Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) using Smart&Secure™ provides a secure, versatile, reliable and cost efficient method of implementing:

 

MIKOH's AVI tags are specifically engineered and extensively tested for long-term use in all kinds of weather conditions – from snow to the tropics, to the desert.

To complete the AVI hardware solution, MIKOH uses Sirit IDentity (ID) series RFID readers, the combination ensuring unbeatable performance in terms of reliability, read distance, speed and most importantly, data security. For open road applications such as e-Tolling and Average Speed Monitoring, the ID5100 is able to read the MIKOH AVI tag from 15 meters away* and at speeds of over 170 km/h*. For lower speed applications such as access control, gated toll plazas and parking lot management, the ID4100 is ideal.

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Smart&Secure™ Case Study
SmartRFID: The Thai EVR Program (TEVR)

Thailand has approximately 27 million vehicles with an estimated growth rate of 1 million vehicles per year. According to the Thai Department of Land Transport (DLT), it is also estimated that 5 million vehicles are unregistered or do not renew their annual registrations. This not only results in the loss of vehicle tax income, but also means that the motorists are uninsured and could be operating non-roadworthy vehicles. This non-compliance with safety standards often results in higher numbers of road incidents.

In February 2010, the DLT awarded a contract to Kollakorn Company Limited to implement and manage an Electronic Vehicle Registration (TEVR) program in Thailand using passive RFID to tag vehicles, in an effort to recover lost registration and enforce compliance.

Kollakorn opted for MIKOH's tamper indicating Headlamp tag as 60% of the country's vehicle population are motorcycles and passenger vehicles often have metalized windshield tinting that blocks RFID tag performance. In this first phase of the TEVR, 450 ID5100 readers are being installed in Bangkok, Greater Bangkok and its surrounding provinces. TEVR is marketed to motorists as SmartRFID.

From June 1, 2011, 1000 passenger mini-vans were tagged in order to use the Don Muang Tollway as part of a pilot project to monitor speeding. Readers installed on the tollway will monitor the average speed of these public transport vehicles. This is an effort curb excessive speeding on the tollway, which has resulted in a number of fatalities in the recent years.

Motorists who have moved to SmartRFID are starting to see the benefits of the program. They now have access to real-time traffic monitoring and a quarterly magazine with updates on the program, along with about Baht 3000 worth of discount vouchers from lifestyle partners.

There are plans to further expand average speed monitoring on more tollways, real time traffic reports for mobile devices, parking lot management, electronic tolling, access control and border controls. The first phase of the Thai EVR is slated for completion at the end of September 2011.

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* The ID5100 in a non-frequency hopping mode can read the MIKOH Headlamp tag from 15 meters away, and can read and write back data at 180 km/h based on the latest speed test conducted in the field in Thailand in June 2011.