ES2685018A1 - Digital system of light and acoustic signaling for urban roads through emerging beacons (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Digital system of light and acoustic signaling for urban roads through emerging beacons characterized by the following elements; - An emerging device/beacon for light signaling, installed and recessed in the ground that includes an upper part (1) of the housing (2) anchored by screws to the lower one (3), removable and removable and is composed of a lamp and heaters that at a certain temperature are activated to prevent ice from forming between the casing and the casing. - Adjacent posts on each side of the road that include a luminous push button and warning sound emitting horns. - An adjacent electronic board comprising the microprocessor control board that is prepared to receive the activation states of the system through: - Bracelets or human devices or applied to guide dogs activated by proximity. - Push buttons on posts. -Signals of traffic lights. - Remote controls. - Remote control via internet or 4G. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

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DESCRIPTION

Digital light and acoustic signaling system for urban roads through emerging beacons.

Object of the invention

The present invention, as expressed in the statement of this specification, refers to a digital system of light and acoustic signaling for urban roads through emerging beacons, installed and embedded in the ground and governed by an adjacent external control plaza programmable, which gives the operating orders to the emerging light signaling device for actuation and stop, from push-buttons, presence detectors or previously programmed electrical signals.

Field of the Invention

The present invention has its application in the field of exterior and interior light signaling installations of public and private roads for the regulation and indication of the passage of pedestrians and vehicles and in particular can be applied to the signaling of roads or tracks of any type, bike lanes, crosswalks, landing strips, railroad level crossings and curves or points of recognized driving danger (black dots).

Background of the prior art

Currently, different devices, markers, bands or fixed surface beacons, of light signaling, are known and marketed, which contribute to guaranteeing the safety of people, vehicles and pets on urban roads and inside buildings, mainly for public use.

The increased demand for greater road safety and guidance assistance by the population has led to the creation of new devices or products regulated or not administratively that constitute a challenge for the industry, and a need for institutions Public and private.

The increase in the aforementioned demand determines the need for a signaling to reach a higher level of illumination, so that it fulfills its specific warning and signaling function, so that visual needs can be satisfied by combining them with the minimum energy consumption, in order to optimize the energy resources of the companies and administrations responsible for the roads.

The applicant company of the present invention INNOVACIONES SP, S.L. It is the owner of the Utility Model No. U-201500218 that protects a beacon or signaling device exclusively analogue, which prevented the variation of the lighting both in time and in intermittence, as well as did not have sensors for motor protection since either due to over effort or time, so that if an external element (the tread of a wheel) prevented the emergence of the beacon, the motor exceeded the operating milliamps and caused its rupture.

On the other hand, the analog procedure, previously designed, without adjacent control board, prevented an activation procedure by means other than the electrical pulses of the traffic light to which it was connected.

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Likewise, the previous analog beacon did not have a heating system that prevented the freezing of filtered water in the movement cavity so that the weather conditions sometimes prevented its emergent movement.

It is known that external signaling devices and systems, not embedded in a surface, have lower installation costs than the device proposed by the present invention.

The configuration of this invention, by virtue of the materials used for its production by molding and the use of a low power motor, governed by a digital control board, and an emerging lighting system itself conformed by LED type lights or the like being able to remain off when not in use, determine a considerable reduction of production and installation costs without affecting or impaired its functionality as will be expressed later in the description of the invention.

For the holder of the present invention, another digital method of bi-directional activation of the emergent device / light signaling beacon is not known in the prior art with the particularities indicated below.

Description of the invention

The present invention consists of a digital system of light and acoustic signaling for urban roads through emerging signaling beacons, which is usually installed embedded in the ground or on any other surface (recessed) in such a way that it is housed below the flush of any plane and whose activation system is intended to signal in its emerged position, with points or beams of lights, places, passages and paths of walkers (pedestrians or passers-by) with white or amber passing light, or signaling of the vehicles with red light to prevent its passage.

The transmission of activation data between the control board located in an adjacent frame near the crosswalk and the emerging beacon is carried out by means of the data communication system (bus-can). This system (bus-can) is a bidirectional system between the adjacent control plate installed in the track and the beacon plate.

The standard bus-can that has been used is the high-speed (ISO.11898-2) high-speed transmission up to 1 Mbit / s.

In this system that uses a digital high-speed transmission data communication (bus-can) system up to 1 Mbit / s, an internal security protocol programming has been established that issues the default orders of the adjacent board located in the via to the beacon plate, allowing the development of its functions.

The system is developed based on the following interrelated elements:

a) System of emerging beacons with microprocessor that move from 1 cm to 1.5 cm above the slope, located at a distance of one meter (1 m) to one and a half meters (1.5 m).

b) A system of adjacent posts located on each side of the track that include a light button, photocells or infrared barriers and warning sound emitting speakers.

c) An adjacent electronic panel comprising the microprocessor control board and power supply systems for system operation.

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a) The beacon system is configured with two main parts, the emerging luminaire and the installation kit.

