本發明係關於一種行車資訊系統，尤係關於一種可提供包含車牌記錄及經緯度資料之行車記錄資料的行車資訊系統。The invention relates to a driving information system, in particular to a driving information system capable of providing driving record data including license plate records and latitude and longitude data.
目前有許多影像式的行車記錄器，其可錄取前方行車場景，行車影像在某些情況下相當有用，例如當發生交通事故時，影像資訊便可判斷當時事故發生的原因，釐清雙方責任歸屬。At present, there are many video-type driving recorders, which can take pictures of the driving directions ahead. The driving images are quite useful in some cases. For example, in the event of a traffic accident, the image information can determine the cause of the accident and clarify the responsibility of both parties.
然而，行車影像在判讀影像資料時需要較多的時間，並且行車影像的資料量較大，一般行車記錄器多以覆寫方式將舊的資料抹除，因此，可能造成需要行車影像進行舉證時，資料已被抹除的情形。However, the driving image requires more time when interpreting the image data, and the amount of data of the driving image is large. Generally, the driving recorder mostly erases the old data by overwriting, and thus may cause the driving image to be proved. , the situation where the data has been erased.
綜合上述，提供一種可有效分析行車影像的行車記錄器是目前需努力的目標。In summary, it is currently an effort to provide a driving recorder that can effectively analyze driving images.
本發明係提供一種行車資訊系統，其可於車輛行駛狀態之中，獲取多項行車資料，並進行記錄。此行車資訊系統可用以提供包含車牌記錄及經緯度資料之行車記錄資料。The present invention provides a driving information system that can acquire and record a plurality of driving materials in a driving state of the vehicle. This driving information system can be used to provide driving record data including license plate records and latitude and longitude data.
依據本發明之一實施例，一種設置於一車體的行車資訊系統，包括及一第一影像擷取裝置及一主體。第一影像擷取裝置為設置於車體並用以擷取車體之一車前影像。主體設置於車體之內並與第一影像擷取裝置通訊連結，主體包含：一影像辨識模組、一全球定位系統模組、一中央處理器及一儲存單元。影像辨識模組用以接收車前影像，並用以依據一車牌特徵值辨識車前影像之中的多個車牌，以獲得一車牌記錄。全球定位系統模組用以定位車體之一經緯度資料。一中央處理器，用以關聯車牌記錄及經緯度資料，以得到一行車記錄資料。一儲存單元，用以儲存行車記錄資料。According to an embodiment of the present invention, a driving information system disposed in a vehicle body includes a first image capturing device and a main body. The first image capturing device is disposed on the vehicle body and is used to capture a front image of the vehicle body. The main body is disposed in the vehicle body and is communicatively coupled to the first image capturing device. The main body comprises: an image recognition module, a global positioning system module, a central processing unit and a storage unit. The image recognition module is configured to receive a front image of the vehicle and to identify a plurality of license plates in the front image according to a license plate characteristic value to obtain a license plate record. The GPS module is used to locate one of the latitude and longitude data of the vehicle body. A central processing unit for correlating license plate records and latitude and longitude data to obtain a row of vehicle record data. A storage unit for storing driving record data.
本發明上述及其他態樣、特性及優勢可由附圖及實施例之說明而可更加了解。The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the description of the appended claims.
請參照圖1為流程圖顯示依據本發明一實施例之行車資訊系統。本發明之行車資訊系統包括一第一影像擷取裝置11及一主體2，其中第一影像擷取裝置11與主體2通訊連結。第一影像擷取裝置11設置於車體並用以擷取車體之一車前影像。舉例而言，第一影像擷取裝置11裝設在車輛的前擋風玻璃上，可以擷取車輛前方一段距離內之空間影像。但第一影像擷取裝置11的設置位置應不以為限，其他可擷取車輛前方之影像的車體或車外位置亦為可行。1 is a flow chart showing a driving information system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The driving information system of the present invention includes a first image capturing device 11 and a main body 2, wherein the first image capturing device 11 is communicatively coupled to the main body 2. The first image capturing device 11 is disposed on the vehicle body and is used to capture a front image of the vehicle body. For example, the first image capturing device 11 is mounted on the front windshield of the vehicle and can capture a spatial image within a distance of the front of the vehicle. However, the position of the first image capturing device 11 should not be limited, and other vehicle body or vehicle exterior positions that can capture the image in front of the vehicle are also feasible.
