EP1417864A1 - Signal lumineux destine a la commande du trafic et procede de controle du fonctionnement d'un tel signal - Google Patents

Signal lumineux destine a la commande du trafic et procede de controle du fonctionnement d'un tel signal

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EP1417864A1
EP1417864A1 EP02760115A EP02760115A EP1417864A1 EP 1417864 A1 EP1417864 A1 EP 1417864A1 EP 02760115 A EP02760115 A EP 02760115A EP 02760115 A EP02760115 A EP 02760115A EP 1417864 A1 EP1417864 A1 EP 1417864A1
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Bernhard Hering
Rudolf Schierjott
Gerhard Treffer
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/006—Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/50—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED] responsive to malfunctions or undesirable behaviour of LEDs; responsive to LED life; Protective circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/50—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED] responsive to malfunctions or undesirable behaviour of LEDs; responsive to LED life; Protective circuits
    • H05B45/58—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED] responsive to malfunctions or undesirable behaviour of LEDs; responsive to LED life; Protective circuits involving end of life detection of LEDs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/20—Responsive to malfunctions or to light source life; for protection

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  • the invention relates to a light sign for traffic control, in particular road traffic, according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method for monitoring the function of such a sign according to the preamble of claim 9.
  • characters of various types and importance are used to control traffic in order to support smooth traffic handling. This applies to ship travel, airplanes, for example at airports, and for all rail traffic, but especially for road traffic. Due to the constantly increasing volume of traffic, more and more traffic and light signals are used to regulate inner-city traffic or to direct long-distance traffic. An increasing proportion of these signs are generated by light sources. Typical examples of this are the alternating light signs of the traffic light systems at road junctions or the alternating traffic signs on so-called motorway cross sections. In the case of the light signals mentioned, today mainly light bulbs serve as light sources. Incandescent lamps can fail due to a short circuit or interruption, causing a character to be generated by them to be garbled, with insufficient light intensity or not displayed at all.
  • a light signal that is not properly displayed does not mislead road users, it must be switched off immediately to avoid the risk of an accident.
  • a safety-relevant sign such as a red traffic light, a speed limit or a warning indicator
  • the monitoring must be active continuously, i.e. even if the corresponding sign is not active, i.e. is not lit.
  • Functional monitoring of the incandescent lamps generating a sign can be carried out via the passage of current through their filaments.
  • the inertia of a filament allows the functionality of the incandescent lamp to be tested by briefly energizing the filament for, for example, 1 ms, without light escaping.
  • a microprocessor gives commands to activate the lamps, the signals from the lamps and sensors are monitored and the driver is informed of a malfunction by a display on the dashboard.
  • a power transistor connects the lighting system to the car battery.
  • a high-resistance voltage divider is connected, the center potential of which serves as a criterion when checking a voltage condition.
  • the microprocessor checks the value of the center potential of the voltage divider every 10 ms. When the light is switched on, the potential is 12 V, when it is off, 0 V.
  • the test In order to obtain a positive display for all possible errors and light operating modes, the test must be expanded, to include the OFF mode when the light is on and the ON mode when the light is off.
  • a switched on lamp is switched off by the system once per second for approx. 100 ms; if it is off, the system switches on periodically every 40 s for 100 ms.
  • the test begins when the engine is started and ends 100 s after it is switched off. This extended operation ensures that lamp failures are also detected during the filament cooling period.
  • the incandescent lamp is increasingly being replaced by the light-emitting diode, hereinafter also abbreviated to LED, which as a low-maintenance and highly available light source for optical signs has many advantages for the economical operation of Offers traffic lights.
  • the problem is that characters that could be generated with LED could previously only be monitored when they were switched on.
