JP2002324686A - Lamp non-lighting detection method, lamp non-lighting monitoring device, lamp operation information collecting method and lamp operation information collecting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lamp non-lighting detection method, a lamp non-lighting monitoring device, a lamp operation information collecting method and a lamp operation information collecting system which can spot simply and surely where an abnormality (non-lighting) of a lamp occurs. SOLUTION: With the lamp operation information collecting device provided with a lamp monitoring device 1 monitoring an operation state of lamps and sending a lamp operation information according to the monitoring with a microwave transmitter to each lighting lamp LA, LB, LC,... as an object of monitoring, and collecting the lamp operation information of each lighting lamp by having a roving monitor car or a monitoring rounder using a special receiver receive lamp operation information sent from the microwave transmitter, a GPS device is attached to the special receiver to specify position of the lamp monitoring device received by the special receiver.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention monitors a lighting state under lighting of an illumination lamp, and when a state of a predetermined illuminance or less continues for more than a set time, judges that the state is abnormal as a fault, and Illumination light spot detection for transmitting the judgment information by weak radio waves during the day and realizing the function of notifying the presence of the point illumination light at the corresponding point on the map on the display screen of the illumination information collection device The present invention relates to a method, a lighting point fault monitoring device, a lighting operation information collection method, and a lighting operation information collection system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of conventional illumination light inconsistency detection device turns on and off an illumination light by turning on and off a photo switch provided in the illumination light, and detects an inconsistency in the illumination light. The determination was made based on the presence or absence of a voltage (V) applied to the lamp, the presence or absence of an appropriate operating current (I), or the presence or absence of an abnormality in the phase difference (θ) between V and I.

That is, when there is an abnormality in V, I, or θ at night, the fault detection device continuously lights an “abnormal (fault) lamp”, or continuously outputs an “abnormal signal” from a radio or an infrared transceiver. Is transmitted.

[0004] Generally, the lighting equipment of a lighting lamp does not have the above-mentioned means for detecting a defect as a standard feature, and therefore, it is necessary to incorporate the device into an existing lighting lamp. Since the wiring work for the existing lamps and light poles is involved, the work on site becomes extremely large-scale, and the work requires much time and labor. In addition, although the defect detection can be performed with relatively high accuracy, the apparatus becomes relatively expensive and large. As a result, it is not economically feasible to install the existing lighting system in the city with the conventional point detection method, and it is targeted at specific areas related to security needs or traffic administration. turn into.

[0005] On the other hand, as a method of causing a supervisor to perceive no lighting, the following method is generally performed during the daytime (daytime), which is the working time.

[0006] b. The lighting of the "abnormal (incomplete) lamp" of the inconsistency detection device attached to the lighting lamp is visually confirmed, and specified by the pillar number or the lot number of the lighting lamp.

[0007] b. It communicates with the radio or infrared transceiver that is carried by the observer or mounted on the patrol car, and the radio or infrared transceiver of the lighting monitoring device that is provided for the lighting that is abnormal, and is included in the communication information. The pillar number or point is specified by collating with the management data using the preset lighting lamp individual number.

However, each of these prior arts has the following disadvantages.

[0009] That is, in the technique (a), a great deal of labor and time are required for relying on the visual sense of the observer, and there is a great possibility that the spotlight may be overlooked due to the daytime work.

[0010] The technique of (b) is the most basic method for collecting monitoring data. However, since there are many roadside devices such as lighting lamps, management of individual numbers of lighting lamps is complicated. is there. In addition, since the individual lighting number monitoring circuit requires an individual number generation circuit, the device becomes complicated and expensive. Furthermore, there are a large number of illuminating lamps at a short distance (generally, every 30
(Approximately ~ 40 m) The two-way communication is required to avoid the interference between the illuminating light monitoring device installed in the patrol car and the transceiver in the patrol car or infrared transmission / reception. There is also a disadvantage that the association of numbers is extremely complicated.

[0011]

As described above, the means based on the conventional point detection method requires a great deal of labor and time for patrol monitoring, and requires the management of individual numbers of lighting lamp poles. There were significant drawbacks.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
Eliminating the above problems, the existing lighting can be easily and easily installed without any modification or external power supply wiring for the lamps and lamp poles, and the equipment and its installation work, maintenance and maintenance. An economically advantageous method of detecting lighting failures, which can be easily and inexpensively implemented with maintenance and management, respectively.
And an illumination light point monitoring device.

Further, according to the present invention, an illumination light monitoring device provided near an illumination light to be monitored (a light pole or the like) directly illuminates the illumination light of the illumination light to an optical sensor and detects a non-point condition (set illuminance). Darker) for a certain period of time,
Performs a point-of-point determination, transmits the determination information as a weak radio wave specified by the Radio Law, and receives the weak radio wave with the lighting operation information collection device carried by the lighting manager or mounted on the patrol car And a method for detecting an illuminated light non-spot, an illuminated light non-spot monitoring device, and an illuminating light operation information collecting method, wherein the processed determination result can be displayed on a map on a display screen in association with GPS location information. , And a lighting operation information collection system.

Further, the present invention enables a continuous operation without depending on an external power source, facilitates installation work and maintenance, and reduces the frequency of occurrence of a failure, thereby enabling reliable detection of a defective lamp. It is an object of the present invention to provide a detection method, a lighting point fault monitoring device, a lighting operation information collection method, and a lighting operation information collection system.

