JP2015068100A - Road shoulder-lighting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a road-shoulder lighting apparatus that is particularly effective in the snow drifting.SOLUTION: An LED driven by using electric power generated by a solar panel 12 as a power source is built in toward the vertical direction, and a lighting box 7 having a mounting bracket to post-fitting it to an existing strut 3 for installing fletchings is provided. Furthermore, the solar panel 12 and a storage battery for accumulating electric power generated by the solar panel 12, and a night/day detection sensor and a climate change detection sensor for detecting various weather conditions, are built therein. Also, a control circuit for controlling the LED by the signal from the night/day detection sensor and the climate change detection sensor is also built therein. Furthermore, a control box 10 with a mounting bracket 10a to post-fit it to the strut 3 for mounting the fletchings 2 is provided. The lighting box 7 and the control box 10 are separately installed to the strut 3 in a post-fit system, and used.

Description

  The present invention is a roadside illumination device for retrofitting an arrow feather post that displays the position of the roadside when there is snow, and is particularly effective when nighttime weather conditions deteriorate, such as snowstorms. The present invention relates to a road shoulder lighting device.

  In the case of a conventional arrowhead for roadside indication, a solar battery and LED are attached to the arrowhead so that the driver can easily see the arrowhead, or when snowfalls, and the road shoulder is good due to snowfall. An idea devised to irradiate illumination light to ensure traffic safety when not known is introduced in Utility Model Registration Publication No. 3090966 (Patent Document 1).

However, although this device can be put into practical use for newly produced arrow feathers, it cannot be retrofitted to existing arrow feathers.
In addition, especially in winter and at night, weather conditions often deteriorate. For example, in the case of a snowstorm or heavy rain, the illumination light may not reach the road shoulder and may be useless.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-07642 (Patent Document 2) discloses a device for monitoring the depth of snowfall during snowfall, a self-luminous arrow blade, a light emitter attached to the arrow blade, and a light emitter. An image processing apparatus has been introduced that receives light reflected from a snow cover surface when irradiated and calculates the depth of the snow cover.

  However, even in this example, even if it can be used for new installation, there is a problem that it cannot be retrofitted to an existing arrow blade, and there is no means for dealing with the deterioration of the weather conditions described above.

Utility Model Registration No. 3090966 Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-07642

  An object of the present invention is to provide a roadside illumination device that can be used by retrofitting existing arrow blades and that is effective particularly when weather conditions deteriorate.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 provides a roadside illumination device comprising: a. A lighting box that has a built-in LED that is driven by the power generated by the solar panel as a power source in the vertical direction and is provided with a mounting bracket for retrofitting to an existing arrow blade mounting column; b. The solar panel, a battery for storing electric power generated by the solar panel, a day / night detection sensor, and a weather change detection sensor for detecting various weather conditions are built in, and the day / night detection sensor and the weather change detection sensor And a control circuit box that has a control circuit for controlling the power supplied to the LED in accordance with the signal and further has a mounting bracket for retrofitting the mounting support of the arrow blade. is there.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the roadside illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the meteorological change detection sensor includes an air temperature detection sensor, a humidity detection sensor, a wind speed detection sensor, and a rainfall detection sensor. It is characterized by this.

  Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, in the roadside illumination device according to the first aspect, the LEDs are prepared with different emission colors, and the control circuit responds to changes in weather conditions. By changing the color of the illumination light that illuminates the road shoulder, it is configured to alert the driver.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the road shoulder illumination device according to the first aspect, GPS or (and) JJY is added to the control circuit, and a plurality of road shoulder illumination devices are driven in synchronization. It is comprised so that it can do.

  Further, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the roadside illumination device according to the first aspect, an audio circuit is added to the control circuit so that audio is output in conjunction with driving of the LED. It is comprised by these.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the roadside illumination device according to the first aspect, an automobile and a human body detection sensor are added to the control circuit, and the LED is only detected when the automobile or a person is detected. Is driven for a certain period of time.