  • the LED technology could not be used for safety-relevant signs that must be monitored for functionality even when the device is switched off. Due to the quasi-inertia-free conversion of current into light in LED light sources, a function test analogous to the so-called cold lamp test was not possible without generating disruptive and therefore unacceptable light flashes.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a light sign and a method for function monitoring of a sign of the type mentioned at the outset, so that the functionability of the sign can be monitored both when the sign is switched on and when it is switched off, with a reasonable technical outlay.
  • a subtask is achieved according to the invention by a light sign of the type mentioned at the outset with the features mentioned in the characterizing part of patent claim 1.
  • the immediately occurring light emission of the LED can be restricted such that it can no longer be perceived by the viewer even in the dark. This avoids flashes of light that disturb road users.
  • the increase in current through the light-emitting diodes is used as a criterion for the functionality.
  • the monitoring device of the light sign comprises switching means for switching off the current supply when a predetermined threshold value for the current intensity is reached.
  • the limitation of the electrical current flowing through the light-emitting diodes is achieved here by specifying a maximum threshold value at which the LED current that builds up is switched off.
  • the switching means are constructed as digital logic circuit with a memory element '.
  • the LED current limitation can thus be implemented, for example, by using a D flip-flop as a memory element and by means of further standard components in semiconductor circuit technology.
  • the monitoring device is also designed to measure the voltage drop across the energized light-emitting diodes. Through this separate additional monitoring of the voltage, a failed light-emitting diode can be determined despite the LED current flow, for example in the event of a short circuit. This increases the reliability of the functional test of a light sign according to the invention.
  • the light sources are arranged as a chain of light-emitting diodes connected in series or as a cluster of light-emitting diodes connected to one another. This is advantageously used when designing light signs with line-shaped symbols or flat structures.
  • Light signs according to the invention with function monitoring in traffic signs are preferred, in particular those Can be used with changing display options for different signs, or with traffic light systems, i.e. the well-known traffic lights.
  • a voltage monitoring signal representing the voltage drop across the energized light-emitting diodes is additionally generated.
  • the voltage monitoring signal is used as an additional criterion when assessing the functionality of a light-emitting diode in order to be able to rule out a short circuit in the event of a positive LED current supply.
  • the current is supplied in an inactive state or periodically in an inactive phase of the light-emitting diode.
  • the function monitoring can thus be carried out both when the light signal is not in operation - even for a longer period of several months - and during operation in which the regular LED current supply is periodically switched off for a short phase, in which case the even shorter test energization takes place.
  • FIG. 1 shows a circuit for current control in a light signal according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 the time segments of an LED control signal
  • FIG. 3 the logic circuit as switching means of the monitoring device
  • a light sign according to the invention for example a variable message sign for the alternate display of different traffic signs, is generated, for example, in an outdoor facility designed as a sign bridge over roadways.
  • the outdoor system has a mains connection for the voltage supply of the LED chains, for which a commercial industrial switching power supply for 48 V DC voltage with an input power of 100 W is used. It is connected to a route station via a CAN bus, which includes a modem and a control and a master module. For example, 32 LED chains, each divided into four groups of eight, can be controlled via a common control module.
  • the control module contains a digital part and an analog part.
  • the digital part has modules for initialization, module detection, read-write logic, a test register, the enable logic for normal and test operation, the LED current setting and the current and voltage monitoring, while the 32 LED current regulators Form analog part.
  • Up to 8 such control modules can be connected to a common control unit. It is controlled by a processor module that executes a stored program for controlling and monitoring the LED chains.
  • a light-emitting diode chain consists, for example, of 11 to 19 LEDs connected in series. 1, each LED chain is driven by a transistor Q3 connected as a current source.
  • the output voltage of a digital-to-analog converter DAC which is applied to the base of transistor Q3 via a transistor Q4, serves as a reference variable for the current strength. If a positive control signal is present at the LED switch-on signal LE, a collector current is set in the transistor Q3 after a circuit-related delay time of approximately 1 ⁇ s, which approximately corresponds to the quotient of the voltage of the converter DAC and the resistor R5.
