40 results about "Congestion pricing" patented technology

This invention relates to a system and method to generate a private, auditable, evidentiary quality record of the location-history of an asset or person. This invention addresses ten critical improvements over existing systems that are proposed or used for metering for payment services for tolling roads, parking or pay-as-you-drive insurance, namely, cost-effective location accuracy in harsh signal environments, evidentiary assurance of location estimation, handling of dynamic and stationary positioning in a single device, high-ratio compression for a set of stationary positions in urban canyon, high-ratio compression for a dynamic tracklog in urban canyon, high-ratio compression for a set of asset motion behaviors, a method of remote device health check, including anti-tampering, removal of residual price assignment errors, anonymous use without on-board maps, and a method of deconsolidating payments to multiple payees with multiple payment regimes. This system can be applied to road-pricing, congestion-pricing, metered-by-the-minute parking and pay-as-you-drive insurance, incorporating privacy management, and legal admissibility of the evidentiary record. This same device can also be applied to vehicular fleets, military ordinance, or other location audits for assets whether motorized or not, as might be needed in evidence of contract fulfillment or other forms of non-realtime geofencing audits.

A system carried by a vehicle for computing tolls using a global position satellite (GPS) signal receiver, a communications link, and compact toll lane information provided by a service center. Toll lane information is organized by travel monitoring point. Data for each point includes a latitude and longitude coordinate and either lane shape information or a coordinate offset from a similar lane. A driver interface module is used in conjunction with the OBU to allow selection of occupancy and to display toll information to the driver to allow for use in HOT lanes and to support congestion pricing models with zero or minimal infrastructure cost.

This invention relates to a system and method to generate a private, auditable, evidentiary quality record of the location-history of an asset or person. This invention addresses ten critical improvements over existing systems that are proposed or used for metering for payment services for tolling roads, parking or pay-as-you-drive insurance, namely, cost-effective location accuracy in harsh signal environments, evidentiary assurance of location estimation, handling of dynamic and stationary positioning in a single device, high-ratio compression for a set of stationary positions in urban canyon, high-ratio compression for a dynamic tracklog in urban canyon, high-ratio compression for a set of asset motion behaviors, a method of remote device health check, including anti-tampering, removal of residual price assignment errors, anonymous use without on-board maps, and a method of deconsolidating payments to multiple payees with multiple payment regimes. This system can be applied to road-pricing, congestion-pricing, metered-by-the-minute parking and pay-as-you-drive insurance, incorporating privacy management, and legal admissibility of the evidentiary record. This same device can also be applied to vehicular fleets, military ordinance, or other location audits for assets whether motorized or not, as might be needed in evidence of contract fulfillment or other forms of non-realtime geofencing audits.

A method and system for avoiding network congestion by measuring network load to adjust a rate at each source. The load (e.g., as a price value) is provided to network traffic sources, which adjust their flows based on a per-flow weight (willingness to pay). The load may be determined in-band by routers or out-of-band by an observer node. A load value (e.g., as a price) is increased or decreased based on the actual load or an estimate based on the actual load. The sources obtain the load value and control the output rates per flow based on each flow's associated weight (willingness to pay), e.g., as set by an administrator. Further, two classes of applications are enabled by allowing certain applications to ignore price.

A practical economic and technical model for building commercial-grade electronic file delivery services that provide the same scale, predictability, and differentiated service levels as physical courier services traditionally used to move electronic data on physical media. Systems and methods for providing such services using a charge-back scheme based on congestion pricing are described.

Network congestion avoidance within aggregated channels is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method first transmits a packet associated with a first channel of a plurality of related channels from a source protocol layer (e.g., a source IP layer) of a source through a network (e.g., the Internet). Next, the method triggers an ECN event by the packet at the network. Finally, at least one channel is determined to have decreased packets transmitted therethrough, in response to the triggering of the ECN event (e.g., based on a congestion pricing criteria).

The invention provides a vehicle jam charging method, a vehicle jam charging device and a vehicle jam charging system. The vehicle jam charging method comprises the following steps of: receiving a service request sent by a vehicle pass limiting terminal, and according to the service request, acquiring position information of the vehicle pass limiting terminal by a mobile positioning technology; comparing the position information with preset charging region information, wherein the charging region information comprises a charging region and a charging time; and if the position information is positioned in the charging region and the charging time is reached, deducting jam charge from a charging account corresponding to the vehicle pass limiting terminal. According to the vehicle jam charging method, the device and the system, the vehicle jam charge is charged according to different regions and different times.

