CN217426226U - Omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system for level crossing - Google Patents

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CN217426226U
CN217426226U CN202221162009.9U CN202221162009U CN217426226U CN 217426226 U CN217426226 U CN 217426226U CN 202221162009 U CN202221162009 U CN 202221162009U CN 217426226 U CN217426226 U CN 217426226U
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张宗凯
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The omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system for the level crossing comprises a stand column, wherein a controller is installed on the stand column, a branch sensing assembly, a branch early warning assembly, a trunk early warning assembly, a road middle passing sensing assembly, a power supply assembly, a real-time detection assembly and a remote management device are electrically connected onto the controller, and the branch sensing assembly is used for sensing pedestrians or vehicles running from the branch and transmitting branch sensing signals to the controller through a wireless network; the branch early warning assembly is used for receiving branch sensing signals of the branch sensing assembly to carry out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the branch so as to prompt the branch to give way to a trunk road; the main road early warning assembly is used for receiving branch road sensing signals transmitted by the controller and carrying out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the main road to prompt that the pedestrians or the vehicles on the branch road are about to pass through the intersection.

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Omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system for level crossing
The technical field is as follows:
the utility model relates to a level crossing omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system.
The background art comprises the following steps:
at present, many level crossings exist on national roads, provincial roads, county roads, township roads and village roads, particularly level crossings without traffic lights, speed reduction limitation cannot be performed on motor vehicles on a main road, a slightly better level crossing is only provided with a flashing light to remind the motor vehicles, a motor vehicle driver on the main road cannot clearly judge whether pedestrians or non-motor vehicles exist in a branch road, and the motor vehicles on the main road are generally faster in speed, so that if the pedestrians and the non-motor vehicles on the branch road suddenly pass through the crossing, the motor vehicle driver on the main road is very easy to delay speed reduction to cause traffic accidents; when vehicles on the left lane on the same-direction road turn left or turn around, the vehicles need to pass through the opposite lane of the isolation zone, for the road without the street lamps or the signal lamps, the speed of the opposite vehicles is fast, and the lamps cannot be observed when the vehicles turn left or turn around, so that accidents are caused; in addition, the same situation exists when a branch vehicle passes through a crossroad, and a traffic accident is also easy to occur.
In the prior art, the intersection safety early warning system which is frequently used is not ideal in construction, cost control, working state monitoring, early warning effect and other aspects, so that the intersection safety early warning system cannot be popularized and applied all the time; for example, at level intersections of township roads and village roads, the acquisition of the mains supply is inconvenient when the early warning system is installed, and the cost is high; the working state of each functional part in the early warning system cannot be monitored in real time at present, the working state can be monitored only through manual patrol, and when the functional part fails, a worker cannot control and maintain the functional part in time, so that the early warning system fails in a neutral period, and the overall early warning effect is influenced; if the current common traffic intersection is a crossroad or a T-shaped intersection, the traffic road runs in two directions, and the common early warning equipment can only early warn one main road and one branch road at the same time, so that the early warning effect on the vehicles on the main road in the other direction is poor; and moreover, when the main and branch road vehicles are sensed, the adopted detection mode is unreasonable, and the situations of inaccurate detection, missing detection and the like are easy to occur, so that early warning failure is caused.
The utility model has the following contents:
the embodiment of the utility model provides a level crossing omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system, structural design is reasonable, the integrated control effect based on the controller, the electronic components of cooperation polymorphic type, can reduce the construction degree of difficulty and the manufacturing cost of current safety early warning system, thereby can carry out real time monitoring to the operating condition of each function electrical component and detect, in time maintain fast when breaking down, promote level crossing traffic early warning effect, conveniently supply power, it is accurate to detect, avoid appearing lou to examine the phenomenon, carry out real-time early warning to subtend or right-hand vehicle when making things convenient for branch road vehicle and left side vehicle to turn left or turn around, the problem that exists among the prior art has been solved.
The utility model discloses a solve the technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem adopted and be:
the omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system for the level crossing comprises a stand column, wherein a controller is installed on the stand column, a branch sensing assembly, a branch early warning assembly, a trunk early warning assembly, a road middle passing sensing assembly, a power supply assembly, a real-time detection assembly and a remote management device are electrically connected onto the controller, and the branch sensing assembly is used for sensing pedestrians or vehicles running from the branch and transmitting branch sensing signals to the controller through a wireless network; the branch early warning assembly is used for receiving branch sensing signals of the branch sensing assembly and carrying out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the branch to prompt the branch to give way to the trunk; the main road early warning assembly is used for receiving branch sensing signals transmitted by the controller and carrying out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the main road to prompt that the pedestrians or vehicles on the branch road are about to pass through the intersection; the road middle passing sensing assembly is used for sensing left turning or turning around of vehicles on a left lane on the same-direction road to pass through a road central isolation line belt, and sensing branch vehicles to pass through the road central isolation line belt through a road port; the power supply assembly is used for respectively supplying power to the controller, the branch sensing assembly, the branch early warning assembly and the trunk early warning assembly; the real-time detection assembly is used for detecting the working state of each functional assembly in real time and uploading the working state to the remote management equipment; the remote management equipment is used for receiving the information data uploaded by the controller to perform processing analysis.
