not normally at the destination toll gate.

At this time, the car number recognized on the tollgate

First, if it matches the highpass car number received at the destination toll server

Second, if it matches the camera car number received at the destination toll server

Third, if neither the high pass car number nor the camera car number received at the destination toll gate server matches

And each of them is processed as follows.

First, if it matches the high pass car number received at the destination toll gate server, it can be judged that it is a camera recognition error of the destination tollgate, and it can be confirmed with the high pass application because it can confirm the car number and the place of departure and destination.

Second, even if it matches the camera car number received at the destination toll gate server, the car number, origin and destination tollgate can be confirmed.

In this case, it is a communication error with the destination toll server, and it can be processed as follows.

First, there is a communication failure between the Tollgate server and the Highpass app.

It is impossible to communicate with the high pass app of the vehicle. Therefore, the vehicle number, the departure place, the destination place, and the passing time of each are recorded and stored as a non-settlement vehicle.

The toll gate server is a smart phone phone number received from the toll gate of the departure gate, and it can transmit text messages of the departure toll gate, the destination toll gate, and each passing time and the settlement fact.

The high pass app then automatically accesses the road construction server to send the phone number and car number, and the road construction server retrieves the unsettled details from the phone number or car number and sends it to the high pass app , The High Pass app can show the unsettled account to the user and can be settled or automatically settled after the user confirms the contents.

Second, in the middle, the driver changed to the wrong car number.

The destination Tollgate server can confirm that the car number is wrongly set in the high pass app using the smart phone number received along with the car number.

The destination toll server can send a message to the high pass app of the smartphone that the car number is entered incorrectly and can be settled automatically or after confirmation by the user.

Third, if none of the high pass car number and camera car number received at the destination toll gate server matches, the camera image is stored and read later.

In this case, it is a car number recognition error, and communication is one of the following two reasons.

First, there is a communication failure between the destination toll server and the highpass app.

The toll gate server can not determine which car has passed through the highway or which toll gate has passed.

However, if the HighPass app is running, the HighPass app can be recognized by using GPS etc. Therefore, when the HighPass app recognizes that it has passed the tollgate, it connects to the road construction server and automatically .

Of course, if the highpass app does not run and you can not figure out which tollgate has passed through the highpass app, read the camera and check.

In addition, the toll gate server judges that the vehicle recognized normally at the departure point has passed the highway once a predetermined time, for example, one day elapses, or enters the highway again, so that a message indicating that the destination is not recognized is transmitted to the high- Lt; / RTI >

Second, in the middle, the driver changed to the wrong car number.

If you search for the vehicle currently operating on the expressway using the smartphone phone number received along with the car number on the destination toll server, you can confirm that the car number has been set incorrectly in the high pass app.

The destination toll server can send a message to the high pass app that the car number has been entered incorrectly and can be settled automatically or after confirmation by the user.

Third, there may be cases where the destination toll is not recognized normally and only the destination toll is recognized normally.

At this time, the car number normally recognized on the destination tollgate

First, if it matches the high pass car number received at the originating toll gate server

Second, if it matches the camera car number received by the toll gate server

Third, if either the high pass car number and the camera car number received at the originating toll gate server do not match

And each of them is processed as follows.

First, if it matches the highpass car number received at the originating toll gate server, it can be judged to be a camera recognition error of the originator tollgate, and the origin and destination can be confirmed and settled by high pass application.

Second, if it matches the camera car number received from the originating toll gate server, the communication trouble with the toll gate or the car number is set incorrectly. Also, the origin and destination toll gates can be confirmed and the high pass application is settled.

Third, if either the high pass car number or the camera car number received at the originating toll gate server does not match, it is a car number recognition error, and the communication may be one of the following two reasons.

First, there is a communication failure between the starting toll server and the highpass app.

The toll gate server can not recognize where the vehicle has entered the highway.

However, if the HighPass app is running, the HighPass app will recognize it, so it can be settled automatically or after confirmation by the user.

Second, it is the case that the driver sets the wrong car number when entering the toll gate.

If you search for the vehicle currently on the expressway using the smartphone phone number received along with the car number on the destination toll server, you can recognize that the car number is incorrectly set in the high pass app.

The destination toll server can send a message to the high pass app that the car number has been entered incorrectly and can be settled automatically or after confirmation by the user.

Fourth, there is a case where the destination toll is not recognized normally and the destination toll is not recognized normally.

In this case, there are several cases as follows.

First, if the car number of the starting toll camera and the destination car camera number match, you can check the car, but you can not know which one should be settled through the high pass app of the smartphone owned by the owner.

