WO2019019192A1

WO2019019192A1 - Information indication method and detection device

Info

Publication number: WO2019019192A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/095048
Authority: WO
Inventors: 熊小龙
Original assignee: 广东兴达顺科技有限公司
Priority date: 2017-07-28
Filing date: 2017-07-28
Publication date: 2019-01-31

Abstract

Disclosed by the embodiments of the present invention are an information indication method and a detection device, wherein the method comprises: detecting the number of vehicles on a current road within the range of a first distance from the detection device; determining whether the number of vehicles exceeds a preset number threshold; If the number of vehicles exceeds the preset number threshold, then sending first indication information to vehicles outside of a second distance from the detection device, wherein the the first indication information is used to indicate that the status of the current road is busy, and the second distance is larger than the first distance. With the embodiments of the present invention, traffic efficiency may be improved and vehicle waiting time may be reduced by means of sending indication information of whether a current road is busy to vehicles.

Description

Information indicating method and detecting device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an information indicating method and a detecting device.

Background technique

At present, the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system has been greatly developed because it can reduce labor costs, improve charging efficiency, and help solve congestion problems. In the ETC system, the Road-Senor Unit (RSU) communicates with the On Board Unit (OBU) installed on the vehicle in the lane to complete the transaction and lift the pole to complete the toll collection of the vehicle through the toll system. .

However, when the vehicle passes through the toll booth, there are often some lanes with long queues, and some lanes are relatively short. At this time, due to the proximity to the toll booth, there are other vehicles driving around, which makes the vehicle unable to Changing lanes to replace the toll lanes makes the traffic efficiency lower.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an information indication method and a detection device, which can improve the traffic efficiency by transmitting an indication message that the current lane is busy to the vehicle, thereby saving the vehicle waiting time.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information indication method, where the method includes:

Detecting the number of vehicles in the first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane;

Determining whether the number of vehicles exceeds a preset number threshold;

If the preset number threshold is exceeded, the first indication information is sent to a vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the current lane state is busy, and the second The distance is greater than the first distance.

Optionally, the sending the first indication information to the vehicle beyond the second distance from the detecting device includes:

Transmitting first indication information to a vehicle outside a second distance from the detection device and within a third distance from the detection device, the third distance being greater than the second distance.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Transmitting second indication information to a vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device, the second indication information including information of a lane in a state of being idle.

Optionally, the second indication information further includes a lane type of each idle lane, and the lane type includes an off-board electronic toll collection system ETC lane or an artificial semi-automatic toll collection system MTC lane.

Optionally, the current lane is an ETC lane of a non-stop electronic toll collection system.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a detecting device, where the detecting device includes a detecting unit and a sending unit. The detecting device performs the information indicating method of the above first aspect by the above unit.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides another detecting apparatus, including a processor, a transceiver, and a memory, wherein the processor, the transceiver, and the memory are connected to each other, wherein the memory is used to store a support detecting device to perform the foregoing. An application code of a method, the processor being configured to perform the method of the first aspect above.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer readable storage medium, where the computer storage medium stores a computer program, where the computer program includes program instructions, and the program instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processing The method of the first aspect described above is performed.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information indicating system, which includes the detecting device and/or the vehicle device of the above aspect. In a possible design, the system may further include other devices in the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention that interact with the detecting device or the vehicle device.

In a sixth aspect, the present application also provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods described in the various aspects above.

The embodiment of the present invention may detect the number of vehicles in the first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane, and send the first indication information to the vehicle beyond the second distance of the distance detecting device when the number exceeds the preset number threshold. In order to indicate that the state of the current lane is busy, the vehicle outside the second distance is reminded that the lane change can be performed to save the traffic opening time, so that the traffic efficiency can be improved by transmitting an indication message that the current lane is busy to the vehicle.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention. Ordinary technicians can also do without creative work. Other figures are obtained from these figures.

1 is a schematic flowchart of an information indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a detecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of an information indication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a detecting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The use of the terms "comprising", "comprising", "","," The presence or addition of a plurality of other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or collections thereof.

It is also to be understood that the terminology of the present invention is to be construed as a The singular forms "", ",",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

It is further understood that the term "and/or" used in the description of the invention and the appended claims means any combination and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items, .

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the term "if" can be interpreted as "when" or "on" or "in response to determining" or "in response to detecting" depending on the context. . Similarly, the phrase "if determined" or "if detected [condition or event described]" may be interpreted in context to mean "once determined" or "in response to determining" or "once detected [condition or event described] ] or "in response to detecting [conditions or events described]".