[0015]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises an illuminating light monitoring device mounted on a light pole of an illuminating lamp, and an illuminating light operation information collecting device carried by an illuminating light administrator or mounted on a patrol car. You.

The above-mentioned illumination lamp monitoring device comprises an optical sensor for directly detecting the brightness (illuminance) around the lamp pole, an illumination lamp mispointing time measurement timer, a weak radio transmitter, a solar cell, and a large capacity capacitor or storage battery. An operation power supply circuit that does not depend on the external power supply used at all.

The above-mentioned illumination light operation information collecting device includes an antenna for receiving a weak radio wave transmitted from the illumination light monitoring device, a receiver, a GPS antenna for capturing a radio wave from a GPS satellite and specifying a point, a D-GPS. Antenna and GPS main unit to use the function, lighting operation information and G
It is composed of a computer and a display device (VDT) or a computer-integrated VDT for displaying a point specified by the PS device on a map.

Further, according to the present invention, in a method for detecting a defect of a lighting lamp, each lighting lamp has a unique power generation and storage means,
Using the electric power as an operating power source, an inconsistency state that has continued for a predetermined time is detected, the inconsistency notification information is held, and the contents of the inconsistency determination result are notified to an outside (administrator).

That is, according to the present invention, in the method for detecting a point defect of a lighting lamp, the power obtained by a solar cell is stored in each of the lighting lamps in a large-capacity capacitor or a storage battery, or in both a large-capacity capacitor and a storage battery. Power generation means for operating power, the power generated by the power generation means as an operation power supply,
The non-point state during the lighting driving of the illumination lamp is directly monitored by a sensor, and when the non-point state exceeds a set time, the non-point state is held and notified to the outside.

Further, in the present invention, in the method for detecting a defect of a lighting lamp, the power obtained by a solar cell is stored in each of the lighting lamps in a large-capacity capacitor or a storage battery, or in both a large-capacity capacitor and a storage battery. Operating power, and the solar cell or a part of the cell is used as an optical sensor for monitoring a faulty state at the time of lighting driving of the illumination lamp.

The present invention also relates to an illuminating light monitoring device provided for an illuminating light to be monitored, wherein the illuminating light of the illuminating light is directly received by a sensor to detect a faulty state of the illuminating light. Means for measuring the duration of the faulty state at the time of detection of the faulty state, and means for generating and holding faulty notification information when the measured duration of the faulty point exceeds a set time. Means for notifying the outside of the insufficiency occurrence state in accordance with the held insufficiency notification information.

According to the present invention, there is provided an illumination light monitoring device provided for an illumination light to be monitored, comprising: a solar cell; a large-capacity capacitor for storing power obtained by the solar cell;
Using the stored power of the large capacity capacitor as the power supply
Means for detecting the inconsistency state of the illumination lamp and, when the inconsistency state duration at the time of the detection exceeds a set time, generating and holding inconsistency notification information to notify the inconsistency occurrence state to the outside; It is characterized by comprising.

According to the present invention, there is provided an illumination light monitoring device provided for an illumination light to be monitored, comprising: a solar cell; a large-capacity capacitor for storing electric power obtained by the solar cell;
A means for detecting a point-free state of the illuminating lamp based on a partial cell output voltage of the solar cell using the power stored in the large-capacity capacitor as a power supply for operation; And a means for generating and holding the fault notification information and notifying the fault occurrence state to the outside when the fault status continuation time exceeds the set time.

According to the present invention, there is provided an illumination light monitoring device provided for an illumination light to be monitored, comprising: a solar cell; a large-capacity capacitor for storing electric power obtained by the solar cell;
The power stored in the large-capacity capacitor is used as a power supply for operation, based on the output voltage of the solar cell, a means for detecting a faulty state of the illuminating lamp, and the power stored in the large-capacity capacitor is operated. As the power supply, it is determined whether or not the duration of the faulty state at the time of detection of the faulty state has exceeded a set time, and when the time has exceeded the set time, generates and holds fault notification information and generates a fault. Means for notifying the state to the outside.

Further, the lighting operation information collecting method according to the present invention is different from the lighting monitoring apparatus provided for the lighting to be monitored, in that a normal signal different for each lighting monitoring apparatus and common to each lighting monitoring apparatus. State information indicating an abnormality (such as an inconsistency) is continuously and unidirectionally transmitted by a weak radio wave transmitter, and a radio wave transmitted from the weak radio wave transmitter is received by using a high-gain antenna having directivity, and is illuminated. It is characterized in that the status information of the lamp and the lighting monitor is collected.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned lighting operation information collecting method, the lighting monitoring device provided for the lighting to be monitored includes a solar battery and a storage battery or a storage battery for storing power obtained by the battery. The weak radio wave transmitter is operated by an independent power supply circuit having a capacitor and independent of an external power supply.

Further, the lighting lamp operation information collecting system of the present invention includes a fault detection circuit for detecting and storing an abnormality such as a fault of the lighting, a weak radio wave transmission circuit for transmitting information from the fault detection circuit, and An illuminating light monitoring device including a power supply circuit for supplying power to each of these circuits, a high-gain antenna having directivity for receiving radio waves transmitted from the weak radio wave transmission circuit, a reception circuit, and an information display And a lighting operation information collection device.