The controller passes through the communication subassembly and links to each other with remote management equipment, the communication subassembly is loRa remote transmitter.
The stand column is installed on the right side of a trunk branch of a level crossing road and is installed in a front-mounted mode, the trunk early warning assembly is arranged towards the trunk, and the branch sensing assembly and the branch early warning assembly are arranged towards the branch.
The main road early warning assembly comprises an LED flashing lamp, a self-luminous slow board, a self-luminous attention transverse vehicle prompting board and a tweeter; the branch early warning assembly comprises an LED (light emitting diode) flashing lamp, a self-luminous slow board, a self-luminous transverse vehicle attention notice board and a tweeter; the branch sensing assembly comprises a high-precision radar, an infrared detector and a microwave detector.
The real-time detection assembly comprises a data uploading module and a collecting and receiving module, the collecting and receiving module comprises a perception sensor collecting module and an equipment power consumption collecting module, and the data uploading module comprises an Ethernet transmitter and a wireless network transmitter.
The power supply assembly comprises a mains supply and a solar panel.
The controller is the singlechip, and its model number is STM32F103C8T6, is equipped with 64 pins on the controller.
The controller is also connected with a camera shooting evidence obtaining component which is used for recording videos of pedestrians or vehicles passing through the intersection on the trunk.
The utility model adopts the structure, the pedestrian or the vehicle which runs from the branch can be sensed by the branch sensing component, and the branch sensing signal is transmitted to the controller through the wireless network; receiving branch sensing signals of the branch sensing assembly through the branch early warning assembly, and carrying out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the branch to prompt the branch to give way to a trunk road; receiving branch sensing signals transmitted by the controller through the main road early warning assembly, and carrying out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the main road to prompt that the pedestrians or vehicles on the branch road are about to pass through the intersection; the power supply assembly is used for supplying power to the controller, the branch sensing assembly, the branch early warning assembly and the trunk early warning assembly respectively; the working state of each functional component is detected in real time through the real-time detection component and uploaded to the remote management equipment, and the remote management system has the advantages of low cost, accuracy and practicability.
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fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of the main road early warning assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the branch warning module of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the branch sensing assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the collecting and receiving module of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the data uploading module of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is an electrical schematic diagram of the communication assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is an electrical schematic diagram of the controller of the present invention.
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in order to clearly illustrate the technical features of the present invention, the present invention is explained in detail by the following embodiments in combination with the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1-8, the omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system for the level crossing comprises a stand column, wherein a controller is installed on the stand column, a branch sensing assembly, a branch early warning assembly, a trunk early warning assembly, a road middle passing sensing assembly, a power supply assembly, a real-time detection assembly and a remote management device are electrically connected to the controller, and the branch sensing assembly is used for sensing pedestrians or vehicles running from a branch and transmitting branch sensing signals to the controller through a wireless network; the branch early warning assembly is used for receiving branch sensing signals of the branch sensing assembly to carry out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the branch so as to prompt the branch to give way to a trunk road; the main road early warning assembly is used for receiving branch sensing signals transmitted by the controller and carrying out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the main road to prompt that the pedestrians or vehicles on the branch road are about to pass through the intersection; the road middle passing sensing assembly is used for sensing left turning or turning around of vehicles on a left lane on the same-direction road to pass through a road central isolation line belt, and sensing branch vehicles to pass through the road central isolation line belt through a road port; the power supply assembly is used for respectively supplying power to the controller, the branch sensing assembly, the branch early warning assembly and the trunk early warning assembly; the real-time detection assembly is used for detecting the working state of each functional assembly in real time and uploading the working state to the remote management equipment; the remote management equipment is used for receiving the information data uploaded by the controller to perform processing analysis.
The controller passes through the communication subassembly and links to each other with remote management equipment, the communication subassembly is loRa remote transmitter.
The stand column is installed on the right side of a trunk branch of a level crossing road and is installed in a front-mounted mode, the trunk early warning assembly is arranged towards the trunk, and the branch sensing assembly and the branch early warning assembly are arranged towards the branch.
The main road early warning assembly comprises an LED flashing lamp, a self-luminous slow board, a self-luminous attention transverse vehicle prompting board and a tweeter; the branch early warning assembly comprises an LED (light emitting diode) flashing lamp, a self-luminous slow board, a self-luminous transverse vehicle attention notice board and a tweeter; the branch sensing assembly comprises a high-precision radar, an infrared detector and a microwave detector.
