JPH1029458A - Checking method of running operation for vehicle and check lamp thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make each operating state of an accelerator and a brake informable to the succeeding car in a yet more concrete way by lighting an accelerator lamp when this accelerator is in a state of being turned off but an engine brake is in a state of being turned on, and lighting a brake lamp when the accelerator is off but a brake is on, respectively. SOLUTION: A check lamp 1 consists of a brake lamp 2 and an accelerator lamp 3 which goes out when an accelerator is in a state of being turned on, but when the accelerator is turned off but an engine brake automatically comes to a state of being turned on, it is lighted. With this, a driver of the succeeding car can know the fact that a driver of the preceding car separates his foot from an accelerator pedal. Next, when the brake lamp 2 is lighted, the driver knows that a brake pedal is trodden. When the brake lamp 2 is not lighted, and the accelerator lamp 3 goes out, he knows that the accelerator is retrodden, and if the accelerator lamp 3 is kept alight intact, the driver also knows that the accelerator and the brake both are not trodden.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for confirming a running operation for a vehicle, which can inform the following vehicle of the operating state of an accelerator and a brake while the vehicle such as a motorcycle or an automobile is running. It relates to a confirmation lamp.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a so-called high-mount stop is provided as a brake light which is installed at a rear position of a vehicle such as a motorcycle or an automobile and is lit in red when a brake pedal is depressed to turn on a brake. Brake lights called lamps are known.

When such a brake light is turned on, the driver of the succeeding vehicle knows that the preceding vehicle has been braked in the running state, and prepares for proper running of his own vehicle, which is the following vehicle. It has important driving information.

[0004]

However, such a conventional brake light called a high-mount stop lamp is illuminated in red when the brake pedal is depressed during traveling, and the brake pedal is depressed. It was only turned off when it was released.

[0005] The main operation of the running operation is the continuous operation of alternately switching the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal. However, the operation does not always shift to the operation of depressing the brake pedal after the depression of the accelerator pedal is released. Instead, the accelerator pedal may be depressed again.

[0006] Therefore, in order to perform safe driving as a driver of the following vehicle, it is necessary to know only the operation of the driver of the preceding vehicle while the vehicle is running only by turning on a brake light called a high-mount stop lamp. Therefore, it is necessary to know more detailed driving operation information of the preceding vehicle.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle, such as a motorcycle or a car, which allows the operation state of an accelerator and a brake to be more specifically controlled by a following vehicle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle driving operation confirmation method suitable for improving safe driving and a confirmation lamp therefor.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by depressing an accelerator pedal and turning off an accelerator while the vehicle such as a motorcycle or a car is running. The accelerator light is turned on when the brake is turned on, and the brake light is turned on when the accelerator pedal is released and the accelerator is turned off and the brake pedal is depressed and the brake is turned on. It is characterized by the following. A lamp that indicates the running state of a vehicle such as a motorcycle or an automobile, and is lit when the accelerator pedal is released and the accelerator is turned off, and the brake pedal is depressed and the brake is turned on. A brake light, and an accelerator light attached near the brake light and lit when the accelerator pedal is released and the accelerator is turned off and the engine brake is turned on. Features.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a confirmation lamp according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system.

As shown in FIG. 1, the confirmation lamp 1 is composed of a conventionally known brake light 2 and an accelerator light 3. That is, many brake lights 2 are installed at the rear position of a vehicle such as a motorcycle or an automobile and are commercially available as a so-called high-mount stop lamp, and the brake pedal is depressed during running to turn on the brake. When the vehicle is in the state, the red light made up of the LED 4 is turned on to notify the following vehicle of the depression of the brake.

The accelerator light 3 is a yellow light in this embodiment, and is installed upright at the center of the upper part of the brake light 2. Referring to FIG. 2, the accelerator pedal 5 is depressed and the accelerator is
The light is turned off in the N state, but when the accelerator pedal 5 is released and the accelerator is turned off,
That is, the engine brake (not shown) is automatically turned on
When it is in the state, it is turned on.

