KR20090108979A - Ubiquitous street light with environmental sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor, and in particular, to overcome the limitations as a lighting facility at night and to provide beneficial environmental response information according to the environmental information around the street, having a pole and a lighting unit for the street. A street light, comprising: an environmental sensing unit for collecting environmental information around a street; And a streetlight controller for controlling a blinking operation of an illumination unit for illuminating the street according to a preset blinking (on / off) driving condition, wherein the streetlight controller corresponds to each grade of environmental information collected from the environmental sensing unit. Disclosed is a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor for outputting environmental response information.

The present invention, as well as providing lighting for the safety of the street traffic at night and crime prevention for pedestrians, there is an effect of providing environmental response information for each grade according to the environmental information collected around the street during the day when no lighting is required.

Description

Ubiquitous streetlight having environment sensor

The present invention relates to a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor, and more specifically, it is possible to provide a variety of environmental response information for each grade according to the environmental information around the street as well as the function as a lighting facility at night by applying the ubiquitous technology. In addition, the present invention relates to a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor that enables the ubiquitous city to serve as an information transmission medium.

As is well known, street lamps are lighting facilities installed at predetermined intervals along the street for the safety of road traffic and the prevention of crime against pedestrians. The term "horizon" is a concept that includes both the road of a vehicle road and the road of a pedestrian passage.

In addition, although the street lamp refers only to lighting for illuminating the street circumference, it is generally referred to as a street lamp including a street lamp pole (hereinafter also referred to as a street pole) for fixing the lighting.

Conventional streetlights as described above are installed in various places such as highways, major roads in downtowns, commercial district roads, and residential district roads, and street lamps of a suitable type are used. In other words, streetlights for illuminating the streets may be installed on roads where cars or people pass.

As a light source of a conventional street light, a high-pressure mercury lamp, a fluorescent lamp, a sodium lamp, and an ordinary bulb lamp are used.

However, the above-described conventional street lamps are installed in various forms such as streets and amusement parks throughout the road to help maintain traffic safety of vehicles and crime prevention of pedestrians, but serve as lighting facilities to illuminate the streets. It is rarely used for other purposes.

In particular, the conventional street lights are facilities of a method in which each is individually checked and managed by a manager, and there is a problem that many inconveniences occur in maintenance and site management by a manager.

Therefore, the development of a ubiquitous street lamp that can be used as a lighting facility for illuminating the street, as well as the street lamps installed in various places as described above, as an interface of a medium and communication means of beneficial information for the ubiquitous city. This is urgently needed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the object of the present invention is not only as a lighting facility for the safety of road traffic and crime prevention for pedestrians, but also for information transmission of the ubiquitous city. It is to provide a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor that can be used as a medium and communication means.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor that can quickly provide environmental response information for each grade according to the environmental information collected around the street in using the ubiquitous street lamp as a medium for information transmission. have.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor that can be remotely managed by an administrator by tying a plurality of street lamps installed in the street in a wired or wireless communication network.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor that can meet a pleasant urban environment with an environmentally friendly landscape of the characteristic city for the ubiquitous era.

The present invention for achieving the above object, In the street lamp having a pole (pole) and the lighting unit, Environmental sensing unit for collecting the environmental information around the street; And a streetlight controller for controlling a blinking operation of an illumination unit for illuminating the street according to a preset blinking (on / off) driving condition, wherein the streetlight controller corresponds to each grade of environmental information collected from the environmental sensing unit. Disclosed is a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor, characterized by outputting environmental response information.

The lighting unit is a vehicle lighting unit for illuminating the road of the vehicle in the street; And pedestrian lighting unit for illuminating the pedestrian passage of the street; It may be composed of any one or a combination, the vehicle and pedestrian lighting unit is preferably composed of at least one or more white lighting LED.

The environmental sensing unit includes one or two or more environmental sensors of an ambient light sensor, an ozone sensor, an ultraviolet sensor, an air pollution (fine dust or yellow dust) sensor, a temperature sensor, and a humidity sensor for detecting an environmental condition around the street. This is preferred.