The real-time detection assembly comprises a data uploading module and a collecting and receiving module, the collecting and receiving module comprises a perception sensor collecting module and an equipment power consumption collecting module, and the data uploading module comprises an Ethernet transmitter and a wireless network transmitter.
The power supply assembly comprises a mains supply and a solar panel.
The controller is the singlechip, and its model number is STM32F103C8T6, is equipped with 64 pins on the controller.
The controller is also connected with a camera shooting evidence obtaining component which is used for recording videos of pedestrians or vehicles passing through the intersection on the trunk.
The embodiment of the utility model provides an in the embodiment of the omnidirectional traffic safety precaution system's of level crossing theory of operation does: the integrated control effect based on the controller, cooperate the electronic components of polymorphic type, can reduce the construction degree of difficulty and the manufacturing cost of current safety early warning system, thereby can carry out real time monitoring to the operating condition of each function electrical component and detect, in time maintain fast when breaking down, promote level crossing traffic early warning effect, conveniently supply power, it is accurate to detect, avoid appearing the phenomenon of lou examining, the unable real time monitoring of operating condition of each functional component of early warning system in the past has been solved, the problem of the unable timely maintenance of breaking down, conveniently popularize and promote.
In the whole scheme, the system mainly comprises a controller, wherein a branch sensing assembly, a branch early warning assembly, a trunk early warning assembly, a power supply assembly, a real-time detection assembly and a remote management device are connected to the controller, and the branch sensing assembly is used for sensing pedestrians or vehicles running from a branch and transmitting branch sensing signals to the controller through a wireless network; the branch early warning assembly is used for receiving branch sensing signals of the branch sensing assembly to carry out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the branch so as to prompt the branch to give way to a trunk road; the main road early warning component is used for receiving branch road sensing signals transmitted by the controller and carrying out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the main road to prompt that the pedestrians or the vehicles are about to pass through the intersection; the power supply assembly is used for respectively supplying power to the controller, the branch sensing assembly, the branch early warning assembly and the trunk early warning assembly; the real-time detection component is used for detecting the working state of each functional component in real time and uploading the working state to the remote management equipment; the remote management equipment is used for receiving the information data uploaded by the controller to perform processing analysis.
Generally, each functional component in the application is installed on a stand column, and the remote management equipment is installed in a cloud end or a machine room server and can control the equipment to be turned on and off, restarted, modify uploading frequency and upgrade firmware software of each unit; the controller and each functional component can be connected through wired communication or wireless communication, and the configuration can be carried out according to the practical application scene.
Information data interaction can be carried out between controller and the remote management equipment through loRa remote transmission ware, guarantees that information data transmission targets in place, avoids appearing omitting or the error.
The controller is a single chip microcomputer, the type number of the controller is STM32F103C8T6, 64 pins are arranged on the controller, and the controller is respectively and correspondingly electrically connected with each functional component through specific pins, so that an integral hardware circuit is formed, and all the functional components can enter a working state.
Preferably, the main road early warning assembly comprises an LED flashing lamp, a self-luminous slow board, a self-luminous attention transverse vehicle reminding board and a high pitch loudspeaker; the branch early warning assembly comprises an LED flashing lamp, a self-luminous slow board, a self-luminous attention transverse vehicle-coming notice board and a high-pitch loudspeaker; the branch sensing assembly comprises a high-precision radar, an infrared detector and a microwave detector so as to meet the actual early warning and sensing requirements, and the branch sensing assembly is quick in response and accurate in action.
Preferably, the real-time detection assembly comprises a data uploading module and a collecting and receiving module, the collecting and receiving module comprises a perception sensor collecting module and an equipment power consumption collecting module, the data uploading module comprises an Ethernet transmitter and a wireless network transmitter, and the actual working state parameters of each functional assembly are accurately detected and transmitted to the remote management equipment in a remote mode.
Furthermore, the road middle passing sensing assembly is used for sensing left turning or turning around of vehicles on a left lane on a same-direction road to pass through a road central isolation line belt, sensing branch vehicles cross across the road central isolation line belt through a road junction, and sensing signals are transmitted to the right main road early warning assembly in a wireless mode while light signal early warning is sent by the sensing branch vehicles.
