EP1496487A2 - System zur Verkehrsunfallwarnung durch Signalunterbrechung - Google Patents

System zur Verkehrsunfallwarnung durch Signalunterbrechung Download PDF

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EP1496487A2
EP1496487A2 EP04015831A EP04015831A EP1496487A2 EP 1496487 A2 EP1496487 A2 EP 1496487A2 EP 04015831 A EP04015831 A EP 04015831A EP 04015831 A EP04015831 A EP 04015831A EP 1496487 A2 EP1496487 A2 EP 1496487A2
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/20—Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
    • G08G1/205—Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
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    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B25/00—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
    • G08B25/006—Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance

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  • the present invention deals with a warning system for road and/or motorway accidents with signal interruption.
  • the system allows exactly locating the position in which the accident occurred and activating a warning signal to suitable assistance departments such as traffic police stations, fire brigade stations, first aid stations, etc., everything being made in real time.
  • Satellite information systems are also known, that however can only operate under certain weather conditions and only for motor vehicles that are equipped with sophisticated and costly receiving systems assembled aboard such vehicles.
  • Object of the present invention is removing the above inconveniences, providing a warning system for a road accident that is extremely simple, inexpensive, that does not require installations or modifications of already existing motor vehicles and above all that is able to supply, in real time, the exact position in which the accident occurred.
  • warning system for road and/or motorway accidents with signal interruption subject of the present invention, that is characterised by what is included in the below listed claims and in particular in that it provides, placed along a guard-rail or a barrier made of reinforced concrete, an electric circuit or a signal emitting circuit that is adapted to be easily interrupted by a vehicle impact.
  • 1 designates a common guard-rail made of steel or a barrier made of reinforced concrete, of the so-called Jersey type, that is normally employed as traffic divider barrier along motorways or beltways or normal roads with single running directions or even on viaducts or tunnels, both on motorways and on roads, or in crossroads that are deemed particularly critical for road conditions.
  • a warning or alarm circuit 2 is placed, that can also be a cable circuit: by means of two electric or optical fibre wires.
  • the circuit will have to be placed at such an ideal height as to be easily stricken and interrupted by an impact of a motor vehicle that is involved into an accident.
  • the circuit in fact provides to be interrupted in its operation due to an accident and the interruption point will have to be detected by computing electric parameters.
  • the circuit In the unlikely event that the circuit is not interrupted by the accident, the circuit can be interrupted by any person that simply tears it.
  • the circuit can be advantageously supplied at low voltage, for example with a direct 12-Volt voltage, thereby being extremely safe even if a car bumps into it or it is voluntarily touched by people or animals.
  • the circuit 2 interruption is detected by a processor system 3 for activating signalling circuits that, in the example shown, are of two types:
  • the processor system is for example able, by measuring the uninterrupted circuit impedance, to detect the exact position ofthe interruption point and thereby to activate circuits 4 and 5.
  • the first signalling circuit 4 provides, along the path, to install acoustic signalling devices 6 (sirens), optical signalling devices 7 (single-colour or multiple-colour traffic lights, for example red signal to point out an occurring accident, green signal to point out normal road traffic conditions, thereby without dangers) or visual signalling devices 8 (billboard with writings in which the type of event is displayed together with possible advices or suggestions).
  • acoustic signalling devices 6 sirens
  • optical signalling devices 7 single-colour or multiple-colour traffic lights, for example red signal to point out an occurring accident, green signal to point out normal road traffic conditions, thereby without dangers
  • visual signalling devices 8 billboard with writings in which the type of event is displayed together with possible advices or suggestions.
  • cameras 9 can be installed and arranged in critical path points, such cameras being automatically activated by the accident event with chance of filming the accident, that is also useful as regards future surveys to ascertain the responsibilities.
  • An event-transmitting solar panel 10 can be provided in order to
  • the first circuit 4 must be placed in a placed protected by the accident, preferably underground with only those positions in which signalling means, sirens, traffic lights or billboards etc. are located, that are projecting out of the ground, and the circuit can be placed on the right and/or left side of the road subjected to check.
  • Purpose of the second circuit 5 is signalling the presence of accidents and thereby warning departments such as Traffic police, Motorway Services, Hospital First Aid Stations, Fire Brigades, by directly providing the exact position in which the accident occurred.
  • the event activating the signalling circuit is, as described above, of the interruption type, and precisely of the destructive type.
  • a maintenance must therefore be provided that has also to verify, many times a year, through suitable tests and simulations, the correct operating status of the whole system.
  • Such checks can be displayed, if deemed necessary, on existing luminous billboards.
  • the installation of such warning system when a traumatic event occurs can already be arranged when building the metallic guard-rails or barriers made of reinforced concrete, while for already-installed protections it will have to be applied, for example, through adhesives or supports that can be applied to such barriers.
  • Numerous modifications and variations can be provided, such as for example the electric circuit can be made through common small electric cables or through optical fibre cables; the detecting circuit 2 can as well be made through infrared or laser rays or through acoustic signals with different frequencies, such as for example ultrasounds.
  • a conductive ribbon-shaped band can be used, applying it through adhesive.
  • a plurality of sensors can be provided, placed on the guard-rail or barrier made of concrete or on carriageway-delimiting lines or immersed on asphalt.

