JPH06180547A - Drive training device for vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the drive training device for vehicles which enables trainees for vehicle driving to efficiently learn brake operations by providing a brake power display mechanism displaying the trainees' brake operating power. CONSTITUTION:The inner side in the upper part of the front windshield of a training car 1 is provided with a display section 3 for a teacher. This display section 3 for the the teacher is constituted by arranging 9 pieces of green, yellow and red light emitting diodes 5 to 13 at specified intervals on one straight line on a transversely long base 4. A display section 16 for the trainee is mounted on a meter panel 15 in the room of the training car 1. The display section 16 for the trainee is a reduction of the display section 3 for the teacher and is similarly mounted with 9 pieces of the light emitting diodes. The corresponding diodes of these light emitting diodes are turned on according to the magnitude of the brake operating power. Then, the teacher is able to decide whether the treading of the brake is correct or not by the display section 3 for the teacher. The trainee is able to quantitatively known the brake operating power from the display section 16 for the trainee.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a training device suitable for driving training of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a part of a car driving training, a trainee rides a training car in a training course under the guidance of an instructor to practice driving. In this exercise, driving manners, steering, acceleration,
Learning to decelerate, etc., but braking is extremely important.

[0003]

Since the speed is equipped with a speedometer, it is not difficult for the student to keep the speed as defined. However, it is difficult to perform efficient learning because the only way to operate the brake is to imitate the operation of an instructor who is in the passenger seat and gradually learn it empirically. Therefore,
An object of the present invention is to provide a driving training device for a vehicle that can efficiently learn important brake operations.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a vehicle driving training apparatus with a brake force display mechanism for displaying a brake operating force generated when a vehicle driving participant performs a brake operation. It is characterized by having.

The display portion of the braking force display mechanism is attached to the practice vehicle so that it can be seen from the outside of the vehicle. Alternatively, the display part of the braking force display mechanism should be installed in the room of the practice vehicle in a state visible to the students.

The brake operating force may be detected by a strain sensor provided between the brake pedal and the master cylinder.

[0007]

[Operation] The instructor display unit and the student display unit are turned on according to the magnitude of the brake operation force. The instructor can see the instructor display from the outside of the vehicle, and can know whether or not the brake operation is appropriate on the display. Students can also confirm the same display on the display for students. The strain sensor may be used to detect the brake operating force.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings should be viewed in the direction of the reference numerals.
FIG. 1 is a layout view of a display portion of a braking force display mechanism of the present invention, which is characterized in that an instructor display portion 3 is attached to an upper inner surface of a windshield 2 of a practice vehicle 1. The display portion 3 may be attached to the outer surface of the windshield 2 or the upper portion of the roof, and in short, it may be attached to a position that can be easily seen from the outside of the vehicle.

FIG. 2 shows an instructor display unit according to the present invention. The instructor display unit 3 has a horizontally long base 4 and a green light emitting diode 5, 5.
6, 7 and the yellow light emitting diodes 8, 9, 10 and the red light emitting diodes 11, 12, 13 are arranged in a straight line at regular intervals.

FIG. 3 is another layout view of the braking force display mechanism display portion of the present invention, which is the meter panel 1 in the room of the practice vehicle 1.
A student display unit 16 is attached to the vehicle 5. The student display unit 16 is a reduced version of the instructor display unit 3 in FIG. 2, and nine light emitting diodes are similarly attached. The light emitting diode is turned on according to the magnitude of the brake operating force. How to extract the brake operating force will be described below.

FIG. 4 is a layout view of the strain sensor according to the present invention. The detailed structure will be described with reference to FIG. 5 below. In FIG. 4, the well-known piston rod 21 and brake pedal 22 of the brake master cylinder 20 are shown. It is characterized in that a strain sensor 23 is provided between them.

FIG. 5 is a detailed view of FIG. 4, in which the flanged nut 25 is screwed into the threaded portion 21a of the piston rod 21,
The strain sensor 23 is fitted into the flanged nut 25, a forked yoke 26 is attached from the outside, and a slotted nut 27 is screwed into the tip of the piston rod 21. When the yoke 26 on the brake pedal 22 side is pushed as indicated by the arrow, the yoke 26 pushes the strain sensor 23, the strain sensor 23 pushes the collar 24a of the flanged nut 24, and this collar 24a pushes the step portion 21b of the piston rod 21. It is configured. That is, the yoke 26 is bordered by the slotted nut 27 and the threaded portion 21 a of the piston rod 21, and the movement of the yoke 26 in the direction of the arrow is always transmitted to the piston rod 21 via the strain sensor 23. Characterize.

The strain sensor 23 converts strain such as strain gauge and piezoelectric element into an electric signal, and the lead wire 2
The signal is taken out at 8.

The operation of the vehicular driving training apparatus having the above structure will be described below. In FIG. 4, the brake pedal 22
When is depressed, the brake pedal 22 swings around the pin 29 on the vehicle body side and pushes the yoke 26. In FIG. 5, the yoke 2
The strain sensor 23 pushed by 6 is slightly compressed and deformed in the axial direction and emits a signal corresponding to the compressive force. Since the strain sensor 23 does not absorb the force, it pushes the piston rod 21 with the same force as the applied force. Therefore, the trainee only has to operate the brakes of the practice vehicle normally.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of the braking force display mechanism of the present invention. The signal of the strain sensor 23 is amplified by the amplifier 31 and discriminated by the comparator 32, and is displayed by the instructor display unit 3 and the student display unit. 16 and sent to. The instructor display unit 3 in FIG. 2 has the light emitting diodes 8 to 8 according to the degree of stepping force.
13 lights up. For example, green light emitting diode 8 with minimum power
Lights up, and the red light emitting diode 13 lights up with maximum power. That is, the braking force display mechanism 30 according to the present invention is composed of the strain sensor 23, the amplifier 31, the comparator 32, and the display units 3 and 16 shown in FIG.