The blinking driving conditions are the daylight conditions around the street according to sunrise or sunset; A time condition reflecting the average value of the sunrise or sunset accumulated for several years in response to the seasonal environment for each year 365 days; And weather conditions that reflect a sudden change in weather deterioration regardless of sunrise or sunset; It is preferable that any one or two or more of them are made in a combined condition.

The environmental response information may include at least one or more of an index indication for each grade of the collected environmental information, an action guide corresponding to the index, and related content information.

The street light includes: a storage unit storing street light identification information, blinking driving condition information, and environmental response information for each grade; An information output unit for outputting environmental response information for each grade supplied from the street light controller; And a communication unit connected to an external manager interface and transmitting and receiving various operation data and service content information related to the operation of the street lamp.

The information output unit may include an image output unit which outputs the environmental response information for each grade as an image; And an audio output unit for outputting contents related to an output image of the image output unit through a speaker, wherein the image output unit displays a first display unit for dividing the environmental information into an icon and displays the environmental response information for each grade in red (Red). ), It is preferable to further include a second display unit expressed in the colors of yellow, green.

The communication unit may include a wired communication unit connected to another street light and a cable adjacent thereto to form a wired communication network; And a wireless communication unit periodically transmitting its own streetlight identification information. It may consist of one or a combination of the two.

In addition, the wireless communication unit is preferably configured by a combination of one or two or more short-range wireless modules of ultra wideband (UWB), wireless local area network (WLAN), Bluetooth, and ZigBee.

In the ubiquitous street lamp of the present invention, one of a plurality of street lamps forming a wired communication network with another street lamp adjacent to the wired communication unit is set as a main street lamp, the remaining street lamps are set as a local street lamp, and the external manager interface is a main street lamp. Data communication is performed with the entire street light that is connected to the wired communication network to form a wired communication network, and the data communication is preferably implemented to communicate with the destination street light by recognizing the street light identification information inserted into the data header.

Preferably, the street light control unit determines the level of correspondence from the environmental information transmitted from the outside through the communication unit, in addition to the sensing information of the environment through the environmental sensing unit, and corresponds to the environmental level of the corresponding grade based on the determination result. Output control may be further performed so that information is output through the information output unit. In this case, the environmental information transmitted from the outside may be environmental information of a wide area corresponding to a wider area than a point where the own street light is located, or It is preferable to select any one of the environmental information transmitted from the street light adjacent to the self in the state in which the environmental sensing unit is not installed in the street light.

As described above, according to the ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor according to the present invention, as a lighting facility for illuminating the street, it provides lighting for the safety of the street traffic at night and crime prevention for pedestrians, as well as daytime without lighting. The effect is to provide environmental response information for each grade according to the environmental information collected around the street.

That is, it provides environmental response information including an index display according to the grade, an action guide corresponding to the index, and related content information according to air pollution caused by ozone, ultraviolet rays, fine dust or yellow dust around the street, temperature and humidity.

In addition, the present invention can be managed remotely by tying a plurality of street lamps installed in the street in a wired or wireless communication network, and in particular, the data communication with the destination street lamp through the street lamp identification information assigned to the street lamp can be implemented. There is.

In addition to the basic functions of the lighting system, the present invention serves as an information transmission medium directed by the ubiquitous city, and has an effect of providing a pleasant urban environment along with the eco-friendly streets of the characteristic cities suitable for the ubiquitous era.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the description of the present invention, terms defined are defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art and the definitions are based on the contents throughout this specification. Will have to be lowered.

1 is an overall configuration diagram illustrating a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention is basically provided with a conventional pole for the pole (100, Fig. 5) and the lighting unit 200, as shown in Figure 1 environmental sensing unit ( It includes a 300 and the street lamp control unit 400, and may further include a storage unit 500, the information output unit 600, and the communication unit 700.

The horizontal pole 100 is installed to be constantly installed at a predetermined distance along the horizontal interval, and serves as a pillar of the street lamp (10). Here, the outer shape of the street light 10 is preferably configured in a variety of shapes designed in consideration of the aesthetics of the city, but does not limit the specific shape.