Further, the present invention is an illumination light operation information collecting device for providing an illumination light monitoring device for each of the illumination lights, receiving transmission signals of these illumination light monitoring devices by a patrol vehicle and collecting illumination light operation information. The illumination light monitoring device includes: a point detection circuit that directly monitors a lighting state of the illumination light to be monitored at the time of lighting and determines whether a point is defective; And a power supply circuit for supplying power for operation to the inconsistency detection circuit and the weak radio wave transmitter by an independent power storage unit independent of an external power supply. A high-gain antenna and a receiver having directivity to receive the weak radio wave transmitted from the weak radio wave transmitter of the illuminating light monitoring device,
A device for displaying or recording at least the lamp operation information and the lamp monitoring device operation information received by the receiver is mounted.

The present invention also relates to an illuminating light monitoring device provided for an illuminating light to be monitored for operation, wherein a lighting state of the illuminating light to be monitored for operation is directly monitored to determine a fault. And a weak radio wave transmitter for transmitting output information of the non-conformity detection circuit by a weak radio wave,
A power supply circuit for supplying operation power to the weak point detection circuit and the weak radio wave transmitter by independent power storage means independent of an external power supply.

The present invention also relates to a method for specifying the location of a roadside device, which is applied when an operating state of a roadside device such as an illumination lamp installed on a roadside such as a road or a park is monitored by a patrol vehicle. A roadside equipment monitoring device is provided on the side, a high-gain antenna and a receiving device having directivity are provided on the patrol vehicle, and a GPS device is provided, and a different normal signal and each roadside device are provided from the roadside device monitoring device to each of the roadside device monitoring devices. The abnormal signal common to each monitoring device is continuously transmitted in a unidirectional communication system, and the normal or abnormal signal is received and detected by a high-gain antenna having directivity mounted on the patrol vehicle and a receiving device, and The positioning information is obtained from the GPS device based on the detection signal, and the position information of the roadside device or the operation state of the roadside device and the roadside device monitoring device is recorded together, or the roadside device is displayed on the screen of the VDT device. And displaying the operating status of the position and the operating conditions and the roadside equipment monitoring device.

According to the present invention, an illumination lamp monitoring device is provided for each of the illumination lamps to be monitored, which monitors an operation state of the illumination lamp and transmits illumination lamp operation information according to the monitoring by a weak radio wave transmitter. An illumination light operation information collection system in which an illumination light operation information transmitted from the weak radio wave transmitter is received by a patrol surveillance vehicle or a patrol observer by a dedicated receiver and illumination light operation information of each of the illumination lights is collected. A GPS device is provided in association with the dedicated receiver, and the position of the illuminating light monitoring device received by the dedicated receiver is specified by the positioning information of the GPS device.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned illumination light operation information collecting system, the position of the illumination light monitoring device received by the dedicated receiver is specified by the GPS device, and the position information is displayed or recorded. I do.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned lighting lamp operation information collecting system, the position of the lighting lamp monitoring device received by the dedicated receiver is specified by the GPS device, and the position information is received from the corresponding lighting lamp monitoring device. It is displayed or recorded in association with the illuminating lamp operation information.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned illumination light operation information collecting system, the operation information of the illumination light monitoring device is displayed or displayed from the illumination light operation information received by the dedicated receiver and the position information specified by the GPS device. It is characterized by recording.

That is, according to the present invention, for example, in the operation of collecting the operation information of the lighting lamp, it is determined whether or not the operation of the lighting lamp is normal or abnormal (for example, a fault) for each of the lighting lamps to be monitored and stored. Also provided with an illumination light monitoring device that constantly transmits a normal or abnormal signal with a weak radio wave transmitter by one-way communication, to a patrol vehicle for checking the presence or absence of abnormality of the illumination light, for receiving the weak radio wave It is characterized by including a high-gain antenna having directivity and a weak radio wave receiving device, and an antenna for receiving a GPS radio wave, a GPS device, and a recording device.

In such a system configuration, the operation information (normal / abnormal information) of the lighting lamp is simply transmitted by a weak electric wave from a lighting monitoring device installed in the vicinity of the lighting lamp (in the lamp or in a lamppost). Continuous transmission is performed using the two-way communication method. here,
If the lighting lamp operation information is normal, a different signal is transmitted for each lighting lamp monitoring device, and if abnormal, a common signal is transmitted to each lighting lamp monitoring device. On the other hand, the patrol vehicle for monitoring the operation of the illuminating lamp receives the transmitted weak radio wave by using a high-gain antenna and a receiver having directivity for receiving the transmitted weak radio wave each time when passing near each illuminating lamp. The operation information (normal / abnormal information) of the illumination lamp according to the received content is recorded by the recording device, and the position information (latitude, longitude, etc.) from the GPS device is also recorded by the recording device. The GPS device is connected to a GPS antenna mounted on the roof of the patrol car,
It receives transmission radio waves from the S satellite and outputs its own location information. The operation information and the position information of the illuminating lamp are recorded by the recording device, and at the same time, the display device (VD
By connecting T), it is also possible to display on the screen.