The present invention discloses a user heterogeneous time value and traffic jam expense budget-based traffic distribution method. According to the present invention, by adding the two traveler economic parameters of the time value and the traffic jam expense budget in a traffic distribution model, the more objective and reasonable road network flow is outputted. According to the present invention, an actual road network is simplified into an abstract traffic network, and a path selection and traffic distribution combined model considering the heterogeneous time value and the traffic jam expense budget is constructed. The time value is a parameter describing the boundary expense, namely, is the fund cost that the users are willing to save and pay for each unit time, and the traffic jam expense budget is the cash quantity that the travelers can dominate the traffic jam expense. Based on considering the traveler heterogeneity, the user travel target can change from the conventional shortest driving time to the minimum comprehensive cost after considering the traffic jam expense budget, namely, the minimum summation of the driving time and the traffic jam expense, so that, obviously, the travel behaviors of the users and the road network flow can be described more reasonably and objectively, and the reference is provided for the path planning and the traffic jam charging.

The invention discloses a modeling and analysis method for joint selection of a travel mode and the departure time, and belongs to the field of urban travel analysis. The method includes the steps of firstly, constructing a model based on the principle of cross-nested logit; secondly, pre-processing a resident travel survey database and urban point of information data and selecting an influence factor variable; thirdly, estimating parameters based on maximum likelihood estimation and evaluating the model; and fourthly, performing emulation using a Monte Carlo method, simulating travel joint selection results under different cases such as congestion pricing, and evaluating the performance of travel demand management measures in reducing peak travel and promoting public transportation. The modeling and analysis method of the invention can be used for analyzing a joint selection behavior of the travel mode and departure time of a commuter and revealing the factors affecting travel behaviors of the commuter, can be applied to help analyze a travel joint selection behavior mechanism of the commuter and know the pattern of travel behaviors from a deeper level, and provides theoretical and technical support for making transportation policies.

The invention provides a traffic assignment method based on a traveler budget constraint. The traffic assignment method comprises the following steps: S1, acquiring network structure data and relevant parameter information of a target traffic network, and building an abstract traffic network; S2, determining a traffic demand of the target traffic network by using the abstract traffic network; S3, building a budget constraint model of the target traffic network according to the traffic demand; S4, building a traffic assignment model according to the budget constraint model; S5, solving and calculating the traffic assignment model to obtain an assignment result of the target traffic network. By adopting the traffic assignment method based on the traveler budget constraint provided by the invention, a more accurate quantified performance rating result is provided for the reconstruction of a traffic and transport network, a sufficient basis can be provided for congestion pricing, and other traveling services such as traveling plans can be provided for a user through a path traveling time index output by the model.

Network congestion avoidance within aggregated channels is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method first transmits a packet associated with a first channel of a plurality of related channels from a source protocol layer (e.g., a source IP layer) of a source through a network (e.g., the Internet). Next, the method triggers an ECN event by the packet at the network. Finally, at least one channel is determined to have decreased packets transmitted therethrough, in response to the triggering of the ECN event (e.g., based on a congestion pricing criteria).

A system optimal traffic distribution method oriented to heterogeneous users comprises the following steps that abstraction is carried out on actual road traffic networks to establish a system optimal traffic distribution network basis of a system model; the specific scene at a traffic travel position is judged to determine needed OD data and all OD user time value distribution; a system optimal traffic distribution model oriented to heterogeneous user networks is established; the model is solved by applying an effective algorithm, and therefore section flow and path flow indexes of road network traffic flow distribution based on the specific scene are obtained. The system optimal traffic distribution method oriented to the heterogeneous users solves the problems that in existing traffic distribution technologies, user time value differences are not taken into consideration and implementation effects of congestion charging are influenced, the traffic flow distribution indexes, calculated and obtained through the method, of road traffic networks and the like are more reasonable and accurate compared with the prior art, and full bases are provided for making and implementation of congestion charging strategies.