-The emerging luminaire is composed:

1. For a removable and removable central upper part (1) not only to facilitate and expedite its installation on any surface, but also any action aimed at maintaining and / or repairing the device itself. This upper part consists of a circular pop-up lamp with several LEDS (acronym for Light Emitting Diode) or, similar high-performance lights that provide a low-consumption light, which provide perfect visibility, even in conditions of strong rain or fog

In the upper central part the different components are housed: The DC motor, the four limit switches, the electronic bi-directional beacon plate, the silicone membranes, the two semicircular heating resistors and the mechanical system.

The convex exterior shape of the device allows it to remain perfectly integrated in the ground or on any surface as a protrusion without edges, that is to say without edges or edges, guaranteeing, where appropriate, the safety of passage.

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By a removable convex outer cover ring (2) anchored to the housing containing silicone gasket that gives the device impermeability to dirt and water and a circular flange whose arrangement gives it resistance to the impact of vehicle wheels, pedestrians and animals, in such a way that in addition to preventing them from suffering any damage or stumbling, accidents can be caused. This flange is embedded in the flush of the device installation surface. The outer circular heating resistance is housed in this ring.

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A lower piece in which the two upper pieces (3) are embedded and located.

- The installation kit is composed:

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For a lower part in which the connection cables of the installation system are housed to facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the central upper part. It is built on its perimeter of a series of stiffening ribs that confer resistance and flexibility to the device allowing it to absorb the pressure and vibrations produced by the terrain or location surface, impacts and weight on it. Both the stiffening ribs and the fins provide it with stability and favor its firm installation when embedded on any surface.

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The lower part has around its perimeter a series of fins that facilitate the penetration of the cement and other masses used for its fixation in the hole in which the device is embedded, maintain the stable temperature of the internal elements of the device avoiding the heating of the electrical system and help keep it tight.

b) The system of posts located on each side of the track are hollow cylindrical to be able to install the activation elements of the system composed of illuminated push buttons, speakers, photocells or infrared barriers.

c) The adjacent electronic board contains the system control board, the electrical equipment necessary for the transformation from alternating current to continuous current, batteries, the remote control board, and sound reproduction speakers.

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The system object of the present specification solves the challenges and problems faced by companies and governments that must provide high-performance lighting systems at low cost and that can also guarantee the safety and integrity of people or objects.

Description of the figures

To facilitate the understanding of the device configuration that the present invention proposes, we include a set of drawings in an illustrative way, not limiting the main elements that configure it and which are detailed below in the preferred embodiment thereof.

Figure 1: Elevated view of the beacon with emergence in use situation. Figure 2: Elevation view of the resting beacon. Figure 3: Microprocessor of the adjacent board. Figure 4: Microprocessor of the beacon plate. Figure 5: Represents a longitudinal section of the interior of the beacon or emergent device. Figure 6: General view of the beacon embedded in a surface.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

The present system is characterized by the following elements of:

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An emerging device / light signaling beacon, installed and embedded in the ground (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2).

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Adjacent posts located on each side of the track that include a light button and warning sound emitting speakers.

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An adjacent electronic panel comprising the microprocessor control board and power supply systems for system operation. The control board is prepared to receive the activation states of the system through analog inputs transformed into digital ones such as the following elements:

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Bracelets or human devices or applied to guide dogs activated by proximity via bluetooth or radiofrequency.

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Push buttons inserted in posts.

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Traffic signaling.

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Remote controls

• Remote control via internet or 4G. The elements that make up the system allow its operation to be activated:

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Being a digital device capable of programming by means of the microprocessor of the electronic board (Fig. 3) inserted in the adjacent control board and the

beacon plate microprocessor (Fig-4) connected through a communication bus-can.

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The orders of the microprocessor are transformed into mechanical movements to make the beacon emerge, and into digital orders that are transformed into electric currents for lighting and flashing of the lights, for ignition of the heating system and for protection from motor overvoltages.

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The bus-can communicates the digital orders of activation of the plate to the beacon and of information signals of the beacon to the plate of all the processes of its state, being a two-way communication, the orders are issued by the central plate and the plates They execute these orders and are bidirectional in terms of information, as they report the status of the beacons by means of the limit switches, temperature, lights, wheel pressure.

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The luminaire that emerges telescopically when it receives the appropriate signal projects two horizontally oriented beams of light 180º each with respect to the other, raised up to 10 to 15 millimeters above the level of the surface on which the present is located device.

The luminaire is turned on when it emerges and can be constituted by fixed or intermittent lights, emitting light flashes to warn of extraordinary danger. Also, these LEDS type lights are not necessarily white, other colored lights can be used depending on the destination and utility required by the installation. When the device is deactivated (fig. 2), the luminaire remains hidden and flush with the surface on which it is located, arranged as described above, with the light off.

When the light remains off when not in use, the life of the LEDS is extended assuming considerable energy savings.

Likewise, the luminaire has some limit switches which, when the external luminaire is exerted in the same luminaire, activates the limit switches (wheel) and said electrical current is digitally transformed through the beacon microprocessor in an order of paralysis of the system, avoiding stress on the engine with its possible rupture and communicating to the adjacent plate that the wheel pressure function is activated.