  As described above, the present invention can be retrofitted separately to the support column separately from the lighting box and the control box, so that the existing arrow blade can be easily improved with the lighting device and is significantly cheaper than the new installation. It can be improved to an arrow blade with a lighting device at a cost.

In addition, the illumination device is colored lighting in response to changes in weather conditions, so that the driver can easily understand the road shoulder and is extremely effective in terms of safety measures.
In addition, since the lighting box and the control box are configured separately in this lighting device and the control box can be attached to a position relatively close to the ground on the support column, the maintenance of the control circuit and the like can be easily performed. Can do.

Explanatory drawing of the Example of this invention (A)-(C) It is explanatory drawing of an arrow blade and a light emission means, (A) is a back view of an arrow blade, (B) is a right view, (C) is a left view. A-A 'sectional view (A)-(C) It is explanatory drawing of the control box which incorporated the control circuit, (A) is a front view, (B) is a right view, (C) is a top view. Explanation of control circuit Illustration of LED emission flowchart

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of the present invention, wherein reference numeral 1 is an arrow feather sign having an arrow blade 2 attached to the tip of a pillar 3, 4 is a road surface, 5 is a road shoulder, and 6 is snow. Show.

  Reference numeral 7 denotes an illumination box attached to the tip of the support column 3 using a U-band 9 on the back side of the arrow blade 2, as shown in FIG. The LED 8 is built in downward (vertical direction), and the LED 8 illuminates the road shoulder 5.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a power generation control means control box attached to the column 3 by a U-band 10a. The control box 10 stores a solar panel 12 serving as a power source for the LED 8 and an electromotive force of the solar panel 12. The storage battery 21 and the control circuit 11 (FIG. 5) are assembled.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control circuit 11 includes a solar panel 12, a storage battery 21, a day / night detection sensor 13, an air temperature detection sensor 14, a humidity detection sensor 15, a wind speed detection sensor 16, and a rain detection sensor 17 using ultrasonic waves. The day / night detection sensor 13 supplies power from the storage battery 21 to the LED 8 only at night to emit light, and in response to this light emission, the light emission of the LED 8 and its light in response to signals from the various sensors 13 to 17 Select the emission color and make it flash.
In this embodiment, the blinking speed and light emission intensity (irradiation brightness) are controlled so as to change according to weather conditions.

  Reference numeral 18 in the figure is a signal cable connecting the lighting box 7 and the control box 10.

Next, the operation of the embodiment described above will be described in detail corresponding to each weather change example.
(1) Normal time When the day / night detection sensor 13 detects a certain darkness, the control circuit 11 controls the power supply of the LED 8 to be ON, and when it detects a certain brightness, it controls it to be OFF.
In general, a commercially available sensor can be used as the day / night detection sensor 13. Further, since the day / night detection sensor 13 sometimes becomes constant dark during the day, the LED 8 is driven even in such a case.
The use of the emission color of the LED 8 is arbitrary, but it is a matter of course that the color having the most illumination effect is selected according to the weather conditions.

(2) During snowfall The control circuit 11 determines that there is snow and there is snow when the day / night detection sensor 13 is turned ON and the temperature detection sensor 14 and the rainfall detection sensor 17 detect certain values. And drive the LED.
At this time, the LED 8 emitting yellow light, which is not normal white light emission, may be driven to improve visibility.

(3) During a snowstorm,
The control circuit 11 has a snowstorm when the wind speed sensor 16 detects a wind speed above a certain value in accordance with the signals from the day / night detection sensor 13, the temperature detection sensor 14, and the rainfall detection sensor 17 of (2). It judges that it is a thing, and drives LED8 of yellow light emission. However, since there is snowstorm even during the day, even if the day and night detection sensor 13 is not driven, if the temperature detection sensor 15, the rain detection sensor 17 and the wind speed sensor 16 are driven, it is determined that there is a snowstorm and the LED 8 is turned on. To drive.