The embodiment of the invention discloses an information indication method, a detection device and a system, which can pass to a vehicle An indication message indicating whether the current lane is busy, to improve the efficiency of the traffic and save the waiting time of the vehicle. The details are explained below.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information indication method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the information indication method in the embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

101. Detect the number of vehicles within a first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane.

Optionally, the method in the embodiment of the present invention may be specifically applied to a detection device, where the detection device may be deployed on a toll system on a road (such as a gantry of a toll station, also referred to as a carrier bracket). For example, the detection device may be a roadside unit RSU, or may be an independent detection device or the like, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

102. Determine whether the number of the vehicles exceeds a preset number threshold.

Specifically, the preset number threshold may be preset. For example, the number threshold may be a fixed value, such as 5; or the number threshold may be associated with a calendar, such as when the number of holidays and the number of working days may be different, and the number of holidays may be greater than the number of working days. The threshold value and the like are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

103. If the preset number threshold is exceeded, the first indication information is sent to the vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the current lane state is busy.

The second distance is greater than the first distance, and the first distance and the second distance may be preset.

Specifically, when the number of vehicles in the current lane is greater than a preset number threshold, that is, when there are more vehicles in the current lane to be passed through the toll booth, a first indication indicating that the state of the current lane is busy may be sent to a vehicle other than the second lane. Information to alert the vehicle user that the current lane is busy, so that the vehicle user can take measures, such as changing lanes and the like. Wherein, the second distance may be determined according to the variable track distance of the vehicle, that is, the vehicle outside the second distance may be changed lanes. The second distance may be a fixed value, or the second distance may be associated with a calendar. For example, the second distance of the holiday is greater than the second distance of the working day, and the like.

Optionally, the first indication information is sent to the vehicle that is not the second distance from the detecting device, and may be specifically: sending the vehicle to the vehicle within a third distance from the detecting device to the second distance from the detecting device. An indication that the third distance is greater than the second distance. That is to say, the first indication information is not sent to all vehicles except the second distance, thereby reducing the work of the detection device. Consumption.

Optionally, the detecting device may further send second indication information to the vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device, and the second indication information may include information of the lane whose state is idle. Therefore, the vehicle receiving the second indication information can select the lane according to the information of the idle lane, thereby further improving the opening efficiency.

Optionally, the second indication information may further include a lane type of each idle lane, the lane type including an ETC lane or an artificial semi-automatic toll collection system MTC lane. Therefore, the vehicle receiving the second indication information can further improve the opening efficiency by combining the type of the vehicle, such as whether the OBU is installed to select the lane.

Optionally, the current lane may be a non-stop ETC lane.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the detecting device may detect the number of vehicles in the first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane, and send the vehicle to the vehicle other than the second distance of the distance detecting device when the number exceeds the preset number threshold. The first indication information is used to indicate that the current lane state is busy, and the vehicle outside the second distance is reminded that the lane change can be performed to save the traffic opening time, so that the traffic efficiency can be improved by transmitting an indication message that the current lane is busy to the vehicle. .

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a detecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the detecting apparatus 200 of the embodiment of the present invention may include a detecting unit 201 and a sending unit 202. Wherein, these units can perform the corresponding functions of the detecting device in the above method example, for example,

The detecting unit 201 is configured to detect the number of vehicles in the first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane;

The detecting unit 201 is further configured to determine whether the number of the vehicles exceeds a preset number threshold;

The sending unit 202 is configured to: when the detecting unit 202 detects that the number exceeds the preset number threshold, send the first indication information to a vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device.

The first indication information may be used to indicate that the current lane state is busy, and the second distance is greater than the first distance.

Optionally, when the transmitting unit 202 sends the first indication information to the vehicle that is not the second distance from the detecting device, the sending unit 202 may be specifically configured to:

Further, in some alternative embodiments,

The sending unit 202 is further configured to send second indication information to a vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device, where the second indication information includes information of a lane whose state is idle.

Optionally, the second indication information may further include a lane type of each idle lane, and the lane type includes an off-board electronic toll collection system ETC lane or an artificial semi-automatic toll collection system MTC lane.

Optionally, the current lane may be an ETC lane of a non-stop electronic toll collection system.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an information indication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the information indicating system of the embodiment of the present invention may include a detecting device 301 and a vehicle device 302. among them,

The detecting device 301 can be configured to detect the number of vehicles in the first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane; determine whether the number of the vehicles exceeds a preset number threshold; if the preset number threshold is exceeded, the distance to the distance The vehicle device 302 other than the second distance of the detecting device sends the first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the current lane state is busy, and the second distance is greater than the first distance;

The vehicle device 302 is configured to receive the first indication information by the detection device 301.

Specifically, the detecting device 301 can refer to the related description of the detecting device in the corresponding embodiment of FIG. 1 , and the vehicle device 302 can refer to the related description of the vehicle device (vehicle) in the corresponding embodiment of FIG. 1 , and details are not described herein. .

In the embodiment of the present invention, the detecting device may detect the number of vehicles in the first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane, and send the vehicle to the vehicle other than the second distance of the distance detecting device when the number exceeds the preset number threshold. The first indication information is used to indicate that the current state of the current lane is busy, and the vehicle outside the second distance is reminded that the lane change can be performed to save the traffic opening time, thereby being able to improve the traffic by transmitting an indication message that the current lane is busy to the vehicle. effectiveness.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a detecting device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the detecting apparatus 400 of the embodiment of the present invention may include: one or more processors 401; and optionally include one or more transceivers 402, a memory 403, and the like. Above The processor 401, the transceiver 402, and the memory 403 may be connected by a bus 404, or may be connected by other means. The embodiment of the present invention is exemplified by a bus connection. Memory 403 can be used to store instructions, and processor 401 can be used to execute instructions stored in memory 403.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the processor 401 may be a central processing unit (CPU), and the processor may also be another general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP). , Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, etc. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.

