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WO2006031334A2
WO2006031334A2 PCT/US2005/028461 US2005028461W WO2006031334A2 WO 2006031334 A2 WO2006031334 A2 WO 2006031334A2 US 2005028461 W US2005028461 W US 2005028461W WO 2006031334 A2 WO2006031334 A2 WO 2006031334A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S13/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G01S13/02—Systems using reflection of radio waves, e.g. primary radar systems; Analogous systems
    • G01S13/50—Systems of measurement based on relative movement of target
    • G01S13/58—Velocity or trajectory determination systems; Sense-of-movement determination systems
    • G01S13/60—Velocity or trajectory determination systems; Sense-of-movement determination systems wherein the transmitter and receiver are mounted on the moving object, e.g. for determining ground speed, drift angle, ground track
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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    • G01S7/02—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S13/00
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  • the present invention relates generally to sensing vehicle speed. More specifically, a self-powered vehicle speed sensor is disclosed.
  • Vehicle speed sensors are frequently expensive and require power, a dedicated communication line, or both. Thus, these wire connections for the vehicle speed sensors require substantial infrastructure (and hence investment) in order to widely proliferate speed sensors. It would be helpful to have a vehicle speed sensor that was self-powered so that it does not require a wire connection for power. In addition, it would also be helpful to have a vehicle sensor that does not require a wire connection to communicate its information.
  • Vehicle speed sensors usually have very specific mounting requirements. Some are buried in the road pavement; others must be mounted very close to the vehicle lane on a separate pole. It would be very helpful to have a speed sensor with a long sensing range, enabling it to be mounted in many different locations and still work effectively.
  • Self-powered speed sensors are usually very bulky. They require large solar panels and lots of batteries for backup power. Often, they are too bulky and weigh too much to be installed on existing light poles or sign posts. It would be helpful to have a self-powered speed sensor that used very little power, shrinking the amount of batteries required and reducing the load on the pole.
  • Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating a self-powered vehicle speed sensor system.
  • Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating the steps of operation of the self-powered vehicle speed sensor system.
  • Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for preparing the speed sensor system.
  • Figure 4 is a circuit diagram illustrating a preamplifier in the speed sensor system.
  • Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for acquiring speed sensor data.
  • Figure 6 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for processing the speed sensor data.
  • the invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a process, an apparatus, a system, a composition of matter, a computer readable medium such as a computer readable storage medium or a computer network wherein program instructions are sent over optical or electronic communication links.
  • these implementations, or any other form that the invention may take, maybe referred to as techniques.
  • the order of the steps of disclosed processes may be altered within the scope of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a self-powered vehicle speed sensor system, hi one embodiment, speed sensor 100 sends its signal to front end 102.
  • Front end 102 includes a preamp and filter 104, which amplifies and filters the data signal from the sensor, and an analog-to-digital (AJO) converter 106, which digitizes the data signal from the sensor.
  • Digital signal processor (DSP) 108 then processes the digitized data signal. The processed information is then sent using wireless data modem 110 to a centralized server.
  • DSP 108 also controls the battery manager 118, which is part of the overall battery management system 112.
  • the battery management system 112 controls a) charging of battery 114 from solar panel 116 and also b) providing power from either battery 114 or solar panel 116 to the rest of the speed sensor system.
  • Power manager 120 intelligently turns on and off subsystems to efficiently use the power provided by the battery management system 112.
  • the battery management system 112 and the power manager 120 allow the speed sensor system to be self-powered from the solar panel. It is not necessary to attach the speed sensor system to an electric power supply wire. This also makes the speed sensor system easy to install because no wires need to be connected to the speed sensor system, hi addition, because of the power management system, the battery can be small and this reduces the weight of the speed sensor system.
  • speed sensor 100 is a Doppler speed sensor, which has a microwave source and receiver that is designed to measure the speed of objects using the Doppler shift in the back-reflected microwaves.
  • the power manager 120 intelligently controls the frequency and duration of the speed measurements. If the traffic is moving at a normal speed, the measurements, or samples, are less frequent than if the traffic is very slow. In addition, the power manager 120 would also lower the frequency of samples when the battery power is low to preserve power until the next charging time.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating the steps of operation of the self-powered vehicle speed sensor system.