As at present, the vehicle owner is notified and charged later.

Second, if the vehicle number of the starting tollgate camera is matched with the destination highpass vehicle number, or if the tollgate camera car number or the starting highpass vehicle number match, then the vehicle number and the destination and destination tollgate can be checked.

If the destination highpass car number is matched, it can be settled.

It is possible to send a text message to the high-pass application in which a matching car number is set or to the corresponding smartphone, and to confirm the payment through the user's confirmation.

Third, even if the starting toll gate high pass number matches the destination toll gate high pass number, the driver can not verify that the vehicle number is set correctly.

When the user changes the car number by sending a confirmation message to the high pass app, the car number can be compared with the car number and the car number can be settled if the car number is found.

If not, the car license plate image is read again later, and the owner of the car is informed and charged.

Or once it has been settled in the high pass number, the vehicle license plate image is read again, and it is confirmed whether the vehicle is the settled vehicle. If it is a settled vehicle, it is treated as normal. If the vehicle is not settled, If you have passed through the tollgate, you will notify the owner of the vehicle and bill.

In this case, it is possible to double charge, but the driver is required to set the car number correctly by taking the inconvenience of double billing or protest.

Fourth, even if the tollgate high pass number of the departure toll and the tollgate high pass number of the destination are different, if both sides receive the high pass number, it is possible to retrieve both vehicle numbers from the smart phone number matching the telephone number, .

At this time, since it is not possible to confirm which car number of both vehicle numbers is correct, it is possible to transmit a high-pass app or a text message to confirm the user as described above. Alternatively, the car may be charged with one car number, May be read and processed.

In addition, if at least one of the starting toll or tollgate is connected to the highpass app, the message can be sent to the user using the smart phone number. If the high pass application is running, You can settled because you can recognize the destination tollgate.

In addition to the above method, various algorithms can be used to recognize and settle.

In conclusion, it can be confirmed by various methods other than driving the highway with the driver not running the high-pass app. Compared with the current high-pass system, the high-pass application is not operated.

Therefore, even if a separate high-pass terminal of RF or infrared communication method capable of communicating with a vehicle passing through the toll gate is not used, the function of the smart phone can accurately identify the vehicle and settle the vehicle.

In addition, in order to encourage the use of the high pass, if the toll is deducted for the high pass equipped vehicle, the premium is applied to the non-used vehicle, the high pass application is not executed or the vehicle number is set incorrectly, It is possible to prevent the driver from intentionally not executing the high pass app or selecting a different car number, thereby further reducing the error.

In addition, when the vehicle can be recognized automatically by allowing the device to be mounted on a vehicle such as an RF chip recording a vehicle number or a vehicle number at the time of vehicle production or after shipment, it is possible to prevent a driver from accidentally selecting another vehicle number .

In addition, the present invention can be applied not only to a high pass but also to a smart tolling system under test operation. In the smart tolling system, the present high-pass communication may not be performed due to high-speed travel, so that the method according to the present invention can be more accurate.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present invention and various modifications and alterations are possible within the scope of the invention.

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Claims (10)

Characterized by recognizing the vehicle by comparing the vehicle number received from the smart phone with the vehicle number received from the vehicle number recognizing device
In Section 1
Smartphone
High Pass Apps
Toll server
Tollgate communication department
Vehicle number recognition device, vehicle classifying device, camera, and other devices
And a high-pass device
In Section 1
The smartphone app automatically recognizes and transmits the smart phone number in addition to the car number.
In Section 1
When the vehicle number received from the smart phone matches the vehicle number received from the vehicle number recognizing device, it is regarded as normal.
In Section 1
If the vehicle number received from the smart phone does not match the vehicle number received from the vehicle number recognition device, the user executes the high pass application and selects the vehicle number or changes the vehicle number, Comparing the received vehicle number with the vehicle number received from the number recognition device
In Section 1
Comparing the recognition result of the destination tollgate with the recognition result of the destination tollgate,
In Section 1
And comparing the vehicle number received from the smartphone with the vehicle number received from the vehicle number recognition device in the opposite toll gate if the recognition result of the destination toll gate or the recognition result of the destination toll gate does not match,
In Section 1
And compares and processes the received smart phone number when the recognition result of the destination toll gate or the recognition result of the toll gate of the destination does not match.
In Section 1
And transmits a processing result or an error content to a user as a text message by using a smart phone number.
In Section 1
A high-pass device characterized in that it is settled using a smart phone

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