ES2360321B1 - AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CIRCULATION SENSE. - Google Patents

Abstract

The device is formed by a central axis of rotation (3) with a series of lateral blades (9 ') so that in an operative position they form a vertical support, while in an inoperative position the blades are placed horizontally at the same height as the roadway . It is provided that this shaft (3) is supported by bearings with base (6) that are mounted on supports to the structure. This axis (3) rotates as a function of rotation limiters (4) for its blockage at rest, (figure 4) flexible metal elements (9) for its rotation in both directions and maintenance of the activity, and stops (5 ), maximum travel at the time of the passage of a vehicle. So that the displacement in one direction or another of that axis (3) entails the vertical positioning of the cutting blade support (2) and after the passage of a vehicle not allowed the corresponding elevation of the blade area generates the cut in the vehicle tire or back to its resting state, (figure 4). The rotation of the axle (3) is carried out by actuating electromagnets that receive the signals of a sensor that detects a vehicle circulating in the direction not allowed.

Description

Automatic device to control the direction of movement of vehicles. Object of the invention

The present invention relates to an automatic device for controlling the direction of vehicle movement, specifically intended to automatically lift when a vehicle is traveling in the opposite direction to the desired one.

The object of the invention is to ensure that vehicles that drive in the opposite direction along a roadway, as in a deceleration lane of any highway, and ignoring the traffic signals, find the device, which will be activated and it will prevent the passage of said vehicle as a result of the automatic lifting of a barrier located transversely to the direction of the vehicle, however remaining in a rest position and thereby allowing the passage of vehicles that circulate in the correct direction pre-established in that place and that in addition Even when activated, it does not prevent the movement of vehicles in the right direction. Background of the invention

As is known, on certain public highway routes, especially on deceleration lanes, there is a risk for drivers who for any reason have joined the highway in the opposite direction, especially for vehicles normally circulating, with the risk run over

or collision between vehicles and their unfavorable consequences.

Obviously, in these deceleration lanes there is the corresponding signaling, but at no time is there any device that prevents this incorrect and unwanted access.

In any case, the current signaling is not effective enough or prevents unwanted access of vehicles in the opposite direction to the usual one, while with the aforementioned invention it is intended to make it difficult to access in the opposite direction to the preset, while access is allowed to vehicles that circulate in the correct direction without generating any discomfort to said driver or his vehicle.

Drivers in the opposite direction in 2007 killed 24 people in 70 accidents on two-way roads, according to data provided by the Road Safety Observatory.

The DGT calls these violators Drivers in Driving Contrary (CCC) and in the last decade they have caused an average of 130 annual accidents, with between 25 and 30 deaths every year. Half of the accidents occurred at night and 25 percent under the influence of alcohol, 80 percent of the drivers were male and 20 percent were foreigners. Most are individual errors or signaling, suicides are a minimum percentage.

In the opinion of the Professor of Road Safety at the University of Valencia Luis Montoro there are 10 types of Kamikazes:

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The paid: Acts like a "racehorse." There may be bets, the incentive is the excitement and the incentive is the money at stake.

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The unbalanced: It has behavioral alterations. I would highlight the sociopath, an asocial person, without emotional ties, without feeling

Cough of guilt and without awareness of good and evil. They may experience pleasure watching other drivers react with fear.

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The violent group: They seek to acquire or maintain leadership in a marginalized and violent group, and in competitiveness with other groups with which they are compared.

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Resentful: Pretends to cause harm to others, manifests resentment. Surely they have committed a crime that has taken them to jail or to justice.

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The boring: Feel pleasure experiencing the risk with vehicles. He can be socially and economically well-off and wants excitement to get out of monotony.

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The drug addict: They sit behind the wheel under the influence of drugs, drugs, alcohol or combinations of different substances.

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The imitator: Repeats the violence he sees in other kamikazes or in his environment and in the media.

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The erroneous: Due to distraction, poor signaling of the road, mistake, or other involuntary factors, they commit suicidal behavior without premeditation.

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The one who flees: Engages in suicidal behavior by going in contradirection, at high speed, by fleeing the police for any crime or infraction.

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Suicide: Go through a severe crisis and use the vehicle as an instrument to take his life, no matter what other people die.

