KR102312136B1 - Smart streetlamp and smart streetlamp system including the smart streetlamp - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, in a smart street light system having a plurality of smart street lights and a control server, the plurality of smart street lights may include: collecting surrounding traffic information using a sensor in each of the plurality of smart street lights; transmitting the surrounding traffic information to the control server; and transmitting information related to a vehicle charging function provided by at least some of the plurality of smart street lights to the control server, wherein the control server includes the surrounding traffic information collected from each of the plurality of smart street lights and the generating charging street light recommendation information by using information related to a vehicle charging function; and transmitting the charging street light recommendation information to a wireless module provided in the vehicle.

Description

Smart street light and smart street light system including the same

The present invention relates to a smart street light and a smart street light system including the same.

A street lamp means a lamp installed along a roadside for street lighting, traffic safety, or aesthetics. As technology develops, smart cities are being built by utilizing smart platforms in existing cities, and street lights are positioned as essential infrastructure for realizing such smart cities.

In particular, recently, the concept of a smart street light has been introduced, and a smart sensor, a communication module, etc. are provided in the street light to communicate between smart street lights and utilize information collected from the smart street light. It has come to collect and utilize real-time information about

As such, as a smart city is built, technology development for smart street lights is active. On the other hand, recently, the spread of electric vehicles is gradually expanding, and a movement to solve the charging issue of electric vehicles with smart street lights is emerging.

One object of the present invention is to provide optimal charging-related information to a vehicle requiring electric vehicle charging by utilizing a smart street lamp.

According to the present invention, in a smart street light system having a plurality of smart street lights and a control server, the plurality of smart street lights may include: collecting surrounding traffic information using a sensor in each of the plurality of smart street lights; transmitting the surrounding traffic information to the control server; and transmitting information related to a vehicle charging function provided by at least some of the plurality of smart street lights to the control server, wherein the control server includes the surrounding traffic information collected from each of the plurality of smart street lights and the generating charging street light recommendation information by using information related to a vehicle charging function; and transmitting the charging street light recommendation information to a wireless module provided in the vehicle.

In an embodiment, the control server extracts congestion level information using the surrounding traffic information, and generates the charging street light recommendation information by using the congestion level information and the location information of the vehicle.

In an embodiment, the smart street light system further includes a traffic light controlled by the control server, and the control server generates a control signal related to the traffic light using the congestion level information and transmits it to the traffic light. do.

In an embodiment, the vehicle receives at least one of the surrounding traffic information collected from the plurality of smart street lights and the congestion degree information extracted by the control server through the wireless module, and the received at least one of the surrounding traffic information and reflecting the congestion level information in a recommended route recommended by the navigation of the vehicle.

In an embodiment, the plurality of smart street lamps include: a pillar-shaped body; a sensor mounted on the body to collect surrounding traffic information; an electric vehicle charging terminal disposed below the sensor and connected to an electric wire having a voltage higher than that of the power source; and a wireless communication module for transmitting the surrounding traffic information and information related to the vehicle charging function.

In an embodiment, the information related to the vehicle charging function may include at least one of charging status information, expected charging time information, and cost information of a smart street lamp that provides the vehicle charging function.

Smart street lamp according to the present invention, a body in the form of a pillar; A sensor mounted on the body to collect surrounding traffic information, a solar panel disposed above the sensor to supply power to the sensor, a lighting lamp disposed between the sensor and the solar panel, the sensor The sensor is disposed on the lower side and reflects the traffic situation in the electric vehicle charging terminal to which the electric wiring of a higher voltage than the power source is connected, the wireless communication module for receiving traffic information collected from other smart street lights, and the charging street light recommendation information provided to the vehicle and a controller for generating the charging street lamp recommendation information by analyzing the received traffic information together with the collected surrounding traffic information.

In an embodiment, the body is equipped with a CCTV that is disposed on the opposite side of the sensor to photograph the surroundings, and the image photographed by the CCTV is transmitted to the control server through the wireless communication module.

As described above, according to the smart street light and the smart street light system including the same according to the present invention, the congestion level information around the smart street light can be sensed using the smart street light, and this can be used as charging related information for the electric charging vehicle. Therefore, the electric charging vehicle can determine the location of the congested smart street light by receiving charging-related information in consideration of the traffic congestion level, and as a result, the user selects the optimal rechargeable smart street light that can avoid traffic jams. can

1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a smart street light system according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram for explaining a smart street light according to the present invention.
3 and 4 are conceptual views for explaining a smart street light according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method related to generation of electric vehicle charging information in a smart street lamp system according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the control method illustrated in FIG. 5 .