The lighting unit 200 may be configured of any one or a combination of the vehicle lighting unit 201 for illuminating the vehicle road in the street, and the pedestrian lighting unit 202 for illuminating the pedestrian passage in the street. Each of the vehicle and pedestrian lighting units 201 and 202 may be configured of at least one white light emitting diode (LED).

The environmental sensor 300 is a variety of environmental sensors for collecting environmental information around the street, as shown in Figure 2, the illumination sensor 301, ozone sensor 302, ultraviolet sensor 303, air pollution One or more of the sensor 304, the temperature sensor 305, and the humidity sensor 306 can be configured.

Here, the illuminance sensor 301 detects and provides the light amount around the horizontal, the ozone sensor 302 detects and provides the amount of ozone around the horizontal, and the ultraviolet sensor 303 detects the amount of ultraviolet light around the horizontal. The air pollution sensor 304 detects and provides fine dust or yellow dust around the landscape, and the temperature sensor 305 measures and provides a temperature around the landscape, and the humidity sensor 306 provides the landscape. Provides the amount of humidity detected around.

The street lamp control unit 400 controls the flashing driving of the lighting unit 200 to illuminate the horizontal direction according to a preset blinking (on / off) driving condition, and in particular, the environmental information collected from the environmental sensing unit 300. It plays a role of outputting environmental response information corresponding to each grade.

Here, the flashing driving conditions may be the daylight conditions around the street according to the sunrise or sunset, the time condition reflecting the average value of the sunrise or sunset accumulated for several years corresponding to the seasonal environment for each year, and the sunrise or sunset. Any one or two or more of the weather conditions reflecting a sudden change in weather worsening may be configured.

In addition, the environmental response information preferably includes at least one or more of the index display for each grade of the environmental information collected by the environmental sensing unit 300, an action guide corresponding to the index, and related content information.

On the other hand, the street lamp control unit 400 receives environmental information from the outside through the communication unit 700, in addition to the sensing information of the environment through the environmental sensing unit 300, which will be described later in detail, from the received environmental information After determining the level of correspondence, an output control may be further performed so that the environmental response information of the corresponding grade is output through the information output unit 600 which will be described later in detail.

In this case, when the street lamp control unit 400 receives environmental information from the outside, the communication unit 700 receives environmental information of a wide area corresponding to a wider area than a point where the street lamp 10 is located. Received from the administrator, or if the environmental sensing unit 300 is not installed in its street light 10 can receive the environmental information from the street lamp 10 of the close proximity to the neighbor.

In this case, the street light controller 400 may select and use any one of various environmental information transmitted from the outside.

The storage unit 500 stores streetlight identification information, blinking driving condition information, and environmental response information for each grade, and stores the daily blinking time of the lighting unit 200.

In addition, the storage unit 500 updates various operational data related to the operation of the street light provided from the external manager interface 20 through a wired or wireless communication network, and new environmental response information.

The information output unit 600 serves to output the environmental response information for each grade supplied from the street light controller 400.

Here, the information output unit 600 is an image output unit 610 for outputting the environmental response information for each grade as an image, and an audio output unit for outputting the contents related to the output image of the image output unit 610 through a speaker The image output unit 610 includes a first display unit 611 for dividing and displaying environmental information into icons for easy identification and red and yellow environmental response information for each grade. , It is preferable to further include a second display unit 612 to be expressed in a green color.

As shown in FIG. 3, the image output unit 610 includes a second display unit 612 that expresses the environmental response information for each grade in an easy-to-identify color to an upper portion of the monitor that outputs the environmental response information for each grade as an image. The first display unit 611 is disposed on the second display unit 612 to display environmental information as an icon. In this case, the arrangement order of the monitor, the first display unit 611, and the second display unit 612 of the image output unit 610 is not limited to the order shown in FIG. 3 and may be arranged in various orders by a designer. Can be.

The communication unit 700 is connected to the external manager interface 20 to transmit and receive various operation data and service content information related to the operation of the street light.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the communication unit 700 is connected to another street light 10 adjacent to the wire through a cable to form a wired communication network, and the street light identification information thereof. It is preferable that one or a combination of the wireless communication unit 720 for periodically transmitting the.