To reduce these accidents Francisco Canes, president of the Association for the Defense and Integration of Accidents (DIA), proposes to signal well the entrances and exits of the roads, and increase the number of civil guard agents: “You can detect a vehicle and alert 112, but when it is intercepted it has already traveled many kilometers. Twenty kilometers at 120 per hour is ten minutes. ” Description of the invention

The device that has been recommended has been designed to solve the problem described above, based on a simple but highly effective solution. In the rest position the device is coplanar with the asphalt of the road, allowing all types of vehicles to circulate in the correct direction of the road, but with the particularity that at the time that a vehicle circulates in the opposite direction to the preset, a series of elements emerge protruding from the asphalt and force the driver to stop or disable the wheels if he tries to follow his path.

Obviously the device will be complemented with sensors that detect the direction of movement of the vehicles. These send an order to electromagnets that are part of the speed bump, and act on a rotating shaft on which cutting blades are mounted, which in rest position are oriented vertically downwards keeping part of the surface in the same plane as the asphalt. Once activated there is a rotation of the shaft and the consequent horizontal arrangement of the blades of cor

te, allowing a series of supports to protrude vertically from the asphalt which, when colliding with the wheel, will push the spring, letting out the cutting blades that are embedded from below in the vehicle's wheel. In the event that the vehicle is traveling in the correct direction along the road, it will collide with said supports, deactivate the device and return it to its resting position.

The outer surface of the device will be formed by metal plates, preferably constituted by galvanized steel sheet, both the shaft and the cutting blades will also be made of steel and the system will move and rotate on its central axis by means of elastic steel springs that They will allow movement, all mounted on a concrete base made on the asphalt itself and with stops that limit the complete rotation of the axis on itself.

Corresponding bearings with horizontal base are associated to the rotation axis to achieve an efficiency in the rotary movements thereof, said axis will perform the functions of resting or activating the device.

The cutting blades, the spring clamping system, the status indication blades of the device will be mounted concentrically with the central axis and fixed to it with pins, this in turn will be mounted and fixed to a pair of bearings with base, which will allow its rotation, in an area below said axis, the stops already mentioned have been foreseen, which limit the axis travel and therefore its complete rotation on itself.

The device is further complemented by three turning immobilizers provided with their corresponding electromagnets, interspersed between the axis displacement structures. Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization thereof, a set of drawings is accompanied as an integral part of said description. where for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a representation corresponding to a lateral cross-section of the automatic device object of the invention in an inoperative situation.

Figure 2.- Shows a view like that of the previous figure in an inoperative or rest position of the same automatic device represented in the previous figure, but on the opposite side.

Figure 3.- It shows a top plan view of the automatic device represented in the previous figures, showing the boxes that the cutting blades stand out on the surface for warning of vehicle drivers.

Figure 4.- Shows a three-dimensional view of the basic structure of the automatic device represented in an inoperative or resting situation.

Figure 5.- Shows a three-dimensional view of the basic structure of the automatic device represented in an operative or activated situation.

Figure 6.- It shows a three-dimensional view of the basic structure of the device represented in the situation of passing a vehicle in the opposite direction of the road.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

As can be seen in the aforementioned figures, the automatic device object of the invention is constituted from a concrete base (8) located below the level (7) of the roadway. The concrete base (8) defines a recess whose internal surface is provided with an asphalt layer and, therefore, in the horizontal plane of the concrete base (8) a series of transverse and vertical structures that constitute the structure itself are arranged Of the device. This has a central shaft (3) supported by bearings (6) and these, in turn, by supports attached to the structure. Said axis (3) will be the housing of a series of cutting blades (2) and of rotation limitation, fastening blades of the elements of elastic movement, blades indicating the state of the device and accommodation blades of the immobilizers of turn. This whole set of elements allows the device to be at rest (Figure 4), activated (Figure 5) or in its operating limit position (Figure 6).

The cutting blades (2) are housed and fixed on the outside of the shaft (3). They support the passage of vehicles in conjunction with the upper plate (1) in the resting state (Figure 4). In the activated position it has transverse supports that perform a double function, if the vehicle that collides with them moves in the correct direction of the road, they deactivate the device returning it to its rest state, (Figure 4) but if on the contrary if the vehicle that collides with them circulates in the opposite direction to that of the road, they serve as a base for pushing the axis (3) of the device to perform the rotation of the axis. When passing the vehicle, a series of cutting surfaces (2) transverse to the direction of movement of the vehicle that would disable the mobility system of said vehicle emerge from the ground, in turn said cutting blades (2) have transverse stops to these which will act as a stop (5) in this position, not allowing the complete rotation of the blade, as can be clearly seen in Figure 6.

