ES2411973B2 - BIKE LANE WITH INTELLIGENT LIGHTING SYSTEM, BICYCLES AND USERS. - Google Patents

Abstract

Bike lane with intelligent lighting control system, bicycles and users, being useful for installation on all types of bike lanes built for the circulation of bicycles both through the city center and its periphery, which incorporates lights in the ground or side of the bike lane (1) with a dynamic on / off and / or pole luminaires (10) (7) powered by renewable energy; a plurality of pivots (11) along the bike path (1) provided with RFID emitters-receivers (12), and; a control center equipped with at least one computer for the processing and storage of all information with the location of the bicycles (2), the state of the dynamic lighting and the state of the means of accumulation of electrical energy; being applicable in new lanes and easy installation in the already built lanes.

Description

BIKE LANE WITH SMART CONTROL SYSTEM

LIGHTING, BICYCLES AND USERS.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION.

The following invention, as expressed in the statement of the present specification, refers to a bike lane with intelligent lighting control system, bicycles and users, being of the type of bike lanes built for the safest circulation of bicycles both by the center of the cities as by its periphery, so that the intelligent control system aims to improve safety conditions, through lighting, and the control of bicycles and users.

Thus, in terms of improving safety conditions, it is based on providing lighting to isolated areas of little or no visibility, through renewable energy, reducing the number of accidents.

On the other hand, the control of bicycles and users is based on having means that detect their location along the bike path.

Scope.

This report describes a bike lane system with intelligent lighting control system, bicycles and users, which is applicable for installation and assembly on all types of bike lanes, both in new construction and in the already existing.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION.

As it is known, the massive use of motor vehicles fueled by fossil fuels, supposes an increase in pollution and pollution of the big cities in addition to generating, increasingly, problems of mobility of citizens due to the incessant growth of the number of vehicles.

Among the mobility alternatives at our disposal to reduce this harmful phenomenon, together with the use of public transport, more and more cities are choosing to promote and facilitate their citizens' use of the bicycle. To this end, the municipal officials, are struggling in recent times to adapt the roads for the safe circulation of bicycles in the center and the periphery of the big cities, and as a result we have more and more kilometers of bike lanes in our cities.

On the other hand, all these factors make the number of cyclists increase and therefore also the number of accidents related to them, compromising all the positive elements that the promotion of this means of transport implies. In this way, the use of new technologies that is revolutionizing our lives in many aspects can be a great ally when it comes to managing these types of problems.

Thus, for the implementation of the system, a prior bicycle lane, or the space reserved for its location, and the users of the system that would be cyclists with their bicycles, whether private or part of a municipal rental system, are fundamental requirements private.

On the other hand, we can consider the following Patent documents, belonging to the state of the art of the invention:

JP201 patent 0-134647 relating to a warning device for cyclists and method, which warns a cyclist that passes through a pedestrian zone, which is not an appropriate area for the use of the bicycle.

Patent KR100969925 relating to a guide lamp for bike and sports lanes, which uses LED lamps, to mark the path of the lane.

Patent W02010 / 110527 relating to a luminous body and signaling apparatus of the traffic lane and apparatus for using it, which describes a luminous body marking the lane through which a vehicle travels under conditions of poor visibility, e.g. at night.

CN2881325Y patent relating to an intelligent solar lighting system.

Patent G82128665 relating to a simple and economical bike lane that can be mounted quickly, with sections that join together, and that include two cutting lines to guide cyclists along the lane in low visibility conditions.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This report describes a bike lane system with intelligent lighting control system, bicycles and users, being of the type of bike lanes built for the safest circulation of bicycles both through the city center and its periphery, so that the system incorporates:

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lights on the floor or side of the bike path with a dynamic on / off by the movement along the bike path, and / or;

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luminaires powered by a renewable, storable, dynamic on / off energy by the movement along the bike path;

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a plurality of pivots along the bike lane provided with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) associated with "tag" or radio frequency identification tags installed on bicycles, and;

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a control center provided with at least one computer for processing and storage in at least one memory of all information with the location of the bicycles, the state of the dynamic lighting and the state of the means of accumulation of the electric energy.