Hereinafter, the embodiments disclosed in the present specification will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the same or similar components will be given the same reference numbers regardless of reference numerals, and redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted. The suffixes "module" and "part" for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of only the ease of writing the specification, and do not have a meaning or role distinct from each other by themselves. In addition, in describing the embodiments disclosed in the present specification, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known technologies may obscure the gist of the embodiments disclosed in the present specification, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the accompanying drawings are only for easy understanding of the embodiments disclosed in the present specification, and the technical spirit disclosed herein is not limited by the accompanying drawings, and all changes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention , should be understood to include equivalents or substitutes.

Terms including an ordinal number, such as first, second, etc., may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another component, it is understood that the other component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in between. it should be On the other hand, when it is said that a certain element is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that no other element is present in the middle.

The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the present application, terms such as "comprises" or "have" are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

On the other hand, as described above, as smart cities are built, technology development for smart street lights is becoming active. Recently, the spread of electric vehicles is gradually expanding, and there is a movement to solve the charging issue of electric vehicles together with smart street lights. In the present invention, a smart street lamp that provides an electric vehicle charging function and a method of providing optimal charging-related information to a vehicle requiring electric vehicle charging by using the smart street lamp will be described in more detail with the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a smart street light system according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram for explaining a smart street light according to the present invention. 3 and 4 are conceptual views for explaining a smart street light according to the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1 , the smart street light system according to the present invention may include a smart street light 100 and a control server 200 . The smart street light 100 and the control server 200 are configured to communicate with each other, and the communication method may be based on at least one of a wired method and a wireless method.

The smart street light system according to the present invention is included in one configuration of a smart city. Here, the smart city means that things in the city are connected through a communication network using technologies such as information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT).

On the other hand, the smart street light 100 and the control server 200 are configured to transmit and receive data through mutual communication, and based on the data transmitted and received by the smart street light 100 and the control server 200, the vehicle 300 can provide useful information. The vehicle 300 refers to an electric vehicle, and the electric vehicle refers to a vehicle that moves by using electricity as power.

In the present invention, a plurality of smart street lights 100 may be provided, and the control server 200 may be configured to communicate with a plurality of smart street lights 100 . In addition, a plurality of smart street lights 100 may be made to enable mutual communication.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the smart street lamp 100 according to the present invention includes a control unit 110 , a sensor unit 120 , a communication unit 130 , an output unit 140 , a lighting unit 150 , and sunlight. It may be configured to include at least one of the power supply unit 160 , the power supply unit 170 , and the memory unit 180 .

The control unit 110 is configured to control the overall operation of the smart street light 100 , and may control each component constituting the smart street light 100 .

The sensor unit 120 is configured to include at least one sensor, and may include one or more sensors for sensing at least one of surrounding information surrounding the smart street lamp 100 . For example, the sensor unit 120 includes a proximity sensor, an illumination sensor, a magnetic sensor, a gravity sensor (G-sensor), a gyroscope sensor, a motion sensor ( motion sensor), RGB sensor, infrared sensor (IR sensor), ultrasonic sensor, optical sensor (eg camera (see 121)), microphone (see 122), battery battery gauges, environmental sensors (eg barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, radiation sensors, thermal sensors, gas detection sensors, etc.), chemical sensors (eg electronic noses, healthcare sensors, biometric sensors, etc.) etc.) may be included. The controller 110 may combine and utilize information sensed by at least two or more of these sensors.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3 , the sensor unit 120 may include at least one of a camera sensor 121 and a radar sensor 122 .

Here, the camera sensor 121 may be a CCD or CMOS sensor.

Furthermore, the radar sensor 122 emits an electromagnetic wave of about microwave (microwave, 10 cm ~ 100 cm 　 wavelength) to an object, receives the electromagnetic wave reflected from the object, and finds the distance, direction, altitude, etc. with the object. , through this, detection of surrounding vehicles, detection of traffic conditions, detection of traffic, and speed of the vehicle may be detected.

In addition, the sensor unit 120 may further include a power consumption measuring sensor, a weather information measuring sensor, and the like.