Stoppers (5) are also provided as shaft rotation limiters (3) on the structure.

Parallel to the cutting blades (2) and also fixed with pins to the central axis (3), cylindrical supports are placed on which a flexible metal element (9) that absorbs torsion, between the structure and the central axis, is housed. , (3) of the movement, performing it in both directions of the movement according to the state of the invention.

Also parallel to these and equally fixed, we have blades with a cross section complementary to the status indicator element, based on appropriate detectors, which will indicate the status of the invention at all times.

As it has blades with a cross section complementary to the turning immobilization element (4) which, with its complementary turning immobilizer, will allow the device to remain at rest (Figure 4) or when necessary and through electromagnets they will be activated retracting the turning immobilizer (4) and releasing the shaft

(3) and allowing it to enter its state of activity, (Figure 5) also when it is in this state and a vehicle circulates on it in the correct direction, the turning immobilizers (4) and their complementary turning immobilization blades will be the that allow the device to remain in a state of rest (Figure 4).

According to these characteristics, the automatic device formed by the aforementioned elements is kept in an inoperative position as shown in Figure 4. That is, the blades (2) are located horizontally at the level of the asphalt of the roadway, allowing the Passage of vehicles without any problem, in which situation the turning immobilizer elements (4) will block the axle (3).

When the detectors detect a vehicle that circulates in the opposite direction to the one preset in this road, the activation of the electromagnets takes place and with this the rotation of the axis (3) by means of the flexible metal elements, which (9) make the cutting blades (2) are placed vertically on the road, in the situation shown in Figure 5. Forming a rectangular profile above the level of asphalt perceived by the driver who runs in the opposite direction to the usual one in order to slow down , correct your address, or if it continues to circulate with the same trajectory, it will collide with the aforementioned rectangular supports that are part of the cutting blade itself (2). As a result of said collision, the central axis (3) will continue its rotation on itself, specifically the flexible metal elements, (9) will be compressed and will allow this rotation until the cutting blade (2) emerges with its transverse base and rest on the stops (5) of the structure and under the tires of the vehicle that generated this rotation of the central axle (3). Once the tires of said vehicle have exceeded the device, the flexible metal elements (9) are decompressed, turning the axle (3) in the opposite direction and thus returning the device to its state of activity. If a vehicle circulates in the usual direction of the roadway, it will collide with the vertical rectangular supports of the asphalt of the device, compressing the flexible metal elements, (9) until said rectangular base is placed in a horizontal position and the turning immobilizing elements (4 ) re-lock the central axis (3) returning the device to its idle state (Figure 4).

In Figure 3 it can be seen how the device has a surface of strips parallel to the road. These on the back will be a reflective color of the driver. It will also have a light signal that will be activated with the operation of the device itself.

The system is complemented by an electric motor that by means of a rotation system in the shaft (3) can return the device to a state of rest (Figure 4) at any time that is required, as well as a manual deactivation system of the immobilizer elements of rotation of the axis (3).

The turning immobilization elements (4) will be electrically operated and the control system is based on a wired automatism and programmable logic controller, depending on the model's variation and its need. Which means that the data from the different detectors that make up the system can be interpreted, whether they are capacitive, inductive, photoelectric, ultrasound

or of its specific control modalities, so that the detection of vehicle positioning will be given by a control system based on a proximity sensor that corresponds to a transducer that detects objects or signals that are close to the sensor element.

Finally, an electromagnetic type sensor, which works with an electromagnetic field so that when approaching a metallic or non-metallic object produces a change in the electromagnetic field around the sensor element and determines the direction of vehicle movement, which is formed by a coil, an oscillator, a trigger and an output circuit, the operation being similar to the capacitive, the coil detecting the object when there is a change in the electromagnetic field and sending the signal to the oscillator, to then activate the trigger and finally the circuit that establishes the transmission between open or closed.

Claims (6)

one.