Thus, the lighting of the lights will occur when cyclists pass through which, for example, proximity detection means, such as sensors, will be installed to gradually turn on the lights.

The lights on the floor or side of the bike lane with a dynamic on / off by the displacement along the bike lane are installed in modular elements provided, also, with a pair of drivers, whose modular elements have a general section in " T "that by its soul are fixed to the ground and in at least one of its wings incorporates the lights of led technology.

It also incorporates an electronic circuit associated with the LEDs for its government, and may be based on a current "driver" capable of governing several LEDs in series.

On the other hand, the modular elements are attached to each other in the center or side of the bike path. Likewise, the pair of conductors will be connected for the electrical transmission.

The luminaires powered by a photovoltaic solar panel incorporate a battery, as a means of storing electrical energy, and an electronic management circuit.

The RFID emitter-receivers of the plurality of pivots along the bike path send electromagnetic pulses that are received by the "tag" or radio frequency identification tags installed on the bicycles, sending their identification, knowing, permanently, the location of these , which represents an important advantage.

In short, by having lighting on bike lanes, greater security is obtained for its users as they can be seen more easily.

To complement the description that is going to be carried out below, and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, this descriptive report is accompanied by a set of drawings, whose figures are illustrative and not limiting , the most characteristic details of the invention are represented.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGNS.

Figure 1. It shows a first side elevation view of a section of bike lane provided with side floor lights, as well as posts with respective luminaires and pivots with corresponding RFID emitters-receivers that interact with bicycles.

Figure 2. It shows a second side elevation view of a section of bike lane provided with central floor lights to the bike lane, as well as posts with respective luminaires and pivots with corresponding RFID emitters-receivers that interact with bicycles.

Figure 3. It shows a perspective view of some modular elements carrying floor lights, being able to observe a module in detail.

Figure 4. Shows a view of a scheme related to a solar luminaire as a pole light of the bike lane.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT.

First of all you can indicate that the 11 lane bicill is the part

of public infrastructure or other destined areas, exclusively

or shared, for the circulation of bicycles, and, thus, it can be any lane of the public road that has been properly signposted for this purpose or an independent road where the bicycle traffic is allowed.

Normally the bike lanes can be on reserved roads, shared roads or segregated roads, so that the latter are those that run along a route in which motor vehicles also circulate and are intended to delimit a specific portion of the width of the track for bicycles.

The system described in this document is based on the premise of being installed on an existing bike lane, either on a reserved road or on a segmented road, so that, as can be seen in the aforementioned figures and in accordance with the numbering adopted, a along the center of the cycle lane 1, at least one of its sides will be fitted with dynamic on / off floor lights due to the movement along the bicycle lane of bicycles 2.

Likewise, along the bike lane 1, luminaires powered by a renewable and storable energy, of dynamic on / off by the displacement along the bike lane, will be incorporated beforehand.

Thus, generically, in figures 1 and 2, two bike lanes 1 are shown in which the floor lights are installed on one side and in the center, respectively, while in figure 3 an execution is shown in detail practice in which the floor lights are installed by means of modular elements 3, of general section in liT ", anchored to the central part of the bike lane 1 by its soul 4.

In this way, on the wings of the modular elements 3 there are respective LED floor lights 5 directed to both sides and, likewise, the modular elements 3 incorporate a pair of longitudinal conductors 6 of electrical transmission that will be connected with the attachment of the modular elements 3 in their assembly and installation.

Thus, the modular elements 3 with a certain flexibility will be mounted when embedding its soul 4 in micro-ditches made in the ground and when remaining in the central part of the bike path, it will be able to incorporate floor lights on both wings by lighting the two sections.

Likewise, along the bicycle lane 1, post-luminaires 10 powered by a renewable and storable energy can be incorporated, if not previously, dynamic on / off by the displacement along the bicycle lane 1, for which have means 15 for harvesting and storing electrical energy to feed the components.

