KR200428217Y1 - Vehicle rear view device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle rearview security device for a vehicle, which is installed in the rear of the vehicle, the rear lamp for irradiating light toward the rear road surface for securing the view of the rear of the vehicle when the reverse; A power supply unit supplying power to the rear lamp; A reverse gear detecting unit provided in the vehicle transmission to sense an input of the reverse gear; And a control unit for applying power to the rear lamp from the power supply unit when the input of the reverse gear is sensed by the reverse gear detecting unit.

As a result, information about the driving road to be reversed (for example, whether there is a puddle or obstacle on the road surface) can be easily recognized at the time of reverse, even in a dark environment such as at night.

In addition, the flashing of the rear lamp can be automatically controlled by interlocking with the reversing gear or the detected illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor, which increases the driver's convenience and prevents the vehicle from being consumed by unnecessary rear lamp lighting. Can be.

Description

Fumi Field Acquisition Device for Vehicles {REAR SIGHTING INSURANCE APPARATUS WHEN THE CAR REVERSE}

1 is an external perspective view showing a mounting and operating state of a vehicle rear lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a block diagram illustrating a rear lamp for a vehicle according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram illustrating a rear lamp for a vehicle according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1: body 2: side mirror

3: taillight 5: bumper

10: rear lamp 20: power supply

30: control unit 41: reverse gear detection unit

43: illuminance sensor 45: switch

47: start detection unit 50: ignition switch

60: disconnection detecting unit 61: display unit

The present invention relates to a vehicle rearview security device for vehicles, and more particularly, information about the driving road to be reversed in the dark environment, such as at night, such as at night (for example, the presence of puddles or obstacles on the road surface) It relates to a vehicle rearview security device that can be easily obtained.

The automobile is provided with various types of equalizers for the driver's convenience and driving safety.

For example, lights such as headlights, fog lights, reversing lights, etc. to secure driving fields, turn signals, brake lights, emergency lights, and other traffic lights such as traffic lights, parking lights, vehicle width lights, etc. It is an indicator light for indicating the presence of the vehicle, such as the rear light.

Among these, the tail light which is turned on to secure the view behind the vehicle at the time of reversing of the vehicle is generally set to detect the state when the gear shift state of the vehicle is switched to the reverse gear.

However, a conventional vehicle tail light has a problem in that its illuminance is low and it is not easy to check the rear object.

In particular, it is difficult to check whether there are various obstacles such as people, pools, structures, etc. in the rear of the vehicle when driving at night or in dark outside conditions such as parking lot inside the building, which may cause damage to the vehicle and personal injury. there was.

In order to improve this, a sensor is mounted on the rear of the vehicle to detect when an object approaches the rear of the vehicle at the time of reversing and to notify the driver and to install the rear camera so that the driver can recognize the rear of the vehicle on the screen. Methods have been proposed.

However, in the former case, the rear detection sensor can only detect a reverse object and a vertical object having a predetermined height with respect to the ground, and the driver cannot recognize the information on the road surface of the reverse road, and both of the rear detection sensors And there was a problem in that the cost of mounting the rear camera increases.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a rear lamp for securing the rear view of a vehicle separately from the rear lamp, so that information about a driving road to be reversed at the time of reversing, especially in a dark environment such as at night (for example, The present invention provides a vehicle rearview securing device that can easily acquire a presence of a puddle or an obstacle.

According to the present invention, the rear lamp is installed in the rear of the vehicle, and the rear lamp for irradiating light toward the rear road surface for securing the visibility of the rear of the vehicle when reversing; A power supply unit supplying power to the rear lamp; A reverse gear detecting unit provided in the vehicle transmission to sense an input of the reverse gear; When the input of the reverse gear is sensed by the reverse gear detecting unit, the control unit for applying power to the rear lamp from the power supply unit; is achieved by the vehicle rear view security device comprising a.

Preferably, the apparatus further includes an illuminance sensor for detecting an illuminance of the rear of the vehicle, and the controller is configured to detect the input of the reverse gear and the rear end when the illuminance value detected by the illuminance sensor is less than or equal to a set reference illuminance value. The lamp may be powered.

