KR101958191B1 - an alarm system for accidents and troubles on the road - Google Patents

Abstract

More particularly, the present invention relates to an emergency warning system for a road, and more particularly to a road emergency warning system which is capable of detecting a preceding vehicle in which a trailing vehicle stops due to a road characteristic such as a hill section when an accident occurs on a road, The present invention also relates to a road emergency alarm system which can stably prevent a secondary accident because the trailing vehicle can correctly identify an emergency situation.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control system for a vehicle, comprising: a hangar provided adjacent to a road, the hangar having an unmanned drones therein; and a control center communicatively connected to the hangar, When a vehicle is generated, a command signal is transmitted to the hangar so that the unmanned drones move to the position of the vehicle to warn the following vehicles of the emergency situation.

Description

An emergency alarm system for road accidents and troubles on the road

More particularly, the present invention relates to an emergency warning system for a road, and more particularly to a road emergency warning system which is capable of detecting a preceding vehicle in which a trailing vehicle stops due to a road characteristic such as a hill section when an accident occurs on a road, The present invention also relates to a road emergency alarm system which can stably prevent a secondary accident because the trailing vehicle can correctly identify an emergency situation.

The Road Traffic Act requires a vehicle safety tripod to be installed on the road in order to specify the mark of the vehicle on the road when the vehicle can not be operated due to a breakdown in the vehicle or other reasons. .

And, referring to the data released by the National Police Agency in 2014, the number of collision accidents occurred in 2014 during the state and the stop of the car was 18,245, 195 people were killed and 35,650 people were injured. It is proved that it is necessary to transfer the vehicle to the approaching vehicle from the rear to the boundary.

However, when the vehicle can not be operated due to a failure of the vehicle or other reasons, installing a safety tripod for the vehicle on the road on which the vehicle is traveling has difficulties such as another accident, Most safety tripods are not installed.

In order to solve such a problem, a technique disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-1603880 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 has been proposed. The technical feature is that when an event is generated for the first vehicle, A control device (20) for generating event information about the vehicle; And an unmanned aerial vehicle (10) for transmitting boundary information to a second vehicle based on the event information, wherein when the vehicle terminal is provided in the second vehicle, the unmanned air vehicle (10) Frequency signal, which is recognizable by the vehicle terminal, to the vehicle terminal of the second vehicle. The controller 20 detects whether the event is generated, determines that the event has occurred The event information is generated even if a separate input signal is not input and the unmanned air vehicle 10 transmits the boundary information to the second vehicle based on the generated event information.

However, the technology disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-1603880 discloses an emergency situation to a vehicle approaching the rearward of a dron which was held in a vehicle when a vehicle breakdown occurs or an accident occurs, thereby preventing a secondary accident However, there is a problem that the drone and the control unit provided in the vehicle are damaged when an accident occurs, and even when the drones or the control unit are not damaged, the drones are drawn out of the vehicle due to the damage of the vehicle, There is a problem.

Korean Patent No. 10-1603880

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a hangar in which drones are accommodated at regular intervals in a road, The information about the situation and the location information of the vehicle are transmitted to the control center. In the control center, the command signal is transmitted to the hangar closest to the vehicle position in each hangar so that the drone moves quickly to the vehicle, And to prevent a secondary accident by detecting an emergency situation.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an ultrasonic sensor in a drone so as to maintain a constant distance from a road so that an emergency situation is notified to a trailing vehicle through an electric signboard or a speaker at the upper portion of a faulty or accident vehicle, Even if a vehicle in which a trailing vehicle is stopped by a special situation of the road is not visible, the emergency situation can be recognized by the dron located in the air, thereby preventing a secondary accident from occurring stably.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006]

And a control center connected to the hangar by communication, wherein, when an accident or a breakdown vehicle occurs on the road, the control center transmits a command signal to the hangar So that the unmanned drones are moved to the position of the vehicle to warn the trailing vehicles of the emergency situation.

Here, the hangar is characterized by comprising a main communication unit for communication with the control center, and a storage unit for accommodating the unmanned drones.

The storage unit may include a first communication unit that transmits the command signal received from the main communication unit to the unmanned drones, and a first charging unit that wirelessly transmits power to the second charging unit provided in the unmanned drones.

The unmanned drones are provided with a warning device comprising a display board for visually outputting information on an emergency situation and a speaker for outputting an emergency situation as a sound.

Meanwhile, the unmanned drones are equipped with an ultrasonic sensor, and when they arrive at a destination, the unmanned drones are kept separated from the road by a predetermined distance.