  • the speed sensor system prepares to take a measurement. Because the power manager turns off power hungry circuitry except when necessary, the system needs to turn on and stabilize the measurement electronics.
  • the speed data sample is acquired.
  • the speed data sample is processed, hi step 206, the speed information is transmitted to a centralized server.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for preparing the speed sensor system.
  • step 300 the microwave source of the speed sensor and the preamplifiers are turned on.
  • step 302 the system waits in order to stabilize the electronics after the microwave source is turned on. . hi step 306, the in-line capacitor is pre-charged.
  • step 308 the charge saver switch is closed.
  • the speed sensor has a calibration system that can be used at power up to check the speed sensor. Using a known oscillating target in front of the speed sensor a speed measurement can be made and compared against the known speed achieved for that target.
  • FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram illustrating a preamplifier in the speed sensor system.
  • Preamplifier 406 is designed to take the speed sensor signal input 408 and produce an amplified output 410.
  • switch 400 When switch 400 is closed the capacitor 404 is rapidly charged.
  • switch 402 When switch 402 is closed the charge saver function is off for capacitor 404. This method is used to rapidly stabilize the preamplifier signal path to prepare it for the data signal.
  • Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for acquiring speed sensor data.
  • step 500 the acquisition system electronics is allowed to stabilize, hi step 502, the analog-to-digital (AfD) converter is turned on.
  • step 504 the data samples required to measure speed and direction are taken. For direction, the sine and cosine components of the back-reflected microwave signal are sampled, hi step 506, the microwave source, preamplifiers, and A/D converter are turned off again to preserve power, and the charge saver switch is opened to preserve the capacitor charge until the next measurement.
  • AfD analog-to-digital
  • FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for processing the speed sensor data
  • the digital signal processor DSP
  • the DSP calculates speed information in both directions by performing FFT analysis on the sine and cosine components of the speed sensor data.
  • the DSP processes the return signal by separating it into its component frequencies, and splitting the frequencies into cohorts that correspond to O.lmph increments.
  • the average speed is calculated by averaging the speed of all of the cohorts which were found to have a positive return from the Doppler radar signal, hi step 604, the DSP is returned to low-power mode, hi step 606, the average speeds for both directions of the traffic are calculated.
  • the high occupancy vehicle traffic speed can be separately calculated from the non-high occupancy vehicle traffic speed
  • hi step 608 the speed information is averaged over a number of samples (e.g. four samples where a sample is taken every 250 milliseconds)
  • hi step 610 the average speed information is corrected for the angle that the speed sensor is placed at with respect to the road. In some embodiments, the angle correction is performed after the information is sent to the server.
  • the calculated speed information is placed into a psuedo-RS232 packet to be transmitted over the wireless data modem to a server.

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Abstract

A method of sensing vehicle speed is disclosed. The method comprises self-powering a speed sensor and taking a sample of speed sensor data from the speed sensor. The sample of speed sensor data is processed to calculate a calculated speed, and the calculated speed is wirelessly transmitted to a server.

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A SELF-POWERED VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to sensing vehicle speed. More specifically, a self-powered vehicle speed sensor is disclosed.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Vehicle speed sensors are frequently expensive and require power, a dedicated communication line, or both. Thus, these wire connections for the vehicle speed sensors require substantial infrastructure (and hence investment) in order to widely proliferate speed sensors. It would be helpful to have a vehicle speed sensor that was self-powered so that it does not require a wire connection for power. In addition, it would also be helpful to have a vehicle sensor that does not require a wire connection to communicate its information.
Vehicle speed sensors usually have very specific mounting requirements. Some are buried in the road pavement; others must be mounted very close to the vehicle lane on a separate pole. It would be very helpful to have a speed sensor with a long sensing range, enabling it to be mounted in many different locations and still work effectively.
Self-powered speed sensors are usually very bulky. They require large solar panels and lots of batteries for backup power. Often, they are too bulky and weigh too much to be installed on existing light poles or sign posts. It would be helpful to have a self-powered speed sensor that used very little power, shrinking the amount of batteries required and reducing the load on the pole.