Here, the start detection unit for detecting the starting state of the vehicle engine, and provided between the power supply and the control unit, when the start of the engine is detected in the start detection unit is activated (ON) is the control unit from the power supply unit It may further include an ignition switch for supplying power to the furnace.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the rear lamp is installed in the rear of the vehicle, and irradiates light toward the rear road surface for securing the visibility of the rear of the vehicle at the time of reversing; A power supply unit supplying power to the rear lamp; A switch for selecting blinking of the rear lamp; It is also achieved by a vehicle rearview field securing apparatus including a control unit for applying / blocking the power supplied from the power supply unit to the rear lamp in accordance with the input state of the switch.

Preferably, the apparatus may further include a disconnection detecting unit detecting one or more of disconnection of the cable connecting the controller and the rear lamp or disconnection of the rear lamp.

When the disconnection of the cable or the rear lamp is detected by the disconnection detecting unit, the display unit may further include a display unit displaying the disconnection of the cable by the controller.

Here, the rear lamp may be provided in plurality.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 2, the rear end view securing apparatus for a vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a rear lamp 10 and a rear power supply for supplying power to the rear lamp 10 for securing the rear view of the vehicle at the time of reversing. 20, a switch 45 for selecting the flashing of the rear lamp 10, and a control unit for applying / blocking power from the power supply unit 20 to the rear lamp 10 according to the input state of the switch 45. (30).

Referring to FIG. 3, the vehicle rearview field securing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention is provided in the rear lamp 10, the power supply unit 20, and a vehicle transmission (not shown). A control unit for applying power to the rear lamp 10 from the power supply unit 20 when the input of the reverse gear is detected by the reverse gear detecting unit 41 and the reverse gear detecting unit 41. 30).

Hereinafter, each embodiment will be described in detail.

First embodiment

The vehicle rearview field securing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a rear lamp 10, a power supply unit 20, a switch 45, and a control unit 30, and the driver needs to secure the rear view. In this case, it is essential to turn on the rear lamp 10 by manually operating the switch 45.

Here, the control unit 30 may further include a disconnection detecting unit 60 for detecting disconnection of a cable connecting the rear lamp 10.

The rear lamp 10 is provided to secure the view of the rear of the vehicle when the vehicle reverses.

The rear lamp 10 may be provided at various positions, but it is preferable that the rear lamp 10 is provided at the rear of the vehicle so as to secure a view of the rear of the vehicle at the time of reversing. For example, as shown in Figure 1, may be provided on one side of the rear bumper 5, may be provided on one side of the rear lamp (3).

The rear lamp 10 may be installed inside the vehicle body 1 and provided to draw in and out of the vehicle body 1 when the rear view of the vehicle is required.

Of course, the rear lamp 10 may be provided in plural as necessary.

The rear lamp 10 may use various known types, and for example, a halogen lamp or an LED (Light Emitting Diode) may be used.

The power supply unit 20 is provided to supply power to the rear lamp 10.

The power supply unit 20 may be provided as a vehicle battery, and an inverter (not shown) for converting a voltage output from the vehicle battery into a proper voltage suitable for the rear lamp 10 may be separately provided as necessary.

The switch 45 is provided to select the flashing of the rear lamp 10.

The switch 45 may be provided at various positions. For example, the switch 45 may be provided in an instrument panel (not shown) inside the vehicle or may be provided in a steering wheel (not shown).

On the other hand, when the switch 45 is operated, the side mirror 2 may be automatically adjusted downward by a predetermined angle so as to easily observe the rear of the vehicle through the side mirror 2.

The adjustment angle may be provided in various ways, for example, may be provided about 5 °.

On the other hand, the switch 45 is turned on (ON) manually by the driver, but in the case of the lights out may be provided so that the switch 45 is turned off (OFF) automatically.

