Radio-communication vehicle identification system
First Claim
1. A radio-communication vehicle identification apparatus comprising:
- first radio communication means mounted on a vehicle;
second radio communication means placed at a gate through which the vehicle passes to perform radio communication with said first radio communication means;
directional finding means for measuring an arrival angle of a radio signal transmitted from said first radio communication means with respect to a reference direction;
vehicle classification means for detecting a length of the vehicle on the basis of image data obtained by photographing the vehicle and classifying the vehicle on the basis of a detection result; and
vehicle identification means for, when the vehicle has reached a predetermined position on the gate, determining whether the arrival angle output from said directional finding means falls within an arrival angle range of the radio signal from said first radio communication means, which corresponds to vehicle classification data output from said vehicle classification means, and identifying the vehicle having said first radio communication means on the basis of a determination result.
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Abstract
A radio-communication vehicle identification apparatus includes first and second radio communication units, a directional finding unit, a vehicle classification unit, and a vehicle identification unit. The first radio communication unit is mounted on a vehicle. The second radio communication unit is placed at a gate through which the vehicle passes to perform radio communication with the first radio communication unit. The directional finding unit measures an arrival angle of a radio signal transmitted from the first radio communication unit with respect to a reference direction. The vehicle classification unit detects a length of the vehicle on the basis of image data obtained by photographing the vehicle and classifies the vehicle on the basis of a detection result. When the vehicle has reached a predetermined position on the gate, the vehicle identification unit determines whether the arrival angle output from the directional finding unit falls within an arrival angle range of the radio signal from the first radio communication unit, which corresponds to vehicle classification data output from the vehicle classification unit, and identifies the vehicle having the first radio communication unit on the basis of a determination result.
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19 Claims
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1. A radio-communication vehicle identification apparatus comprising:
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first radio communication means mounted on a vehicle; second radio communication means placed at a gate through which the vehicle passes to perform radio communication with said first radio communication means; directional finding means for measuring an arrival angle of a radio signal transmitted from said first radio communication means with respect to a reference direction; vehicle classification means for detecting a length of the vehicle on the basis of image data obtained by photographing the vehicle and classifying the vehicle on the basis of a detection result; and vehicle identification means for, when the vehicle has reached a predetermined position on the gate, determining whether the arrival angle output from said directional finding means falls within an arrival angle range of the radio signal from said first radio communication means, which corresponds to vehicle classification data output from said vehicle classification means, and identifying the vehicle having said first radio communication means on the basis of a determination result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7)
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5. A radio-communication vehicle identification apparatus comprising:
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first radio communication means mounted on a vehicle; second radio communication means placed at a gate through which the vehicle passes to perform radio communication with said first radio communication means; directional finding means for measuring an arrival angle of a radio signal transmitted from said first radio communication means with respect to a reference direction; vehicle classification means for detecting a length of the vehicle on the basis of image data obtained by photographing the vehicle and classifying the vehicle on the basis of a detection result; and vehicle identification means for, when the vehicle has reached a predetermined position on the gate, determining whether the arrival angle output from said directional finding means falls within an arrival angle range of the radio signal from said first radio communication means, which corresponds to vehicle classification data output from said vehicle classification means, and identifying the vehicle having said first radio communication means on the basis of a determination result; wherein said vehicle identification means comprises; first determination means for, when the vehicle has reached the predetermined position on the gate, determining whether the arrival angle is output from said directional finding means; second determination means for obtaining one of a plurality of arrival angle ranges of the radio signal from said first radio communication means, which are set in advance, in accordance with the vehicle classification data from said vehicle classification means, and determining whether the arrival angle output from said directional finding means falls within the obtained arrival angle range; and third determination means for determining, on the basis of determination results from said first and second determination means, whether the vehicle reaching the predetermined position is the vehicle having the first radio communication means.
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6. A radio-communication vehicle identification apparatus comprising:
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first radio communication means mounted on a vehicle; second radio communication means placed at a gate through which the vehicle passes to perform radio communication with said first radio communication means; directional finding means for measuring an arrival angle of a radio signal transmitted from said first radio communication means with respect to a reference direction; vehicle classification means for detecting a length of the vehicle on the basis of image data obtained by photographing the vehicle and classifying the vehicle on the basis of a detection result; vehicle identification means for, when the vehicle has reached a predetermined position on the gate, determining whether the arrival angle output from said directional finding means falls within an arrival angle range of the radio signal from said first radio communication means, which corresponds to vehicle classification data output from said vehicle classification means, and identifying the vehicle having said first radio communication means on the basis of a determination result; and detection means for detecting that the vehicle has reached the predetermined position on the gate, and wherein the predetermined position is set at a position where said directional finding means can detect the arrival angle of the radio signal from said first radio communication means.
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8. A radio-communication vehicle identification apparatus comprising:
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a first radio communication device mounted on a vehicle; a second radio communication device placed at a location through which the vehicle passes, for performing radio communication with said first radio communication device; a directional finder for measuring an arrival angle of a radio signal transmitted from said first radio communication device with respect to a reference direction; a vehicle classification device for classifying on the basis of image data obtained by photographing the vehicle; a vehicle length detector for detecting the length of the vehicle on the basis of the image data, classifying the vehicle on the basis of the detected vehicle length, and outputting the vehicle classification data; and a vehicle identifier for when the vehicle has reached a predetermined position, determining whether the arrival angle output from said directional finder falls within an arrival angle range of the radio signal from said first radio communication device, which corresponds to vehicle classification data output from said vehicle classification device, and identifying the vehicle having said first radio communication device on the basis of a determination result. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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