Speed violation control system using dedicated short-range communication

• US 7,081,833 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2003
• Issued: 07/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Jo, Yeong-Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C.
• Application Number:
  US10/731,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20040257245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/936
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/052 with provision for determining speed or overspeed speed measuring in general G01P
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station

Abstract

A speed violation control system using a dedicated short-range communication comprises Road-Side Equipment for transmitting the speed information of a vehicle and for receiving processed results and On-Board Equipment mounted inside the vehicle to transmit the speed information of the vehicle to the RSE and then receive the processed result from the RSE. The system notifies a driver of certain control details in real time and prevents vehicle accidents in advance via warning messages when the vehicle exceeds a safe speed zone, thus eliminating the manpower needed to examine photographs of speeding vehicles.

Claims

1. A speed violation control system using dedicated short-range communication, comprising:

Road-Side Equipment (RSE) for transmitting information regarding vehicle speed and for receiving processed results;

On-Board Equipment (OBE) mounted inside a vehicle for transmitting information regarding vehicle speed to said RSE and for receiving the processed result from said RSE;

an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) for receiving the information regarding the vehicle speed from a speed detecting sensor to output it to said OBE and to reproduce the processed result inputted from said OBE in a voice format via a voice output means; and

a traffic information center for analyzing the information of the vehicle speed received from said RSE and outputting the processed result to said RSE according to the analysis.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the traffic information center determines whether the speed of a vehicle transmitted from said RSE is in the scope of a warning speed range, and if so, transmits a warning message to said RSE.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the traffic information center determines whether the speed of the vehicle transmitted from said RSE exceeds a speed limit, and if so, transmits a fine message and a control message to said RSE.