Also, the wireless communication unit 720 is a UWB 721 (ultra wideband), a WLAN 722 (Wireless Local Area Network), a Bluetooth 723 (Bluetooth), having a communication range of 1 to several tens of meters as a personal local area network. And ZigBee 724 (ZigBee) or a combination of two or more short-range wireless modules.

Here, the wireless communication unit 720 can variably adjust the communication range according to the transmission output and the reception sensitivity of the radio wave, UWB 721, WLAN 722, Bluetooth 723 used as the personal local area network Wireless modules such as, and ZigBee 724 are well known technologies, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, the street lamp control unit 400 of the street lamp 10 according to the present invention, in addition to the way to utilize the environmental information sensed by itself in the state provided with the environmental sensing unit 300, the communication unit 700 The environmental information transmitted from the outside can be selectively used through). In this case, the collection process of the environmental information transmitted from the outside will be described as an example.

First, a case in which environmental information of a wide area corresponding to a wider area than a point where the street lamp 10 is located is transmitted, which is determined by an administrator of the external manager interface 20 in the surrounding area via the communication unit 700. By transmitting environmental information of a corresponding wide area, the street light controller 400 outputs corresponding environmental corresponding information according to a grade of the environmental information of the wide area through the information output unit 600.

Next, when the environmental sensing unit 300 is not installed in its street light 10, the environmental information is received from the nearest street lamp 10 adjacent to it, and the corresponding environmental information for each grade from the received environmental information. May be output through the information output unit 600.

The street lamp 10 according to the present invention, as well as using the environmental sensing unit 300 provided by itself, environmental information transmitted from the outside, that is, environmental information of the wide area that the administrator transmits via the communication unit 700, or In the state in which the environmental sensing unit 300 is not installed, various applications such as receiving and using environmental information sensed by the surrounding streetlights 10 are possible.

5 is a configuration diagram showing various forms of a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the street lamp 10 is provided with a lighting unit 200 disposed at an upper end of the horizontal pole 100, and at this time, the lighting unit 200 of the upper side of the lighting unit 200 is a vehicle road. Used as a vehicle light to illuminate the safety of the road traffic, the lower light unit 200 is used as a pedestrian light to illuminate the pedestrian passage to prevent crime for pedestrians, the pedestrian lighting is used for vehicles It is preferable to be installed at the bottom.

In addition, an environmental sensing unit 300 and an information output unit 600 may be sequentially installed at a lower end of the lighting unit 200. The arrangement sequence illustrated in FIG. 5 is shown as an example and is not limited thereto. It is to be understood that the position order may be changed by.

6 is a conceptual diagram of a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to the present invention as a wired communication network, and FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to the present invention as a wireless communication network.

First, as shown in FIG. 6, the plurality of street lamps 10 are connected to and connected to other street lamps 10 adjacent to each other through a wired communication unit 710 shown in FIG. 4 to form a wired communication network. One of the plurality of street lamps 10 forming the wired communication network is set as the main street lamp, and the remaining street lamps 10 are set as the local street lamps 10.

Thereafter, the manager may perform data communication with the entire street light 10 that forms a wired communication network by connecting to the main street light 10 using the external manager interface 20, where the data communication identifies the street light in the data header. The information is inserted and recognized to communicate with the destination street light 10.

As shown in FIG. 7, the wireless communication network is configured to recognize streetlight identification information after the external manager interface 20 and the plurality of street lamps 10 form a personal local area network of 1 to several tens of meters. Perform wireless communication.

Even in the case of configuring such a wireless communication network, it may be configured to include a wired communication network as shown in FIG.

Although the present invention has been described in more detail with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing for explaining a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a functional block diagram of an environmental sensing unit applied as an example to a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to the present invention;

3 is a configuration diagram showing an installation example of an image output unit applied as an example to a ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor according to the present invention;

4 is a functional block diagram of a communication unit applied as an example to a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to the present invention;

5 is a configuration diagram showing various forms of a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to the present invention;

6 is a conceptual diagram of a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to the present invention implemented as a wired communication network;

7 is a conceptual diagram of a ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor according to the present invention implemented as a wireless communication network.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: street light 20: external manager interface

