KR20100071654A - System and method for alarming approach of vehicle or person at a crossroads - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for informing the approach of vehicles or pedestrians at a crossroad is provided to induce a safe driving at the crossroad by informing a driver of the approach of the vehicles or the pedestrians from all directions. CONSTITUTION: Sensing devices(1, 2, 3) is installed to each lane of a crossroad and detect vehicles or pedestrians that approaches the crossroad from a corresponding lane. An informing device(10) informs the approach of the vehicles or the pedestrians to the vehicle or the pedestrians approaching the crossroad from the corresponding lane of the crossroad.

Description

System and method for alarming approach of vehicle or person at a crossroads}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a traffic safety system and, more particularly, to a system and method for informing a vehicle or a person of an approach at an intersection in order to induce safe driving and prevent an accident.

With the recent development of IT technology, many services are supported for safer and more convenient driving by using road and traffic information by intelligent transport systems (ITS). However, in the intersections of roads, alleys, underground parking lots, etc., safe driving methods due to blind spots are used to induce safe driving using reflectors. However, in the case of the reflector, a dark night or the road ups and downs, the vehicle or pedestrians in the left and right lanes are often invisible, and because there is a convex mirror, there is no distance. In addition, even in the case of a forward lane, it may not be possible to check the approach of the vehicle due to a sharp curve of a hill or an intersection, which may result in an unexpected accident. Therefore, in the night or the intersection where it is difficult to identify a vehicle or a pedestrian is on a hill, where the vehicle in front is invisible or the vehicle approaching from the left and right lanes is not visible, such a device does not guarantee safe driving alone.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is a system and method for informing the approach of the vehicle or person at the intersection, which can inform the driver of the approach of the vehicle or pedestrian in front or left and right to induce safe driving at the intersection and prevent accidents. To provide.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a system for notifying the approach of a vehicle or a person at an intersection according to the present invention is installed for each lane of the intersection and detection devices for detecting a vehicle or person approaching the intersection at the corresponding lane ; And a notification device that informs a vehicle approaching the intersection at the intersection at each lane of the intersection to inform the vehicle or the person's access information of the intersection at the intersection, wherein the sensing device is a vehicle approaching the intersection at the intersection; When a person is detected, the detection information is transmitted to the notification device, and the notification device informs the detected information of the detected vehicle or person according to the received detection information.

Here, the transmission of the sensing information may be made through wireless communication.

In addition, the detection device, a sensor for detecting the approach of the vehicle or person; And a transmitter for transmitting the sensing information to the notification device.

In addition, the notification device, the receiving unit for receiving the detection information; A display unit which displays in which direction the vehicle or person approaches as the access information; And a controller for controlling the display unit according to the received sensing information.

The display unit may include an LED indicator corresponding to each lane, and display the access information by turning on the LED indicator.

The notification device may further include a sound generator that informs the access information by sound.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a method for informing the approach of a vehicle or a person at an intersection according to the present invention includes: (a) a vehicle or person approaching the intersection at a corresponding lane using a sensing means installed for each lane of the intersection; Detecting; (b) transmitting sensing information when a vehicle or a person approaching the intersection is detected; And (c) receiving the sensing information from a notification means installed spaced apart from the sensing means; And (d) informing access information of the detected vehicle or person to a vehicle approaching the intersection from the corresponding lane for each lane according to the received sensing information.

Here, step (d) may indicate in which direction the love or the vehicle approaches as the access information.

In addition, the step (d) may display the access information by lighting the LED indicator corresponding to each lane.

In addition, step (d) may further inform the access information by sound.

According to the present invention, it is possible to inform the driver of the approach of a vehicle or a pedestrian in front or left and right, and particularly effective in places where the ups and downs or right / left vehicles are not visible due to severe ups and downs, such as hills on the road. Therefore, it is possible to induce safe driving at the intersection and prevent accidents in advance.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, substantially the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 illustrates a configuration of a system for notifying an approach of a vehicle or a person at an intersection according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system according to the present embodiment, as shown in the approach of the vehicle or person to the intersection of the sensing devices (1, 2, 3) installed in each lane of the intersection and the vehicle approaching the intersection in the lane by each lane It comprises a notification device 10 for informing information.