Thus, in a practical implementation, and taking into account that the bicycle lane 1 lacks public lighting and that, normally, it lacks power, a luminaire 10 of post 7 is installed with the means 15 for harvesting and storing electrical energy being defined. by a photovoltaic solar panel 8 and batteries 9 for solar energy system, being the luminaires or pole lights 10 of led technology, and being controlled by an electronic management circuit 14.

The battery 9 for storing the electrical energy captured by the solar photovoltaic panel during the day will serve as a power for both the luminaires themselves and for the floor lights and communication pivots.

Logically, in the event that the bike lane has street lighting, the existing luminaire will be maintained.

On the other hand, along the bicycle lane 1 there is a plurality of pivots 11 provided with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification-Radio Frequency) emitters-receivers 12 associated with "tag" or radiofrequency identification tags 13 installed. on bicycles 2. Likewise, the "tag" or radio frequency identification tags 13 could also be carried by the users of the bicycles 2.

Thus, to identify each of the bicycles 2 that are being used in the bicycle lane 1, each of them incorporates a "tag" or radio frequency identification tag 13, with its acronym "RFID" (Radio Frequency Identification (Radio Frequency Identification), being these passive devices that have a small integrated circuit with a digitally coded identification number, a capacitor and a radio frequency antenna so that when bicycles 2 are in the vicinity of the posts 10

5 provided with the emitter-receivers 12, will receive an electromagnetic pulse that will be able to charge the capacitor, so that the radiofrequency identification tag 13 sends the corresponding identification to the emitter-receiver 12. Thus, it is also allowed to have a user control when

10 have the user controlled with the bicycle he is using. This identification system will be repeated each time one of the bicycles 2 is in the immediate vicinity of a communications post 10 with the corresponding RFID transmitter-receiver 12, since these will be periodically surveying.

15 In addition, a control center with at least one computer for processing and storage in at least one memory of all information with the location of bicycles 2 at 1, the state of dynamic lighting and the state of

Claims (1)

  .   1st.- BIKE LANE WITH INTELLIGENT LIGHTING SYSTEM, BICYCLES AND USERS, being useful for installation on all types of bike lanes built for the circulation of bicycles both through the city center and its periphery, because it incorporates:

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lights on the floor or side of the bike lane (1) with a dynamic on / off by the movement along the bike lane, which are installed in modular elements (3) also provided with a pair of drivers ( 6), whose modular elements (3) have a general section in "T" that by their soul (4) are fixed to the ground and in at least one of its wings incorporates the floor lights (5) of led technology;

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post luminaires (10) (7) powered by a renewable, storable, dynamic on / off energy by the movement along the bike path (1);

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a plurality of pivots (11) along the bike path (1) provided with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) receivers (12) associated with "tag" or radiofrequency identification tags (13) installed on bicycles (2);

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a control center with at least one computer for processing and storage in at least one memory of all information with the location of the bicycles (2), the state of the dynamic lighting and the state of the media of accumulation of electrical energy,

2nd.- BICYCLE LANE WITH INTELLIGENT LIGHTING SYSTEM, BICYCLES AND USERS, according to claims 1 and 2, because the modular elements (3) are attached to each other in the center or side of the bike path (1).  3ª.-BIKE LANE WITH INTELLIGENT LIGHTING SYSTEM, BICYCLES AND USERS, according to claim 1, because the luminaires (10) powered by a photovoltaic solar panel (8) incorporate a battery (9), as a means of supplying electric power, and an electronic circuit (14) for management. 4ª.-BIKE LANE WITH SMART CONTROL SYSTEM  5 LIGHTING, BICYCLES AND USERS, according to claim 1, because the RFID emitters-receivers (12) of the plurality of pivots (11) along the bike path (1) send electromagnetic pulses that are received by the "tag" or radiofrequency identification tags (13) installed on the bicycles (2), sending your identification, knowing, permanently, the location of or ...-  Fig. 3 Fig. 4