Technology Profile |
Norway’s approach
to free-flow tolling
Low emission zone tolling as
started in major cities like
London are a big topic, not
only for calming down traffic
but also for climate protection.
Efkon – a Strabag subsidiary –
just revealed its solution for
free-flow city tolling in Norway.
The Norwegian Public Roads
Administration’s key priority
was having the best possible
integration of toll equipment
into its old cityscape in order to
preserve the famous landscape
of the Fish Market in Bergen or
other historical or touristic
places in Oslo. As a consequence
of this aim, slim and attractive
equipment design and
installation structures were
requested with the benefit of
creating a discreet and goodlooking
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appearance across the
city environments.
Furthermore, the markets
today are asking for slim single
gantry design instead of massive
multi-gantry installations as
they are still often used for
MLFF tolling applications.
Typically, many single products
were installed as cameras for
image acquisition and ALPR
service, flashlights for
illumination, laser sensors for
classification, DSRC transceivers,
switches, cabinets and others.
Older style multi-gantry
environments had sufficient
space and possibilities to install
many components. Urban and
single gantry structures do not
allow the same due to limited
space or static requirements. In
multi-gantry installations, huge
separated and external lane
cabinets with processing units
and switches are mostly applied.
The required cabling to
interconnect all devices is
extensive and costly.
It would seem that an optimal
solution would be to integrate
many single products and
aforementioned services into
Main image: Single gantry
structures are attractive
Above right: Bergen and
Oslo benefit from Efkon’s
AVT100 sensor box
one appliance. Such products
should offer in-built processing
power plus redundancy and
high availability. It should be
possible to utilize one appliance
for multiple services such
as electronic tolling,
enforcement, tracking,
access zone surveillance or
any ALPR applications.
N-Force AVT100 was Efkon’s
answer, offering a new product
fulfilling the before mentioned
industry demands. As an
organic development, the
product was released in 2018.
Special focus was given to
implement technical multipurpose
services in a one-box
solution with an attractive
design. The higher technical
integration also benefits from an
attractive product price, reduced
efforts for installation and
cabling, and lower total costs of
ownership during the system
lifecycle. The product is
contributing to easy and
attractive integration in urban
or countryside areas, small
and single gantry structures
or masts.
Technical features
The AVT100 All-Vehicle Sensor
Box supports multi-lane free
flow applications for up to two
lanes at speeds of up to
160km/h. Each N-Force AVT100
combines a high dynamic range
CMOS camera, a powerful
infrared flash, a SAM security
module processing unit and
embedded management
software including ALPR
in a compact design with
full components redundancy.
External plugs to connect Efkon
DSRC transceivers are available.
The in-built functionality
supports image capturing
and ALPR, vehicle classification,
| Need to know
The AVT100 All-Vehicle
Sensor Box supports
multi-lane free flow
applications for up to
two lanes at speeds
of up to 160km/h
> The box is suited to
applications including
access zone management,
surveillance and tracking
> Only power and data
cabling is required
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