A system and method for coordination between at least two participating vehicles for peer-to-peer trade of the vehicles' positions including a local device on the participating vehicle that measures and transmits at least one output signal; a computing device configured to receive the at least one output signal from the device and display the at least one output signal in real-time; a graphical user interface on the computing device that allows a system administrator to view and customize options for monitoring the at least one output signal; and a hosted server that initiates a peer-to-peer trade of the participating vehicle's position based on determination of a multitude of factors, wherein the local device and the computing device are communicatively connected to each other via a communications network, and wherein the participating vehicle is human-driven, partially-automated, or fully-automated.

The invention is applicable to the automobile navigation field and provides an automobile navigation method and device and an automobile navigation terminal. The method comprises the following steps: judging whether a driving path of a user has a traffic jam charging road section or not according to stored traffic jam charging road section information; when the driving path of the user has the traffic jam charging road section, outputting a prompt of the traffic jam charging road section to the user. According to the automobile navigation method, the traffic jam charging road section information is increased in the navigation terminal; when the driving path of the user has the traffic jam charging road section, the user is reminded of avoiding or not, so that the travel time and the traffic cost of the user are saved; meanwhile, the traffic pressure of the traffic jam charging road section can be effectively relieved.

The invention discloses a method, a device and a system for option pricing. The method comprises the following steps: setting a serial random number generator to get an original random number sequence according to the characteristics of option change; segmenting the original random number sequence into a predetermined number of sub-sequences of predetermined length; setting a thread for each sub-sequence, sending the sub-sequences to a coprocessor for parallel processing to get uniformly distributed random numbers; carrying out distribution transformation processing on the uniformly distributed random numbers to get normally distributed random numbers; and carrying out Monte Carlo simulation based on the normally distributed random numbers to get the option price. According to the method, random numbers are generated by a random number generator in accordance with the law of option change, and the random numbers are parallelized. A processing module can receive random numbers more quickly. The simulation speed is increased. Moreover, samples in accordance with option change are obtained, and the option price is calculated out. The method has high processing speed. The efficiency is improved by making full use of hardware resources. Moreover, the simulation result is of high precision.

The invention relates to a traffic congestion control and check system based on vehicular networking, in particular to a system for realizing traffic congestion control and check by utilizing FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) and 802.11P. Road signs are provided with wireless communication modules and can be provided with 2G base station modules, 3G base station modules, 4G base station modules, WiFi modules, 802.11P communication modules and FSK communication modules; a dynamic reconfigurable instruction computer processor (201) in an automotive vehicle-mounted terminal is communicated with the wireless communication modules of the road signs via a wireless transmitting / receiving module (202) to perform data communication; (1) the automotive vehicle-mounted terminal is positioned by utilizing the wireless communication modules of the road signs; (2) the wireless communication modules of the road signs are satellite-positioning differential signal stations and are used for amending the deviation of a satellite positioning system. With adoption of congestion charging, the preset urban congestion problem is solved.

The invention discloses a road congestion charging method and device based on a vehicle terminal. The method comprises the following steps of acquiring the positioning data of a vehicle in the drivingprocess; matching the positioning data with the locally stored charging area rule information corresponding to each charging area to obtain the charging area where the vehicle needs to pass through at present; determining whether the first time of the vehicle entering the charging area is within the charging time period of the charging area; if yes, determining whether the vehicle is charged forcongestion in the charging area according to the types of the charging nodes that are passed in sequence by the vehicle while passing through the charging areas; if the vehicle is subjected to congestion charging when passing through the charging areas, calculating the congestion fee of the vehicle when passing through the charging areas based on the first time, the second time of the vehicle leaving the charging areas and the charging area rule information, and charging the vehicle according to the congestion fee. The road traffic congestion can be more effectively relieved, so that the traffic efficiency of roads is improved.

A system for implementing congestion pricing in a power distribution network includes a monitoring and control engine configured to receive an actual power consumption value for a node in the power distribution network and a congestion engine coupled to the monitoring and control engine configured to determine that a power consumption value exceeds a capacity related set point of the node. The system further includes a pricing calculator that establishes a congestion price for power to be applied while the actual power consumption value exceeds the set point of the node and a credit calculator that provides credits to consumers coupled to the node that consume power at a rate below a threshold while the actual power consumption value exceeds the set point of the node.

