JP2006240554A - Safety device for vehicle having automatic fire extinguishing function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safety device for a vehicle having an automatic fire extinguishing function preventing occurrence of the problem of a secondary disaster caused by the succeeding vehicles and the problem of collision accidents or traffic jams involving the succeeding vehicles by automatically putting aside and stopping a vehicle to one side of a road (left in countries where vehicles run on the left side of a road; right in countries where vehicles run on the right side) if an automatic fire extinguishing device begins fire extinguishing with outbreak of a vehicles fire. <P>SOLUTION: When temperature detecting sensors 10-16 detect the vehicle fire, automatic fire distinguishing devices 11-17 are operated for fire distinguishing while a controller 4 operates a steering wheel controller 23 to put aside and stop the vehicle TR to one side of the road with decelerating the speed of the vehicle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a safety device devised so as to prevent various secondary disasters that occur simultaneously with a vehicle fire by using the vehicle with an automatic fire extinguishing function capable of automatically extinguishing a vehicle fire. .

  In Patent Document 1, when a fire occurs in an engine room or the like due to a vehicle collision, the automatic fire extinguishing device is activated to extinguish the fire, and the fact of the collision is reported to the outside, and the automatic brake is activated to drive the vehicle. A collision centralized control device configured to prevent a secondary collision by stopping and to release a door lock is described.

Patent Document 2 discloses a door lock unlocking system configured to release a door lock when the occurrence of a vehicle fire is detected and the vehicle speed is reduced and the vehicle speed becomes substantially zero (when the vehicle stops). Is described.
JP-A-6-234342 JP-A-8-270286

  The devices described in the above cited references are configured to automatically decelerate and stop the vehicle speed and release the door lock when a vehicle fire occurs. Therefore, even if the vehicle fire is extinguished by the operation of the automatic fire extinguishing device, the vehicle is left on the road surface on which another vehicle is traveling, so that the following vehicle is There have been problems such as the occurrence of secondary disasters such as collisions, and traffic jams caused by the stopped vehicles.

  In addition, when the passenger rushes to the road surface by releasing the door lock, there is a problem in that a secondary disaster occurs in which the passenger is hit by the following vehicle.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and its technical problem is that when an automatic fire extinguishing device starts extinguishing due to the occurrence of a vehicle fire, the vehicle is automatically moved to one side of the road. The problem of secondary disasters received from the following vehicle, as well as the collision accident and traffic congestion that the subsequent vehicle suffers, occurs when the vehicle is moved to the left side of the vehicle (the left side when the vehicle is left-handed and the right side when the vehicle is right-handed). It is providing the safety device for vehicles provided with the automatic fire extinguishing function devised so that it may not.

(1) In order to solve the above technical problem, the means according to claim 1 of the present invention is configured such that when the sensor detects the occurrence of a vehicle fire, the automatic fire extinguishing device is activated to extinguish the vehicle fire. A vehicle safety device having an automatic fire extinguishing function, wherein the vehicle has an operation mode switching means for immediately switching the operation mode of the vehicle from the manual mode to the automatic operation mode when a sensor detects the occurrence of a vehicle fire. And automatic gasoline supply control means for stopping supply of gasoline to the engine, automatic vehicle speed control means for decelerating the vehicle speed by performing a brake operation under the control of the automatic operation mode, and a preset speed at which the vehicle speed is set in advance. Or, when the vehicle is decelerated below the set speed, the steering wheel automatic control means for steering the vehicle so that the vehicle is brought to one side of the road under the management of the automatic driving mode. And an automatic brake control means that, when the vehicle is shifted to one side of the road by the handle control means, performs a brake operation under the management of the automatic driving mode, and stops the vehicle at the shifted position. It is characterized by being.

(2) According to a second aspect of the present invention, the vehicle is provided with a surrounding confirmation sensor capable of confirming the situation of the vehicle periphery, and the vehicle speed is determined in advance under the management of the automatic driving mode. When the vehicle is decelerated to below the specified speed and it is confirmed that there are no other vehicles or other obstacles in the front and rear parts on the side where the vehicle is moved closer by this surrounding confirmation sensor, The automatic steering control means is operated based on the information so that the vehicle is shifted to one side of the road.

(3) According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the vehicle is brought to one side of the road and stops, the seat belt detaching device removes the seat belt, and the door lock releasing device removes the door auto-lock. It is characterized by being configured as described above.