(4) During heavy rain,
The control circuit 11 determines that there is heavy rain when the rainfall detection sensor 17 detects a rainfall of a certain value or more, and drives the yellow light emitting LED 8 even when no signal is input from the day / night detection sensor 13.

(5) During heavy fog,
Regardless of the presence or absence of a signal from the day / night detection sensor 13, the control circuit 11 drives the yellow light emitting LED 8 when a signal of a certain value or more is input from the humidity detection sensor 15.

(6) If there is no car or traffic,
The control circuit 11 is provided with a well-known automobile or human body detection sensor (not shown) and controls the power of the LED 8 to be turned off when no signal is input from the automobile or human body detection sensor in order to prevent power consumption. If there is, the power supply is controlled to be ON, and the above operations (1) to (5) are prepared.

(7) synchronous drive,
Since the arrow blades 2 are installed along the road shoulder 5 at regular intervals, each lighting device is individually driven. However, since this makes noise, it is driven synchronously in the same area. For this reason, GPS and JJY20 are used.

(8) Voice drive,
The control circuit 11 outputs a sound for calling attention from a speaker or the like in conjunction with driving of the lighting device. This voice is particularly effective for motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians.
Note that the light emission of the LED 8 is basically a flashing light emission, but a light emission that does not flash can be adopted depending on conditions.

  FIG. 6 shows a driving flow of the lighting device. When the control circuit is turned on and starts (S1), the day / night detection sensor 13 determines day and night (S2), and the temperature sensor 14 and the rainfall sensor 17 or humidity. The detection sensor 15 determines freezing (S3). If YES, the red LED 8 is caused to emit light (S5). If NO, it is determined whether the visibility is poor (S6). If YES, The yellow LED 8 is caused to emit light (S7), and if NO, the green LED 8 is caused to emit light (S8). (S9).

Further, even when the day / night detection sensor 13 does not detect nighttime, when the dense fog is detected, it is determined that the visibility is poor, the yellow LED 8 is caused to emit light (S10), and the dense fog is not detected. Alternatively, when no dense fog is detected on the way, the LED 8 is turned off to prepare for re-driving (S12).
In addition to the combination with the arrow blade 2 described above, the lighting device according to the present invention may be used in addition to a snow pole, a snow fence, an illumination lamp, or an emergency evacuation guide light, etc. It can also be used.
Moreover, you may make it use for this this illuminating device combining various surveillance cameras.

2. Arrow feathers5. Road shoulder 7. Lighting box8. led
10. Control box 11. Control circuit 12. solar panel

Claims (6)

a. An illumination box that has a built-in LED that drives the power generated by the solar panel as a power source in the vertical direction and is retrofitted to an existing arrow blade mounting column,
b. The solar panel, a battery for storing electric power generated by the solar panel, a day / night detection sensor, and a weather change detection sensor for detecting various weather conditions are built in, and the day / night detection sensor and the weather change detection sensor In accordance with the signal, a control circuit for controlling the power supplied to the LED is built-in, and further, a control circuit box provided with a mounting bracket for retrofitting to the mounting support of the arrow blade,
c. Roadside lighting device consisting of   The roadside illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the weather change detection sensor includes an air temperature detection sensor, a humidity detection sensor, a wind speed detection sensor, and a rainfall detection sensor.   The LEDs are prepared in different emission colors, and the control circuit alerts the driver by changing the color of the illumination light that illuminates the shoulder according to changes in weather conditions. It is comprised by these, The road shoulder lighting apparatus of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The control circuit according to claim 1, wherein GPS or (and) JJY is added to the control circuit so that a plurality of roadside illumination devices can be driven in synchronization. Roadside lighting device.   The roadside illumination device according to claim 1, wherein an audio circuit is added to the control circuit, and audio is output in conjunction with driving of the LED.   The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein an automobile and a human body detection sensor are added to the control circuit, and the LED is driven for a predetermined time only when an automobile or a person is detected. Roadside illumination device.

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