REAL-TIME TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TOPOLOGY CONTROL-COMBINED TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL AND DYNAMIC ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM USING IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATOR WITH BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION AND PARKING GUIDANCE AND RESERVATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME

• US 20150219463A1
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Korea University)
• Original Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Korea University)
• Inventors: KANG, Chung Gu
• Granted Patent: US 9,734,710 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/07 Controlling traffic signals
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096855 where the output is provided in a suitable form to the driver details on I/O arrangements for onboard navigation computers G01C21/36
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 inside the vehicles

Abstract

Provided are a real-time traffic flow control and dynamic route guidance system, a parking guidance system using the same, and a method thereof capable of guiding a vehicle distribution. and a transportation flow by collecting positional information, destination information, a vehicle moving speed, and the like from each vehicle in real time at one or a plurality of central centers by using an in-vehicle navigator with bidirectional communication and a GPS to dynamically calculate and provide an optimal route of an individual vehicle so as to make a flow of the entire transportation network smooth and perform a control for a transportation network structure through various kinds of traffic control devices installed on roads.

Claims

1. A real-time transportation network topology control-combined traffic flow control and dynamic route guidance system using an in-vehicle navigator with bidirectional, communication, the system comprising:

a driver device receiving destination information and receiving and displaying route information for an inputted destination;

a central center receiving and collecting positional information, speed information, and destination information of the vehicle from the driver device, providing the route information reflecting real-time traffic information to which the collected information is reflected to the driver device, and performing a traffic flow optimization algorithm including variation of the transportation network topology through one or more of selective variation of a road progress direction and a change in reversible lanes by using the collected information to generate transportation network topology control information; and

a transportation network topology control system controlling at least one of traffic signals, road, directional signals, and the number of bidirectional reversible lanes according to the transportation network topology control information received from the central center.

2. A parking guidance system using an in-vehicle navigator with bidirectional communication, the system comprising:

a driver device receiving destination information and receiving and displaying route information for an inputted destination;

a central center receiving and collecting positional information, speed information, and destination information of the vehicle from the driver device, providing the route information reflecting real-time traffic information to which the collected information is reflected to the driver device, and performing a traffic flow optimization algorithm including variation of the transportation network topology through one or more of selective variation of a road, progress direction and a change in reversible lanes by using the collected information to generate transportation network topology control information;

a transportation network topology control system controlling at least one of traffic signals, road directional signals, and the number of bidirectional reversible lanes according to the transportation network topology control information received from the central center; and

a real-time parking guidance system receiving parking information from each parking lot in the real time to store the parking information in a database, receiving parking reservation for the destination from the driver device, and providing the parking information for at least one parking lot close to the destination in the parking information stored in the database to the driver device.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

a parking manager device registering parking manager information to the real-time parking guidance system and receiving parking reservation application by the real-time parking guidance system to approve the parking reservation.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the driver device is an in-vehicle navigation device installed in the vehicle.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the driver device is a smart phone in which an application displaying the route information and processing a function related with the parking reservation is installed.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the parking information provided to the driver device includes one or more selected from parking lot identification information, information on the number of parking vehicles, a distance from the destination, and parking charge information.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the real-time parking guidance system researches at least one of parking lot information by considering an estimated arrival time of the inputted destination for the vehicle.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the real-time parking guidance system provides calculation information for the parking charge to the parking management system of the reserved parking lot.

9. A real-time transportation network topology control-combined traffic flow control and dynamic route guidance method using an in-vehicle navigator with bidirectional communication, the method comprising:

receiving destination information and receiving and displaying route information for an Inputted destination, by a driver device;

receiving and collecting positional information, speed information, and destination information of the vehicle from the driver device, providing the route information reflecting real-time traffic information to which the collected information is reflected to the driver device, and performing a traffic flow optimization algorithm including variation of the transportation network topology through one or more of selective variation of a road progress direction and a change in reversible lanes by using the collected information to generate transportation network topology control information, by a central center; and

controlling at least one of traffic signals, road directional signals, and the number of bidirectional reversible lanes according to the transportation network topology control information received from the central center, by a transportation network topology control system.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising a set of instructions, when executed, arranged to cause a computer to implement the method according to claim 9.

10. A parking guidance method using an in-vehicle navigator with bidirectional communication, the method comprising;

in a parking guidance method using an in-vehicle navigator with bidirectional communication,

respective steps performed by a real-time parking guidance system includes

receiving parking information from each parking lot in the real time, and storing the parking information in a database ;

providing destination information from a driver-device;

researching the parking information for at least one parking lot close to the destination in the parking information stored in the database; and

transmitting the researched parking information for at least one parking lot to the driver device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

after the transmitting of the parking information to the driver device,

receiving reservation for one parking lot selected from the driver device;

applying parking reservation to a parking management device of the reserved parking lot; and

receiving a reservation approval result, from the parking management, device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the driver device is an in-vehicle navigation device installed in the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the driver device is a smart phone in which an application displaying the route information and processing a function related with the parking reservation is installed.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the parking information provided to the driver device is one or more selected from parking lot identification information, information on the number of parking vehicles, a distance from the destination, and parking charge information.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the real-time parking guidance system researches at least one of parking lot information by considering an estimated arrival time of the inputted destination for the vehicle.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the real-time parking guidance system provides calculation information for the parking charge to the parking management system of the reserved parking lot.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising a set of instructions, when executed, arranged to cause a computer to implement the method according to claim 10.