EP1409303A1 - Dispositif de commande electronique pour faire fonctionner des dispositifs de surete - Google Patents

Dispositif de commande electronique pour faire fonctionner des dispositifs de surete

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EP1409303A1
EP1409303A1 EP00944240A EP00944240A EP1409303A1 EP 1409303 A1 EP1409303 A1 EP 1409303A1 EP 00944240 A EP00944240 A EP 00944240A EP 00944240 A EP00944240 A EP 00944240A EP 1409303 A1 EP1409303 A1 EP 1409303A1
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electronic device
reception unit
data processing
detection
transmission unit
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Patrizio Loffredo
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Simov Srl
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Simov Srl
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16P—SAFETY DEVICES IN GENERAL; SAFETY DEVICES FOR PRESSES
    • F16P3/00—Safety devices acting in conjunction with the control or operation of a machine; Control arrangements requiring the simultaneous use of two or more parts of the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/0406—Accessories for helmets
    • A42B3/0433—Detecting, signalling or lighting devices
    • A42B3/0466—Means for detecting that the user is wearing a helmet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
    • B62J3/00—Acoustic signal devices; Arrangement of such devices on cycles
    • B62J3/10—Electrical devices
    • B62J3/14—Electrical devices indicating functioning of other devices, e.g. acoustic warnings indicating that lights are switched on
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
    • B62J6/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices on cycles; Mounting or supporting thereof; Circuits therefor
    • B62J6/22—Warning or information lights
    • B62J6/24—Warning or information lights warning or informing the rider, e.g. low fuel warning lights

