CN2429872Y - Pedestrian Traffic Light Signal Controller - Google Patents

Abstract

A traffic light signal controller for controlling the pedestrian to pass through road features that the dynamic pattern and digital display are composed of control circuit and display panel, the control circuit is composed of half-wave processor, flash signal processor, oscillator, display processor, animation pattern generator, driver and displacement recorder, and the display panel is composed of multiple luminous bodies array. The traditional red, yellow and green light signals are expressed by animation, the remaining time of the green light is prompted by countdown, so that pedestrians can see the significance of the light signals at a glance and are more humanized, and the safety guarantee can be greatly improved.

Description

Pedestrian Traffic Light Signal Controller

The utility model relates to a traffic light signal controller for pedestrians.

The basic structure of the known pedestrian lights located at both ends of the crosswalk is a simple timing controller, combined with a three-color light display, to control three single-color lights that represent stop, walk, and fast crossing. In the actual display action, because this kind of pedestrian signal only has three ways of expression: "going stop", "going green" and "going flashing", when the light signal is in the sequence of "going green" and "going flashing", because A single light signal cannot indicate this timing, and pedestrians cannot know whether there is enough time to cross the road smoothly. Therefore, many thrilling scenes occur repeatedly every day, which is especially worrying for pedestrians with limited mobility or slow movements , Traffic accidents such as collisions are also heard from time to time.

Furthermore, since the traditional pedestrian signal lights are all displayed with monochrome lights, not only the color displayed by the lights is monotonous and uninteresting, but the overall appearance and display method of the display lights are also very dull, giving people a visual experience that is not good, The disadvantage of not being humane enough.

In view of the above, the main purpose of this utility model is to provide a traffic light signal controller for pedestrians, which processes the signal source by the control circuit and outputs it to a display panel composed of a plurality of light-emitting elements, on which the animation mode Express traditional red, yellow and green lights.

Another purpose of this utility model is to provide a traffic light signal controller for pedestrians, which uses different color lights to form dynamic graphics and digital displays, which are used to control the time for pedestrians to cross the road, and replace traditional red, yellow and green lights with animation. The signal makes pedestrians understand the meaning of the signal at a glance and is more humanized, and can greatly improve the safety of sidewalks.

Another purpose of this utility model is to provide a traffic light signal controller for pedestrians. It is designed with a display board and a countdown display composed of lights to let pedestrians know whether there is enough time to cross the road. The countdown is indicated by flashing Cooperate with the human-shaped animation to walk quickly to inform pedestrians that they need to walk quickly, which is safe and practical.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

A traffic light signal controller for pedestrians, including a set of control circuits and a display board, is characterized in that:

The control circuit is composed of a half-wave processor, a flicker signal processor, an oscillator, a display processor, an animation graphics generator, a driver, and a displacement recorder. The output of the half-wave processor is connected to the flicker signal processor, and the output of the flicker signal processor is Send it to the display processor, the oscillator is connected to the external oscillation input of the display processor, the output of the display processor is connected to the animation graphics generator, and the output of the animation graphics generator is converted into serial data by the displacement recorder, and then driven by the driver Back to the display panel installed in the pedestrian crossing;

The display board is composed of arrays of many illuminants, and the animation of human figures and countdown numbers are formed by the illuminants, which respectively represent the lights that control pedestrians to cross the road, cross quickly, and stop walking.

In the implementation measures of the present utility model:

The display board is composed of arrays of light-emitting elements of the same color or different colors. The light-emitting parts on the display board form a moving or stopped figure, and the countdown time is displayed on its side.

The display board may include a countdown red light display board and a human-shaped walking green light display board. On the countdown red light display board, a standing and stopping human-shaped pattern is formed by a large number of red luminous bodies, and a countdown number is formed by yellow luminous bodies. The human-shaped The walking green light display board is composed of many green luminous bodies to form a moving human figure pattern, and a walking human figure animation is formed during operation.

The illuminant is one of a light emitting diode and a light bulb.