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EP04015831A 2003-07-09 2004-07-06 System zur Verkehrsunfallwarnung durch Signalunterbrechung Withdrawn EP1496487A3 (de)

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ITPR20030052 ITPR20030052A1 (it) 2003-07-09 2003-07-09 Sistema d'avviso per incidente stradale e/o autostradale ad interruzione di segnale

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WO2009069160A1 (en) * 2007-11-28 2009-06-04 Donato Diomede Smart road safety control device
CN102063780A (zh) * 2010-12-08 2011-05-18 同济大学 基于物联网技术的公路护栏撞击定位和报警系统及方法
ES2382290A1 (es) * 2010-11-12 2012-06-07 Manuel Sánchez De La Cruz Barrera de protección vial.
JP2016512583A (ja) * 2013-03-05 2016-04-28 サンチェス デ ラ クルス， ホセ マヌエルＳＡＮＣＨＥＺ ＤＥ ＬＡ ＣＲＵＺ， Ｊｏｓｅ Ｍａｎｕｅｌ 道路用交通防護柵
WO2018065870A1 (en) * 2016-10-03 2018-04-12 Ladkat Rajendra Vithal Hanging road divider
CN110164145A (zh) * 2019-05-22 2019-08-23 安徽百得思维信息科技有限公司 一种高速路况智能警示系统及其工作方法
US20220145558A1 (en) * 2019-02-21 2022-05-12 Pasquale Impero A road safety barrier assembly for detecting an impact of a vehicle
US12024834B2 (en) * 2019-02-21 2024-07-02 Pasquale Impero Road safety barrier assembly for detecting an impact of a vehicle

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DE3901376A1 (de) * 1989-01-19 1990-07-26 Michael Hamberger Notrufsystem in leitplanken
FR2683358A1 (fr) * 1991-10-31 1993-05-07 Pomero Claude Procede de signalisation automatique des accidents routiers et dispositif permettant la mise en óoeuvre dudit procede.
EP1167629A2 (de) * 2000-06-29 2002-01-02 Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. Einrichtung zur Überwachung einer Leitplanke

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DE3901376A1 (de) * 1989-01-19 1990-07-26 Michael Hamberger Notrufsystem in leitplanken
FR2683358A1 (fr) * 1991-10-31 1993-05-07 Pomero Claude Procede de signalisation automatique des accidents routiers et dispositif permettant la mise en óoeuvre dudit procede.
EP1167629A2 (de) * 2000-06-29 2002-01-02 Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. Einrichtung zur Überwachung einer Leitplanke

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WO2009069160A1 (en) * 2007-11-28 2009-06-04 Donato Diomede Smart road safety control device
ES2382290A1 (es) * 2010-11-12 2012-06-07 Manuel Sánchez De La Cruz Barrera de protección vial.
WO2013038033A1 (es) * 2010-11-12 2013-03-21 Jose Manuel Sanchez De La Cruz Barrera de protección vial
CN102063780A (zh) * 2010-12-08 2011-05-18 同济大学 基于物联网技术的公路护栏撞击定位和报警系统及方法
JP2016512583A (ja) * 2013-03-05 2016-04-28 サンチェス デ ラ クルス， ホセ マヌエルＳＡＮＣＨＥＺ ＤＥ ＬＡ ＣＲＵＺ， Ｊｏｓｅ Ｍａｎｕｅｌ 道路用交通防護柵
WO2018065870A1 (en) * 2016-10-03 2018-04-12 Ladkat Rajendra Vithal Hanging road divider
US20220145558A1 (en) * 2019-02-21 2022-05-12 Pasquale Impero A road safety barrier assembly for detecting an impact of a vehicle
US12024834B2 (en) * 2019-02-21 2024-07-02 Pasquale Impero Road safety barrier assembly for detecting an impact of a vehicle
CN110164145A (zh) * 2019-05-22 2019-08-23 安徽百得思维信息科技有限公司 一种高速路况智能警示系统及其工作方法

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