To this end, a forward gear sensing unit provided in the vehicle transmission for sensing the input of the forward gear of the vehicle is provided, and when the input of the forward gear is sensed, the controller 30 moves from the power supply unit 20 to the rear lamp 10. It is also possible to automatically cut off the power supply.

Meanwhile, when the angle of the side mirror 2 is adjusted, when the input of the forward gear is sensed, the side mirror 2 may be returned to its original position.

The control unit 30 is provided to apply / block power from the power supply unit 20 to the rear lamp 10 according to the input state of the switch 45.

The control unit 30 may be provided separately to control the rear lamp 10 and the power supply unit 20, or may be integrally provided in an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) provided inside the vehicle.

The disconnection detecting unit 60 is provided to detect at least one of disconnection of the cable connecting the controller 30 and the rear lamp 10 or disconnection of the rear lamp 10.

The disconnection detecting unit 60 detects the disconnection of the cable or the rear lamp, that is, when the power applied by the controller 30 is not properly supplied to the rear lamp 10, and detects the detected result. (30).

Alternatively, when there is an abnormality of the rear lamp 10, for example, when there is a disconnection of the filament of the rear lamp 10, the detection result may be transmitted to the controller 30.

Here, when disconnection of the cable is detected by the disconnection detecting unit 60, the controller 30 may further include a display unit 61 displaying the disconnection of the cable.

The display unit 61 may be provided at various positions as long as the driver can check whether the cable is disconnected.

Thus, when the driver reverses the vehicle, when the driver determines that the proper view of the rear of the vehicle is not secured by the dark external condition, the driver turns on the rear lamp 10 by operating the switch 45.

Therefore, the vehicle rearview device for securing a vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention is information about a driving road to be reversed, especially in a dark environment such as at night (for example, whether there is a puddle or obstacle on the road surface). Can be easily learned.

In addition, the driver can manipulate the lighting of the rear lamp 10 through the switch 45 according to the external environment behind the vehicle, that is, the degree of darkness, thereby preventing unnecessary vehicle power consumption.

Second embodiment

Vehicle rearview security device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, the rear lamp 10, the power supply unit 20, the reverse gear detection unit 41 and the control unit 30, the input of the reverse gear When the detection is detected, the control unit 30 automatically applies power to the rear lamp 10.

Here, the illumination sensor 43 to detect the illuminance of the rear of the vehicle is further provided, so that the rear lamp 10 may not be turned on when the rear of the vehicle is greater than or equal to the set reference illuminance even when the reverse gear is input.

Prior to the description, the same configuration as in the above-described first embodiment will be avoided, and the differences in the present embodiment will be mainly described.

The reverse gear detecting unit 41 is provided in a vehicle transmission (not shown) to detect an input of the reverse gear (not shown).

At this time, the controller 30 applies power to the rear lamp 10 from the power supply 20 when the input of the reverse gear is sensed by the reverse gear detecting unit 41.

On the other hand, as in the first embodiment described above, as the reverse gear is input from the reverse gear sensing unit 41, the side mirror 2 can be adjusted downward by a predetermined angle.

Accordingly, in the vehicle rearview field securing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the driver does not need to operate the switch 45 to turn on the rear lamp 10 at the time of reversal, thereby increasing driver convenience.

The illumination sensor 43 is provided to detect the illumination of the rear of the vehicle.

The illuminance sensor 43 detects an amount of light behind the vehicle and outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the sensed illuminance.

The signal output from the illuminance detection sensor 43 is transmitted to the control unit 30, the control unit 30 compares the output signal and the stored reference illuminance value, the power supply unit only when the detected illuminance is lower than the reference illuminance value Power is supplied from the rear lamp 10 to the rear lamp 10.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent power consumption that occurs when the rear lamp 10 is turned on in a daytime operation or a space having sufficient field of view that does not require a separate field of view.

The start detection unit 47 is provided to detect a start state of the vehicle engine.

The ignition switch 50 is connected to the start detection unit 47, and is provided between the power supply unit 20 and the control unit 30, and is activated when the start detection unit 47 detects the start of the engine. Power is supplied from the 20 to the control unit 30.

