JPH0657511A - Helmet having transmission/ receiving system of display signal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a helmet equipped with a driving system for displaying signals having a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. CONSTITUTION: This helmet having transmitting/receiving systems for displaying signals consists of a transmitting unit 23 arranged on a motorcycle, electrically connected to a driving system for displaying signals of the motorcycle, controlling displaying lights such as a right/left turning signals, a brake lamp, etc., and coding the displaying lamp controlling signals on actuating one of the displaying lamp for transmitting to receiving units 11, 12 arranged on a helmet 10, and the receiving unit first decoding the received signal for a treatment, outputting a signal for controlling the lighting of a corresponding light generating element 13 on the helmet and thereby, the corresponding light generating element is lit simultaneously with the lighting of the displaying light of the motorcycle.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system. More particularly, a warning electrically connected to the indicator light drive system of the car or motorcycle so that the warning means can indicate the operating conditions of the car or motorcycle (eg right turn, left turn, braking etc.). Related to a helmet with means.

As is known, the most comfortable and familiar line of sight of a driver is parallel to the ground. In such a situation, it is easier for the driver to pay more attention to the environment and become more sensitive.
In current cars, the position of the indicator light is below the driver's field of view because of the height of the car, and as a result the driver must look down on the car indicator light in front of his car. I won't. The smaller the distance between the two vehicles, the larger the driver's look-down angle in the rear vehicle. Therefore, it is not easy for the driver to carefully observe both the front environment and the indicator light of the front vehicle at the same time. As a result, the likelihood of a car accident increases. In order to enhance the warning effect and reduce the number of car accidents, an auxiliary high-mount stop lamp (auxiliary
center high mount stop lamps) are being used by mounting them on the back of cars for warning.

[0003]

In the case of motorcycles, bicycles and some specific vehicles, due to their construction, it is not possible to mount auxiliary high-mount stop lamps close to the driver's line of sight. is there. It is therefore an object of the invention to equip a helmet with warning means which solves the above mentioned problems.

[0004]

The first object of the present invention is to:
Providing a helmet fitted with some warning means and an indicator signal transmission / reception system. These warning means are electrically connected to and remotely controlled by the motorcycle's indicator light drive system. Thereby, when the driver activates any indicator light operation (for example, by turning on the right / left turn light or pressing the brake pedal), at the same time, the warning means on the helmet generates a warning signal. right.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a helmet with alarm means which is remotely controlled by the motorcycle anti-theft system. Thereby,
When the anti-theft system is activated, the helmet's alarm means will generate an alarm signal warning that something is wrong.

According to the invention, the helmet display signal transmission / reception system has a transmission unit arranged on its orbit and is controlled by the motorcycle indicator light drive system. The transmission unit is an encoder for encoding the drive signal generated by the indicator light drive system into a digital signal when any indicator light (eg right turn light, left turn light, brake light, etc.) is activated. , A transmitter for transmitting the digital signal to a receiving unit. The receiving unit is arranged on the helmet and has a receiver for receiving the digital signal transmitted from the transmitting unit, a driving means for decoding and processing the digital signal, and a plurality of light emitting elements. These light emitting elements are driven by the driving means and are turned on at the same time as the display lamp of the motorcycle.

[0007]

These and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will be better understood and appreciated with reference to the detailed description set forth below.

According to FIGS. 1 and 2, the helmet according to the invention
Reference numeral 10 mainly has a receiver 11, a drive circuit 12, and a plurality of light emitting elements 13. These light emitting elements 13 are
(Light emitting diode) or any type of light emitting element may be used. Flexible wire having an outlet 141 at one end and the other end coupled to the drive circuit 12.
14 plugs into outlet 141 into receiver 11 insert pin 111
Is provided for connecting the drive circuit 12 to the receiver 11 by engaging the. The receiver 11 receives the signal emitted by the transmitter 23 located on the motorcycle. The drive circuit 12 is further electrically connected to the light emitting element 13 and receives a signal input from the receiver 11 to
The signal is processed to control the way 13 emits light. Further, the receiver 11 and the light emitting element 13 are separately covered by covers 15 and 16 for protection.

The concept of the invention is based on infrared or microwave radiation. As shown in FIG. 3 according to the present invention, the helmet display signal transmission / reception system is
It mainly has a transmitting unit 2 and a receiving unit 1.
The transmission unit 2 is arranged on a motorcycle (not shown), is electrically connected to the motorcycle's indicator light drive system (not shown), and has a control signal receiving gate 21, an encoder 22 and And a transmitter 23.
According to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, at the same time when any of the indicator lights such as the left turn light, the right turn light and the brake light is activated, the indicator light drive system causes the control signal receiving means 21 to send a corresponding control signal. send. After that the control signal is the encoder
It is encoded by 22 into a digital signal and transmitted by the transmitter 23 to the helmet receiver 11. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the encoder 22 may be a DIP (dual-in-pin) switch.