The device has a mechanical system installed inside a cylindrical body, consisting of a motor, a concentric spring and an endless mechanism governed by an electronic programmable equipment constituted by the microprocessor located on the electronic beacon plate, which interprets the signals external drive and stop emitted from the adjacent electronic board, either by pushbuttons, presence detectors, sensors and previously programmed electrical signals.

The digital light and acoustic signaling system for urban roads through emerging beacons is formed from a microprocessor of the adjacent plate (Fig. 3) that issues the programming orders, a receiving microprocessor (Fig. 4) located in the beacon that receives the orders of the adjacent plate that it executes and in turn communicates the status of the beacon, both in the state of deployment or rest, pressure exerted on it, luminosity, temperature, which allows the plate adjacent activate the mechanisms programmed for the withdrawal or extension of the beacon, its ignition and its heating.

The digital light and acoustic signaling system for urban roads through emerging beacons can be activated by different mechanisms, 1) with push buttons located on the posts adjacent to the passage, 2) through its connection to the traffic light lights, 3) a distance: through a remote control, by internet connection, or, by proximity through wi-fi or bluetooth.

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-For option 1 with buttons the beacon rises in a user-programmable time and the lights can be programmed both fixed and flashing in this option the central plate emits an acoustic warning sound during the time that the emerging beacons are uploaded.

-For option 2 traffic light, the beacon rises when the red light command of the traffic light arrives and the lights of the pop-up beacon only have the fixed function to be in accordance with the red light of the traffic light, once the red signal disappears from the traffic light said emerging beacons go down to their resting position.

-For option 3 with remote control the beacons rise at the user's discretion by pressing the corresponding buttons of the remote control for the different functions of lights and sounds or are activated by proximity via wi-fi or bluetooth.

The device can also be activated by proximity to the passage, for example, of a blind person or person with limited movements by a zebra crossing that carries either a proximity activation bracelet via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or the dog itself guide takes it inserted in the collar, when approaching at a distance of approximately 10 meters the adjacent plate located on the sidewalk detects the signal emitted by the bracelet or necklace and orders the beacons to rise by turning on the red LED lights to warn of the impediment at the passage of the vehicles while emitting the adjacent plate an acoustic signal.

The device is activated remotely via internet connection, bluetooth and / or radio frequency that instructs the adjacent board to activate the mechanism to emerge the beacons according to the desired programming.

The movement inside the device (Fig. 5) is configured from a mechanical system installed inside a cylindrical body (11), surrounded by a ring (membrane) of peripheral bristles (15) and (16) that confer tightness, constituted at least by a low consumption motor (12) joined by a pivot (18) to the axis of an endless mechanism (13) composed of a driving shaft (spring) (13 a) and a screw (13 b) which transforms the rotation of the relay into an upward and downward movement of the luminaire (4) of the present device, two contact limit switches) (17a and 17b) each inverted with respect to the other, such that one (17 a ) stops the device mechanism when it goes up and on and the other (17b) stops it when it goes down and turns it off; a concentric spring (14) that confers flexibility to the mechanism when a weight or impact on the luminaire (4) is detected and the device moves down.

Claims (5)

image 1 image2 image3 1. Digital light and acoustic signaling system for urban roads through emerging beacons characterized by the following elements:

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An emergent device / light signaling beacon, installed and recessed in the ground that includes an upper part (1) of the housing (2) anchored by screws to the bottom (3) is removable and removable and consists of a lamp and about heaters that are activated at a certain programmed temperature to prevent ice from forming between the beacon and the housing and that hinder or impede its proper operation,

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 Adjacent posts located on each side of the track that include a light button and warning sound emitting speakers,

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 An adjacent electronic panel comprising the microprocessor control board and power supply systems for system operation. The control board is prepared to receive the activation states of the system through analog inputs transformed into digital ones such as the following elements:

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Bracelets or human devices or applied to guide dogs activated by proximity via bluetooth or radiofrequency.

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Push buttons inserted in posts.

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Traffic signaling.

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Remote controls

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Remote control via internet or 4G.

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Digital light and acoustic signaling system for urban roads through emerging beacons according to the preceding claim characterized in that a microprocessor has been introduced into the beacon connected to another microprocessor of an adjacent plate installed in a pole of the bidirectional communication roadway.

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 Digital light and acoustic signaling system for urban roads through emerging beacons according to the preceding claims characterized in that:

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 An internal security protocol programming has been established (orders of 5 programming) that issue and receive the predetermined bidirectional orders of the microprocessor of the plate adjacent to the microprocessor of the beacon plate and vice versa, by means of the digital transmission of data through a data communication system (search).

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 The system allows the adjacent microprocessor to receive the activation signal by different sending mechanisms:

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With push buttons located on the posts adjacent to the passage,

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Through its connection to the traffic lights,

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Through a remote control, by internet connection, or, by proximity through wi-fi or bluetooth, so that for example a blind person with a wifi bracelet can

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