KR20120038714A

KR20120038714A - Printing apparatus for special character on the road

Info

Publication number: KR20120038714A
Application number: KR1020100100317A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이동희
Original assignee: 이동희
Priority date: 2010-10-14
Filing date: 2010-10-14
Publication date: 2012-04-24

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for printing a special character of a road, which is connected to a movable vehicle body, a speed and distance measuring unit for calculating a speed and a moving distance of the vehicle body, a paint storage tank for storing and supplying paint, and a paint storage tank. A printing unit printing special characters on a road, a storage unit storing print pattern information corresponding to a preset printing schedule, and the printing based on the speed and moving distance information calculated by the speed and distance measuring unit and the print pattern information And a control unit for controlling the unit.
According to the present invention as described above, according to the present invention, the printing time of the special characters through the automation of the print job is greatly reduced, real-time work is possible to significantly reduce the social loss costs due to road control by preventing traffic jams It can be effective.

Description

Printing Apparatus For Special Character On The Road}

The present invention relates to a road special character printing apparatus, and more particularly, to a technology for printing a special character of the road based on a preset printing schedule and the speed and moving distance of the vehicle.

In general, a method of applying a lane to the surface of a road is made of 2 comp cold plastic, which is an environmentally friendly paint that does not use thinner or gasoline. Compared to the road marking composition (fusion coating) that requires dissolution, no separate dissolution equipment is required, and the time required for construction and curing can be adjusted, so that the vehicle communicates on the constructed lane after 10 to 30 minutes.

An apparatus for painting such lanes has been widely known. For example, the uneven lane paint apparatus of patent registration 346415 is illustrated in FIG. 1.

The conventional lane paint apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is a lane paint apparatus which is loaded on a vehicle and paints a lane, wherein the subject storage unit 1a can store a liquid subject in a cargo compartment of the vehicle, and the liquid subject is cured A paint material storage unit 1 comprising a curing agent storage unit 1b capable of storing a curing agent for making a glass, a glass bead storage unit 1c storing a glass bead for applying onto the lane painted with the subject, and On the side of the cargo compartment, an air spray nozzle (2) for removing the foreign matter on the road surface to be painted from the front of the vehicle body, and a hydraulic pump for mixing and discharging the main material and the hardener conveyed from the main storage part and the hardener storage part. The storage chamber (3) having a slit for discharging the material mixed with the mixer operated by 9), and the material is installed at the lower end of the storage chamber and the material discharged from the storage chamber is uneven on the road surface A needle rod 4 for application in the shape of a container, a cylinder box 5 installed at the rear of the storage chamber and having a slit cylinder for controlling the discharge of the mixed paint material in the storage chamber, and glass beads on the painted uneven lanes. It comprises a paint portion including a glass bead spreader for applying a, and a power portion consisting of a hydraulic pump 9 and an air compressor (7) installed to supply a power source to the paint portion.

A subject storage unit 1a capable of storing the liquid subject, a curing agent storage unit 1b capable of storing a curing agent for curing the subject matter of the liquid, and glass beads for applying onto the lanes painted with the subject The glass bead storage unit (1c) for storing the air is stored in the storage chamber (3) by using the air pressure transmitted from the air compressor (7) is connected to the air compressor (7) and the hose (8) ) The main material, hardener and glass beads are sprayed inside.

In addition, the agitator 6 is further provided inside the storage chamber 3 using an inflow coming into the hydraulic pump 9 to prevent the main body and the curing agent flowing into the storage chamber from being solidified.

However, according to the conventional technology, not only the high skill of the driver is required for the lane painting, but also the special characters for the traffic guidance and the sign function besides the lanes are almost impossible to paint automatically. The special characters are directly painted, and thus, the road painting time and cost significantly increase, and there is a problem in that social loss costs are caused by traffic jams by controlling the roads during work.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to automate the print job by printing a special character of the road based on the preset printing schedule and the speed and travel distance of the vehicle It is possible to prevent traffic jams due to vehicle control because it allows for real-time work while reducing text printing time and moving.

Another object of the present invention is to recognize the special characters on the road that needs to be repainted and to repaint the special characters according to the pattern of the recognized special characters so that the road painting efficiency can be significantly improved.

Still another object of the present invention is to enable the printing of the print head according to the moving speed of the vehicle, thereby enabling the precise special character painting regardless of the driving skill of the vehicle driver.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a movable vehicle body, a speed and distance measuring unit for calculating the speed and the movement distance of the vehicle body, a paint storage tank for storing and supplying the paint, the paint storage tank A printing unit which is connected to and prints special characters on the road, a storage unit which stores printing pattern information corresponding to a preset printing schedule, and based on the speed and moving distance information calculated by the speed and distance measuring unit and the printing pattern information. There is provided a road special character printing apparatus comprising a control unit for controlling the printing unit.

Here, the printing unit is formed with a plurality of injection holes, and comprises a print head for injecting the paint through the discharge hole, the transfer unit for transferring the print head back and forth or left and right.

The control unit preferably controls the transfer unit to correct the printing position of the print head according to the speed of the vehicle body.

The apparatus may further include an image capturing unit for capturing a special character on a road and a character pattern recognition unit recognizing a pattern of the special character photographed by the image capturing unit, wherein the controller may include a character corresponding to the special character recognized by the character pattern recognition unit. More preferably, the printing unit is controlled such that a printing pattern is printed on the special characters of the roadway.

In addition, it is more preferable that the watering portion for spraying the cooling water on the printed pattern is further included.

According to the present invention, printing time of special characters is greatly reduced through automation of print jobs, and real-time work is possible, thereby preventing traffic jams, thereby significantly reducing the cost of social loss due to road control.