The control unit 110 of the smart street light 100 may analyze the traffic situation around the smart street light 100 by using the information collected through the radar sensor 122 . Information collected through the radar sensor 122 may be referred to as traffic information.

The communication unit 130 is configured to communicate with an external device and an external server (particularly, the control server 200 ) using at least one of a wired and a wireless communication method.

The communication unit 130 may include at least one of a wireless communication module, a short-range communication module, and a location information module.

The wireless communication module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and the wireless communication module is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a communication network according to wireless communication technologies.

As the wireless communication technology, for example, WLAN (Wireless LAN), Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Direct, DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), WiBro (Wireless Broadband), WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A), 5G, PF, LoRa, etc. , the wireless communication module transmits and receives data according to at least one wireless communication technology within a range including communication technologies not listed above.

The short-range communication module is for short-range communication, and includes Bluetooth™, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and Near Field (NFC). Communication), Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, and Wireless USB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus) technology may be used to support short-distance communication. The short-distance communication module is a wireless communication between the smart street light 100 and the wireless communication system, between the smart street light 100 and other smart street lights, or between networks connecting smart street lights through wireless area networks (Wireless Area Networks). can support The local area network may be a local area network (Wireless Personal Area Networks).

The output unit 140 of the smart street light 100 is for generating an output related to visual, auditory or tactile sense, and may include at least one of a display unit, a sound output unit, a haptip module, and a light output unit. The display unit may implement a touch screen by forming a layer structure with the touch sensor or being integrally formed. Such a touch screen may function as a user input unit providing an input interface between the smart street light 100 and a user, and may provide an output interface between the smart street light 100 and a user.

The lighting unit 150 serves to illuminate the roadside. The lighting unit 150 may include an LED light source.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the solar power supply unit 160 includes a solar panel 161 , although not shown, may further include a charging unit for storing electricity generated through the solar panel 161 . can

Power charged through the solar power supply unit 160 may be used as the operating power of the smart street lamp 100 .

The power supply unit 170 supplies power required for charging the vehicle 300 , and may include a charging terminal 170a as shown in FIG. 3 .

The memory unit 180 may be configured to store information collected from the smart street light 100 as well as various data related to the smart street light 100 .

Let's take a brief look at the structure of the smart street light 100 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3 , the smart street lamp 100 according to the present invention includes a body 101 in the form of a pillar, a sensor 122 that is mounted on the body and collects surrounding traffic information, and supplies power to the sensor. and a solar panel 161 , and a lighting lamp 150 disposed between the sensor 122 and the solar panel 161 .

The sensor 122 may be formed of the aforementioned radar sensor. The sensor 122 may be disposed under the solar panel 161 and the lighting lamp 150, and may be positioned to face the road. The sensor 122 detects surrounding vehicles, detects traffic conditions, detects traffic, detects vehicle speed, and the like.

The solar panel 161 is disposed on the upper end of the body 101, and is connected to the body 101 so that the angle can be adjusted. For the angle adjustment, the body 101 and the solar panel 161 may be connected to each other by a hinge part. A motor is connected to the hinge part, and the motor rotates according to the altitude of the sun, and a system in which the solar panel tracks the sun is also possible. In this case, the control of the motor is performed by an external signal received by the smart street lamp 100, and the external signal may be provided by the control server 200 (refer to FIG. 1).

As illustrated, the lighting lamp 150 may be disposed between the sensor 200 and the solar panel 161 . The lighting lamp 150 includes an LED light source and may be connected to the body 101 through an angle adjustment arm 153 . Through this, it is possible to control various dimming angles with energy saving. In this case, the angle adjustment arm 153 is rotatably connected to the body and may include a support 153 to which the lighting lamp is coupled. In addition, the adjusting arm 153 may include an adjusting bar 152 slidably connected to the support 1511 and rotatably connected to the body 101 .

In addition, a CCTV (or camera sensor, 121) that is disposed on the opposite side of the sensor 122 to photograph the surroundings may be mounted on the body 101 . The video captured by the CCTV may be transmitted to the control server 200 through the communication unit 130 (refer to FIG. 2 ) provided in the smart street lamp.