Particularly, the functional components in the application are matched with each other to give early warning prompts to pedestrians or vehicles on a trunk road and a branch road respectively, so that traffic accidents are avoided; the road junction controller is simple and reasonable in structure, convenient to install and low in cost, and can be used for freely combining 1 to drag 1, 1 to drag 2, 2 to drag 2 and the like through the controller according to different shapes of the road junction, namely 1 branch direction and 2 trunk directions can be selected, 1 branch direction and 1 trunk direction can also be selected, and 2 branch directions and 2 trunk directions can also be selected; furthermore, commercial power or solar power generation can be adopted, the working state of each functional component can be monitored in real time through the real-time detection assembly, the functional component can be timely uploaded for alarming when in fault, the staff can timely master and maintain, the vacancy period is eliminated, the warning effect is guaranteed, the safety warning device is suitable for safety warning of level crossings of national roads, provincial roads, county roads, town roads and village roads, the traffic accidents can be effectively reduced, the effect is obvious, and the safety warning device is convenient to popularize.
To sum up, the embodiment of the utility model provides an in the embodiment of the utility model provides a level crossing omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system is based on the integrated control effect of controller, the electronic components of cooperation polymorphic type, can reduce the construction degree of difficulty and the manufacturing cost of current safety early warning system, thereby can carry out real time monitoring detection to the operating condition of each function electrical component, in time maintain fast when breaking down, promote level crossing traffic early warning effect, conveniently supply power, it is accurate to detect, avoid appearing lou examining the phenomenon, the unable real time monitoring of operating condition of each function component of early warning system in the past has been solved, the problem of the unable timely maintenance of breaking down, conveniently popularize and promote.
The above-mentioned embodiment can not be regarded as right the utility model discloses the restriction of scope, to the technical person in this technical field, it is right the utility model discloses any alternative improvement or transform that the embodiment made all fall within the scope of protection of the utility model.
The parts of the present invention not described in detail are the known techniques of those skilled in the art.

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1. Full-direction traffic safety early warning system at level crossing, its characterized in that: the road traffic monitoring system comprises an upright post, wherein a controller is arranged on the upright post, a branch sensing assembly, a branch early warning assembly, a main road early warning assembly, a road middle passing sensing assembly, a power supply assembly, a real-time detection assembly and a remote management device are electrically connected onto the controller, and the branch sensing assembly is used for sensing pedestrians or vehicles running through a branch and transmitting branch sensing signals to the controller through a wireless network; the branch early warning assembly is used for receiving branch sensing signals of the branch sensing assembly to carry out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the branch so as to prompt the branch to give way to a trunk road; the main road early warning component is used for receiving branch road sensing signals transmitted by the controller and carrying out acousto-optic early warning on pedestrians or vehicles on the main road to prompt that the pedestrians or the vehicles are about to pass through the intersection; the road middle passing sensing assembly is used for sensing left-turning or turning-around of vehicles on a left lane on a same-direction road to pass through a road central isolation line belt, and sensing branch vehicles pass through a road port to transversely pass through the road central isolation line belt; the power supply assembly is used for respectively supplying power to the controller, the branch sensing assembly, the branch early warning assembly and the trunk early warning assembly; the real-time detection assembly is used for detecting the working state of each functional assembly in real time and uploading the working state to the remote management equipment; the remote management equipment is used for receiving the information data uploaded by the controller to perform processing analysis.
2. The all-directional traffic safety pre-warning system at a level crossing of claim 1, wherein: the controller passes through the communication subassembly and links to each other with remote management equipment, the communication subassembly is loRa remote transmitter.
3. The all-directional traffic safety pre-warning system at a level crossing of claim 1, wherein: the stand column is installed on the right side of a trunk branch of a level crossing road and is installed in a front-mounted mode, the trunk early warning assembly is arranged towards the trunk, and the branch sensing assembly and the branch early warning assembly are arranged towards the branch.
4. The omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system at a level crossing of claim 3, wherein: the main road early warning assembly comprises an LED flashing lamp, a self-luminous slow board, a self-luminous attention transverse vehicle prompting board and a tweeter; the branch early warning assembly comprises an LED flashing lamp, a self-luminous slow board, a self-luminous attention transverse vehicle-coming notice board and a high-pitch loudspeaker; the branch sensing assembly comprises a high-precision radar, an infrared detector and a microwave detector.
5. The all-directional traffic safety pre-warning system at a level crossing of claim 1, wherein: the real-time detection assembly comprises a data uploading module and a collecting and receiving module, the collecting and receiving module comprises a perception sensor collecting module and an equipment power consumption collecting module, and the data uploading module comprises an Ethernet transmitter and a wireless network transmitter.
6. The all-directional traffic safety pre-warning system at a level crossing of claim 1, wherein: the power supply assembly comprises a UPS commercial power supply and a solar panel.
7. The omnidirectional traffic safety early warning system at a level crossing of claim 1, wherein: the controller is the singlechip, and its model number is STM32F103C8T6, is equipped with 64 pins on the controller.
8. The all-directional traffic safety pre-warning system at a level crossing of claim 1, wherein: the controller is also connected with a camera shooting evidence obtaining component which is used for recording videos of pedestrians or vehicles passing through the intersection on the trunk.
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