Further, since the radio wave transmitted from the illuminating light monitoring device is a weak radio wave, it is not subject to legal regulations and does not require the certification of the device. Further, since the signal is a weak radio wave, there is little possibility of radio wave interference or interference between the lamp monitoring devices.However, in order to further avoid interference and improve reception quality, a high-frequency antenna having directivity is used. Using a gain receiving antenna. Further, the device configuration according to the present invention is one-way communication and does not perform two-way communication, so there is no unreasonable time required for communication. That is, the patrol vehicle can run at high speed and perform monitoring work even in a short communication section. Therefore, it is possible to easily and inexpensively realize the operation information and the position information of the illumination lamp installed at a relatively short distance (about 30 to 40 m) with high reliability.

[0038]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which LA, LB, LC, L
D,... Are illuminating lamps and light poles installed on the roadside to be monitored, and 1, 1,.
This is an illuminating light monitoring device including a weak radio wave transmitter provided in A, LB, LC, LD,.

A radio wave having a transmission frequency f1 is transmitted from the illumination lamp monitoring device. Also, when the illumination lamp is normally lit, FA is superimposed as a normal signal from the illumination lamp monitoring device of the illumination lamp LA, FB from the LB, and FC from the LC.
Are superimposed. Subsequently, the illumination light monitoring device of the illumination light pole LD returns FA as a normal signal again, and thereafter, FB, F
C, FA ... shall be repeated.

On the other hand, a common signal F0 is transmitted from each of the lighting lamp monitoring devices as an abnormal signal when the lighting lamp has no point. In addition,
Here, three types of normal signals, FA, FB, and FC, are used. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and three or less types or four or more types can be appropriately selected depending on the arrangement and intervals of the lighting lamp columns.

Although the tone signal is used as the normal / abnormal signal here, it goes without saying that the FSK system or the MSK system may be used.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a patrol car on which a guard is boarded. The patrol car 2 includes a high-gain antenna having characteristics as shown in FIG. 2 and an illumination lamp operation including a GPS device and a recording device as shown in FIG. An information collection device is installed.

FIG. 2 shows the relationship between the position of the patrol vehicle and the antenna reception voltage when the patrol vehicle 2 receives a transmission radio wave from the illuminating light monitoring device 1 while traveling on the road for monitoring the illuminating light operation. In the drawings, the solid line indicates the characteristic of the weak radio wave receiving antenna having directivity and high gain used in the embodiment of the present invention, and the broken line indicates the antenna characteristic of a commonly used dipole antenna or the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the illuminating light monitoring device 1 in the above embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a point detection circuit, 12 denotes a weak radio wave transmission circuit, and 13 denotes a power supply circuit for supplying power to the point detection circuit 11 and the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12. Here, the configuration is such that the operation of the illumination lamp is monitored by detecting the illuminance by the optical sensor. However, a method of monitoring the voltage and current to the illumination lamp or a method of detecting an abnormal heating value may be used.

11a to 11f are constituent elements of the fault detection circuit 11, 11a is an optical sensor for directly receiving sunlight or lighting light of an illumination lamp to be monitored, and 11b is an optical sensor 11a. This is an illuminance comparison circuit including an illuminance (L) setting unit serving as a criterion for comparing the obtained illuminance (D ′).

11c is the illuminance (D) obtained from the optical sensor 11a.
') Is a timer which is started when the illuminance (L) becomes equal to or less than the set illuminance (L), and 11d includes a means for setting a time (T) serving as a comparison determination reference of the faultless duration (t) according to the count value of the timer. This is a fault judgment circuit.

Reference numeral 11e denotes a fault determination storage circuit for storing information on the result of the determination by the fault determination circuit 11d as determination notification information. Reference numeral 11f denotes a timer 11c and a fault determination storage circuit 1.
This is a reset switch for initializing 1e. The fault determination storage circuit 11e outputs normal notification information (a) or fault notification information (fault notification information) (b).

Reference numerals 12a to 12g denote components of the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12, 12a is a high-frequency oscillator, 12b is a modulator, 12c is a multiplier, 12d is a power amplifier, 12e is a transmission antenna, and 12f is a normal transmission. The signal generator 12g is a transmission abnormality signal generator.

Reference numerals 13a to 13d denote components of a power supply circuit 13 which does not depend on an external power supply and is specific to the apparatus, that is, specific to each of the illumination lamps.
13b is a charging circuit for storing and controlling the power obtained by the solar cell 13a as an operating power supply, and 13c is a storage battery or a large capacity capacitor for storing the power of the solar cell 13a obtained via the charging circuit 13b as an operating power supply. .

13d is a storage battery or a large capacity capacitor 1
A power switch circuit that switches off and stops the supply of the operation power over a time period during which monitoring work is not performed so that the power stored in 3c is effectively used.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the monitoring device for collecting the operation information of the lighting mounted on the patrol vehicle 2 in the above embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a directional high-gain antenna (weak radio wave receiving antenna) for receiving a weak radio wave transmitted from the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12 of the illuminating light monitoring apparatus 1;
Is a weak radio wave receiver that demodulates the illumination lamp operation information from the received radio wave of the weak radio wave reception antenna, 23 is a GPS antenna for in-vehicle use, 24 is a GPS device that outputs positioning information of the current position (latitude and longitude), and 25 is a floppy disk A recording device provided with a recording medium such as a (registered trademark) disk, and 26 is a control device that controls a monitoring device for collecting illumination lamp operation information. 27 is a selection switch for monitoring only the abnormal illumination light, and 28 is a switch for manually activating the GPS device and the recording device. Reference numeral 29 denotes a floppy (registered trademark) for recording lighting operation information (normal or abnormal (inconsistency) and position information (positioning information such as latitude and longitude) output from the GPS).
It is a storage medium such as a disk.

