AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION |
Automatic identification
Above: How the
CrossTalk AutoID
software suite
works, from
roadside data
gathering on the
gantries to display
options on the
accompanying app
Each nation, country,
state or city has its
own requirements to the
automated identification
of vehicles. Each end customer has
his or her own needs as there are
different types of cars, maximum
speed limits and lane dimensions.
There are even several applications,
such as intelligent transportation
systems (ITS), electronic toll collection
(ETC), electronic vehicle registration
(EVR), parking and smart city.
Ruggedized hardware for
outdoor use with Ethernet, Wi-Fi
or 3G in addition to software for
device management and transponder
technology are Kathrein’s core
businesses. With more than 100
years of experience, Kathrein is the
perfect partner for high-frequency
technology.
Kathrein Solutions, the IoT
business unit, provides a modular,
passive ultra-high-frequency (UHF)
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RFID reader and antenna portfolio.
CrossTalk, the Kathrein AutoID
software suite, takes care of the
device management, event creation
and integration. The company’s goal
is to be the technical backbone for
its partners – which include system
integrators and tolling operators –
so that they do not have to worry
about anything on the device level.
Kathrein is focused solely on
the given requirements of the end
customers and partners. No change
in the ecosystem of the client is
necessary, because the Kathrein
software and hardware portfolio
is modular and customizable to
create a perfect match with the
system in use.
Technology offerings
It doesn’t matter what hardware is
being used or will be implemented in
the future, nor if various technologies
are applied such as RAIN RFID,
automated number plate recognition
(ANPR) or any other sensor. A mix of
technologies is the perfect candidate
for CrossTalk.
The main aim of CrossTalk is to
process and merge data that comes
from several sensors. All processing
tasks, crypto commands and event
creation are remotely performed on
the devices. Every RAIN RFID reader
or ANPR camera, for example, creates
hundreds of reads and images that
cannot be handled directly by traffic
management solutions.
Without being an expert in the
AutoID sector, a customer is not able
to or does not want to handle these
massive quantities of RFID and
optical raw data. Kathrein’s partners
want to get a lean event that contains
the most important information such
as an RFID read. This information
can then be easily integrated into the
tolling, vehicle registration, parking
or any other back-end systems.
Technological demands for the world’s roads are expanding with
innovation, with the number of solutions constantly evolving
Words | Christian Schnebinger, Kathrein Solutions, Germany