A display unit may be disposed below the sensor 122 or the CCTV 121 as the output unit 140 of the smart street lamp 100 . The display unit may be a digital signage elongated along the longitudinal direction of the body, and may output weather information, atmospheric information, public service information, lost child information, and the like. For this example, an indicator informing of different colors according to the state of fine dust may be output to the upper and lower portions of the display unit.

In addition, the smart street lamp 100 according to the present invention is disposed below the sensor 122 and may further include an electric vehicle charging terminal 170a to which an electric wiring of a higher voltage than the power source is connected. More specifically, the display unit may be disposed between the charging terminal 170a and the sensor 122 .

The charging terminal 170a is a terminal compatible with general-purpose fast charging, and at least one may be provided. Power generated from the solar panel is transformed by the converter and stored in the charging unit, and the charging terminal 170a may be electrically connected to the charging unit. As another example, the power supplied from the power system is converted into direct current by the inverter and stored in the charging unit, and the charging terminal 170a may be electrically connected to the charging unit. As another example, power supplied from the power system may be connected to the charging terminal 170a as an AC voltage.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, any one of the above examples is not constituted, and the above examples may be combined with each other. For example, a plurality of charging terminals may be provided, and the plurality of charging terminals may be respectively connected to the charging unit, and the power supplied to the charging unit may be provided by a solar panel and a power system.

Meanwhile, the smart street light system according to the present invention may further include a kiosk terminal 400 as shown in FIG. 4 . The kiosk terminal 400 provides information on surrounding areas (eg, shopping mall information, road information, restaurant information, accommodation information, public toilet information, etc.), traffic information (eg, surrounding traffic situation information, public transportation information, call taxi information, etc.) , train reservation information, public transportation arrival time information, navigation information), publicity and advertisement information. The kiosk terminal 400 may be configured to communicate with the smart street light 100 and the control server 200 (see FIG. 1), and collect or process at least one of the smart street light 100 and the control server 200 (see FIG. 1). You can receive and print out the information.

As described above, the smart street light system according to the present invention may provide charging information to the vehicle 300 using traffic information collected from the smart street light. Hereinafter, a method of providing charging information to the vehicle 300 will be described in more detail with accompanying drawings. 5 and 6 are flowcharts for explaining a control method related to generation of electric vehicle charging information in a smart street lamp system according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the control method illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6 .

First, as shown in FIG. 5 , the smart street light system according to the present invention is a smart street light 100 collected from the smart street light 100 through wireless communication between the smart street light 100 and the control server 200 . situation information (or traffic information) surrounding them can be exchanged with each other. In addition, the control server 200 may use this situation information to reflect the current situation information or current traffic information to the vehicle 300 in need of electric charging, and recommend an optimal chargingable smart street lamp.

More specifically, in the smart street lamp 100, a process of collecting situation information is performed (S510).

As described above, the smart street light 100 includes the sensor unit 120 , and contextual information surrounding the smart street light 100 is collected through the sensor unit 120 .

The timing at which information is sensed by the smart street lamp 100 may be very diverse. As an example, the smart street lamp 100 may collect situation information in real time or at preset intervals. As another example, in the smart street lamp 100 , based on a specific event (eg, an event according to a sensing control signal from the control unit 110 , or a request for transmission of situation information from the control server 200 ), the situation information may be collected. The collection time of the context information may be controlled under the control of the controller 110 .

Context information collected by the smart street lamp 100 may be very diverse. More specifically, the smart street lamp 100 includes the sensor unit 120 , and information collected through the sensor unit 120 may be referred to as 'situation information' or 'traffic information'.

Meanwhile, the information collected by the smart street light 100 may further include information related to a vehicle charging function provided by the smart street light.

That is, the context information may further include information related to a vehicle charging function. Here, the information related to the vehicle charging function is information related to the electric charging function provided to the vehicle 300 by the smart street lamp 100, for example, i) current charging state information (charging/charging possible/charging). Impossible information), ii) when charging is being performed in the smart street lamp, information about it, remaining charging time information, and iii) charging speed information may be included.

The sensor unit 120 may include at least one of a camera sensor 121 and a radar sensor 122 . Here, the camera sensor 121 may be a CCD or CMOS sensor. Furthermore, the radar sensor 122 emits an electromagnetic wave of about microwave (microwave, 10 cm ~ 100 cm 　 wavelength) to an object, receives the electromagnetic wave reflected from the object, and finds the distance, direction, altitude, etc. with the object. , through this, detection of surrounding vehicles, detection of traffic conditions, detection of traffic, and speed of the vehicle may be detected.