100: horizontal pole 200: lighting unit

201: vehicle lighting unit 202: pedestrian lighting unit

300: environmental detection unit 301: illuminance sensor

302: ozone sensor 303: ultraviolet sensor

304: air pollution sensor 305: temperature sensor

306: humidity sensor 400: street light control unit

500: storage unit 600: information output unit

610: image output unit 611: first display unit

612: second display unit 620: sound output unit

700: communication unit 710: wired communication unit

720: wireless communication unit 721: UWB

722: WLAN 723: Bluetooth

724: Zigbee

Claims (12)

In a streetlight having a pole and a lighting unit, An environmental sensing unit for collecting environmental information around the street; And And a street light control unit controlling a flashing driving of an illumination unit for illuminating the horizontal direction according to a preset blinking (on / off) driving condition. The street light control unit is a ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor, characterized in that for outputting the environmental response information corresponding to the class of the environmental information collected from the environmental sensor. The method of claim 1, The lighting unit, Vehicle lighting unit for illuminating the road for vehicles in the street; And Pedestrian lighting unit for illuminating the pedestrian passage of the street; Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor, characterized in that any one or in combination. The method of claim 2, The vehicle and pedestrian lighting unit, Ubiquitous street lamp having an environmental sensor, characterized in that each of the at least one LED for illumination. The method of claim 3, wherein The environmental sensing unit, At least one or two or more environmental sensors including an ambient light sensor, an ozone sensor, an ultraviolet sensor, an air pollution (fine dust or yellow dust) sensor, a temperature sensor, and a humidity sensor for detecting an environmental state around the street. Ubiquitous street light with environmental sensor. The method of claim 3, wherein The flashing driving condition is, Daylight conditions around the street according to sunrise or sunset; A time condition reflecting the average value of the sunrise or sunset accumulated for several years in response to the seasonal environment for each year 365 days; And Weather conditions that reflect a sudden change in weather deterioration, regardless of sunrise or sunset; Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor, characterized in that any one or two or more of them are made in combination. The method of claim 3, wherein The environmental response information, Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor, characterized in that it comprises at least one or more of the index display for each grade of the collected environmental information, an action guide corresponding to the index, and related content information. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, The street light, A storage unit storing street light identification information, blinking driving condition information, and environmental response information for each grade; An information output unit for outputting environmental response information for each grade supplied from the street light controller; And A communication unit connected to an external manager interface and configured to transmit and receive various operational data and service content information related to street lamp operation; Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 7, wherein The information output unit, Image output unit for outputting the environmental response information for each grade as an image; And And a sound output unit for outputting contents related to the output image of the image output unit through a speaker. The image output unit may further include a first display unit for dividing the environmental information into an icon and a second display unit for displaying the environmental response information for each grade in red, yellow, and green colors. Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor characterized in that. The method of claim 8, The communication unit, A wired communication unit connected to another street light and a cable adjacent thereto to form a wired communication network; And A wireless communication unit periodically transmitting its own streetlight identification information; Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor, characterized in that consisting of one or a combination. The method of claim 9, The wireless communication unit includes an environmental sensor, characterized in that composed of a combination of one or two or more short-range wireless modules of ultra wideband (UWB), wireless local area network (WLAN), Bluetooth, and ZigBee (ZigBee). Ubiquitous street light. The method of claim 9, One of a plurality of street lamps forming a wired communication network with another street lamp adjacent to the wired communication unit is set as the main street lamp, the remaining street lamps are set as local street lamps, The external manager interface is connected to the main street light to perform data communication with the entire street light that forms a wired communication network, wherein the data communication communicates with the destination street light by recognizing street light identification information inserted into the data header. Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor. The method of claim 11, The street light control unit, In addition to its own sensing information through the environmental sensing unit, it determines the level of correspondence from the environmental information transmitted from the outside through the communication unit, and the environmental response information of the corresponding grade is output through the information output unit based on the determination result Perform more output control, The environmental information transmitted from the outside, Selecting any one of the environmental information of the wide area corresponding to the wider area than the point where the own street light is located, or the environmental information transmitted from the street light adjacent to the self in the state that the environmental sensing unit is not installed in the street light Ubiquitous street light having an environmental sensor, characterized in that.

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