| Vol.7 |
20th ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013 Coming Soon, and FORUM8 in the WC |
| World's State-of-the-art ITS Technologies Gathered Together, With Two Days Opening to the Public For Free |
Opening
of the 20th ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013 is close at hand. It is the
third time after 9 years that the congress is held in Japan.
The
Opening Ceremony will be held at Tokyo International Forum on October
14, the first day of the congress. From October 15 - 18, a variety of
events including congress sessions and exhibition will be held at Tokyo
Big Sight.
Congress sessions comprise about 250 sessions, while
the exhibition will contain about 700 booths. The sponsor side expects
more than 8,000 participants from about 60 countries and regions during
the congress period. To take part in the Congress, it is required to
register participation on its official Website
(http://www.itsworldcongress.jp/japanese/index.html).
The
Congress will have two days open to the general public, free of charge,
limited to October 17 and 18. Registration for the open days is
available on the above Website with a registration button from August 1.
On
these open days, the exhibition, in which Forum8 will also take part as
an exhibitor, and showcase demonstrations such as test rides will be
widely open to the public. It is designed to provide an opportunity for
the public to see and experience cutting-edge ITS technologies while
enjoying and understanding roles and possibilities of ITS.
| Outline of the Exhibition of FORUM8 in the Congress |
FORUM8
exhibited at the 11th ITS World Congress Aichi / Nagoya 2004 for the
first time. Since then, it is now the 10th time in a row for us to
participate the Congress.
The exhibition of FORUM8 will include the following:
1)
A racing game based on 6K digital signage system and UC-win/Road
driving simulator equipped with UC-win/Road cluster system multi-driver
function;
2) Parking Solution based on VR-Cloud® and UC-win/Road;
3) UC-win/Road Train Simulator with real driver console;
4) "G'Val", a tunnel operator training system.
Through
these, we would like a large number of visitors to physically
experience advanced mobility enabled by the cutting-edge VR
technologies.
ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013
Dates: October 14 (Mon.)- 18 (Fri.), 2013
Exhibition: October 15 (Tue.) - 18 (Fri.)
Opening to the general public: October 17 (Thurs.) - 18 (Fri.)
Exhibition venue: Tokyo Big Sight
URL：http://www.itsworldcongress.jp/japanese/ |
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| Exhibition of FORUM8 (planned) |
| ORSE Supports ETC to Come into Wide Use, Exploring the Potential for New Applications |
Among
ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) that realize a wide range of
services, the Electronic Toll Collection System (ETC) is one of the
services familiar to most of drivers.
ETC is a system which
allows drivers to automatically pay toll on toll roads without stopping
the car, using wireless communication between an ETC on-board equipment
installed in a passing vehicle and a base station on the ground.
Expected to have effects such as solution of congestion at the
tollbooth, improvement of drivers' convenience, and reduction of
management cost, it is becoming widespread.
The standards
provided for operating ETC requires to implement security of
information in a unified, effective, and reliable way in consideration
of convenience of users in general who pass plural toll roads. Based on
this, Organization for Road System Enhancement (ORSE) was established
in 1999, under the guidance and request of toll collectors with
automatic charging systems with consensus from the relevant persons in
the related industries. (ORSE was shifted from an incorporated
foundation to general incorporated foundation.)
Since then, ORSE
has conducted activities including provision of the standards for
assurance of information security, provision of encrypted data for ETC
setup, and research and development for the enhancement of ETC
technologies. In addition, it supports work to spread unified advanced
ETC as well as implementation of services utilizing those technologies.
"Organization"
in the ORSE Website stated above contains information on the outline of
ORSE and its business report etc. It also illustrates the mechanism of
ETC as well as the role of ORSE for ETC as "ETC and Organization / The
Role of Organization". Furthermore, the section of "Purpose and effect
of introducing ETC" mentions the following items: 1.Improvement in
convenience to users; 2.Easing traffic congestion at toll gates;
3.Environmental improvement regarding air pollution, traffic noises,
etc. around toll gate areas; 4.Support for various charge systems, such
as transit charges, in the future; and 5.Regional revitalization with
Smart IC. Moreover, as a "Characteristics of Japan's ETC", it
summarizes as follows: 1. A unified system is used nationwide. 2. ETC
uses the frequency band that conforms to the international standard. 3.
Adoption of a two-piece method that separates vehicle owners and charge
payers to support a variety of usages. 4. Security and protection of
privacy; 5. Differences from the tag method adopted in US/ Europe.
On
the other hand, "For users" section introduces the regulation on using
ETC, preparation for using ETC, procedure of actually using ETC,
notices in using ETC, subsidy programs, and so on. As part of
possibilities of expanding use of ETC, the Website also explains with
illustrations about private services with user vehicle numbers
(multi-purpose use of ETC) such as the automatic payment service for
parking lots and simplification of boarding procedure of ferryboats
using the ETC on-board equipment.
"Instructions to operators"
shows information on disclosure of the standards for assurance of
information security, provision of the encrypted data for ETC setup,
interconnectivity test, and research and development for the
enhancement of ETC technologies.
Besides, "ETC Library" shows articles including newsletters issued by ORSE occasionally.
The
top page has links to various Websites and pages relating to the use
and spread of ETC, including "ETC portal site" and "2012 ETC handbook".
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Top page: Organization
for Road System Enhancement (ORSE) |
Main activities of ORSE |
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| ETC portal site |
Applications of ETC expanding
from toll roads to downtown areas. |
(Written by Takashi Ikeno)
(images provided by ORSE: Organization for Road System Enhancement） |
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