FEASIBILITY STUDY, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - FINAL REPORT

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ADOPTING A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR AN AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION (AVI) SYSTEM FOR INCORPORATION ON ALL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT WILL PROVIDE UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL VEHICLE. THE AVI SYSTEM WOULD CONSIST OF A TRANSPONDER AND A CONTROL OR SENSING UNIT (ROADSIDE INTERROGATOR). THE TRANSPONDER WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE, AND HAVE NO OPERATING EFFECT ON IT. AS A VEHICLE BEARING ONE OF THESE TRANSPONDERS COMES WITHIN RANGE OF A ROADSIDE INTERROGATOR, INFORMATION WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED FROM THE TRANSPONDER TO THE ROADSIDE INTERROGATOR, WHICH WOULD UNIQUELY IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE. THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE TRANSMITTED BY THE COMMUNICATION LINK TO THE COMPUTER TO BE CHECKED AGAINST INFORMATION STORED IN THE COMPUTER MEMORY OR TO BE STORED. APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SYSTEM IDENTIFIED WERE: SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, HIGHWAY FINANCE, COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. A REVIEW OF VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES (OPTICAL SCANNING, ACOUSTICAL, RADIOACTIVE, ETC.) INDICATES THAT THE MOST PROMISING TECHNOLOGY IS THAT OF LOW-FREQUENCY INDUCTION. THE LOW-FREQUENCY INDUCTION METHOD USES POWER SUPPLIED BY A TRANSMITTING LOOP ANTENNA BURIED IN THE ROADWAY TO ENERGIZE A VEHICLE TRANSPONDER. THE ADOPTION OF A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION APPEARS FEASIBLE UTILIZING A LOW-FREQUENCY INDUCTION METHOD. AN AVI NUMBERING OR CODING TECHNIQUE MUST BE DEVELOPED AND THIS TECHNIQUE INCORPORATED INTO A NATIONWIDE AVI STANDARD.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Ail Project NO 4719, 3 FIG, 35 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Ail Division/cutler-hammer

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• Authors:
  • REISS, M L
  • Inhelder, H R
  • King, G F
  • Palatnick, A S
• Publication Date: 1969-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Coding systems; Communication systems; Highway operations; Identification systems; Inductance; Information processing; Low frequency; Motor vehicles; Sensors; Traffic; Traffic law enforcement; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Identification
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225756
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1970 12:00AM