In addition, the sensor unit 120 may further include a power consumption measuring sensor, a weather information measuring sensor, and the like. The control unit 110 of the smart street light 100 may analyze a situation (eg, a traffic situation) around the smart street light 100 by using the information collected through the radar sensor 122 .

On the other hand, as described above, the situation information collected through the sensor unit 120 is transmitted through the communication unit 130 of the smart street lamp 100 to the control server 200 ( S520 ).

On the other hand, in the process of transmitting the context information, the unique information or identification information of the smart street lamp 100 for transmitting the context information may be included, and furthermore, the location information of the smart street lamp 100 may also be included.

Meanwhile, regardless of the time-series sequence of steps S510 and S520 , the process of transmitting the charging event signal from the vehicle 300 to the control server 200 is performed ( S530 ).

That is, the charging event signal in the vehicle 300 may be made independently of the situation information collection and transmission in the smart street lamp 100 .

The charging event signal transmitted from the vehicle 300 includes information for the vehicle 300 to request information on a smart street light capable of electric charging for electric charging.

Furthermore, the charging event signal transmitted from the vehicle 300 may include at least one of current location information of the vehicle 300 , destination information of the vehicle 300 , and driving route information of the vehicle.

When the control server 200 receives the charging event signal from the vehicle 300, in order to transmit charging information including information on the smart street lamp capable of charging to the vehicle 300, a process of analyzing the congestion level information is performed ( S540).

That is, the control server 200 is a process of determining a chargeable smart street lamp using the situation information (or traffic information, or surrounding traffic information) collected from the smart street lamp 100 described above and information related to the vehicle charging function. to proceed (S550).

The recommended street light recommendation information for such a rechargeable smart street light may be generated based on the congestion level information.

The congestion level information may include information on a time required for the vehicle 300 to charge a specific smart street lamp 100 . Such time information includes i) time information required for the vehicle 300 to move to a specific smart street lamp 100, ii) time information required to wait for charging when the specific smart street light 100 is pre-charging (or waiting time information).

Among the required time information, time information for the vehicle 300 to move to the specific smart street lamp 100 may be calculated in consideration of traffic conditions around the specific smart street light 100 . Traffic conditions around the specific smart street light 100 may be analyzed based on information collected from the sensor unit 120 of the specific smart street light 100 . For example, the control server 200 analyzes the degree of traffic congestion by using image information collected from a camera sensor provided in the specific smart street light 100 , and based on this, the specific smart street light 100 . situation can be analyzed.

In this way, the congestion level information is based on at least one of current location information, destination information, and route information of the vehicle 300 requiring electric charging, the most optimal smart street lamp for the vehicle 300 to perform electric charging. used to decide

Looking more specifically at the method of determining the optimal smart street light, the control server 200, based on the context information received from the smart street light 100, the smart street light 100 closest to the current location of the vehicle 300 ) can be searched.

Then, the control server 200 analyzes whether the corresponding smart street light 100 is currently capable of charging, based on the context information received from the searched smart street light 100 . The control server 200 may analyze whether the corresponding smart street lamp 100 can be charged based on the information related to the vehicle charging function received from the corresponding smart street lamp 100 .

As described above, the information related to the vehicle charging function is information related to the electric charging function provided to the vehicle 300 by the smart street lamp 100, for example, i) current charging state information (charging/charging possible). / charge impossible information), ii) when charging is being performed in the smart street lamp, information about this and remaining charging time information, and iii) charging speed information may be included.

The control server 200 may determine at least one smart street lamp 100 that can be charged in the order of the current location of the vehicle 300 and the distance. And the control server 200, based on the time information required to perform charging in the determined at least one smart street lamp 100 included in the above-described congestion information, finally can determine the chargeable smart street light.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6 , when there are a plurality of smart street lights 100a , 100b , and 100c , the control server 100 controls the current location of the vehicle even if it is located closer to areas A and B. , in consideration of the traffic jam in area A and the charging state of the smart street lamp 100b located in area B, the smart street lamp 100c located in area C may be recommended as a chargeable street light.

Meanwhile, information on the finally determined rechargeable smart street light may be referred to as recommended information.