Here, the control center receives information on a failure or an accident situation and position information of the vehicle from a situation sensing device provided in the vehicle.

In addition, the control center receives information on an accident or failure situation received from any one of an insurance company, a police station, and a fire station, and location information of the vehicle.

The number of unmanned drones accommodated in each hangar is controlled according to the frequency of accidents occurring in each section of the road.

The distance between each of the hangars is adjusted according to the frequency of accidents occurring in each section of the road.

According to the present invention, when a vehicle stops due to a breakdown or an accident on the road, information on an emergency situation and location information of the vehicle are provided And the control center transmits the command signal to the hangar closest to the vehicle position in each hangar so that the drone moves quickly to the vehicle to detect the emergency situation and prevent the second accident .

In the present invention, an ultrasonic sensor is provided in the drones to maintain a constant distance from the road so that an emergency situation is notified to a trailing vehicle through an electric signboard or a speaker at the upper part of a faulty or accident vehicle, Even if the vehicle in which the trailing vehicle is stopped can not be seen due to the special situation of the driver, the emergency situation is recognized by the dron located in the air, so that the secondary accident can be prevented stably.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a boundary alarm system using a conventional unmanned aerial vehicle.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a boundary alarm in a boundary alarm system using a conventional unmanned aerial vehicle.
3 is a conceptual diagram of a road emergency alert system according to the present invention.
4 is a block diagram of a road emergency alert system in accordance with the present invention.
5 is a conceptual view of a hangar of a roadside emergency alert system according to the present invention.
6 is a state diagram of an accident state of the roadside emergency situation warning system according to the present invention.
7 is a conceptual diagram in which an electric signboard is installed on the leg portion of the unmanned drones of the emergency alert system for roads according to the present invention.
FIG. 8A is a state diagram of a state in which the electric sign board of the roadside emergency situation warning system according to the present invention is folded, and FIG. 8B is a state diagram of the electric sign board in an unfolded state.
9 is a conceptual diagram of a warning device of a roadside emergency situation warning system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a state diagram showing the operating state of the warning device according to FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals are used for the same constituent elements in the drawings and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements are omitted. It is to be understood that the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a roadside emergency situation warning system according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a roadside emergency situation warning system according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a roadside emergency situation warning system, FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram in which an electric signboard is installed on the leg portion of the unmanned drones of the roadside emergency situation warning system according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram of an accident state of the roadside emergency situation warning system according to the present invention. FIG. 8A is a state diagram of a state in which the electric sign board of the roadside emergency situation warning system according to the present invention is folded, FIG. 9B is a state view in which the electric sign board is unfolded, FIG. 10 is a state diagram showing an operating state of the warning device according to FIG. 9; FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the present invention relates to a road emergency alert system, which includes a hangar 200 installed adjacent to a road and a control center 100 communicatively connected to the hangar 200 The hangars 200 are provided at predetermined intervals for each road, and the unmanned drones 300 are provided inside the hangars 200. [

When an accident or a faulty vehicle 500 occurs on the road in the control center 100, a command signal for coping with the emergency situation is transmitted to the hangar 200, and the unmanned drones 300 Moves to the position of the vehicle 500 to warn the trailing vehicles of the emergency situation, thereby preventing the secondary accident.

In other words, conventionally, when an accident or a breakdown occurs, the driver gets off the vehicle 500 to install a tripod or the like on the rear portion of the vehicle, thereby preventing a secondary accident from occurring by the trailing vehicle. In this case, As shown in FIG. 6, even if a tripod is installed on the rear portion of the vehicle 500 in the case of a special terrain such as a hill, the trailing vehicle can not reach the hill until the trailing vehicle passes over the hill. Second, the incidence of accidents is high because it can not be recognized.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the unmanned drones 300 are located at the upper part of the failure or accident vehicle 500, so that a trailing vehicle can quickly detect an accident or a failure situation even in a special terrain such as a hill, .

5, the hangar 200 includes a main communication unit 210 for communication with the control center 100 and a storage unit 220 in which the unmanned drones 300 are accommodated.

The storage unit 220 includes a first communication unit 222 for transmitting a command signal received from the main communication unit 210 to the unmanned drones 300 and a second communication unit 222 for transmitting power wirelessly to the unmanned drones 300. [ 1 charger unit 224.

Here, the unmanned drones 300 include a second communication unit 320 for receiving a command signal from the first communication unit 222, and a second communication unit 320 for receiving a wireless power transmitted from the first charging unit 224 2 charging unit 330 is provided.