此外，請參照圖2為流程圖顯示依據本發明另一實施例之影像擷取流程。其中，第一影像擷取裝置11可具有雙重鏡頭，(例如一左側鏡頭111及一右側鏡頭112)，以同時錄影左右車道。其中第一影像擷取裝置11更包含可由一影像集成模組113以集成左側鏡頭111及右側鏡頭112所擷取之影像，以形成車前影像，結合於同一畫面以便由影像辨識模組21進行分析。In addition, please refer to FIG. 2 for a flow chart showing an image capturing process according to another embodiment of the present invention. The first image capturing device 11 can have a dual lens (for example, a left lens 111 and a right lens 112) to simultaneously record left and right lanes. The first image capturing device 11 further includes an image captured by the image integration module 113 to integrate the left lens 111 and the right lens 112 to form a front image, which is combined with the same image for being performed by the image recognition module 21. analysis.
此外為增加擷取影像之品質，本發明之第一影像擷取裝置11可採取寬動態顯示技術(wide dynamic range,WDR)，藉以同時增加場景中亮部及暗部的影像品質，以減少夜晚燈光所造成的眩光。In addition, in order to increase the quality of the captured image, the first image capturing device 11 of the present invention can adopt a wide dynamic range (WDR) to simultaneously increase the image quality of the bright portion and the dark portion of the scene to reduce the night light. The glare caused.
車前影像可由主體2之中的影像辨識模組21接收，並依據一車牌特徵值辨識車前影像之中的多個車牌，以獲得一車牌記錄。影像辨識模組21可由數位訊號處理器(digital signal processor,DSP)即時處理影像的數位訊號，並進行車牌辨識。The front image of the vehicle can be received by the image recognition module 21 in the main body 2, and a plurality of license plates in the front image of the vehicle are recognized according to a license plate characteristic value to obtain a license plate record. The image recognition module 21 can process the digital signal of the image and perform license plate recognition by a digital signal processor (DSP).
車牌辨識技術是以電腦、圖像處理、模糊識別等技術為基礎，建立移動中車輛的特徵模型，加以識別(比如車牌、車型、顏色等)，並著重在獲取高速行進中的車輛圖像及清晰度等問題。車牌辨識技術可檢測影像中的車輛，並可自動蒐尋車牌資訊(包含中文字元、英文字母、阿拉伯數字及車牌顏色)，然後進行處理與識別的技術。The license plate recognition technology is based on computer, image processing, fuzzy recognition and other technologies to establish a feature model of the moving vehicle, such as license plates, models, colors, etc., and focus on obtaining vehicle images in high-speed travel. Problems such as clarity. The license plate recognition technology detects vehicles in the image and automatically searches for license plate information (including Chinese characters, English letters, Arabic numerals and license plate colors), and then processes and identifies them.
由擷取影像進行車牌辨識所需的演算法包括：車牌定位演算法、車牌字元分割演算法及車牌字元識別演算法等。車牌定位演算法用以定位圖片中的車牌位置。車牌字元分割演算法用以把車牌中的字元分割出來。車牌字元識別演算法用以識別分割好的字元，並且組成車牌號碼。除了可以識別車牌，影像辨識模組21亦可識別車輛的廠牌標誌及/或車身顏色，以獲得車輛廠牌資料及/或車輛顏色資料。The algorithms required to capture the image for license plate recognition include: license plate location algorithm, license plate character segmentation algorithm and license plate character recognition algorithm. The license plate location algorithm is used to locate the license plate location in the picture. The license plate character segmentation algorithm is used to segment the characters in the license plate. The license plate character recognition algorithm is used to identify the divided characters and form a license plate number. In addition to identifying the license plate, the image recognition module 21 can also identify the vehicle's brand logo and/or body color to obtain vehicle brand information and/or vehicle color data.