The invention discloses a traffic congestion charging strategy optimization method based on VISSIM simulation. The method firstly generates an alternative traffic congestion charging strategy by usinga genetic algorithm, and constructs a topological multi-mode traffic network according to traffic network information, signal light timing information, vehicle information and traffic congestion charging strategy. Then, the traffic flow assignment of the multi-mode traffic network is realized by VISSIM simulation. Finally, the traffic congestion pricing strategy which minimizes the system cost isdetermined by repeated simulation optimization. The optimization method provided by the invention provides the decision basis for the formulation of the traffic congestion charging policy, and effectively alleviates the urban traffic congestion.

The invention relates to an OBU positioning subdivision calculation method and system. In a satellite-based charging system for a congested city, the prior art can cause miss charging when a vehicle passes a preset charging point due to the fact that positioning information is not outputted timely. The OBU positioning subdivision calculation method comprises steps of (1) receiving first positioning information outputted by a GNSS positioning calculation module per second, (2) receiving sensing data cached in a speedometer and a gyroscope after a fixed time interval, (3) calculating vehicle relative position information according to received first positioning information and sensing data cached in the speedometer and the gyroscope, (4) obtaining second positioning information by correction according to the first positioning information and the relative positioning information, (5) and outputting vehicle absolute positioning information. The OBU positioning subdivision calculation method and system can solve the problem that the positioning information is not outputted timely and prevent miss charging when the vehicle passes the preset charging point.

The invention discloses a congestion charging optimal toll rate determining method based on a trial-and-error method and motor vehicle flow. The optimal toll rate can be obtained through adjustment on the basis of vehicle flow data of each entrance road section in a charging region. For the optimal charging scheme, the congestion charging optimal toll rate determining method adopts a set of strict mathematical proof to establish the ''trial-and-error method'' for toll rate adjustment, so as to ensure that the method can be used for converging the optimal toll rate. The congestion charging optimal toll rate determining method comprises the steps of: (1) evaluating each available congestion charging pattern by utilizing a stochastic user equilibrium theory based on an asymmetric road section travel time equation; (2) establishing a monotonous and continuous variable inequality model for forecasting network equilibrium flow; (3) and determining step length of adjustment and a charging rate value of each step by utilizing a projection algorithm for solving the variable inequality model.

Nowadays, the research on congestion pricing and exhaust pollution pricing is very extensive, but the safety pricing to reduce the risk of traffic network is rarely concerned. Therefore, the inventionestablishes a novel two-layer model system. In the upper layer model, the manager minimizes the safety function of the traffic network and designs the charging mode based on it. In the lower model, the behavioral response of travelers to the upper-level pricing will be reflected by a four-stage sequential model with feedback mechanism. In order to solve the above-mentioned two-layer model, the invention is based on the Monte Carlo simulation, a feasible direction method, an iterative weighting method (MSA), a Frank-Wolfe algorithm and a Dijkstra algorithm, and a stochastic feasible directionmethod is designed. Finally, the invention uses a Nguyen-Dupuis network to verify, and the results show that the proposed method and algorithm are feasible and effective. The method of the present invention can be a valuable tool for policymakers who regard traffic safety as a primary policy objective and an evaluation indicator.

The invention relates to an automobile electronic identifier-based urban congestion charging method and device and belongs to the traffic management technical field. According to the method and device, the traffic state tendency f'(An) of the most recent time is calculated, so that the traffic condition development trend of a lane in a short term can be embodied; the speed of traffic operating state change is predicted according to the absolute value of a calculation formula described in the descriptions of the invention; and traffic congestion fees charged by the lane are increased or decreased according to the change direction and change speed of a traffic operating state. The charging method is more scientific and reasonable. According to the method used in the present invention, functional modules can be established so as to be combined into a functional module architecture, so that the method can be implemented by a computer program stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The invention discloses an option pricing method and an option pricing system, which meet the high real-time requirement of option pricing and reduce the time complexity of a pricing algorithm. According to the technical scheme, a transaction stage is divided into a plurality of time slices, and the following data preparation stage and real-time pricing stage are carried out on each time slice; emptying the hash table; splitting the target asset price; traversing each split target asset price, substituting the split target asset price and the option execution price into an option pricing formula, and calculating a corresponding option theoretical price and a corresponding Greek letter risk value to obtain a preset vector; storing all the preset vectors in a hash table, and then entering areal-time pricing stage; receiving a current market price of the subject asset; searching a preset vector corresponding to the option theoretical value closest to the hash table in the hash table; andperforming Taylor interpolation calculation on the current market price of the subject assets, the option theoretical price and the corresponding preset vector, completing option pricing, and entering the processing of the next time slice until the end.