In addition, according to the present invention there is also an effect that can prevent the accident due to the manual work on the road because the special character printing job is automated.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a lane painting apparatus of a road according to the prior art.
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a road special character printing apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a bottom perspective view of the road special character printing apparatus according to the present invention.

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

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a road special character printing apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a bottom perspective view of the road special character printing apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the road special character printing apparatus according to the present invention is mounted on the inside of the movable vehicle 10, the outside of the various components described below.

The vehicle 10 includes a vehicle body 11 constituting a body, a wheel 12 installed at a lower portion of the vehicle body 11, and a mounting portion 12 formed at an upper portion of the vehicle body 11 to mount various devices thereon. It may be configured to include, it may be the same as a conventional car, or may be connected to a moving means such as a car to be accompanied when moving the car.

On the vehicle mounting unit 12, a paint storage tank 20 storing paint for printing special characters, a blower 40 for injecting compressed air on the road, and a water spray tank 50 for storing water for watering are mounted. It is.

The paint reservoir 20 is a tank shape, but a single tank is shown on the drawing, but as in the prior art, a reservoir for storing a liquid subject and a curing agent reservoir for storing a curing agent for curing a liquid subject, and a subject It is possible to comprise a glass bead reservoir for storing glass beads for application on the painted lanes.

The paint reservoir 20 is discharged by the paint feeder 21 and transported through the paint feeder 23 and then sprayed onto the road through the print head 30. The coating material conveying unit 21 may be used a variety of pressure-feeding apparatus such as a compressor, a hydraulic pump.

The blower 40 is for washing the road surface to be printed prior to printing a special character, and generates compressed air to discharge it through the blower head 43 to remove foreign matter or dust on the road surface.

The sprinkling tank 50 is a container for storing water for sprinkling, and discharges water through the sprinkling feed pipe 51, and the sprinkling head 53 is installed at the tip of the sprinkling feed pipe 51 to discharge the water. Sprayed on the road. Spraying is sprayed on the printing surface after printing special characters to cool the paint so that the paint dries and sticks quickly.

Inside the vehicle body 11, a speed and distance measuring unit 80 for calculating the speed and the moving distance of the vehicle 10, a storage unit 95 for storing print pattern information corresponding to a preset printing schedule, and a speed And a control unit 90 for controlling the printing operation based on the speed and moving distance information and the print pattern information calculated by the distance measuring unit 80.

The storage unit 95 stores special character information, pattern information, work schedule information, and the like of various roads, and the controller 90 controls the special character pattern to be printed on the road according to the current vehicle speed or direction. do.

In order to control the printing according to the speed and the moving distance of the vehicle, a lower portion of the vehicle main body 11 is provided with a conveying unit 100 for moving the print head 30 in the front and rear or left and right directions, and the print head 30 has a longitudinal direction. Accordingly, a plurality of injection holes 31 are formed and connected to the transfer part 100 through the connection bracket 110. The transfer unit 100 may be used a variety of transfer means such as a conveyor, ball screw. The print head 30 is connected to the paint reservoir 20 through the paint feed pipe 23.

By such a configuration, the control unit 90 controls the transfer unit 100 so that the printing position of the print head 30 is corrected according to the speed of the vehicle body 11. For example, when the printing operation is started, the vehicle 10 continues to move. When the moving speed is faster or slower than the reference speed, the transfer unit 100 may correct the print head 30 as much as the speed difference. It is possible to change the position of the print head 30 to be on the position.

In addition, an image capturing unit 60 for capturing a special character on a road is provided under the vehicle 10, and a character pattern recognition unit 70 recognizes a pattern of a special character captured by the image capturing unit 60. It is preferable to further include.

In this case, the controller 90 controls the character print pattern corresponding to the special character recognized by the character pattern recognition unit 70 to be printed on the special character of the road, which re-paints the road special character that was previously printed. This is very useful when In other words, when repainting a special character, even if there is no separate printing schedule, the print job can be determined by the character pattern recognition, and from the driver's point of view, the driver can automatically operate the special character only by continuing the driving at a predetermined speed without any additional operation. There is an advantage that the repaint is made.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is possible to make various modifications or variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the appended claims will cover such modifications and variations as fall within the spirit of the invention.

10: print vehicle 11: the vehicle body
12: wheel 20: paint reservoir
21: paint feeder 23: paint feed pipe
30: print head 31: injection hole
40: blower 43: blower head
50: spraying tank 51: spraying pipe
53: watering head 55: watering
60: imaging unit 70: character pattern recognition unit
80: speed and distance measuring unit 90: control unit
95 storage unit 100 transfer unit
110: connection bracket

Claims

A movable vehicle body;
A speed and distance measuring unit calculating a speed and a moving distance of the vehicle body;
A paint reservoir for storing and supplying paint;
A printing unit connected to the paint reservoir and printing special characters on a road;
A storage unit for storing print pattern information corresponding to a preset printing schedule;
And a control unit for controlling the printing unit based on the speed and moving distance information calculated by the speed and distance measuring unit and the printing pattern information.

The method of claim 1,
The printing unit
A print head having a plurality of injection holes formed therein and spraying the paint through the injection holes;
Road special character printing apparatus characterized in that it comprises a conveying unit for transporting the print head back and forth or left and right.

The method of claim 2,
The control unit
And the transfer unit controls the transfer unit to correct the printing position of the print head according to the speed of the vehicle body.

The method of claim 1,
An imaging unit which picks up a special character on a road; And
Further comprising a character pattern recognition unit for recognizing the pattern of the special character imaged by the image pickup unit,
And the controller controls the printing unit such that a character print pattern corresponding to the special character recognized by the character pattern recognition unit is printed on the special character of the road.

The method of claim 1,
Road special character printing apparatus characterized in that it further comprises a spraying portion for spraying the cooling water on the printed pattern.