(A) is normal notification information of the illuminating lamp operation information output from the weak radio receiver 22, and (b) is abnormal notification information of the illuminating lamp operation information output from the weak radio receiver 22. (Notification information), (d) GPS device 2
Position information (positioning information such as latitude and longitude) output from 4
It is.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a confirmation monitoring device mounted on the patrol vehicle 2 or provided in a centralized monitoring room or the like in the above embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 31 denotes a display device such as a CRT monitor or an LCD monitor, which is referred to as a VDT here. Reference numeral 32 is provided with a control function for receiving and outputting the illumination light operation information and the map information according to the positioning information of the GPS device 24 and displaying and displaying an abnormal illumination light position and a management number on the map on the display device 31, and an editing function. It is a processing device (CPU). Reference numeral 33 denotes a keyboard (KB) serving as a man-machine interface of the processing device (CPU) 32, and reference numeral 34 denotes a database (for example, a CD-ROM or DVD) for providing the processing device (CPU) 32 with map information, address information, and the like. . 29 is the above FIG.
Is a storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk shown in FIG. 1, and in the patrol vehicle 2, the lighting operation information (normal or abnormal (pointless) and the positional information (latitude, longitude, etc. Information)).

Here, the operation in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the operation of each part of the insufficiency detection circuit 11, the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12, and the power supply circuit 13 in the illumination lamp monitoring device 1 will be described.

The illuminance signal (D) according to the sunlight or the incident light from the illuminator obtained by the optical sensor 11a is input to the illuminance comparison circuit 11b in the point detection circuit 11 of the illuminating light monitoring device 1.

The illuminance (L) serving as the determination reference value is set in the illuminance comparison circuit 11b in advance, and the light sensor 11a
The obtained illuminance (D ') is compared with the set illuminance (L). Here, when the illuminance (D ') obtained from the optical sensor 11a exceeds the set illuminance (L) (L <D'), it is determined that there is sufficient illumination from sunlight or a lighting lamp, and the normal notification information ( Output a). This normal notification information (a) is stored in the fault determination storage circuit 1.
After being stored in 1e, it is transmitted to the normal transmission signal generator 12f of the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12.

The illuminance (D) obtained from the optical sensor 11a
′) Is equal to or smaller than the set illuminance (L) (L ≧ D ′), it is determined that there is no sufficient illumination from sunlight or an illumination lamp, and the timer 11
Start c.

The timer 11c measures the duration of L.gtoreq.D ', and sends the measured time to the failure determination circuit 11d as the failure duration (t). The fault determining circuit 11d compares the fault continuation time (t) output from the timer 11c with the set time (T).

Here, the faulty point duration (t) is, for example, 30
If the set time (T) set within the range of minutes to 1 hour has not been reached (t <T), the normal notification information (a) is output. This normal notification information (a) is stored in the fault determination storage circuit 11e.
Is transmitted to the normal transmission signal generator 12f of the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12.

When the faulty point continuation time (t) is longer than the set time (T) (t ≧ T), the faulty point notification information (b) is output. After the fault notification information (b) is stored in the fault determination storage circuit 11e, it is sent to the transmission abnormality signal generator 12g of the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12.

The weak radio wave transmission circuit 12 of the illumination light monitoring device 1
, The high-frequency signal f1 generated by the oscillator 12a
Is radiated as a weak radio wave in a predetermined frequency band from the transmission antenna 12e via the modulator 12b, the multiplier 12c, and the amplifier 12d.

Here, the normal notification information (a) or the fault notification information (b) output from the fault detection circuit 11 is transmitted to the transmission normal signal generator 12f or the transmission abnormal signal generator of the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12. 12g, and the transmission signal FA ~
After being converted into FC and F0, it is modulated by the modulator 12b and transmitted and output.

In the power supply circuit 13, the power obtained from the solar cell 13 a is supplied to the charging circuit 13 b by the power supply voltage for operating the above-mentioned insufficiency detection circuit 11 and the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12.
And the current is controlled and stored in the storage battery or the large capacity capacitor 13c.

This storage battery or large capacity capacitor 13c
The power stored in the power supply circuit is supplied to an insufficiency detection circuit 11 and a weak radio wave transmission circuit 12 as a power supply for operation via a power switch circuit 13d.

The power switch circuit 13d is turned off during a period during which monitoring is not performed so that the power stored in the storage battery or the large-capacity capacitor 13c is used effectively, and the power supply for operation is supplied. Stop.
That is, in the daytime, the electric power obtained by the solar cell 14 is stored in the storage battery or the large-capacity capacitor 13c via the charging circuit 13b.
And the power is supplied to the insufficiency detection circuit 11 and the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12 as power for operation via the power switch circuit 13d in the switch-on state. In the illuminance comparison circuit 11b, the power switch circuit 13d is switched off by a determination signal when it is determined that the illuminance (D ') obtained from the optical sensor 11a is equal to or less than the set illuminance (L) (L≥D'). And the weak radio wave transmitting circuit 1
The power supply to 2 is cut off. That is, when it becomes dark at a time when the illumination lamp should be turned on at night, it is considered that there is no patrol monitoring operation, the power switch circuit 13 d is turned off, and the power supply to the weak radio wave transmission circuit 12 is turned off. Stop supply. This can reduce the size, cost, and reliability of the solar cell 13a, the storage battery, the large-capacity capacitor 13c, and the like. Of course, transmission may be continued continuously at night.

Next, the operation of collecting and monitoring the illuminating lamp operation information by the weak radio wave transmitted from the weak radio wave transmitting circuit 12 of the illuminating light monitoring device 1 will be described.

When the lighting monitor 1 is attached to the lighting pole, the patrol vehicle 2 equipped with the lighting operation information collecting device is placed beside the corresponding lighting pole (LA) to monitor the lighting. The transmission information of the device 1 is received.

That is, in this example (the lighting lamp column LA), the lighting lamp operation information collecting device of the patrol vehicle 2 receives the radio wave of the frequency f1 and detects the FA tone as a normal signal. In addition, the latitude and longitude as GPS positioning data as the position of the patrol vehicle are recorded in the database as initial data of the illuminating light monitoring device 1 installed on the illuminating light pole LA.

Hereinafter, similarly, the normal signal (FB,
FC, FA...) And corresponding point positioning databases.

The illuminating light monitoring device 1 continuously transmits the normal notification information FA to FC when the illuminating lamp is normal, and the abnormal notification information (non-pointing notification information) F0 when there is an abnormality (eg, a non-point). The traveling vehicle 2 receives this weak radio wave while traveling on a patrol.

The high-gain antenna 21 provided on the patrol car 2 and having directivity for receiving a weak radio wave has a directivity slightly upward in the traveling direction inside the patrol car 2 or on the roof. This makes it possible to sharpen the directivity of the illumination light monitoring device and improve the reception quality.

As shown in FIG. 1, the patrol car 2 sequentially travels on the road in the order of the lighting poles LA, LB, LC, LD,.
As shown in FIG. 2, when the lamp poles are closest to each other, the reception state (reception voltage) becomes highest. In FIG. 2, a solid line indicates a potential characteristic when a directional high-gain antenna is used as a receiving antenna, and a dotted line indicates a potential characteristic when a non-directional antenna (such as a dipole antenna) is used. This means that interference with adjacent pillars can be avoided and high-quality reception can be achieved.

While the patrol vehicle 2 is traveling, each time it approaches the lighting pole as described with reference to FIG. 2, the high-gain antenna 21 having directivity receives this weak radio wave and sends it to the weak radio wave receiver 22. The weak radio wave receiver 22 receives the received weak radio wave, generates illumination lamp operation information, and outputs the normal notification information FA to FC.
Alternatively, it outputs abnormality notification information (point of failure notification information) F0.
At this time, if the selection switch 27 for monitoring only the abnormal illumination lamp is set to “ON”, the normal notification information FA to FC,
All of the abnormality notification information (point-of-failure notification information) F0 is recorded by the recording device 25 on a floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD) 29 serving as a recording medium.

At this time, prior to the recording operation, the control device 26 acquires position information (positioning information such as latitude and longitude) from the GPS device 24, and associates the position information (d) with the illumination lamp operation information. To the recording device 25. This allows
The lighting device operation information and the position information are associated with each other, and the recording device 25 uses the floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD) 2
9 recorded.

As described above, when the selection switch 27 for monitoring only the abnormal illumination light is set to "ON", all the illumination lights (limited to those provided with the illumination light monitoring device 1) are to be monitored. The normal lamp and its position information and the abnormal lamp and its position information can be obtained, but the number of data naturally increases.
When it is desired to monitor only the abnormal lights, the selection switch 27 for monitoring only the abnormal lights may be turned off.

In this manner, the lighting operation information and the position information of each lighting collected by the patrol vehicle 2 are recorded on the floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD) 29 by the recording device 25.

This floppy (registered trademark) disk (F
D) Illumination lamp operation information and position information of each illumination lamp recorded in 29 can be collectively monitored by the confirmation monitoring device shown in FIG. At this time, the contents recorded on the floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD) 29 are transferred to a processor (CP).
U) Upon receiving the lamp operation information and the map information read under the control of 32, the display device 31 displays and outputs normal and abnormal lamp positions on the map. Accordingly, the operating state and the position of each of the illumination lamps to be monitored can be simultaneously monitored with high reliability. Further, if each device shown in FIG. 5 is mounted in the patrol vehicle, it is possible to display on the VDT 31 in real time whether or not there is no lighting while traveling in the patrol vehicle.

Next, a case where the weak radio wave transmitter of the illuminating light monitoring device breaks down and the transmission is cut off or the information signal is cut off will be described with reference to FIG. 1 as an example.

For example, it is assumed that the weak radio wave transmitter of the illumination light monitoring device of the illumination light pole LB has failed. Since the patrol vehicle receives the normal signal FA when passing through the lighting pole LA, it is checked against the database when the lighting lamp monitoring device is installed on the lighting pole LA, and the lighting corresponding to the GPS data at the passing point of the patrol car. Since the normal signal from the monitoring device is FA, the illuminating light monitoring device of the lighting pole LA is determined to be normal. Next, when passing through the lighting pole LB, no signal can be received and the lighting pole LC
The normal signal FC is received at step, and the database is again collated by the illumination light information collection device of the patrol vehicle, and the illumination light monitoring device of the illumination light pole FC is determined to be normal.