Thus, the unmanned drones 300 can know the position of the vehicle 500 included in the command signal through the first and second communication units 222 and 320, can quickly move to the vehicle 500, The first and second charging units 224 and 230 are accommodated in the storage unit 220 to supplement the power consumed.

4, the unmanned drones 300 include a second communication unit 320 for receiving a command signal, a second charging unit 330 for receiving power, a warning device 340, an unmanned drones 300 A camera 350, a gyro sensor 370, an ultrasonic sensor 380, and a controller 310 for controlling the above-described configurations.

Accordingly, the unmanned drones 300 confirm the location information of the accident or the faulty vehicle 500 by the command signal received through the second communication unit 320, The vehicle 500 can be moved to a stopped position through the control of the control unit 310 by using the map information.

Here, the warning device 340 provided in the unmanned drone 300 informs the following vehicle of the emergency information included in the command signal, and is provided with a command signal received through the second communication unit 320 An electric sign board 342 for visually outputting information on an emergency situation of the included vehicle 500 and a speaker 344 for outputting emergency information in a sound.

Thus, in a trailing vehicle, an accident or failure state of the vehicle 500 can be quickly detected by an audible or visual warning output from the unmanned drones 300 located at the top of the vehicle 500 that has stopped due to a failure or an accident And can cope with emergency situations safely.

7, the electric sign board 342 is hinged to the legs 302 formed on the lower portion of the unmanned drone 300. The first driving motor 306 is connected to the hinged side, To control the electric sign board 342. [

8 (a), the electric sign board 342 waits in a folded state. When the electric signboard 342 arrives at the location of the accident or the faulty vehicle, the electric signboard 342 (see FIG. 8 342) so that a trailing vehicle can recognize an accident or a fault condition and run the vehicle while bypassing the corresponding lane, thereby preventing a secondary accident.

Meanwhile, the unmanned drones 300 are provided with an ultrasonic sensor 380. The ultrasonic sensor 380 can sense an object located in the vicinity of the unmanned drones 300 and can prevent the object from colliding with an object And the distance between the ground and the unmanned drones 300 can be precisely detected through the gyro sensor 370 and the ultrasonic sensor 380.

Accordingly, when the unmanned drones 300 arrive at the destination, the distance to the ground is sensed and the distance from the ground is maintained by the predetermined distance h. Thus, as shown in FIG. 6, The vehicle can easily grasp the unmanned drones 300 positioned over the hill, and can quickly recognize the emergency situation of an accident or a breakdown, thereby preventing a secondary accident.

When the police or the insurance company employee reaches the accident or the breakdown vehicle 500 in order to solve the emergency situation, the unmanned drone 300 returns to the hangar 200, And receives the power transmitted from the power supply unit 222 to charge the consumed power to prepare for the next emergency situation.

Here, a method of detecting arrival of a police or an insurance company employee on the site is to return to the hangar 200 after a predetermined time has elapsed after the unmanned drones 300 arrive at the control site 310 of the unmanned drones 300 The control center 100 detects that the police or an insurance company employee arrives at the scene through the video information transmitted through the camera 350 provided in the unmanned drone 300 and transmits a return command to the unmanned drone 300 .

Meanwhile, the control center 100 receives the information on the emergency situation of the failure or the accident vehicle 500, as shown in FIG. 3, when a failure or an accident occurs in the vehicle 500, The controller 610, the police 620, and the 119 reporting center 630 to the control center 100 in the emergency situation when the user contacts one of the insurance company 610, the police station 620, and the 119 reporting center 630 And the position information of the vehicle 500 are notified.

Also, it is possible to control the unmanned drones 300 in the control center 100 by confirming the accident through the CCTV for traffic conditions installed on the road.

In addition, a state sensing device (not shown) is additionally provided inside the vehicle 500 to sense an accident or a failure and to detect the occurrence of an accident or a failure, The emergency situation information and the location information of the vehicle 500 are transmitted.

Here, when the impact applied to the vehicle 500 exceeds the set impact and the vehicle 500 senses that the vehicle 500 is not moving for a predetermined period of time through a GPS (not shown) provided in the vehicle, It is determined that an accident has occurred. If an abnormality occurs in a core part related to the driving in conjunction with an MCU (not shown) provided in the vehicle 500 and it is no longer possible to drive, it is determined as a failure.

Therefore, when the vehicle 500 is provided with a situation sensing device (not shown), the control center 100 can automatically transmit a communication network or a separate network to the remote control center 100 The emergency situation information and the location information are transmitted through the wireless network to enable quick response.

