EP1542191A1 - Identifikationsverfahren und -Anlage eines sich bewegenden Fahrzeuges - Google Patents

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EP1542191A1
EP1542191A1 EP04292606A EP04292606A EP1542191A1 EP 1542191 A1 EP1542191 A1 EP 1542191A1 EP 04292606 A EP04292606 A EP 04292606A EP 04292606 A EP04292606 A EP 04292606A EP 1542191 A1 EP1542191 A1 EP 1542191A1
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    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/01—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
    • G08G1/017—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled identifying vehicles
    • G08G1/0175—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled identifying vehicles by photographing vehicles, e.g. when violating traffic rules
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    • G08G1/01—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
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  • the present invention relates to the field of identifying a vehicle traveling on a road, or the like.
  • This identification is notably implemented in the field of control of traffic conditions, and mainly the speed of motor vehicles.
  • the identification of a vehicle usually includes at least identification of the vehicle registration number. Depending on the type of carried out, it may also include a number of elements additional information relating to the identification of specific features of that vehicle or to its occupants, generally relating to offenses committed by the driver or passengers, eg speeding, lack of safety belt, use of a mobile phone by the driver etc.
  • Offenses can be detected using devices such as a radar, a laser or a pair of pneumatic detectors in the case of speed control.
  • a camera is triggered after detection of the offense, to provide an image of the vehicle for reading the license plate and usually to see the driver's face (or another element in the passenger compartment representative of a possible offense: a laptop in the driver's ear, a seatbelt not put, etc.).
  • Document FR 2 797 081 describes a method and an apparatus identification of a registered motor vehicle for identification purposes of vehicles.
  • the method described is particularly suitable for the identification of vehicles equipped with retro reflective plates.
  • two photographs are taken successively, one with a flash of powerful flash to get a good picture of the driver's face through the windshield glass, the other with a less powerful flash of flash to get a good picture of the license plate.
  • the identification of registration number is thus achieved with the help of a specific photo, a another photo allowing the identification of the driver's face.
  • This technique requires two flashes of flash, so means, besides flash wear, an obligation to have two operations successive photography, so a processing capacity of vehicles in a given lower time.
  • the present invention aims at providing a method and a device identification of a vehicle traveling on a predetermined path which overcome the limitations of the techniques of the prior art.
  • the method according to the invention proposes an identification technique the registration of a vehicle that can be carried out automatically, regardless of the offense, and to reduce flash wear and processing time. Indeed, it allows with a single flash of flash to get a representation of the license plate and any element of the predetermined cabin located behind the windshield, in the cockpit.
  • a identification according to the invention can be carried out without the intervention of a operator to frame the photos.
  • the method according to the invention also makes it possible to carry out the identification vehicles with treated windshields, which in particular prevent the reflection in the direction of the means of shooting, signals in the spectral range of the near infrared.
  • the second means of shooting so that they selectively attenuate the intensity of the received signals belonging to the visible spectral band compared to that of the received signals belonging to the near infrared spectral band, with the added benefit of reducing shadows on the plate and therefore a better readability of it.
  • the attenuation is for example carried out at least with the aid of a filter located upstream of the second optical device, that is to say between the scene at photograph and the optical device.
  • Attenuation can be achieved using at least one filter located in the second optical device, and / or between the second device optical and the second sensor.
  • the attenuation is carried out at least by means of a transmitting filter mainly, if not exclusively, signals from the infrared domain close.
  • the first means of shooting so that they attenuate selectively the intensity of the received signals belonging to the spectral band near infrared compared to the received signals belonging to the band spectral visible.
  • the attenuation provided by the first means of shooting is performed for example at least using a filter located upstream of the first optical device, and / or at least with a filter located in the first optical device and / or between the first optical device and the first sensor.
  • the attenuation is carried out at least using a filter transmitting mainly or exclusively, signals from the visible domain.
  • At least one other setting parameters of at least one of the first and second shooting means comprising at least the sensitivity and / or exposure time and / or aperture and / or gain.
  • the invention proposes a system identification of vehicles traveling on a specified trajectory and comprising a conductor and a license plate, comprising means for implementing a method according to the first aspect of the invention.