The transceiver 402 can be used to receive and/or transmit information.

The memory 403 can include read only memory and random access memory and provides instructions and data to the processor 401. A portion of the memory 403 may also include a non-volatile random access memory.

The processor 401 may be specifically configured to: detect a number of vehicles in a first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane; determine whether the number of the vehicles exceeds a preset number threshold; if the preset number threshold is exceeded, Transmitting, by the transceiver 402, first indication information to a vehicle other than a second distance from the detecting device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that a status of the current lane is busy, and the second distance is greater than the The first distance.

Optionally, the processor 401 is specifically configured to send, by using the transceiver 402, first indication information to a vehicle that is outside a second distance from the detecting device and within a third distance of the detecting device. The third distance is greater than the second distance.

Optionally, the processor 401 is further configured to send, by using the transceiver 402, second indication information to a vehicle that is not a second distance from the detecting device, where the second indication information includes a lane with a state of being idle. information.

In a specific implementation, the processor 401, the transceiver 402, and the memory 403 described in the embodiment of the present invention may perform the implementation described by the information indication method in the embodiment shown in FIG. Implementation manners of the detecting device described in the embodiments of the present invention are not described herein again.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program being executed by a processor to implement the information indicating method of the embodiment of FIG. .

The computer readable storage medium may be an internal storage unit of the detecting device described in any of the foregoing embodiments, such as a hard disk or a memory of the detecting device. The computer readable storage medium may also be an external storage device of the detecting device, such as a plug-in hard disk equipped on the detecting device, a smart memory card (SMC), and a secure digital (Secure Digital, SD) ) cards, flash cards, etc. Further, the computer readable storage medium may also include both an internal storage unit of the detection device and an external storage device. The computer readable storage medium is for storing the computer program and other programs and data required by the detecting device. The computer readable storage medium can also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is about to be output.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both, for clarity of hardware and software. Interchangeability, the composition and steps of the various examples have been generally described in terms of function in the above description. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods for implementing the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working processes of the system, the detecting device and the vehicle device described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided herein, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, detection devices, and vehicle devices and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the division of the unit in the embodiment of the present invention is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and the actual implementation may have another division manner. Each functional unit in the embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit, or some features may be ignored or not executed. . The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit. In addition, the mutual coupling or straightness shown or discussed The coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, or an electrical, mechanical or other form of connection.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the embodiments of the present invention.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention contributes in essence or to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium. A number of instructions are included to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like. .

The above is only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any equivalent person can be easily conceived within the technical scope of the present invention by any person skilled in the art. Modifications or substitutions are intended to be included within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

An information indicating method, comprising:

Detecting the number of vehicles in the first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane;

Determining whether the number of vehicles exceeds a preset number threshold;

If the preset number threshold is exceeded, the first indication information is sent to a vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the current lane state is busy, and the second The distance is greater than the first distance.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting the first indication information to the vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device comprises:

Transmitting first indication information to a vehicle outside a second distance from the detection device and within a third distance from the detection device, the third distance being greater than the second distance.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

Transmitting second indication information to a vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device, the second indication information including information of a lane in a state of being idle.
The method of claim 3, wherein the second indication information further comprises a lane type of each of the free lanes, the lane type comprising a non-stop electronic toll collection system ETC lane or an artificial semi-automatic toll collection system MTC lane.
The method of claim 1 wherein said current lane is a non-stop electronic toll collection system ETC lane.
A detecting device, comprising: a transceiver, a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory; wherein

Program instructions are stored in the memory;

The processor is configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory to execute:

Detecting the number of vehicles in the first distance range of the distance detecting device on the current lane;

Determining whether the number of vehicles exceeds a preset number threshold;

If the preset number threshold is exceeded, the first indication information is sent by the transceiver to a vehicle other than the second distance from the detecting device, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the current lane state is busy. The second distance is greater than the first distance.
The detecting device according to claim 6, wherein

The processor is configured to send, by the transceiver, first indication information to a vehicle that is outside a second distance from the detection device and within a third distance from the detection device, where the third distance is greater than Said second distance.
A detecting device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein

The processor is further configured to send, by the transceiver, second indication information to a vehicle other than a second distance from the detecting device, where the second indication information includes information of a lane whose state is idle.
The detecting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the second indication information further comprises a lane type of each of the free lanes, the lane type including a non-stop electronic toll collection system ETC lane or an artificial semi-automatic toll collection system MTC lane.
The detecting device according to claim 6, wherein the current lane is a non-stop electronic toll collection system ETC lane.