ES1222401U - PASSIVE SECURITY DEVICE (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Passive safety device, characterized in that it consists of a safety element (5) comprising a light alarm (3) connected to a battery (2) and a portable receiver, configured to communicate with a fixed emitter and detect the distance to the same and activate the alarm (3) if the distance is outside a preset interval. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

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DESCRIPTION

Passive safety device SECTOR DE LA TÉCNICA

The present invention relates to a passive safety equipment or device for people who are on the road, streets or any place of passage of vehicles. Increase your visibility automatically without requiring action by the user.

STATE OF THE ART

A large number of professions and activities require being on the roadway of a road or street. Therefore, the people who perform them are at risk.

A very usual security measure corresponds to wearing reflective vests that increase nighttime visibility. However, not all people carry them since they are not always adequate. For example, a police motorcyclist must wear his uniform, or an amateur motorcyclist wears a warm jacket during the trip. If you must then descend from the motorcycle or fall for some reason, do not put on the vest.

In addition, if there are two people on the road with the same safety measure (vest, for example), the driver's view can be distracted by one of the two and not appreciate the other person.

Passive security measures are much more effective than any other. Therefore, it is necessary that a safety measure similar to the vest be created but that it does not require the will to put it on and that it is activated when necessary and not at any other time. Thus, the attention of any driver that may pose a risk and visibility is increased.

The applicant does not know any system equivalent to the device of the invention. BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

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The invention consists of a passive safety device according to the claims.

It consists of a security element (helmet, footwear, vest, amés ...) that includes a light alarm connected to a battery and a portable receiver. This receiver is configured to communicate with a fixed transmitter and detect the distance to it. If the distance is outside a preset interval, it will activate the alarm. For this, the portable receiver will comprise a control unit of any appropriate type.

Ideally, the portable receiver or the fixed transmitter are transceivers (or both). In this way they can communicate more completely and increase the effectiveness of the device, reducing false positives.

In one embodiment, it also includes a user position detector configured to activate the alarm if the user is in an inclined position of more than one predefined angle. For example, if it detects that the position is greater than 60 ° with respect to the vertical.

In a more preferred solution, security zones and a risk zone are predefined, and two or more fixed transceivers are used that calculate the position of the portable transceiver and send the alarm activation signal if the position is in a zone of risk. It can also be used with two portable transceivers and a fixed transceiver or a portable transceiver with two antennas to perform the triangulation of the fixed transmitter / transceiver.

The portable receiver, alarm and battery set can be detachable from the security element. In this way, it can be transferred to another element if it is necessary to replace it. For example, because the vest is too old and fails to adequately reflect the incident light.

The battery will generally be rechargeable, and it is preferred that it comprises a recharge system by induction. The induction charger can be associated with the fixed transceiver, so that this moment is used to calibrate the device or to associate both elements.

Other variants will be discussed in other points of the memory.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of the invention, the following figures are included.

Figure 1 .- represents an embodiment of an example of the invention.

Figure 2 .- represents a schematic example of the operation of the invention. MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The following is a brief description of an embodiment of the invention, as an illustrative and non-limiting example thereof.

The invention will be described from the embodiment shown in Figure 1. It comprises a portable transceiver (1) associated with a battery (2) and a light alarm (3), usually intermittent. The color of the alarm (3) can be fixed or depend on the user to whom it will be allocated (blue for police, orange for workers ...).

The portable transceiver (1) is associated with a fixed transceiver (4) fixed to a "fixed" point, such as the user's vehicle, such as a garbage truck, a motorcycle, a bicycle, a policeman's vehicle or a fixed point in the road maintenance work The fixed transceiver (4) has its own power supply, which may be the vehicle's battery or its own battery.

The user carries the portable transceiver (1) with the battery (2) and the alarm (3) in a security element (5) such as a helmet, a vest or boots. Preferably in the helmet. They can be incorporated in the structure of the security element (5) or correspond to a removable additive.

In use, the portable transceiver (1) detects the distance to the fixed transceiver (4) by any known means: by the intensity of the received signal, triangulation from two antennas. If it detects that the distance to the fixed transceiver (4) is different from a predetermined range of values, it activates the alarm (3) that flashes to ensure the visibility of the user.

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For example, when it is carried by a security element (5) like the helmet of a garbage collector. The portable transceiver (1) is activated when the picker is separated from the vehicle to approach a bucket. In that case, if the fixed transceiver (4) is in the grip of the user in the truck, it will be activated if the estimated distance is greater than, for example, one meter.

In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises two fixed transceivers (4) at the "fixed" point to detect the real position of the user and send a signal to the portable transceiver (1) that will activate the alarm (3). a zone of risk and a zone of security in a work, or deactivate the alarm (3) if the user is in a safe zone like the cabin of the truck.

In another embodiment, the portable transceiver (1) is linked to a user position detector (6), such as an accelerometer or gyroscope. This user position detector (6) can contradict the portable transceiver (1) and activate the alarm (3) if it detects that the user's position is horizontal or exceeds an inclination angle. That case will correspond, for example, to the fall of the user of a motorcycle or a similar risk situation.

The battery (2) will have a recharging system such as a micro USB connector, or an induction power receiver. Preferably you will have a low battery signal that is issued by the alarm (3) or by the fixed transceiver (4).

The transceivers (1,4) will emit coded information that allows to recognize with whom they are speaking to avoid that the alarm (3) of another user is activated. It may be sufficient if the fixed transceiver (4) emits that signal and the portable transceiver (1) is configured to only listen to the appropriate fixed transceiver (4) (including the embodiments with several fixed transceivers (4))

This most preferred embodiment has been described with transceivers (1,4), but any person skilled in the art knows that independent but coordinated transmitters or receivers can be used, or even only a portable receiver and a fixed transmitter can be used.

Claims (1)

5 10 fifteen twenty 25 30 1- Passive safety device, characterized in that it consists of a safety element (5) comprising a light alarm (3) connected to a battery (2) and a portable receiver, configured to communicate with a fixed emitter and detect the distance to it and activate the alarm (3) if the distance is outside a preset interval. 2- Device, according to claim 1, whose fixed emitter is a fixed transceiver (4). 3- Device, according to claim 1, whose portable receiver is a portable transceiver (1). 4. Device according to claim 1, comprising a user position detector (6) configured to activate the alarm (3) if the user is in an inclined position of more than one predefined angle. 5- Device, according to claim 2 and 3, which has two or more fixed transceivers (4) that calculate the position of the portable transceiver (1) and send the alarm activation signal if the position is in a predefined risk area . 6- Device, according to claim 1, corresponding to a helmet. 7- Device, according to claim 1, corresponding to a footwear. 8 - Device according to claim 1, whose set of portable receiver, alarm (3) and battery (2) is removable from the security element (5). 9. Device according to claim 1, whose battery (2) comprises an induction charging system. 10. Device, according to claim 1, whose portable receiver comprises at least two antennas to perform the triangulation of the fixed emitter. FIGURES image 1 Figure 2