The ignition switch 50 has one side connected to the power supply unit 20 and the other side connected to the control unit 30 and the start detecting unit 47.

When the ignition switch 50 detects the start of the engine in the start detection unit 47, the ignition switch 50 is turned on to supply the power of the power supply unit 20 to the control unit 30.

Therefore, when the start of the engine is not detected by the start detection unit 47, the ignition switch 50 is turned off so that power is not supplied from the power supply unit 20 to the control unit 30. discharge of the power supply unit 20 power by a degree of mA) can be prevented.

Therefore, when the vehicle is not operated for a long time, the battery can be prevented from being over-discharged by dark current, which makes it difficult to start up later.

By the above-described structure, it will be described the operation of the vehicular rear view security device for a vehicle according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

First, the ignition switch 50 is in the OFF state in the state which the engine of a vehicle stopped.

Next, when the start of the engine is detected by the start detection unit 47, the ignition switch 50 is turned on to supply power from the power supply unit 20 to the control unit 30.

When the driver operates the reverse gear for reversing, the reverse gear detecting unit 41 detects this and transmits the reverse gear to the control unit 30.

When the input of the reverse gear is sensed, the controller 30 operates the illumination sensor 43 to detect the illuminance of the rear of the vehicle, and compares the detected result with the reference illuminance value to determine that the tail is lower than the reference illuminance value. The tail lamp 10 is turned on by supplying power to the lamp 10.

Here, when the tail lamp 10 is turned off, when the input of the reverse gear is released or when the detected illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor 43 exceeds the standard illuminance value, the tail lamp 10 is turned off to cut off the power to the tail lamp 10. The lamp 10 can be turned off.

Accordingly, the vehicle rearview device for securing a vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention is information about a driving road to be reversed, especially in a dark environment such as at night (for example, whether there is a puddle or obstacle on the road surface). Can be easily learned.

In addition, the driver can manipulate the lighting of the rear lamp according to the external environment behind the vehicle, that is, the degree of darkness, through a switch, thereby preventing unnecessary consumption of the vehicle power.

In addition, the vehicle rearview field securing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention can automatically control the blinking of the rear lamp by interlocking with the reverse gear or the sensing illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor, thereby increasing the driver's convenience. It is possible to prevent consumption of the vehicle power by unnecessary rear lamp lighting.

Claims (7)

A rear lamp installed at the rear of the vehicle and irradiating light toward the rear road surface to secure a view of the rear of the vehicle at the time of reversing; A power supply unit supplying power to the rear lamp; A reverse gear detecting unit provided in the vehicle transmission to sense an input of the reverse gear; And a controller configured to apply power to the rear lamp from the power supply unit when the input of the reverse gear is sensed by the reverse gear detection unit. The method of claim 1, It further includes an illumination sensor for sensing the illumination of the rear of the vehicle, And the controller is configured to apply power to the rear lamp when the input of the reverse gear is sensed and the illuminance value detected by the illuminance sensor is less than or equal to a set reference illuminance value. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Starting detection unit for detecting the starting state of the vehicle engine, And an ignition switch provided between the power supply unit and the control unit and activated when the start detection unit detects the start of the engine and supplies power from the power supply unit to the control unit. A vehicle rear view securing device for use. A rear lamp installed at the rear of the vehicle and irradiating light toward the rear road surface to secure a view of the rear of the vehicle at the time of reversing; A power supply unit supplying power to the rear lamp; A switch for selecting blinking of the rear lamp; And a control unit for applying / blocking power supplied from the power supply unit to the rear lamp according to the input state of the switch. The method according to claim 1 or 4, And a disconnection detection unit for detecting at least one of disconnection of the cable connecting the control unit and the rear lamp or disconnection of the rear lamp. The method of claim 5, And detecting the disconnection of the cable or the rear lamp by the disconnection detecting unit, and further comprising a display unit displaying the disconnection of the cable by the controller. The method according to claim 1 or 4, The rear end lamp securing device for a vehicle, characterized in that provided in plurality.

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