Through this process, the control server 200 may generate charging street light recommendation information. Then, the control server 200 performs a process of transmitting the charging information to the vehicle 300 based on the generated recommendation information (S560).

Here, the charging information is information on a specific smart street lamp to which the vehicle 300 can receive electric charging, and may include at least one of specific smart street lamp information, charge information, standby time information, and route information.

Meanwhile, the vehicle 300 may change the navigation route of the vehicle based on the charging information received from the control server 200 .

In addition, the vehicle 300 receives at least one of the surrounding traffic information collected from a plurality of smart street lights and the congestion degree information extracted by the control server through the wireless communication unit, and the received at least one of the surrounding traffic information and the The congestion level information may be reflected in a recommended route recommended by the navigation of the vehicle.

Meanwhile, in the above embodiment, a method for determining a chargeable smart street light by collecting situation information from the smart street light in the control server 200 and analyzing the congestion level information has been described.

In the present invention, unlike this, by collecting situation information from the smart street lamp itself and analyzing it, it is possible to analyze whether the smart street lamp can provide a charging function to the vehicle 300 . That is, the smart street lamp according to the present invention, when a charging event signal is received from at least one of the control server 200 and the vehicle 300, using the situation information collected from the smart street lamp, traffic around the smart street lamp It is possible to generate charging street lamp recommendation information reflecting the situation.

Furthermore, the smart street light analyzes the situation information (eg, surrounding traffic jam information) collected by the sensor unit 120 and the traffic information received from at least one other smart street light, and recommends a charging street light for a specific vehicle. information can be generated.

Meanwhile, the charging street lamp recommendation information may be generated based on the congestion level information.

The congestion level information may include information on a time required for the vehicle 300 to charge a specific smart street lamp 100 . Such time information includes i) time information required for the vehicle 300 to move to a specific smart street lamp 100, ii) time information required to wait for charging when the specific smart street light 100 is pre-charging (or waiting time information).

Among the required time information, time information for the vehicle 300 to move to the specific smart street lamp 100 may be calculated in consideration of traffic conditions around the specific smart street light 100 . Traffic conditions around the specific smart street light 100 may be analyzed based on information collected from the sensor unit 120 of the specific smart street light 100 . For example, the specific smart street light receiving the charging event signal uses image information collected from a camera sensor provided in the specific smart street light 100 and image information received from at least one surrounding smart street light, the degree of traffic congestion can be analyzed. In addition, the specific smart street lamp that has received the charging event signal may generate charging information for the charging street lamp including information on the smart street lamp that can be charged, based on the analysis.

A specific smart street lamp receiving the charging event signal may search for a smart street lamp closest to the current location of the vehicle 300 .

In addition, the specific smart street lamp that has received the charging event signal analyzes whether the corresponding smart street lamp 100 is currently capable of charging, based on the context information received from the searched smart street lamp. A specific smart street light that has received the charging event signal may analyze whether the smart street light can be charged based on information related to a vehicle charging function received from the smart street light.

As described above, the information related to the vehicle charging function is information related to the electric charging function provided to the vehicle 300 by the smart street lamp 100, for example, i) current charging state information (charging/charging possible). / charge impossible information), ii) when charging is being performed in the smart street lamp, information about this and remaining charging time information, and iii) charging speed information may be included.

The specific smart street light receiving the charging event signal may determine at least one smart street light that can be charged in the order of the current location of the vehicle 300 and the distance. In addition, the specific smart street lamp that has received the charging event signal may finally determine a chargeable smart street lamp based on time information required to perform charging in the determined at least one smart street lamp included in the congestion level information described above.

Charging information for the generated smart street lamp that can be charged in this way may be transmitted to at least one of the control server 200 and the vehicle 300 . As described above, in the present invention, the smart street lamp itself can perform the role of a control server by collecting and analyzing situation information through communication with other smart street lamps. As described above, according to the smart street light and the smart street light system including the same according to the present invention, the congestion level information around the smart street light can be sensed using the smart street light, and this can be used as charging related information for the electric charging vehicle. Therefore, the electric charging vehicle can determine the location of the congested smart street light by receiving charging-related information in consideration of the traffic congestion level, and as a result, the user selects the optimal rechargeable smart street light that can avoid traffic jams. can

Claims (8)