  • the chain current in turn causes a voltage drop in a resistor R1 connected upstream of the LED chain, which, when the collector-emitter threshold of a transistor Q1 is reached, controls it and generates the current monitoring signal 10.
  • a transistor Q2 is also controlled via resistors R2 and R3 when the voltage drop across the LED chain reaches a value set by the voltage divider ratio R2 to R3, and thus a voltage monitoring signal UO is generated via transistor Q2.
  • Resistors R6 and R7 or R8 and R9 are used for signal conversion to TTL level.
  • the monitoring signals 10 and UO are stored in the control module and reported back to the control unit and processed there.
  • the current monitoring is carried out for all chains with a uniform, fixed threshold:
  • the current sensor output shows "OFF” if the chain current is less than 4 mA and it shows "ON” if it is greater than 7 mA.
  • the voltage monitoring of all LED chains is also carried out with a uniform, fixed threshold.
  • test mode all LED chains are checked cyclically and current errors are found within 10 s.
  • an LED chain will fail if the specified setpoint for the voltage shows "ON” and the measured actual sensor value for the current "OFF".
  • a current fault only leads to a shutdown if a character that is currently required is no longer shown as recognizable can.
  • a sign is no longer representable if the number of faulty LED chains exceeds the supplied limit.
  • the LED control signal with an active light source is constructed periodically with a period T Perloc ie of, for example, 10.0 ms.
  • a period begins with the start point t 0 and is divided into a light-emitting period T Leuch t, so the maximum LED current flow time of 9.0 ms for example, and a test time T interval of, for example 1.0 ms.
  • the lighting time T Vietnameset is composed of the actual conduction time T st rom / the dimming depending on the ambient brightness about 0.1 to 1.0 times the light-emitting time T is Leu CHT.
  • T pause takes place of a maximum of 0.3 microseconds long test pulse T Tes t for monitoring the function of the LED bar.
  • the pulse length ensures that the LED current does not result in the emission of light that disturbs road users.
  • the test pulse T test can of course not only take place in a periodic interruption of the lighting time T LeU cht, but also in a longer inactive state of the light source, so that the availability of the light sign for a safety-relevant application can be checked at any time.
  • the maximum LED lighting time required for the purpose of avoiding visible flashes of light is achieved by supplementing the current regulator circuit - as described in FIG. 1 - with a logic circuit according to FIG.
  • the LED switch-on signal LE is controlled via the output OR_out of an OR gate OR, for example of the 74HC32 type.
  • OR OR gate OR
  • the input OR_inl is 1 and thus the output OR_out is also 1.
  • the LED input OR_inl is 0 and the test input is 1. This is at an input XOR_in2 of an EXODER gate XOR, for example of the type 74HC86. State 0 is present at the other input XOR_inl, so that output XOR_out assumes the value 1 due to the various input states.
  • the exit XOR_out is connected to the second input OR_in2 of the OR gate OR, which thus also assumes the value 1.
  • OR_out is 1, which turns on the LED test power.
  • the input XOR_inl is connected to the output FF_Q_out of a clock state controlled D-flip-flop FF, for example of the type 74HC74, at whose D-input FF_Reset the signal of the test input is applied, i.e. the value 1.
  • the flip-flop FF only reacts to the initial state if the clock variable assumes the value 1 at the C input FF_Clock. This is the case when the current monitor 10 supplies the value 1, that is to say the LED current has exceeded the predetermined threshold value.
  • the Q output FF_Q_out of the flip-flop FF will take the value 1, corresponding to Q the value 0.
  • the input state at XOR_inl will change from 0 to 1, which leads to an output state XOR_out of 0; this switches off the LED current supply via the OR gate.
  • FF_Q_out signals 1 that the LED chain is OK.

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  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne un signal lumineux destiné à la commande du trafic, notamment du trafic routier, comportant des sources lumineuses destinées à produire un signal, et un dispositif de contrôle destiné à contrôler le fonctionnement des sources lumineuses. Selon l'invention, les sources lumineuses sont conçues sous forme de diodes électroluminescentes (LED) et le dispositif de contrôle est destiné à délivrer un courant électrique réduit aux diodes électroluminescentes (LED). Le fonctionnement dudit signal lumineux peut être contrôlé à l'état de marche ou d'arrêt avec des moyens techniques raisonnables.
EP02760115A 2001-08-16 2002-08-05 Signal lumineux destine a la commande du trafic et procede de controle du fonctionnement d'un tel signal Expired - Lifetime EP1417864B1 (fr)

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