The receiving unit 1 is arranged on the helmet 10 and has a receiver 11, a driving circuit 12 and a light emitting element 13. The receiver 11 may be an infrared receiver or a microwave receiver. Therefore, the position of the receiver 11 can be changed according to its type. For example, if the receiver is an infrared receiver, the receiver should be mounted on the front of the helmet 10 for better reception, as shown in FIG. If the receiver is a microwave receiver, the receiver
Due to the good sensitivity of the microwave receiver, it can be mounted anywhere on the helmet 10. Receiver
11 receives the signal emitted from the transmitter 23 of the transmission unit 2 and transmits the received signal to the drive circuit 12 for processing. As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 4, the drive circuit 12
Has a decoder 121 and control / processing means 122. The drive circuit 12 further has a battery (not shown) as a power source. The decoder 121 firstly decodes the digital signal received by the receiver 11 and subsequently controls / processes the decoded signal for processing.
122. The control / processing means 122 is a microprocessor which stores a plurality of preset values each corresponding to one coded signal. The microprocessor 122 also acts as a control circuit for the light emitting element 13 and can control the light emitting element 13 to be lit in various ways according to the decoded signal. For example, when the motorcycle turns right, only the right part of the light emitting element 13 lights up, and when the motorcycle turns left, only the left part of the light emitting element 13 lights up and the motorcycle brakes. When light is applied, all the light emitting elements 13 are turned on. The light emitting elements 13 can also be set to be lit one by one or in groups when no movement is applied by the driver (ie the motorcycle is running smoothly). The manner of lighting the light emitting element 13 is controlled by the control / processing means 122.

The operation mode of the transmission / reception concept of the present invention is as follows.
Illustrated by the following example. When the driver activates the braking action during the driving time, the encoder 22 will encode the braking action into a digital signal. Such a digital signal indicative of braking action is transmitted to the receiver 11 of the helmet 10 via the transmitter 23. The signal is then decoded by the decoder 121 and input to the control / processing means 122 for processing. Finally, the control / processing means 122 sends a corresponding control signal to the light emitting element 13 to cause all the light emitting elements to emit light.

In another embodiment of the invention, the receiving unit 1 of the helmet 10 can be used to receive signals from the motorcycle anti-theft system. Receiving anti-theft signals is especially useful when the driver leaves the motorcycle. The concept of transmission / reception is the same as that described above. In this case, the helmet 10 can also have an alarm means, whereby when the anti-theft system is activated, the alarm means generates an alarm signal in addition to the light emission of the light emitting element 13. Will warn the driver.

Furthermore, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the light emitting element 13 can be replaced by a dot matrix LED display device. Therefore, the present invention can be modified and changed into various embodiments without departing from the concept of the present invention. The scope of the invention should be as set forth in the appended claims.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view of a helmet according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a helmet according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a display signal transmission / reception system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an electric circuit of the display signal transmission / reception system shown in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 receiving unit 2 transmitting unit 10 helmet 11 receiver 12 driving circuit 13 light emitting element 14 flexible wire 21 control signal receiving gate 22 encoder 23 transmitter 111 insert pin 121 decoder 122 control / processing means 141 outlet

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system remotely connected to a motorcycle indicator light drive system, said transmitter / receiver system being activated simultaneously with said indicator light drive system. The indicator light drive system is the right turn light, left turn light,
It is used for driving and lighting an indicator light such as a brake light, and for simultaneously outputting a control signal corresponding thereto to the display signal transmission / reception system, wherein the display signal transmission / reception system is A display signal transmitting unit disposed on the motorcycle and controlled by the indicator light driving system, and a display signal receiving unit disposed on the helmet, wherein the display signal transmitting unit is the display. An encoder for encoding the display signal output from the lamp driving system into a digital signal, and a transmitter for transmitting the digital signal by radio waves, and the display signal receiving unit includes the transmitter. A receiver for receiving the digital signal transmitted from the device, a receiver for receiving and processing the digital signal, and a light emitting device Helmet with a driving means for outputting a signal for controlling the laser, the lighting by said drive means comprises a light emitting element array to be controlled, the transmission / reception system of the display signal. 2. The radio wave is a microwave.
A helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system according to claim 1. 3. The helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the radio wave is infrared light. 4. The helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the driving means has a control means for controlling how the light emitting element emits light. 5. The dot-matrix LED as the light-emitting element
A helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system according to claim 1, which is a display device. 6. A helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting element is turned on at the same time as the indicator light of the motorcycle. 7. The display signal transmission / reception system further comprises anti-theft alarm means remotely connected to an anti-theft system located on the motorcycle, the anti-theft system being activated when the anti-theft system is activated. The helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the anti-theft alarm means generates an alarm signal. 8. A helmet having a display signal transmitting / receiving system according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting element is an LED. 9. A helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting device is a light bulb. 10. The light emitting device is a fluorescent lamp.
A helmet having a display signal transmission / reception system according to claim 1.