  • the vehicle identification system may further comprise means transmission systems functionally associated with a transmission path of digital data, and clean, in the event of infringement found relating to a vehicle, to transmit digital data representative of the first and second shots made for said vehicle.
  • the vehicle identification system may comprise means to extract two shots taken for a vehicle, an image unique combination of both a representation of the license plate and a representation of the chosen element. This provision reduces the volume of data to be transmitted and / or manipulated, and may furthermore allow remove from the final image non-useful information to highlight infringement, for example breach of privacy (In particular we can remove the representation of the passenger).
  • the required flow defines the type and capacity of the link to use.
  • FIG. 1 is represented a radar 1, comprising an antenna radar 2 installed at the edge of a road 3, and controlled by a control unit of radar 4.
  • the radar 1 is for example a radar adapted to perform speed checks.
  • the radar is associated with a detection field corresponding to a beam of waves emitted by the antenna 2.
  • the radar 1 is connected to a device 8 for identifying vehicles in displacement arranged according to the invention.
  • the control unit 4 of the radar 1 transmits on this link signals to a control box 9 of the device 8.
  • the device 8 comprises a flash 17, comprising a light source 17a emitting in a spectral band comprising the visible range (wavelengths typically between 0.4 and 0.75 ⁇ m), and from the near infrared (wavelengths between 0.75 ⁇ m and 1.5 ⁇ m).
  • the flash 17 further comprises an optical device for projecting luminous flux 17b on the scene to photograph.
  • the device 8 comprises in a digital shooting system 7, such as a camera or video camera.
  • This system 7 has a optical device 7a and a sensor 7b of the CCD type ("Charge-Coupled Device") or CMOS ("Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor”) or any other sensor.
  • the shooting system is suitable for shooting an image in the visible spectrum.
  • the device 8 further comprises a second camera system digital 10, such as a camera or a video camera type.
  • This system 10 comprises an optical device 10a and a sensor 10b of the CCD type ("Charge-Coupled Device") or CMOS ("Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) or any other sensor.
  • the shooting system is adapted to Shooting digital images in the near-infrared spectrum.
  • the flash 17 and the cameras 7 and 10 are in the case considered suitable for emitting illumination, respectively to capture images, on receipt of respective orders almost simultaneous in from the control box 9.
  • the orders come from an operator.
  • the device 8 comprises an image processing module 11 operating on images captured by the shooting systems 7 and 10.
  • the device 8 furthermore comprises a memory 12 making it possible to store images.
  • the device 8 also comprises a transmission block 13, which transmits data on a digital data transmission channel 14, to a national center for the exploitation of these data.
  • the communication link 14 may be a dedicated link, by fiber optical, by wired electrical conductor (connection type modem, ADSL or ethernet), via a radio link, or can be a public radio link GPRS or GSM type, adapted to the required transmission capacity and enabling a reduction in transmission and installation costs.
  • a predetermined location is defined L shooting a vehicle found in violation and traveling on the road 3.
  • the setting parameters of the shooting system 7 (axis aiming, zoom etc.) so that any shooting of a detected vehicle in the predetermined location L and obtained from the pickup system view 7 shows the face of the driver of the vehicle.
  • the setting parameters of the shooting system 10 (axis aiming, zoom etc.) so that any shooting of a detected vehicle in the predetermined location L and obtained from the pickup system view 10 shows the license plate of the vehicle.
  • P1 and P2 shots of a vehicle detected in position L obtained respectively by the camera system 7 and the camera system. in one embodiment shown in FIGS. 3.
  • the waves reflected by a vehicle 16 traveling on the road 3 and present in the detection field of the radar are picked up by the antenna 2 of the radar and analyzed in the control unit 4, which calculates the speed of the vehicle 16, and compares this calculated speed with a maximum speed allowed predefined.
  • the control unit 4 sends to the control box 9 of the device 8, a signal causing the sending from the housing 9, to the flash 17, a command illumination and sending almost simultaneous from the housing 9, to the systems of shooting 7 and 10, of respective commands of shooting and this with when the vehicle is in the determined shooting position L previously (this moment is determined by the housing 9 according to the estimated speed for the vehicle).