It relates to a smart street light system having a plurality of smart street lights and a control server,
The plurality of smart street lights,
in each of the plurality of smart street lights, collecting surrounding traffic information using a radar sensor mounted on each of the plurality of smart street lights;
transmitting the surrounding traffic information to the control server; and
transmitting information related to a vehicle charging function provided by at least some of the plurality of smart street lights to the control server,
The control server,
generating charging street light recommendation information using the surrounding traffic information collected from each of the plurality of smart street lights and information related to the vehicle charging function; and
performing the step of transmitting the charging street light recommendation information to a wireless module provided in the vehicle,
The radar sensor is disposed under the solar panel and lighting lamp provided in the smart street lamp, and is positioned to face the road,
The surrounding traffic information is
The radar sensor emits an electromagnetic wave to the object on the road and receives the electromagnetic wave reflected from the object and is collected through information about the object, which is sensed,
The information about the object includes at least one of a distance to the object, a direction of the object, and an altitude of the object,
The step of generating the charging street light recommendation information,
calculating time information for a vehicle to move to a specific smart street light among the plurality of smart street lights by using the surrounding traffic information collected from each of the plurality of smart street lights;
Congestion level information using the time information it takes to move to the specific smart street light calculated based on the surrounding traffic information and the time it takes to wait for charging at the specific smart street light included in the information related to the vehicle charging function generating; and
and generating the charging street light recommendation information based on the congestion level information. According to claim 1,
The control server extracts congestion information using the surrounding traffic information,
A smart street light system, characterized in that the charging street light recommendation information is generated by using the congestion level information and the vehicle location information. 3. The method of claim 2,
The smart street light system further includes a traffic light controlled by the control server,
The control server generates a control signal related to the traffic light using the congestion information and transmits the generated control signal to the traffic light. 3. The method of claim 2,
The vehicle receives at least one of the surrounding traffic information collected from the plurality of smart street lights and the congestion level information extracted by the control server through the wireless module,
The smart street light system, characterized in that the received at least one of the surrounding traffic information and the congestion information is reflected in a recommended route recommended by the navigation of the vehicle. According to claim 1,
The plurality of smart street lights,
body in the form of a column;
a sensor mounted on the body to collect surrounding traffic information;
an electric vehicle charging terminal disposed below the sensor and connected to an electric wire having a higher voltage than power supplied to the sensor; and
A smart street light system comprising a wireless communication module for transmitting the surrounding traffic information and information related to the vehicle charging function. According to claim 1,
The information related to the vehicle charging function is a smart street light system, characterized in that it includes at least one of charging status information, expected charging time information, and cost information of a smart street lamp that provides the vehicle charging function. In the smart street light,
body in the form of a column;
a radar sensor mounted on the body to collect surrounding traffic information;
a solar panel disposed above the radar sensor to supply power to the radar sensor;
an illumination lamp disposed between the radar sensor and the solar panel;
an electric vehicle charging terminal disposed below the radar sensor and connected to an electric wire having a voltage higher than that of the power source;
a wireless communication module for receiving surrounding traffic information collected from other smart streetlights; and
A control unit for generating the charging street light recommendation information by analyzing the surrounding traffic information collected from the other smart street light together with the surrounding traffic information collected from the radar sensor so that the traffic condition is reflected in the charging street light recommendation information provided to the vehicle including,
The radar sensor is disposed under the solar panel and the lighting lamp, and is positioned to face the road,
The surrounding traffic information collected by the radar sensor is
The radar sensor emits an electromagnetic wave to the object on the road and receives the electromagnetic wave reflected from the object and is collected through information about the object, which is sensed,
The information about the object includes at least one of a distance to the object, a direction of the object, and an altitude of the object,
The control unit is
Using the surrounding traffic information collected from each of the smart street light and the other smart street light, calculate the time information it takes for the vehicle to move to a specific smart street light among the plurality of smart street lights,
Congestion level using information on the time it takes to move to the specific smart street light calculated based on the surrounding traffic information collected from each of the smart street light and the other smart street light and the time it takes to wait for charging at the specific smart street light create information,
Smart street light, characterized in that for generating the charging street light recommendation information based on the congestion level information. 8. The method of claim 7,
The body is equipped with a CCTV that is disposed on the opposite side of the radar sensor to photograph the surroundings,
Smart street light, characterized in that the video captured by the CCTV is transmitted to the control server through the wireless communication module.

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