The sensing devices 1, 2, 3 respectively detect a person (or a bicycle) or a vehicle approaching an intersection at a corresponding lane. For example, the sensing device 1 detects a vehicle or person approaching an intersection on the left side, the sensing device 2 detects a vehicle or person approaching an intersection on the right side, and the sensing device 3 Detect vehicles or people approaching an intersection. In this embodiment, one sensing device is installed at each intersection, but a plurality of sensing apparatuses may be installed at each intersection for more accurate sensing. For example, a sensing device may likewise be installed across the sensing device 1.

The sensing devices 1, 2, and 3 generate sensing information and transmit the sensing information to the notification device 10 when a vehicle or a person approaching an intersection is detected in the lane where the sensing devices 1, 2, and 3 are installed. In this case, the transmission of the sensing information may be made through wireless communication.

The notification device 10 includes three notification boards 10-1, 10-2, and 10-3 according to the present embodiment in order to inform the access information to the vehicles approaching the intersection at each lane by lane. That is, the notice board 10-1 approaches a vehicle approaching the intersection from the left side, the notice board 10-2 approaches a vehicle approaching the intersection from the lower side, and the notice board 10-3 approaches a vehicle approaching the intersection from the right side. Provides access information for vehicles approaching intersections in different lanes.

When the notification device 10 receives the sensing information from any one of the sensing devices 1, 2, and 3, according to the received sensing information, for each lane except the lane where the vehicle or the person is detected, The vehicle approaching the intersection is informed of access information indicating which direction the vehicle or person is approaching. For example, when the sensing device 1 detects the vehicle 100 and transmits the sensing information to the notification device 10, the notification device 10 may know the vehicle 200 approaching the intersection from the lower side. In order to inform that the vehicle is approaching from the left side through the notice board 10-2. At the same time, the notification device 10 informs that the vehicle is approaching from the front through the notice board 10-3 so that the vehicle approaching the intersection from the right side can be known.

Similarly, when the sensing device 3 detects the vehicle 200 and transmits the sensing information to the notification device 10, the notification device 10 may display the notification board so that the vehicle 100 approaching the intersection from the left side may know. (10-1) indicates that the vehicle is approaching from the right side. At the same time, the notification device 10 informs that the vehicle is approaching from the left side through the notice board 10-3 so that the vehicle approaching the intersection from the right side can be known.

2 is a configuration of the sensing device 1, 2, or 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and includes a sensor 11 and a transmitter 12. The sensor 11 detects an approach of a vehicle or a person at an intersection in the corresponding lane and generates detection information. As the sensor 11, an infrared sensor, a photo sensor, etc. can be used, for example. The transmitter 12 transmits the sensing information generated by the sensor 11 to the notification device 10 through wireless communication through an antenna (not shown).

3 is a configuration of the notification device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and includes a receiver 13, a controller 14, and first to third display units 15, 16, and 17. In the present embodiment, the first to third display units 15, 16, and 17 are provided on the notification boards 10-1, 10-2, and 10-3, respectively.

The receiver 13 receives sensing information from the sensing devices 1, 2, or 3 through an antenna (not shown), and the controller 14 controls the first to third display units 15, according to the received sensing information. 16, 17). More specifically, the controller 14 identifies which of the sensing devices 1, 2, and 3 the received sensing information is from, and according to the identified result, the first to third display units 15, 16, 17) to control which vehicle or person is approaching the vehicle in the lane. For example, if the received sensing information is identified as coming from the sensing device 1, the control unit 14 controls the second display unit 16 of the notice board 10-2 to display that the vehicle is approaching from the left side. The third display unit 17 of the notice board 10-3 controls to display that the vehicle is approaching from the front. The first to third display units 15, 16, and 17 respectively display which direction the vehicle or the person approaches according to the control of the controller 14, respectively.

4 is a configuration of the appearance of the notice board 10-1, 10-2, or 10-3 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and takes the notice plate 10-2 as an example. Referring to FIG. 4, the notice board 10-1 is formed as an LED indicator corresponding to each lane as the second display unit 16, and the second display unit 16 turns on the LED indicator to indicate which lane the vehicle is approaching. Will be displayed. By using the LED indicators, the driver can easily know which direction the vehicle or person is approaching. The number or shape of the LED indicators will vary depending on the notification panel, the notification panel 10-1 may be provided with LED indicators indicating forward and right directions, and the notification panel 10-3 may be provided with LED indicators indicating forward and left directions. will be. In addition, according to the present embodiment, the sound generating unit 20 may be further provided, and when the vehicle approaches from another lane, the LED indicator may be turned on and the access information may be notified by sound. Access information, which is known by sound, can be especially noticed by pedestrians in the lane.