  According to the means according to claim 1 described in the above (1), when the vehicle fire occurs and the automatic fire extinguishing device starts to extinguish, the supply of gasoline to the engine is stopped and the vehicle operation mode is set to the automatic operation mode. The vehicle is shifted to the side of the road while the vehicle speed is reduced to a low speed to stop the vehicle, preventing the occurrence of secondary disasters from the following vehicle, and the problems such as the collision and traffic jam given to the following vehicle. can do. In addition, after a vehicle fire occurs, the operation mode is switched to the automatic operation mode, and under the control of this automatic operation mode, the brake operation such as deceleration and stop of the vehicle speed and the handle operation to move the vehicle to the position side are all Since it is automatically controlled, it is possible to solve the problem of secondary disasters that occur when the driver rushes and makes a mistake in driving due to the occurrence of a fire.

  According to the means according to claim 2 described in the above (2), when the vehicle is brought close to one side of the road due to the occurrence of a vehicle fire, the surrounding confirmation sensor moves the If there is no vehicle, etc., and if the vehicle speed is decelerated below a certain speed, the automatic steering control means will operate and the vehicle will be shifted. Therefore, the vehicle can be safely stopped.

  According to the means according to claim 3 described in the above (3), after the vehicle is moved to one side of the road and stopped, the seat belt detaching device removes the seat belt, and the door lock releasing device is used for the automatic door. Since the lock is released, the passenger can safely escape out of the vehicle without suffering a secondary disaster such as being hit by the following vehicle.

  As described above, according to the vehicle safety device having an automatic fire extinguishing function according to the present invention, when a vehicle fire occurs, the automatic fire extinguishing device is activated to extinguish the fire, and at the same time, the vehicle is placed on one side of the road. Because it stops at the same time, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of secondary disasters such as collision with the following vehicle and being hit by the following vehicle, and also solve the problem of traffic congestion caused by leaving the fire vehicle. It has the advantage of being able to keep the safety of both the car and the following car.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a vehicle safety device having an automatic fire extinguishing function according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a vehicle (automobile) in which the present invention is implemented. TR is a vehicle, 2 is a wheel, 3 is an axle, 4 is a control device (CPU / memory) constituting the center of the system mounted on the vehicle TR, 5 is a vehicle speed detection sensor (speedometer) attached to the axle 3, Reference numeral 6 denotes an engine (engine room), 7 denotes a gasoline tank, 8 denotes a gasoline supply pipe, and 9 denotes a gasoline supply device (pump) provided in the supply pipe 8.

  Reference numerals 10, 12, 14 and 16 denote temperature detection sensors attached to the gasoline tank 7 and the engine 6, and 11, 13, 15 and 17 denote automatic fire extinguishing devices similarly provided to the gasoline tank 7 and the engine 6. The detection sensors 10 to 16 are all under the control of the control device 4, and when the temperature of the gasoline tank 7 or the engine 6 rises to, for example, 120 ° C. or more, the control device 4 determines that a fire has occurred, and the gasoline tank 7 or automatic fire extinguishing devices 11 to 17 provided in the engine 6 are configured to inject fire extinguishing agents and to extinguish them.

  18, 19, 20, and 21 are surrounding confirmation sensors attached to the front and rear and both sides of the vehicle, confirming the front, rear, and left and right sides of the running vehicle TR, the presence of other vehicles and obstacles, and this The distance between the vehicle and the obstacle is measured, and each data is communicated to the control device 4 in real time. On the other hand, when the vehicle TR is brought close to the end of the road (vehicle speed) due to the occurrence of a fire, The distance from the end (edge) of the road is measured, and this data is communicated to the control device 4.

  As the surrounding confirmation sensors 18 to 21, for example, a sensor using sound waves, a sensor using light, an image sensor, or a combination of these sensors can be considered. It is also conceivable to use a short-range in-vehicle radar (SRR). Since this short-range vehicle-mounted radar is a 360-degree radar, if one is mounted on the vehicle TR, the surroundings can be monitored.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the electrical configuration of the present invention, in which 22 is a vehicle speed control device (brake device), 23 is a steering wheel control device, 26 is a seat belt release device, and 27 is a door lock release device. These devices are controlled to operate under the monitoring of software stored in the memory (not shown) of the control device 4 when the operation mode of the vehicle TR is switched to the automatic operation mode due to the occurrence of a fire. It is configured.