  • the time between the first command and the last command is a maximum of 15 ms.
  • the Shooting systems 7 and 10 each capture an image of the vehicle 16.
  • the image I1 captured by the shooting system 7 contains the face of the driver and the image I2 captured by the camera system 10 contains the numberplate. These images I1 and I2 are stored in the memory 12.
  • a method according to the invention thus allows with a single flash of flash to obtain an identification of the vehicle, including the representation of the license plate and that of the driver's face. According to the modes of realization, we will choose an element other than the driver's face and located behind the windshield, in the cockpit.
  • the shooting system 7 is particularly suitable for producing a shot of a windshield not returning infrared. Similarly the shooting system 7 is particularly suitable for making a take view of reflective plates mainly infrared.
  • the dimensions of the location area predetermined L or the accuracy of the detection of the presence of a vehicle in this area L can not guarantee that on an image taken by the system of shooting 7, it will not appear a part of plate registration, or that on an image taken by the system of grip from view 10, it will not appear a portion of the windshield.
  • a filter 18 can be disposed in the pickup system 10 upstream of the optical device 10a, reducing the intensity of the the visible spectral band.
  • the filter can transmit only the signals of the infrared spectral band.
  • a filter performing similar operations can in another mode in the optical device 10a or between the 10a optical device and the sensor 10b (it is in this case preferably placed on the sensitive area of the sensor 10b).
  • the filter in the shooting system 7 (inside or upstream of the optical device 10a, or between the optical device 7a and the sensor 7b) reducing the intensity of the signals of the infrared spectral band.
  • the filter can transmit exclusively the signals of the band spectral visible.
  • the processing module 11 is adapted to apply digital processing to I1 images and I2 relating to a vehicle 16 and stored in the memory 12.
  • This treatment makes it possible, for example, to isolate the plate image fraction F corresponding to the license plate on the image I2 supplied by the camera system 10, by referring to a base, also stored in memory 12, of models plate standards.
  • a character recognition program can then be applied to the F- plate image fraction.
  • This character recognition program provides N number of license estimated from the fraction F image plate, with a confidence score associated P N.
  • the module 11 applies for example a treatment digital image on the image 11 obtained by the shooting system 7, allowing to isolate the driver's face from the vehicle 16 (in one embodiment other, it can isolate the representation of the windshield of the vehicle and of what appear through it, or isolate the seat belt or the telephone portable hand held by the driver).
  • the set of digital data corresponding to the images I1 and 12, and / or the estimated registration number N with the associated confidence score P N , and / or to the image fractions F plate and F face , and to the Speed violation V are then selected and assembled, and then delivered by the control box 9 to the transmission block 13.
  • the image 11 may be sent with only the fraction F visible face (and the other parts of the image 11 hidden) to preserve private information (in particular, the passenger (s) can not be identified).
  • the image processing module 11 will be able to reconstruct a single image I from the images I1 and I2, providing the representation of both the driver's face and the license plate (this in order to reduce the volume of data to be transmitted while retaining relevant information).
  • the transmission block 13 compresses, shapes at least some of these data (depending on the chosen embodiment), then the sends, via the communication link 14, to the exploitation center 15.
  • the administrative operations for example: editing and recording the report infringement comprising the data sent by the transmission block 13, the amount of the fine corresponding to the infringement committed by the driver of the vehicle 16, determination of the driver's from the estimated number of the license plate and sending the statement infringement.
  • the number of data transmitted by way of transmission is thus limited and can be further reduced by compression techniques. Account given the image processing implemented according to the invention, the data numbers sent on the transmission channel (s) are very reduced, relevant and of good quality.
  • a method and system according to the invention provides a representation the number plate of a vehicle and the driver's face, only requires a flash of flash. They avoid obtaining images unusable in the prior art due to the characteristics of very different reflections of the various elements that can appear in the image. They are particularly suitable for the characteristics of strong reflection in infrared plate and low transmission of new windshields treated to prevent the passage of infrared rays in the passenger compartment and therefore overheating, this for the purpose of passenger comfort.

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