That is, although the operation of the illuminating light monitoring device corresponding to the normal signals FA and FC has been confirmed, the signal F
By detecting that the reception at the point corresponding to B could not be performed, it can be determined that the illuminating light monitoring device of the illuminating light pole LB is abnormal (failure).

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As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a method for detecting a point of an illuminating lamp which can easily and surely identify a point of an illuminating lamp or the like in which an abnormality (inconsistency) has occurred, and an illumination. A lighting failure monitoring device, a lighting operation information collection method, and a lighting operation information collection system can be provided.

Further, according to the present invention, means for continuously and unidirectionally transmitting operation information of an illuminating lamp or the like by a weak radio wave, and connecting the GPS device and the recording device when the weak radio wave is received and the operation information is detected. Since the operation information and the position information can be simultaneously recorded and displayed by starting up, a method for detecting a defect of an illuminating light, which can monitor the operation of the illuminating lamp at a low cost, easily and with high reliability, and a method of monitoring an illuminating light for a defect. An apparatus, a lighting operation information collection method, and a lighting operation information collection system can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position of the patrol vehicle and the antenna reception voltage when the patrol vehicle receives a transmission radio wave from the illuminating light monitoring device while the patrol vehicle is traveling on the road for monitoring the operation of the illuminating light in the embodiment. .

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an illuminating light monitoring device 1 in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a lighting operation information collecting device mounted on the patrol vehicle 2 in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is mounted on the patrol vehicle 2 in the embodiment.
Or a block diagram showing a configuration of a confirmation monitoring device provided in a centralized monitoring room or the like.

[Explanation of symbols]

LA, LB, LC, LD: Illumination lamp and lamp pole f ₁ : Weak radio frequency (MHZ) FA, FB, FC: Normal signal F0: Abnormal (non-point) signal 1: Illumination lamp operation information transmission device, 2: Circuit Car, 11: point defect detection circuit, 11a: light sensor, 11b: illuminance comparison circuit, 11c: timer, 11d: time setting circuit, 11e: point determination memory circuit, 11f: reset switch, 12: weak radio wave transmission circuit, 12a: High-frequency oscillator, 12b: Modulator, 12c: Multiplier, 12d: Power amplifier, 12e: Transmission antenna, 12f: Normal transmission signal generator, 12g: Transmission abnormal (pointless) signal generator, 13: Power supply circuit, 13a: solar cell, 13b: charging circuit, 13c: storage battery or large-capacity capacitor, 13d: power switch circuit, 21: high-gain antenna with directivity, 22: Weak radio wave receiver, 23 ... GPS antenna, 24 ... GPS device, 25 ... recording device, 26 ... control device, 27 ... Selection switch for monitoring only abnormal illumination light, 28 ... Manually start GPS device and recording device A recording medium (for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD)). 31 display device (VDT) 32 processing unit 33 keyboard 34 map database

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) H04Q 9/00 301 H04Q 9/00 301B (72) Inventor Kenji Tsuchida 2-chome Imafukunishi, Joto-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka No. 12-35 Inside the Kinki Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Osaka National Highway Construction Office 72) Inventor Hiroshi Konno 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Inside the Toshiba Corporation head office (72) Inventor Hiroaki Nakamura 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo F-term in Toshiba Corporation head office (Reference) 2G024 AD21 BA11 EA13 3K073 AA31 AA86 AB01 BA24 BA28 CF13 CF16 CG02 CG06 CG15 CH21 CJ00 CJ01 CJ05 CJ06 CJ11 CJ19 CJ22 CL07 5H223 AA09 DD07 EE05 EE13 FF08 5K048 BA29 BA32 DC01 FB03 5K101 KK13 LL11 NN01 NN17