The display panel is one of electromechanical flap type, optical fiber and liquid crystal type displays.

The utility model has the advantages that: because the traditional red, yellow and green lights are replaced by animation, it can express the dynamic performance of pedestrians crossing the road when the green light is far better than the currently used static human-shaped pattern lights, and its expressive meaning is clear and can attract pedestrians. Note that it is more humane for pedestrians to understand the meaning of the light signal at a glance, thereby greatly improving the safety of the sidewalk; in addition, because of the countdown digital timing display, it can let pedestrians know whether there is enough time to cross the road. It means to walk quickly with the humanoid animation to inform pedestrians that they need to walk quickly, so it has safety and practicality.

The pedestrian traffic light signal controller of the utility model displays the signal in a brand-new manner, so that the signal control of the pedestrian crossing is more advanced and practical.

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment the utility model is described in detail.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the present invention and a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of a display panel;

Fig. 2 is the first embodiment of the display board, showing the arrangement of pedestrians walking and countdown digital lights;

Fig. 3 is the first embodiment of the display panel, which shows the arrangement of pedestrian stop and countdown digital lights;

Fig. 4 is an exploded diagram of animation graphics of pedestrian walking lights on the display board;

5 is a block diagram of a control circuit and a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a display panel;

Fig. 6 is the second embodiment of the display panel, showing the arrangement of pedestrian stop and countdown digital lights;

Fig. 7 is the second embodiment of the display panel, showing the arrangement diagram of pedestrian walking lights;

Figure 8-10 is a schematic diagram of the circuit.

See Figure 1. The utility model is a traffic light signal controller for pedestrians, which includes a control circuit 10 and a display panel 20 . The control circuit 10 is composed of a half-wave processor 12, a flicker signal processor 13, a display processor 14, an oscillator 15, an animation graphic generator 16, a displacement recorder 17, and a driver 18. The half-wave processor 12 receives three timing control signals respectively representing stop, walk, and fast traverse provided by the existing signal source 11, and outputs them to the flicker signal processor 13 for processing after rectification and filtering, and the output of the flicker signal processor 13 Send to display processor 14 again and process, oscillator 15 connects the external oscillating input end of display processor 14, the output of display processor 14 connects animation graphics generator 16, and the output of animation graphics generator 16 is through displacement recorder 17 and driver 18 is sent to be installed on the display panel 20 of crosswalk after driving.

In the schematic diagram of the circuit shown in Figure 8-10, the two rectification and filtering circuits in the upper left corner of Figure 8 form a half-wave processor; the flicker signal processor, display processor and animation graphics generator are all composed of microprocessor U2; the oscillator It consists of a crystal oscillator Y1 connected to the oscillation input of U2; U11 and U12 constitute a driver; U5-U10 in Figure 9 and Figure 10 constitute a displacement recorder, and the output of the control circuit is sent through the interface JP1.

The display panel 20 is a planar panel formed by an array of a plurality of illuminants 21 (such as light-emitting diodes, LEDs). A light that crosses and stops.

The first embodiment of the display panel 20 shown in Figures 1-3 is formed by a plurality of light-emitting elements 21 on the display panel 20 with light-emitting parts to form a walking human figure, and displays the countdown time (seconds) on its side, thereby Indicates the "green light" shape of the traditional "pedestrian crossable road". When the number displayed for the countdown time is smaller, the walking figure will change the display pattern in a shorter time to form a fast-moving animation. Its exploded view is shown in Figure 4, which represents the traditional "pedestrians need to cross quickly". Green light flashing, yellow light" form. When the number displayed for the countdown time returns to zero, the original fast-moving doll becomes a standing stop as shown in Figure 3, representing the traditional "red light" form of "pedestrians are prohibited from crossing".

In this first embodiment, the display panel 20 can be composed of a single light-emitting element of the same color, specifically and clearly displaying different patterns and countdown numbers, so that pedestrians can understand at a glance. For pedestrians with color discrimination obstacles (such as color blindness), the utility model Especially to provide security.

