DE8906816U1 - Kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic.

The kit is intended to inform the driver of a motor vehicle or motorcycle in particular if there is a dangerous obstacle in the area of his route, whether the vehicle involved in the accident or a construction site. The kit is particularly useful in the event of accidents or when driving on unclear sections of the road. * Curves - with levers

Accordingly equipped vehicles make a significant contribution to preventing accidents that could result in injury or even death and material damage.

The invention is therefore based on the task of creating a construction warning device that makes it possible to warn the driver of a motor vehicle or motorcycle in good time of an existing danger so that he is able to reduce his speed and drive carefully towards the source of danger.

In solving these tasks, the preferred embodiment involves using elements that have been in use for many years and whose use has proven itself.

Essential elements of the kit are transmitters and receivers operating in specific frequency ranges, which with amplifiers, transmitting and receiving antennas, loudspeakers,

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'-■ With this kit it is possible for a transmitter in vehicle A or mounted stationary to be adjusted in intensity 'o e'-.nge-

-■ is set to be active at a specific frequency for a specific radius, with the receiver in vehicle

% vehicle B receives the transmitted signals and reports them to the driver of the

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In a preferred embodiment, the 3-way switch is activated when the hazard warning lights are switched on. A selector or modulation switch or a modified

&Ggr; The hazard warning light system's operating switch can change the transmitted signal so that the receiver receives advance information about the expected obstacle from the form, strength or sequence of the pulse transmission.

In another particularly preferred embodiment of the kit, the transmitter is coupled to the car radio so that elements of the radio such as amplifiers or antennas are used by the transmitter. The transmitter can be activated and preferably modulated by the hazard warning light switch or another control switch, as indicated above.

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In another particularly preferred embodiment of the transmitter, several modulation switches or buttons with stored end signals are present.

In another particularly preferred embodiment of the transmitter unit, it is preferably integrated in a construction site marking in the area of a construction site; for other obstacles or sources of danger, the transmitter unit is housed, for example, in warning triangles, warning lights or the like.

In another particularly preferred embodiment of the kit, the receiver is integrated in the car radio, whereby the device can preferably be switched to "standby" using a corresponding keypad, such as the well-known "ARI button", which interrupts the current broadcast of a radio station for the warning signal in the event of a warning or overlays it with the warning signal or, in the event of unwanted radio reception, only transmits the warning signal.

In another particularly preferred embodiment of such a car radio receiver, optical information transmission takes place additionally or exclusively, in a further preferred embodiment in the form of differently colored lights.

In another preferred embodiment of such a car radio receiver, the information flow of the station can be selected using a corresponding selection button.

This will now be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings which show a particularly preferred example of the invention.

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Used when vehicles have crashed in a blind bend, warning following traffic via appropriate transmission signals.

Figure 2 shows a schematic representation of the transmitting unit.

Figure 3 shows a schematic representation of the receiving unit of the kit.

In more detail, Figure 1 shows two accident-damaged vehicles A, B on a confusing stretch of road, with a

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in the form of preferably electromagnetic waves can be picked up by vehicle C, so that its driver is warned of the accident that cannot yet be seen.

Figure 2 shows a schematic representation of the transmitting unit. The transmitter (1) is provided with a transmitting antenna (2), which in a preferred embodiment emits electromagnetic waves (12). The transmitter (1) is activated with the switch (4), which in this preferred embodiment simultaneously switches on the hazard warning lights (11). In addition, the transmitter (1) is provided with modulation buttons or switches (5).

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which allow a selection of the information to be transmitted. The sensor (1) is supplied with power via a battery or alternator (3).

Figure 3 also shows a schematic illustration of the receiving unit, with the receiver (6) receiving the preferred electromagnetic waves (12) via the receiving antenna (7) and displaying them to the driver via loudspeakers (8) and/or optical signal lights (10). The receiver (6) is supplied with power via the battery or alternator (9).

In Figures 2 and 3, technical details regarding integration into car radios such as amplifiers and the like are omitted.

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10 optical signal lights

11 Hazard warning lights

12 electromagnetic waves

Claims (1)

Re: G S9 06 816.5 Mannheim, 31 July 1989 ä - 1 claims 1. Kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic, characterized, that it consists of a transmitting and a receiving unit. 2. Kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic according to claim 1, characterized in that that the transmitting unit consists of the actual transmitter (1), a transmitting antenna (2), a power source (3) and a switch (ON/OFF) (4). 3. Kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic according to claim 1, characterized in that that the receiving unit consists of the actual receiver (6), a receiving antenna (7), at least one loudspeaker (8) and/or signal lights (10), a power source (9) and a switch (ON/OFF) (4). U. Kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic according to claim 1, 2, characterized in that that the ON/OFF switch (U) of the transmitter (1) has a connection device in the form of a plug contact with external devices. • * * t 1 * 1 III 5. Kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic according to claim I ₁ 2, 4, characterized in that that the transmitting unit is provided with at least one selector switch (5) for modulating the transmitted signal (12). b· Kit for acoustic and/or optical transmission of information in road traffic according to claim 1, 3 _f , characterized in that that the receiving unit has an acoustic (8) and/or optical (10) display unit. 7. Kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic according to claim 1, 3, characterized in that that£ the optical display of the receiving unit preferably consists of signal lights (10) of different colours. 8. Kit for acoustic and/or optical information transmission in road traffic according to claim 1, 3 characterized in that that the receiver (6) has an interrupter.