RU87820U1 - INTERACTIVE SYSTEM OF COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROAD SITUATION AND EASY NOTIFICATION OF ITS PARTICIPANTS USING MEANS OF CELLULAR COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS AND GLOBAL INFORMATION NETWORKS - Google Patents

Abstract

“An interactive system for collecting information about the traffic situation and prompt notification of its participants using cellular communications, navigation satellite systems and global information networks” refers to technical means of improving vehicle safety, protecting and saving a person, and ensuring driver comfort in urban traffic conditions , outside of settlements and on major highways.

The car of the participant of the system (client) is equipped with a mobile phone that supports packet data mode, a module of the GPS / GLONASS satellite navigation system connected to the phone.

The phone is also equipped with special software that allows it:

1. easily and quickly enter data about the significant event he observes in a traffic situation and automatically send them to a server on the Internet through the packet data channel of a cell phone,

2. automatically and efficiently receive data from the server on the Internet with new changes in the roadmap,

3. make quick automated requests for special services in any region of the Russian Federation.

When driving past a significant road event, a system participant presses a button on the cell phone keypad or additional keyboard.

An event data packet is formed, consisting of a signal about a traffic event taking place and data on the vehicle’s current coordinates, which are determined by the GPS / GLONASS satellite navigation system module, either built into the telephone or an external information channel connected to the telephone.

The generated data packet (identifying the type of event and the event point) is transmitted via the packet data channel of the cell phone to a server located in the global information network, where after processing it is registered in the database.

Server programs check the incoming event signal for accuracy and after statistical processing place the event in the roadmap plan. At the request of the client (periodic or asynchronous), the server sends an updated version of the roadmap to the client.

The database maintains a list of external (with respect to the system) users, exchanges data with them, and, if necessary, determines and calls an emergency service (the closest in geographical area) to the service

The client’s place program monitors the position of the traffic participant using GPS signals and, having a constantly updated map of the traffic situation, when approaching the appropriate place, gives sound signals to the client, notifying the latter, and thereby warns the driver about upcoming features of the driving route.

Thus, the proposed system provides an operational collection of information about the traffic situation, data analysis and processing, distribution of a roadmap with the latest changes in the traffic situation, notification (warning) of the system participants about these changes in real time, communication with external users of the system for organizing interaction between participants in the system and third-party participants, thereby increasing information

Description

Technical field

The proposed interactive system relates to technical means of improving vehicle safety, protecting and saving a person, and providing driver comfort when driving on city roads, outside populated areas, and on major highways.

A prerequisite for using this invention is the massive use of mobile cellular communications with packet data channels (GPRS), as well as the widespread use of satellite navigation systems (GPS, GLONASS, etc.), the widespread use of access points to the global Internet information network.

It is known that in conditions of heavy car traffic in urban conditions, situations often arise that impede normal traffic - such as traffic jams, accidents, potholes, faulty traffic lights, temporary places for speed limits (road works), places with limited visibility (fog, smog) , detours, places of any other deviations in the road environment.

Rapid monitoring of changes in the road situation and timely notification of road users about them would allow the latter to choose the route more optimally, relieve traffic, choose the right speed mode and thereby improve traffic safety and comfort.

At the same time, the involvement of road users themselves in the collection of operational information on the road situation would increase the effectiveness of tracking the situation.

State of the art

Currently, there are several systems that partially perform the above functions.

For example, SOS systems for highways (RF patents Nos. 2,090.777, 2.183.351; US patents Nos. 4,753.895, 4.816.893, and others).

These systems are used to quickly report a traffic accident to the nearest points of medical and technical assistance.

In the patent application RU 99117430/09 ("COMPLEX CONTROL SYSTEM OF TRANSPORT MOTION"), the central computer of the system controls controlled traffic signs located in the system coverage area.

Known "REGULATION SYSTEM OF ROAD TRANSPORT" on the application RU 97119832/09. The invention relates to systems for regulating the movement of vehicles. The system contains a central computer to collect information about the situation on the carriageway, obtained using cameras installed at the carriageway. The vehicles of the subscribers are equipped with computers that have radio communication with the central computer for receiving encoded signals about the situation on the roadway with the possibility of visual reproduction on the monitor of the information received, notifying subscribers about traffic jams, their causes, duration and issuing recommendations on the preferred route to the intended paragraph.