因此藉由影像辨識模組21可識別車牌資料，並可藉由中央處理器22將車輛的廠牌標誌及/或車身顏色與車牌資訊進行關聯，並且一併記錄於行車記錄。Therefore, the license plate data can be identified by the image recognition module 21, and the label of the vehicle and/or the color of the vehicle body can be associated with the license plate information by the central processing unit 22, and recorded together in the driving record.
請參照圖1，本發明可包含設置於車體後方的第二影像擷取裝置12，以擷取車體之一車後影像，再傳送到影像辨識模組21，以便讓影像辨識模組21依據車牌特徵值辨識車前影像之中的多個車牌，以獲得一第二車牌記錄，以及行車記錄資料包含第二車牌記錄。如同前述，影像辨識模組21亦可辨識車後影像中車輛的廠牌標誌及/或車身顏色，並且與第二車牌記錄進行關聯，並且一併記錄於行車記錄。Referring to FIG. 1 , the present invention may include a second image capturing device 12 disposed at the rear of the vehicle body to capture a rear image of the vehicle body and then transmitted to the image recognition module 21 to allow the image recognition module 21 to be used. A plurality of license plates in the front image are identified according to the license plate characteristic value to obtain a second license plate record, and the driving record data includes the second license plate record. As described above, the image recognition module 21 can also identify the brand logo and/or body color of the vehicle in the after-image, and associate with the second license plate record and record it together in the driving record.
本發明之行車資訊系統包含一用以定位車體之一經緯度資料的全球定位系統模組23。全球定位系統目前已被運用於車輛導航系統。全球定位系統藉由接收衛星傳來的軌道運行資料以轉換為代表地球表面上的某一點之球狀資料，因此當連續接收到三個衛星所送出之軌道運行資料並計算出三個球狀資料時，即可藉由三個球狀資料產生出一交點，以判斷車體的經緯度。The driving information system of the present invention comprises a global positioning system module 23 for locating a latitude and longitude data of a vehicle body. The Global Positioning System is currently used in vehicle navigation systems. The Global Positioning System (GPS) receives orbital data from a satellite to convert it into spherical data representing a point on the surface of the Earth. Therefore, it continuously receives orbital data from three satellites and calculates three spherical data. At this time, an intersection point can be generated by three spherical materials to determine the latitude and longitude of the vehicle body.
行車記錄資料是由中央處理器22關聯車牌記錄及經緯度資料所得到。相較於一般的影像資料，包含車牌記錄及經緯度資料的行車記錄資料可方便閱讀，容易進行分析。並且行車記錄資料可以文字表式因此所需資料量較影像資料較小，因此較易儲存。並且在交通事故發生時，確實記錄下當時的行車記錄資料，便可判斷當時事故發生的原因，釐清雙方責任歸屬等。The driving record data is obtained by the central processing unit 22 associated with the license plate record and the latitude and longitude data. Compared with general image data, driving record data including license plate records and latitude and longitude data can be easily read and analyzed easily. And the driving record data can be in the form of a text, so the amount of data required is smaller than that of the image data, so it is easier to store. Moreover, when a traffic accident occurs, the current driving record data is recorded, and the cause of the accident can be judged, and the responsibility of both parties can be clarified.
此外，本發明之行車記錄資料更包含時間資料，以記錄個別時間的車牌記錄及經緯度資料。此外本發明之行車記錄資料更包含車速資料、胎壓資料、重力場資料等等。In addition, the driving record data of the present invention further includes time data to record license plate records and latitude and longitude data at specific times. In addition, the driving record data of the present invention further includes vehicle speed data, tire pressure data, gravity field data and the like.