Current vehicle speed sensing equipment measures the speed of one vehicle at a time. It would be helpful to measure the speed of multiple vehicles at once on a section of road while distinguishing vehicle direction and whether or not the vehicle was using a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.
Many vehicle speed sensors are difficult to install and calibrate. It would be helpful to have a speed sensor that is self-calibrating and could be installed in a matter of minutes.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Various embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating a self-powered vehicle speed sensor system.
Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating the steps of operation of the self-powered vehicle speed sensor system.
Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for preparing the speed sensor system.
Figure 4 is a circuit diagram illustrating a preamplifier in the speed sensor system. Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for acquiring speed sensor data.
Figure 6 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for processing the speed sensor data.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a process, an apparatus, a system, a composition of matter, a computer readable medium such as a computer readable storage medium or a computer network wherein program instructions are sent over optical or electronic communication links. In this specification, these implementations, or any other form that the invention may take, maybe referred to as techniques. In general, the order of the steps of disclosed processes may be altered within the scope of the invention.
A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the invention is provided below along with accompanying figures that illustrate the principles of the invention. The invention is described in connection with such embodiments, but the invention is not limited to any embodiment. The scope of the invention is limited only by the claims and the invention encompasses numerous alternatives, modifications and equivalents. Numerous specific details are set forth in the following description in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. These details are provided for the purpose of example and invention may be practiced according to the claims without some or all of these specific details. For the purpose of clarity, technical material that is known in the technical fields related to the invention has not been described in detail so that the invention is not unnecessarily obscured.
Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating a self-powered vehicle speed sensor system, hi one embodiment, speed sensor 100 sends its signal to front end 102. Front end 102 includes a preamp and filter 104, which amplifies and filters the data signal from the sensor, and an analog-to-digital (AJO) converter 106, which digitizes the data signal from the sensor. Digital signal processor (DSP) 108 then processes the digitized data signal. The processed information is then sent using wireless data modem 110 to a centralized server. DSP 108 also controls the battery manager 118, which is part of the overall battery management system 112. The battery management system 112 controls a) charging of battery 114 from solar panel 116 and also b) providing power from either battery 114 or solar panel 116 to the rest of the speed sensor system. Power manager 120 intelligently turns on and off subsystems to efficiently use the power provided by the battery management system 112. The battery management system 112 and the power manager 120 allow the speed sensor system to be self-powered from the solar panel. It is not necessary to attach the speed sensor system to an electric power supply wire. This also makes the speed sensor system easy to install because no wires need to be connected to the speed sensor system, hi addition, because of the power management system, the battery can be small and this reduces the weight of the speed sensor system.
In some embodiments, speed sensor 100 is a Doppler speed sensor, which has a microwave source and receiver that is designed to measure the speed of objects using the Doppler shift in the back-reflected microwaves. The power manager 120 intelligently controls the frequency and duration of the speed measurements. If the traffic is moving at a normal speed, the measurements, or samples, are less frequent than if the traffic is very slow. In addition, the power manager 120 would also lower the frequency of samples when the battery power is low to preserve power until the next charging time.
Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating the steps of operation of the self-powered vehicle speed sensor system. In step 200, the speed sensor system prepares to take a measurement. Because the power manager turns off power hungry circuitry except when necessary, the system needs to turn on and stabilize the measurement electronics. In step 202, the speed data sample is acquired. In step 204, the speed data sample is processed, hi step 206, the speed information is transmitted to a centralized server.
Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for preparing the speed sensor system. In step 300, the microwave source of the speed sensor and the preamplifiers are turned on. In step 302, the system waits in order to stabilize the electronics after the microwave source is turned on. . hi step 306, the in-line capacitor is pre-charged. In step 308, the charge saver switch is closed.
The speed sensor has a calibration system that can be used at power up to check the speed sensor. Using a known oscillating target in front of the speed sensor a speed measurement can be made and compared against the known speed achieved for that target.