Definitions

  • This invention relates to an electronic control device for controlling the operation of safety devices.
  • this invention is concerned with a device of the above mentioned kind that enables in simple, reliable and economically feasible way to control the presence and the correct utilisation of safety devices and further enables the operation of vehicles, machines and apparatuses in connection with which specifically safety devices are to be used only when the latter are properly furnished and utilised.
  • protection helmets possibly provided with specific face shields adapted to filter off specific magnetic radiations, as needed in operation of industrial vehicles, such as lifting trucks, shunters, derrick cars, or in driving vehicles designed for personal transport, or in operation of machines, such as welding and cutting machines, or in doing works on scaffolds.
  • Further examples include work gloves, overalls and specific glasses adapted for operating vehicles, machines and industrial apparatuses, as well as safety belts for use in vehicles.
  • the great relevance connected with the adoption of specific safety devices during the execution of working activities as well as in operation of vehicles, machines and apparatuses is evidenced by the large number of law provisions dictating their employment by users and operators.
  • the companies are subject to inspections aimed at ascertaining the fulfilment of the law provisions relating to the adoption of the required safety devices by workers and/or employees.
  • a vehicle for the operation of which the use of a protection helmet is compulsory can also be operated without the driver having worn the helmet and this unproper use of the vehicle is in no way signalled.
  • an electronic control device for monitoring the operation of safety devices comprising at least one detection and transmission unit and a reception unit, each detection and transmission unit being connected to said reception unit by means of a communication channel, said at least one detection and transmission unit comprising a data processing electronic device having at least one sensor connected thereto and positioned on the safety device to be monitored in order to ascertain the correct utilisation thereof, said reception unit comprising a data processing electronic circuit adapted to drive one or more optical and/or acoustical signal generators.
  • said communication channel is a multipolar cable or an infrared * radio channel or a radio frequency radio channel.
  • the data processing electronic device of said at least one detection and transmission unit comprises a microprocessor or a digital data processor.
  • said data processing electronic circuit of said reception unit can comprise a microprocessor or a digital data processor.
  • said data processing electronic circuit of said reception unit controls at least one electronically driven switch circuit, that switches on or off the connection between one or more external terminal pairs.
  • At least one sensor is connected to said data processing electronic circuit of said reception unit.
  • the communication between said at least one detection and transmission unit and said reception unit is digital and even more preferably it is coded.
  • said reception unit is provided with an interface for interconnection with an external programming circuit.
  • said reception unit additionally comprises a transmitter circuit adapted to communicate with a remote receiving station, comprising a data processing electronic device which drives one or more optical and/or acoustical signal generators and preferably a display.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the electric circuit of the preferred embodiment of the device according to this invention.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic view of the application of the device of Figure 1 to a first protection helmet
  • Figure 3 is a schematic view of the application of a second embodiment of the device according to this invention to a second protection helmet
  • Figure 4 is a schematic view of a protection helmet to which a component portion of the device of Figure 1 has been applied
  • Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the electric circuit of a second embodiment of the device according to this invention.
  • the preferred embodiment of the electronic device comprises a detection and transmission unit 1 and a reception unit 2 interconnected with one another by means of a communication channel consisting of a multipolar connection cable 3 in Figure 1.
  • said communication channel can also be realised by means of a radio channel, preferably operating in the infrared or in the radio frequency ranges.
  • the detector-transmitter unit 1 comprises a control and management data processing electronic device 4, provided with a microprocessor or a digital signal processor, having at least one sensor 5 coupled thereto, said sensor being preferably external to the processor and connected thereto by means of specific input terminals.
  • Said microprocessor 4 couples to said cable 3 specific, preferably digital signals corresponding to the signals coming from the sensor 5, which is positioned on the safety device the correct utilisation of which is to be monitored.
  • receiver unit 2 includes a data processing electronic circuit 7, preferably provided with a microprocessor or a digital signal processor, which receives the signals coupled to said cable 3 by microprocessor 4 of said detector-transmitter unit 1 and consequently drives one or more optical and/or acoustical signal generators 8.
  • said electronic circuit 7 couples a control signal, preferably a digital control signal, corresponding to the signal received from said cable 3, to at least one electronically controlled, preferably internal, switch circuit 9, operating between one or more external terminal pairs 10.
  • said electronic circuit 7 include at least one sensor 11 coupled thereto, said sensor being preferably externally positioned and connected by means of specific input terminals 12.
  • Communications between detector-transmitter unit 1 and receiver unit 2 can be effected in coded form, thereby assuring in cooperation with the digital format of the signals a high immunity in respect of noise and a high communication safety .
  • the detector-transmitter unit 1 controls the signals coming from said at least one sensor 5 and couples corresponding coded signals to said receiver 2, thereby continuously informing it about the correct utilisation of the safety device to which said sensor 5 is connected. Furthermore, the detector-transmitter 1 is adapted to carry out a self- testing procedure to check the correct operation of its components and of said sensor 5 and to signal any failures to the receiver 2.