在一實施例中，行車記錄資料包含車速資料，其可由與車輛的車速表相連接的車速感知器24所獲得。車體的車速資料可藉由裝在變速箱的輸出軸，把輸出軸的轉速傳給儀表板內的車速錶而測得。行車資訊系統則可藉由與車速錶電性連結的車速感知器24而獲得車速資料。In one embodiment, the driving record data includes vehicle speed data that is obtainable by a vehicle speed sensor 24 coupled to a speedometer of the vehicle. The vehicle speed data can be measured by transmitting the output shaft speed to the speedometer in the instrument panel by the output shaft mounted on the gearbox. The driving information system can obtain the vehicle speed data by the vehicle speed sensor 24 electrically connected to the speedometer.
在一實施例中，行車記錄資料包含一胎壓資料，其可由胎壓偵測器25所測得。其中胎壓偵測器25為將壓力感測器裝在四個輪胎的鋼圈裡，藉由通訊連結，傳輸到中央處理器22。中央處理器22針對輪胎胎壓過低、胎壓過高、快速漏氣及/或胎溫過高等資訊進行自動監測與提示。胎壓偵測器25可提供汽車駕駛者有效資訊去保持足夠的輪胎胎壓，因此預防爆胎事故發生，增加駕駛汽車的安全性；另一方面，亦可減少因輪胎胎壓不足所產生的不必要油耗進而延長輪胎的使用壽命。In one embodiment, the driving record data includes a tire pressure data that can be measured by the tire pressure detector 25. The tire pressure detector 25 is configured to mount the pressure sensor in the steel ring of the four tires, and is transmitted to the central processing unit 22 by communication. The central processor 22 automatically monitors and prompts for information such as low tire pressure, high tire pressure, rapid air leak, and/or high temperature. The tire pressure detector 25 can provide effective information for the driver of the vehicle to maintain sufficient tire pressure, thereby preventing the occurrence of a puncture accident and increasing the safety of driving the vehicle; on the other hand, reducing the tire pressure caused by insufficient tire pressure Unnecessary fuel consumption and thus extended tire life.
此外在一實施例中，本發明之行車資訊系統包含一重力感應器26(G Sensor)。重力感應器26可檢知車體與重力場之間的相對角度，藉此供中央處理器22運算得知車輛之行車狀態，包括但不限於車輛的加/減速、上/下坡、煞車、轉向以及左右傾斜等狀態之外。此外，可判斷重力感應器26與重力場之間的相對角度是否大於感應臨界值，若是，則判定車輛可能遭到碰撞。Further in an embodiment, the driving information system of the present invention includes a gravity sensor 26 (G Sensor). The gravity sensor 26 can detect the relative angle between the vehicle body and the gravity field, thereby allowing the central processing unit 22 to calculate the driving state of the vehicle, including but not limited to acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle, up/down, braking, Beyond the state of steering and tilting left and right. In addition, it can be determined whether the relative angle between the gravity sensor 26 and the gravity field is greater than the sensing threshold, and if so, it is determined that the vehicle may be collided.
本發明之行車資訊系統包含通訊模組27，通訊模組27可自中央處理器22接收行車記錄資料及/或影像資料，並將該行車記錄資料動態傳送至遠端之一伺服器，以便進行備存或確認。通訊模組27可包含GPRS、GSM或3G模組，或者通訊模組27包含但不限於紅外線、無線電、藍芽、無線網路及/或有線網路。The driving information system of the present invention comprises a communication module 27, and the communication module 27 can receive driving record data and/or image data from the central processing unit 22, and dynamically transmit the driving record data to a remote server for performing Save or confirm. The communication module 27 can include GPRS, GSM or 3G modules, or the communication module 27 can include, but is not limited to, infrared, radio, Bluetooth, wireless networks, and/or wired networks.
本發明之行車資訊系統包含第三影像擷取裝置13，設置車體內並用以擷取車體內之一車內影像，其可用以記錄駕駛之精神狀況，而可於發生交通事故時，釐清駕駛之責任。The driving information system of the present invention comprises a third image capturing device 13 disposed in the vehicle body for capturing an in-vehicle image of the vehicle body, which can be used to record the mental condition of the driving, and can clarify the driving situation in the event of a traffic accident. responsibility.