  That is, when any of the temperature detection sensors 10, 12, 14, 16 detects a vehicle fire (for example, 120 ° C. or higher) in the memory of the control device 4, the fire occurrence place or all the automatic fire extinguishing devices 11, 13 are detected. , 15 and 17 to extinguish the fire, and when traveling, the operation mode switching means for switching the operation mode of the vehicle TR to the automatic operation mode simultaneously with the fire detection, and the operation of the gasoline supply device 9 are stopped. Automatic gasoline supply control means for stopping the supply of gasoline to the engine 7, automatic vehicle speed control means for operating the vehicle speed control device 22 to reduce the vehicle speed to, for example, 15 km / h or less, and when the vehicle speed is reduced, Present by having the confirmation sensors 18, 19, 20, 21 monitor the surroundings, and in particular accurately confirming whether there are any other vehicles or obstacles before and after the left side of the vehicle TR. If the vehicle TR does not exist, the vehicle TR is moved to the left end of the road by the handle automatic control means for operating the handle control device 23 to move the vehicle TR to the left end of the road and the surrounding confirmation sensors 18-21. When it is confirmed that the vehicle has been shifted to the vehicle, an automatic brake control means for operating the vehicle speed control device 22 to completely stop the vehicle TR, and an operation for operating the seat belt release device 26 and the door lock release device 27 after the vehicle stops. And various software for realizing the means are stored.

  In the above-described embodiment, it is described that the fire vehicle TR is shifted to the left end of the road. However, in the country or region where the vehicle passes on the right side, it is needless to say that the fire vehicle TR is shifted to the right end of the road. is there.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 24 denotes a brake lamp, and 25 denotes a direction support lamp. The flashing of these lamps 24 and 25 and other alarm devices (not shown) are used to notify the occurrence of a vehicle fire to the outside. Then, secondary disasters such as a collision with the following vehicle can be prevented more effectively.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation procedure of the present invention when a vehicle fire occurs as described above, and S1 to S13 describe the respective steps. The present invention was developed to cope with a fire that occurred while the vehicle TR was running, and the automatic fire extinguishing devices 11 to 17 are automatically extinguished by detecting the temperature of the vehicle fire when the vehicle is stopped. .

  In the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, when a fire is determined in step S2, the gasoline supply to the engine 6 is stopped simultaneously with the automatic extinguishing in step S3, and the engine 6 is stopped. Is for dealing with a vehicle TR that travels by inertia. For example, if there is no running power left to move the vehicle TR to the left end of the road with a climbing plate, the vehicle TR is backed by its own weight. It will be shifted to the left end.

The whole block diagram of the vehicle provided with the vehicle safety device provided with the automatic fire extinguishing function which concerns on this invention. The block diagram explaining the electrical constitution of the present invention. The flowchart explaining the operation | movement procedure of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

TR vehicle
4. Control device (CPU / memory)
5 Vehicle speed sensor
6 Engine (Engine room)
7 Gasoline engine
9 Gasoline supply device
10, 12, 14, 16 Temperature detection sensor
11, 13, 15, 17 Automatic fire extinguishing device
18, 19, 20, 21 Surrounding confirmation sensor
22 Vehicle speed control device
23 Handle control device
26 Seat belt removal device
27 Door lock release device

Claims (3)

A vehicle safety device with an automatic fire extinguishing function configured to extinguish a vehicle fire when a sensor detects the occurrence of a vehicle fire,
This vehicle has
An operation mode switching means for immediately switching the vehicle operation mode from the manual mode to the automatic operation mode when the sensor detects the occurrence of a vehicle fire, and an automatic gasoline supply control means for stopping the gasoline supply to the engine;
Under the control of the automatic driving mode, the vehicle speed automatic control means for decelerating the vehicle speed to a low speed by operating the brake,
When the vehicle speed is set at a predetermined speed, or when the vehicle speed is decelerated below this set speed, under the management of the automatic operation mode, the handle automatic control means for operating the handle so as to move the vehicle to one side of the road;
Automatic brake control means for stopping the vehicle at the position where the vehicle is moved to a biased position under the control of the automatic operation mode when the vehicle is moved to one side of the road by the handle control means. A vehicle safety device equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing function.   The vehicle is provided with a surrounding confirmation sensor capable of confirming the situation of the vehicle periphery, and the vehicle speed is reduced to a predetermined speed or less under the management of the automatic operation mode, and the surrounding confirmation sensor When it is confirmed that there are no other vehicles or other obstacles in the front part and the rear part on the side where the vehicle is shifted, the automatic handle control means operates based on information from the surrounding confirmation sensor, and the vehicle The vehicle safety device having an automatic fire extinguishing function according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is arranged so as to be shifted to one side of the road.   3. The structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the vehicle is moved to one side of the road and stopped, the seat belt detaching device removes the seat belt and the door lock releasing device removes the automatic lock of the door. A vehicle safety device having an automatic fire extinguishing function described in 1.

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