  • receiver unit 2 When the concerned safety device is not correctly utilised, receiver unit 2 receives a corresponding signal from said detector- transmitter unit 1 and drives said signal generators 8 so as to notify this situation to the user.
  • this invention provides for connecting the above mentioned switch circuit 9 to the power supply circuit for the vehicle or the apparatus and provides for the receiver unit 2 to control the switch circuit 9 so as to turn off the power supply circuit and to disable the concerned vehicle or apparatus, after a pre-established time period starting from the begin of said signal.
  • said pre-established time period can be preferably adjusted by suitably programming said electronic circuit 7.
  • said receiver can be provided with a suitable electronic interface for connection to an external programming circuit with keyboard and display.
  • said receiver unit 3 processes the signals furnished by said detector/transmitter unit 1 and drives said switch circuit 9 in order to allow said vehicle or apparatus to operate only when the concerned safety device is correctly utilised.
  • a sensor 5 for example a pressure sensor, can signal that the related operator 14 is correctly wearing the protection helmet 12 (and/or a safety belt).
  • Detector-transmitter unit 1 couples the corresponding signal to said receiver unit 2 that, should the helmet (or the safety belt) be not correctly utilised, can operate alarm optical and/or acoustical signal generators.
  • said receiver unit 2 allows or denies the operation of said welding apparatus according to the signal coming from said detector-transmitter unit 1.
  • the electronic control device can be applied to a protection helmet as required for driving a motorcycle 16.
  • sensor 5 signals whether the driver 14 is correctly wearing his helmet 12 and, in the negative, receiver 12 activates alarm optical and acoustical signal generators and, after a pre-established time period, as needed by the driver for arresting the vehicle, disables the power supply, thereby shutting off the engine.
  • Other embodiments of the control device can be provided with an attitude sensor, connected to the electronic circuit 7 that processes the data coming from the receiver unit 2, so as to switch the engine off in the case of a fall, even if sensor 5 signals that the concerned helmet 12 is still being correctly worn.
  • control device can be provided with a second detector-transmitter unit, not shown, applied to the passenger's helmet and adapted to be connected to the receiver unit 2 by means of a second cable, not even shown.
  • a suitable sensor 21 connected to said receiver unit 2 detects the presence of a passenger and activates said receiver unit 2 in order to check the correct utilisation of the helmet by the passenger.
  • Figure 4 shows an application example of sensor 5, specifically a pressure sensor, to a protection helmet 12.
  • Sensor 5 is connected to detector-transmitter unit 1 which, in turn, is connected to cable 3.
  • receiver unit 2 could also include a transmitter circuit aimed at signalling to a remote control station 17 whether the corresponding worker 14 is correctly wearing or not the required safety devices 12.
  • said remote control station 17 should be provided with a corresponding receiving equipment and all signals coming from the various receiver units 2 should preferably furnish all sufficient information to identify all single workers 14.
  • such embodiment of the device provides for an antenna 18 driven by said transmitter circuit, not shown, and that the receiving station 19 includes an antenna 20, a control and management data processing electronic device 21 , one or more optical and/or acoustical signal generators 22 and possibly a display, not shown.
  • the electronic control device is adapted to disable the operation of a vehicle, it can also be advantageously utilised as an antitheft device: in fact, the operation of a vehicle is subordinated to the presence of said sensors 5 and/or of said detector-transmitter units 1 that can be removed by the vehicle proprietor, together with the safety devices to which they are applied, when the vehicle is not utilised.
  • the power supply for the electronic control device can be furnished by connecting the receiver unit 2 to electric power supply of the vehicle, machine or apparatus in connection with which the safety device to be monitored is to be used, by furnishing such electric power also to said detector-transmitter unit 1 by means of said multipolar cable 3.
  • a battery power supply can be provided only for said detector-transmitter unit 1 or for said receiver unit 2, as well.
  • the data processing electronic device 4 of said detector- transmitter unit 1 and the data processing electronic circuit 7 of said receiver unit 2 provide for monitoring the charge condition of the battery, so as to indicate any condition of insufficient power supply level.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Helmets And Other Head Coverings (AREA)
  • Selective Calling Equipment (AREA)
  • Regulation And Control Of Combustion (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de commande électronique permettant de contrôler le fonctionnement de dispositifs de sûreté, ce dispositif comprenant au moins une unité de détection et d'émission (1) ainsi qu'une unité de réception (2). Chaque unité de détection et d'émission (1), connectée à cette unité de réception (2) par l'intermédiaire d'un canal de communication (3), est munie d'un dispositif électronique de traitement des données (4) qui comporte au moins un capteur (5) connecté à ce dispositif, ce capteur étant placé sur le dispositif de sûreté destiné à être contrôlé, afin que l'on puisse s'assurer du bon fonctionnement de ce dernier. Enfin, l'unité de réception (2) comprend un circuit électronique de traitement des données (7) conçu pour commander un ou plusieurs générateurs de signaux acoustiques et/ou optiques (8).
EP00944240A 1999-07-07 2000-07-06 Dispositif de commande electronique pour faire fonctionner des dispositifs de surete Withdrawn EP1409303A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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IT1999RM000150U IT247613Y1 (it) 1999-07-07 1999-07-07 Dispositivo elettronico di controllo dell'impiego di dispositivi disicurezza
ITRM990150U 1999-07-07
PCT/IT2000/000280 WO2001003980A1 (fr) 1999-07-07 2000-07-06 Dispositif de commande electronique pour faire fonctionner des dispositifs de surete

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EP1409303A1 true EP1409303A1 (fr) 2004-04-21

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