Figure 4 is a circuit diagram illustrating a preamplifier in the speed sensor system. Preamplifier 406 is designed to take the speed sensor signal input 408 and produce an amplified output 410. When switch 400 is closed the capacitor 404 is rapidly charged. When switch 402 is closed the charge saver function is off for capacitor 404. This method is used to rapidly stabilize the preamplifier signal path to prepare it for the data signal.
Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for acquiring speed sensor data.
In step 500, the acquisition system electronics is allowed to stabilize, hi step 502, the analog-to-digital (AfD) converter is turned on. In step 504, the data samples required to measure speed and direction are taken. For direction, the sine and cosine components of the back-reflected microwave signal are sampled, hi step 506, the microwave source, preamplifiers, and A/D converter are turned off again to preserve power, and the charge saver switch is opened to preserve the capacitor charge until the next measurement.
Figure 6 is a flow chart illustrating the steps for processing the speed sensor data, hi step 600, the digital signal processor (DSP) is placed in high-power mode. In step 602, the DSP calculates speed information in both directions by performing FFT analysis on the sine and cosine components of the speed sensor data. The DSP processes the return signal by separating it into its component frequencies, and splitting the frequencies into cohorts that correspond to O.lmph increments. The average speed is calculated by averaging the speed of all of the cohorts which were found to have a positive return from the Doppler radar signal, hi step 604, the DSP is returned to low-power mode, hi step 606, the average speeds for both directions of the traffic are calculated. In some embodiments, several traffic lanes are measured simultaneously, hi addition in step 606, the high occupancy vehicle traffic speed can be separately calculated from the non-high occupancy vehicle traffic speed, hi step 608, the speed information is averaged over a number of samples (e.g. four samples where a sample is taken every 250 milliseconds), hi step 610, the average speed information is corrected for the angle that the speed sensor is placed at with respect to the road. In some embodiments, the angle correction is performed after the information is sent to the server. In step 612, the calculated speed information is placed into a psuedo-RS232 packet to be transmitted over the wireless data modem to a server.
Although the foregoing embodiments have been described in some detail for purposes of clarity of understanding, the invention is not limited to the details provided. There are many alternative ways of implementing the invention. The disclosed embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive.
WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

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1. A method of sensing vehicle speed comprising: self-powering a speed sensor, taking a sample of speed sensor data from the speed sensor, processing the sample of speed sensor data to calculate speed, and wirelessly transmitting the calculated speed to a server.
A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the speed sensor is a Doppler speed sensor that distinguishes direction of vehicles.
2. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 that measures the speed of multiple vehicles with one doppler pulse.
3. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the speed sensor turns off power hungry circuitry except when necessary.
4. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the taking a sample of speed sensor data includes turning on a microwave source in the speed sensor.
5. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the taking a sample of speed sensor data includes turning on a preamplifier in the speed sensor.
6. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the taking a sample of speed sensor data includes precharging in-line capacitors in the speed sensor.
7. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the frequency of taking the sample of speed sensor data from the speed sensor depends on the remaining amount of battery power.
8. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the frequency of taking the sample of speed sensor data from the speed sensor depends on the speed of the vehicles.
9. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the processing the sample of speed sensor data to calculate a calculated speed includes calculating an average speed.
10. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the processing the sample of speed sensor data to separate vehicles into cohorts and average the speed of all vehicles found in the sample.
11. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the processing the sample of speed sensor data to calculate a calculated speed includes calculating a high occupancy vehicle speed.
12. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the processing the sample of speed sensor data to calculate a calculated speed includes calculating a non- high occupancy vehicle speed.
13. • A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the processing the sample of speed sensor data to calculate a calculated speed includes averaging over 4 samples before being transmitted.
14. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein the processing the sample of speed sensor data to calculate a calculated speed includes correcting for the angle that the speed sensor is placed at with respect to the road.
15. A method of sensing vehicle speed as in claim 1 wherein transmission of the calculated speed uses a wireless data modem.
16. A device for sensing vehicle speed comprising: a self-powered speed sensor, a sampler that takes a sample of speed sensor data from the speed sensor, a processor that calculates a calculated speed from the sample of speed sensor data, and a transmitter that wirelessly transmits the calculated speed to a server.
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