Automatic device to control the direction of movement of vehicles, intended to prevent traffic in the opposite direction on public roads. It is characterized in that it is constituted from a concrete base (1) embedded in the asphalt, with transverse and elevated structures that reach the plane of said asphalt. Mounted in a recess in which a series of bearings (6) are provided for rotation of a central axis (3) on which a plurality of cutting blades (2) are mounted, which in the resting state (Figure 4) form a flat surface capable of being elevated with respect to the asphalt plane. By turning the shaft (3) and in vertical arrangement, rectangular supports are placed at the level of the asphalt that, once pressed, go to rest, (Figure 4), while if pressed in the opposite direction they perform the preventive function of the device in yes. Turn immobilizers (4) of the central axis (3) are provided, which, in combination with direction sensing sensors, activate electromagnets and these in turn release the rectangular supports (4) allowing activation or rest (Figure 4) of the device.

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Automatic device for controlling the direction of movement of vehicles, according to claim 1, characterized in that the central axis (3) have bearings with base (6), while the blades concentric with it, are fixed by pins or adjusters and the movement between these and the structure is mechanically immobilized and its rotational movement is conditioned to compression or

compression of a series of flexible metal elements (9).

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Automatic device for controlling the direction of movement of vehicles, according to previous claims, characterized in that the rotating movement of the central axis (3) is complemented by stops (5) of maximum travel and corresponding to the position of maximum performance of the device. Once the device is activated, the wheels of the vehicle collide with it and the cutting area emerges. In its resting position (Figure 4) when a vehicle is traveling in the correct direction and collides with the activated device, the immobilizer elements block the central axis returning to its initial position (3).

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Automatic device for controlling the direction of movement of vehicles, according to previous claims, characterized in that the cutting blades,

(2) Swing immobilization blades, position control blades and clamping blades of flexible metal elements, (9) are associated with corresponding pins in the central axis (3) arranged transversely intercalated along the axis (3). 5. Automatic device for controlling the direction of movement of vehicles, according to previous claims, characterized in that sensors for detecting the direction of movement of the vehicle are included in the road for the activation of the electromagnets, in case a vehicle approaches in the opposite direction to the usual, to put into operation and consequently the rotation of the shaft (3) and produce the vertical arrangement of the supports of the cutting blades, (2) that form the device itself.   ESE 3E S3E13   SPANISH OFFICE OF THE PATENTS AND BRAND Application no .: 200802427 SPAIN Date of submission of the application: 04.08.2008 Priority Date: REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE 51 Int. Cl.: E01F13 / 10 (2006.01) RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

Category

Documents cited Claims Affected

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US 4158514 A (DICKINSON HARRY D) 19.06.1979, column 2, line 10 - column 6, line 37; figures. 1-3.5

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EP 0235548 A1 (MALKMUS DOERNEMANN CAROLA) 09.09.1987, pages 2-5; figures. 1-3.5

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FR 2879793 A1 (SCHREURS ALAIN) 06.23.2006, figures & Summary of the WPI database. Recovered from EPOQUE; AN 2006-465694. 1-5

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US 5890832 A (SOLEAU BERT) 06.04.1999, column 1, line 64 - column 4, line 59; figures. 1-5

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US 2004190990 A1 (BLAIR WILLIAM H) 30.09.2004, figures & Summary of the WPI database. Recovered from EPOQUE; AN 2004-677713. 1-5

Category of the documents cited X: of particular relevance Y: of particular relevance combined with other / s of the same category A: reflects the state of the art O: refers to unwritten disclosure P: published between the priority date and the date of priority submission of the application E: previous document, but published after the date of submission of the application

This report has been prepared • for all claims • for claims no:

Date of realization of the report 19.05.2011

Examiner M. Castañón Chicharro Page 1/5

REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE Application number: 200802427 Minimum documentation sought (classification system followed by classification symbols) E01F Electronic databases consulted during the search (name of the database and, if possible, terms of search used) INVENES, EPODOC State of the Art Report Page 2/5  WRITTEN OPINION Application number: 200802427 Date of Completion of Written Opinion: 05.19.2011 Statement

Novelty (Art. 6.1 LP 11/1986)

Claims Claims 1-5 IF NOT

Inventive activity (Art. 8.1 LP11 / 1986)

Claims Claims 4 1-3, 5 IF NOT

The application is considered to comply with the industrial application requirement. This requirement was evaluated during the formal and technical examination phase of the application (Article 31.2 Law 11/1986).  Opinion Base.- This opinion has been made on the basis of the patent application as published. State of the Art Report Page 3/5  WRITTEN OPINION Application number: 200802427 1. Documents considered.- The documents belonging to the state of the art taken into consideration for the realization of this opinion are listed below.