In the second embodiment of the present utility model shown in Figs. 5-7, the display lamps are used to respectively represent two groups of display boards of "walking" and "forbidden to walk" to achieve the same purpose. The display lights include a countdown red light display panel 30 and a humanoid walking green light display panel 40, wherein the countdown red light display panel 30 is composed of a plurality of red illuminants to form a standing and stopping humanoid pattern, and the countdown numbers formed by yellow illuminants , as shown in Figure 6, when the display panel 30 illuminates and shows, the red standing figure promptly represents the "red light" of the traditional "pedestrians are forbidden to cross". When the countdown time returns to zero, another display board 40 forms a walking figure pattern composed of a large number of green luminous bodies to form a walking figure animation. "Crossing the road" "green light" form, at the same time, the red standing human figure light in the original display board 30 is extinguished, and the time of this "pedestrians can cross the road" is displayed by the yellow countdown number, when the number shown by the countdown time is smaller, the walking The human figure changes the display pattern in a short period of time to form a fast-moving animation, which represents the traditional "green light flashing and yellow light" form of "pedestrians need to cross quickly", and this cycle runs repeatedly.

In the above-mentioned second embodiment, the countdown red light display panel 30 and the human-shaped walking green light display panel 40 can be arranged in the existing pedestrian traffic light box without adding additional box equipment to simplify installation and reduce construction costs.

As mentioned above, whether the utility model is displayed by a single display board or two groups of display boards, the moving part of the human figure is expressed in an animation manner, which is far better than the static human-shaped pattern lamp currently used to express the pedestrians' movement when the light is green. The dynamic performance of crossing the road attracts the attention of pedestrians, allowing pedestrians to understand the meaning of distinguishing lights at a glance, which is humanized and provides a safer sidewalk environment for pedestrians.

In addition, the utility model adopts countdown digital timing to provide pedestrians with a display of the remaining time for distinguishing the green light, so that pedestrians know whether there is enough time to cross the road. Its digital display method is to use the existing red light box to display the countdown of the remaining time of the green light to inform pedestrians.

In actual manufacturing, the above-mentioned display panel components can be selected in a variety of ways. For example, the illuminants can be light-emitting diodes or light bulbs of different colors, and electromechanical Flipper, optical fiber, and liquid crystal displays can also be used to Replace the display panel shown in the example.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only listed to illustrate the utility model, and are not used to limit the utility model. Any equivalent transformation based on the above-mentioned embodiments should be within the scope of patent protection of the utility model.

Claims (5)

1. pedestrian's traffic lights signal controller comprises one group of control circuit and at least one display board, it is characterized in that:

Described control circuit is made up of half-wave processor, flash signal processor, oscillator, video-stream processor, animated graphics generator, driver, displacement recorder, the output of half-wave processor connects the flash signal processor, video-stream processor is sent in the output of flash signal processor, oscillator connects the external vibration input end of video-stream processor, the output of video-stream processor connects the animated graphics generator, and the output of animated graphics generator is through delivering to after displacement recorder and the driver drives on the display board that is installed in crosswalk;

Described display board is made of most luminous body arrays.

2. pedestrian's traffic lights signal controller as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: homochromy or not homochromy light-emitting device array constitutes described display board by majority, luminous component on the display board form one walk about in or stop humanoid, and show zero count in its side.

3. pedestrian's traffic lights signal controller as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described display board comprises being made of to stand most emitting red light bodies and stops the humanoid pattern of shape and constituted the countdown red light display board of numeral reciprocal, be made of the humanoid green light display board of walking about of the humanoid pattern of walking about most green emitting bodies by Yellow luminous body.

4. pedestrian's traffic lights signal controller as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described luminophor is one of light emitting diode, bulb.

5. pedestrian's traffic lights signal controller as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described display board is one of electronic mechanical tilting plate type, optical fiber, liquid crystal type display.

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