If the data storage unit 33, the data printing CPU 34, and the printing device 35 are connected to the amplifier 31, it is possible to retrieve a record of driving practice at any time. Thus, one aspect of the vehicle driving training apparatus according to the present invention is the training vehicle 1
The brake force display mechanism 30 including the strain sensor 23 and the display units 2 and 16 is mounted on the.

In the above, the practice car 1 at the driving school etc.
The trainees riding on train to practice driving according to the curriculum and operate the brakes. The instructor can determine whether or not the brake is sufficiently depressed by looking at the instructor display unit 3 in FIG. 1, and the student himself / herself can quantitatively know the brake operation force on the student display unit 16 in FIG. . The display may be a sound such as an electronic sound other than the lamp of this example. It is even better if both light and sound are displayed.

Therefore, the trainee can receive the instruction of the braking operation from the instructor one after another by radio or the like, and can also receive the instruction based on the record after the practice. Further, since the brake operation force can be displayed even when the vehicle is stopped, it is possible to practice the brake operation with a training vehicle that is idle during waiting time.

As described with reference to FIG. 5, the strain sensor mounting structure of the embodiment is extremely simple and can be easily incorporated between the ordinary brake pedal and the master cylinder. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the hydraulic pressure of the brake hydraulic circuit may be monitored by a pressure sensor, and the display unit may be turned on based on this information.

Although the training device suitable for practicing the brake has been described above, visual training for the trainee is also important as a vehicle driving training device, and a training device therefor will be described below.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a visual training device. A visual training device 40, which is a kind of vehicle driving training device, includes a recording deck 41, a playback deck 42, a monitor 43, an input joystick 44, a host / scoring device. It comprises a CPU 45, a printing device 46 and the like.

FIG. 8 shows the monitor image of FIG. 7, in which the front vehicle 48, the signal 49, the oncoming vehicle 50 and the passerby 51 are displayed on the monitor 43, and the target mark 53 is added to this passerby 51. . In other words, it is necessary to pay attention to passersby in this scene. The target mark 53 can be positioned by the input joystick 44.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of the visual training apparatus. For example, a traffic scene without a target mark (a front scene recorded from the driver's eye level) is reproduced on the reproduction deck 42. The student views the image on the monitor 43. With the target mark synthesizer 54, the student moves the target mark 53 to the position to be careful with the input joystick 44. A composite image similar to that shown in FIG. 8 is recorded in the recording deck 41. At the same time, CPU
Reference numeral 45 checks whether or not the position of the target mark 53 matches a standard inputted in advance, and the result is printed by the printing device 46. Therefore, the trainee can obtain the results of the visual training in the up-to-date state. You can then ask the instructor for guidance based on the recording.

Further, a synthetic image for education can be created by the system of FIG. 7 and used for education. The joystick 44 may be changed to a touch pen, an eye camera or a mouse.

According to the above-mentioned visual training device, unlike the conventional case where a so-called "danger prediction training video" is shown and a question is answered in writing, "where and where should I look at?" You can train them according to the actual driving.

It should be noted that the training vehicle 1 does not refer to only the training vehicle in the training room, but refers to all general vehicles to which the braking force display mechanism 30 can be added for the purpose of practice and learning. Also, the instructor does not refer only to that of the driving school,
Refers to all instructors, advisors, and advisers, as well as all trainees.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the display portion of the braking force display mechanism is attached to the practice vehicle so that it can be seen from the outside of the vehicle, or the display portion of the brake force display mechanism is provided inside the practice vehicle. Since it is installed so that it can be seen by the students, the instructor can see the instructor display from the outside of the vehicle and can know whether or not the brake operation is appropriate on the display, so that the instruction according to the current situation can be given . Students can also confirm the same display on the display for students.

Information for that purpose can be detected by a strain sensor provided between the brake pedal and the master cylinder, and this strain sensor does not hinder the brake operation. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily learn, practice, and teach important brake operations with an extremely simple device, and it is possible to efficiently improve the mastery level of the learner.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a layout view of a display portion of a braking force display mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an instructor display unit of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is another layout view of the display section of the braking force display mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a layout diagram of a strain sensor according to the present invention.

5 is a detailed view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of a vehicle driving training device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a visual training device.

8 is a diagram showing an example of a monitor image of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of a visual training device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Practice car, 3 ... Instructor display (display of braking force display mechanism), 5-7 ... Green light emitting diode, 8-10 ... Yellow light emitting diode, 11-13 ... Red light emitting diode,
16 ... Display for students (display of brake force display mechanism), 20 ... Brake master cylinder, 21 ... Piston rod, 22 ... Brake pedal, 23 ... Strain sensor, 30
... Brake force display mechanism, 40 ... Visual training device, 53 ...
Target mark.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle driving training device comprising a brake force display mechanism for displaying a brake operating force generated when a vehicle driving student operates a brake. 2. The driving training apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the display portion of the braking force display mechanism is attached to the training vehicle in a state of being visible from the outside of the vehicle. 3. The vehicle driving training apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display portion of the braking force display mechanism is mounted in a room of the training vehicle in a state visible to the trainee. 4. The vehicle driving training apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the brake operating force is detected by a strain sensor provided between the brake pedal and the brake master cylinder.