On the other hand, the detection devices (1, 2, 3) may be installed in facilities such as safety fences, smoke, street lights, easy to detect vehicles and people, the notification device 10 (or notice board) is a driver Pedestrians can be installed in a suitable location that is easy to identify. The power supply for the sensing device or the notification device may use a phase change of a nearby street light or a traffic light, or may use sunlight (solar cell).

Although the above-described embodiment has been described using the three lanes as an example, the present invention can be applied to the four or more lanes as a matter of course. Of course, at this time, a sensing device is installed for each lane, and the sensing device detects a vehicle or a person approaching an intersection at the lane. In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the notice board that informs the driver of each lane of the vehicle or the person of the other lane, which forms the notification device, has been described as being installed in the same place, but the notice plate is convenient for the driver approaching from each lane to identify. Of course, they can be installed in different places.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of notifying a vehicle or a person of approaching an intersection at an intersection according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The method according to the present embodiment consists of steps that are processed in a system that informs the approach of a vehicle or person at the intersection described above. Therefore, even if omitted below, the above description of the system for notifying the approach of the vehicle or the person at the intersection is applied to the method according to the present embodiment.

In operation S10, the sensing devices 1, 2, and 3 detect a vehicle or a person approaching the intersection at the corresponding lane.

In operation S20, the sensing device 1, 2, or 3 that detects the vehicle or the person transmits the sensing information to the notification device 10.

In operation S30, the notification device 10 receives the sensing information.

In operation S40, the notification device 10 notifies the vehicle approaching the intersection at the corresponding lane for each lane according to the received detection information and informs the access information of which direction the vehicle or person detected in the other vehicle approaches.

According to the present invention described above, the detection device (1, 2, 3) for detecting a vehicle, a person, a bicycle, etc. are installed for each lane, the detection device (1, 2, 3) and the notification device 10 is spaced apart The installation has the advantage of making it easy for the driver to know the approach of the vehicle or the person effectively in the place where the ups and downs, such as hills of the road or the sudden curve is invisible to the vehicle ahead or left and right.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

1 illustrates a configuration of a system for notifying an approach of a vehicle or a person at an intersection according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 shows a configuration of a sensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 shows a configuration of a notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 shows the configuration of the appearance of the notice board according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of notifying a vehicle or a person of approaching an intersection at an intersection according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (11)

A system that informs a vehicle or person at an intersection, Sensing devices installed at each lane of the intersection to detect a vehicle or a person approaching the intersection at the lane; And And a notification device for informing each vehicle of the intersection to approach the intersection of the vehicle or the person at the intersection from the corresponding lane, The sensing device transmits the sensing information to the notification device when a vehicle or a person approaching the intersection is detected in the corresponding lane, And the notification device informs the detected information of the detected vehicle or person according to the received detection information. The method of claim 1, And transmitting the sensed information through wireless communication. The method of claim 1, The sensing device, A sensor for detecting an approach of a vehicle or a person; And And a transmitter for transmitting the sensing information to the notification device. The method of claim 1, The notification device is A receiver for receiving the sensing information; A display unit which displays in which direction the vehicle or person approaches as the access information; And And a control unit for controlling the display unit according to the received sensing information. The method of claim 4, wherein And the display unit comprises an LED indicator corresponding to each lane, and displays the access information by turning on the LED indicator. The method of claim 4, wherein The notification device further comprises a sound generating unit for informing the sound of the access information. This is a way to notify a vehicle or person at an intersection. (a) detecting a vehicle or a person approaching the intersection from the lane using detection means installed for each lane of the intersection; (b) transmitting sensing information when a vehicle or a person approaching the intersection is detected; And (c) receiving the sensing information from a notification means installed spaced apart from the sensing means; And and (d) informing access information of the detected vehicle or person to a vehicle approaching the intersection at the corresponding lane for each lane according to the received sensing information. The method of claim 7, wherein And transmitting the sensed information via wireless communication. The method of claim 7, wherein The step (d) is characterized in that as the access information in which direction the love or vehicle approaches. 10. The method of claim 9, The step (d) is characterized in that for displaying the access information by lighting the LED indicator corresponding to each lane. 10. The method of claim 9, (D) step further informs the access information by sound.

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