A process for increasing profits of a business engaged in the purchase of large numbers of products and / or products of volatile pricing from numerous vendors that operates to identify pricing errors, preferably typically before payment, by automatically reviewing all invoices typically in the order they are received to determine a best system price for each line item of each invoice by reference to pricing factors such as volume discount, seasonal pricing, price protection, commodity pricing, competition pricing, and cash discount recorded in memory for the subject item and reference to payment history data, accounts payable data and invoice data. From the pricing factors and associated data, a best system price is determined and compared to the invoice price for the item so that pricing errors are automatically uncovered and, if appropriate, flagged to identify the same as an exception for warning or notification.

The invention relates to an automobile electronic identifier-based urban congestion charging method and device and belongs to the traffic management technical field. According to the method and device, the traffic state tendency f'(An) of the most recent time is calculated, so that the traffic condition development trend of a lane in a short term can be embodied; the speed of traffic operating state change is predicted according to the absolute value of a calculation formula described in the descriptions of the invention; and traffic congestion fees charged by the lane are increased or decreased according to the change direction and change speed of a traffic operating state. The charging method is more scientific and reasonable. According to the method used in the present invention, functional modules can be established so as to be combined into a functional module architecture, so that the method can be implemented by a computer program stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The invention relates to a traffic congestion control and check system based on vehicular networking, in particular to a system for realizing traffic congestion control and check by utilizing FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) and 802.11P. Road signs are provided with wireless communication modules and can be provided with 2G base station modules, 3G base station modules, 4G base station modules, WiFi modules, 802.11P communication modules and FSK communication modules; a dynamic reconfigurable instruction computer processor (201) in an automotive vehicle-mounted terminal is communicated with the wireless communication modules of the road signs via a wireless transmitting / receiving module (202) to perform data communication; (1) the automotive vehicle-mounted terminal is positioned by utilizing the wireless communication modules of the road signs; (2) the wireless communication modules of the road signs are satellite-positioning differential signal stations and are used for amending the deviation of a satellite positioning system. With adoption of congestion charging, the preset urban congestion problem is solved.

The invention discloses a method for judging time accumulation effect of influence of congestion charge canceling on traffic safety. The method comprises the following steps: (1) determining a research area; (2) conducting data acquisition; (3) matching an optimal comparison area; (4) judging the result of the influence of a congestion charge canceling policy on traffic safety; and (5) determiningthe time accumulation effect. According to the method, an area where the policy of canceling congestion charging is implemented is taken as an experimental object, an area where the policy of canceling congestion charging is not implemented is taken as a contrast object, then accident occurrence amounts of the experimental object and the contrast object within a certain period of time are respectively collected, and comparative research based on the proposed method is conducted so as to judge the time accumulation effect of the influence on the traffic safety after canceling the congestion charging policy. Generally, after the policy is canceled, the influence effect on the area does not disappear immediately, a retention effect lasts for a certain time, and the duration of the influenceon regional traffic safety after the congestion charging policy is canceled can be judged more accurately by the method provided by the invention.

The invention discloses a method for judging the cumulative effect of canceling congestion charges on traffic safety, including the following steps: (1) determining the research area; (2) collecting data; (3) matching the best comparison area; (4) judging Results of traffic safety impacts of cancellation of congestion charging policy; (5) Determining cumulative effects over time. The present invention firstly sets the area where the congestion charging policy is canceled as the experimental object, and sets the area where the congestion charging policy is not canceled as the control object, and then respectively collects the accident occurrences of the experimental object and the control object within a certain period of time, and based on The proposed method is compared and studied to judge the time cumulative effect of the cancellation of the congestion charge policy on traffic safety. Usually, after the cancellation of the policy, the impact on the region will not disappear immediately, and there will be a lingering effect for a certain period of time. The method proposed in this invention can more accurately judge the duration of the impact on regional traffic safety after the cancellation of the congestion charging policy.