These are highly specialized systems that perform individual tasks that require special hardware for their functioning, which means that they are expensive to implement and maintain. In addition, a large amount of hardware leads to greater energy consumption from the car.

Disclosure of the invention.

The technical task of this invention is to create an interactive information system that allows you to quickly collect data on changes in the situation on the roads by the system participants themselves, create a road map (in constant update mode) available to all participants in the system, and also promptly notify road users about changes in road conditions: - rain, ice, fog (poor visibility), landslide, potholes and holes, destruction, storms, hurricanes, accidents, detours, faulty traffic lights.

Another objective of the system is the ability to perform the functions of an SOS system.

The technical result from the use of the present invention is:

- collecting data on the current situation on the road and transferring them to the server,

- operational change and addition of the roadmap,

- transfer of traffic data to other road users about changes in the traffic situation along the route.

- sound warning the driver about the features of the route along the route.

Another technical result from the use of the present invention is a significant expansion of the functionality of the system with respect to similar systems and minimizing the cost of the entire system and its operation through the use of off-the-shelf hardware parts of the system (cell phone, GPS / GLONASS module, IBM PC compatible computer) and as much as possible possible solutions to emerging problems by software.

Technical results are provided by the claimed system.

A brief description of the drawings.

A general view and structure of an interactive system is shown in FIG. 1.

The interaction of the system participants with the data server is shown in Fig.2.

The implementation of the invention.

System device:

The car of the participant of the system (client) is equipped with a mobile phone that supports packet data mode, a module of the GPS / GLONASS satellite navigation system connected to the phone.

The phone is also equipped with special software that allows it:

1. promptly enter data on the significant event he observes in a traffic situation and automatically send them to a server on the Internet through the packet data channel of a cell phone,

2. automatically and efficiently receive data from the server on the Internet with new changes in the roadmap,

3. make quick automated requests for special services in any region of the Russian Federation.

4. form other requests in the database (up to a request for the location of hotels and gas stations along the route ...)

The terminal can be cell phones that support the ability to execute programs written in the JAVA language or any communicators, smartphones.

The system operates as follows.

Each road event is assigned an event identifier.

When a car passes by such a road event, an event data package is formed, consisting of a signal about the ongoing road event and data on the vehicle’s current coordinates, which are determined by the GPS / GLONASS satellite navigation system module, either built into the phone or external information connected to the phone channel.

The generated data packet (identifying the type of event and the event point) is transmitted via the packet data channel of the cell phone to a server located in the global information network, where after processing it is registered in the database.

Specialized software in the phone (Client Seat Program) monitors the position of the traffic participant using GPS signals and, having a traffic map constantly loaded from the server, when approaching the appropriate place, gives sound signals to the client, notifying the latter, and thereby warns the driver about upcoming features route of movement. The client place program filters (at the client’s choice) the issuance of alerts about traffic events.

Server programs check the incoming event signal for accuracy and after statistical processing place the event in the roadmap. At the request of the client (periodic or asynchronous), the server sends an updated version of the roadmap to the client.

The database registers and records users of the system, checks the signal of events from users for validity, and after statistical processing places the event in the roadmap plan, determines the time the event exists and deletes the event from the map plan after its expiration, monitors the status of customers , leads the client along the route in case of a request from the client for such an operation, sending commands.

The database also maintains a list of external (with respect to the system) users, exchanges data with them, and, if necessary, determines and calls an emergency service (closest in geographical area) to the service.

Thus, the proposed system provides an operational collection of information about the traffic situation, data analysis and processing, distribution of a roadmap with the latest changes in the traffic situation, notification (warning) of the system participants about these changes in real time, communication with external users of the system to organize interaction between participants in the system and third-party participants, thereby increasing the awareness of system participants, the comfort of traffic on the roads, and safety.

Claims (1)

An interactive system for collecting traffic information and prompt notification of users using cellular communications, navigation satellite systems and global information networks, consisting of a mobile cellular communications device with a packet data reception and transmission channel, a GPS / GLONASS satellite navigation system module, a processing software module information in a mobile device, a set of programs on a server in the global information network, which allows you to quickly collect data on changes situations on the road, by transmitting a signal about a specific road event to a mobile device connected to a mobile operator via a packet data channel to a server in the global information network and processing information on the server, making a change to the traffic map and returning the updated map to all mobile devices connected to the system for processing the current situation with the device software module and generating an audible alert when a participant’s car approaches the spot of a concre Foot traffic events