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. An electric power generating means specific to each of the road lamps is provided, and the electric power generated by the electric power generating means is used as an operating power supply.
The point of failure at the time of lighting driving of the illumination lamp is directly monitored by a sensor, and the monitoring information is transmitted to a patrol vehicle traveling on a road by means of information transmission means such as radio waves to detect the non-lighting of the illumination lamp. A method for detecting a point defect in an illumination light. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power obtained by the solar cell is stored in a large-capacity capacitor, a storage battery, or both of the large-capacity capacitor and the storage battery and used as operation power, and an external power supply for operation is unnecessary. Illumination light spot detection method. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the solar cell or a part of the cells is used as an optical sensor for monitoring a state of a failure when the lighting is driven. 4. At the time of lighting driving of the illumination lamp, a state in which the illumination lamp has fallen below a predetermined illuminance is detected and integrated to obtain a point-free duration. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the point information is transmitted. 5. An illuminating light fault monitoring device provided for an illuminating light to be monitored, comprising: means for directly receiving a lighting light of the illuminating light by a sensor to detect an illuminating state of the illuminating light; Means for measuring the duration of the faulty state at the time of detection of the faulty state, and when the measured duration of the faulty point exceeds a set time,
A lighting point fault monitoring device, comprising: means for generating and holding fault notification information; and means for notifying a fault occurrence state to the outside according to the stored fault notification information. 6. An illuminating light spot monitoring device provided for an illuminating light to be monitored, comprising: a solar cell; a large-capacity capacitor for storing electric power obtained by the solar cell; As a power supply for operation,
Means for detecting an inconsistency state of the illumination lamp, and when the inconsistency state duration time at the time of the detection exceeds a set time, generates and holds inconsistency notification information to notify the inconsistency occurrence state to outside. An illuminating light point fault monitoring device, comprising: 7. An illuminating light spot monitoring device provided for an illuminating light to be monitored, comprising: a solar cell; a large-capacity capacitor for storing electric power obtained by the solar cell; Means for detecting an unlit state of the illuminating lamp based on the output voltage of the solar cell, using the generated power as an operating power source; and And a means for generating and holding the fault notification information to notify a fault occurrence state to the outside when it exceeds the threshold value. 8. An illuminating light point monitoring device provided for an illuminating light to be monitored, comprising: a solar cell; a large-capacity capacitor for storing electric power obtained by the solar cell; Means for detecting an inconsistency state of the illuminating lamp based on the output voltage of the solar cell, using the power thus obtained as an operation power supply, and using the electric power stored in the large-capacity capacitor as an operation power supply. Means for judging whether or not the continuation time of the faulty state at the time of detecting the state has exceeded a set time, and when the time has exceeded the set time, generating and holding fault notification information and notifying the fault occurrence state to the outside An illuminating light spot monitoring device, comprising: 9. A weak electric wave transmitter continuously and unidirectionally transmits state information indicating the presence or absence of a defect of an illumination lamp to be monitored, and has a directivity for electric waves transmitted from said weak electric wave transmitter. A lighting lamp operation information collecting method, comprising collecting state information received by using a high gain antenna and indicating presence / absence of a defect of a lighting lamp. 10. The operation of the illuminating lamp according to claim 9, wherein the weak radio wave transmitter is operated by an independent power supply circuit that does not depend on an external power supply having a solar battery and a storage battery for storing power obtained by the battery or a large-capacity capacitor. Information collection method. 11. An illumination light operation information collection system in which an illumination light monitoring device is provided for each of the illumination lights to be monitored, and a transmission signal of the illumination light monitoring device is received by a patrol vehicle to collect illumination light operation information. An illumination detection circuit that directly monitors a lighting state of the illumination light to be monitored when the illumination lamp is illuminated, and determines whether or not the illumination is defective; And a power supply circuit for supplying power for operation to the inconsistency detection circuit and the weak radio wave transmitter by an independent power storage unit independent of an external power supply. A high-gain antenna and a receiver having directivity for receiving a weak radio wave transmitted from a weak radio wave transmitter of an illumination light monitoring device, and displaying or noting at least illumination light operation information received by the receiver. Lighting operation information collection system characterized by comprising mounting a device to be. 12. An illuminating light monitoring device provided for an illuminating light to be monitored, wherein an illuminating state of the illuminating light to be monitored for operation is monitored by directly monitoring a lighting state of the illuminating light when the operation is to be performed. Circuit, a weak radio wave transmitter for transmitting the output information of the point detection circuit by a weak radio wave, and an operating power supply to the pointless detection circuit and the weak radio wave transmitter by independent power storage means independent of an external power supply. And a power supply circuit. 13. An illumination light operation information collecting method for specifying a point of an illumination light applied when a traveling vehicle monitors an operation state of an illumination light or the like to be monitored, wherein each of the illumination lights is illuminated. A light monitoring device is provided, a high-gain antenna and a receiving device having directivity on the patrol vehicle, a GPS device and a display device are provided, and a normal signal different for each lighting from the lighting monitoring device or for each lighting. Continuous transmission of a common abnormal signal by a weak radio wave in a unidirectional communication system, and reception and detection of the normal or abnormal signal by a high-gain antenna having directivity and a receiving device mounted on the patrol vehicle, and the detection is performed. Obtain positioning information from the GPS device based on the signal, record the position of the lighting as the position information of the lighting or together with the operation state of the lighting, or display the position or position of the lighting on the screen of the display device. And operation status Lamp operation information, characterized by displaying the status of the lamp and the operating state of the lamp monitoring device, thereby identifying the point of the lamp and detecting and displaying the lamp monitoring device in which a failure such as transmission stoppage has occurred. Collection method. 14. An illuminating light monitoring device for monitoring an operating state of the illuminating light and transmitting illuminating light operation information according to the monitoring by a weak radio wave transmitter is provided for each of the illuminating lights to be monitored. In a lighting operation information collection system in which a patrol monitoring vehicle or a patrol observer receives the lighting operation information transmitted from the lighting device by a dedicated receiver and collects the lighting operation information of each of the lightings, A GPS device is attached to the device, and the position of the illuminator monitoring device received by the dedicated receiver is
An illumination light operation information collection system, characterized by specifying the positioning information of an S device. 15. The position of an illuminating light monitoring device received by a dedicated receiver for weak radio wave reception connected to a high-gain antenna having directivity is specified by a GPS device, and the position information is displayed or recorded. Illumination lamp operation information collection system as described. 16. The position of an illuminating light monitoring device received by a dedicated receiver for weak radio wave reception connected to a high-gain antenna having directivity is specified by a GPS device, and the position information is specified by the corresponding illuminating light monitoring device. 15. The illumination lamp operation information collection system according to claim 14, wherein the information is displayed or recorded in association with the received illumination lamp operation information.