此外，上述的行車影像(包括車前、車後及車內影像)及/或行車記錄資料可藉由顯示模組28顯示於液晶顯示器等。In addition, the above-mentioned driving images (including front, rear and interior images) and/or driving record data can be displayed on the liquid crystal display or the like by the display module 28.
上述的行車影像(包括車前、車後及車內影像)及/或行車記錄資料可以由一儲存單元29進行儲存。儲存單元29可包含各種的儲存媒介，包含但不限於記憶卡(CF、MS、SD、MMC等)、硬碟、光碟等。The above-mentioned driving images (including front, rear and interior images) and/or driving record data may be stored by a storage unit 29. The storage unit 29 can include various storage media including, but not limited to, a memory card (CF, MS, SD, MMC, etc.), a hard disk, a compact disc, and the like.
綜合上述，本發明之行車資訊系統用以提供包含車牌記錄及經緯度資料之行車記錄資料。本發明之行車資訊系統可於車輛行駛狀態之中，獲取多項行車資料，並進行記錄。並可在交通事故發生時，確實記錄下當時的行車記錄資料，以便判斷當時事故發生的原因，釐清雙方責任歸屬。此外，本發明之行車資訊系統可藉由通訊模組將行車資料及/或行車影像動態傳送至遠端伺服器，以便進行備存或確認。In summary, the driving information system of the present invention is used to provide driving record data including license plate records and latitude and longitude data. The driving information system of the invention can acquire a plurality of driving materials and record in the driving state of the vehicle. In the event of a traffic accident, the current driving record data can be recorded to determine the cause of the accident and clarify the responsibility of both parties. In addition, the driving information system of the present invention can dynamically transmit driving data and/or driving images to a remote server through a communication module for storage or confirmation.
以上所述之實施例僅是為說明本發明之技術思想及特點，其目的在使熟習此項技藝之人士能夠瞭解本發明之內容並據以實施，當不能以之限定本發明之專利範圍，即大凡依本發明所揭示之精神所作之均等變化或修飾，仍應涵蓋在本發明之專利範圍內。The embodiments described above are only intended to illustrate the technical idea and the features of the present invention, and the purpose of the present invention is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and to implement the present invention. That is, the equivalent variations or modifications made by the spirit of the present invention should still be included in the scope of the present invention.
11．．．第一影像擷取裝置11. . . First image capturing device
111．．．左側鏡頭111. . . Left lens
112．．．右側鏡頭112. . . Right lens
113．．．影像集成模組113. . . Image integration module
12．．．第二影像擷取裝置12. . . Second image capturing device
13．．．第三影像擷取裝置13. . . Third image capturing device
2．．．主體2. . . main body
21．．．影像辨識模組twenty one. . . Image recognition module
22．．．中央處理器twenty two. . . CPU
23．．．全球定位系統模組twenty three. . . Global positioning system module
24．．．車速感知器twenty four. . . Speed sensor
25．．．胎壓偵測器25. . . Tire pressure detector
26．．．重力感應器26. . . Gravity sensor
27．．．通訊模組27. . . Communication module
28．．．儲存單元28. . . Storage unit
29．．．顯示單元29. . . Display unit
圖1為流程圖顯示依據本發明一實施例之行車資訊系統。1 is a flow chart showing a driving information system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
圖2為流程圖顯示依據本發明另一實施例之影像擷取流程。2 is a flow chart showing an image capturing process according to another embodiment of the present invention.
11．．．第一影像擷取裝置11. . . First image capturing device
12．．．第二影像擷取裝置12. . . Second image capturing device
13．．．第三影像擷取裝置13. . . Third image capturing device
2．．．主體2. . . main body
21．．．影像辨識模組twenty one. . . Image recognition module
22．．．中央處理器twenty two. . . CPU
23．．．全球定位系統模組twenty three. . . Global positioning system module
24．．．車速感知器twenty four. . . Speed sensor
25．．．胎壓偵測器25. . . Tire pressure detector
26．．．重力感應器26. . . Gravity sensor
27．．．通訊模組27. . . Communication module
28．．．儲存單元28. . . Storage unit
29．．．顯示單元29. . . Display unit
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