On the other hand, in the case of the vehicle 500 in which an accident or a failure occurs, the insurance company 610, the police station 620, and the 119 reporting center 630, The unmanned drones 300 may be controlled by transmitting information on the emergency situation and the location information of the vehicle 500.

In addition, a hangar 200 is installed at regular intervals on the main surface of the road. It is possible to set the frequency of accidents for each section of the road, thereby controlling the number of unmanned drones 300 provided in each hangar 200, In a high frequency area, a larger number of unmanned drones 300 can be provided to cope with all emergency situations immediately.

At this time, in the control center 100, the driving situation and the charging status of the unmanned drones 300 provided in the respective hangars 200 can be checked in real time, and when the vehicle 500 stops due to an accident or a breakdown, If there is no available unmanned drones 300 in the closest hangar 200, then the command signal is transmitted to the adjacent hangar 200 and the quick response .

Of course, the installation interval of the hangar 200 can be adjusted according to the occurrence frequency of an accident, so that the emergency situation can be coped more stably.

9, a warning device 390 for notifying the trailing vehicles 500 that the preceding vehicle 500 is stopped due to an accident or a failure may be provided in the lower part of the unmanned drones 300, A moving member 392 provided to move left and right along the guide bar 391 and a moving member 392 provided on the lower surface of the main body of the unmanned drones 300, And an operation bar 395 for rotating the movable member 392 horizontally by a second drive motor 396 and a second drive motor 396.

A direction indicator 394 is formed on one side of the moving member 392. The indicator 394 is formed in a double-sided arrow shape using LEDs. And informs the direction in which the vehicle 500 can be avoided due to an accident or a failure.

In other words, when the vehicle moves away to the left side of the vehicle 500 stopped due to an accident or a breakdown, the direction indicator 394 is indicated by an arrow in the left direction, and the LED is lit only when the moving member 392 moves in the left direction .

Therefore, the trailing vehicle can know the avoiding direction in advance in accordance with the direction of the arrow displayed on the moving member 392, so that the trouble or the accident vehicle 500 can be stably avoided.

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

More particularly, the present invention relates to an emergency warning system for a road, and more particularly to a road emergency warning system which is capable of detecting a preceding vehicle in which a trailing vehicle stops due to a road characteristic such as a hill section when an accident occurs on a road, The present invention also relates to a road emergency alarm system which can stably prevent a secondary accident because the trailing vehicle can correctly identify an emergency situation.

100: control center 200: hangar
210: main communication unit 220:
222: first communication unit 224: first charging unit
300: unmanned drone 310: control unit
320: second communication unit 330: second charging unit
340: Warning device 350: Camera
360: GPS 370: Gyro sensor
380: ultrasonic sensor 500: vehicle
610: Insurer
620: Police station 630: 119 Report center

Claims (9)

A hangar provided adjacent to the road but having an unmanned drones therein,
And a control center connected to the hangar in communication,
The control center transmits a command signal to the hangar when an accident or a faulty vehicle occurs on the road so that the unmanned drones are moved to the position of the vehicle to alert the trailing vehicles of the emergency situation,
Wherein the hangar comprises a main communication unit for communication with the control center and a storage unit for accommodating the unmanned drones,
The storage unit comprises a first communication unit for transmitting a command signal received from the main communication unit to the unmanned drones, and a first charging unit for wirelessly transmitting power to the second charging unit provided in the unmanned drones,
The unmanned drones are provided with an ultrasonic sensor so as to maintain a state of being separated from the road by a predetermined distance when arriving at a destination so that the trailing vehicle can more easily confirm the accident situation by the drones,
The control center receives information on a failure or an accident situation and position information of the vehicle from a situation sensing device provided in the vehicle,
The control center receives information on an accident or a failure situation received from any one of an insurance company, a police station, and a fire station, and location information of the vehicle,
The number of unmanned drones accommodated in each hangar is controlled according to the frequency of accidents occurring in each section of the road,
According to the frequency of accidents occurring in each section of the road,
The unmanned drones are provided with a warning device for alerting the non-traffic situations to trailing vehicles. The warning device includes a guide bar provided so as to pass through the legs formed at the lower portion of the unmanned drone, A second driving motor provided on a lower surface of the body of the unmanned dron and an operation for moving the moving member in the forward and reverse directions by the second driving motor,
A direction indicator is formed on one side surface of the moving member, and the direction indicator is formed in the shape of a double arrow using LEDs to guide a direction in which a trailing vehicle can avoid an accident or a broken vehicle that stops on the road under the control of the controller Wherein said emergency warning system is adapted to inform the driver of the emergency situation.
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