Document

Publication or Identification Number publication date

D01

US 4158514 A (DICKINSON HARRY D) 19.06.1979

D02

EP 0235548 A1 (MALKMUS DOERNEMANN CAROLA) 09.09.1987

D03

FR 2879793 A1 (SCHREURS ALAIN) 06-23.2006

2. Statement motivated according to articles 29.6 and 29.7 of the Regulations for the execution of Law 11/1986, of March 20, on Patents on novelty and inventive activity; quotes and explanations in support of this statement The technical object of the invention is an "automatic device for controlling the direction of vehicle movement". Direction signage prohibited on roads and deceleration lanes, does not prevent vehicle access. The inventor proposes a transverse barrier to the direction of movement of the vehicle, which elevates and prevents the passage of vehicles running in the opposite direction; and that however, allow the passage of those who circulate in the right direction, even being activated The request consists of 5 claims, the 1st of which is independent and the rest dependent. The first claim refers to the main technical characteristics of the invention. The second claim refers to the support of the shaft and function of flexible metal elements. The third claim refers to the maximum travel stops and actuation of shaft immobilizers in the state of repose. The 4th claim refers to the intercalated arrangement and transverse to the axis of the different functional devices. The 5th claim refers to the operation of the device from a signal sent by sensor. Of the documents cited in the State of the Art Report, it is considered the closest to the invention, the US4158514 (D01). D01 discloses an automatic device to control the direction of movement of vehicles, intended to prevent circulation in the opposite direction on public roads, being embedded in the asphalt, with transversal structures and high reaching that plane. Equipped with an axis of rotation (31-41), on which a plurality of blades are mounted of cut (34), susceptible of being elevated with respect to the plane of the asphalt (See Figs.). Understanding the “L” elements, which when they are pressed by a vehicle that circulates in the correct direction they go to rest (See Fig. 3), while when pressed in the opposite direction they perform their preventive function, emerging the cutting area (See Fig. 4). So the same, the rotary movement of the shaft is complemented with maximum travel stops (29). The differences between D01 and the 1st claim are: -The shaft (31-41) does not support bearings, but is coaxial to the fixed shaft (30) embedded, and rotates freely on the latter. -D01 does not disclose the existence of direction detection sensors, activating electromagnets that act as shaft rotation immobilizers. EPO235548 (D02) discloses an automatic device for controlling the direction of movement of vehicles, provided with shaft (4), mounted on bearings (5), its rotating movement being conditioned to compression or decompression of flexible metal elements (15), comprising an electromagnet (9), capable of functioning in signal function picked up by sensor, acting on central shaft rotation immobilizers (10-11). Also, be associated with the central axis are the cutting blades (6), those of turning immobilization (11) and those of clamping elements flexible (14) transversely interspersed along the axis. (See Figs. 2, 3 and 4) Document FR2879793 (D03) discloses an automatic device for controlling the direction of movement of vehicles, comprising an electromagnetic axle rotation blocking system on which the elements are mounted sharp, based on the signal sent by a vehicle traffic sense sensor. It would be obvious to a person skilled in the art, the introduction in D01 of the technical characteristics disclosed by D02, obtaining the technical object of the 1st claim. The 2nd claim is not disclosed in D01. However, D02 does disclose it. Therefore, once the technical characteristics disclosed by D02 in D01, the technical object of the 2nd claim is obtained. The difference between D01 and the 3rd claim is that it does not disclose the performance of a device that immobilizes the rotation of the axis in idle state. However, as D02 has already commented if it is disclosed. State of the Art Report Page 4/5  WRITTEN OPINION Application number: 200802427 The 4th claim is not disclosed in D01. The difference between D02 and the 4th claim is that D02 does not disclose the existence of position control blades of the device associated to the axis. The 5th claim is not disclosed in D01. However, if it is in D02. Therefore, the introduction in D01 of the technical characteristics disclosed in D02, leads us to the following conclusion: - Claims 1-3 and 5 are new but lack inventive activity. (Art. 6 and 8 of Patent Law 11/1986) - Claim 4 is new and has inventive activity. (Art. 6 and 8 of Patent Law 11/1986) State of the Art Report Page 5/5