The accelerator lamp 3 has a curved plate 81 on the upper surface on which the lamp housing is mounted in a fixed state, and a bottom plate 82 mounted on the upper surface of the brake light 2 in a fixed state,
It is supported by a support bracket 8 composed of left and right side plates 83, 83 connecting the curved plate 81 and the bottom plate 82. The attachment of the accelerator light 3 and the brake light 2 may be performed via a bolt, but may be performed via welding or a tape for double-sided bonding, and various mounting modes can be selected.

The structure of the confirmation lamp 1 is shown in FIGS.
In addition to the configuration in which the light is mounted above the brake light 2 as shown in (1), the light may be installed near the upper, lower, left and right sides of the brake light 2 or may be installed at a location away from the brake light 2. Furthermore, it may be configured as a confirmation light incorporated in the rear part of the vehicle body as well as the confirmation light 1 as a high-mount stop lamp installed at the rear position of the vehicle (see FIG. 4). Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a hanging type confirmation light may be configured.

The control system of the confirmation lamp 1 constructed as described above is performed through the switch unit 7. As shown in FIG. 2, the depression of the accelerator pedal 5 and the release of the depression are detected, and the engine brake is turned on. An accelerator lamp signal line is newly connected to the signal line to be set to the state, and the accelerator line 3 is connected to the accelerator lamp 3 via the accelerator lamp switch unit 71.

The brake light 2 is provided by a brake pedal 6.
Is connected to a brake pedal via a signal line for outputting detection of depression and release of depression, and a brake light switch unit 72 connected thereto. Note that this control system is an example, and various other control systems can be used.

Therefore, when the accelerator pedal 5 is depressed during traveling, not only the brake light 2 but also the accelerator light 3 is turned off. Here, when the accelerator pedal 5 is released and the driver's foot is released from the accelerator pedal 5, the engine brake is inevitably turned on, but at the same time, the accelerator light 3 is turned on in yellow. For this reason, the driver of the following vehicle knows that the driver of the preceding vehicle has released his / her foot from the accelerator pedal 5 and knows that the driving operation of the preceding vehicle has changed. You can start preparing.

Next, when the brake light 2 is turned on, the driver of the following vehicle knows that the driver of the preceding vehicle has depressed the brake pedal 6. When the brake light 2 is not turned on and the accelerator light 3 is turned off, it is known that the brake pedal 6 is not depressed and the accelerator pedal is depressed again. Further, when the accelerator light 3 is lit as it is, it is known that neither the accelerator pedal 5 nor the brake pedal 6 is depressed.

As described above, according to the confirmation lamp of this embodiment, the driver of the succeeding vehicle can know the operating states of the accelerator and the brake of the preceding vehicle more finely, and the driver of the following vehicle can recognize the appropriate state of his own vehicle. Important driving information for preparing for traveling can be obtained.

Incidentally, the one shown in FIG.
Is shown, and only the normal brake light 2 is used. In this case, the brake light is turned on when the brake is ON. When the brake is off and the accelerator is off, the brake light flashes,
When the brake is off and the accelerator is off, the light is turned off as usual. The switch portion in such a case can also be appropriately designed using a well-known switch configuration technology.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, while a vehicle such as a motorcycle or a car is running,
The operating state of the accelerator and the brake can be specifically notified to the following vehicle, and the safe driving can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a confirmation lamp according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of a confirmation lamp according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a modification of the confirmation lamp of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a second example of the confirmation lamp.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a third example of the confirmation lamp.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Confirmation lamp 2 Brake light 3 Accelerator light 5 Accelerator pedal 6 Brake pedal 7 Switch part

Claims (2)

[Claims] When an accelerator pedal is released and an accelerator is turned off and an engine brake is turned on during running of a vehicle such as a motorcycle or an automobile, an accelerator light is turned on, and an accelerator pedal is turned on. A step of releasing the accelerator pedal to release the accelerator, turning off the accelerator, and turning on the brake light when the brake pedal is depressed to turn on the brake. 2. A lamp for informing a running state of a vehicle such as a motorcycle or a car, wherein the accelerator pedal is depressed and the accelerator is turned off, and the brake pedal is depressed and the brake is turned on. A brake light to be lit, and an accelerator light attached near the brake light and lit when the accelerator pedal is released and the accelerator is turned off and the engine brake is turned on. A lamp for confirming a traveling operation for a vehicle, comprising: